The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
opposite view Of the situation from that
presented III the sermon you reviewed nt

presented iii the sermon you reviewed at
length. e..,y- .s +,
n AZ you say, the minister conceded the
fact that tho material interest has nor
suffered by rcason OF local option huv-
Ing been voted In our city. This was the
strongest argul.ent against the issue tha i.
lad 10 be met In the campaign. Many
men OF good financial foresight honestly
believed that 1t would not be to the best
Inn ternl interest Of OUR city to vote out
tho saloons, but the facts and figures as
presented by REV. Mr.. HALL In his dis
course on the subject very clearly demon.
strates the fnct, that tho city had suffer
cd no financial loss; but the rather IS q
gamer in this important matter; but nc
deplorcs the moral conditions Of AFFAIRS
iii our city. claiming that liquor Is TOW
Ing into all the avenues and alde streets
or Danvillc, and being CONSUMED IN large
quantities by "a largo number who
voted against the saloon, as we'll as the
Young men, Now, this Is sad news to
d large majority Of our citizens in2lud-
ing the officers Of the law, who say
to mo that they arc certainly not II pos
session OF any such information. Indeed
onr OF them anid TO mo only this day that
he requested Roy. Mr.. Hall to E1ve MN
scme information upon which ne oasea
Ills conclusions; and that no definite
cases were cited, but he was tod ny
Rev. Mr. Hall that he had detected the
}1ouor odor upon the breath Of some
Young men that no had never Knew &c
drink before. but that no lind not seen
these young men drunk.
n The officers claim that the only case OF
gambling that they know anything ABOUT
was a case brought to the attention OF
the Mayors Court last week. and the
rarity was heavily fined. or course there
ia no denial of tho fact that drinking is
Eong on to some extont. card playing
az we'll, in the rooms Of young men, bu'
this Is nothing new under local option
ruln. This bad habit has been INDUCED
in ever since Danvile was but VII
lage: but feel sure from what I can
learn from those In II better, position to
know the facts than Rev. MIR. Hall or
myself, that there, has been no increase
but the rather a very perceptlple de'
crease In this habit. for these groups
were Usually formed In the saloon where
the appetite was fired up to such an eX-
toni that the boys decided frequently
that "they wouldn't go home ~ morn
Ing" But under more favorable con.
d,tiona thew have 10 make such engage
ments without the aid Of good cheer
found in the open saloon. !.
was on the grand Jury recently IN TINS
CITY. associated with eleven other gen.
tlemen, and I am prepared to say thai
no Jury tried harder to find some clue
MS to where gaming was going on IT
this city than did this body Of men, bu
all their efforts. after examining more
Tran fifty witnesses that were though
t. be "wlse enough to know something
5nbout such matters, failed to give any m
formation on oath that would lead tn =,
Jury to believe that there existed BID
Gle gaming room, in Danville. ..ow. 3
feel sure that It was in no wise the ca 81
Thcn lluuor was being sold In our city
! that many grand Jury sessions we're helt
| that pr csentments were not made lot un
Lawful, gaming; indeed at one session
when i acted as foreman there wer'
| MS many as ten presentments made 10
| this crime; the recent grand Jury to Whlcl
! I refer Is the only one held since loca
| option was voted. ~.
Again, whilst the rector does not CIV
In his sermon any specific cases to SUB
stantiate his honest belief. that the CIT:
has lost morally by the chnnge .fron
!, ne saloons to a dry cltysI will give you
readers. for the faith that Is IN me.
reasons for saying that know tho CIT