The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1917 Page: 7 of 8
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Prohibition and Morals.
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In view of the fact that we are
to have another Prohi Election
iu PnjciBC^ M&. 2 of Dasfcrop
County, I desire to say a few
things In reference to prohibi-
tion in particular and about
morals in general through the
Advertiser.
I desire to ask the Prohis why
they don't attend to the drunk
Mpla and those who protend to
<3* drank in order to cuss out
their friends, the officers and
everybody else, and the next
day run around to make a]>olo-
gies and say I would not have
said it, or 1 would not have done
it if 1 hadn't been drinking?
A few sentences of IK) or 10 days
of 12 hours of labor with a mat-
tock shovel and wheelbarrow on
the public streets and roads
with a 25 pound ball and chain
attached to his ankle would make
sober men of most of them; take
no tines for disorderly drunken
ness, give them all the same
dose of BO or 40 days of hard
lator with a ball and chain
attached, and there would be but
very few who would apply for h
second dose, none for a third
d«se unless he happened to be
afflicted with some mental, nerv-
osa or functional disease that
needs good medical treatment
instead of prohibition.
Why not prohibit property
rights or the ownership or pos-
session of anything because
ownership and possession of
anything i>> a temptation to thiev-
ing, stealing, burglary, robbery
and forgery. Isn't prohibition j
of property rights or the ixsses-1
.sion of anything in order tu
remove temptation, thieving and
robbery, as reasonable as the
prohibition of the use of liquor
because a few people dri^k too
much? I t>sk the Prohis if man
has not always had olcohol to use
and drink in some of its various
forms, are not most of the Prohis
christians or professors of chris
tianity founded upon Jewish
History, (.specially Jewish Relig
ious History, as st t forth in the
book of Jewish History culled
the Holy Bible.
I jet all the prohibitionists who
ire readers of thut hook show I
us who are opposed to the prin |
Ciple of prohibition wherein thai
. bt-ok teaches prohibition. True1
enough that book teaches moie ,
•at,ion and temperance in all
Jungs, total abstinauce (per j
sonally) in a very few cases, let 1
no where does il ten eh prolnbi 1
Aon <d wine or stron:- drink In
*iuman or divine law. The Jew> j
•vere wine growers and wine j
nukers as shown wy their hl>
.orical recor is, their prehistori ,
•ui record or orado tradition.* j
ire lost and buried in iintiquit.v.
<>iitancieiit nations who e records
ilitedaU the .Jevvs \\ei>
m l driuker> t woi' .i id ilier,
t-> no leeord to show 111■ i thcii
i.>ods forbid it.
Why have the ci .*"cli' - and
• >rohibitionists ot ail crei.d.s in;ui
gn rated h crusade against the
two least evils mankind :i r ' guilty ,
of, one of theiii excessive drink
ing liquor and the other one
Sabbath breaking, and left un
mentioned all the most grievous |
sins that afflict humanity. I
•vill mention one christened by
President Roosevelt a-. I {ace
Suicide. Why does not our pro
hibition brethren inc ude tli.it in
iheir scheme of prohibition?
No where does the Dlble say,
thou shult not drink wine or
trong drink, but it. does say
thou shalt not kill. At what tge
ISge anoiMiiicrmmt of
STYLEPLUS WEEK
appmt* La dm waak' Saturday Evening Post.
See our big display
This is Styleplus Week
the Nation over
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As local distributors we are trying to contribute a
little more than our bit to this National demonstration.
We welcome to our store the man who comes to look—to see
whether the maker's claim, "greatest possible value at the price,"
is true.
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"E^ch grade the.swne price.the. nation over"
In spite of condition^, guaranteed all-wool fabrics at
a moderate price—KNOWN price.
In spite of conditions, good tailoring, good linings,
real style—at a moderate price—a known price.
Our assortment is big—all the popular fabric
patterns of the season. Young mens models, and
plenty of others for conservative men. All
SURE fit. Let us show you.
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sizes,
Styleplus are the only clothes in
America made oil a known price
basis. Each grade is the stand-
ard of style and quality at its price.
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COM PA lm y
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revolution human libertv
"•(on ii I re doni will sureh
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I die. ;
(iovermnents h ive uiways ;in«l
j always will accept nil the powerl
mil uithority the people surreu i
dor to them, and tlie.v nevei give
t up. That, i~ one reason that I
l 11 ways have and am todav afraid!
nt majorities. Hig majorities'
ire as often wrong as right, and
il they are maintained any great
j length of time they become
tyranical and fanatical. Th idea
] id' dictating to the other fellow
md telling him what he must do
and in short, bossing somebody,
is a weakness ot mankind, and
line of the gravest human faults
so far us politics (government)
and religion are concerned. That,
is the cause of our government
being limited by a constitution
musts human being attain before t li:i t requires a two thirds major-
its destroyer is adjudged a mur : lly lo repeal.
dererV That constitution is the refuge
The book also says thou shalt | ;iruj protection of the minority
not commit adultery. W by and ( |jn( it, |,n>ks as if professed demo
wherefore all the husband shoot ; (-rat.-s are undermining it What
ing and poisoning bv wives, the Ls ^() become ot the personal and
murder of wives by husbands, < human rights of the individual
tbe unlimitable divorce casesj when democracy adopts
burdening the dockets of nil t>ui* j th« teaching of socialism and
courts that are daily published | jmarchv? Where did jve demo-
in til of the papers, young giils C"ut.s get the idea of prohibition
A li <.'h tp. L"J. I low i->
tli.s for Prohibition?
