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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1910
BLIND TIGER VS. SALOON
The esteemed Batesville Guard
has fallen ifito the same error of
all liquor advocates, and makes
the assertion that the blind tiger
is worse than the open saloon.
But it is not so. If the blind
tiger is an evil, the open saloon is
a far worse evil, for several rea
sons.
The blind tiger and the saloon
deal in the same class of goods,
the only exception being that the
tiger’s goods are perhaps of a little
inferior grade. But the goods
sold by either, if consumed in any
considerable quantities, will rob a
man of the best elements of man
hood and good citizenship; it will
destroy the mental, physical and
moral fiber of his life, and leave
him to die in beggary, unhonored
and unwept, at the end of a life
whose evil influences may reach
into the third or fourth generation;
in fact the consumption of these
good8,in any quantities,have never
been known in all the history of
the world, to help a man to be
come a better man in any sense of
the word. It has never helped
the cause of education, but instead
it takes away the desire for educa
tion and blights and dwarfs the
intelects and ambitions of men.
It has never built a school house,
never built a church, never built a
public library, or any other insti
tution that helps men to become
better men or better citizens.
It never helped any man to do
his work better, nor increased his
earning capacity; but it has caused
many a man to lose his job, his
reputation and his citizenship.
So far as The Journal has been
able to observe, blind tiger whis
key and open saloon whiskey have
practically the same’effect upon
those who consume it, and we do
not believe blind tiger whiskey
will cause a man to commit mur
der any quicker than saloon whis
key.
In fact two of the saddest trag
edies ever enacted in Independence
county were caused by whiskey
bought from the open saloon.
One was the murdering of an
innocent woman by her own hus
band, who had sworn to love,
cherish and protect her so long
as they both should live. The
man lived in Black Kiver town
ship. He came to Newark, got
drunk on whiskey bought from
an open saloon, went home and
deliberately shot down his own
wife.
On the 18th of December, 1001,
a man who lived on Padgett Island
and was ordinarily a fairly good
citizen, came to Newark and got
drunk on whiskey bought from an
open saloon. Late in the evening
he started home, but in the dark
ness and in his drunken condition,
lost his way. How long he drove
hither and thither, a veritable
wanderer upon the earth, facing
the biting cold through the inky
darkness of that awful night, nc
one knows but God. But some
time daring the sight be wander
ed up to the stock-law gate in the
southern edge of town, and there,
in the loneliness of the night, with
no one to minister to his dying
needs, he laid down upon the fro
zen ground and gave up his life—
froze to death. He entered eter
nity drunk, dying within three
hundred yards of where he bought,
from an open saloon, the whiskey
that caused his death.
Does blind tiger whiskey do
worse? Can it do worse?
But the Guard says the blind
tiger is an incubator of lying and
perjury. This is the same old
time-worn phrase used by all ad
vocates of the open saloon.
Can you imagine a man perjur
ing himself in order to obtain a
drink or a few drinks of blind tig
er whiskey?
The Journal does not believe
there is a man on earth who makes
any pretentions toward being a
man, who has the least particle of
honor in his make-up and who has
as much conscience as a snake,
that would stoop so low as to per
jure himself in order to obtain
blind tiger whiskey.
vv e iranaiy aamic uiai some so
called men do perjure themselves
for that purpose. But they are
not men; they are a sort of an in
congruous mixture of flesh, fertili
zer, ignorance and depravity.
They do just as readily perjure
themselves in the interest of the
gambler as in the interest of the
blind tiger, and they would just as
readily perjure themselves in the
interest of any other individual
under whose evil influences they
might happen to come.
Did the Guard ever hear of an
honest, sincere man perjuring
himself because of a blind tigerf
Nay, verily! And the Guard
never will hear of it, either.
The only person who ever per
jured himself because of a blind
tiger is the person who is in sym
pathy with the blind tiger, and is
deficient in honor, sincerity and
conscience—and a person of this
character can be led to perjure
himself in the interest of nearly
any evil cause, for his ideals, if
he has any, are of a very low
order and he cares nothing for
good citizenship and the bett< r
! things of life.
If the blind tiger is a bad thing,
and the Guard says it is, the open
saloon is far worse, because it
deals in the same stuff and has the
advantage of having the protec
tion of the law. The open saloon
does business openly and above
board, in the most public and
prominent location it can secure,
inviting and soliciting business in
the most attractive manner it can
devise. It is legalized and shield
ed by the law, and having this ad
vantage it does 100 to 500 per
cent more business than the blind
tiger, which deals in the same
goods, but of necessity must oc
| copy a less prominent location and
; maintain some secrecy as to its
| business.
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j out the attractions to lure men in
, to it as does the open saloon.
