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The Abbeville Press and Banner. I
BY HUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 18887 VOLUME XXXII. NO. 41,
LAND TAXES !
Office ok Coi'xtv ArmToit,
abbeville C. H., S. C., Jan. lit, lsvx.
In compliance with instkit- ,
tions from tho Comptroller (ioneral, ;:<nl
in obcdionce to requirements of tlio Act
the following is published for the in- l
formation of tlio people.
A. W. JONES,
Auditor. <
An -A-ot, (
to allow dximpuoved lands which
have not been on the tax books
since 1875 to be listed without
penalty. ?
Section 1. Be it enactcd by the Sen- J
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now inet and sitting
in General Assembly, and by authority
of the same, That in all cescs |
whero unimproved land which has not
been on the tax books since the fiscal
year commencing November 1st, 1875, '
and which are not on the forfeited list-, ,
Bhall at any time before the 1st day of October,
1888, be returned to the County t
Auditor for taxation, the said Auditor be, J
and he is hereby, instructed to assess the
same and to enter it upon tho duplicate
of the fiscal year commencing November
i 1st, 1887, with tho simple taxes of that
I year.
Sec. 2. That all such lands as may bo ^
rrturned to the Auditor for taxation be- *
tween the first day of October, 18S8, and
the first chjv of October, 1SS9, shall be as
sessed and charged with the simple taxes
of the two fiscal years commencing re- |
spectively on tho first da}' of November,
1887, and the first day of November. 1SSS.
Sec. 3. That a3 soon as practicable after
the passage of this Act the Cotnptrol- i
ler General is directed to furnish a copjr (
of the same to each Auditor in tlie .Stale,
and the Auditors are required to publish
the 8ame in each of their county papers
once a week fcr three months during the
year 1888, and for the same period of time t
during the year 1S80; and tlie cost of <
such publication shall bo paid by tho
County Treasurer, upon -the order of tho
County Commissioners, out of the ordinary
county tax last collected.
Approved Decomber 19, 1887.
Jan. 18, 188S, 3m
HEW TO THE MARK
LET TI-IE
CHIPS HIT WHO THEY MAY!
FOIt wo have just received another car load
of STOVES, and we are jjolnn to sell regardless
of what our competitors way.
IlOW IS THIS FOR LOW.
Cook Stovos at Jf.oO complete with so pieces. .
Cook Stoves at S10.00 complete with 30 pieces.
Cook Stoves at S12.0H completo with 30 pieces.
Cook Stoves at ?13.00 complete with NO pieces, i
Cook Stoves at SH.00 complete with 30 ploces. \
r'?v?lr Sr??urta nt finmnlcfe with 30 piCC-2S.
Cook Stoves at $16.60 complete with 30 piece*.
Cook Stoves at SIS.00 complete with 30 pieces.
Cook Stoves at 322.00 complete with 30 pieces. 1
Cook Stoves at 345.00 complete with ?) pieces.
Cook Stoves at S27.00 complote with ;?J pieces. .
The largOBt assortment of COOK STOVES I
that have ever been oflcrcd to the people of 1
Abbeville county.
Come now and buy a Stove while you can
get it CHEAP and have a large assortment to
select from. We aiuvrantce every Stow wc sell.
We offer every inducement to CHURCHES
and SCHOOL HOUSES on Heating Stoves.
We carry a full line of STOVEWA RE, such
as POTS. TEA KETTLES, SPIDERS, WAF- I
FLE IRONS, SHEET IRON PANS, 3tc. 1
Potware! Potware!
If we can't sell you a Cook Stove come let us
sell you some old fashioned POTWARE.
OVENS and LIDS. EXTRA LIDS, WASH
POTS, TEA KETTLES.
UD account ui B(iugo nu uniinub cuuuicmiv i
all we do keep in store for you. But come
and eee for yourselves and be convinced that '
we carry the largest stock ot STOVES, TIN.
CROCKERY, GLASS, CHINA and WOODEN
WARE ever offered to the trade of Abbeville
county.
We will furnish CHURCHES with LAMPS
and CHANDELIERS at a small per cent,
above cost and carriage.
