Newspaper Page Text
ON NOVEMBER 5TH, THE VOTERS OF WEST VIRGINIA WILL PASS UPON AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION, PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE, THE SALE OR THE KEEPING FOR SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN THE STATS OF WEST VIRGINIA. WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT AS COM PARED TO LOCAL OPTION, AS A MEANS OF HANDLING THE EVIL OF INTEMPERANCE, THERE ARE MATERIAL FACTS THAT OUGHT TO BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. IN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SOME $10,000,000.00 IS INVESTED IN MANUFACTURING PLANTS PRODUCING BEER, ALE AND LIGHTER DRINKS. - IF THE PROHI BITION AMENDMENT PREVAILS, THE VALUE OF THIS PROPERTY WILL BE PRACTICALLY DESTROYED. THIS PROPERTY WAS CREATED UNDER THE PROTECTION OF LAW. IT IS FAIRLY ENTITLED TO THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS ALL OTHER PROPERTY, YETTHE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO DESTROY IT v ^ r* ***""" * . . %\* v. * i\ ? * ";T~ ' .\V" *v " y v . - . WITHOUT COMPENSATION. .* ? - ? ?;/ THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA DERIVES FROM LIQUOR LICENSES A YEARLY REVENUE OF OVER $660,000. THE VARIOUS COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS DRAW REV ENUE OF ABOUT $600,000.00. HERE IS A TOTAL OF $1,260,000.00 IN TAXATION, OR ABOUT $5.00 FOR EVERY VOTER IN THE STATE, THAT MUST NECESSARILY BE MADE& GOOD FROM OTHER SOURCES. IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY VOTER IN THIS STATE ON THE AVERAGE WILL PAY AT LEAST $5.00 PER YEAR IN INCREASED TAXES FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF HELPING WRITE PROHIBITION OF LIQUOR INTO THE STATE CONSTITUTION OF WEST VIRGINIA. UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS SOME THIRTY-FIVE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA ARE ABSOLUTELY DRY. THAT IS, WE HAVE IN THIS STATE LOCAL OPTION . LAWS WHICH ENABLE EVERY SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITY TO DECIDE FOR ITSELF WHETHER LIQUOR SHALL BE SOLD WITHIN ITS LIMITS OR NOT. WHERE THEREISA.. DECIDED SENTIMENT AGAINST THE SALE OF LIQUOR THERE ARE NO SALOONS, AND LIQUORS ARE NOT SOLD. WHERE THE PEOPLE FAVOR A MORE LIBERAL POLICY* '' t&N THIS SUBJECT WE HAVE SALOONS AND LIQUOR IS SOLD. THE ADOPTION OF THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT WILL NOT MAKE COMMUNITIES THAT AP]^ j^SiEADY DRY, ONE DROP DRIER. THE FARMERS OF PRESTON COUNTY, WHICH HAS NOT HAD A SALOON WITHIN ITS BORDERS FOR FIFTY YEARS, AND THE FARMERS, OF DOZ ENS OF OTHER COUNTIES OF THE STATE IN LIKE SITUATION, WILL NOT CHANGE OR IMPROVE THEIR OWN CONDITION IN THE SLIGHTEST DEGREE BY VOTING^R THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT, BUT THEY WILL DESTROY LAWFULLY CREATED PROPERTY AND THEY WILL INCREASE THE TAXES OF THEMSELVES AND Otf ?THEIR NEIGHBORS. ? THE ADOPTION OF THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT WILL BE AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE UPON COMMUNITIES LIKE WHEELING, PARKERSBURG, HUNTINGTON, CHAELESTON, BLUEFIELD, AND OTHERS, A CONDITION OF AFFAIRS WHICH IS REPUGNANT TO THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CITIZENS AND IS IN NO SENSE DESIRED BY THEM. THE PEOPLE OF WHEELING, PARKERSBURG, HUNTINGTON AND BLUEFIELD AND OTHER TOWNS HAVE NOT SOUGHT AND DO NOT SEEK TO FORCE THE SALOON INTO DRY TERRITORIES. THEY ASK ONLY THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO DECIDE THIS LOCAL QUESTION FOR THEMSELVES. THE MOST CERTAIN RESULT "OF THE ADOP TION OF THE AMENDMENT WILL BE TO WIPE OUT THE LICENSED SALOON IN THOSE CITIES AND COUNTIES, AND SUBSTITUTE HOLES IN THE WALL, DOGGERELS, AND LAWLESS PLACES WITHOUT NUMBER. THE LAW WILL NOT BE ENFORCED BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS WILL NOT WANT IT TO BE ENFORCED. OFFI CIALS WILL BE ELECTED WHO WILL WINK AT VIOLATION. GRAND JURIES WILL FAIL TO INDICT, AND PROSECUTORS WILL FAIL TO PROSECUTE THIS