Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-07-03
ON GAMBLING.

I'LL
Hubbard has to say about gamb-
Inc, and doubtless the same will
amply to some of the young men,
and perhaps old ones too, of Hen
Jacksonville. He does not dis
(nss it from a moral standpoint
and does not undertake to preach.
He. says:
OF the morality Of gambling,
nothing need be said: All I affirm
is that it is simply absurd to en-
ter on a habit where success is
defeat and to win is calamity. The
successful amateur gambler grad
mates into a PROFESSIONALISM has
10, for business men shun him.
No man whoplayscardsfore ell
money can keep his position long.
The fact is, none of us have sur
plus of brains, and if We are going
TO succeed in business all the power
we have to our credit is demand
ed.
The man who can play cards at
night and do business In the day
time hasn't yet been born. Life is
a bank account, with so much di-
vine energy at your disposal.
What are you going to do with it !?
If you draw your checks for
this, you can not draw for that.
Take your choice. And above all,
do not draw ON the Bank Futurity
by breathing bad air and keeping
bad company.
The man who succeeds in bust
ness is the one who goes to bed
before 10 o'clock at night; and
only one thing is he jealous of and
that is outdoor exercise.
Gambling robs a man of rest
and the keen edge Of life is lost in
shutting the pasteboards. AL he
gives his employer of the world is
the discard. Outside Of his play
he is a weak, inefficient person,
and his weakness is very apt to
manifest itself in burdening his
friends.
The curse Of gambling does not
fall on the gambler alone, any
more than the drunkard alone suf-
fers for his fault.
Suffering falls upon everyone
within the radius of the gambler:
If your gambler is on a salary,
he very often comes around for
bis wages before pay day, then he
gets to discounting his salary to a
m~oney-shark; then if he can, he
will borrow" his pay before he
earns it, without first consulting
you. He intends to pay it back,
oh yes!
He wins and pays it back. This
encourages him to borrow more
the next time. He takes more in
order to win more.
He is now obliged to play heav-
lily, because his debts are accumu-
lating. 1t is an old story, and
dozens of men in Sing Sing can
tell you about it.
To do BUSINESS with gamblers
leads, as a rule, to disappoint-
ment, because with gamblers the
idea of reciprocity, mutually
and cooperation, except to skin
somebody, does not exist.
From betting to. beggardom is
only a step. No man can play the
paste-boards or the races contin-
ually and win. Mechanically,
&c is bound to lose at last.
And Of all the fools,the biggest
Is the man who bets on a "sure
thing"
John Madden has followed the
business for a quarter of a cen
fury, and says: CT quit betting
years ago, and if I ever bet again
1t will be because the disease has
gotten the better Of my business
Judgment"
The bookmaker gets it all-he
has but to wait and the whole
thing is his.
1t is just like the game of pok-
IF, where the dealer takes care of
all the bets and gives the first
booster an ace in the hole.
II the boosters do not get the
i've ones" money, the dealer
WILL He gets all the others have
as sure as death, if they continue
Donot imagine that all gamb-
ing IS done in the cities. MAN
pade the cities, God the country,
Dut the devil made the small
IWns." Hardly a village in
Nnerlca is free from the scourage.
rambling means blurred vision,
weak muscles, shaky nerves, loss
~ sleep, lack of physical exercise,
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