The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-08-01

reading:
mo license to traffic in Intoxicating
liquors shall hereafter be granted in this
state, but the General Assembly may by
law provide against evils resulting there
from"
The voters elected personal liberty adj
vocates to Office. The result was that
saloons ran wide open every day in the
year including election day, and the
saloon keeper could keep his saloon open
twenty-four hours day If he wanted to-
There was no law against selling to
minors, or TO drunkrds Men, women and
children could drink in saloons without
interference. 1t was common sight to
see boys of only fourteen or fifteen stand
Ing at a saloon bar and drinking intoXi-
eating liquors.
THE CHURCH SUFFERED
A church was offered the property on
the corner next to the church for $780,
but could not buy The church had to
put up with saloon next to it and over
the saloon a dance hall, because unable to
pay this small sum os money. On a Sun
day man would go into the open saloon,
get glass of beer, hand the saloon keeper
ten cents. get five cents in change. He
would then go into the church and put the
five cents in the collection box The roof
of the church leaked. When it rained
people would have to move if they sat
under too laeky part of the roof.
SELLING VOTES FOR A FIVE CENT
GLASS OF BEER
The clergymen appealed to men of the
church not to sell their votes for a five
cent class of beer. During a campaign
before election it was a common sight to
see one man leading sometimes a score of
men from saloon to saloon. The man
leading would be a candidate for Office
He would be buying drinks for the crowd.
1t was usual for the candidate for Office
who bought the most beer to be the one
elected
HOW A DOCTOR GOT BUSINESS
The men working in mill had an aid
association which employed a doctor to
tend members sick or injured. The doctor
was elected by votes of members at an
nual meeting. The doctor who got elected
was the one who brought all of the
members present at the meeting to a
saloon and had men drink until there
was not drop of whisky, wine. gin. ale
or beer left in the saloon.
GRIMES
Few women would dare go out after
dark in those days of personal liberty ad-
vocateS in Office, unless the woman had
an escort. Mothers with girls going to
school were greatly concerned because of
the awful danger even in broad daylight.
The papers gave considerable space to ac-
count of crimes against women. In the
workshop men boosted of committing
rape. All day long at every opportunity
men would talk of impurity. Boys work
ing in the workshop who were pure were
prosecuted by older immoral boys and
immoral men.
FRIGHTF'UL IMMORTALITY
A church had a picnic in a grove near
the city. In the one building on the
grounds lemonade and pop were sold. On
the wall in this building was the picture
of an actress who appeared in local
theater. There is not place today in the
United States where a picture as vile as
this one could be exhibited in public
without the person guilty being jailed.
Yet at this church picnic in the days of
notification with personal liberty adVo-
Gates in Office. not a church member took
action to cover up this immoral picture, or
remove it. They propably thought it
would be a waste of time. The boys and
girls could see the picture in other places.
Any one who wanted to and had the
price could see the immoral show in the
theater.
MOTHER DEAD-SONS DRUNK
mother who was most exemplary
church member and who shaved day and
night to raise her children in health,
STRENGTH and tho faar of God bod opnr1