The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-10-05
LIQUOR DEALERS.
~. on Their Relation to
society.
- f,orrupting. SO DcbauchinE'
|ins ED' "a VIE, So God-Dishonor-
IN, banning as Saloon
y % ,a ~. whisky WIN Do.

Ing Ep' :. u VIE, So God-Dishonor-
' ! 8 Soul banning :, 2. : ~ o
q Z what whisky WIN 10
IoorrnroHr, lssAl
a.slers and their relation z
s Y Turning aside from models
~ 80 an Associated Press matter
nO' - 4 several dailies dated Au'
49, Y sra i St. Louis, saying that the
e r r,v Benefit association, Of
q \, have nave asked Mayor Waldridge
q. ea' he camp meeting now going
'h sso,ared that 1t was disgrace
" ! ,;.y and q menace to the morals
lsur 0tation Of its citizens, that the
'are used by Sam P. Jones when
asf hare recently would not be toll
Y 1, n anv decent community which
y .ualt.respecting. The saloonkeep-
r ,s they represented paid their
Y and we're law-abiding people,
Az idea Of an evangelist be-
Flowed to come here and abuse
was repugnant, therefore they
i The mayor OF the city of st. Louis
hate the nuisance, all OF which
me an opportunity Of saying
ching along this line that ought to
bid
m malice towards no man, but
benevolent wish for all men, |
are II to be my honest conviction
there is nothing this side OF hell
nothing inside Of hell SO corrupt
90 debauching, SO infamous, so
50 God-dishonoring, so soul-damn-
y a saloon. There is not a species
6eanness that earth can concoct or
can accomplish that whisky won't
and saloons do not foster.
thatever may be the resolutions and
tests Of the st. Louis Liquor Deal
association, however much taxes
may pay, however law abiding
! may be in their own estimation,
the facts stand forth that every
on is menace to the morals and
GUS to the reputation OF its citi-
| don't suppose that against any
Br thing has the human language
! 50 exhausted for epithets and adj
Ives, as 1t has been exhausted in
bnciation OF the saloons.
en run the saloons simply and only
the money that is in it. It is but
expression of the avarice which
a under the dripping curse of
Is Christ and stripped the garments
! His suffering body and stood there
gambled for them in His dying
ence. 1t is but an expression of
avarice that watches the destitute
lans crying for bread unmoved.
but an expression of avarice which
ed the arm Of Rube Burrows and
Murrell for their deadly work. 1t |
ut an expression of avarice that |
God, filches from the poor and |
holds from the needy.
ey are in 1t for the money that is
SO was RUDE Burrows. I regard
ube Burrows job the most respect
he would flag down the engl-
with a red lantern; when the
slowed up and stopped In the
ight hour in lonely place he
q say to the engineer: IF you
! that throttle until / tell you to
blow hole through your body
engineer replied: IT obey your
% then steps on the train.
3 MS gun into each passengers
md says: "Give me your money"
OF course they do. When he
'oooed every passenger on board
am ne stepped to the door of the
q said; Good night, gentlemen;
q you pleasant Journey" He
q onto the ground again and
the engineer ahead.
9 was after the dollars; he only
dollars of the unfortunate pas
>; ne didn't touch their reputa-
character; he didn't unfit them
'k,ng more money; he didn't de-
!. .neir souls. but simply robbed ,
q the little cash they had on
erson en- route; but the saloon
rods the wretch of his last dol
pauperizes his family, incapaci- :
le poor drunkard from earning ,
money and damns the poor :
!, Doth soul and body in hell for .
/, .nese are not cold facts, then |,
"A. Know q cold fact II l were !,
!. 1t In the road. / have never :,
ihed at the saloonkeeper be- :
: made money, for God knows
eiass OF men out Of perdition !,
' make money it Is the saloon :
ne knows when he enters the
mat 1t Is the lowest-down D
: N all the wosSd; he knows
must deal with the lowest. j.
~ 10 all the world; he knows
!, !, dies In that business he must