The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-19
'BOYNTON CLOSES
BAPTIST SESSION
CHICAGO PASTOR SPEAKS FOR
STATEWIDE PROHIBITION
IN UNION MEETING AT
METHODIST CHURCH.

With stirring temperance ad
dress by DR.. NJ. p. Boynton. paste
of the Woodlawn Baptist church, o
Chicago, at union service in tn,
First Methodist church, the thirty
fifth annual Baptist convention came
TO a close last night. 1t was unques
tlonably the best assembly which TIE
denomination has ever held in Soutl
Dakota.
The total registration figures in
dictate that there were over 400 mem
bers in attendance during the week
This far outshines the best previous
attendance which was 267, wher
Sioux Falls entertained the conven-
ton several years ago. Ideal weather
conditions which permitted to motor
to the city from the surrounding
towns explains largely the augment
ed numbers
All the services of yesterday drew
enormous crowds. The morning hour
in the Baptist church was attended
by citizens of all denominations and
the building was packed. In the af-
ternoon, the young peoples societies
of the city joined in union service
at the church, which was very We'll
attended,
union meeting was held in the
Methodist church yesterday evening
and the large auditorium was COM
pletely filled Before the regular SER
vice, the chorus choir of the Baptist
church, gave a program of special
music, which was very much enjoyed.
The principle address was by DR..
Boynton.
John Barleycorsi," declared DR..
Boynton, lis the most persistent, ar
tistic and successful lar that ever
crawled out of hell He said. 4 am a
food, a stimulant, medicine Miss
Science, coldly opinionless, went
through him and found he was a
fraud. not a food, a paralyzer, not a
stlmulant; quack not a medicine.
for every drink costs % seconds of
life. When you talk of a man being
half-stewed, that is not rhetoric but
accurate description, and half-baked
! is all right, for that is what alcohol
| does to the body.
There are three kinds of citizens
the good, the bad, and the sucker
The good citizen votes his conscience
and ideals, the bad citizen stands for
corruption. but the sucker is the cit
lzen who doesn't vote because he does
not take interest enough i'll it, These
nice, unsophisticated people. these
pests OF the Republic, these parasites
on society. who don't want anything
to do with politics, are about the
dirtiest most useless beings in
America.
IF you lose prohibition in South
Dakota and in the other states it will
not be because of the bad citizen, he
is in the minority: but because of the
awful crop of suckers. South Dakota,
with a homogeneous, happy, indus
trious, selfrespecting people, which
has driven John Barleycorn out of
400 cities, has the fairest chance of
any state. If YOU fail men will say
the prohibition tide is turned. SO on
November Z vote Eyes" on amend
ment No. and bring a little more of
heaven. Vote your conscience and
your heart vote for the women and
children, and not for booze and dew
lis"
Before the close of the convention,
the executive committee of the board
OF managers was chosen. The men
who will act upon this committee are
Rev. F. E. Stockton, of Watertown,
chairman, DR.. II. r. Best, DR.. S. P.
Shaw and j. j. Allen. of Sioux Falls,
Rev. Z. L.. Kelley and e. A. Loomer,
of Mitchell, and II. j. Odell, of Mont
rose