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Show CALLING NAMES. -Aji.' VyF '--u?r Calling names never decided an issue and never won an argument. Not long ago officials of the prohibition movement offered of-fered a prize for tho best name to designate a bootlegger. Someone Some-one cined the word "scofflaw", and won the prize. Following it up, those who advocate the sale of intoxicants sought a new word, one to match "scomlaw" and that could be applied to dry 9 adherents. They finally adopted the words "spigot-bigot," which they expect to apply to those who oppose them in their demand for the abolishment of the Volstead amendment. We haven't heard either of these words used to any extent ex-tent around Delta yet, but we possibly will. But we feel safe in saying in advance that they won't impress us very much. Calling Call-ing a bootlegger a "scofflaw" won't make us think any more or any less of him, and calling a dry advocate a "spigot-bigot" isn't going to change our opinion of him for good or bad. Calling names has no effect on this situation, any more than it has in political arguments. Calling names only serves to increasi bitterness and as a general rule leads to apologies later on when the blood has cooled a little and the man who us.ed the names has an opportunity to realize that he made more of a fool of himself than he did of the other fellow. Calling a man vile names goes right in one ear and out the other, if he is the right sort of a man. We are not offering any prizes for new-coined names, but we do think the fellow who is satisfied to go his way and let the ther man "call the names" is entitled to much credit for his display of good sense. |