The Detroit times., 1914-11-25
BAYS PLANTING
or LIQUOR "ADS"
WILL Soon CEASE
1co.,lnu.A fre.. .,..s, o.,.l

you'd take money out OF circulation,
hey said, and throw men out OF work.
ION July 1, the state went dry, and
month after that 4 went back To
harrisburg. strolled into a bank
md a Jaw a tall, lanky man. with a
.hild perched ON his shoulders, walk
ng up 10 a window. He spoke to the
man behind the screen, and pretty
Don that child took one hand from
around its fathers neck, and reached
but for a little bank.
..That's the last one we've got,
aid the banker.
y talked TO thar banker, and re-
minded him what had been said TO
ne before the state went dry, He
old me that more families had taken
but bank books In the single month
hat Clarksburg had been dry. than
u any other time In the history OF
is bank
"And he was overjoyed about what
happened To the baby banks. They
bad been lying In his place for years,
md he was thinking OF throwing them
lway. After West Virginia banished
liquor, IL was found that there were
many extra nickels and dimes around
he homes, and somehow or other,
hese small pieces OF change found
heir way into the hands OF the chill
iren- Children began TO save. There
vas regular rush for baby banks.
Every bank in the city got them for
heir patrons, and before the first
Month OF prohibition had passed,
very ono had been distributed.
Il tell you a drunkard loves his
children as much as you or l. Liquor
nay deaden that love while 1t Is In
he fathers system, but take the
iquor oGs OF him. and he Is as kind
nd gentle a father as any OF us ever
vii be-
''One reason why sentiment against
ouor has strengthened so much .,h-
N the last few years, IL because this
generation IL determined to protect
Is childhood. And when a people
determines to protect children, Il
beans that the liquor traffic must die.
man or woman cannot be a true
pver OF children and support the
liquor traffic at the same time, A
erson or a state which tolerateB
Quor Is merely bartering the right OF
child To happiness and health for
he nickels and dimes that go over
he bar of saloon"
President Landrith, OF Ward-Bel.
mont college. continued the attack
made by other speakers OF the squad.
on upon persons who profess TO be
christians and at the same time DO
LOT vote 10 kill the liquor traffic.
THE one great thing we have TO
Eorry about in this fight" said DIR.
1andrith, is the need OF the faith
nd support OF those who know that
he traffic in liquor IL wrong, but who
o not vote against C. There arc
nen who sit In their pews In churches
With their bank books In their peck.
is. and say; i can't vote against
he saloon because IL keeps my taxes
own This sort OF man Ia the
worst kind OF common CRATER. He
Would sell the lives OF his sons and
Their mems sons for a few paltry dol.
ars."
Touching upon the political angle
the. fight for prohibition, DIR. Land.
it'll said:
IL am Democrat, but don't be-
ong to the party, ] am only q mem
er Of Il. When the party goes the
grong way. | leave It. and keep go
hg ahead, You'll find that they al.
Ways catch UP with you sooner or
hter. Being a Democrat, doesn't pre-
ent one from being a Christian first,
nd Democrat afterwards, 8 The
|rouble with too many Christian men
that they are more loyal to their
POLITICAL party than they are to their
|eligion."
j. Frank Hanly, former governor OF
indiana. and originator OF the Flying
Squadron, spoke In the evening meet