Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-10-26

read that young girl is brought be-
fore one of our courts, charged by her
mother with being guilty of habitual
intoxication. When asked htr age
she replied, "Most 18''
In another part Of the same paper,
is an account of the death Of . once
noted minister Of the GOSPEL, who
had to step down and out of the pnl-
pit because of drink; was reclaimed
through the efforts Of some good
women, and for few years did grand
service in the cause Of temperance.
but fell again, and could no more be
persuaded to try again to live sober,
orderly life, but died poor. disgraced
pauper.
Still more bad news. A little boy
10 year, old, was taken to the station
house in beastly state of intoxica-
tion, the result of some other boys
buying whisky by the pint.
And, as climax to the whole, an
account of two policemen being
found drunk while on duty by their
superior officers.
After reading what I have briefly
related. made up my mind that
a single daily newspaper contains a
sufficient amount of the awful as
regards the liquor traffic. to give a
speaker the matter for lecture every
night in a week. or to write an article
for every week in q month.
The deaths. accidents, misery, con :
tentions and poverty caused by drink
traffic exceed those resulting from
all other causes combined.
How long Is it going to last?
That's the question that ought to be
settled soon, in order to save 1S-year-
old girls from being sent into captiv.
ity by their mothers; to save other
preachers from becoming wrecks in
spite of the fact that they ought to
know better; to save little boys from
rushing tho growler" before they
have entered their teens; and protect
inoffensive citizens from the effects of
clubs in the hands Of drunken police
men.
Men have spent their lives and their
means in trying to change the habits
and ways of others. But still the
curse of appetite holds sway among
the people. The fathers and mothers
drink every day. and their children
latter their DEATH keep up the cid
family habit. why do you swear?"
was the question asked boy; and the
reported reply was, "To keep my
fathers peculiar trait before the
people" A generation of drunkards
beget another like unto them, only
worse.
l once met half drunken, bolster
ous young maE crossing a bridge at
Flushing, L. l. AS he passed me he
said, "Say boss the old man and his
boys are all OH glorious spree. " He
looked as if he had been struck by a
hurricane. A few minutes after the
"old man" came along. and with a
laugh peculiar to the drunkard, asked
me If | had seen his darling son. AS
to his looks, he appeared as if he had
been suddenly overtaken by cyclone
that had made sad havoc with his
clothes and whiskers. And the people
laughed, as if it were very funny !;
but those of thoughtful disposition
must have felt that it was shame
that father aud sons could have fallen
so low,
In som, families the liquor curse
has lasted long enough TO put into
early graves the bulk Of their men,
bers. In others it has taken off the
pride of mothers heart and the Joy
of the fathers; in others it has
brought tears of anguish on account
of disgrace that has been the result of
debaach after debauch.
How long will the church look
on calmly and sing the sweet songs of
Zion while the songs of revelry in the
camp of the drunkards are being heard
all over the land?
This is practical world. and the
only way to prohibit the liquor traffic
is to prohibit it.
II the good citizens of this country
will only practice about half what
they preach, tbers will soon be an
end to the terrible recitals in the
daily press Of the fearful effects OF
putting that in the mouth which
steals away brains, morals. and all
that is desirable from the people of
this fair land.-George r. Scott in
Weekly Witness.
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