The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-17

tiOn. IL is a violation OF lHe law le
sell, give away, transport, introduce
advertise or to even have liquor in
ones possession. 1t is probably safe
to say that 80 per cent of the people
some time during a two year term OF
sheriff violate some feature of this
law.
We remember very well when this
paper undertook the task of running
every joint from the county. We
worked with all the vim, energy,
force and intelligence, and with all
/ the power we could command. The
result was that the best patrons of
the paper,-the most substantial men
! in the town,-those who build the
churches and build SCHOOLS and pay
the taxes revolted against that cam
paign With that kind of sentiment
prevailing, why should one man be
made to bear the sins of almost the
entire community? Wherein does the
justice lie?
We would, personally, like to see
every drop of intoxicating liquor pour
ed into the Atlantic ocean, and would
like to know that not another drop
would ever be made. Our whole SEN
timent Is opposed to the traffic. But
there was a time VIXEN years were
younger; there was a time when we
had not seen men close to us in af-
fection, whose very lives entwined
themselves about our hearts, waste
their usefulness and die from its eff
fects Those were times when we
were more lenient, when we liked
what was considered the gaiety it pro-
duced and the friendships it won. We
must remember that many hundreds
have not suffered, they have not been
aroused against 1t ana we must have
patience with them. We are all here
together; we represent hundreds OF
different shades of opinions; we must
get along together.
The court can call to mind only a
few years back when he belonged to
the great majority class that encour-
aged the sale of liquor and encouraged
law violation by tempting others with
the money he offered for its purchase.
He is older now; he has learned bet
ter, and there are hundreds of others
in this county who are now encourag-
ing liquor violations, will cease from
It when they have attained to the age
of the court; when they, too, have
poured out their souls in suffering.
Every way of man is right in his own
eyes" but the great problem OF life
is to solve the human mind. It's ten
dency is to go from one extreme to
another. The tendency of the reform
ed drunkard is to go to the extreme
and become violent reformer. Men
who in the quiet of their own lives
have learned this psychological truth
must have patience with other men.
All mankind is alike IN this respect
and no man has right to condemn
another
Many of us have lived here a num-
ber of years; our homes are here;
our dead are buried here; the hopes of
the living are anchored here; our
business institutions are here, and We
do not desire any political or personal
fouds to be engendered that will dis
tnrb and cndanger our lives. \ fight
clouds the atmosphere with smoke.
This was illustrated in Tulsa when
there was a fight of this very nature
being made in that city There was
lawlessness prevailing that forced
men to hire private guards for their
homes, that they might lie down at
night in peace and steep
The court is not without RESPONSE
bility And that responsibility dates
back to the first day of statehood A
grand jury should have oeen convened
at least once, and PROBABLY twice a
year The court could have convened !
the grand jury but did not The
people by petition could have con.
vened a grand jury, but they failed !
and neglected to do their duty, and |
every man stands condemned alike |
1t is not Justice 1t is not manly in us |
now to gather the shortcomings Of all |
Of us together and throw them upon
the shoulders of the sheriff. and in
iure him and humiliate his family |
Carter county men love justice too |
well to do it, and We believe that the
grand jury will see that they are being |
used in an illadyiscd fght-one that
will disrupt the county and result in
a worse state Of affairs
The grand Jurors are to be com
nended for the vast majority Of their
work. Their recommendation for a
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