New Britain herald., 1916-09-30

subject, Did It Thunder or Was It the Voice of God?"
 regationa1-The pastor, Rev. F. L. Grant, will occupy the pulpit at the morning service.
 Episcopal-Litany and holy com munion at the regular morning ser vice at 1O:45 in the Church of Our Saviour. Sunday school at noon. Even ing services will be resumed tomorrow at o'clock. The rector, Rev. R. H. Burton, will preach.
 ching by the pastor, Rev. J. G. Ward, at 10:45. Sunday school at 12:O5. Young Peoples ser vice at o'clock. Preaching by the pastor at z p. m.
 Last Argument For "Drys.'
 Closing the newspaper campaign in the interests of @ nO-liCense Plain vile one of the prohibition commit tee, signing himself as Observer, submitted the following for publica- tion today:
 MT. Editor:
 Tn the course of trip last month in the state of Maine the writer spent some days in a town having the same population as Plainville, and in many ways presenting the same general aspect of community life. And he could not help instituting some com parison between conditions as they exist in the two places with reference to the liquor traffic, and get some con- ception of what might easily be true in Plainville under no license. lie saw there a quiet, orderly life, such as we have not known for years, and there was on every side evidence of ot+ in hJc and a determination to maintain these conditions at any cost. Money would not hire this town to go back to the license system. This is illustrative Of conditions prevailing throughout the state. It Is true some liquor is sold illegally, but 1t is but an incl dent in the life of a sober, law abid- ing people. The garbled reports In the nress are as far as possible from rep resenting the actual facts. The peo- nle and the authorities of the state, in both the large and small places, are lava biding and law-enforc1ng, and they are determined that no other conditions shall prevail
 The writer returned impressed with the idea of what a fine place Pla1n- vile would be to live in were the sa- loon banished from our town. lie IS convince that "citizen" in a recent issue has, unintentionally no doubt, cast a s1ur upon the people of Plain vile. in claiming that the law would not be enforced, and all sorts or evil would prevail. Surely we are not that sort of people. There are enough men here sternly determined to enforce the law could no license be secured, and what would 1t not add to the beauty and dignity, the quiet and safe tv of our town. He does not know, and does not care who was responsible Tor the recent raids. Let this quest1on carefully be considered: Under what possible extravagant conditions of no license could raids upon thirteen d1f- ferent places be made in single m morning, such as has been true under license? Furthermore the ''blind ti- gers" wrong and bad as they un- doubtedly are, minister to a very Mrn- ited constituency of their own, and their evils are not to be compared to the blatant undisguised, unmitigat- ed defiance of everything pure ana worthy and good of the open saloon.
 "Citizen' leaves the question of rev. enue as regards the town out of ac- count. It is indeed a small matter But what revenue of happiness are our homes deriving from the activity of the liquor traffic? What revenues of strength and efficiency are our working men getting from the saloon?