Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-01-26

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4. A sew plain statements. II you please.
let il not he forgotten that this local
option fight Is not a partisan fight.
Nh'se II pertains TO civic righteousness,
no ecsn DENY that the Issue deserves the
moral support Of every moral and Chris
t,an cstiren- IL rs omni-denominational
and omni-partisan. III any one endeav-
ors TO convince you that this movement
IS for the destruction of any party. or for
the building mp of any party, have oour-
aye enough TO deny IL.
Rernember. furthermore. that the local
option law can be enforced. This law is
now enforced IN hundreds Of other PLACES.
and lew determined citizens n. this
community determine that the law.
when passed. shall bc enforced
Five facts m one statement: Nhen We
voters hccuSe the saloon We compromise
with wrong; We 20 into partnership
with the traffic. and become indirectly
ruEi-sellers: We lend the huuor business
responsibility. we arm The liquor shop for
IL deadly work: and we beoOme largely
responsible for wha; IL doc We chal-
ienge any voter TO contradict these
things.
This weeks Corner S;onc" gives the
following awful facts:
Ten thousand people are murdered
every year IN the United States. and fully
one-haif ~ she victims lose their lives at
the hands OF the demons erazed by drink
For The period between : o'clock at
night and ; o'olook the next morning
the murders occur at the rate OF ONE IN
EVERY TWENTY MINUTES.
For every ~ minutes during every
uiSh; in the year In Christian America
one person i murdered - a result OF the
lesalizsd liqaor ;rafiie
| The annual death rate 90 nc United
| Sts-Cs - e.OOO. 900 Iti cS.imatcd that
| 100. GOO of thc~S deaths are cue C. rcctly
~ ircircctly to the drink traffic. out O;
every 200 deaths. one Is murdeTec out
uf every 400 deaths. one u MURDERS On
account of drink.
The liquor traffic i the most infamous
diabolicai and damnahle husincss a a;
was ever hatched IN hell. and the Z, y
crnmcut which ieealizcs Il = in opcn con
spiricy with the hcartless murderer.
The revenue which il puts into Tn,
Puh,io treasury l. -eFiyI7iug with tn,
blood II rs murdered murdered
5rsicialy undvr Gag Wh.oh promise.
then projection
- long - our community tolerate.
and endures. hv silence or effort. 10,
liquor traffic..~c must bear our proper
tionsl responsibility Il the constant
work accomplished nv Americas great.
ct murder machiuc-the saloon. Must
Nc have The saloon revenue No. W,
| protest against il, CITY bnilt witt
blood. money cannot stand Thus Saiil
the Lord. Cod Woe 20 the bloody city.
The curse OF God hangs over any cit'
whose lamps canno; shine. and who's
streets cannot tx kept. and whose busi
ness interests viii die without the SUP
port 81 blood-monev- Besides. for ever,
dollar We realize from the WILLIAMSBURG
saloons. wc spend ten dollars on accom-
% crime caused BY the liquor traffic
tha, good business,
May the time soon come when all on
citizens shall recognize the infinite Walt
% true. manly citizenship. and unselhs
patriotism. then. and not until theI
viii men understand what IL means {
E dePort themselves according 10 the n
r bsest capacity Of their being ond learn I
live IN perfect obelience 10 the highes Ia
81 their nature.
We rejoice that the majority Of o;
best citizens are with Us heart and sou
l. ) BoYLEs