We are agent* for the largest and most rc-| ]
Jiablo JEWELRY HOUSE In t'.io United']
States, and will tako pleasure in ordering you
any thing in this line you want. Call and examine
our Illustrated catalogue. r
J. ft. DONNALD, Manager. jj
LOWNDES VILLE
STOVE AND TIN HOUSE, |
Nov. 9,1887. tf *
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N. T. Sassard,!
7 d
STAPLE \
And Fancy Groceries,!
U X <j i-c ss, ;
Tobacco, Confectionery'
ABBEVILLE, S. C. !
Cash Tells the Story. Cull and See.
August 31,1887, Cm !
Seeds ! Seeds ! Seeds !'
ANDItETH'S" CfAKDKN SKKDrt :itt?-r
Ij many years trial haw provod tit'-mselvea
to be not only pure and k"0d, i;ui
adapted to this climate. We have laid in ?
eooa stock of these well known and reliable
SEK1X and are now* prepared jnrnisli itntrade
with any and all kinds. A !;:<>, "i.AlU.Y
RED" and "WHITE siJA'Klt SKIN" Oniou
Hot*. \V. JUKI) .SMITH A SON. ,
Jan. 18,1888. tf
A CAR LOAD OF
New Orleans Molasses !
WE liavc just received SIXTY IVWMtlXK
of different grades of NVw Orleans Mo- i
lasses in liarrcls. Half liarrel* aril K?j:s.
PitvkaKCK of convenient t.izc- and Flmpe for a!l. [
Wo boufcht these t;ooils at tl>e very low|,
prices and propose to give this advantage to
our customers. Thoso In need of a trood and
cheap article in Molasses and Syrups will do
well to give us a call.
W. JOEL SMITH i SUN.
Jan. IS, 1888, tf
Coffins at Mt. Carmel.
J\V. SIGN ling cofllns at Mt. Carmel ?n tho
caro of W. It. POWELL. Tho IIEAUSE
will bo sent from Abbeville when desired.
Jan. d, 1887. it
BENTON W. JONES,
House Painter and Grainer,
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
IS A SUPERIOR \V?U:KMAN Jn his? lino.
J and will do nil PAINTING entrusted to
^1- c.'\re, 1>~. the liot ai:ii ft 1 till.' Most rruioi.iili'v
piia<v.
Hpoclmousol his GRAINING mny bo found
in tlie oiliees of Clerk, Auditor nud Probate
ludue, and at the new Methodist church.
KALSOMINING will be done In tho most
weep table manner.
PAPER HANGING and GLAZING, a epcMalty.
I Dec. 11,1ST, Sm
* -mtmr i\ir <d ti r\ f\
mm i, m
NEW YEAR GREETING I
ft, lit. HADDON & GO,
rAKE THIS METHOD OF EXTENDING
to their patron* and the public their best
.vishes for a prosperous and happy NEW
k'EAIt.
Thanking you for the liberal patronage bcitowed
upon us lu the- past, we promise to
;pare no pains to niorlta liberal share of your
jatronage during the
Y E A E 1 8 8 8.
Very Respectfully,
Et. M. HADDON & CO.
Jun. 4,1888, tf
clothing!
>reai Retelioo, Great Redsctios.
DRICE3 REDUCED IN CLOTHING, SO
I as to put a good SUIT within the roach
>i every one.
MEN'S, YOUTH'S, HOYS and CHILDREN'S
.'LOTH I NO in SUITS and OVERCOATS, at
lie following io>v prices :
Monk's Suits reduced from S22.00 to ?I>.00.
Men a suits reduced from rl^.CO io *'15.00.
Men's Suits rrduced from ?16.00 to .SIS.*)!).
Merrs Suits reduced from ?I3.W to $10.50.
Men's Suits reduced from $10.00 to 37.50.
Men'S Suits reduced from 87.50 to W.00.
Men's Suite reduced from 26.50 to 55.00.
Youth's Suits reduced from ?r4.0i' to ?12.00.
Youth's Suits reduced from 813.00 to ?10.50.
