"Goodbye John. You were God's worst enemy, you were hells best friend."
"The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses and corn-cribs. Men will walk upright now, women will smile, and children will laugh. Hell will be forever in rent "
The Death of A "Horrible Person"
A tombstone Of John Barleycorn who represented alcohol (Notice the date).
John Barleycorn is a character who represents the crop of barley harvested each autumn. Equally as important, he symbolizes the drinks which can be made from barley, beer and whiskey-- and their effects.
On January 17, 1920 at exactly 12:01 A.M. the bells rang in dozens of churches symbolizing the death of a horrible "Man". He Symbolized many things, but mostly alcohol consumption and problems with alcohol. His death marked the end of alcohol at the time, but as many would soon find out, it was anything but the end of alcohol.
On January 17, 1920 at exactly 12:01 A.M. the bells rang in dozens of churches symbolizing the death of a horrible "Man". He Symbolized many things, but mostly alcohol consumption and problems with alcohol. His death marked the end of alcohol at the time, but as many would soon find out, it was anything but the end of alcohol.