The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-13
TOBACCO, WHIsKsY. RUIN.

1bacco and whiskcy, and the sure and rapid8l
descent through this channel to degradation,
disgrace, and destruction. l admit that theH
Iuse of tobacco, in itself, is not 80 ruinous, :
apparently, rs strong drink, and that manyE
great and good men have INDUCED in its use;E
3yct none will deny that it is n filthy and use :
less habit involving vast expenditure OH
money, without any benefit being derived.
1t is estimated that these United States-E
Ithis Christian nation-this land of Bibles
spend $500, ,0OO, ,O00) six hundred milionse T.
: 2of dollars year for tobacco, and only
! SO, ,O0O, ,O0O) three millions annually tospreadk
: the gospel among the nations which know
: not our Christ.
Men, and cTcu women, indnlging in thisk
: filthy habit, create an unnatural appetite,
| and spend sixhundrcd million n year in dip-{
! ping and chewing, and burning incense tot
the devil. Not only the worldly, but church,
members who profess to have "cleansedI
themselves from all filthiness of the flesh,
and dcacons. and stewards, and elders, andI
8cvcn preachers oft gospel of sclf-dcnial,
burners. This useless expenditure of money!
Hmakes many homes with poorly clothed,
untaught children, with few or no;
#books; with poorly spread tables, with debts,
8unpaid and accumulating, with the daily cry
Hof poverty and hard times"
& Such habit isa stigma upon the name of
Ha Christian.
u Tobacco is not only filthy, but it makes a
Ssavc of free man. Look ut that christian :?
How heavenly docs his light shine through
$ clouds of tobacco smoke, and pools of spittlc,
+ Is he uses the expensive, nauscating disgust
8 ing wced he processes to be doing all to the
glory of God. | pity his Inconsistency.
Tobacco is not only filthy, but it is unhealth-
ful.
1t clouds the intellect and enervates every
faculty of our being. How many sallow-
faced, sickly women, lean. cnfeebled, weakly
men, spindling diseased children, owe all
> their ailments to tobacco, either used by
2 themselves, or Inherited from their parents ?
~ Pity the consumptivc, coughing women,
[1Swith lungs filed with snuff; diseased men.
i with tobacco poison coursing through every
vein, scrofilous, ,lcfnrmcd children, unable to
~ resist disease, with death gnawing their puny
$ lives away, through inherent tobacco poison.
s Wrctchcd condition of humanity.
w ftiifc IrI.rny IIscrs Of tobacco do not become
y users of ardent spirits. yet nearly all drunk
Bards first formed the unnatural appetite for
(1 oborco which hrrnmcs an coSv Stcnpiup
= stone from free manhood to n slave of strong
II Then, for whiskcy what shall say? Its
; votaaics are numbcrlcSs. and its victims arc
= 10000 in these United States. every year.
a was astoundcd To learn that The town of
a WHparnnhurg alone had ten licensed barrooms.
lawh0Sc United States. State and Town taxes
IS tnonnt to $i.l2 dollars each: making
s&hc enormous sum of eleven thousand two
s hundred and fifty dollars Il year, for the
= privilege of selling the poisonous draught to
= 8my fellow beings. Now, if you add to this
200, the bartcndcrs hire house rent.
cost OF whlSkcy, etc, and then the enormous
HproiltS on the sale of drinks, the grand total is
#appalling reaching. doubtless, to. hundred
thousand dollars annually, in the city of
HSpartanburg alone.
And what Of Union? Hardly n whit te-
: 8hind according to numbers, in the ne.ari-
Gus practice. She licenses three barrooms at
$500 each, to tlrn her children 10 demons
besides her many other smaller an conceal J
ed pits Of destruction. where misery, andI
! (9,ears, and want is meted out to mothers,
wives and sisters, and destruction of body
and soul to boys and men. can't see why
'ur lIwmaking powers license pit to de-
Hstroy mems reason aud then punish them forI
crimes committed when their reason is gone
How often do we read Of murder committed
"undcr the influence Of whiskey" Will note
those who license the incentives of crime bes
ablameablc rs well as those who sell, in theE
final day Of aocounts?' do believe thsil
where public sentiment and morality ares
not sufficient to scorn down and perish out
lthe barrooms then prohibition should inier-s
Vcnc to protect n community from the r,va-
1gcs of these awful dcns Of misery.
And my brethren from whence does thek
Support ofthcsc bnrrooms como? will tell tellE
|you. IL mainly comes, directly or indirectly, q
from the farm. And i; i,a sid fact thatS
|many Of my brother farmers will so bestiaIize
themselves rs TO 50 D the barr0om an iH
Ispend their hard earned money to satisfy aH
thirst for liquor, that grows stronger aml &
more uncomfortable. the ore it is satisfied ?e
Now one word to the mothers: rcach G
your sons to haze rum; yea, teach them to II
dctest even tobacco, which is long step TO y
wards the degenerate appetite for whiskcv 2
Teach them that great crimes begin with lii rs
tie wrong acts, and that The vile drunxnrdss
bcEins with the cigarc te, cigar and tobacco. s.
Aud you, young lady, may trcmb withss
apprehension, If your sultOr INDUCES ir6.
tobacco; but never pin your destiny to ~
nnn who INDUCES in strong drink. YouH
'ay you will reform him. Silly creature ,Ss
Rest assured that if he has not respectHs
enough for you to reform TO win you lie wiIl@
not reform after he has you fastened to him 81,
by the iron band OF marri Igc Better. fen ~
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