The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-10-10
PFv, CHESTER ON MOB LAW
ULSTER sERMoNIzEs ON Ne
NJ cpOEs AND WHISKEY.
rhov Are Two Serious Evils.
says li' w. e
some Remarks that Were of
Local Application.


n B. Chester preached a
~ an an The Atlanta Riot and
SCI L1aw" at the Methodist church
MOV night, and before conclud-
4hraw out some hints and sug-
In7 lions that were of local applica-
go ond decidedly interesting.
Nv chester declared his belief
~ tho presence in this country of
w. negroes, who are not RESPONSE
w. for being here and can't get
or &c an evil to them and to u.s.
10 smoke of the love of money be-
the root of evil, and out of which
49,. crown the whiskey traffic
,rhosa mice and respectable places"
.,o+ are licensed and run under
,oool restrictions ''are enough to dis
aust the devil, and would smell bad
=, hell " he declared. No man, city
~ county is selling whiskey for the
eake of morals or religion, he con-
.innad and warned his hearers that
- is not religion to send out every
Ca+1Iradv 1900 or 1000 bottles of
Iionor and then go to church next
5ov and sing "All Hail the Power of
Iesus Name. y
The minister took for his text list
Timothy, sixth chapter and tenth
verse. THE Love of Money Is the
Root of all Evil" and said in part:
ut is more nearly correct to say
that my remarks are suggested by
the riot in Atlanta than to call that
unfortunate affair my subject. With
all intelligent Christians, | have only
condemnation for mob law. 1t is
wrong, cowardly and failure. Mobs
are composed of the weaker, more
ignorant and irresponsible classes.
Il have come to believe that the
presence of the negroes in our
country is an evil to them and us.
If thew and we would obey God, He
could and would bring great good
out of it for all. They are here.
They can't get away, nor can we
get them away. They will stay. Let
MS never forget they are not respOn-
sible for their presence. They never
came of their own accord. Neither
are we responsible They are more
of a problem than ever. 1t is time
we let God rule He can bring us
out of all our troubles.
The text suggests the law of
cause and effect. Evils are caused.
All of us know that the immediate
cause of the riot was the knowledge
of crimes against women committed
by negroes. The Atlanta papers,
doubtless expressing the conviction
of all AtIantans, attributed the cpl
demic of crimes which led to the
riot to whiskey sold in licensed sa
looms. Atlanta was once a prohi-
bition city. oh, that she had re-
NAMED such! Whether or not the
whiskey sold under license in low
dives was the cause of those awful
crimes, it is true that vote for
whiskey is ever a vote against Wo-
manhood
The officers were astounded to
find such dives. They ought to have
known what was there. They could
have known and did learn. These
horrible places (enough to disgust
the devil, and would have smelled
bad in held were running under
license, and yet the city intended
licensing only nice and respectable
saloons. You can't keep the whis-
key business clean. Grant license
for clean saloon or dispensary, and
a dozen unclean and disgraceful
things will grow out of it. Try to
run a decent whiskey business and
you are soon running something else
as foul as a birds cage. These dives
are just the sort of thing which
result from our we'll regulated whis-
key business. Atlanta is one of the
fairest and best cities in the world,
and if the whiskey business could
be made decent and safe Atlanta
could do it. She does everything
else she ever tries to do.
There are other roots of evil, but
the love of money is a root out OF
which it is possible and probable
that every evil grows. Money is not
the root, but the love Of money IS.
They that will be rich though
they may not own a dollar, are
shared or trapped by the devil.
Paul warned Timothy, a preacher
with the best of records, against be-