The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-02

we are living. denying to ourselves the
bigneSS of that thing which it is to be
a man, to be u child of God:-PhiiliDs
Brooks.
Thirty-five Whiskey Advertisements
Prohibition a Blessing.
To the EditOr:-A few days g a
friend Of mine sent me three news
papers and asked me to look over
them and count the number Of
whiskey advertisements they con-
tanned. I did so and found the num-
Der to be IS. The friend added:
These are the papers that are going
into thousands Of homes" The
three papers were the Atlanta Con-
stitution. IA; the Rural Weekly, IS,
and The World, New York, 8.
That a civilized people, and espe-
cia1ly a c~hristianized people, should
! patronHe such papers as these is a
surprise. q shame, a disgrace; a sin
against God, against society, against
purity, against homes, against all that
is good.
1t is a settled question-settled by
the unanimous verdict Of all the best
people of the world-settled at the
bar of reason-settled by Bible teach
ings-settled by the evil effects Of al
| cOholic liquors on the human system,
that the liquor traffic is an unmiti-
gated curse to the human family. If
any good has ever come from it the
good is so little that it is overbalanced
a thousand times by the evil it has
done 1T has brought more sorrow,
suffering, poverty, shame, ignorance,
disgrace and crime than any other
evil Known to mankind. 1t is the
devils mos powerful weapon in
fighting all that is good in the world.
All religious periodicals refuse to
carry whiskey advertisements. The
best magazines and of the
country have cut out these debasing
advertlsements Sc far as know
most Of our North Carolina papers dc
not advertise whiskey. The News
and Observer. of Raleigh, was, I be-
lleVe, the first to give the people 8
clean daily paper. 1t has stood
srandly, nobly for temperance re.
form. All good people were glad tt
hear that one Of the inston-Sale len
papers had recently decided to shu
out all liquor advertisements. Thi
rs what every paper ought to do.
Hear me. and mark what | say
Condemn 1t If you can. l say no heat
pr a family has any moral right t.
allow anV periodical to come into hi
home tat advertises liquors. AL
!! such periodicals are grossly impur
literature. A father takes a pape
! with a flaming advertisement Q
Whiskey that catches the boys eve
1t tells how good the Whiskey is. Th
{ boy says Whiskey is a good thine
rather takes a paper that commend
D II: want to taste it n see how goo
; II Is. he tastes and goes on t
: drunkenness.
! A farmer lived eight miles fror
! lie took a paper that adver
) used Whlskey. He had two youn
noys. one day he sent the boys I
Q town with a load of farm produc,
TO sell. They sold them, got tn
money. and then they said we war
e some OF that good whiskey advertise
III papa paper. They went an
n"u.ht some, took Il drink or tv,
started home, got drunk, STAYED O,
al night. they and horses had notf
ing TO eat. h parents were alarme
e searched ali night for them. foun
Il lhem next morning in a wre,che
CONDITION. This is what one whisk.
/ advertisement did.
80 whiskey advertisement is q
lowed 10 come into my home. If O,
4 strays in unlimited it goes nm n
chimney in smoke.
q IL Is Eiaringly Inconsistent for q,
"a VINO claims to be a Christian and,
> ~tehlperance person to act as agent
1r puiting whiskey papers into fanili
IN to corrupt their morals.
10 | earnestly advise all antilles not
n allow any periodical to come in
your home that advertises liouors
- II is a matter for THANKSGIVING
ted mat prohibition is =makiny 81,
In ana steady progress. The best peor
IL . ! al nations are coming to the co
IS Nis'ion that the liquor traffic is
"a crime. and like rape and hury,.
m ana murder must be forbidden
id law