Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-03-08
The Sin OF lnt6InDerdnGe.

"Woe TO him that buildeth
town with blood, and estabhsheth
a city by inquiry. "-Hab. 2: -
"Woe unto him that giyeth has
neighbor drink. ."-Hab. > and,
part of 10 verse. In applying
THIS first verse to intemperance
by improving our town by lIcense
money, il is worse than folly.
"Woe unto him that g,veth his
neighbor drink" Mr.. Voter.
who is guilty of intemperance2"
Who are the promoters of drunk
erness? Why, brewers, distillers,
tavern keepers, and the men that
use it.
Fellow citizens and voters, our
town will soon have its munich
pal election and what should so
concern every good citizen is,
shall we crown the saloon as king
of our town? 1t will be king if
1t gets in. Let us consider: "Woe
10 Nm that buildeth town with
blood" Who does this moan?
Why it means every one that
votes for the saloon. Hear the
defense for it: The saloon eles
ment says the saloon gives reve-
nue. to improve the town with.
Yes, we all agree that it pays so
much license, but then what kind
of dividend does it pay society?
| n the first place it makes drunk
ards out Of our boys. But then
some cay they. will get it If they
want il. Yes, that is so, but
then the saloon at Catletts burg or
Huntington would not have
the Influence over our boys that
one would have at home where
they have to pass it daily1 Would
you put yourself or your boy in
cage with man-eating tiger Just
to see what it would do? No
you would no.. Then why vote
for something one hundred times
worse than tiger? Let ma give
you an illustration: The legal.
lzed traffic III intoxicating liquors
is the bitterest curse physically,
intellectually, socially, political
ly or morally that has ever smit-
ten with shame the fair face of
the Republic. Not only this,
but 1t will rob mau of his mon
ey, health, honor and happiness
II Will ruin your home, 1t will
take your son and daughter in It's
embrace and drag them to dis
grace and shame. Will you i'm
prove your town at this cost?
But the men that favor a saloon
will say it brings trade and busi-
ness 10 a town. Yes, it brings
trade to the saloon keepers. But
what kind of business will it
bring 10 the town. In the first
place 1t will increase the police
force in order to keep the bum
and loafer on the go and to keep
the drunkard and loafer from in
suiting your wives, mothers and
children. 1t will keep the mayor
buster trying cases of drunken.
ness and the like. 1t will IN
crease the towns boarders.
Mr, Voter, if our town can't
keep up without the saloon, why
then not let it go out of existence?
If a correct sign were posted over
every saloon in the land it would
be like this: "Banks of Losing,
open at all hours, nothing taken
on deposit but good money; moth
ing paid back but disgrace and
disease, degradation and death.
An extra dividend Of delirium
tremers will be paid to old de-
posltors. A free pass to hell is-
sued to those who pay we'll at the
counters. Tickets to all ceme-
teries emitting the bearer to
drunkards' graves in the pauper
section. All children of deposit
tors sent without charge to the
orphans asylum or almshouse for
other people to support"
Now any sane man after reason
ing for himself can zee that this
is what these "Banks Of Losing"
pay back. If it takes the saloon
to establish our town on a fnan