The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-02
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There are people who insist thar
drinking and drunkenness are OF the
increase, and they are in error. Inc
Salisbury Post quotes the chief OF po-
lice as saying hat there were aooue
half az many drunks IN mat Town
this year as last year. me fose
says:
"Another noticeable feature is there
has practically not been a tight or ols-
turbance Of any kind here so far dur-
ing the holidays. The only thing to
mar the pleasure OF the CHRISTMAS
eason has been the popping OF fre-
crackers. which it is safe TO say VIII
not be repeated soon again.
AT the Southern passenger stauoh
CAPTAIN Watt, station maAer, declares
this has been the quietest christmas
AT the depot he has experienced since
coming to Salisbury. He has had
only one drunken man arrested. me
others in the big crowd ABOUT the
station have been orderly ana IL lheS
were drinking it was not discovered.
A of this is very. gratifying ana
Is proof that pfohlbltloH IS iesSehihe
the drink evil
This testimony from Salisbury, long
The chief centre in piedmont Norm
Carolina for the sale of whlskey, IS
,similar to that in m 81 oth"f b'a'cs.
It is gratifying but not satisfactory
for while there is an apparent decrease
in drunkenness and whiskey is no"
shipped by express In small packages
whereas it was formerly shipped ia
barrels bv freight, still the conshmp-
| ton Of intoxicants is so large as 10
cause reret by men anu
women. The teaching OF temperance
in the schools needs to be followed
nv instruction and a~bstaining at home.
The preachers and teachers and moral
leaders should resolve IN 1917 10 EN-
phasize the drink evil and make war
for q better temperance sentiment SO
that next Christmas the Sal1sbury
Post and other papers may report SUN
further reduction OF one half OF the
number Of intoxicated persons. Those
who expect an evil SO long e~ntrenched
to be ~uprooted in a few years do Lot
understand human nature, bur those
who took for no improt el,ent through
preaching n teaching and law n
forcement combined understand less
of human nature.
The Greensboro Record, referring
editorially to conditions in Green's
boro, said a few days ago:
'IAuuor may be very plentiful in
these parts, but If 1t is the mass OF
people do not care for it. A drunk
en- man on the streets is scarce
round these parts This does not
mean that one is never seen but 1t
does mean that he Is rare. Fewer
prisoners were in the city prison yes
terday morning than on almost any
Monday morning.
The Charlotte News copies the foI-
: lowing statement and makes the fol-
) lowing comment:
t The same thing has been true
here. During the Christmas holidays a
!. lot OF liquor was consumed in Char
: lotte. It came in by express and was
I dispensed by blind tigers, and there
!. were numerous DRINKS. But not half
or one-tenth, SO many as there would
have been had there been a number
' Of licensed saloons dispensing It from
S every corner.
And that Is about all any thinking
prohibitionists Will claim for q prohi
: bition law, that it will greatly reduce
! the consumption Of liquor, and the
evils attendant thereon.
1T will not stop liquor drinking.
Neither will the law against larceny
stop thieving. But it will curtail the
evil. And for that reason it is worth
: while, many times over
THE TIME OF SETTLEMENT.