The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-01-12
THE BENEVOLENT SOsIB7Y
A Large Congregation at the CGntGna
ry Methodist Church.
KICKS AND CUFFS FOR REPORTERS
From Rev L. G. Broughton-He Says
They Won't Publish the Condition
of the Poor, Because Their Isn't
Boom in it-Rey. Efr Moose Wakes
Things Up ON LegaIized Wbiskey.

Boom in it-ReV. rTr Moose Wakes
Things Up on LegaIized Wbiskey.
The Union service held at Centen-
ary NJ. e. church Sunday night was at
tended by large cOncOurse of people
The occasion was the anniversary of
the Ladies' Benevolent Society, a
worthy organization which has and is
still doing d noble work in behalf of
those in needy circumstances.
The service, after the singing of an
appropriate hymn, was opened with a
feryent prayer by Rev. II. a. Brown,
of the First Baptist church. He was
folio wed by Rev. l., l.. Albright, oil
the Methodist Protestant church,
who read d scripture lesson on the
parable of Lazarus and the rich man.
CIVILIZATIONS to Help the Poor"
was the subject on which Rev. J. Z.
Moose. of the Rurkhead church, made
an earnest talk. In the course of his
remarks he said: This is subject
on which [ could talk a long time:
but I take it you all have been talked
to by your pastors and read from the
Bible what your duty is in regard to
helping the poor. The main duty is
to put .lour hand down in your pocket
and get out your money Faith
without works is dead, saith the
Lord. God aims for you to nelp those
who are unable to help themselves.
In proof the speaker quoted passages
of scripture from James 2: 1917, and
from / John :: II.
1.-THE gospel to the poor, continued
Mr.. Moose, lis to give them meat. po-
tatoes and bread to satisfy the de
mands of their bodies. After / was
told of the subject on which l was to
to speak here tonight | went to the
ladies of the Benevolent Society and
asked them to tell me what per cent
of the poor they visited was caused
by whiskey, Their reply was every
one This tells the whole story.
localized bar-rooms by church mem
bers then is the source from which all
poverty comes. Why need we try to
patch up this thing; why not get at
the bottom of the whole matter by
closing up these hell holes of which
there are fourteen in nun CT in this
town? How are we to ile the poor
when such things exist.
"All this poverty comes from
whiskey traffic. One of the members
of this Society told me that she had
walked over the bodies of drunken
men in order to help their wives and
children. They were made so by Ii
cenSed WhiSkey.
"Why is it that men who hold the
power of making the laws come in the
churches, and say Amen eyerytime the
preacher says word about helping
the poor.
o Lord how long will these things
exist.
OF course there are many good peo-
pie here who have gone down into
their pockets and establish mission
churches The MethOdists, PreSbyte-
rians. Baptists and other denomina-
tions have done this. But the so cal
led Christian commissioners have Ii
censed bar-rooms all around, one of
which is within a stones throw of
the boarding house of the Burkhead
pastor.
Some say that by closing the bar
rooms we will have to shut down our
public schools. This is not true. There
are fourteen bar-roOms in this town.
The license upon them amounts to
$1,000 Your police force costs 81 ,420,
to say nothing of the extra policemen.
These figures show that not dollar
then goes to the school fund. Salem
don't have bar-rooms and what is the
result Why it only takes one police
man to look after eVil-doerS. She also
runs hers schools without any whisky
tax. Look also at the progressive
schools but no legaliZed barronms.
One policeman, who wears citizens
clothes and whom | never saw carry a
billy, looks after the law-breakers
there.
Society is all wrong. When wo-
man falls, she is outcast by all. With
men, however, it is different. A
young man can visit bar room. go to
a house of ill-fame and then go into
the homes of the best families of the
town. They are patted on the back
and called jolly good fellows. How
many are there who go out and take
the fallen by the hand and help them
as Christ did and say. neither do l
condemn thee, go and sin no more
''In this town we have legalized
Christian whiskey. The licenses are
issued by the City Fathers, majority
of whom, am told, are church mem
bers. Ever member of the county
commissioners, it is learned, are mem
bers of the church. These are the
people, members of the Methodist,
Baptist, Presbyterian churches, who
issue the licenses for these hell-holes."
The ladies of this society find peo-
pie who work and could make a living
were it not for this legalized whiskey
traffic. They do not know how to
take care of what they earn. What
we want to do now is to train these
people up to know the worth of mon
ey and to know how to get 100 cents
worth with dollar. When we Gle
this the Woman's Benevolent Society
will simply be prayer meeting, thu
: object of which will be to persuade
and pray for those who have gone
astray.
THE ANNUAL REPORT.
The annual report of the Secretar.
of the Benevolent Society for 1892 wa
read by Rev. w. a. Lutz, and is a
follows:
Again we come before the publ
with the annual report of work don
by the Benevolent Society.
Our report is not as encouraging a
we could wish. There has been
great scarcity of funds, especially TO
the last few months.
Our membership has grown less
there being IA less on the roll than a
this time last year. This of cours
has lessened the amount of dues.
There have been only two death
reported among those whom we hav
helped. a woman and little Chile
We have had several severe cases {
sickness. and feel that we have pc
haps been the means of prolongIn
some lives, by timely assistance ]
providing proper nourishment an
medicine.
ssThe object of the society is to assis
the worthy poor, who are in the habl
of supporting themselves by their ow
honest industry, but who by sicknes
or other unavoidable casualties al
prevented from doing SO. and wheI
ever we have had reason to beliey
that the object is not one of charit,
the supply has been withheld and u
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