The Crittenden press., 1922-01-20
SHALL PR0HIBI-
TION CONTINUE
By Rev. y n Hart, y. A., Pastor
of the Main Street Presbyterian
Church, Marion, Kentucky


hibltion forces In an effort b. intro.
duee a measure permitting the sale
" beers and wines This Is but the
thin edge u the wedge 10 again make
America wel We and that the fore
es that are opposed to the pfohibi
tion law are putting forth every Il.
fort io make lt appear a failure and
to Iidicule Il before the public They
claim that there Ia more drinking now
than there wa' before the Law became
effective bat this Ia q bare faced lie.
Great Efforts are being made b. many
20 break down the prohibition iav
and u d hiEh time that all christians
awake 10 the peril which is facing
us, and unite in immediate action %
Keep the law IN force
We boast and well we may. ilmi
our town ard county are free from
the curse of over much liquor traffic,
bat even granting this 10 be- true. and
Il u. indeed fact beyond dispute
that We have the finest town and
county ih ihs entire state. sull W.
are n danger and We must not sleep
and alloN this monstTous evil of
drink a. Vei = start. or. IKE nox
ious weed, lt will b. hard 10 rradl
cate oncc lst the hootleggef. the
moonshiuer and The Illicit liquor
trsdsr Fei biz foul. dlthy foot plant.
sd on ouf soil. ihe result will b.
vrscked lives ruined homes and q
Widespread wave n crime W. must
not allow the psaoe of our commun..
~ g. be- distrubsd by this monsirous
iruhic n ~ logs our town and our
community and II W love oul chill
dfen, ~ Will Keep ourselss unspoi
ie'i from ihis curse We must hand
oaIselsea together with ihe one b.
termination to hehi 90 ihe last ditch
every effort that Is being made a.
irinr this evil on us Let an elt.
lens BE- united in great sfost TO
keep ii out
The Ercat wofld war has ben
fought and won. and ls now history
and ihe world Was made safs for
democraey, bat a greater 6rhi is nov
hsfore us n which ever, man, 40
man and child must enlist Ths dfhl
b almost uron us. We zee evidcncss
'of q un every hand W. read ln
lhe papor n the results in othci
counties, The holdnes1 n he trafhccr.
The killnFt and al that u ioo terri
bls o. mention. Shall ~ lel Il
come into our midstf ist al ~.
tpoud with d vigorous 40 let us
make ihe Critienden county line our
lin, ~ defense and lei an determine
that over this line THEY SHALL
NOT PASS AMI ~. shanre one
does pas unnoticed. lst every Citizen
make d 30 unpleasant Zoe hlm thai
b. will b. slad D. gst away and NJ,
sF return And II any one u our
own citizens should participate. OF
snourar this trahie in any way. lcl
eur marx % dlsplcasurc rest upou
them and make them feel that the,
arr undesirable ciiiicns
fsiheis, u You love your sons hclr
% keep this terrible evil from our
mi'lst Mothers Il within you, breast
hcata a heart of love and devotion for
your offspring. help n tbs rtcal
in this great hehi that your hoy
your 'rifl vnur home NAV D. al,
from this peril
on yes. ! know thcy say that ihs
prohibition law b. failure and that
it deprlves men " rrr .onal liberty
iasi The other day one of ON Sena.
tnif In hcfy speech in Chioaso 10 !
cIuwd Of anti prohihliiouists. stated
hat the Law Was making men slave.
and that The law robbed men ~ ~
liberty Coz vhich Amerca stards
Well n W. accsui this lorif vi,
should abolish al laws and nsul.t !
man o. a. 81 he pisases even though
o H. IN rob. or o. tin. for e one
law rohs man of pcrsausl Ilcri,
tfcn an must. this meaus thrn that
W should roycrt % ,hc nsl iulc IT
nolshc,ik Russia where c,cr, man /.
a Law unto himself I am n line,
a. think that this srecch vas mad,
D. gain popularity among ihc usct,
Of strong drink
llui shall W. stand for this Kind
~ thing Shall We allow th.i cufs,
TO again descend upon us and tgair
see hccr, wine and other inio,ieaiins
liquor how a. freely ~ lsiunc a.,
Law came into force. Shall We araif
permit the worlds greatest c,l 4
faslen Ia heinous tsions oo the We,
life Of our hclovrd land ard hriul
men and youths down io ,he slough
~ degradation and shame. or shal
We awake from our stupor and fan
cied security and neht FIGHT ul