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The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1916-01-28

Probably the warmest fight ever
waged over the prohibition question
in New Mexico is now in progress Ia
Clovis, and it promises 10 become .
battle royal until the polls are closed
next Monday night. Both sides are
bending every effort to win, and, as
usual, both sides claim they have q
substantial majority, but to the nom
enthuiast it appears to be "hoss'
race, and none are able to predict the
outcome until the final count. This
week the prohibitionists are making
their strongest efforts. Il will -
their banner week without dull mo-
ment. The program started with q
monster mass meeting at the Elks
Auditorium Sunday night, at which II
is estimated that the attendance was
at least eight hundred. Johnson's
Chamber OF Commerce Band is fur
nishing music for these gatherings
which will be held every night this
week. The speakers at Sunday nights
meeting were Rev. Milton Rcece. pas
tor OF the Baptist Church, and Rev.
Arthur w. Jones, the Christian evan
gclist. Their arguments were con-
fined entirely to the issues and there
was none of the mud singing that
characterized the street meeting Sat
urday afternoon, when Rev. Jones
for the pros and Attorney Stanley ].
Clark for the ants became entangled
in debate. A sensation was created
when Rev. Reccc exhibited a bottle
said to contain liquor which he al
legged was taken by officers from the
person OF man only i couple hours
before the meeting. 1t is said he had
made the purchase at a residence on
the west side of town. Other speak
ers during the week were Judge +. r
Works OF Amarillo, Father Murphy
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1916-01-28

Father Pat Murphy. t h e
Catholic priest from Dalhart.
who was the center of attrac-
ton ut the Elks Auditorium
Tuesday night. after compile
menting the News on several
matters said that he thought
the News was inclined to be
rather moist" Yes Pat. the
moisture that appears in the
News is paid for as so much per
inch precipitation, and this week
the downpour is pretty heavy.
There has also been published
each week some articles so
dry" that the desert of Sahara
would look like an oasis in COM
parison. For your information,
Pat. if you haven't already heard
it will state that the writer is
going to vote the prohibition
ticket, but that we receive pay
for our newspaper space just
like you expect at least your
expenses paid to come all
the way from Dalhart, Texas to
Clovis to make prohibition
speeches. Father Meyers in
iorms US that he believes in
temperance but not in prohi.
bition, but that is AN expression
of his personal views, just as
we have expressed ours. It's Of
course, not an expression Of the
church. The "wets" and the
"drys" both go to your church
and we doubt that you would
exclude some of your flock from
hearing your wonderful and
most convincing sermons just
because personally they happen.
ed to be a little moist. f"
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1916-01-28

on the subject of prohibition"
He issued his challenge with all
fairness and all candor on this
question. That prohibition 10
not the practical solution OF tho
liquor problem. And while
the Rev. Mr.. Jones spoke again
after this challenge was made.
he carefully ignored the chal-
lenge; he refrained from men
tioning it in the least way, and
from his action it was taken
by the audience that he was
afraid. with his flimsy argu-
ment. to try 20 meet the wonder
full and strong argument as pro-
duced by Clark.
During Clsrk's speech Rev.
Messer, one of the ministers Of
Clovis. interrupted by asking
him numbers of questions. Mr..
Clark took from his pocket o
copy of the Gibbs letter. which
was written to Mr.. Ira R. Gibbs.
a citizen of Clovis, by Mr.. Mes
ser. Mr.. Clark showed by this
letter the length to which the
prohibitionists would go to So
cure votes for their cause In this
campaign. Mr.. Clark showed
by the Gibbs letter that the pro-
hibitionists had even gone so far
as to possibly violate the corrupt
practice act of the State of New
Mexico in order to secure votes.
He showed also that they had at
tempted to use boycott. That
the State of Oklahoma. since the
year 1907. the year the prohi-
bition law went into effect In
that state, crime had increased
200 per cent. He showed where
the State of Oklahoma Is burden
ed with taxes. In fact he DEM
onstrated clearly to the audi
yence by his facts and figures
that Oklahoma is almost in =
state of bankruptcy. He took
up an article in the CLOVIS Jour
nal. which paper has appealed
to the farmers of Curry county
to come in and assist in placing
whiskey in the hands of boot
leggers, and showed clearly to
the audience where that paper
tried to work an injury to the
farmers. instead of trying to
benefit them. He demonstrated
to the Rev. Mr.. Jones that he
knew more about the bible than
Jones did. He showed how Rev.
Jones argument was to boycott
the anti business man if he fail
ed to come across and vote the
pro ticket. He showed also tO
the Rev. Mr.. Jones and his corps
of attending ministers that there
are many evils in the world that
are far greater than the liquor
question, but which they calm
ly and seemingly purposely
ignored. but yet they would take
40 the liquor question because
the liquor dealers would not
fight back. He took up the
thread OF the argument that
Rev. Jones had used in both of
his speeches. He took it up
sentence by sentence, line by
line and word by word. He
said that Rev. Jones was work
ing purely and simply for
prohibition for the money that
was in it. He showed where
the prohibitionists were abso-
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The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1916-01-28