C!..;>U en m ?. > Ms
Youth's Suits vcduced from sio.66 to 87.75.
Boy's Suits rod need from is.'") to Sfl.iio.
ISoy V Suits reduced fr<?in v7.<*> to $3.23.
ChiMron's Suits reduced from S<?.00 to SI.30.
Children's Suits reduced from Sfo.-Vt toS2.7f>.
Children'* Suits reduced from 8<.<i0 to?>2.Jo.
( hildrtu'H Suits reduced from S2.7.; to S2.00.
Oven-oats reduced from 818.<K) to 5J-'3.<Xi.
Overcoats reduced from S15.00 to $12.G0.
overcoats reduced from ?i:i.00 to ?10.00.
Overcoats reduecd from t'a.00 to $7.00
And a great many others too numerous to
ncntion. The abovo prices tiro offered for
COURT WEEK ONLY!
Convince yourself of the above facts by callng
on
P. ROSENBERG & CO,
Jan. 24, liiSS, tf
II Uffll,
COISJ" GAREE
Coumbia. S. C.
Agent for
CHAPMAN'S
PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR
IUIESK WOIiKS WERE EBTABLLSAKD in
1647 by Messrs. Goo. Sinclair and James Anerson
ami "purchased by ino in the year lb06, and
rum that time till now carried on successfully by
v, st lf. My friend* and customers will bear witness
l'the largo ami stupendous jobs executed by :no. It
I'd: at my works whore the largest and almost only
i.b of its class ever executed in this city was done
iz.: the making of the pipes for the City Water
Vorks in the yoai l^iS.
My stock of patterns for ARCHITECTURAL
VwiiK, COLTMNS for Store fronts, is large and
arious, and in RAILINGS for Ralconies, Gardens,
nd ('eim.-terieh I have the mrceft variety and triobt
iiodertl patterns; many of thewe are patented and I
iavc purchased the right for this State.
In the machine line I can furnish my patrons with
'TEAM KNUlJiES awl liUILRKS 01 anv Hire ur.u
lesciiidion. My CIliCULAK SAW MltLS have
arried utf the prize at every Sttte Fair held in tliib
it}*, and in their construction I have taken pains to
on i bine simplicity with the most useful modern ImTovcinents,and
may llattvr myselftbut my CIUCU*AU
SAW MILLS findfavor withevery biwyer who
tnder.nund* his busineoo.
Thi* inanv orders I am utoa lily receiving for Sl.*!AK
l.'AJffc MILL?! prove th'il the public appreciate
i.fiuiile of inv maUi', and *o it ir> with my ItKAlJNO
for HOUSE l'OWEUS. (JIN WHEELS, Gill ST
JILLS niid other MACHINERY.
I h.ivo tlio manufacturing rk'hUnf many PATENTS
such ns cabtinss for t'OTTOS AN1? HAY
I'KKSSES, HAWLEY CORN SHELLER and three
>rf.,.ur KEKI> <! UTTERS nnd other implements.
I will be pleased to send my circulars to any appli ant.
ii.^other with price lie.1 i>r estimate. My price#
ire moderate, and I ansinc the public that tiiey arc
owcr even than those of Northern manufacturers, and
ilmt in v Wf.rlc u 'll <><i:ni>iir<> fftvorahle with that of *11V
>tu*r uiiifcor. Address
John Alexander,
f *<?>'<; AJ.hr. W i'.jk.s, ("oiuiulda, fs. C.
Do You Ride Horseback?
t F km vi- nrc ;>ivj>:mi! to show yon tl:o in*-?*1
e-t ?i(? k and hi*; vari.vy ol SS.\ l)l>I.HK
i<vor opened In Abbeville. We menu thisund
will convince you that It is true, if you will
>!vo us a look. We have, every grade, it lml
und price from the eiivajii-st wagon to tiio celebrated
Kentucky Spring Seat Ask to sou
i>ur ffceial! K'?.'''I KX AS KKJv: and "OFNCINL-;
KENTFi.'KY sl'KINC SKAT.'
Also, a fine hit of S \111)I<F. HI.ANKF.TS,
KIDINC and ilLIN'H BUI bl.FS. MAHTINUAI.KS.
