Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-01-26
The Effects of DriM


We publish the matter jelousihe
request of some of our temper d. sinds
as showing what strong driu K ussad
tOif It's allowed to get con,roIs ofassif
Case l. -Four of US love mono and
want it regardless of patience prsiipe
labor aud honesty Nv 1e;gbm. a
good christian man has ten tbons,a DOL.
lars. which he tells me. he Nm Ike to
Aberdeen tomorrow As 4 vidss to
be very secret about it. he savshvill
start very early and ride hi ,aa die
country. | give this informat;op mhree
others who promise to secur4 m, 49,
600 and divide They take therpnces
on the high way In due timd ,nv rsigh-
Dor arrives at the point selectad All one
seizes the bride of his horse ID, Sec
Ond sends 4 bullet through bi,ttain,
while the third takes the hacErs of
money from my neighbours pdcket
lst- Ten thousand dollar lda 4 good
man murdered. His soul gdne arest.
2nd Four men guilty of a.urier and
robbery.
Bird Wife and children Of lbe icceas-
ed overwhelmed with sorrow
4th The church and comunuriy Join
in sorrow and sympathy. for a, i beloved
family.
Gaze 2. -Four men want mdre7 One
keeps a distillery, another looks sher the
legislation on liquor traffic. lie third
manages the local license, petiiias &C.,
while the fourth does the retailipe. My
neighbor. a good man has $4,000 in
vested in business. A saloon /. Iocnted
near him. He likes a dram Hs love
for drink increases
He finally loses all control of himself,
spends all his money aud dies 1 dulkard
LIST. Money and profit, or Interest for
years. perhaps, all gone.
Ind The fall, misery, sha me and dis
grace of the man before death.
3rdI A dead drunkard, with soul gone
to hell.
4th. Wife and children n sorrow,
poverty and disgrace
9Th. The evil influence Of ihs man in
the church and community before he
lost his balance.
9TH. The community glad add beHe-
flied, with little or no sympathy for the
helpless family.
9TH Somebody guilty of / ''br0tber's
blood" Who are they? L. lie first
case those who killed the nan md got
the money $4,000 be caargd with
murder and robbery? Witb vhst shall
We charge those who hare taken .he
$4,000 and interest, togesher with the
mans peace of mind. usefuDe,s and
happiness for years; who hav robbed
his defenseless wife and childrel Of bus
band sni father and bresa yes, and
even sympathy? Who have helped to
| destro5 his hope of eternal life. Who
have secured all these things and both
ing can be seen of the returns they have
made for them. except lie dunkards
bloated corpse and misery WHAT'S the
indictment! Just covetousn is-tbats
all Those convicted in De First Case
are punised by law, with death BY hang
ing, or Imprisonment for life The
guilty parties in the Second Case are i
censed by law to carry on tier business
Men as agents, with a pist b as The in
strument took the life and money Of the
man in the former; Men a agents with
whiskey as the insrument tack the
money, hope, happiness and lie, Of the
man in the latter, 1t was scrims,
bloody outrage, punishable BY death i
the 6rst. What is it, and tha runist
ment doth the prescribe NJ .ceon'
! "ln the corrupted --ArS,n4s ,of y
life, offences gided hand ray show
Justice, ana oft It's seen, the wick
prize itself buys out the law; but its I
so above: There's no shutting there.
There the action lies in its rue nature
How long, my counrymcn, shall o
government hold in her Golfers the pr
of her own sous and daughters? Ht
} long shall she, for revenue, blood none
license men to execute her children!