The Penn's Grove record., 1921-11-18
Liberty and Law

beer, and three ounces of whiskey, is
the same amount of alcohol.
Liberty and Law
Excerpt from bulletin issued by
the extension division of the Massachu-
sets Department of Education. James
A. Meyer, directory
The foundation of all true American
ism is liberty. We are proud of be-
ing free men and women; we resent
it if any person or any nation inter
feres with our freedom. But it is now
nearly a hundred and fifty years since
our government was founded on the
principle of liberty, and it is good for
us to be reminded what true liberty
means.
On a large railroad, hundreds of
trains are run every day. Each train
is given the right to run over a GER
tian piece of track at a certain time
without interference from any other
train.
This is liberty.
But in order that those trains may
all operate without getting in each
others way, each one of them has to
be governed by laws and rules. Ere
quently those laws are inconvenient
from the point of view of one particu-
lar train, yet every good railroad man
observes them very carefully, for he
knows that if the rules were not obey
ed, no train could run without being
wrecked. In the same way, the lib
erty of every American depends upon
certain laws which prevent others
from interfering with him and at the
same time prevent him from interfer-
ing with others.
Many of us who intend to be first
class Americans find it hard to I'M
derstand that liberty depends on law
and that obeying the law does not
interfere with liberty. There has long
been a tendency on the part of Or
dinarily respectable citizens to dis
regard certain laws. AS an example,
one sometimes hears the prohibition
laws ridiculed and made light of by
American citizens who are otherwise
law-abiding. And in some States
lynching has become such a common
offense as to attract the attention of
papers all over the country. The de-
termined breaking of the law in any
way is a sign of shaky Americanism,
and lynching especially violates one
of the most important liberties guar
anteed under the constitution-the
right of an accused a to a fair
trial. If that right can be refused to
some citizens, no American can de-
pend upon it for protection.
On the other hand, some laws that
are enacted by no means receive the
approval of every one, ven though
they are intended for the best inter
est of the general public. A recent
magazine article points out that GER
tain automobile laws are unjust and
that others are enforced in such a
way that the most respectable citi-
zens runs a risk of being brought in
to court for an offense which he does
not know he has committed. Such
laws ought to be corrected by LAWFUL
methods. If laws are clearly unwise,
it is our duty as good citizens to work,
through public opinion, to have them
corrected or abolished. Laws can be
corrected; they must not be broken.
Hero Warriors of Other Nations VIII
Observe The American Prohibi-
ton Law
Marshal Foch, of France, world
warrior, and General Armondo Wit
torio Diaz, of Italy, who are now in
Washington, D. c., have announced
their intention to observe the letter
and the spirit of the prohibition law.
DR.. Paul Andre, personal physician to
Marshal Foch, declared on arrival
that, diplomatic precedent would per-
nit the Marshal to bring wine and
liquors into the country for his per-
sOnal use, but he intended to follow the
American custom of taking only
water with his meals. "No wine or
other liquor is being carried in the
Marshal's luggage" the physician
said. "Marshal Foch," DR.. Andre
continued, has always been very tenn
perate, drinking but little wine with
his meals even in his native France.
What table wines he does use are of
the ordinary variety and he does not
take any other alcoholic beverages"
Confiscated Liquors Eat Lining Out
of Sewers
Prohibition authorities are to be
asked to pay for repairs to the city
sewers, says the Los Angeles EX-
aminer. The city claims that confis-
Gated liquors poured into the sewer
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the sewer for a distance of 304 feet.
The liquor was disposed of in this
manner by the marshal and assistant
marshal on the orders of the Federal
Prohibition Commissioner. City off
cials, who happened to be examining
the spot, discovered the damage.
Comment upon the effect Of the
liquor afoat upon mems stomachs is
unnecessary.
The illustrated lecture given by the
Rev. Fred J.. Peteres, Of Penns Grove,
tn Trle en- tbe N e]Teni9g aoq iotb i m49at,
at her best and won all hearts in the
singing of her beautiful solos. The
only regret was that there were not
n,ovo of +lo.o M. Dotarcf viayUC of