Show DRINK DID IT I 1 one ol of the saddest things in the history of this county was tile the wrecking of a human soul that shone bright with intelli intelligence genbe and capacity to do good by the demon drink this man was once a school teacher in the county and he was one of the best neat dapper polite pleasant and a perfect gentleman in every respect he readily established for or himself a place in the affections of his fellow men because of his bla gentility and scholarly attainments then he went east and studied law came back and hung out his shingle in this city his bright quick mind was equally fertile in legal lore and because of his ability his constituents elected him county attorney a position he filled honorably and be it said to his bis credit that he always acted honorably in the practice of his profession but one evil evi hour the demon drink tempted him and he yielded A second drink was taken aud and then a third and little by little the fangs of that monster fastened themselves upon him until they had bad him completely bound and subject to the monster itself then he lost his self respect mistreated his beautiful little wife and pure children lost out with his fellow men and at last became a byword that man mail wai wa i james 3 9 perry aho ha vho possessed one ona of the brightest bIght b est minds this county has yet produced ana whose future was a bright as the star of the east before rum began to drag him down there is not an acquaintance of james S perry but bat who pitied him and none but who would willingly have helped him up if he would h have ive permitted them to 11 ruc tic lie could not lie ile was absolutely poi powerless erless in the grasp of that terrible appetite for liquor so powerless that he sold ills his very soul together with all that is dear in life to appease the raging thirst tor for i strong drink ile he did not get bampi happiness in it lie he was a most miserable man but what could he do the monster had fastened itself upon him ill in a after the first few invitations an and d b he e became an abject slave we dont point out these sad facts to bring farther sorrow to his poor little heartbroken widow god bless and comfort her nor to bring reproach upon his children none of them had any hand in the sad aad career that was ended on tuesday last but wo we simply hold up the life of this accomplished gentleman who wis was transformed into a thing athing little ab above ove the animal by drink in the hope that the lesson will appeal to some of the young people who today are thoughtlessly inviting the same condition by their reckless and immoral living the only safe way is to leave strong drink absolutely alone and the case sited above Is another argument in favor of absolute prohibition for if james S perry could not have procured liquor he be would not have become the character that he did and prohibition in his ti time me would have been toe the means ot of saving him from the gutter and preserving his splendid intellect for use in the up dp building of this great commonwealth |