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T. G. STACY A SON, PUBLISHERS.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA,^WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER|25, 1888.
1876.
* 18 BAFFLING GAMBLING!
This T#rj Popular Bril from Le
gal ,*0* Moral standpoints
Editors Advertiser-Appeal.
Ttw common pastime of raffling,
la it gambling? Is it more harmful
. than playing and batting at cards ?.
What is its moral effects upon the
young?
The questions asked above are of
vital importance to the well, being of
• society.... There, aye tpany men and
many women who would blush, to
own that they had ever placed, ,fpr.
, ®°nejr * S ame ot cards; and, yut!
who dp’enly participate in 'this fascfc
nating pastime. >
Is it gambling? Section 4,641 of
the code of Georgia provided as fol
lows: any-person Shall play, and
be$ for mqhey or other things of val
ue^ at any game of faro, loo, brag,
blufl; three up, seven up, poker, ving-
ton, euchre, or any other games play-
;-|i^»ithcards,.or'BhaU plt^y and bet.
f ;i«li6ney, or other things of value
at any e. c. or a, b, c, table or at oth-
#er table of like character, or at rou
lette, or rouge, et noir, or chuckluck
or any similar game of chance played
with dice or cards, :,or balls, or shall
bet at any game of nipe pins or ten
pins or at any other number of pins,
or any bilhard or pool tables such
person so offending,; on conviction,
shall be punished (as prescribed in
section 4310 of this code).” The
punishment is fine and imprisonment
.j*t hard labor not exceeding $1,000
fide n.or 12 months on chain gang.
The above istAaafMrlbed literally
Jnt as to the
class of acts that constitute gambling.
In this connection it might pi ob ably
be well to ytate that under section
4549 of the code it is provided as fol
lower
Penalty for selling tickets, in lot
rtery or gift-enterprise. It shall not
be lawful for any person or persons
in this State either by himself or his
agents to sell or offer for sale or to
procure fbf, or furnish to any person
, or persons, any ticket, number, com
bination, or phance, or anything rep
resenting a chaBce in any lottery,
- gift ehterprise or other similar
devio^ whether such, lottery, gift en
terprise or scheme shall be operated
in $bis State or not, and each and
• evpiry person who shall violate the.
provisions of this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
■ conviction shall be punished as pre
scribed in section 4310 oftbis code.”
Now upon this question we have
' before us the two sections of our
code which prohibit gambling in any
form therein named. It but remains
for us to examine what constitutes
the aot or fact of raffling. As we
understand it, it is where a persoif
either natural or artificial has cer
- tain property which they desire to
. dispose of not in the usual and law
fill way of selling, but by procurid^
■ A number of persons to buy chances
thereat, at do much per chance and
when all the chances are taken, then
, dice box is called for and each
holderofa chance (for which, he has
paid bis money) cast the dice, and
the number thrown by eaoh is taken
down, and after ail have thrown, the
price to awarded to him who has
thrown the greatest number. What
is the result of this? It is clear that
each aBd every person; save the. win
erty. i e, obtained said property the
subject matter of the raffle. In (his
connection let us see. what /consti
tute gambling at faro.. As we under
stand it,, one. jwb.. runs .toe game eyfor the use of
and (s what Js known at th«,tppKer,
The player invests,, bis n*onpy in a
of. .pieces bt ivory,
called chips,-and representing
moniedyjdue. These obips are,by
the player placed upon snob card as
he may desire to bet upon, and ;the qkancq, ; we.qi$pit
ed with money for Which he received
no legal and adequate consideration,
and has less money, and consequent;
ly less property than before he’ took
said chance. It is squally clear that
tbs winner bya small outlay of mon
ey (for which he oonld aot have par
chased the srtiole) bss woo the prop-
cards arq dealt—-if ho wins, money is
paid him by the bank. If he loses,
.his chips (for which he has paid his
igpney, and which represent Hia mon
ey( are taken, 1 e, won by thelwnk,
bis money is gone, he has received
nothing therefor. *
Nor’ will any candid individual'
point out any difference between
these qcts—raffling and faro—moral
ly or legally. Faro is gambling un
der the law—if there is no legal dif
ference between it and raffling, then
jt»ffling iB gambling. ^Wq.^eliqve if
the question were put to any careful
and painstaking criminal lawyer, “Is
raffling gambling ?” his answer would
be ‘‘Unquestionably.” Hence we see
that this is ganiblingfrom one stand
point.
ANOTHER QUESTION.
