The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-10-28


lieve.
If so, He must have made these.
We know what He made food and
water for, and air and sunshine, but
why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough and each
performing its work.
There must be some great plan be-
hind 1t all; the thoughtful man seeks
to understand something of that plan
and thereby to Judge these articles for
their true worth.
Let us not say bad or good with
out taking testimony.
There are times and conditions when
1t certainly seems to the casual obsery-
er that these stimulant narcotics are
real blessings.
Right there is the ambush that con-
ceaIs "kiIllng" enemy.
One can slip into the habit of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
but to "untangle" is often a fearful
struggle.
1t seems plain that there are circum-
stances when the narcotic effect of
these pOisons is for the moment bene-
fetal, but the fearful argument against
them is that seldom ever does one find
a steady user OF either whisky, cof-
fee or tobacco free from disease OF
some kind
Certainly powerful elements in their
effect on the human race.
1t is a matter of daily history testi,
fed to by literally millions of people,
that Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, promising, beguiling friends
on the start, but always false as hell
itself in the end. Once they get firm
hold enough to show their strength,
they insist upon governing and drive
the victim steadily towards ill health
In some FORM II permitted to continue
to rule, they will not let UP until ply
steal and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell (and under
the spell' is correct, of any one Of
these drugs, frequently assures him.
self and his friends, why, / can leave
off any time want to. did quit for
a week just to show l could" 1t Is
sure mark of the slave when one gets
to that stage He wiggled through q
week fighting every day to break the
SPELL was finally whipped, and began
his slavery all over again.
The slave Coffee slave as we'll as.
Tobacco and Whisky daily reviews his
condition, sees perfectly plain the
steady encroachments of disease, how
the nerves get weaker day by day and
demand the drug that seems to smile
and offer relief for a few minutes and
then leave the diseased condition
palmer to view than ever and grow
ing worse Many times the Coffee
slave realizes that he is between two
fires. He feels bad if he leaves off,
and little worse if he drinks and al
lows the effect to wear off.
SO it goes on from day TO day. Every
night the struggling victim promises
himself that he will break the habit
and next day when he feels a little
bad Gas he is quite sure to-, breaks,
not the habit but his own resolution.
1t is nearly always a tough fight, with
disaster ahead sure if the habit wins
There have been hundreds of thou
sands Of people driven to their graves
through disease brought on by coffee
drinking alone, and it is quite certain
that more human misery is caused by
coffee and tobacco than by whisky, for
the two first are more widely used,
and more hidden and insidious in the
effect on nerves, heart and other vital
organs. and are thus unsupported un-
til much of the dangerous work is
done.
Now, Reader, what is your opinion
as to the real use the Creator has for
these things? Take look at the ques-
ton from this point Of view.