The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-09-07
AWFUL CURSES OF ALCOHOL
Robs Man Of His Best Friends, OF
Strength, Honor, Reason, Love,
Money and Even Life.

(By SIR WiLFRED T. GREENFELI.
D.
why don't | want TO see liquor used
at sea? Because when go dodwn for
watch below, want to feel that the
man at the wheel sees only one light
when there is only one light to see
that when the safety of the ship and
all It carries depends on the cool head,
the instant resolve and the steady
hand Of the helmsman. there is not
standing there in place OF the man,
the poor, debased creature that all
the world has seen alcohol create
even out OF such gifted men as Burns
and Coleridge and hosts OF others.
have seen ships lost through col
llsion because the captain had been
taking little alcohol" have had
to tell woman that she was a widow
and that her children were fatherless
because her husband. gentle and Low.
Ing and clean.liying, had been tempt.
ed to take IA drop OF alcohol" at sea,
and gone out into a drunkard's eter.
nifty | nave had to clothe children and
feed them when reduced to starvation.
because alcohol had robbed them OF
natural protector and all the necessi.
ties OF life. have had to visit in
prisoners the victims OF crime, caused
as directly In honest men by alcohol
as burn Is caused by falling into the
fire
Why do not want alcohol as a bev.
erage In a country where cold is ex-
treme, exposure is constant. and ply.
sical conditions are full Of hardship!
Simply because | have seen men 20
down In the struggle for want OF that
natural strength which alcohol alone
had robbed them Of The fishermen
that live among are my friends, and
| love hem as my brothers, and | do
not think | am unnecessarily preju.
dicer or bigoted when | say that
alcohol Is inadvlsable. after one has
seen II robbing his best friends OF
strength, honor reason. kindness,
love. money and even life.
During 20 years experience on
the sea and on the snow in winter
an experience coming after an up
bringing in soft places-I have found
that alcohol has been entirely nu.
necessary.
| have been doctoring sick men and
women OF every kind and have
found that | can use other drugs OF
which we know the exact action and
which we can control absolutely with
greater accuracy In cases OF necessity
for stimulating the heart. | contend
we can get just as good results with
out II. and ! always fear Its power to
create desire for itself. II is not
necessary for happiness, for have
known no set OF men happier and en-
joying their lives more than the
crews OF my own vessel. and the
many. many fishermen who, like our.
selves. neither touch. taste nor handle
II.
would be willing to allow that the
manufacture OF II gives employment,
that the sale of II Is remunerative,
that desire for II can be easily
created. But the desire for 1t has to
be cultivated" and once cultivated
the market" is certain TO open up
for the desire Secomes an Unsuitable.
lust in many. have
no controversy with anything that
gives employment and circulates
money. and should possibly be salts
fed II after all the good grain and
good foodstuffs had been fermented
and converted into this particular
kind of poison, instead OF being pour
ed down mems throats, II were pour
I'd into the ocean-where at least II
would do no harm.
| have seen me nrobbed In many |
ways, but they have been able, by the |
lelp of God to wipe out any lasting |
'esults OF such transient losses. But
he robberies OF alcohol are IRENE
liable. buried in n lonely grave on
! projecting promontory. far down
he coast of Labrador. young girl
n is. she was some ones daugh-
er and some ones sister. had taken
Ter aboard our little hospital ship for
he last week of her life She should
AVE been alive today, but she had no
Iesire TO live. All that could possibly
make life worth living for her had
'een robbed from her through the
means OF alcohol, and she could not
ace the home-going again.
II ever have the opportunity S;yen
o me to say word at any time or in
ny place which could help to in.
ibit the use of alcohol as a bever-
ge. so long as | can stand upon my
eet shall be proud to get up and
peak IT,