The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-15
SCOTLAND NECK, N c., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1870
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
MRS. ANNIE ARMSTRONG
Local Press Superintendent.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
The tWenty-eighth annual conven
ton Of the Woman's Christian TeE.
perance Union will meet in New
Berne October 1st to 5th. All White
Ribboners are especially urged tt
attend, and all interested in the worl
are cordially invited. We are hoping
to have pleasant as well as profita
bic meeting.
StoneWall Jackson abstained from
the use of all Intoxicating drinks
from principle. During the war he
was asked by a brother officer tC
join him in a social glass. He re
piled, mo, | thank you; | never use
it. | am more afraid Of it than OF
Federal bullets"
A sacred thing, this, approaching
the uncut marble of life. We can
not afford to strike any false blows
which might mar the angel that
sleeps in the stone; for the image we
produce must represent our life
work. Whether it is beautiful CT
hideous, divine or brutal, it must
stand as an expression of ourselves
as representing our ideals.
Rev. Father Cassidy, of Fall River,
Mass, whose ante-election sermons
The Union Signal Of December 81 j,
quoted at length, has been the OBJ
ject of bitter enmity on the part Of
the liquor men Of the city, particu-
larly since Fall River voted no-license.
In return, the priest has declared
that he will remain an enemy of the
saloon as long as he lives, and cor
tinues to denounce it from his pulpit.
No matter how near the water in
the boiler comes to being steam il
will not move the locomotive one
inch unless it is steam; that elastic,
invisible, impenetrable and irresisti-
bic power. Love is like that; it can
not be withstood; its god-like flame
burns away the dross OF policy in
the pure white light of principle.
Nothing less will ever fuse the
hearts of men in those reforms by
which the Gospel Of Christ becomes
pregnant in the world
The "pay-check" is one of the sa-
looms best trade marks. Out of
$500 checks paid out in wages by
one manufacturer in Joliet, H., on a
recent payday, all but one was re-
turned with the endorsement Of
some saloon. The single one hac
been endorsed by q man running
both a saloon and a grocery store
Njne-tenths Of the mill pay checks
of Joliet come back to the banks en-
dorsed by saloon-keepers, declares
one of the city's leading bankers.
DR.. Frank Hutchins, of Indianap-
oils, Ind, an able brain and nerve
specialist, recently made a most &C
ceptable address before the Central
Union Of that city on ''The Effect Of
Alcohol on the Brain" Later, DR..
Hutchins presented the same line of
argument before a clinic Of 16O med
ical men at Lusane Hospital, with
which he is connected. DR.. Hutch
ins is the son-in-law Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Felix T. WcWhirter, and he bids
fair to sustain the family reputation
for disseminating the gospel of total
abstinence and prohibition.
Of all the monopolies that disgrace
civilization a monopoly Of sin is most
to be dreaded and deplored. High
license entails that monopoly, and
along with it the power to gild the
hook Of iniquity with dazzling,
tempting bait; elegant surroundings
and high-toned social standing are
the devils most coveted allurements;
and high license assures them to the
saloon as no other method can
With concentration always comes
power, and the political influence of
the liquor traffic, now boastfully
predominant in this republic, where
the side always wins that gets most
votes, will reach the height of auto
cracy under high license.
If were asked to-day why mea
vita vota is our motto; why. putting