Very fev self respecting men
will patronize the blind tiger, its
patrons coming chiefly from the
lower classes of society.
And last, but not least, if the
blind tiger is a bad thing, it can
be put out of business. Its exis
tence in any community is unde
niable evidence that the laws are
i not being enforced. Blind tigers
; never exist in any community
where the people really do not want
them.
The man who says the blind tig
ers can not be put out of business is
always the man who is in sympa
thy with the tigers and in addition
he is either a liar or an ignoramus.
Considering its size, there was
never a worse blind tiger town in
the state than Newark was five
years ago. Today there is not the
semblance of a shadow of a blind
tiger in Newark, and has not been
for three years or longer. We
blush to say it, but when the cru
sade against the tigers was opened
here, every officer in the town and
the township, some of the county
officers and the governor of the
state were in sympathy with the
tigers. But the tigers fled, just
the same.
The blind tiger can be put out
of business in a very few days for
doing the identical thing on a
smaller scale that the open sa
loon is protected in doing on a
large scale every day in the year.
If The Journal should say that a
cub African lion, securely caged
where it could be killed at will,
was more dangerous to human
life than the mother of that cub,
stronger and more vicious, and
running at large in the community,
people would ridicule us. And
yet the Guard says virtually that
very thing in its discussion of the
blind tiger.
Will the people believe it?
It was always a profound mys
tery to The Journal why some peo
ple will knock on proposed im
provement propositions where
they are not affected even in the
remotest degree. Yet it is a fact
that some people will do this very
thing. You may suggest any sort
of improvement, public or quasi
public, especially if it be some
thing new or a little out of the or
dinary, and immediately there
will rise up a bunch of moss backs
with a hammer in each hand and
they will fairly make the welkin
ring with criticism. They will
not do anything themselves
and will exert every influence they
can to keep others from doing
anything. It has probably been
this way from time immemorial,
and at least for some three thous
and years, for it was doubtless
this very thing that caused /Esop
to write the story of the dog in
the manger.
There is a whole sermon in the
following thought on good roads
from one of Bill Nye’s lectures:
' Our wagon roads throughout the
country are a disgrace to civiliza
tion, and before we undertake to
supply underwear and sealskin
covered Bibles with flexible backs
to the Africans it might be weli to
put a few dollars into the relief
of galled and broken down horses
that have lost their health on our
miserable highways.”
Politics may come and go, but
we should not lose sight of the
fact that it is the people who hustle
and attend to business that attain
success in the world. The same
is true, not only of individuals,
but of communities, counties and
states. Industry, fugality and
right living will make any man
reasonably happy and prosperous.
It is essential that farmers know
| how and what crops to produce
most profitably, but what is the
use of knowing that unless the
farmer has a road over which he
; cm haul his products to market?
What is gained by making more
money by better farm method*
and then losing it in hauling his
produce to market ?
There is a great forward move
! ment in all business and commer
cial circles in the great southwest.
Present indications are that the
volume of business this fall will
exceed anything in the history ol
the country.
What do you say about budding
that good road from Newark tc
batesvillef
The Journal is pleased to note
that the Batesville Guard has
heartily joined in boosting the
movement to build a good road
from Newark to Batesville. It is
a good thing and we are glad to
see the Guard join in helping to
push it along.
The Newport Democrat seems
very much surprised that Newark
should get ahead of Newport in
establishing a monthly Sales Day.
But the Democrat should remem
ber that Newark is a live town.
It seems that the people of
Batesville have actually woke up
and are going to try to do some
thing to rid their town of the
blind tigers and bootleggers. Its
never too late to do good.
CHARLOTTE CHRONICLES
Happenings of the Week in Dota
Township Briefly Told
Rev. llayes began a series of
Meetings at the Christian church
Sunday.
Several from here attended the
camp-meeting, at Gray’s Spring
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. -J. Lindsey
attended the W. O. W. picnic at
Cord Saturday.
Several from here attended the
protracted meeting at Center
Grove last week.
Mrs. Rebecca Moore and son,
Burnie, made a business trip to
Batesville Monday.
Quite a number from here at
tended the Temperance Rally at
Sulphur Rock Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Magness of
Newark, spent Sunday night here
with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Jernigan.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Baker and
children, from near Newark, spenl
Sunday and Monday here visiting
relatives.
BKOWiN £> UAIfc5>
I will speak at the following
dates at places mentioned.
Salado, Friday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.
m.
.Jamestown, Saturday, S6pt. 3,
at 10 a. m.
Bethesda, Monday, Sept. 5, al
2 p. m.
Hickory Valley (Gray’s Store),
Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 2 p. in.
Center Hall, Tuesday, Sept. 6.
at 8 p. m.