Is it prohibited by the law—4,549
of the Code> npon lottery ? That law
in terms provides that this act is
prohibited where the saving clause is
properly considered and applied.—
The language is “any chance, or any
thing representing a chance,” and
then, after providing for lottery, gift
enterprise, etc., the words “or otl^er
s clear that under this section the
person who puts up any species of
property for raffle and sells chances
thereat violates the plain language of
this section.
This brings us to the consideration
of the next question—is it more
harmful than playing and betting at
cards, or, rather, we might say gam-
gling commonly in all the other
schemes by which money is risked
and won ? In this connection let us
also consider the subdivision of this
question, what is its moral effect up
on the young ? We venture the as
sertion that in all the other means
by wjiich money is lost and won in
gambling the same is carried on so
cretly. That this in the main true
is evidenced by the act of the Legis
lature which provides that the play
ers should be competent witnesses
one against the other. Why was
this act passed? Because of the
great difficulty otherwise to find evi
denceby which to convict the perpe
trators of this offense. Therefore we
prow by this fact the secrcoy of ot.h
er species of gambling. Now we do
not believe that it is necessary for us
to say that there are two classes of
orime—mala in se, or wrong in itself,
and mala prohibila, or that which is
prohibited by human law for the good
of society—nor that it is necessary
for us-to go further into the distinc
tion. Suffice it to say that it is con
trary to law and against the good of
society.
Now all who take the trouble to
think will at once see that tyhen peo
ple go into ,some quiet room or se
cluded spot and these secretly engage
in gambling, that then, generally
speaking, no one is hurt by it except
themselves. ^rue, often it is that
an unfortunate gambler,maddened by
effect thereupon,
aider that this
carried on opeuly-
pose, In some install
and for charitable
cpmes appalling,
list of chaaces is ha
man^r youth by the
mouth as love!
ens only to entreat
ten wtU,.|S>rgeV their
their religious bl
the chaBoe, and
ever after peady to
haps, underthespt
or other toy w'ob, fo
throw of the dice, t!
der boy—yrho
mother’s knee-
the few pennies it com
1 pate in this social
and ever afterwards
risk moneyJn this ws
sea men and .women,
church of God(?) opi
and they are, alas, to<
•f this were wrong
the church would
is but human to seek
and when found, fblli
have stood in halls whi
italion, to take chanc
those with whom but
we had knelt to take tl
of the Lord’s Supper,
ample to those who ar<
upon the jourffby of 11
the one you hang out:
brother or sistor into
rest? Or
Bpl^wbon we erfn
of riffling to
for the par
raise mon
bodies
it be*
| when the
to the young
d of beauty,
a rosebud
im .to take a
it,, nine out of
training,
and‘take
it once is
again. Per-
a doll
Ifle ‘upon the
ng and ten-
be at bis
pocket of
s to partlc-
. He wins,
is ready to
The young
bers of the
doing this,
to say that
pillars of
3 it. It
.examples,
them. We
this solic-
as done by
nday gone
sacrament
hat an ex
entering
this light
guide a
haven of
AND ^OOK AT THE BARGAINS.
HUNDREDS ARE COMING FROM EVERY QUARTER TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE GREA 1
BARGAIN DAY SALE!
»rn"iiiiTi3:t >7 in I hM
ves a family to the cold Charities
of the world, or, in hopM'Qf.rttetor-
shorcs of time to lead to «life’s ship
wreck and disaster? Oh, brother and
sister remember the teaching of that
grandest and most comprehensive
sermon this world has ever heard:
“Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works
and glory your father which is in
heaven.”
We believe that notone in ten who
has participated in raffling ever for
a moment paused to consider the ef-
fect.thereof— that its prevalence is
not the result of any desire to do
wrong, but solely thoughtlessness.
Indeed we know this is true. We
have friends, noble, true men and
kind and good women, who have of
ten done this thing, and contintted
it for the lack of a single word of
caution. Then let the church move
in this matter—let the ministers of
God .Sunday after Sundfg call the
attention of the people, cause them
to pause, to think, and we venture
the assertion that in a short time
such a thing will be unknown in our
midst x
Th conclusion we desire to relate
an anecdote which is absolutely true.
In our early manhood we knew a
young man, born of good family and
brought np almost at the church
door, he had the respect and confi
dence of,all to whom he was known
and was repeatedly held up to us
and others as an example. At a
church fair held in one of our cities
in 1873 at the solicitation of a fair
and lovely young Indy he ,took some
chances at a raffle, was successful.
