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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04
The Convict Plea for Prohibition

The strongest sociological plea iol
prohibition" says the North Ameri'
can, went up to the Pennsylvania
legislature from prisoners in the East
ern peniten,iary at Philadelphia. in the
form Of a petition signed by 1908 ol
a total l,47S, because they attributed
their downfall to drink. The petition
recites that the prisoners consider that
fully 10 per cent Of the crime OF the
State is due to the excessive use OF in
toxicating liquor. Even in this prison
the rum forces organized and sought
to intimidate the men to prevent their
signing this petition, resorting to
threats and warning which means so
much more to the convict than TO men
outside Of prison walls"
The inmates at Fort Leavenworth
federal prison are petitioning Congress
in the interest OF National Prohibition,
and Others are following suit.
One OF the signers Of the petition
wrote: If decent manhood asserts
itself at the next session Of the legis'
the curse will be, ended" Another.
I was tradesman and maintained my
family for fifteen years; then met
bad company, began 10 drink, and
when I went home one night intoxi'
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04
Printed Ballot Ma Dry

boasts that he can get liquor any
time he wishes In Kansas" and that
means that he has caught one drink Of
back alley" liquor after a thirteen
hours chase and when he has caught
two such drinks he will boast that he
killed his grandmother.
A county official in Arkansas says
we have just had an extra session Of
the circuit court to try the case of four
boys who, under the influence Of liquor
committed terrible crime, more than
six monts ago. Our Circuit clerk has
been for two days, going over the
figures 10 ascertain how much this
has cost the county, and at noon, to-
day he telephoned that, as far as they
had gone which did not include GER
tain figures Of the county clerk, the
amount would total S2,S00.00. One
hundred and seventy Jurors had been
summoned and 10 witnesses the
boys had lain in Jail more than six
months, at a cost OF rs cent each per
day for board, not to mention guards
and transportation. There is no way
OF computing the actual cost to the
families Of these boys, one OF them
the eldest son OF widow, what the
costs in cash have been to these fam
lilies, good, respectable people, the
Lord only knows, for they will not tell.
Four strong, able bodied young men
in the county Jail more than six months;
nc work, no wages, nonproductive,
charge upon the tax payer, because
they got drunk. What do saloons ex-
ist for? To Sell liquor that makes
men drunk. Who profted7 The
Fort Smith liquor dealers and the
United States. Express Company.
Who foots the bill2
The Tax Payer!
1t is a square business proposition!
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04
Close the Saloon and Kill Business.
Whose Business?

When you, voters and petitioners,
keep thsHsaloon out Of our town, you
injure the business Of the saloon, all
other forms Of business will profit by
the distinctions oi that money sink
hole" the saloon.
Business will suffer! Ask Kansas,
whose governor issued statement.
recently, like this: 1t is true that We
have had sizzling drouth and lost a
corn crop, but I hope no one will
waste any pity on Kansas; we have no
liquor traffic and can stand the loss cl
a corn crop. We have, in our savings
banks, sllS.00 per capita for our
citizens. The taxable property, divi'
ded upon a per capita basis, gives
over 81, 10000 for each man, woman
and child in the State; in eighty sever
out OF the one hundred and FIVE coun
ties We have no insane upon which tt
spend good money; in a. countie,
no feeble minded; in 96, no inebriates
in 3S no occupants Of the poor
house, AID most Of them have beer
so for decade; more than hal
OF the county iails are empty, and 6:
counties have no prisoners servini
sentences in the penitentiary; SOM
counties have not called a jury to tr
criminal case in ten years, and
Grand jury is so uncommon that hal
Of our people would not know what ]
is and how to use it; We have n
large class Of uuproductive illiterate
less than Q per cent Of the population
lower percentage than that Of Boston
no eastern loan companies have plas
tered lands with mortgages and in tn
panic Of 100? We forwarded the nes
sum Of fifty million dollars to hel
pull Wall Street out Of a hole. KAN
SAS IS ALLRIGHTl
: Now and then you find a man vh
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04

