The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-11-19
why VOTE LAFAYETTE COUNTY DRY?

Not one good thing can be said Of the saloons IN IT. Every
body admits.
make durnkards of the boys and young men. Iney produce pow
NV wise and crime. They break up families, they cause acct
dents and death.
To vote the county "dry" would be helping towards its
neace. happiness, a prosperity. In counties that have been
without saloons for a term of years under local option the people
have found that drunkenness decreased. poverty decreased, suf-
fering and pauperism decreased, CRIME decreased prisoners IN
tails and penitentiares decreased.
At the same time, bank d~eposites increased, the number OF
depositors increased, the number OF men owning tner own
homes and farms increased, attendance OF children at public
schools increased. the general comfort and happiness Of the peo-
pie increased.
Counties that have gotten rid Of saloons never want them
hack. Of the 81 omties all dry" and the 10 dry" outside
their county seats, not one has voted wet" after having had
four years experience without the saloons.
What has proved so helpful to other counties would Ger
tainly be good for Lafayette. Taking the nation as a whole.
only ONE COUNTY IN FORTY that has become dry" has ever
gone wet again.
There are men in Lafayette County who drink beer and
think they must have it, who do not want their boys to become
drunkards. To vote the county dry shuts up the drunkard fac
tory that transforms boys into drunkards. To vote the county
"dry" is move to save the boys and young men of the county.
All thieves, thugs, gamblers, and that class of people, line
up for the saloon, and to stand for the saloon is to make common
cause with that set of folks; whereas most Of our doctors.
preachers, our Sunday and day school teachers, the best class
of farmers, the great body of business men, scientists and phi
lanthropists are all saying "The saloon must 60" To vote the
county dry" is to line up with the people who stand for the best
things.
To vote Lafayette County "dry" will mean a more upright
moral and progressive lot of young people, stronger churches,
better schools, improved farming, increased business, a hap
pier and more prosperous people.
To vote the county "dry" will establish the local option law
in place of the dramshop law. Then no gallon house" or liquor
selling club can exist in the county any more than a saloon can.
while the penalty for violation of law will be greatly increased.
The world is getting tired of the saloon. All nations are
coming to understand the real harm that alcohol does the human
race, and are putting an end to its manufacture, sale and use
Three fOurths of the geography of the U. S. is now "dry" terri
tory. Sixty per cent of the people of the u. S. live where the
saloon has been Outawed. More than half the people of Mis-.
souri, live in dry" territory. Every county around Lafayette
is dry" Carrollton, which has always been wet" voted "dry'
in September by a majority of 1881.
Lafayette County people are certainly as wise as those in
the rest of the state. They know a good thing when they see it
Just as quickly. They want the best for themselves and their
children.
consequently they are going to the polls December 9th, and
vote against the sale Of Intoxicating liquors."
(Adv)