Cord, Wednesday, Sept. 7, ul
2 p. m.
Logan School House, Wednes
day, Sept. 7, at 8 p. m.
Newark, Thursday, Sept. 8, al
10 a. m.
Magness, Thursday, Sept. 8, al
3 p. m.
Sulphur Rock, Thursday, Sept.
8, at 8 p. m.
Moorefield, Friday, Sept. 9, al
10 a. m.
Cushman, Friday, Sept. 9, at >
p. m.
Batesville, Saturday, Sept. 10,
at 10 a. m.
The other candidates for Rep
resentative, if they desire to do so,
are asked to be present and pre
sent their claims. Any persor
having objections to my past re
cord or present policies is invitee
and urged to be present and pub
licly state their objections, when
1 can hear and answer them. Com*
out and hear me if you can. Fine
out all you can about who I am
and what 1 want, and then vote as
you please. <J. L, Brown.
COUNTY UNION MEETING
The Independence Countj
Farmers Union will meet in tegu
lar quarterly session with Hickor.t
Grove Local No. 1839, three mile.'
northeast of Batesville on the tirsl
Friday and Saturday September
2nd and 3rd. Officers will be elect
ed at this meeting for the ensuing
year. All locals are requested t<
send fulLdelegation.
.1. C. Stkwart, President.
T. L. Seubekth, Secretary.
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W. L. HALL J
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Your Service, Day or Night
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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Land Wanted
We are in touch with a number of
homeseekers who want small up
land farms. If you have such a
farm for sale,call and list it with us
WHITE RIVER LAND CO
G. M. Fields, President. F. C. Hoyt, Secretary.
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A complete list of Bryan’s ap-!
pointments in the state will be
found on page seven.
W. .J. Caldwell, a prominent
citizen of Oil Trough, was in town
on business Wednesday.
Rev. W. F. Way man of Sul
phur Rock and Rev. I. H. Russell
of this place are conducting a re
vival meeting at Oil Trough.
Rev. Will Bracy of Graham was
in town Friday, enroute home
from the Departee neighborhood
where he had been holding a re
vival meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Grosser
and Mr. and Mrs. John Grosser j
were among those from Newark j
who attended the W. O. W. pic
nic at Cord Saturday.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method of public-1
ly acknowledging and expressing
our appreciation and heartfelt
thanks (in which the entire rela
tionship join) to the neighbors and
to the Salado Lodge of Odd Fel
lows for their free and untiring
attention and service to our dear
son and brother, Geo. W. Morgan,
in his late sad misfortune and
death, and will ever pray that
Gods blessings may attend you all.
Respectfully and sincerely,
Mrs. M. A. Morgan, mother,
W. M. Morgan, brother,
Mattie Cook |
Mary Altom r sisters.
Rutli West)
ROAD NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that we will
present a petition for the appointment
of viewers, to view, survey and lay
i out a new road in Oil Trough Town
ship to the Independence County Court
j on the first Monday in Oct., 1910, the
!! same Is-ing the first day of the Regular
October term of said court, which road
is deecril*ed as follows:
Beginning in the Oil Trough and
Grand Glaise road on the south line
of Section 17 Township 11 North,
Range 1 West and running Hast along
tie) South lines of Sections 17, 16 and
15, such distance necessary to intersect
the Oil Trough and Olyphant road on
I the South side of said Section 15. with
such variations as will be necessary
to cross streams and sloughs.
Given under our hands this August
[ ai, ltfio.
* W. J. Caldwell, et aI. Petitioners.
See The Journal for job printing
Railroad Time Card,
WHITE RIVER BRANCH
St. L. I. M. & S. Ry.
Trains pass Newark as follows:
GOING WEST.
No. 210 (passenger). 7:43 a. rn.
No. 232 (passenger). ••.9:43 p. m.
No. 240 (mixed).12:52 p, tn.
GOING EAST.
No. 200 (passenger). 7:10 p. m.
No. 231 (passenger).. .5:37 a. m.
No 245 (mixed).9:05 a. m.
F. C. Hoyt, Agent.
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The Kind GIBSON Makes.
Nothing but strictly first
class work is ever allowed
to leave my studio. If it’s a
"Quality” photograph you
want, see the old reliable
JOHN C. GIBSON, at
SULPHUR ROCK, ARK.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR It El 'It ES ENT ATI V E
We are authorized to announce J. L.
Brown as a candidate for re-election
as Representative, subject to the will
of the people at the ensuing Septem
ber election.
FOR CONSTABLE
We are authorized to announce W.
L. McAhron as a candidate for Con
stable of Big Bottom township, sub
ject to the general election, Septem
ber 12. -»