Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1915 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Lincoln not a Prohibitionist wf v/- ■ Abraham Lincoln, whose name is being used by prohibition agitators to pry pennies from the children, was opposed to, attempts to wijSe out by law the trade in alcoholic beverages. In 1840, while he was a member of the Illinois Assembly, he voted to table an amendment for prohibition. During the same session he voted against a local option bill. In her “Life of Abraham Lincoln,” Ida M. Tarbell after relating how the firm of Berry & Lincoln had been granted a license to operate a tavern at New Salem, concludes: It is probable that the license was procured not to enable the firm to keep a r 7 tavern, but to retail the liquors which they had in stock. Each of the three groceries which Berry & Lincoln acquired had the usual supply of liquors.” Indiana Brewers Association