Gated and my wife demonstrated, l
killed her. I am here for life. Ny
children will bear the stigma OF my
drunken deed to their dying day. In
the name Of God do what you can to
check this evil; believe me while l am
alive l will do my share toward putting
an end to the curse"
The National Advocate says: This
is an appeal in behalf Of many others
who will come to the same sad end
il the liquor traffic continues" while
the American Issue" says the peti
ton will put the Pennsylvania legisla
ture in position where it will eithe
have to act against the liquor traffic o
place its public approval on crime.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04

so that a country boy can leave his
mother in the morning, come here on
business and return to her sober in
the evening. But alas! How many
boys go home whooping and yelling
and cursing, reeling and staggering
to their homes late at night because
oakland thinks she must have little
revenue.
Is there not some way TO elect
a man to represent US at Ann polls
who will say this thing shall stopf
Whose boy will now take the place
OF Clyde Liller1 Somebody's will.
To you men who are before me
The griels, the scalding tears, tn,
deferred hopes, the strangeled aspii
atoms Of this woman ought to leat
every man Of you~to lay the axe o
absolute prohibition at the root Of on
license system and rest not till the
whole tree is barned up root ant
branch in the fires Of holy and righte
Gus indignation. As you behold tn,
wound will you not bring the healinI
balml As you witness the bondag
will ycu not seize the hammer AM
strike Of the manacles that bind a
this very hour so many citizens {
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04

promising hatred. and I don't care
who knows it.
II puts its poison talons on the
home and robs II oi its furnishings.
II takes the clothes of the back ol
innocent, helpless children and shoes
of their feet. 1t brings mothers TO
the wash tub and scrub brush, and
straps burdens on their shoulders too
heavy to be borne. It dashes out
brains and pulverizes the human
heart. It fills the poor houses, the
penitentaries, the lunatic asylums and
peoples our grave yards with the
flower Of manhood.
By some body's consent ten saloons
are fastened upon this fair town at
Oakland, which, were it not for them,
would be an ideal place in which TO
live. We silently tolerate them, and
the authorities gran. the license for a
very small consideration in the way
Of money. Thus for less than two
dollars apiece the town is sold to the
liquor traffic.
A county seat should be the bests own
in the county. Here our professional
men live, here all the people must
come at times to transact business.
We owe it 10 the surrounding
country to have a decent, moral town
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04

Garrett county. know full well that
criticism will be heaped on me ior
saying this today. l have weighed
every woid and am prepared .or the
consequences. But I will not stand
by and see a man cut down BY liquor
and witness the wreck and ruin Of a
home without raising my voice in sol
emn protes. against the liquor traffic in
Oakland, at whose door lies the re-
sponsibility Of Clyde Liller's murder.
l am going to say something else.
The men who run saloons are not
alone in this. Others are responsible.
When we get 10 the judgment the
man who made the foul stuff, the
man who sold it, the man who gave
it to him when he could not buy it,
the man who is bondsman for the
saloon keeper, the citizen who by his
silence or vote indoises the liqnor
traffic will all come up with fingers
streaming red in the blood Of poor
Clyde Liller who fell helpless victim
into the clutches of the liquor traffic.
And now a word 10 these two preci'
Gus boys: Hear me today. You are
old enough TO know what am saying
You will never forget this hour. You
have been left without a father at this
early period in your lives, and will
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04
The vsrdict-Thumhs Down

Amy unit, however small or large,
should be permitted to rid its sell oi
the saloon; for the saloon is nuis'
ance, and its influence for evil can
no more be confined to the building
in which it is located than the odors Of
a slaughter house confined to the
block in whsch il is located. Viii
liam Jennings Bryan.
1T is business the natural tendency
Of which is toward lawlessness, and the
time has come when it will either run
the politics Of the State or be run out
Of the politics Of the State. Joseph
W. Folk, Missouri.
It is absolutely impossible to have
permanent, decent municipal gov
eminent where the saloon dominates
municipal politics. The elimination
Of the saloon will help municipal COVE
ernment everywhere. "-Ex- Governor
Hoke Smith, Georgia.
The saloon has become the germ
center Of lawlessness. While it de-
bauches some Of the people with
drunkness and takes from them the
knowledge necessary for an intelligent
ballot, it snaps its fingers at the law
made for its restriction. II has be-
come an unscrupulous, conscienceless
tyrant OF American politics. THE
Very Rev. A. P. Doyle, Catholic Uni
versity Washington, D. c.
Organized la. or stands for
ompulsory education, but the saloon
stands fou ignorance and degradation. |"
Treasurer Lennon, the American
Federation Of Labor.
The main difference between the
licensed and the unlicened liquor
trade is, the former holds the States
commission to do its deadly work, and
no one can interfere with it. The
latter is an outlaw, and may be stop
ped when the authorities will do it,
Portland (Me,) Evening Express.
The saloon is the mortal enemy Of
peace and order, the despoiler Of men
and the terror Of women; the cloud
that shadows the face OF children; the
demon that has dug more graves and
sent more souls unshriven to judgment
than all the pestilences that have
wasted life since God sent the plague
10 Egypt and all the wars since joshua
stood beyond Jerico. Henry W.
Grady.
I know what these saloons are.
have visited them at all hours OF the
nights, and all nights Of the week, and
and there is not an extenuating word
that deserves to be spoken in behalf
oil them. They are foul, beastly, and
swinish; the prolific beds Of vile poll.
tics, profane ribaldry, and unspeakable
sensuality. REV. Charles Parkhurst,
D. D., New York City.
Voters Of Taney County hear the
verdict the saloon.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04
Missouri Horses and Mules