RKINS. I.INKS. STIKKFl' LhATlli:iis.
plain Mini covered sTIUfilTS, IIAUNKsS,
and any and i-vi?rything in this line.
<inr stock ol COI.l.AHS is oonmlrte. I Sent
wol-siiU'ii. good, medium and clunip leafhor;
Liiurk.iVi''
W. .1010, S3IITU i .->U.\.
Jun. .J. 3SSS, tf
"\V. C. .Moore,
House Painter, Paper Hanger & Glazer,
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
ALL work promptly find sfttinfuctoilly done.
Leave onliTH with Dr.Penney, Mr.Speed
or 31r. Chalmers. [Jan. 24, 1888, tf
Bridge Notice!
fJiHK contract for bulldlnga bridge over LltI
i le Itivcr nt WAHDLAw'B. will be let to
the lowest Indoor on SATURDAY, the 25th of
FKHlll'AHY next ill 11 o'clock A. M. nt
bridge.
Specifications made known at the time of
1.. tt! :m.
A! the same time and place the contract for
constructing a CAUSKWAY on public road
near the bridpe will bo awarded to the lowest
bidder. >V. D. MANN,
Jan. :$<?, 1SS\ 3t Commissioner.
Hamburg Edgings
At VA, 2, 2\i, 5, c, 7, 8,10 and 15 cents.
21 6heets ot paper and 2-1 euvelopes for 5
cents.
Five load pencils for 5 cents.
12 Blatc pencils for 5 cents.
1 q u 1 re good pnper 5 cents.
1 composition book. IS pages, for 5 cents.
Handkerchiefs 2'*, 5 and 10 cents.
Beautiful lace pins ;> and ^
Feb. 1,1SS3, tf
For Sale !
TWENTY PAIRS OF CHOICE BRED PIGS
1 sired by tho magnificent P. C. Boar,
"GLADSTONE."
10 pairs at 85.00 por pair.
10 n.iirK nt. ?10.00 Der nair.
W. P. WIDEMAN,
W. P. ADDISON.
Troy, S. C., Feb. 1,1838, lm
W. J. SMITH. J. ALLEX SMITH. AUG. W. SMITH.
AUG. W, SMITH & CO
DEALERS IN
MULES AND HORSES!
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
WILL HELL STOCK CHEAP FOR THE
cash, or will make low terms ou credit.
Will guurantce all stock to bo as represented,
and mean to do a square and fair business.
Call and see uh at an early date. Have a
large stock of MULES on hand.
Feb. 1, 1888, tf
" APPORTIONMENT
' OF THE
PURLIC SCHOOL FUND
FOR 1888.
T^HE following is the amount of money of
the Public School Fund to bo distributed
by the* Boards of Trustees of the School Districts
ot Abbeville county for the year 1888.
T? if onrl rnnnlrnd t.hflL t.hft
Trustees will give cftcli school Its share of tho
Hcliool Fund regardless of the time of the
opening of tho school.
District No. 1 81,150 00
District No. 2. 1,500 00
District No. 8 1.200 00
District No. 4 9SO 00
District No. H 1,150 00
District No. 0 S50 00
District No. T 1,000 00
District No. 8 000 00
District No. I) 1,050 00
District No. 10 740 00
District No. II 1,450 00
District No. 12. 800 00
District No. 13 825 00
District No. M 810 00
District No. 15 1,100 00
District No. 10 1,250 00
The Trustees will bo carel'ul not to overdraw
on the amounts apportioned.
Respect/iilly, E. COWAN,
School C'om'r A. C.
Inn "1 ISSft. If ftnlium CODV.
Of Kentnoky University,LEXIISTOM, It
TjjBjIeSf O JCV J WORLD
Cheapest^ ^|mi*
Illghent Ha?or *nd Cold Mf^<u"oTaTiiiIoStf ColUgw.
?t th? World'* Exposition, for Sj?um of B*ok4??|llf
?o<l General Uuptluen* KducaUon. 6000 OrmdaatM la
H??i?nu- 10 Tnmcbert emoloTtd. Oott of Fall BulieM
Coonc. Including Tuitlofi. fiullonenr and Board, about (M.
