The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01

oshtis appeared the following article.
lhis written by Hon. ". {. Tillett. one
ol the leading attorneys Of North
Carolina.
Text: Tim. 10. For the love -of
money Is the root Of all evil: which
"hiie some coveted after. they have
erred from the faith. and pierced
themselves through with many sor-
rows
les. We are all chasing after t.
nke the hound after the narrower
the renee, through the briars. into
the creek. up the hill, down the
valley, anywhere. everywhere.
But the sinner wants to preach this
morning on the subject of tainted
money What Is it? Really the sin
Ner Is sorry but he cannot answer his
own question He has aroused up a
snake that he annot kill. But he can
nj MN a lick or two and may chance
10 STRIKE him in a vital part.
OF course, the question Of tainted
money bothers none SO much as the
church ok And nothing is more
interesting than to watch the attitude
or the fathers of the church toward
tainted money. Some take the view
that the ollar made in unholy en-
terprises have served the devil long
enough and should be put To serving
the Lord That is a doctrine that
seems plausible at least.
But most of the fathers of the
church take the position that the
church ought to reject tainted money
because the acceptance of it becomes
embarrassing to the church in the
event tho church should wish to
make a holy war" on the evils of the
business out of which the money
was made. That would appear to be
nrntf,r o,,-
cepts benefits from you and then at
tacks you you will be mighty apt to
fire at him the oft quoted ditty:
H eats my bread and drink my tea,
And goes about town and talks about
me-"
But really his sinner is a Methodist
sinner and unfortunately the main
doctrine Of this great church which
he practices most is the doctrine of
falling from grace. But anyhow this
sinner is a Methodist and he wants
to make a few inquiries more or less
pertinent to the subject under dis
cussion.
Let us consider for a moment
cigarettes and the cigarette business.
There are many wise and conserva-
tive men who regard the use of
t cigarettes as an evil second only to
the use of whiskey in it's terrible re-
suits. 1t is said that the use OF
cigarettes not only undermineS the
1 physical constitution but undermine
and destroys moral stamina and thus
r ruins more young men than any
thing else except whiskey.
! This is a terrible Indictment; Blu
! if it is only half true, how can the
> church sanction cigarettes by accept
= ing the profits arising out of their
sale? There are a good many of u:
: = who would like to have this question
. answered. If the Methodist preach
ers should attempt TO preach againsf
cigarettes, would not your cousin
Buck" Duke contend that the Meth
odist church had accepted and wa:
= accepting the profits made by tn
use of cigarettes and would he no
justly complain that the preacher
ought not to try to stop boys from
buying his cigarettes so long as tn
church was profiting by the sale o
u them? If he were to PROFOUND sue
a question as that this sinner WoulC
not like to be put up to answer it.
Likewise as to coca cola. Man,
= believe this is q most pernicious drug
"Old Sawney' Webb, head of tn
s Webb School in Tennessee, is so bit
IS terly opposed to coca cola that he viii
expel one of his boys who goes into
s. drug store if the boys knows that COG
{ cola is sold in the store. 1Ou ca
stand by the counter of any dru
s. store in town for thirty minutes an
L you will see crowds OF young peopl
IL coming up and you will hear eac
E one say to the clerk, gimme a dope,
5, and without more q out comes
= glass of coca cola. 1t is pre-emi
n nently the dope It's habitus
= users are called dope fiends." HAY
~ you noticed the stream of youn
IN people that go to the soda fountai
~ as they go to their work. each calm
:. for a dope? 4 drug clerk told IN
a. quite confidentially. that there wel
hundreds here in Charlotte who Ia
= to have il at all times a day, takin
= as many as ten or twenty drlnl
during business hours. If it really
- an injurious drug would it not slight,
embarrass a Methodist preacher
"a pitch in to coca cola and to try to ste
~ the young from drinking it? Won
Sc not your brother, Asa Gambler, ari:
" 70 ask how the church could feel