So that the voters of Clovis,
who were not there may know.
we take this opportunity of tell
ing them about the Rev. Arthur
Jones' attack on the Hon. STAN
ley J. Clark, a we'll known and
respected citizen of Clovis.
Last Saturday afternoon the
Rev. Arthur Jones and his corps
Of attending ministers appeared
on the street near the Magic
City Furniture Company's store.
and after some studying of the
weather they mounted Walter
Fry's big wagon. which was
standing near. and Rev. Jones
began to speak. The crowd
aturally supposed that his talk
would be on the prohibition
question. but as ne began his
address he drew from his pocket
IN issue of the Clovis News.
and after referring to an article
n said paper, which was signed
"A Citizen" he began q TRADE
Of abuse against the writer of
the article and the anti. prohi-
Dltionists. declaring that they
would write articles and were
afraid Co sign their names to
them, etc., and he wondered
who could have written such an
article. and he would like. o! so
we'll to know the writer; when
Lo and behold! a gentleman in
The audience raised his hand and
said: Sir. l am the man who
wrote that article" the Rev.
Arthur Jones began to abuse
HIM in 9 most insulting manner.
Hundreds of farmers and dis
interested men, who we're pres
ent made the statement after
wards that never in their lives
mad they listened to any man
who used such an insulting
manner in speaking to gentle
man. This kind of talk coming
from q minister caused these
dlslnterested people to wonder
why the prohibition campaign
managers would resort to such
tactics to defend their cause.
When the Rev. Arthur Jones
closed his argument, then Hon.
Stanley j. Clark, u resident and
practicing attorney of this city.
and who wrote the article
In the paper. that Rev. Jones
mad referred to. and the man
VINO had calmly taken the abuse
of the paid oratar, arose and be-
gan u defend his article and
himself against the attack OF the
prohibition campaign paid agl-
lator. AS Clark arose to his
rect in The automobile ard it be-
came evident that he was going
70 make 4 speech in defense ol
himself and his article. Rev.
Jones stepped forward on his
wagon and assured the audience
that no matter what Clark might |
say or do. he would make him |
look like a ninny, and that he |
would skin him alive in any |
debate. at any time. on this |
question. and Jones pleaded |
with the people to stay and hear
him clean up on Clark if he
spoke. 1t will be remembered
that the first sentence in Mr.,
Clark's speech was this: Il
hereby challenge the Rev. Mr..
Jones to meet me in a series Of
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1916-01-28