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wine indicated
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gone estray, boys running wild
in hone dry states and sections,
robberies, thieving and assassi
nations of daily occurrence. Who
ever heard of a robber or bur
giar being drunk while on the
ob of planning it. 1 f they would
go to getting drunk they would
all be caught in short order.
Why have the prohibitions stop
ped at alcohol? Don't they know
that there is no limit to the prin
ci pie if it is once established in
our government, if the govern
ment is given the power to pre
scribe what a man may have or
mav not have to drink, it has
♦•qiuJ authority to prescribe his
fixx^fLd raiment and to require
him to subscribe to and profess
some certain religious dogma.
I bell you professed democrats
that you are setting a dangerous
precedent, once the birs
down there can never be
sAf. without revolution, and with
and woman suffrage, and who
did \>e get it from? The anarch
ists were the first prahibition-
ists and the socialists were the
tirst political party on earth to
deeare in lavor of prohibition
and woman suffrage, that is the
source of progr* ssive democratic
inspiration. I would like to Le
informed how a democrat can be
so many different tilings —such
as an anarchist, socialist, prohi-
bitionist, mormon, and profess
to h a cln i«-lrut all at the same
time I refer our prohibition
advocates to a few passages of
scripture in reference to the use
of wine and strong drink
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I will just mention that Noah
planted a vineyard immediately
after the flood, ami as soon as
the grapes were ripe ho made
wine, not grape juice, and got
drunk. Did the Lord prescribe
prohibition iu Noah's case? Ask
the practscing physicians about,
the story of Lott and his dmigh
tors.
Jesus Christ made wine, and
along with his Jewish acquain
tances and kin he ate bread and
drank wine, because bread and
wine was the principle diet o
the Jews. Milk, meat and honey
wera only used plentifully by the
rich and well to do. who Christ
could not associate with because
they would not fellowship with
him. They called Him a glutton,
wine bibber and an associate
with publicans and sinners.
Jesus Christ, whatever he
might have been and whatever
he mav be today, was not a pro
hibitionist, now i> not a prohibi
\V.usK tionist.
Signed, Hi
ll'OMJ'H "A i.
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Gatlsd Oil 31st.
The following i*. the list of
colored sen of H.mt i ip < i - i nty
called t report at Smithville,
Wednesday, Oct. Dlst, l'.'lT, at
5 o'clock p. m.
' Jhaflie Scott
1 (i. Morgan
L#eroy Hell
Chan. Roland
Fid ward Johnson
Jessie Kellough
Leon Hryant]
Chester Arnold '
Henry Thomas
John D. Leonard
Callaway Thomas
Willie Lee
Loissin Uoberson
David A. Mtwn'e
Marcellous (liven
Allie Drown
Willie Duncan
liillie Taylor
Walter Hyder
Pearlie Anderson
Ijouis Drown
Marshall Drown
John Deary
H11 lit' lioonart
Abe Washington
Jeff Tisdale
Kugene Cavatiaugh
Sherman McNeil
Sum Anderson
Andrew J. Slider
August Walker
Morris Thompson
Charlton Hargrove
Israel King
John Jackson
lza Clark
Walter Aalridge
Sel 'esta WilliHtnt
George Jones
Sam Jones
Robert L H ay tie-
William H Heads', e'h
Way man Morgan
Andrew W. Hiimphi . s
Anderson Denford
BASTROP, OCTCBER 30
AFTERNOON AND EVENING
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HIPPODROME
TIMES AS LARGE
AS LAST YEAR
CARS
PEOPLK
ACTS
DOGS
PONIES
TINTS
MUSICIANS
ANIMALS
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THAT CHRISTY REPUTATION
is a mnm ciatAircc of qiaititv.
)11LITT. M01C1T7 All {ATltFACTIOI
Oubitte Exhibition
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twuir
GINS TO CLOSE
Make W
store your
C. MI NN CO'S. big
headquarters when
The W. K. (toodn
the Kennedy Audi
Hale (>in will be c'
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in Houston uext. HvoryMoTM*'l,T1 Tbur* I•"*,
provai *d for your oonveuiuuce. ( ' lyofeieh we&U
a nd
nd
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I'eJeral secret service agent-,
have reported the discovery in a
DutYak). N. Y., warehouse of u*n
million pounds of sugar hi lugs
tud barrels of "top crust Hour."
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The greater
ruuij^y will foti
,\ro . i.'th.
put of Travis
«... prohibition
A 7;i year old musician and a
veteran of the war between th •
states, has been accepted in the
Thirty Kighth Infantry divisio.i
as chief tnusi'-ian.
Pnit4 d Stst4 s troasevy r,'" •
are doubtful thut tive l ilhou !<>,■
the liberty loa i wt!l be r. 'cbo4.
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Cain, Thomas S. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1917, newspaper, October 26, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206227/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.