IS NO FANCY PICTURE, AS EVERY ONE WHO HAS ANY PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONDITIONS IN A CITY OF ANY SIZE MUST KNOW, WHY SHOULD ANYONE SEEK DELIBERATELY TO FORCE SUCH CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN ANY CITY OR TOWN IN THE STATE? r . - ? From Wheeling Intelligencer, Oct. 12, 1912. - x imW of West ; - i I I II ? ??? ? ?? ? M TO PASS PROSPERITY AROUND. batman <V M We demand that the teat of true prosperity shall be the benefit? conferred i;jltliereby on all the citizens, not confned to individual* or classes. ? Progressive Party Platform. ? Carter in Philadelphia Times . v. 1- BOSS RULE *? * \ (Continued Fiona Page One.) Wilson. Not that Governor Wilson ?"Was responsible for these eon lit ions aBut the fact remains that he might -4 - toot have been nominated as a can didate without such methods. He ac cepted the aid of the bosses, possibly because he could not enter politics 'through any other door The bosses at Chicago were axiinst Roosevelt personally. It was the things he Stood for, snd the untile with whi'h ll/b had fought In (he past for tin iinlnrcs he then stood for. I! is nom Ojjation in the Republican National ^Convention meant t tie gradual eui Jfccl patio 11 of the Republican parfv Mom boss rule; and boss rule meant AiiAt while publie contracts and pn > printing went to the bosses pcr / tonttHT, larger rewuds went to the Interests behind them. Had the fosses bellefnd that they could haw to their purpose . t*V' ?- - +1 A as tiioy had molded Tail, there woul I have been an "open ' convention in Chicago, as there w?/> an "open" con vention at Saratoga and at Syracuse. it. is time for a break-up in party line*. Mk>re crimes have been com mitted and more criminal exalted in the name and by the talisman of par t\ devotion than is ;:ood for this' country. Washington in his faroweH addr??BK inveigned against the splii* of party. * | have already intimated to yon," he said, "th * dangers of par ties in the State, wii'i particular ref erence to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most sol emn manner against the paneful ef fects of the spirit of i arty generally." The same impulse, the same un millishnena, the sair." fervor which ?<avs the birth of th.; Republican par ty KC.es the birth of the Progress! v< party. It la time for a house-i'lea i ing in the nation. We aim to carry forward the ideals of Washington. ! the faith of Lincoln, and the con-. structive criticism o* Jefferson. Ar.y man who wishes to achieve feme non !adays has only to hurl some fresh ep ithet or diatribe ag-.inst Roosevelt. | ; The great metropolitan newspaper i will give lilm front-page space. These i bitter newspaper attacks that 'assail ? our leader, we take proudly to our . selves. They are a part of our prev ious inheritance. "I do the very ? best. 1 know how ? the very best ! car,'' said Lincoln, "and J mean to i keep "doing so until the end. If the ; end brings me out r:ght, what is said against me won't amount to arf'thing. ! If the end brings me out wrong, ten ] ; angels swearing I was right would . make no difference." The best values ever sold in jack- 1 et suits aro being sold at Morrison** Dept. Store. All wool serge suits at ? #9.95. News Notes oi the Nation's Capital , (Continued from Page Five) 'come 'up for an airing soon. YJme. E. Azalia Hackley, the fa- i i mous prima donna, is in the city, j j The ftrrt colored "fresh air - ' ! school was opened this week at the .Stevens School, with Miss C. t.