The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-11
! JUDGE FREEMAN | REEM|4I!SIt
ON TEMPERANCE:
report Delivered at Georgia
b. Baptist Convection.

the most insidious, dangerous and de.
structiye enemies of the individual
the home and the State; it is so evi-
IDENTIFY true that it is useless to en-.
deaVor to demonstrate it by facts, s.a
tistlcs and arguments.
Some enc hundred years ago q
| movement was inaugurated in Georgia
to suppress the business. The TASK.
| at that time seemed i.ope,ess bec.,ull
the great ma jogity Of re PCS o.
posed IL During the. s-rugg.e the
friends e temperance went down in
many defeats. Though frequently
| discouraged, they were never In de-
SPAR, for they were moved by holy
1eal AMI dauntless courage to de-
Atrsy the same by law, and urging
men to discontinue, or never com.
| mence the use of them as beverages.
During the last thirty years the
Woman's Christian Temperance Tn.
ion came into being, and their mem
cradle and praiseworthy works In this
behalf, and especially their success
full efforts to have the children taught
h the public schools, the ruinous eff.
fects of alcohol upon the human sys-
TEN. challenge the lasting gratitude
and aid and encouragement of All
those who love the sons OF men.
Many years later the AnttSa.ocn
League came into being. and has been,
and still Is doing. much to secure PRO
hihltcry legislation and to encourage
sobriety, and thus to destroy the sa.
loon, and the league is worthy of our
praise and cooperation,
In the course of years local option
laws were enacted, and put into op-
eration In towns, cities and counties.
Tf,e beneficial results of these laws
In these places were so perceptible
when compared with the ruinous of.
fects OF the open saloon In other pla-
ces that for years the people demand.
ed 4 statewide prohibitory law. and
secured the same In 1907, to become
operative In 1908.
History and observation teach that
by reason OF this agitation and the,
consequent existence of these laws
the use Of intoxicants as beverages
has been greatly diminished. This Ia
patent save to those who are wilfully
blind, .asss. .scstss. s7Sss.ss.s.s ,1
We should not be content now that
we have the law. for 1t only removes
the open and legalized Temptations
but we should demand and see to its
enforcement. and try. by precept and
example, to destroy the thirst and the
consequent demands for It's products.
The business would perish Ia the
midst or a people of total abstain
ers.
Wherever the business has been pro
hibited strenuous and persistent eff
forts have been, and are being made
BY certain daily papers which are In.
directly, and by those who are direct
. ly Interested in 1t, to challenge its
wisdom. and to discount its benefits.
and to render it Intellectual, to the
intent that the people might reach
the conclusion that, "prohfbition does
not pr0hlbit," and consent to its re-
peal.
1t Is lamentable and reprehsnsibie
that the ones in control of these pa,
pers should devote :aeir power and
influence therefore to thus encourage
lavisssness and rsestabiishmeut of
hnllnA2n yyffhAprk IL
Bio quality, and that has ever been
tho friend Of every vice and the foe
Of every virtue. The srsat majority
OF the good people Of tho State who
oppose. with all their strength. this
business, have. by their sstxonage.
gtvan them this power ana influences,
ana yet these oontrollsrs seem entire.
" indifferent to the wishes of their
patrons. and would deprive them OF
sis cherished law, and force Upon
them and their children the 50.
loon. the gallon shop, and dispensary,
with all their power 10 corrupt and
destroy.
Here u tho great danger threaten.
ns INC enforcement, and consequent
perpetulty OF this law, and Il ther efore
behooves one and all to earnestly de.
mand Its enforcement, and thus count.
eract those opposing influences which
are born OF self interest. We must
show the people that, while this law
has been, and Is now being, violated,
other laws have met the same fate,
and that the violation of no other law
has ever been urged as a sole reason
for its repeal. We would show them
that II Ia fraught with untold bless
ings. and they should cseave to It and
thus give It further chance to de-
monstrate its wisdom. We must con-
stantly remind them that though pro-
hibitory laws have been violated,
more or less. yet under local option,
as II was. and under this law. as Il
Ii, we have been and are low rearing
q generation Of abstainsrs.
Surely, II its frisnds remain true,
and persistentiy demasd Ia enforce