This question 10 at the present
agitating the minds of many of
the voters of Clovis.
When viewed from a manly. a
sane standpoint. the solution is
simple aud the answer easily
arrived at.
1st. Vote - For conditions that
will tend to elevate the social
life to tho highest plain of moral
excellence.
Vote To remove from your
Ooys ss far as possible, every
temptation for the use of in
toxicants.
Vote for conditions that will
foster the best educational ad-
vantages for our boys and girls.
and afford them the best oppor-
tunities to develop into Great
and Noble men and women of
prolific minds. Excessive use Of
intoxicants not only Supplies,
stultifes. impoverishes q n d
makes both mental and physical
wrecks of the parents that use
it. but also makes degenerates
and dwarfs of their offspring.
You are your brothers keeper;
the Holy scriptures teach this
therefore.
Vote To protect the home of
your neighbor from the ravages
of rum and rescue or relieve the
heart broken and half clad. halt
starved wife a n d neglected
children Of the drunkard from
their grief. sufferings, and un-
told agonies Of both mind and
body.
Vote To prevent that pure
helpless. innocent. unsuspectinR
daugeter from falling into the
beastly clutches of a drunkard,
and prevent that promising boy
from filing a drunkard's grave
and q drunlSard's Hell.
If you weuld consider this
matter from a business stand
point,
Vote - For conditions that will
meet the requirements for pro
curing the State Normal that our
State constitution provides for
TO be located in Eastern New
Mexico, (hut which will not I'm
der any circumstances be located
among salo0nsj. This and other
substantial improvements, that
will certainly follow, will posi-
lively insure a Bigger and
Better CLOVIS.
Vote 70 obtain all the above
and many more" good things
for Clovis for home. and for
society.
Vote THE DRY TICKER"
Discard the saloons and you VIII
inaugura.e au influence that will
result in doubling the population
of Clovis and Curry County in a
lew years time.
From moral or religious
stand point. it is the DUTY of
every rational voter to vote
against the saloon; and from a
business stand point it will be
greatly to the interests of every
property owner to vote out the
saloons. There is not a single
logical reason for voting the
continuance Of the saloons. but
every" reason why you should
vote to close them.
Don't be misled by the false
statements 0e the saloon ele.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1916-01-28
VOTE FOR PROHIBITION
SAYS PROF. D. N. CROFT
In the Following Communication fro1 Prof. D. NJ Croft
the Prohibition Question is Handled Without Gloves.
The Argument He Presents 10 Stronger than any the
Imported Speakers Have Yet Advanced

ment. The Mighty prohibition
wave that is sweeping over. not
only the United States, but the
entire Globe, has so demoralized
and terrorized them, that they
will falsify. vilify and resort to
anything. in their mad effort to
obtain q little relief. Their
cause Il sh ould say CURSE is
becoming so hopeless. they fully
realize that il Is in the last
throes of death, and they will
clutch to o straw in their last
desperate efforts to hold a little
footing. Saloon and whiskey
sympathizers tell you that pro-
hibition does not prohibit and
that there is more drunkenness
and intemperance in territory
voted dry, than when the sa-
looms were running. These are
damnable lies, uttered by igno.
ramuses. Reliable government
statistics show a wonderful de
crease in the consumption of
spirits. The late report of the
commissioner of internal reve.
nue., VIM. H. Osborne, for the
fiscal yeas ending June 30th,
1915, shows a decrease of over
16, 900 liquor dealers during the
past year. With 10000 saloons
put out of business, in one year.
doesn't that mean something?
Don't you suppose that will
Prohibit" the sale and con-
sumption of at least a few gal
Ions of the demon run? The
same report further shows a de-
crease in the consumption Of
fruit brandies and spirits dis.
titled from grain of over Is. 000.
600 gallons. and a decrease in
the consumption of beer of over
1000, 600 barrels. and with the
additional 9 new dry states. this
decrease will more than double
the coming year. Isn't that
some prohibition" We do not
expect our present prohibition
laws to entirely" prohibit
drunkenness any more so than
our laws against murder and
theft will entirely prohibit kill
ing and stealing, You might as
well endeavor to fly to the moon,
as to stop the confirmed, eX-
cessive drinker from getting his
whiskey, Get it he will" if he
has to go through fire to obtain
it. you can't stop him from
drinking. He's gone. But it
is our object to prohibit" or
abolish the wide-open Saloon in
Clovis aud thus save as far as
possible the rising generation.
In an article appearing in last
week 3 issue of the News. y as
a plea for the open saloon, the
writer unable to produce any
sane argument in its favor, in
his utter desperation clutched
the old rotten thread of Person
al Liberty" Does this kind of
Personal liberty" he is pro-
mean that the modest
respectable class OF citizens of
Clovis and vicinity must submit
to. and endure continuation of
the stencil, debauchery. the de-
pravity of the saloon. in order
to satisfy his idiotic whimseys |
in what he" terms Personal
Liberty"??? If this writer
wishes to enjoy "his" species of
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The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1916-01-28

Call at the Womsn's Exchange
Saturday and get your cake and
pies for Sunday dinner.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1916-01-28
The Ballot Will Decide the Question Next Monday.
THE ANTI-PROS. EXPLAIN
HOW 1T ALL HAPPENED

The Following Communication from the AntPro. Cam
paign Committee Discusses the Street Controversy
and Attacks the Boycott Plan. It Was Not Meek
Eyed Rabbit" but a "Wild Cat"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-22
Moroccan Politeness.

