The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-11-11

Another inst. G. what happens
when a state 10 w.. l-y' by the
lie ,.siaturc and not by the people may
bo observed in the case Of Arkansas.
which became "a prohibition state in
name oaly, last January /. The fol
lowing from the Union Sentinel. Fl.
Smith tArk), indicates the public sen
timent In Arkansas:
II (prohibition) has put Forth
Smiths lights out' II has closed forty
business houses on the Avenue, to be
rcopeued I'm few instances by SOFT
drink stanJs, second hand stores. pool
halls. repair shops and cheap restau-
rants many OF them paying no rents
at all II has dIi"ca hundreds OF peo.
pie out oi the city rnd cut rents half
into Oh Garrison avenue. The biggest
hotel in the city 10 in the Federal
Court receivers hands. 4,
City commlGsIen lo "Eusted."
The cay Commission f. busted"
and on the sure enough water wagon
that y the city IS running sixty thou
sand dollars worth on the funds that
that can not te legally applied for any
o,her purpose than up.keep and pay
mont OF Water Department bonds and
interest. The public service IS re.
duCel to the minimum and the people
from the country are not seen on Gar.
risoa avenue, nor do they haul their
cotton to Fort Smith and trade with
our merchants like they used TO do,
There's n reason"
Not 40 long ago there was great
whoop and hoorah campaign carried
on In Fort Smith against mail order
houses Trade at home" was the slo
gan But today Fort Smith is the
greatest mail order house patron ac.
cording to las size on the American
continent There is reason"
Blind tigers and boot-leggers give
our local courts more TO do, cost the
people more, and pay less than ever
before.
The morals of the youth are not safe
guarded, Any boy with the price can
buy lIdaor In Fort Smith, and tho worst
feature Of it is taat ho has learned
that the Gurcst place 20 find II Is In
tho c'ty's holy segregated district.
Tlls pruh!blt.on aud morals 20 hand
n hlnl hcra'
iany kra Destitute.
Hundreds ol children of school age
ere no; IN school. Associated Chari-
ties are making constant appeals for
help TO feed the destitute. What Is
the matter with Fort Smith?
ASK the Age Herald OF birmingham
what is the matter with Birmingham,
Ala, and You may find what has Gu,
the population OF that city forty thou
sand and the school census eight thou
send The plain unyarnished truth is
that prohibition has paralyZed the 10
cal business OF Fort Smith In all Lines
outside OF ths jobbing, manufacturing
and banking interests. The paople
who use TO spend their money In Fort
Smith did so because they could buy
anything they wished here, including
wine, beer ana whisky, Prohibition
has diyerte! al this trade 10 cities not
run by mill: sops and sissy boys. To
cities whose population 10 not regard,
cd such moral degenerates that they
can't take drink without getting
drunk and committing crime. The
travelling public has cut Fort Smith
from It's itinerary.
The Commercial Club alone has kept
the doors OF the Goldman Hotel open
for the past rs months. one of the
most popular me iium rate hotels In
tie city (lhe Ielocel has Cune out OF
business-cl cd Up. There is a rea.
son"
Prohibition Is the Reason.
II things coat!age as now for a few