Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-02-23
''THE GREAT
DESTROYER"

vi HUI kICHlIlOIu 7 ACoA SUI lAVO-
son Delivered at Montgomery
Alabama
Mr.. Hobson came all the way from
Washington to Montgomery to make
this address, leaving on the return trip
within half an hour alter he had
finished.
Here is Captain Hobsons speech,
in substance, as set forth in a letter to
the Montgomery Advertiser Of the
same date Of his appearance at the
Grand theater. 1t is good stuff" and
ought to be widely distributed:
For many centuries the test OF daily
experience led mankind to believe
that the earth was flat, but science
proved in time that it was really
round. Common experience has tor
centuries led to the belief that alcohol
is stimulating, but science has proved
that it is in reality Oppressive and
must be classed with narcotics. For
centuries every day experience led to
the conclusion that moderate amount
of alcohol was strengthening. but
n science has now established thai
alcohol is the toxion or liquid excre'
ton Of the yeast or terment germ, and
is poison to all living organisms
Ordinary observation would lead tc
the conclusion that alcoholic poisoning
onIv kills those few who die in delr
ium tremens, or from alcoholism,
but scientific records have showI
that among the millions Of drunkards
the life Of the average confirmed
drunkard is about three years, ant
Awhile there are other contributor!
causes, the 100000 confirmed drunk
ards who die in America every year
without being cIassed as dying lror
alcolism, should be regarded as kille
by alcoholic poisoning. Ordinar
observation would not attribute t
alcoholic poisoning any CT the death
temperate regular drinkers, or occs
sional drinkers, and but few Of tn
deaths ofthose termed heavy drinkers
but records in Millions of cases hav
shown that the 100000 of temper
ate regular drinkers, including million
of women, lose, on the average TIN
teen years out Of their lives, and tn
4OOOO00 Of heavy drinkers lo
twenty.nine years. The results ar
stated as follows:
Some of the Results.
A young man at the age of 70, WI
is a total abstainer and remains tot
abstainer, has a prospect OF lite
Forty.four years that is, he will liN
to the average age of "a; young ma
ot the aoe Of 20 who is a tempera
regular drinker and remains tempe
ale regular drinker, has a prospect
life" of thirty-one years, and will liz
to the average age Of 81; your
man at the age Of 20, who is hea'
drinker. bas a prospect Of lite
fifteen years, and will die at i
average age of 35.
Ordinary observation would n
attribute any immediate danger Of ar
kind as arising from taxing drin
3 but the microscope has SHOWN that
single drink will make the locke
sites or white blood corpuscl'
drunk, and while drunk they cam
perform their function as an army
defense and fail to catch and destrc
disease germs that are liable to ent
the system at any time. This talluI
enables disease germs to get lod
ment when they would otherwise ha'
\ been destroyed, makes the persc
more liable to catch consumptio
S5neumonia, grippe, diseases OF tt
stomach, Of the kidneys Of the live
tr,s of the heart and arteries, nervor
system and the brain, In these mar
fold diseases, ordinary Observable
would scarcely ever attribute tat
ending to the presence OF alcohol