The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-06-27

stay and no remorse or repentance OF
his can staunch or assuage.
! II a man takes his own life, he Is q
murderer both under the laws of God
!, and5man. If he withholds his life when
! his country calls for its sacrifice. he
| is a traitor and Stacker II, he cor
rupts the life currents OF posterity, he
commits the objectionable sin OF
blighting the lives of children whose
| fathers are yet unborn.
There waF time in the history of
our country when men seriously ques-
toned the evil effects of liquor on the
human life, but that debate. has long
since been closed; science now in no
uncertain terms declares that lntoxi-
eating liquor is wholly evil, and the
experience of the great world war has
placed the question beyond the pale
OF further dispute in the minds OF all
who are both informed and candid.
Opinion Of Great Fighters.
We read that In order TO make the
Russian soldiers efficient fighters
vodkn was baniShed from the Russian
empire, and the great Kitchener, ere
atos of armies and compeller Of vic
tory, told the British Tommies that II
they would be faithful soldiers of the
king, they must avoid the wines OF
France. and our own Rershing en-
forces in every way possible total alb
stinence on the part OF the American
soldiers.
We 500 on every hand the Govern
ment OF the United States under the
advice Of scientific experts tnrround-
ing our soldiers with barriers against.
strong drink we see temperance zones
surrounding training camps, and strIn-
gent orders and laws agninst the sale
Of liquor TO soldiers and we see, too,
fhe good effect OF these laws In the
splendid appearance OF the soldiers
themselves.
We resd II In their clear visioned
eyes, in their wholesome compilations
and In The erect and soldierly bearing
that marks the American soldier every
where. We know that when drink Is
strain OF the greatest war the world
has ever known. the mask has fallen
from the face of rum, and instead of
the old claims Of tonic food and med
icine, science reveals the revolving fea-
lures ofafisease, waste and,Ineileiency
II to secuse an efficient man In time
OF war, II is necessary to have sober
mnn; in order to secure an efficient
man In time Of pence, II is equally
necessary TO have sober man.
Evil Effects Of Drink.
Drink robs manhood OF it's strength
and dignity; II robs wonInnhood OF IT'S
beauty and grsca, and il RIBS child
hood Of LIS joy and hope II brings
poverty and crime, despair and degra-
dalton wherever II fiouriShes; II takes
the smila from the face OF the wife,
and II clothes the bodies OF children
In raga IT brings misery sorrow and
degrada ttpn to all who fall under its
sinister Influence and power.
Let us move forward, then, In the
great work of redeemIng the old Ken
lucky hOpe from intemperance, sen
suality and vice. Let us make II the
brightest the holiest and happiest
home In all the world Let us make it
true In fact, as In song. that the sun
shines bright in the old Kentucky
home by driving from its borders that
evil whose baleful shadow
darkrns the land and fastens upon
Kentucky that nournful and sombre
title, The Dark and Bloody Grounds"
THE STATEWIDE PROHIBITION
FEDERATION,
By HENRY 8. BARKER, Chairman,
JULIA r. QUINN, Secretary.
ASSN. OF CATHOLICS FAvoRING
PROHIBITION,
P. H, CALLAHAN, Chairman.
DEMOCRATIC FORWARD LEAGUE,
A ]. A. ALEXANDER, Chairman.
ANT1-sALooN LEAGUE,
y. A. PALMER, superintendent.
KENTUCKY, W. C. Il. u,
e. BEAUCHAMP, PresI-
dent
CHURCHMAN'S FEDERATION.
W. 8. LoCKHART, Elk. Secretary.
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE FAVOR
ING PROHIBITION,
By JOHN P. HASWELL, JR-, Chair