Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-24


least several days week. There was
not a date, il j remember rightly, but
what whisky was among the items pur-
chased. "2 pds. sugar, pd. coffee, at.
whisky" ''2 pds. soap, ! tea, 81,
whisky" Half gal. whisky.
sugar, bag salt" That is about fair
sample, as to this old book, over o
hundred years old. ,,
So it seems that king WHISKY
figured largely then, as ne does now.
But, am told by real old men tnat
the whisky was good in those days,
and that comparatively few men got
drunk. | hope that Is true, but am
here to tell YOU this afternoon thai the
solution of the whisky problem is tho
biggest thing before the American
people today.
But why should mention this
matter as this time? Because the
whisky business and the public school
system are in partnership! Where DO
/ we get money to run our public
schools? Largely from the liquor
licenses! All Then, when my child
attends the public school,, he is edu-
Gated by the profits of the whisky
business! ] see. Men and women OF
Brandywine hundred, as your chosen
speaker for this occasion, and as an
honest man before God and men, l
want to declare to you that each OF
YOU should SGT your face as Hint
against this ubiquitous system. As
much as value education, believe
it were better that a child go un-
educated than be educated out OF
blood money. As an humble citizen
among you, declare on my conscience
it is wrong. Is it to go on forever?
Answer on your consciences before the
Infinite God! When q nation will
license sin, there is something wrong
with the nation. Do you tell me, as an
honest man, that with all the wealth
God has shuwered upon this nation
its mountains of coal and iron. its vast
deposits of silver and gold, its broad
acres of bountiful harvests, and its
untold resources, that the children OF
the realm must be educated by
licensing the whisky business? II you
do you tell me something that can
not believe. And remember these
words, tho day is coming in America,
it may be long years after We are gone,
when the evil which has blighted and
is bligbting so many homes all over
our land shall have become thing OF
: tine past, and when our nation shall be
a sober nation in its greatness, as well
as an educated nation.
| make my charge against the
.. government, and claim that 1t is tic
/. blame, and would not only lay the
. ak to the root of the tree, but would
pull it up by the roots.
And now we have talked of the past
, with its struggles, Of the present sc
). bright and encouraging, what shall We
say of the future2 No nation has madt
history faster during the last two years
than the United States of America
i Her war for humanity, in which sh'
= has unwittingly been drawn into wa
= In another hemisphere, has developed
her prowess as a nation, and there Il
only one outcome of the present war
J, and that is ultimate victory. 1t mus
!, ! be SO, and believe it ought to com
!, Immediately. We would all breath
freer, and feel more at ease, were tn
war ended now, Then when it ha
come, deal meroifully, righteously
y literally with the conquered; he'll
3 them to help themselves: to set u
II liberty, justice and freedom; to bles
I" and preserve them in the earth. Wit
: new victories come great and lastin
i responsibilities. May God give wisdor
I, to our rulers to settle oil differences o
y the basis of 1.-THE Golden Rule.
4 Then followed music, after whic
= William A. Talley made an interestin
- address, reviewing the list of scholar
y now prominent in the world who's
y education was begun at Forwood
e school. Among these were Surgeon
! General William A. Forwood of WASH
!, ington, ID. o., and Dr. j. Larkin Fo
Il wood, ex-Mayor and eminent surgeo
~ of Chester, beside many more. Il
~ also noted the great number of soldie
=, who went from Forwood's school to tt
II Civil War, most of them making bri
H. liant records!
y. At the conclusion Of the exercises
i long table, which would seat over II
people, was visited, and all preset
were served with ice cream and cak
40 watermelon and other good thing
i ia The affair was delightful, and rousir
a. success in every particular.
e. Among those present were Mi
II. Carrie Forwood of Wilmington, Messr
n Isaac N. Grubb, George X. Lloy
at Robert Wilson. Robert L. Baldwi
"s Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Talley. M
no and Mrs. John Oskins. Mr.. Harla
" and Miss Oskins. Mr.. aud Mrs. Villa
LIZ ~ H. Bird, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
ssamr Bird, Robert L. Baldwin and childre
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