The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-11
DRY OR WET

DN L ON WE
On November the of Ohio will be called upon to vote
on Proposed Amendment to the Constitution which
The sale and manufacture of Intoxicating liquors as
eactaWs to aEe % tRs P9[Sa vo dsf General Assembly shall
nal ndustr iis ths manuaeue of such liquors for medic
purposes" ~ anu 0ther non'oe'erase
Ohio voted ike amendment in 1915 and # lost b55 4os
ihe wet majority Hamilton county was 6S 44 So out
SIDE OF Hamilton county the state went d, y bv I,o.6
Inc u s SUPREME COURT IN che case of Crowley versus
IN tepor 1877 and page So held "There is no inhe-
ent right in citizen to cell intoxicating Iiouor bv retail
M ~ Is NOT privilege of citizen of the citizen of
e O"teo States So, before person can open saloon he
NUS get license from The United States and from his own state
Inc s. SUPREME COURT last January held in the Webb
me % Declon that state has right law prohibit.
prohibiting '''' ''"''' 'n'0 '"e S''e 81
The U COURTS have held that four things are not subject
interstate commerce and right to enact law pro-
no1n other states shipping such articles it. The four being
coon injected with plague Lottery tickets and booze
Early in this year Congress passed and the President signed
the ANTI LIQUOR ADVERTISING LAW forbiddnp the use
OF The mails dry territory any newspaper or publication
@ na liquor adver ments and The soliciting of orders
" beverages IN any manner through the mails ia dry territory
BONE DRY
This law, passed by Congress and signed by the President reads
i shall order purchase liquors
a medicinal and mbi e except for scientific sacramen
Tory the laws OF which state territory prohibit manufac
es shall be punished as aforesaid"
Under the provisions of the Amendment to be voted on
IN Ohlo Oh November g. Ohio will be BONE DRY on and
DoOteggng speakeaSes sales of Iiouor as bev-
ease Two years ago the liquor traffic said prohibition
could not be enforced Now they admit it will stop boot
Logging speakeases and other unlawful sales of liquors.
Recently Congress passed law and same was signed
by the President that stopped the use of food articles in
the manufacture Of whisky during the war But there is
enough whisky hand to last longer than the war will
S 30 Cne real and only thing gained by this law is the
saving OF food products during the war; from being used
in the making of whisky
ATNSu uN(NT.YT
10 make it easy for the people right and difficult to
90 wrong That is why is Your duty to vote drv and
make J. easier to do right
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
What has the saloon done tor you? What has tbe CO.
'ooh cone TO you? What good has the saloon done anv
c0nu'IV! "hat misery, crime, poverty and disturb
arces has the saloon d? ThoughtfuIy think over
these questions.
He never lived who could truthfuy say that the saloon
helped him to be better man. Thousands saw it has
ruined them. You say ylu can "drnk or LET # alono ,,
VIII your boy or girl be able 'let it aone?' Think
that over, If YOU care for them.
10000 druhkards die annually. 10000 BOYS must annu
ally commence the road to drunkard's grave During
each v elve months the liquor traffic takes mortoaon IN
10000 cradles that is foreclosed by drunkards orav T
your child morgaged to the liquor traffic? If So vote drv
and cancel the mortgage. saloon cannot run along
without boys.
FATHERS AND MOTHERS, the liquor traffic is selfsbvan
cuOmers) pay taxes Would you have your child made rn
ard for all the taxes the saloons pay in Oh W.
VII! later show you how false is tle claim about taxes
AS long as booze is manufactured you will have the tomno
to boys 10 drink you will have the of the crime INSANITY I
poverty causes to take of the you pay Are yon will
ing pay the taxes collected you take care of the c;
criminal courts riots the insane and for the poor fund directly
Caused by booze? N U''eo'iy
long you have saloons you will have greater necessity
Ior ponce criminal and police courts a penentares poor
houses chlldrens homes, hospitals and course GREATER
1AAEo pay the bills The Police Dept Greenvle reports
II arrests IN the city for Sept of which for drunkenness
The OHIO SUPREME COURT says: .The liquor traffic is
ism of the state" - ~ N P""Per-
The U s. SUPREME COURT says: "The statistics ofev.
ued to the of ardent spirits obtained in these retail
liquor saloons than any other sources
BkdAN says Ihat the saloon is the first place policeman
looks for criminals and the last place where he expec to find
virtue" ~
Booze is forbidden in the Army and Navy Why have it
IN OHIO! The Government has closed nearly all the saloons in
Chlcothe because they sod booze soldiers The Govern
het knows that booze makes soldier Rbooz makes
poor soldier will make poor citizen the saloon to
civilians as we'll as to soldiers Government not think
ing about revenue when stopped the sale of to soldiers
shall Ohio boys give their ve that the flag still float over
the aoon which nobody has word of for which nobody
says good thing about which does nobody any good which the
source of crime and disturbance every ocae
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. SAYS
Bring me the Industrious the respectable will return
sand dhauOa