Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-03-27
WHAT is GAINED
BY OPEN SALOONS?
white Ribboner" Outlines Few
Evils That Follow ILegalized
Sale of Whisky,

10 one looking on from n distance
II seems little singular how far and
70 what length men will go in order
TO get in their midst that which is
wholly and entirely evil.
railing in their efforts TO get n dis
pensary they now petition for n loca
option election in order to EST, n.
iish the open saloon in the peacenh q
little town of Graham, and for whst
Purpose-what do they hope to gain
by having saloons?
There can be but two reasons for n
man wanting saloons in the town
where he lives and expects to raise rom,
ms children. One, that he NAV be
saved II few dollars or cents in taxes
by the revenue each year, the other
that he may have convenient place
at which to quench his thirst.
And what will he get in return for
these dollars and cents or this CON
venience?
lie will get ruined homes, ruined
boys, debauchery, lawlessness. pau-
perism, broken hearts, additional ex-
pense for police to keep order where
now there is no disorder, multiplied
evils OF every kind. Isn't it n big
price to pay? Stop, men, and think
before you go further with this move
mcnt.
l do not know who it is in Graham
that is pushing this movement. /
do know that some of these men nre
fathers of boys, some too, have felt
the sting of the viper and the bite
OF the serpent of the liquor traffic in
their own immediate family connec-
ton; and further, do not believe thnt
they can be home-loving, church go
ing, God fearing men, or else thew
could not want this.
And If these men get what they are
working for in Graham, who can they
blame If their own boys 20 down to
a drunknrds grave? Boys are what
the saloons want and must have in
order to fill their constantly depleted
ranks, for 100000 men go down each
year. Think of that, men! Not only
to n drunkard's grave, hut to eternal
punishment, for there is no getting
around that direct statement: "No
drunkard shall inherit the kingdom
of heaven"
One boy out of every five must be
given to the saloon if it keeps up its
ranks. What is II boy worth; what
is your boy worth? Are you willing
to give your boy to the saloon? If
not, you had better halt in your ef-
forts to get the saloon in your midst
The liquor traffic is no respecter of
persons. Your favorite, your best
beloved, may be it's choice. They
take from the high and the low, from
the rich and the poor, from the intel
ligcnt and educated as well as the
ignorant and depraved. Only ycster-
day 1 saw boy, barely turned into
his, teens, go staggering by, muddy
and begrimcd. A bright boy, be-
loved by his comrades, his teachers
and his friends. What n sight. Can
we afford to give our brightest and
best to the saloon? | beg of the men
in our county and our state to rise
up in their strong manhood and drive
this thing out of our land. a thing
so wholly wrong and corrupt that not
ore good thing can be said for il. You
have the opportunity. the RESPONSE
bility is now laid AT y""r door and |
plead with you in the name Jf the
home which we love, of the boy whc
is our pride, of the land that is our
glory, of the God who is our maker
and redeemer. Strike now, once and
for all.
A WHITE RIBBONER.