Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-04-26

the difference was very marked. lne
alcohol dogs were sleepy and had q
general appearance of .worthlessness.
They were less active than the other
dogs, and were more quickly tired
out, and in other words, the use of
alcohol had lowered the intelligence,
the brightness and the muscular
power of the dogs. If alcohol has
such an effect upon mere animals,
without soul, how much worse its
effects must be upon man. We have
already learned that one of the most
dangerous things about alcohol is
it's tendency to create a desire for
more. This desire may be very
slight at first, but it is likely to
grow. If boy never begins to use
alcoholic liquors, he will never
become drunkard, but if he does
begin, even in mild way, he places
himself among those from whom
drunkards are made. The only way
to avoid this danger is to avoid its
beginning, and, in avoiding that, the
boy also insures for himself q
shealthisr body, 4 clearer brsin and
a better chance for success in life.
What are. the crimes against his
family which alcohol causes its
user to commit?
1t robs the family of a father in
all senses of the word; it robs his
children and wife of the money
which should go to properly feed,
clothe and educate them.
1t steals away the roses from
their cheeks, the happiness and hope
from their hearts and their standing
and position in their little commu-
nifty in which they live. Ruined
souls, broken hearts, broken homes
and all manner of woe, want,
wretchedhess and death, to say
nothing of the almshouses and
asylums he helps to fill. Are these
crimes enough against his family,
if not dear reader, look about you,
and you will find no trouble in ex-
tending the list.
Murders, suicides, embezzlements,
mostly caused by high living in
which liquors play an important
part, breaking of the Sabbath,
gambling-always accompanied by
the wine or wh,skey both according
to the circle of society in which it
is carried on, and of which there
would lie little except as the reck-
lessness Of the players is stimulated
beyond bounds by the use of Ii
quor-the filling of the penitentia-
ries, almshouses and asylums, the
support of which comes out of So
ber mems pockets to large extent,
these are some of the crimes against
society which alcohol causes.
Now in conclusion let us say, if
alcohol is the cause of the commits
sion of all these crimes which we
have discussed, it should follow that
just in the proportion in which we
remove alcohol from the people, SO
much should the crimes of our
country be lessened and prosperity
and peace be increased, and we wish
to prove that this is the case.
Prohibition in those states in
which the law has been enforced
has been the means of bringing
about this condition. Permit us to
give here some of the results of the
Investigations made by Samuel
Dickie, M. S., L. L. D. President
of Albion College, Michigan. He
says, maine, where prohibition
even yetAis not perfectly enforced,
has more bank depositors than vo-
ters.
In Maine, forty-nine families out
of each one hundred own their own
homes. Maine has fewer criminals
and fewer paupers in proportion to
population, than any license state
in the union.
The Louisville Evening Post di-
rects attention to the fact that in
1905 that city had forty-seven homi-
cides while the whole state of Maine