In number Of horses, Missouri,
with l,095.000 head, ranks fifth
among the states. With 32o, 900
mules, we are second only to Texas.
Missouri horses and mules, says the
State Board of Agriculture, are rrac-
tically free from glanders. This
fact makes our horse stock in keen
demand from foreign buyers who are
placing European var orders.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04
Wanted Righteous Citizenship

Among the rig g rich nuggets Of
thought left US .,y Abraham Lincoln,
is an earnest st'.ement made when
asked il he did not believe God was
on our side. He said: God is my
witness that it is my constant anxiety
and prayer that this nation should be
on the Lords side"
Christian citizenship is to bring this
to pass, namely; to get the nation on
the Lords, side. Never in our history
have we faced issues fraught with
more vital importance.
We are compelled to face the fact
that, with our highest tribunals con
trolled by unscrupulous combines Of
capitalists; with vile men placed in
many public Offices; with courts and
grand juries shielding the wrong doer;
with jails for the man who steals bread
and acquital for the man who steals
millions; with government legslizing,
protecting 250,O00 saloons, sending
from 10000 to 100000 souls into
drunkard's graves yearly, and govern
ment sanction to ship loads OF liquor
sent to heathen lands; with traffic on
girls that would disgrace any people or
country; with thousands Of young
manhood Of America swearing, smok-
ing, heading straight for the gambling
den, and the saloon; with an indus
trial warfare which is making bitter
enmity between capital and labor, a
public press given over largely TO
party worship; pulpit often loo timid
to speak out boldly against public
sins with all this array Of undisputed fact
it is too evident that unless these
evils are checked the life OF our
nation is endangered
"A nation that will not serve God
shall perish" What then is the out
look1 Except the state believe on
Lord Jesus Christ, accept and apply
His Law Of righteousness and love as
the fundamental law Of the land, it
cannot be saved. Jesus Of Nazareth
made no exception Of the political
caucus or primary wheu He said:
whatsoever shall confess me before
men, him shall the Son Of man also
confess before the angels OF God, but
he that denieth me before men shall be
denied beisre the angels otNGod-1'
Christian citizenship is the star o
, hope" which is leading the way to the
: manger where the new civic consci.
l ence is to be born. ''Ye must be borr
! again." is as true Of a nationas is true
! Of an individual.
, The question Of national righteous
; ness, then, is an individual question
, Every one is a note in the public voice
; II yours Is the only one which chord
with the law Of justice. love and righ.
E then LET 1T BE HEARD.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-03-04

The elementary principles involved
in improved highways are social and
domestic happiness and business ecu
nomies.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-10
CHAPTER XIII
Professor McGill

