The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-18


stay and no remorse or repentance q
his can staunch or assuage.
II man takes his own life, he is q
murderer both under the laws Of God
and man. If he withhoIds his life when
| his country calls for its sacrifice, he
IS a traitor and Stacker If he cor
i rupts the life currents of posterity, he
commits the objectionable sin OF
blighting the lives Of children whose
fathers are yet unborn.
There was a 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 intoxi-
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,
vodka was banished from the Russian.
empire, and the great Kitchener, Gre
ator of armies and compeller Of VIC
tory, told the British Tommies that if
they would be faithful soldiers Of the
King they must avoid the wines Of
France, and our own Pershfng en-
forces in every way possible total abb
stinence on the part of the American
soldiers.
We see on every hand the Govern
ment of the United States under the
advice Of scientific experts surroundI
ing our soldiers with barriers against
strong drink; we see temperance zones
surrounding training camps, and strinI
gent orders and laws against the sale
of liquor to soldiers; and we see, too,
the good effect Of these laws in the
splendid appearance OF the soldiers
themselves.
We read it in their clear visioned
eyes, in their wholesome complexionS
and in the erect and sOldierly bearing
that marks the American soldier every
where. We know that when drink IL
thus driven from the army, under the
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 of disease, waste and inefficiency. |
If TO secure an efficient man in time |
Of war, it is necessary to have a sober
man; in order to secure an efficient |
man in time of peace, il is equally
necessary to have sober man.
Evil Effects Of Drink.
Drink robs manhood of it's strength
and dignity; it rObs womanhOOd of its
beauty and grace, and it robs child
hood Of its joy and hope. 1t brings
poverty and crime, despair and degra-
datiOn wherever it flOurishes; it takes
the smile from the face of the wife,
and it clothes the bodies Of children
in rags. 1t brings misery, sorrow and
degradation 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 home from intemperance, SEN
suaIity and vice. Let US make it the !
brightest, the hottest and happiest ,
home in all the world. Let US make il |
true In fact, as in song, that the sun |
shines bright in the old Kentucky
home by driving from It's borders that
monstrOus evil whose baleful shadow
darkens the land and fastens upon
Kentucky that mournful and sombre
title, "The Dark and Bloody Grounds"
THE STATEWIDE PROHIBITION
FEDERATION,
By HENRY S. BARKER, Chairman,
JULIA R. GUM, Secretary.
ASSN. OF CATHOLICS FAvORING
PROHIBITION
P. Fl. CALLAHAN, Chairman.
FORWARD LEAGUE
A, J. A. ALEXANDER, Chairman.
ANTESALooN LEAGUE,
N. A. PALMER, Superintendent.
KENTUCKY W. G. T.U,
e. BEAUCHAMP, Presh
dent.
. CHURCHMAN'S FEDERATION.
". S. LoCKHART, Elk. Secretary.
COMMITTEE FAVOR
ING PROHIBITION,
BY JOHN P. HASWELL, JR., Chair
man.
Remembered Diagnosis.