Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-10
That Is the Issue Now Presented
Says Rev. W. B.
Beauehamp.
STRONG TALK SUNDAY NIGHT
Pastor Ct Trinity methe dist Church
Declares That Ordinance Proposed
hy Antisaicon League is proper ane
asonabie.-Liquor and Prosperity.
codnei'men and Officials in Church.

Thy kingdom come"--the first pc
fition in the Lords Prayer-was the
/; Text upon which Rev. w. b. Beauch-
! amp, pastor Of the Trinity Methodist
church, based strong sermon Sunday
4 night on the subject: Shall We Have
an Effective Ordinance to Regulate the
Saloons of Our City,"
That The kingdom Of God might
come upon earth was the first business
$ of every christian. and to that end
everything else in life should be made
subsidiary. The worst enemy Of and
the greatest impeachment TO the king
dom OF God on earth was the organized
saloon He therefore considered it
tlnty. as Il believer in the kingdom of
God, to do whatever ne legitmately
cpl,lil to rid the world Of that monster
Il evil E
He touched upon the remarkable
growth OF che, temperance sentiment
in the South, and upon the conservat-
ism OF the section south of the Mason
and Dixon line. He touched upon the
H 4. commercial phase OF the question and
rldiculet. the statement that prohibit
ton meant the banishment OF prosper
lty. Two of the most prosperous
gia sa1ld Texas and they owed their
prosperity to the fact that they had
dealt with the liquor problem in bus
y lness-iike way and had controlled it,.
lns1eatIS of allowing it to control the
States. Atlanta was known far and
near as one OF the most prosperous and
enterprislng cities in the United
Sttates.s What was the secret of its
Ipsnersty? alt had grapplea with the
question and had regulated and con
tlShedaahe liquor traffic as many coun-
trygvillages in Virginia would not dare
To control it.
sSAH anyone dared to disturb the lib
erty OF the saloon to do about as it
pleased he was met with the statement
that he would destroy the prosperity
OF Newport News 1t was strange that
sensible: people would. listen to stuff
like that. but they would.
Virginians had long believed
a'i'f personal ;iberty--tc drink when
they, wanted to, and to allow
49,, else to-.lo L the saRie. IN.
s@O5 wears. however, Virginia had de.
creased the number Of saloons 800
and he had not heard ,thatrthe State
4 vas any worse off than she was two
years ago. Every sensible person. knew
4
took Just that much money out of
Legitimate trade
Erensif itTuined commerce and saw
ed meE. il were better 10 ruin com
mercc.-.said the speaker. Money was
not The only thing in the world He
kEeW there We're people who deifled
the deilar and worshirped the posses:
sOrs OF the Cellar. but manhood and
Wonianhcod We're more important than
all the commerce iii the world.
IL was. not necessary. however, to
healsin ge,.eralities. A concrete Illus.
tratiOn ~mieht be found right here il,
S Newport News.
Whether you prefer that the sa-
1oons Shall r,lI, Your city. or whether
you shall control the saioun9 That is
the simple question: said Mr.. Beau
champ. Believing that for the vel.
fare Of our ity. the saloons should
Y be hotter controlled and governed.
these ordinances will, which YOU are
s more orsless familiar. were introduced
'"rhcy have been n,isrepresentcd in
the press and called blue ribbon
Laws. There is net one scintilla OF
ruth in that statement concerning
y them We simply ask tfat The saloons
4 shall not KIM over eighteen hours out
GfstwentE-fonr. Is no.: eighteen hours
ont Of tWentyfour long enough to
havcaOppol tnnity to make drnnkards
ont n5 emen2 @. s>
4y.'''I say these men who work-these
mechanics end laborers land am
proud Of them, because sming from
hem snlyseif]--I say these people
ought to be sent HON TO their fami.
l:cs by 4 o'clnek. al least.
We have asked that no minors he
permitted to go into th., saloons. Does
/. anyone in he city believe that bows
Should be allowed to lWy intcxicants
and become -drunkards before they are
Of aec7"
Mr.. Beanchamp declared that a long
experience III fighting tho saloon had
taught hinl that the saloon clement
rover fights fair 1t could always lie
depended upon t.. strike in the dark
Thc reform clement had asked that
the, light be turned on SO that II might
4 he known that the saloons were closed
when they said they were closed II
mad beei' asked that no women he per.
3nltted to GO into saloons Tho re-
quest, was male without equiyccation
anal without exception.
Il aEreal tc your good common
sense said the speaker. whit hns.
ncss has any woman in a salccn. any.
way We are doing lei. service to
keen her nrt
We did ask that screens be down
day and night, but we are informed
that that is not practicable in this city.
!. j sull am in favor Of having then
{ dow. al the time but if they are no.
jc;sn at the closing hour. you viii
never know whether the law is OBJ
served or not.
ss f.'rhis ic " mar wa ara acl;ro Jc Il,