The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-25
LIQUOR DEALERS.
Sam Jones on Their Relation to
Society;
Nothing else So Corrupting, So Debauching,
So Infamous. So Vile, So God Dishonor-
Ing, SO soul banning as n Saloon
What Whisky win DO.
roopyp1enr, 1894 !

society. turning aside from models
shall notice an Associated Press matter
published in several dailies dated Au-
gust "a, from st, Louis saying that the
Liquor Dealers Benefit association, of
st. Louis, have asked Mayor Waldridgc
to close the camp meeting now going
ON in that city.
They declared that il was disgrace
to the city and menace to the morals
and reputation of its citizens, that the
language used by Sam p. Jones when
he was here recently would not be toll
Grated in any decent community which
was self-respecting. The saloonkeep-
ers whom they represented paid their
taxes and were law-abiding people,
and the idea OF an evangelist be-
ing allowed to come here and abuse
them was repugnant, therefore they
asked the mayor of the city of st. Louis
to abate the nuisance, an of which
gives me an opportunity of saying
something along this line that ought to
be said.
With malice towards no man, but
with benevolent wish for all men,
declare it to be my honest conviction
that there Is nothing this side of hell
and nothing inside of hell so corrupt
ing, so debauching, so infamous, so
vile, SO notwithstanding, so soul-damn-
ing as a saloon. There Is not u species
of meanness that earth can concoct or
man can accomplish that whisky won't
help and saloons do not foster
Whatever may be the resolutions and
requests of the st. Louis Liquor Deal
ers' association, however much taxes
they may pay, however law abiding
they may be in their own estimation,
yet, the facts stand forth that every
saloon is menace to the morals and
ruinous to the reputation of its citi-
zens.
| don't suppose that against any
other thing has the human language
been SO exhausted for epithets and ad-
jectives, as it has been exhausted in
denunciation of the saloons.
Men run the saloons simply and only
for the money that is in it. 1t is but
an expression of the avarice which
stood under the dripping curse of
Jesus Christ and stripped the garments
from His suffering body and stood there
and gambled for them in His dying
the avarica TINT ,va+oIas ~ dastit,,+a
orphans CRYING for hread rnmoved
IT. is but an exnrossion 81 or,,;oo Witch
nerved the arm Of Rube Rurro,vs and
j. A. Murrell for their deadly work. 1t
is but an expression of avarice that
robs God, filches from the poor and
withholds from the needy.
They are in II for the money that ;s
in it. So was Rube burrows regard-
ed Rube Burrows, iob the most resneot-
able. He would far down the eng,-
neer with n red lantern. when the
train slowed m and stonned in the
midnight hour in n lonely Mace bo
would saw to the engineer. "If Won
touch that throttle until tell Won To
| will blow a hole THROUGH vour bodv."
The engineer replied: 81 obey vour
order"
Rube then steps on the train.
pushes his gun into each passengers
face and saws: Give me vour money -
which of course they do. When he
had robbed every messenger ON hoard
the train he stepped to the door of the
car and said: Good nioht. gentlemen.
l wish YOU a pleasant Journey" He
stepped onto the ground again and
waved the engineer ahead.
Rube was after the dollars. he onlv
got the dollars of the unfortunate mas
sengers, he didn't touch their reputa-
ton or character; he didn't unfit them
for making more money; he didn't de-
bauch their souls, but simply robbed
them of the little cash thew had on
their person en- route: Int the saloon
keeper robs the wretch of his last dol
lar and pauperizes his family. incanaci-
tates the poor drunkard from earning
more money and damns the moor
wretch both soul and BODY in hell for
ever. If these are not cold facts. then
wouldn't know a cold fact If T were
to meet it In the road. have never
complained at the saloonlxeeper he
cause he made money. for God knows
if anv class of men ont Of nerdition
ought to make money it is the saloon
keeper.
First, he knows when he enters the
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