The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1902-11-13
BREAD AND BEER.
Alluriuc Tactics Adopted by Saloons
Which Are Used to Trap the
Unwary.

A little straw. showing which way
temperance sentiment is blowing, may
be seen in the method now commonly
employed by the saloon to entice the
unwary and to hold custom.
"a hot sandwich with a glass of
beer" "Fresh buttermilk, The very
latest political news inside, Chicken
soup free,'' 'Good positions furnished
to workinernen," Farm laborers want
ed at s25 month, "Kindergartens for
the poor, and rest-rooms for tire"
mothers and even, Religious pa
pers,', are fair samples OF the placaros
used to compel attention and to ao-
yertise intOxicants.
The reflectively optimistic person
NAV see in all this hopeful sign OF
the times. sort of millemlal bfeah-
ine. indicating that something more
IS needed than formerly to ent1ce men
into the broad way that leads to &C.
struction; that the raw material "seo
by their forefathers is no longer sur
icient to attract without the ana ol
! substantial elements. The appear
! comes to the better side Of mans ma
ture, tempting him with that which
nourishes and sustains the body, feeds
the mind, and uplifts the spirit.
| This artifice, in it's guise of respecta-
/ bility. is a powerful agent standing
outside the saloon and Turing behind
it's screened doors and windows the
| hungry, the ignorant, the unsuspect-
| iur. the weak, and the victim Oh cir
cu1nstarces, not to mention regular
customers who hold their life-cou-
| nons ard need no such extra induce
| ments.
These advertisements, boldly facing
the passer-by, unconsciously asse''
that educated man is OutgroWlhe
the old impositions and must be hood
vinl<ed in a new way. He must be &c
ceived into thinking that he is getting
for his nickel something that is worti
while. But right here lies the danger
If those same placards could be mao'
to speak the whole truth. keeping baci
no part, they would read:
"A hot sandwich-that kills body ant
soul" s.Fresh buttermill-b poi
soned;' - 'The very latest political new
insice-the cave Of Despair; "Chlcke1
soup free-to him who will pay tn
price" Good positions furnishe
workingmen-which they canno
keep;" Farm laborers wanted at 81
a month-but such as you need no
apply "Kindergartens for the poor
where children learn to become pa
irons of the saloon-and restroom
for tired mothers--where is foun
eternal unrest; - Religious papers-t
draw the better classes" How man.
reading such a bill Of fare, would sto
and partake of it?
This apparently hopeful sign is in r
alitv an :.dmonition that it were we
to heed It is the hidden reef aga1n
which the vessel in full sail may gra
and impotently dash itself to piece
The pilot steers clear of dangers
e plain sight, OF rocks rising threate
ingly above the waves, where the whl
breakers send out harsh cries of war
ing. but the CLASSY surface, the breat
>, less calm, give no hint of hidden treac
cry below.
Approaching all classes, becomi1
all things to all men so that it m;
win all to its selfish ends, the infiuen
of the adversary of temperance w
never more to be dreaded than II o
God save America and all lands fro
that day when the saloon shall becor
"respectable!" !"-Unicn Signal.