Sbort-IIund, TyM-WrfUn* ul Telegraphy, apMlalUe*.
So Vttealion. Enter Now. Graduate* Goaraatctf
sncoeaa. Ifor olroulu* addrui
W. K. SMITH, Pro. !, LcximyUa, Sf
25 Sets Harness
? UST RECEIVED.
I tl J. S. HAMMOND 4 CO.
Jan. 21,1888, tf
We are Sole Agents
i:?OH Till? "ELECTRIC" CUTLERY. Scls.1
.Mors, Shvt.rs, Razors .and KnivcB; abeolutfly
tl'O best goods ever offered to customers.
Jt tin- ladies will give the "Electric"
Shears and Scissors and the gentlemen the
"Electric" Razors a trial they will not have
any thins else. Lookout for our handsome
"Kloctrlc''show ease on the right, aa you en
tor our store.
W. JOEL SMITH & SON.
Jail. 5. 18S7, tf
Get the Best.
WARRANTED for 5 years. The New High
Arm Davis. Vertical Feed Sewing Machine.
No one else allowed to ?ell them In
Abbeville county. Wrlto to me for prices. I
sell the New Domestic, the New American.
The U.-st Snorm Sewing Machine Oil, Needles.
Arc., for all Machines. I offer the best and
etieapest stock of Furniture, Cofllns, &e., in
the county. HENRY J. KINARD, Agt,
March 30, 1X87,12m Ninety-Si*, a. 0.
DR. G. A, NEUFFEE,
Physician and Surgeon,
abbeville, 8. c.
Medicine and surgery practiced in
nil their branches. Calls from the country
promptly answered. Office at Speed's
L)rug store. IU)om at Central Hotel.
Jan. 11, lS&s 12m
To Teachers.
TIIE PRIMER OF PHYSIOLOGY and HY(.11
EXE can be had of the School Commissioner
at Abbeville. Price 40 cents.
Teaohers will be exumlned on this branch of
study at the next examination, and It will bo
well lor them to take notice of the fact at
once. E. COWAN,
School Commissioner.
Dec. 21,1887, tf Medium copy.
L, WARDLAW SMITH,
I . . . . T
_A.ttorn.ey at Law,
ABHEVILLE, S. C.
\V,LL practice In LT. S. Ktate Courts.
Jan. 4, lS^S.
For Five Cents Apiece.
l Thirty lootclotlios lino.
1 Ijujjo box blacking.
1 Quart cup.
1 liuart tll|)p??r 1 Uottle shoe polish.
1 I.iujroslato. 1 Tea bell.
I I'ackau*' smoking tobacco.
< 1 To.1 ct.iliw.i
1 l oircc pot stand. 1 Cake pan.
2 Pic plates. 1 Hammered mug.
1 Tin pan. 1 Egg wliip,
('? Lamp wicks. 1 Large spoon.
1 Lamp chimney. 1 Mutch safe.
2 Bars laundry soap. 1 Dust pan.
1 Large cake toilet soap 1 Bcruo brush.
1 Lb starch, large luran 1 Lamp burner,
10 Different pieces of glaiswara.
1 Yard olfuuic. 2 Large boxes blueing.
12 Sal'oty piiiH, 2 I'apcra pins, 1 Paper plus.
2 Papers needles.
At E. A. TEMPLETGUT8.
The Driwknr<rn Child, or. Out in the C
Snow. "
Father, please dou't drive me out in the i
street, t
There, among strangers, no pity to meet; a
Mee how poor mother is weeping; O. pray, t
Father, for her fake, don't drive mc away.
You never speak kindly, vour looks arc so (
wild:
O, smiio as you used to upon your poor t
child. ,
Dear father, have pity; don 't tell mo to go '
Out In the streets to-night out In the snowRagged
and hungry, alone In the street, F
Walklug about in the cold and the sleet. 1
Wild !h the tempest, I've no where to go, c
What will bccomo of me, out in the snow 1 j
Drink no more, father, when I go in the t
street. c
I am treated with scorn by those whom I ^
moot. t
Why are you always bo cruel and wild t
Have you no Jove ror your poor wire ana
child? 1
Our home 1r so dreary ; O, father, Just think.
