El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-25


was painfully injured Thursday when,
in towing an automobile into Las
Cruces on the College road, he was
pinned between the two cars. His
collarbone and one rib were broken.
Mr.. Mcclure was unhitching the
towed car to readjust the rope when
the other car, being on a grade, ran
against him, pinning him between the
two cars
i Pikeville, where the Hatfields, the Nc
Coys. the Raineys and other famous
! feudists lived, all due, he charged to
the effects Of moonshine liquor.
DID you ever hear of railroad or
comm erclal organization advertising
the saloons Of city," asked the
/ speaker
1 Offers to Preach In Hotel.
In regard to the charge that lead |
| ing motel OF the city would go to the !
wall if the city voted dry. DR.. Lewis |
said to "let her 60" He offered TO |
come and preach Sunday evenings and /
take up. a collection for the man /
/ agement."
i In closing DR.. Lewis touched spe-
cially on the social features Of the !
saloon. the ostracism Of saloon keep |
ers and bartenders by lodges. and /
] the close connection OF traffic with /
! the social evil, relating how his /
uncle in Indiana had closed a saloon |
] arter an insult to his own daughter I
by a drunken habitue OF the place.
Results Good at Phoenix.
The good results Of prohibition at |
/ Phoenix. Ariz., following predictions /
/ OF hard times and business failures /
/ were depicted by Robert II. Fisher, of /
that city, who reused the large audi |
ence TO a high pitch Of enthusiasm /
| during brief and eloquent speech
7 am not paid reformer brought /
I IN from the outside" said Mr.. Fisher j
although I do have a black record, I
D as / am a lawyer. I am not getting
] paid for speaking here. I have a cou- /
pie OF clients in the city whom I am /
swinging and that is the reason that /
I am here"
Says Phoenix Hotel Benefited.
The progress OF the prohibition |
] Iight at Phoenix, in which the pro- /
prietor Of the Adams hotel had 4
I charged that he would be ruined il /
prohibition came, was explained by /
/ the speaker. Instead the Adams hotel 1
/ mad never had such a crowded bust /
ness as before, he said. had paid the |
I biggest dividends in its history, and !
had been obliged TO add two new
stories.
White aproned buzzards'' was tn,
/ term applied by Mr.. Fisher TO the bar I
tenders, and he declared that most of /
them had left Phoenix when the town
went dry Those who had stayed and !
tried to sell liquor fllicitlv had been
met with fines and stiff jail sentences. i
ne said Taxes had been lowered and. /
business increased wonderfully as a I
result OF prohibition in Phoenix, Mr.. 4
Fisher stated.
A plea for sacrifice in the time of
war was made by Mr.. Fisher, who Il
said:
Beer IS now 81 percent water and II
3 percent alcohol The personal lib II
- - > - IL I .
abridged 3 percent by prohibition. The II
remaining 81 percent water can still II
dam"
Says Don't CamOufIage Issue.
T n Wingo, Chairman. stated IN q H
brief Introductory talk that the op- Il
ponents Of prohibition were trying to IL
''camouflage" the issue by bringing in
other issues, such as the threatened /
closing Of hotels and the prophesy OF
vacant houses. He declared that there
was but one issue. the question of the
official recognition OF the saloon, that
was to be decided Jan 80.
The same forces that are now
fighting local option will be found
fighting state and national prohibit
tion," he added.
Praises Herald Editorial.
Praising a Herald editorial OF We'd
nesday, Mr.. Wingo urged that there
be no overconfidence in the result,
everyone present in sympathy with
the cause to get out and do personal
work.
The only good side to saloon is
the outside" declared Mrs Cora B.
McGrail. OF Grand Prairie. Texas, cor
responding secretary and field worker
Of the state W c. T. L, who was the
first speaker introduced by Mr.. Wfngo.
Saloons can't be put out Of business,
because they were never in business.
L. H. -
II you don't know the difference, go
home and look II Up IN your diction-
aries. It tells there the difference
between a business and a traffic"
more Shoes, Less Shoots.
Saloons and breweries could be
turned into other business enterprises,
suggested the speaker. Let them
make shooes and boots anstead Of
shoots and BOOZE" was her epigram-
The men let out Of employment could s
easily find other work in this day." s
she said, and if not they could go
Gives List of Meetings.
G. P. Putnam, at the close OF the
meeting, made announcements for the
coming meetings A complete list Of :
such meetings available up to Friday 4
noon follows:
Mass meeting. odd Fellows hall. s
o'clock tonight Zach L Cobb will
speak Is minutes. followed by Mrs
Cora E. McGran and Cyclone" Davis,
main speaker Of the evening.
Union mass meeting, o'clock to-
night, Orchard Park Methodist church,
Mrs. Cora B. McGral and Zach L
Cobb, speakers
Ysleta school house. 7:30 o'clock to-
night, Isidore Armijo and z. N. Whit
aker, speakers.
2sO9 East Alameda, o'clock to-
night, Spanish-American meeting, va
rious speakers.
There viii be no meetings an
nounced for Saturday, except a Span
.sh-American meeting at MutuaIsta
hall, South Stanton street.
Sunday Meetings Announced.
Trinity Methodist church, 2:30
o'clock, Mrs. Cora B. McGrail and Rob-
ert 5 Fisher, speakers.
First Baptist church, 2:30 o'clock,
Cyclone" Davis.
Asbury Methodist church, 2:30
o'clock. B. A Copass and 7. N. Wingo.
First Christian church, Sunday s
evening, Cyclone" Davis. Robert S.
Fisher.
Clint 2:S0 o'clock. Zach L. Cobb and
judge Dan N. Jackson.
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