A rather amusing little story of the
sultan of Morocco is told in connec'
ton with an official visit paid to him
by an European diplomat. During the
audience the diplomat noticed, with
some surprise, that not one of the two
or three clocks in the audience cham
Der was going. Very delicately he
mentioned to the sultan that his clocks
had all stopped, and limited that he
would like to present him with one
that would be more reliable. The sui
tan thanked him.
"But my clocks are excellent time
keepers" he added, with smile.
"They were all going until just before
you came, but had them all stopped
as l did not desire, during your excel
lency's all too brief visit, to be re
minded of the flight of time
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-22
EIvino Bird Broke Window.

The great speed and force with
which birds fly was strikingly Illus
trated the other day when a partridge
crashed through large window in
a country residence near Red Wing,
Mimi. The window was glazed with
plate glass, one-fourth inch thick. The
bird, which weighed 90 ounces. was
found dead in the living room IL feet
from the window. The impact of
its body broke hole In the heavy
glass about three feet in diameter.
This window is more than five feet
square and close to the ground. 1t
overlooks large lawn which at GER
tain times Of the day is very wildly
reflected in the glass. 1t is thought
that the bird was deceived by the re-
Election and supposed it was flying
through an opening when it met its
death. All but two or three very
small pieces of the broken glass were
thrown into the room.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-22
Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)

Lydia entered the sunny room in the
big house little timidly. When she
had answered the advertisement she
had never dreamed that the answer
would come from anything but bust
ness Office. She was still more bewil-
dered when the tall man wearing the
blue glasses CROPPED rather helplessly
toward her and indicated that she
should sit down where there was no
chair
Miss Ford, l received something
like fifty answers to my advertise
ment," said Harold Sarnold. MANY of
them were clearly illiterate. However,
yours impressed me most az my wife
read it to me. l wish l could see your
face. Won't you speak?" he continued,
a little irritably.
Lydia, quite discounted, murmured
something. -
eyes, have a mental picture of you
now" answered Sarnold. you are
twenty, or Whereabouts, and your quiet
voice denotes gentle personality. Is
that correct?"
81 hope So murmured Lydia, totally
at loss and resisting a strong temp
tatiOn to flee.
"Well, now-you have sat down,
haven't your" said Sarnold, finding his
chair. Il am an author My pen name
is Lucas Devine. You may have heard
Of it,"
81 certainly have" said Lydia warm
ly. 81 have read" t51
THANK you," interposed Sarnold.
''The trouble is that my sight is good
FOR only six months, according to the
best eye specialist in New York.
Amaurosis, he calls the trouble. l
could see you now; If took off these
glasses, but l am outstanding it. So,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-22
Selfish Motive Seen in Plea for
Filipino independence

Why Filipino desire his independence The United States
has not oppressed the people, but has spent millions dollars
effort upft he nstung reforms for their benefit at
great The United States has xacd cent the of
We have done them only good and not ha and this at great
expense and inconvenience to ourselves.
What en be the motive Of the political agtators that desire
independence who smarng under the control of the United States?
1t plainly evident that they would like to exploit for their own
back the old system Of despoaton not
many years ago. They object the restraining influence and of
the 1t the desire for freedom that expressed by
young and between the fourteen and twenty who
avoid the control of their parents their actions
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-22
United States Owes
Sacred Duty
to American Indians
By JOSEPH H. CHOATE
Former Ambassador to Great Britain

The welfare of Indians solemn national obligation We have
sacred trust than the protection of the weak from being
by the the
has been to give the Indian that protection.
caution necessary adopting methods Indian
problem has been the subject too theories which have proved dis
practice In the early the theory determination existed
ground that e only good Indian dead Indian This idea
appeal erovng people, and later the theory g
conceived under which the Indians virtually herdd
poced that they escape and nure white
theorythat of NATURALIZATION developed under the
veray act really most plausible 1t solution
the problem properly administered and nd with
by and inconsistent legislation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-22
College Education Does Not Come
Entirely From Textbooks

constitutes college education? Too often consider only
the knowledge facts the passing OF certain pre-
bd course study says education has for its aim he
increasing of the power of a man."
man may acquire all the knowledge contained encyclopedia
coordinate his knowledge with conditions they exist
in life has not acquired power; is not truly educated
The idea student gets from coming contact with his fellow
students on the campus the football field the classroom
truly part his college education the knowledge which ne gains from
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-22
Women With Ballot Do Not Neglect
Their Homes and Babies
BY DR.. MARY HALTON of NeY York

