The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-21
MAClACHlAN RAPs
NH|skEY TRAFFIC
vENTH SIRE EFT PASTOR
breaches HIS ANIMAL SERMON
on VITAL QUESTION.
SHOWS EVILS OF TRADE
SAYS 1T IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR INSANITY, CRIME AND
DiSOhSES
SHOWS EVILS OF TRADE

What Carthage WAS to Rome. the
liquor rs 70 AHneiiet.. IL Is peinats
tne On. greatest sine.e in.nsloe 10 our
su,ial ailu poiiti,af Iie. AS Rome
feA4su IAftna.x, 60 We fear It Ne
fear II because II acceutua.es every
eA4stiax soelaI pIopIein aitd creates
others ot It's own. we lear II Tor
t.ie poverty II creates the seeds OIL
uisease IL sows. the DiIsnt II casts
upon the r.a-son til Men. we lear Ii
tor tue JAIL ana pent1etttiafies II mis-,
the eiettiic ,HaiTs II hetps active, the
asyIuns II peopses wieu the g.uDer-
ing snosts OF Tucn. tile Hospitals
crowueu Win its Victims. the o1p.Aah-
ages where nttie .ni.aren weep !or
mothers AND Iatuefs siain.'
In these terms tkeN. Dr. II. u. G.
Mac IAeniaA. pas.or OF the ses entn
oiIeet Christian unuren. ariAieied ...e
liquor uA.uc In his annual assiuioa
on tnis question aunads nisnt.
CONTINUING. he stid; ave lear the
trauic because II ueoauches our poii-
It's brines our legislators, hoaas tne
e.eeloiai lists with eafns AID leatefs
whose senat votes continually over
throw the verdict OF accent, iaw-abid-
Ing, taA-payins ciuzens. We fear II
because. arst, last and all the time,
II az a law breaker and cannot eAiet
single day without some infractloh
OF the law. We lear 1t for It's itisi-
tication OF facts. It's hypocrisy IN pre-
tending to be itself Il friend OF tom
perance. We fear II FOR Its sausl-
| niIinK OF the public press. We Tear IL
| because there IL not on. Kooa tnlhs
In 1t TO .eounterbaianee all the evil.
We fear as the friend Of Ignorance,
vice misery, crime and the enemy O.
truth, purity, goodness and God.
ARKravata.s negro Problem.
We lear 1t because IL asgraSates
the negro problem. The saloon l.
the ioafinx place OF the worthless ne
gro. Above all. II Is responsible Tor
large percentage or negro crime
The dangerous negro Is the druhhe..
negro. People wonder why the south
In gong airy. Inc Sodth going uiss
IL for no other reason. at least De-
cause the south Tears the a"iu' cohse-
quenees OF the brute lnstlnets o. ehe
| negro welded to the insanity OF at'hA'
We accuse the iau"r 'raAis oi De
ing cofnmefeial anu INDUSTRIAL pa' a.
site. II RODS the state VI 10 20.
est asset nameiy. the Drawn ana uIain
OF It's ma hho"a zen ai,o VI. 80 80 y
ana ioaf'n generation. "hats si.es
ao1hshS ia ittuI". - Ss Ia
| ooas p"iitic iins saiiaei oi ~ nv
/ 1880
that tue nqooi iati. h'ipn 20
busihk INV Hiasesiai d.'e y. - .a."e
emp'osmsh. ~. 'ai se ,a.a
men. nut WHAT NJ vac -
adeeA Az aiae :" -. -.
| sApa~4 ias - - -.
e"'htose o''t. - a 80. VII,
useu ny 'es1..ao ~ -.
| .i.0 sla .,,. W -, - ~ ~ az
! one ni'ls,o'i NJ 10 =. ~ f,,,,,h,r h,,st.
80 -. - 1ana ,rans
sss -. ,,,,,, Wv e,nnIey.6
-. -. $500, 10 onIv 1o4
I ~ 's'e ~ - e.
..r. 49,, ,'s-,,r &C. =. necassl,c n
ne saw" ~ n'i,,s. o., a.
-, ~, o,,,r,sre,,cas
i.''I1 ',s - =. IN. .a,,,,, apa
80. .ah.,, H., ~ ,oo raxts,ar
~, ...,s.'a.-a,,,a ,t,,Tsns 7, % ~. an
80. ~ -. h,.,nh..,a,, .ho, ,ro,.,a. the
a ~. ~ -rh. 49,, ,n,.s,ff,l saloon-
,,lo.'a. -. ~. ,e,,,gs,a,s ard tb,a
n>,,.a NH. N. is.,,.r IN ,nr, ,.rror-
- ana hlaekma,l nj, other saloon
a.erers n the American peuule do
no. con,ro1 m. saloon II viii control
rhe,n
..W. ace,.e tho ,,ouo~ ,raft,, os he
ing one OF the chic. cause. OF divorce
I, breaks nm homes II separates man
and wife. who once In good faith
nIish,ea their troth at The altar and
uromhpd t6 be true and faithful.
N,ar,, % p.r cent. OF the whole nttn-
b.r of divorces in the United states
ar. attributable 10 III. liaupr habit. not
~ mention the wo,nen VINO do not seek
Tho remedy of the courts. becat1s. az !,
,.v, in,r since dead ar lecaus. of the
dread of p,,bItetty.
GAUGES trsan;tv.
1--WE accuse m. liouor traffic OF being
the main preatspos,nr cause OF ln..,l-
~ Tnking the lfu,teft state. az a
whole. IL Is estimated thar from ~ 10
% Der cent. of all insane patients owe
heir misfortune Directly ar Indirectly
90 alconol tur,her,n.,re. We acfnss
tho Homer traf,. ~ n..nx one M ,ne
.niet causes or ua,uert.n EVERY min
,sr.r and eysrv social worker knows
mat
The ,o,,or traffic 10 ,ha graat fac.
,,r,. re ,ri,re n M,..a chn.a,,s a. ~,
n.n, of cnnv;c,i.n. are ,r,,c,an,e Al.
rac,,, - tna,rac,,,. - =, =, >ar |