\ | j Thomas in charge. This will give relief to the young children affected with tuberculosis. | Mr. A. C. Newman has been given I charge of the new (> street Voca , tional School. Mrs. .J. W. Shaw has ! charge of domestic science, Miss A. D. Jones domestic art, and Mr. O. i W. McDonald has carpentering. The enrollment at the Phepps fligh School is unusually large. Il lustrating the earnest desre of the young people for an opportunity to ! fit. themselves for commercial pur* 1 suitB. The day das?, numbers 22~? ' and the night ( lags I7(j. A1r. VV. T. , E. Jackson is at the head of this j thriving institution and his ap- 1 pointment is regarded as one of Su perintendeiit Brace's happiest I thoughts. Wlmt i y to become of poor Maitie 1/Omax, the colored woman, now in the. District jail, whose sentence wa* ' commuted bv President Taft from hanging to lite imprisonment? She | was convicted of the murder of lier j husband. l'u:!er the law she can-' not i emu in in the local jail. The ?late prison at Lansing, Kansas, where it. had been planned *n fiend j, her, refuse# to,, receive her and n :> j ? ? . .. ? v . other place wants her. The govern-! ment officials, noting the queer a>i < lions of the prisoner, are of the opin-! ion that Mrs. Loraax will wind up in' the (Government Hospital for the in- j . sane. I Miss Vivian Laicile Thompson, ? daughter of R. W. Thompson, who j led her class J xiy domescti? science', l.ist summer at Normal School No.! 1 2, has been appointed director of1 domestic science in the Whitted j High School, Durham, N. C., where, :>rof.. W. G. Pearson is principal | Durham is one of the flwst progres- j sive cities of. 'the South. Miss! Thompson succeeds Miss Beatrice O. | Childs, who goes to teach domestic ! science in the high school at Atlan- i I tic City, N. J. _v . ! The inaugural visitors are already : | picking out the friends with whom j they will fctop in Washington next. March. "Taking time by the fore lock. " ? . The freshmen won the iuterclass 1 j flag rush at Howard University ! |,last Saturday and the youngsters are j quite "chesty" iver the victory. i The Y. M\ C. A- is having a caifu j paign for memberships. Some ath- j. letic or social event is being- pulled > off every night, and the attendance j is large. Physical Director W. H. j J. Beckett is arranging contests in j bowling and various feats in the I gymnasium. The ladies are allowed j I to come and this has had an ap- ; preciablo effect, in bringing out the men. On Sunday afternoon ne*?, j Dr. D. Webster Davis, the Kichmond j humorist ;and lecturer, will spear: in the auditorium on "Crawling Un- i der the Tent." Surrounded -,by a group of his personal friends at his cozy homej 1339 Wallach Place, N. W., last Saturday evening, Mr. David D. Rogers, of the Treasury Depart- j t.jcnt, celebrated his 34tli birthday in happy styie. The paiibrfc were handsomely decorated with naimu i flowers, and the Irtfleheon prepared j bv Mrs. Alice Kogers. was divine. | With U, W. Thompson as toastpnas ter, the gentlemen ..present paid elo- , fjuent trlpitttes to the character and laudable achievements of the genial host. Among' the * speakers were Messrs. W. B, Harris, W. ff. H. Ter- , rell, Walter H. Ofimshaw, James B. j Smith, Hoover Oifowii, E. 11. Wood- ; ford, Jesse C. Powell, C. H. Miller, j Ale; Middleton, and others. Prof. M. tiraht Laica0, principal of the Hruce School, delivered a > carefully ix^eparetf address on "Civic ? Interest" at the October meeting of; the Mu-So-Ut r h*b.. The business administration of President Taft w nn onthu?>a>?K:AHy endoritod., and T>ar . *? * ? * ' ? .1* ? ticular stress was laid upon the J broad policies with reference to the i race enunciated at the ceremonies in | connection with his formal notlftca- I tion, when a number oc prominent colored men were received on terms : of equality by Mr, and Mrs. Taft at 1 the White House. A. lively debate i was precipitated in the Club, In which all shades of political belief had a hearing. Assistant Register Cyrus Field j Adams has been swinging around ? the Middle Western circuit. He j notes ,a decided trend toward Taft. i i AT THE UAH OF TH E SUPREME j COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ' Another Negro of acknowledged j competence Sa now entitled to prac- ; tice before the bar of the nation's i Highest < tribunal. Upon motion 01 j Judge E. Molyneaux Hewlett, Attor- | ney Shelby James Davidson, * | graduate of the Howard Law School, ' was recently