Six months after that time we saw
him in a gambling hell known by a
gambler’s nick name, he continued to
tread this thorny p. th of life until
some few years ago when he became
a fugitive from justice, and finally
ended his life with poison at a small
town in onr State, and to-day his
mortal remains fill an unknown, bnt
dishonored grave. This man was
my friend, my boyhood companion
Ladies all,eager for the wonderful bargains ■ now offered. This sale,
thanks to the appreciation of tho public is a decided success even beyond
expectation. Wee&n fill tbia- whole page in telling you about the true
fact of the good things we hare instore for yoii. : We prefer, however, that
you should do justice to yourself: ndcorne in to see that what we say can
lie verified. Such an enormous st >ck, such elegant; goods, such a variety
such choice and rare novelties, and. such wonderfully low prices have never
before been seen here., r^j <. *
BLACK D »BSS OOOD&
20 pieces of black dress g3&STl it we shall ptft on selei that' day at the
very low prices of 68c. per yaWT. Kieee goods are worth $Iayard.
130 surplus Newmarkets at verj Jpw prices. Fifty Flush Saqnes at $16,
worth $22. Fifty-six pieces offh 9 lt yery best quality bleached muslin of
the most popular brands Worth 10 iirto 11c. . All will be placed on sale
Tuesday December 18th, Bargain Bay, at 7^c.
PLUSH D a ALL COLORS
Will be sold on Tuesday, Decembi :£'18tb. Bargain Day at 60c. Worth fl*
•shoes; cumft$1 Fy.^NiTup; i( Erro Jr ;
J , bUmm-m
ing, Crockery, Furniture, Etc.
Don’t Delay.ButCome
(i Tuesday, Mftrl
.to grave, that conscience'might
hispla ear, “behold thy work”
m • , ^ . -tj. $A$ vnl| hvuv-vi vuv u vim
ing losses, risks money not his own, i hamfrittM this article withlmt
loses it, and has to flee the country onemotiveordeslre,wlthenmlty to-
toavoid proseeutlon or etandhto tri
al for larceny—but this to as far
itoeaeftoot the otoreto of • 1 p. rae|wl their'thooghte will do
alty, end la of course limited la its thorest. Wnn.
JACOB MICHELSON.
OGLETHORPE
GRANT STREET.
J. R. MINEHAN, Prop’r,
(Successor to II. S. McCrary.)
Me Horses, Buegjr or W&i
gm~A 11 order* for PRAYING promptly at-
tended to. Open daj and night. 'Connected
with Telephone Exchange.
Your My
TO YOUR FAMILY IS TO SECURE
FOR THEM A HOME.
r offering houses and lots in the l... .
ind land near the city for cash or time.
■ hoi '
Cochran avenne, for f 1,01
house, six rooms, on
Fire, Life ani AeeiJeit tarar
ALSO BONDS OP SURETYSHIP.
Apply to W. B. BURROUGHS,
401 Newcastle street
PUTNAM’S
Livery Me!
Corner Mont and Oglethorpe streets y -
MRWd9 ‘
SgfSifltttSCT The Einest Turn-Outs
AND THE BEST SERVICE.
Your order solicited, and satisfaction enema
A. T. PUTNAM,
Wholosnlo and Retail dealers in
BRICK, LATHS and SHINGLES.
• winteoplniitoek of - ‘
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Bed Ash, eat and Chestnut else, and Free-
hum,white Ani*. .
BITIMUNOUS COAL
8teamandfatnllylump, the tatter anitahlo for
grates. • - . t -.;.
■ ‘ WE ABE SOLE AGENTS FOB V
BRUNSWICK BRICK WORKS.
' And ahlotofamistt in any Quantity.
Also keep constantly on hand Nos. lands 8HIN-
GLES, the nix/vo ut market prices. ,Termsth-
variabiyCAMil.
BAY STREET. BiiUNSWICK, GA.
’ ' OF THE:
Oil Reliable Bay Restaaraab
ON THE EUROPEAN VLAN. .
Wliero esn l« found everything the market af
fords, served In sho.t notice. No. if Buy street.
F. JOS. DOERFLINGER.
:—— -7T-—-e
Dr.iB.'McCASKILL,
PERMANENTLY LOCATED AT
ST.SIMONS MILLS, Ga.
Twenty years practical expertene.,
NOTICE
Neither the Captain, owner* ortconsigneeswill
be responsible for any debts contracted by tbe
m : ■ notice.
Neither the Ospiaia. owner* or so.stances will
be reiponsib!* for any eebts contracted by tfco
crew ot tho An*, bark OBiLtc.
OHKasilNAE, Matter.