The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-24

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fiction and to keep himself unspotted
from tho world" James 1-27.
\ Since the orphanage was built at
Salem, 1t has been demonstrated that
the Baptists have enough pure re-
ligion" to make them visit and care
for the fatherless of their household
Of faith. 1t will be unnecessary to
dwell on the orphanage.
1 The Psalmist said: II have been
young and now / am old, yet / have
never seen the righteous forsaken nor
His seed begging bread" Psalms
1925.
1t is true that the salary of the
Baptist minister Is small, much small
Ter than of any other profession, yet
we have the scripture assurance that
the religious is never forsaken and
the history Of the Baptist church in
the last twenty-five years shows that
the aged minister will be cared for,
and it is unnecessary, to discuss min
ister's relief. l shall confine myself
only to the temperance subject and
only one branch of that subject.
Does the blind tiger" roam in wet
! jungle?" will be my theme. l shall
undertake In a brief address to an
swer this question. There are those
who insist that high license is the
panacea for all the ills resultant from
the liquor traffic and that especially.
( 1t is absolutely fatal to blind tigers
Richmond.
/ My attention was first drawn to this
subject by reading continuously in the
Monday morning paper where Justice
Crutchfeld, the "One John" OF Rich
mond. would Monday morning after
Monday morning, have from one to as
high as four people before him for
selling liquor without a license. On
Monday March 16. there were four.
| Some blind tigers have certainly
strayed in Richmond Is not that wet
enough? We have a population Of
l2s,0o0 people and III saloons ac-
cording to the State Auditors report.
! little more. Surely that Is wet
enough: and yet the police records
show that So persons, 81 in Richmond
and one in Manchester. were con-
victed Of the selling of liquor during
the last fiscal year. Richmond has
the reputation of having limited her
saloons to the number of 100, but we
really have Ill, including the Fl in
Manchester. When Manchester was
annexed, it was made condition
precedent that it's saloons should re-
main In business. There are 81 Sun
days IN the year and there were So
convictions for Illicit liquor selling
ono for every day the saloons were
closed last year. Would there be any
| greater proportion II they were closed
every day in the year? In other
words. IL the State goes dry and the
saloons of Richmond are closed 3e5
days in the year. will there be 365
convictions?
| The city of Atlanta has a population
F! OF 155. 900 and I am informed by the
chief OF police of Richmond that her
chief Of police reports 406 arrests OF
| Illegal liquor sellers. Georgia Is dry
and the saloons are closed every day
| In the year. This number of arrests in
t a population of $4,000 is no larger
than 3s5 would be in Richmond with
"a population of 12s,o00. But IL re-
ports from Atlanta be true. and they
| should be true because reported by
wet people who have a corner on all
| truth, then this number should be
divided by twelve, for we are told
that Atlanta lets her saloons run wide
open and fines them every month or
twelve times year and instead of
there being 400 places. there are 40s
places divided by twelve which would
be about IS places In all arrested, l.
a year each making 4o6 arrests In all
Norfolk.
Population s7.45Z. Saloons 1s2.
Number OF arrests SO. Number OF
convictions about two-third. or about
60,
Roanoke.
Population 34,S74 Number OF
liquor houses W within ite-iast
eighteen months 80 arrests made and
Is convictions OF blind tigers"
Portsmouth.
Population 33.190. Number of
saloons rs. Four convictions this
year. 2 IN May and 2 in June.
Lynchburg.
Population %. 4a4. Number OF
liquor houses 20. One person under
| "A
Lynchburg having recently died. the
information from that city is meagre.
Newport News.
Population $4,000. Number Of
liquor houses so. There is report
of arrests of 'boot~legers," the num-
Der Is not given.
Petersburg.
Population 24127. Liquor houses
I4I About one-h half dozen arrests for
selling without a license during the
last twelve months.
Alexandria.
Population 1899. Number OF
liquor houses Al. Seven arrests and
convictions OF blind tiger during
this year
Bristol.
The banner city OF the vets.
Population 6,247. No arrests since
the city went wet The blind tiger
though blind is smart He under
stands, that a new broom will sweep
clean. but he will get into the city OF
Bristol as soon as the broom Is a
little worn.
The above Is the report of the wet
cities.
The following is from the dry cities
OF the State:
Buena Vista.
Population 3.225. Occasionally
there Is blind tiger but he is
sought after and convicted.
Charlottesville.
Population 6.765. From August l.
1912, to the present five arrests inside
the corporate limits. two outside the
corporate limits within a mile. The
mayor OF that city adds: There Is no
comparison. in my Judgment, between
dry Charlottesville and wet Char