The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-08-02
, MEDICAL TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATIONS

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| pendent.
| \ MEDICAL TEMrErAN NCE ASSOCIATION.
| ThrmelCal aspect of the temperance u,rS-
ti"n is q phase of the subject of temperance
which has not been given the prominence it
! deserves in this country.
| In Great Britain there has existed ror sew
trai years n Medical Temperance Association
| which publiSlr"Sn quarterly magazine called
| tn. Ncdicni Temperance Journal.
| Many Of tn" most eminent physicians on
both sides "f ia" Atlan,ic abstain from tho
us" uf alcohol both for themselves and pa
| TENTS
DIR. N. =. Davis. Of Chicago, President Of
| tn" recent International Medical Congress,
| :ays: 81 have prescribed no form of ;tlco
holic drink, ferinentcd or distilled, for inter
! nal use in the treatment Of disease for forty
| years, and find no need for any"
| DR.. Dowkontt, founder and Medical Dircc-
| tor of the international MediCpN iunrter of u
| STma-.Y, PROPOSES the formation of an Amori-
Tan Mc,lical Tempcrance Association, to Ia
| composed OF physicians in good standing of
either school. He calls upon all Christian
! physicians throughout this country and
Canada to scrd their names to him rs Willing,
| to become members of such an association.
| Tie desires the following points: I, name; =,
| ,ollcyc and date of graduation; 3, how Ion"
| personal ahStinrnrc; !. how long in practice
| without aid of alcohol.
1T WORKED WE'LL:
After tn" lat" fire in Seattle prohibition
rriEn"ti for several days. Most of tho dives
and saloons Were burned aud the mayor pro
"n"i''d th' rest from rcopcning. Thousands
"i ie!h'r;i'l" SinmlS sprung up and many
men began I" appreciate" temperance drinks.
n new beverage, strawberry lemonade had n
great ';,i" and was pronounced by many,
wen drinkers, 10 Il" better than beer. Tenn
por;iry pr"hihition worked 80 well that a
petition was signed 10y more than Il thousand
't"'diiiS c'tiTcns, asking that all the saloons in
th" city b" kept closed for three months in
tn" interests OF rapid rebuilding.
THE E$ALooNHEErER's IDEA OF LIBERTY.
They hav" in New York har6or a stniuto
'f lihcrty--Anlrricau liberty. and n Grand
conception it. Is. But what would il he if
niodeic, according to tho idea of the a,lyo.
cato OF the liquor traffic? \ reeling red
ssSt'i, si"bh"rinE, dchGuchcd mau, and ut his
iret woman crOuched with her hords nm
uttcu to the man who has been brutaIlzed Ly
'rlnk, but who Is her natural and sanctiOc1
lroteCtnr, her brow bleeding from blows in
uicted hy his bands. That is the idea of
liberty nS conceived bv the men who ,Iy,
cate the salOUn.-SCnuiOi. COiyuitt
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES
Nhrr" twelve men made beer in tn" Wal
run l'rcwrry, Lawrence, Kan, 100 persons
| ere now busy making shoes
punishment is provided for every rrir.r.
y
| headache is punishment. Therefore drunken
| ness must bc a crime
DR. Bombaugh an experienced medical ex-
amincr claims that out of every hundred
heavy beer drinkers not more than five p,,ss
the age of fifty-thrcc
Mrs. Mary \. Wnodbridg" says that in
Cincinnati whcr" the liquor traffic is faxed
! not licensed, about ~. 900 school children arc
not recorded in the school lists.
| II Nns stated i,, hn Hone, - I ~.
| other day thrt tn" Christian merchants ot
| England ship every year to the west curst Of
| Africa @0,M0 tons of rum and gin.
The G. A. Il. " Grceasturg. Ind. recently
! elected u saloon keeper aS their crnmnncr
| The Woman'S Relief Corps strongly protested
| against this action oni tho white ribbon ntli-
! GERS refused to- attend the memorial services
under such leadership.
DIR. II. =. Tanner, tn" famous faster Chal-
lcnGcS any half dozen If the hugc,t ginntS Of
wine and beer t. meet him in fasting con
test in which neither side Shall br allowed To
taste food; they to have all the liquor they
want; he To drink only water, the fast t.
| cOntinu" till IN" one or the last of the SIX
| yields tn" contest.
Hon Richard TrevilIck. n leader among
| In" Knights of Labor, considers intc,nprr-
ance the curse cf organized labor. He SAYS:
"fh" labor question will never he settled until
the liquor question is. Ifthc money spent for
liquor every year was turned into the labor
channels for two years thore would not bc an
idle man in America. and there would not hn
enough workmen TO produce what is
needed"
The argument that tn" habtua drinking
of wine lessons the consumption of spirits is
not borne out 10y the experience of some of
the prominent London clubs. 1t has been
: found hy those VIII" are in position to know
that ScTcr"i years ago the f"Noritn drink Of
| the frequ"ntrrs Of tho.n clubs was cham
paGnc This was subsequently changed for
ciar"t, which h Id sway for some time Rut
alas, for the argument quoted! From cIarct
the club tippicrs have gene quietly to whisky
and lrlS'i whisky, too and the cOnsulnp-
ton OF that variety o; liquor is now said to
bc far III excess Of that Vf an other brand