RED GOLD CITY was ripe for a
night of relaxation. There had been
some gambling, a few fights and
enough liquor to create excitement
now and then, but the presence of the
mounted police had served to keep
things unusually tame compared with
events a few hundred miles farther
north, in the Dawson country. The en-
tertainment proposed by Sandy Nc
Trigger and Jan Harker met with ex-
cited favor. The news spread for
twenty miles about Red Gold City and
there had never been greater excite
ment in the town than on the after
noon and night of the big fight. This
was largely because KaZan and the
huge Dane had been placed on exhibit
tion, each dog in a specially made
cage of his own, and fever of betting
began. Three hundred men, each of
whom was paying five dollars to see
the battle, viewed the gladiatOrs
through the bars of their cages. Har-
ker's dog was a combination of Great
Dane and mastiff, born in the North.
and bred to the traces. Betting fa-
vored him by the odds of two to one.
Occasionally it ran three to one. At
these odds there was plenty of Kazan
money. Those who were risking their
money on him were the older wilder
ness men-men who had spent their
lives among dogs, and who knew what
the red CLINT in Kazan's eyes meant.
An old Kootenay miner spoke low in
another's ear:
"I'd bet on i'm even. I'd give odds
if l had to. He'll fight all around the
Dane. The Dane won't have no
method"
"But he's got the weight" said the
other obviously. Look at his jaws.
an his shoulders"
AN his big feet, an his soft throat,
an the clumsy thickness of his belly"
interrupted the Kootenay man. "For
Gawd's sake, man, take my word for
it, an don't put your money on the
Dane"
Others thrust themselves between
them. At first Kazan had snarled at
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-10
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Whether the business men of CO.
lumbia adopt the McKeand plan of
commercial club reorganization or
some other plan. is not of so much
Importance as the fact that some plan
should be adopted and carried out. Co.
lumbia is in a good deal the same con-
dition as st. Louis. 1t has too many
commercial and civic organizations
all trying to build'a greater Columbia
and each doing good. but conflicting.
work.
Columbia should have a Chamber
of Commerce, with its retail mef-
chants division, its ad club division,
its manufacturers division and so on.
There's room for one here.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-10
THE CALENDAR

September 4, s, 8, 10 and 1.-Y. NJ. c. A.
open house for new students and
former students, p. m.
September IS, IA and 15-University en-
trance examinations and registra-
ton.
September 13-University High and Ele-
mentary schools open. Columbia
High School opens.
September 14.-Stephens College opens
September 15-Christian College opens.
September Happening convocation of the
University in the University Audi
torium. Classes begin for first Sc
mester.
September 1S-Annual Y. NJ. c. A. recep-
tion to men.
September 20-Men's mass meeting in Uni
versity Auditorium, p. m.
October First football game. Oklaho-
ma A. & NJ. College VS.. Tigers, Rol-
lins Field
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-10

another man with him and when the
stranger came step too near Kazan
made sudden swift lunge at him.
The man jumped back with startled
oath.
He'll do," he growled. Hes light
er by ten or fifteen pounds than the
Dane, but he's got the teeth, an the
quickness, an he'll give good show
before he goes under"
"I'll make you a bet of twenty-five
per cent. of my share that he don't so
under" offered Sandy.
"Donei" said the other. How
long before he'll be ready?'
Sandy thought moment
Another week." he said. ''He
won't have his weight before then. 4
week from today. We'll say. Next
Tuesday night Does that suit yon,
Harker?"
Harker nodded
"Next Tuesday night" he agreed.
Then he added, "I'll make il half of
my share that the Dane kills your
wolf-dog"
Sandy took long look at Kazan.
''I'll just take you on that" he said.
Then, as he shook Harker's hand. II
don't believe there's a dog between
here and the Yukon that can kill the
wolff
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-10

all these faces about him. But now
he lay back against the boarded side
Of the cage and eyed them sullenly
from between his forepaws.
The fight was to be pulled OF In
Harker's place, a combination of sa-
loon and cafe. The benches and ta-
bles had been cleared out and In the
center of the one big room cage ten
feet square rested on a platform
three and a half feet from the floor.
Seats for the three hundred spec
tators were drawn closely around
this. Suspended just above the open
top of the cage were two big oil lamps
with glass reflectors.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-10
COLUMBA,s PRESENT INTEREST.