You took our last penny for something to
drli k,
And now In my hunger you force roe to go
Begging again to-nlglit out In the snow. ?
Cease to abuse mo, I'll do as you say. j
But first let me kneel by my mother and
pray? t
Don't strike me; I'll go, but my heart's full a
of pain d
For I feel that I never shall seo you again. 0
O, let me klt<s mother, heartbrokeu aud y
lone?
Who, who will care for her after I've gone? 9
If I freeze In the streets nobody will know v
Who the poor wanderer Is, dead In the snow.
0, drink no more father, just look at my I
feet, t
All frost bit and bleeding I can't go In the h
sireet. ?
ODE DANGER AND 01 DUTY.'l
H
t:
WORDS OF SOBERNESS, AND JLRQU1IENTS ?
WHICH MUST CARRY. CONVICTION.
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A Strong: and Able Appeal to the Con* v
N^lencen of Good Men and Women t
In Every Part of the Country?The ?
Legality of Prohibition In Proved c
The Dnty of the Citizen ia Made C
Perfectly Clear. |
N(ishville Christian Advocate. s
At the recent session of tho North ^
Georgia Conference the Committee on [
m A n UO.^aa/I T\ TV 1
AUIIliJUraiiUUf iwy? VJ, i>. x/.} j;
Chairman, submitted, and tho Confer- t
ence adopted, the strong report printod ^
below. It may well be accepted by the g
Church as her answer to tho pleadings of s
the saloon power. Our readers will not *
begrudge the space we give to this pow- *
erful paper, but will find it exceedingly a
interesting reading: 1
PROHIBITION VIOLATES NO NATURAL ?
LAW OR LEGAL RIOHT. jj
The country is to be congratulated upon c
tho recent decision of the Supreme Court 8
of the United States touching tho right of ,
the Stnto Governments to prohibit tho
sale ot intoxicating liquors. Ilerotofore, a
as all informed people know, the 8u- ?
preme Court has asserted the principle un- jderlying
its recent deliverence upon tho ^
subject, but tho recont decision, affirming c
the right of the state to aooiisn cue nquor-traffic
without liability for damages,
just as it may abate any other nuisance or J
hurtful trade, takes away the last vestige 1
of defense to the traffic, 011 the ground of ?
so-called inalienablo or constitutional
rights. This last decision makes tho po- 1
sition of tho prohibitionists as strong as F;
tho supremo law, interpreted by our high- Jj
est court, can make it. Hereafter, those J
who know tho law, unless they Intend to J1
deceive tho people, will not assert that *
prohibition violates any sort of natural v
or other rights recognized by the Consti- c
tution and in harmony with the genius of a
our institution. Certainly no lawyer who ?
respects himself or his profession will, in v
tho faco of tho decision of tho Supreme F
Court, horoafter argue the national and 11
constitutional rights of the liquor-trafllc. F
MEN DO NOT NEED LICENSE TO FOLLOW t
ORDINARY AVOCATIONS. E
2
The Supreme Court needs no backing t
from prohibitionists, yet it is a happy 1
circumstance that its late decision com-|t
mends itself to the common sense or lay- e
raon as well as to the judicial opin- A
ions of men learned in the law. Men do fc
not need the permission of Govomment i
to pursue the ordinary avocations of life, p
The carpenter, the blacksmith, the farm- 6
er?these do not need "license" to work; 1,
it is not a legal, it is a natural right; it is v
inalienable because God gave it. But, in \
our own, as in every civilizod country, ?
the dealer in intoxicants must first secure fc
permission of the Government before he r
can sell; the license of the Jaw dilFer- s
ences this from natural rights; itisartifi- g
cial; it is the gift not of natural but of r
human law. The decision of the Su- \
preme Court amounts to this: society has r
a divine right to protect itself, and what- c
ever it may givo that it may withhold or j
witnoraw.
