The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-09-30
Christian Endeavor Convention.

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deavor convention met at West
Nottingham on Wednesday. Two
, sessions were held, afternoon and
evening.
The afternoon session opened
with half an hours prayer and
praise service. Rev. A. W. Math-
er, the President of the county
Union, then called for reports from
the societies represented in the
Union. Quite number responded,
giving details of the work of their
societies.
Mr.. III. III. Hanna addressed the
meeting on the State Christian En-
deavor work and Mrs. E. G. Hatch
gave missionary talk.
A discussion followed on how to
increase interest in missions among
Christian Endeavore1s; also how to
persuade people of the propriety of
giving one tenth of the income to
the Lords work. Several took
part in these discussions, after
which the convention adjourned for
supper, which was served by the
ladies of the church in the chapel.
A large audience was present at
the evening session which was ad-
dressed by Rev. T. o. Grouse and
DR.. Wilbur F. Crafts, of the
National Reform Bureau of Wash
linton, d. G.
DR.. Crafts lecture was on tenn
perance and was party illustrated.
The fallacious idea of beer as nu-
tritious drink was completely ex-
ploded. He proved that it would
take 313 gallons of beer to obtain
enough of solid matter to make one
barrel of flour, which, counting five
cents for every half pint of beer,
would make the cost of barrel of
flour $25O.4O.
Another idea that has taken pos
session of a great many minds, viz:
that money is in circulation when
it goes into the rumseller's till was
also shown to be an error, as out of
every 500 spent for rum in this
county only two goes into the
working mans hands again.
The average wages in this coun-
try is 1886 per family and 500 of
that goes for rum, on the average,
so it is useless to talk of the
nations expenses when we are an
nually throwing away a billion and
more of dollars.
DR.. Crafts also showed by illus
tration what per cent of the barley
was used in making beer. Out of
six-pound sack only ten ounces
were left, and four of them were
thrown out to make room for the
poisons, leaving only six ounces per
gallon Of the barley. The distilled
grain that was fed to the animals
was as poison to all the meat and
was worse than wasted.
The Doctor gave some facts rela.
tive to the question of license or
no-license as to. whether prohibi-
ton prohibits. We hear today so
much about there being as much |
liquor drunk here as under license
and it would be better to have one
man sell it. He said that in Phil
adelphia where the best high license
law is in effect there are more
"speakeasies" than in the whole |
State of Vermont under prohibition. |
In New York, where the Raines'
law is in effect, there are 1000
places where liquor is sold without |
paying the tax. Everyone knows
the law is violated but it would be
a poor excuse to do away with all |
law because of this violation.
The Doctor thought we put a |
wrong construction on drunkenness. |
If q man stole once we called him a |
thief, if he killed another he was a |
murderer, sbut man had to be
drunk all the time before we called |
him a drunkard. His idea of it |
was that just as soon as a persons |
brain was in the least affected from
the drink he was drunk.
DR.. Crafts was born the same
year as the Maine law, and his
father was the author of the rally
ing song sung at that time, and he |
never saw drunken man until he
was old enough to go to college.
He seemed confident of success of
two bills now pending-one for the
adjustment of the army canteen
and the other the public exhibition
of prize fights. Votes were taken
in the meeting on both these ques-
tons, but whether from timidity or
ignorance we known not, a very |
small number voted ON the
measures.
He had a flag divided in three
parts; the large part in white rep.
resenting the women and children,
the yellow part the voters, and a |
little black corner the voters, and |
we must confess that it was revolt
ing to every drop of blood in our
veins to sit there and look at that |
black square of four inches sur.
rounded by square oftwenty -four