The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-15
Barometer of Public Opinion
Sowing and Rcaping


is ever settled until it is settled right" Another
has said Nothing pays that is wrong" ! am
sure the liquor traffic will never pay. for Il is
wrong. TO say It wrongs one but the ones
who drink 1t does not come within mile of
the truth
An Oklahoma woman was picking black
berries In II very snaky place and said she
promised the snakes II they would let her alone
she would let them alone. She said II she had
snake she was leaving the place ahc
would not have tried to hurt IT, But the warm
OF the still Is not as accommodating as the
snakca were to that woman 1t Is no rcspector
OF persons and Injuries the innocent well a
the guilty. young lady refused to help the
temperance people because she had said she
would let whisky alone till It bothered her.
Soon after that ahe went to them and said she
ready TO help all she could. she said her
brother was passing saloon when man ran out
and another man after him with gun and ac-
cidentally shot her brother. | knew county
Judge who said he did not drink but he said,
"ff they don't bother me | will not bother
them" thought: Some day you will stand at
the judgment bar, and the dcvil may put a
chain you and 20 dragging you down to the
lake OF fire and birthstone, and you may cry
out to God to save you from him. and lie may
say, well, II he doesn't bother me | will not
just pack up your troubles in your old kit
bag and smile, smile, smile.
Rev. Jerry Jeter said to the junior high the
other night Don't drink anything that has
kick TO it," That is good advice whether any
They say the drink they get Is bad, &c
bad! Pity It Is not bad enough to kill them II
they Will make 1t bad enough to KIN the old
topcrs. then they viii have made the supreme
sacrifice" for the good Of their country, and
should he buried with military honors
one man said. whisky ia good thing in its
place" Another man said, Yes, It's place Is
in the corn We prohs want to keep whisky IN
It's place In the corn" Take away all fer
mcnted drink and give us something far better
--graLe Juice Grapes will grow on A thousand
hills i'm America and the freeze that killed the
peaches and apples Last spring did not XIII the
grapes
democrats" That may not be true, but l Will
vouch for the truth OF This: Sow whisky you
will reap drunkards. And the reaping is good
deal more than the sowing.
Plant one grain OF corn and raise two or
three ears of corn man may control himself
get drunk occasionally, and his son viii be a
common drunkard, and may fin drunkard's
grave,
The soul Of a heEsar Is worth as much as any
other soul. Souls are all the same price. God
hath made OF one blood all nations, de Good
Ham In the Bible, the Egyptians must have
been the descendants Of Ham. They cay the
Lord confused the tongues at the tower OF
Babel, and perhaps He could find some way to
produce different colors,
Before the Civil war there were some preach.
crs who said that slavery was Of divine origin,
and could not be put down, But the sword Of
General Grant cut the cords which bound mill
lions OF slaves, and ever since, the south has
been mourning for lost cause, Il Will be
mourning for some time | am thinking. Bur
even General Grant could not have led tho
southern armies 10 victory, for as the immortal
Lincoln would say ], was not Gods side.
For whatsoever a man sowcth he shall also
reap" It would be better for this country to
bc under the rule OF King George the III than
under the rule OF King Alcohol. There never
was a more dcsrouc ruler than King Alcohol
| / know a Christian mother who said: "H they
/ cnuce my son into that saloon and get him 10
/ drinking | will burn that saloon down II they
! put me I'm the pcniteptlary for it," DO you
! blame her? | don't good many don't want
| the open saloon but want the traffic controlled
| Thore never was a controlled liquor traffic and
I never viii be one. And any person who makes
/ anything like practice OF taking dram, is
In the first stages OF drunkenness whether he
| knowa II not | know fond parents In this
| town who giving their young child whisky
and hoping and praying that he grows up to be
/ a nice sober man, They surely think the Lord
/ is an idiot For whatsoever man sowcth that
| shall he also reap. No drunkard shah inherit
the KiDgdom OF Heaven.
| The Indians call whisky, fre-water. hut that
| is not it's full name, Its full name is hell fire,
! water. II you SOW hell fire-water what will you
! reap? You will reap h-e-l-L How long will
! hell last II will last while the years OF
! eternity roll
! II America can't live without revenue from
booze, l say let her die. II is base slander
| on our country to say such thing. World.
! wide prohibition Is what want Some SAY
! and say II cant be done but
When the smoke OF the battle has cleared away
! Twill be found Prohibition has won the day
Respectfully,
/ Sapulpa, oct. 10. VERONA Z. PALMER.