Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-10-26
wv. &. r. II. COLUMN
vhs Glory et 4 Vote.
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In Il hEsia gsIsaga ta the state ol t
Minnesota. lived young couple hap
Rs and euasaat until Tire husband, /
@hn had Ai*af taken ''s aeslat glass. /. /
hAgaa ~ frequent fite saIeaua until |
lis beranas 4 eofsleaan druakaFd !rhe |
sgfs tslflaa Bsa patiently tioafng foe |
q better day Siaa iinaliy persuaded /
ls@e husband sn nlaye away from sha |
eyefy day tefagtatinns tB a town where |
thefe NeFs no aaiuens. Here they be, I
gan life anew Mr, NJ was a bsIghi
business snsan 81 kind. secsal dis
position, making many isienas anf
providing we'll for his wife aud two
children, y girl and boy,
kgtar hvtng ihas. III peace and corn
fort Tor aasne time, came a dag when
the citi.ans of this quiet little town
faced The high license" question,
aliadaar ran thru the young woman
Frame AS SHE heard the news. for
kftoN Ing Al she did. her husbands
weak Point. she feared again the iot
III n arunkarfisa Wife The naxt day
she alent talking with her neighh3rs.
revealing the story OF her gast, tell
ing her own experiences In saloon
town and asking every woman TO use
her influence to prevent the sale of
t4ASshfAA III bAltstt LIN II.
Election day over and votes count
ed ii WAS found that the eause Tor.
which she 40 faithfully worked had
lost hy one vote. The poor woman
cried In bitter disappointment. why
did that good man east that vote -
fSha said good man as many a man
viii either vote to get the license
money to uphold the toxin. or not
vote AT all. thinking, my vete don't
count for mtch.''l
In short thine saloons sprang ap
ON one side at the street She got her
husbands promise that he would al
ways walk on the other side OF the
sstrest TO and from work, thinking per-
81 haps II would save him and for d time
Ii did, One evening however he was
detained az his office till quite late
and thot he'd take the short route VIA
saloon street home In the door.
was OF the saloons stood friends and
acquaintancss who called TO him In
merry tones, Come, haze a good
!, time or s'just have one drink" There
was mirth and laughter and the tempt.
ling beverage within and like thou
Z sands before him. he was tempted and
z he fell. Fron, this day on he sank
. rapidly till he became b social out
!. cast. tiespised drunkari His pa,
. tient. suffering wife turned to ner
washtnh for support,
i One morning after having spent d
drnn9ard's night on the floor in a
7 back room of saloon, hts face spot
. ted with HOOD marks received In q
i fight, he came home to find the house
!, empty. The mother had gone to work
rs usual, and on leaving the house he
: Raw his children at play by the lake
shore. He was very fond of his son
& and, walking towards the children be
called TO the little fellow to come to
q '-s..s rha child looked up and seeing
his drunken fathers swollen, bloody
stsise. became frightened and ran away
i This so aroused the demon within him
/. that he pursued the fleeing child anl
catching him. held him beneath ths
~ little girl screamed id terror, people
surface of the water till lifelsss. Ths
n little girl screamed in terror. people
|. came to the scene and the man wa:
I arrested. He is to this day serving
1 life sentence IN the Minnesota STATE
Z penitentiary 3a
L The mother on learning Of the faith
/. er's deed screamed In agony, h.
did that good man cast that vote?
she lost her reason and is now
raving maniac IN one Of the insane ass
o lums Of the same state, where sh
i from morning until evening, day ate
= day screams until her voice Is gone
/, Why did that good man east tia
vote e
3 3 Z This storygis not fiction! 81
4 facts. ard. RS near as can remembe
/ = u as toid by one Of the members {
q. The North Dakota State Enforcemea
81 eagae farm. Stock, aad Home.