The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-06-08
The TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.
Saloons Nations Curse.

"The organized interests of the
saloons in the State of New York
have formally applied to organized
ministers of New York State to confer
with them on methods Of reform for
their own business. I would as soon
think of inviting the devil to help
reorganize a prayer meeting"
This declaration was made at the
Methodist Preachers Monday meet
ing by the Rev. DR.. James A. Patter-
son, Superintendent of the New York
Anti-Saloon League. Preachers were
present from Long Island, New Jer-
sey, and up the State, the largest
gathering Of Methodist ministers of
the year. They filed the hall and
over1owed into the corridors.
Other assertions equally strong
were made, such as:
1.-THE saloons would kill the
churches if they could. The churches
can kill the saloons if they would"
1.-TWO hundred million dollars for
Protestant church support last year,
and s1,O00,O 900 900 passing v the
counters of the saloons last year;
5000, 900, 900 for religion and, If we
include cost of asylums filled with
products of the saloons, $4,000, o0O,-
900 for hell's cause"
1.-The churches spend too much
time taking care of the consequences
of evil, and too little time in taking
care that evils themselves are pre-
vented"
Another speaker was ex-Gov. Glenn
of North Carolina, just returned from
an anti-saloon campaign throughout
this State. Both Mr.. Patterson and
MI. Glenn are Presbyterians.
Danish the saloon and it's conse-
quences," he shouted, "and there
need be no home or foreign mission
airy campaigns to raise money.
Enough will be saved to carry the
Gospel into every nook and corner o.
the world, wicked New York City in
cluded."
Laughter and applause followed
the sally, and nobody either ques-
toned the statement or undertook
to defend the city from this attack.
New York City has wickedness
enough for the whole country" Mr..
Glenn went on. Reform it, you
preachers and Christian people, and
the effect upon the country will be
tremendous. Bread lines? Splendid
in one ense. But a shame to New
York or any other city In another
sense. Put a stop to that which
makes bread lines necessary.
ministers haven't big enough Wis
ions. They don't take the Gospel
seriously enough. You ought to rise
in your might, for might you have.
The business men have their difficult
les. Help them to meet them. They
say that if the whisky taxes are
abolished and the revenues cut down
they will have to put their hands into
their pockets and pay more taxes
than they now do. A miserable but
a very human view. You ministers
must give common men a spiritual
view" r-"
Then he pictured child labor con-
ditions in the South.
There are campaigns against
children labor in the South" he said.
''Such labor ~disgraces New England
as we'll as my own State. l tell you,
though, that it is not half so much
the fault of mill owners that these
children are compelled to work at
tender ages as it is the miserable
parents, who want the profits of their
labor to spend in drink. If you want
to stop child labor, stop the saloon
Supt. Patterson Of the Anti-Saloon
League outlined the campaign in this
State in favor of the amendment per-
hitting people of cities as we'll as OF
villages to vote for or against saloon
licenses. Some towns, among them
Batavia and Bath, voting the saloon
out, are soon to become cities, and
when they do so the vote of their
own citizens will go for naught. The
same is true of other towns IN the
State. A hearing is soon to be had
at Albany, and the speaker urged all
New York ministers to be on hand
New York Times.