The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-31
WHY PROHIBITION SHOULD PIE
VAIL.

this matter. he will find not one
single. sound and solid reason for
voting for saloons. On the other
hand there are many reasons for
voting against them.
First, they are inimical to the IN
terasts OF the nome. They must
have customers, and those victims
must be either fathers, brothers, or
sons; if fathers, they are wrecklng
homes, making widows and orphans,
and, perhaps, leaving starving FAM
lies: if brothers and sons, they are
breaking the hearts Of parents, and
running lives just in the blush man
hood. If the father who is about to
vote for this measure, would only
stop and think that, perhaps, it may
mean the ruin of his own son land
not of some others SOM the result,
perhaps, of his own vote and, there
fore, example-he might stop and
change his mind. We cannot fore
tell whose son may succumb when
ever the temptation is eternaSy be-
fore him.
Second, they are against the
Church. All that the Church seeks
to elevate they seek to degrade. If
you are Christian, will you not act
as becomes a Christian! Horace
Greeley said:
''To sell rum for livelihood
is bad enough, but for a whole
community to share the respon-
sibility and guilt Of such a traffic
seems a worse bargain than
that of Judas
As TO the antagonism Of Church
and saloon, Governor Glenn says:
"Not long since, ! was max
ing a speech, | shall not say
where, and | tried to picture the
future Of this great common
wealth. told those people that
| trusted the day would come
when books instead of bottles
would be in your young mems
hands and schools and churches
Instead Of saloons and gambling
places would be scat tered the
length and breadth Of the State.
When | finished my speech a
man came up to me end said:
Look here, you attacked my
business to-day, | voted foi you.
but | want to say that an
sorry and | will never vote for
you again.' | told him: We'll,
my friend, l don't know that l
shall be candidate for another
Office, but I'll tell you that if l
must secure votes by sitting my
conscience then, so help me God,
| shall remain private citizen
for the rest Of my life The
man seemed indignant. Don't
you know that Christianity and
my business can't stand togeth-
err he said. Won't you write
that down over your own sigma
ture,' | told him, I wish had
that statement to show the
people from one end Of the
State to the other that they
might see your own Indictment
Of the traffic Christianity and
the liquor traffic will not stand
together.
= Third, they are against the Stat
In almost every instance, tn,
break the law with impunity, thi
making a well-reguiatcd saloon we
nigh impossible. Experience h
proved that saloons when once e
tablished go to almost any extent
maintain their positions. As an el
dence of this fact read:
Eat a meeting Of the State
Liquor Dealers Of Ohio, at
Wirthein's Hall, Columbus, O.,
one of the delegates, in the
course of speech on How to
Build up the Saloon Business, ,
gave the following suggestions:
The success Of our business is
dependent largely upon the Gre
alton of appetite for drink. Men
who drink liquor, like others,
will die, and if there is no new
appetite created our counters
will be empty as we'll as our
Golfers. Our children will go
hungry, or we must change our