The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07
WHISKY SELLING, WHETHER THROUGH
n,spENsARiEs OR OTHERWISE.

/ ,,x,, ,,r,o him that giveth his neighbor drink,
| A.. ru..etb tbv hottie to him and maketh him
| - ,o that thou mayest look on their
nakedness ,:,.
! ..rhou art filled with shame for glory; drink
,,ou also and let thy foreskin be uncovered! the
am, ~ the Lord 5 right hand shall be turned unto
tbse and shameful spewing shall be on thy sio-
~ uabakkuk. > chapter, 1915 verses.
Thus we see the condemnation OF the
ord rests upon this business and His
sore dispieasure upon those engaged
in II. whether individuals, cities, conn-
ties or states. For whoever else is in
cluded in this scripture as giving his
neigh Dor anticipating tiny oottie 10
him and making him drunken the
/ liquor selling Is certainly not left out
/ II is a fearful thing to be engaged in =
! business against which God speaks IN
such strong terms ard be among those
upon whom the woe OF the Almighty
rests. That this is true Of the whlsBey
dealers the history Of the business
shows. OF course there is large mon
ev in the business; always was. But
there is ruin in it, too. Facts show
that the overwhelming majority CT
those who have sold whiskey for any
length of time have been ruined by 1t.
1t sometimes enriches and then ruins;
sometimes it ruins without enrlching.
Years ago a friend living near Flor
epce, in Stewart county, who himself
drank liquor, informed me that he
rers 0nally knew the history OF the
business in that town for years, and
that no man had ever sold whlskey
there since he knew the place but
was ruined thereby. He instanced one
mana good citizen, one who dld not
drink. He owned some pronerty, but
wanted to make money more rapidly
than he was making it on the farm.
He said there was money in the bust
ness, and il would be sold anyhow. and
he had as we'll get the money as 9TH
ers. After few years he left that
place d penniless drunklrd.
knew man who made his property
largely by selling liquor. He grew
rich. When the war closed be owned
a large quantity of cotton. which he
sold for forty-fve and fifty cents per
pound. That man became bankrupt
and filled drunkard's grave.
knew young man of promise. he
wanted to engage in the business. His
father. bitterly opposing it, said: My
son, il will ruin YOU" He reminded
his father that he did not drink liquor
and never would. All that he was al
ter was the money in the business. HIS
father asked Captain Pardee, VIII" had
lived in the town fifty years, what was
the history of those who had SOLD whis-
kew there. Captain Pardee said the
overw elming majority of them we're
ruined. But the Young man invested,
and 10 a few years he was having de-
lirium tremens.
1t is q bad, dangerous, q rulnous
business. AS much so when engaged
in by county as by individuals.
can but be uneasy for our county
with all her boosted prosperity
ing the county taxes of all her citizens
having thousands of collars at inter-
est and the stream daily pouring INTO
her treasury. /, in common with
many of. my fellow-citizens, prefer to
pav our taxes and have less mOnev in
the treasury and be out Of this ousl'
ness. We have reasons to fear that
some evil will befall us as county,
and that our 'sin will find US out"
Woe unto him that buideth II town with blood
and stablisheth a city by iniqu'ty. --Hso'
chap, u verse.
Now, what shall we do? Rid our
selves of this dread evil, forced on us
by an act of the Georgia legislature
passed Decent Der. 1898, or like Lot,
move out and escape the coming de-
struction? NJ B. L. BINION.