Zealand, Norway and Australia the first three countries with
all woman-suage countries In all OF the
death rate than the United States have
at least the municipal VOTE
In the United States spend $650O year protect babies and
100000 year protect hogs When of all the civilized world the
had suffrage the longest has the lowest death
with the next lowest rate all have suf
there be doubt that suffrage has brought about better
and healthier living conditions for all the people?
Isn't evident that when mothers represented III government
their opinions consulted babies have better chance?
Isn't with the ballot do not neglect their home and
babies?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-22
Low Salaries for Teachers Halt
Progress of Schools
BY FREDERICK WINSOR

severely handicapped by the of amateur teach
temporary wormen and by the fact that the payment OF teachers
of and initiative The result has
been that poveby conservative not hdeboud 1t
is in rut.
fail because the only salvation OF the incompetent and
teacher devotion textbook and it
several school generations perfect good textbook Before the good
textbook can produced the innovation condemned not because 1t ID
not step in advance but really because it
Live teaching requires live men, and live will not in large
numbers choose profession long the work remains
underpad
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-22


you see, my five or six thousand a
year, my wife's future and my own
look very dark sometimes"
Lydia watched the pathetic figure
before her with a sense of vast pity.
But l don't give up" Sarnold con-
tinued. Il have good many literary
interests and / am going to retain
them. l have six months to train a
pair of eyes for me-your eyes. Do
you see that Instrument" he contin-
ued, pointing to piece of mechanism
in a corner near his desk. THAT Is
dictaphone l am going to dictate my
stories to you That other mechanism
is for shaving the wax records after
ward. fae
my plan is to practice debating to
you until 1 am able to dictate logical
and coherent stories. l shall use my
six months of eyesight to train You as
to punctuation. You will learn from
the tones of my voice just when to put
a comma and when a semicolon or
period. In short, by the time my sight
is gone l shall hope to have an excel
lent substitute, and / shall then offer
you. in addition to your salary, share
in my profits. You are not-pardon
me-not engaged, Miss Ford?"
NO." answered Lydia, glad that he
could not see her blush.
Nor ever will be?"
81 don't know-I don't think So"
ITS one of the risks of life," said
Sarno1d. Marriage is the penalty"
And so their association began; and
Lydia soon learned why Sarnold had
spoken so bitterly of marriage. If
ever there was an incongruous couple
1t was Sarnold and his wife. Sarnold
was quiet, gentle, thoughtful, and,
perhaps, little irritable upon occa-
sion; Mrs Sarnold was shrewish, cold,
calculating, and evidently source of
continual distress to her husband.
What the life of the couple could be
like when she was not present Lydia
could very well understand from what
she saw while she was there.
And from the first Lydia seemed to
become the object of Mrs. Sarnold's
hostility. She guessed that the wife,
too selfish to take the place she should
have done as her husbands assistant,
grudged her her own. Nevertheless
Mrs. Sarnold shrewdly realized that
her future, as we'll as her husband s,
lay at Lydia's mercy.
At the end Of three months Lydia
could take her employers stories ex-
actly on the typewriter from the dicta'
phone. punctuato - please him, and
even ventured to make suggestions
which he sometimes adopted. That
was the beginning, in fact, of very
happy partnership. Those hours were
the happiest in. Sarnold's life. Gradu-
ally their intimacy grew and Mrs
Sarnold was not slow to perceive it.
Sarnold's blindness seemed to have
become quite progressive. He CROPPED
his way about the room now like one
sightiess, and Lydia, not daring to
question hira. felt her eyes fill with
tears as she saw his helplessness.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-22
She Sprouts.

The bamboo sometimes grows two
feet in twenty-four hours, says the In
dianapolis News. There are 30 varie-
ties of this tree; the smallest is only
six inches in height, and the largest
$50 feet