Business may be bad in some cit.
les and towns of Missouri, but Colum-
bia has no kick coming right now
for this is the official time of optimism
here.
Columbia has, of course, a good
trade territory with thousands OF
prosperous farmers living in all di-
rections, but for the present Columbia
has just one interest and that inter-
est is student enrolment. This does
not apply to business men alone. 1t
applies to everybody in town, from the
man employed in excavating the base
ment for a new house to the woman
who rents rooms to students.
Two students were standing in
front of clothing store on Broad
way.
Now l told you, they would have
those new neckties here" one of them
said as they gazed in the window.
III tell you Moberly. Mexico. Jeffer-
son City and all those other towns
have to take a back seat when it
comes to new stuff"
This applies not only to clothing
stores but to grocery stores, shoe
stores, drug stores, hardware stores,
women's ready-to-wear Stores, dry
goods stores, jewelry stores and all
of them.
There is just one merchant in town
who is handicapped right now in his
welcoming campaign. He ran 4
splinter in his hand last week and is
unable to shake hands with the
crowds that pass his door
Economists argue that hard times
are largely Observation-Disclosures peo
pie get to talking hard times and then
the stringency begins in earnest. If
this is true, Columbia is now having
psychological good times-and the
state of mind is borne out in facts.
Trade is better than it has been for
several months.
A drummer from ST. Louis was in
town yesterday, We'll, / see the SUBJ
marine that sank the Arabic has
turned up and the commander reports
-" he said.
81 don't know about that" broke in
the merchant. But did you know
that more than 1000 students already
have registered in the University and
that Schultz and Brewer are here for
football practice?'
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CONTINUED from another him
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-10
The NeqO "CaH of the Wild
K A = A N
By lanes OHvey Cny7Oood

Cob,yigAt, 1914, TIE Bo66s- Merrill Comba,
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-09-10
CONTINUED in next issue)
New Edition at Craig Home.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. NJ Craig, 305 Price
avenue, are the parents Of an IL
pound baby daughter. born last night.
The arrival has been named Ruth
Vernile. Mr.. Craig is foreman at the
Herald Statesman plant.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
PHYSICAL CULTURE CLAss

The morning class for women in the
physical culture department. of the
Z. w. c. A. will start on Friday morn
ing at 1880 o'clock at the association
rooms under the direction of Miss
Marjorie Bolles, the physical director.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
GIRLS! MOISTEN A
CLOTH AND DRAW
IT THROUGH HAIR
1t becomes beautifully soft, wavy
abundant and glossy
at once.
Save your hair! All dandruff
goes and hair stops
coming out.

Surely try q "Danderine Hair
Cleanse" if you wish to immediately
double the beauty of your hair. Just
moisten cloth with Danderine and
draw 1t carefully through your hair.
taking one small strand at a time
this will cleanse the hair of dust. dirt
or any excessive oil--in a few minutes
you will be amazed. Your hair will
be wavy, fluffy and abundant and
possess an incompatible softneys.
lustre and luxuriance.
Besides beautifying the hair. one
application of Danderine dissoIyes
every particle of dandruff; invisorates
the scalp, stopping itching and falling
hair.
Danderine is to the hair what fresh
showers of rain and sunshine are 10
vegetation. 1t goes right to the roots.
invigorates and strengthens them. IFS
exhilarating. stimulating and Iife-pro:
ducing properties cause the hair TO
grow long, strong and beautiful.
You can surely have pretty, set.
lustrous hair and lots of it, IL you will
just get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's 8
Danderine from any drug store or
toilet counter and try IL as directed.
Save your hairi Keep 1t looking
charming and beautiful. You will say
this was the best 25 cents you ever
spent.-Advertisem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
Olivet Young People
Enjoy Halloween Social

The Young Peoples Society of the
Olivet Presbyterian church entertained
its members at a delightful Hallowe'e EN-
social last evening. The Sunday
school rooms were decorated with the
usual Halloween decorations, corn
stalks, autumn leaves and pumpkin
faces. The guests, all of whom were
masked, enjoyed various games and
guessing contests. Miss Evelyn Speak
man, Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Nico-
demus told fortunes.
Refreshments were served to the
Misses Lillian Speakman, Emma Sar-
Wis, Virginia Storey, Marion Craver,
Ellen C. Rittinger, Martha Shartzer,
Lillian Shoop, Helen Crook. Dick
Bowman, Ruth Spotz, Percy Walker,
Robert Walker. Ralph Williams,
Helen Gable, Effie Blough, Annie Hol-
bert, Frances Gelwicks, Miriam
Haines, Ruth Williams, Mayme Smith,
Elizabeth Smith, Geraldine Speakman,
Elfrieda Herman, Edward Siegfman
Russell Cline, William Mote, Edgar
Spotz, Mr.. and Mrs j. w. Carver, MT
and Mrs. George w. Speakman, Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. A. Beckett, Mrs. Charles
Bowman, Mrs. e. S. Rittinger, Mrs
Thomas Clark and Mrs. w. T. Gable