The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-11-02

ueye.
IL so, He must have made these.
We know what He made food and
water for and mir 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 thar plnn
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 obsrrv-
er that these stimulant narcotics are
real blessings.
Right there Is the ambush shat con-
ceals a killing" 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 IL moment bene-
hcial, but the fearful arg lment against
them is that seldom ever does one find
steady user OF either whisky, cof-
fee or tobucco free from disease Of
some kind.
Certainly powerful elements In their
effect on the human race
1t is matter OF daily history testi,
fed :" by literally millions of people.
that Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, promising, begulling friends
on the start, but always false as hell
itself in the end. once Iney get nrm
nod enough to show their strength,
they insist upon governing and drive
the victim steadily towards i'll health
In some form; if permitted to continue
TO rule, they Will not let up until ply
sical and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell land under
the spell' is correcU, Of any one OF
these drugs, frequently assures him
self and his friends, why, can leave
of any time l want to. l did quit fo-
week just 10 show 1 could" 1t is a
sure mark of the slave when one gets
to that stage He wiggled through a
week lighting 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 encroG chments OF disease, how
the nerves get weaker day by day and
demand the drug that seems to smile
and offer relief for Il 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 II lie leaves off,
and a little worse il lie drinks and al.
lows the effect to wear off.
So 1t goes on from day 10 day. Every !
night the struggling victim promises /
himself that lie will break the habit /
and next day when he feels n little |
bad tas lie is quite sure to-, breaks, |
not the habit, but his own resolution. |
1t is nearly always tough fight, with .
disaster ahead sure If Ine 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 insdious in the
effect on nerves, heart and other vital
organs, ana are thus unsuspccted un-
ill 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 ut the uues-
tion from this point OF view.
There IS law OF Nature and of Ma.