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A SAMPLE.
There has been persistent reiteration
of the falsehood that "Prohibition does
not prohibit" and that a saloonless town
is a dead or dying town, but "the proof
of the pudding is in the eating thereof."
The mayor of Richmond, Ky., kindly
sends us some interesting information regarding
the results of the banishment of
the saloon through local option. In that
11 wc mn weiii. IUIU euwi J my 1,
1907. In the preceding year, 1906-7, this
little city of 7,000 inhabitants had twelve
saloons, and during that year there were
602 arrests for drunkenness. In the nolicense
year, ending June 30, 1909, the
number of arrests for drunkenness was
only 74. The total number of arrests for
various offenses in 1906-07 was 746; in
1908-9, a local option year, 153. The
-drunken men arrested on twelve county
court days in 1906 totaled 129; drunken
men arrested on twelve county court
days in 1908 totaled 9. Those arrested
were mostly farmers and their boys who
came to town to trade and buy goods for
their families, but who were picked up
out of the gutters bruised and bleeding,
impoverished and disgraced. Mayor
Wood has issued a circular to the citizens
under the caption, "Ought We Vote
Saloons Back Next March?" He quotes
from the county judge, who says there
are only half the number of county
uauuers and eharitv distributed sinee the
saloons quit, and not one-tenth the
amount of drunkenness in the county.
The Circuit Court criminal docket formerly
occupied eight days; now but two
days. The banks and leading stores and
public officers all say Richmond is much
better off without saloons. . Leading
farmers declare it is no longer unsafe for ?
their families to travel public highways
alone, and farm help is more reliable.
More buildings and improvements here
than in the past history of Richmond.
The grand jury, reporting to the Circuit
judge, says: "We wish to congratulate <
the people of the county on the fine condition,
morally, which now exists, which
we attribute to the closing of the saloons
and the general crusade against whisky.
No murders now on the docket of the
Circuit Court. There were scarcely any
felonies brought to the attention of your
grand jury for the present term." As
long as we had saloons I faithfully tried
"Regulation and Sunday closing," as recommended
by the "Model License
League" and as sincerely wanted by
some of our saloonists. Drug stores were
refused license to sell liquor at all, and
saloons were closed on Sundays and
given every opportunity to become
"Model." The result is shown by the
figures above for the last year under
hich license?no decrease in crime. I
promised If local option were voted to as
faithfully execute it, to prove it either a
failure or a success. After nearly three
years' experience I am fully convinced
that it is a success, from whatever point
we may view it.
When God doth direct
Why do we reflect?
This is our defect.
E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SC
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