admitted to practice in ! the Supreme Court of the United j States. Mr. Davidson is a native of ! Kentucky, who came to Washington ' about twenty years ago to accept a position under the federal govern- ' ment. In the office of the Sixth An- j ditor he achieved an enviable . d Is- ; tinction as an inventor of machines ? tbat proved to be of great value to j the Postoffice Department, and sev- ? eral patents are . to be awarded to him by the authorities. Since his resignation from the government I nor vice Mr. Davidson has devoted his entire time to his profession, and in 1 ,a comparatively short time has risen 1 1 o a foremost place at the District ,bar. fie is a young man of fine le gal attainments, and possesses busi ness acumen that is bound to bring ihim fame and fortune. He is * prime factor in the Capital Consult ing Company, and is a^so rendering ; effective service as financial jageht of the Howard Alumni Asso ciation, which has pledged itself to raise $ 10,000 toward the erection of a $25,000 gymnasium on , the campus of Howard University. Mr. T)#ti iJttOn .is encouragnig thrifty colore#- people of the capital to buy tiotnesfcind has signally sfcided quite a number to so invest their savings a3 to be able to boast of living be neath their own ''vine and fig tree." ? -A. Kftftina, Oorfluroy aJ?<l nice trim med l\at? for only t>Kc, ac Morrison's Department Store Co. ? - ? ? . I?adieH, you can buy hats for al most nothing at Morr1<ion'H Depart ment Store. , xmi-ito' hi*1 '? ? 1 The Aviator From Mars BY John Mctutcheon An aviator from Mars, trying tor ? the altitude record with his million; eagle po*wer machine, landed on thei Earth in the eastern part of the j United States.. The first thing h^j noticed was a group of excited men; who were angrily talking and wav- ; ing their fists. He drew near and' listened to the discussion, whlph was' about somebody who was running for;; a high office. He caught the worls; "madman." "drunkard," "fanatic," ? "demagogue," "liar," "dangerous"} and other terms of disaproval and! heard the excited disputants exclaim- j ing that the man, if elected, wou'.d , ruin the country, destroy its sacred < institutions and plunge the people; into hopeless confusion because of; his revolutionary policies.. Th.ij man from Mars was amazed to think j that such an evil person- should be ? so presumptuous as to run for a po-j Good Voice to Be PrUed. A soft, well modulated voice is of far greater assistance in the world, ; even in the marriage market, than ' personal boauty. There are few ! things which possess a more definite value as a commercial asset than i graclousness of manner and gentle- t ness of tone. We are not born with harsh voices, wo acquire them. ? Ex change. You will always save money by trading at Morrison's Dept. StO|f\ 1 -? 7 V . .. sition which demanded the hi'^hcF qualifications of honor, experience and judgment. He turned to a by stander who, with an amused smile was listening to the discussion: "Who is this crazy person they are talking about and why docs i;c dare aspire to ihiy hign position?' "He is a man named Roosevelt,' said the bystander, perceiving tha'. the stranger was from another plan et. "He Is our formost citizen, th^ best, known American and a niPl? wh;i has been the best President, we have had for half a century.. To heav these people talk you would think h?' was an experiment, an untried an 1 dangerous upstart, whereas in reali ty he is the most experienced states man we have and a man ha3 dow more for the good of the n.ition tfaa 1 any man now living." Dog True to Trutt. . The Olympla Serenade pavilion at Nottingham, Hngland, having been broken into three timea of iate, tbe proprietor procured an Airedale ter rier. Early the other morning, an a boy dropped over the fence, the dog seized him by the trousers and held him till the arrival of the watchman, who handed him orer to the police, (Utay <lay? at Morrison's Depart - ment Htorfl all on account of their lower prices* ^ . ? :m