PROHIBITIONISTS IN GOOD COMPANYEVILS
WHICH MAKK PROHIBI#
TION NECESSARY.
In a report on temperance and prohibition,
it is relevant to allude to the evils of
drunkenness and the perils of the drink
habit, f?r these evils and these porils
make prohibition necessary. The liquor
people and their defenders are wont to
sneer at the argument of prohibitionists
as the ravings of fanaticism, and, unfortunately,
some who favor prohibition
shrink under the accusation. Let them
take courage ; they aro in good company,
and, as to the opinions they hold as to the
evils of drunkenness, they aro in a very
lopora mainrif.v.
"--J?J .
TESTIMONY AGAINST THE DRINK HABIT. '
I
At this place it is well enough to intro- <
duce the verdicts of some who can not bo i
put aside as fanatics. Such quotations t
might easily fill a large volume; atton- I
tion is now asked to only a few. i
The London Time..v says : "The use of j
strong drink produces more idloness,
crime, want, and misery than all other I
can sea nut together." Governor Dix, of 1
New York, vetoing a local option bill, I
takes occasion to say : "Intemperance is ]
the undoubted cause of four-fifths of the i
pauperism, crime, and domestic misery f
of the Stat?."
With Gov. Dix agree all judges, magis- trates,
keepers of prisons, directors of ]
hospitals, superintendents of asylums <
for the insane, and all others who have to I
do with the crimes and the miseries of :
men. Charles Buxton, member of the
British Parliament, and a noted English |
brewor, says: "If wo add together all i
the miseries pone rated by war, famine, i
and pestilence?the threo great scourges I
of mankind?they do not exceed those ]
fmm this calnmitv." Mr. i
MI(U> r?|/i nifc, I "... ?
Bruce, Home Secretary tinder the Glad- 1
stone ministry, says; "Intemperance is ]
not only a creat evil, but the prreatest of
nil evils with which tho social reformer <
has to contend." j
HUT FEEBLE EXPRESSIONS.
Every man who knows past history and i
1)18 own tunes unuursuuiun limb
slatenionls are but feeble expressions of
tlio truth of things as to this horrible 1
evil. Our danger is in our familiarity i
with the appalling facts of the case: w*e 1
say theso things are all true, nnd go on as
our fathers did, in a sort of dumb despair.
Such statements do notstartle us, because
we knew them before we heard them ; we
havo all said theso things to ourselves.
Of tho mental and moral habits that make
it possible for some men to be stupidly j
culm in tho knowledge of such thiugs,
/oloridgo says in one place very aptly:
'Truths, of all others the most awful and
nteresting, are too often considered so
rue that they lose all tho power of truth,
.ud lie bed-i-idden in tho dormitory of
he soul, sido by side with the most
lospised and exploded errors."
In dealing with tho saloon?and in tins
liBcussion the word is now used as ro>rescnting
tho entire traffic in intoxi:ants?tho
thing most to be feared is the
>eoplc do not fear it. They are used to it.
Is soldiers in wai; look on wounds, and
leath till they grow hard of heart, so
he people have become bo familiar with
he plague of drunkenness that it has besome
commonplace. They, do not feel
vhat they see. or truly understand what
liey know?that it ruins all it touches.
:he drink habit cannot be prevented
while the saloon exists.
The evils of drunkenness furnish the
irgument for the necessity of prohibition
or two reasons that can not be gainsaid.
?irst, allowing that some drinking begins
and goes on independently of the
aloon. it is yet substantially true that the
Irink habits that issue in drunkenness
iriglnatein the saloon and are. fostered
>y it Secondly, long experience demontrates
that these evils can not be pre ented
while the saloon exists.
Tt. I<a an old stnrv. As f'Ar ha/^lc as lfWfi
>ly mouth colony, recognizing the relation
letween drinking places and drinking
labits, from an instinct of self-preservaion,
enacted a feeble sort of statute seekog
to regulate and restrict the trade in
ntoxicahts. For 251 years sooiety, in
lesitating and irresolute sort of way, has
one on enacting regulative and res trie-,
ive statutes, every one of which 1b bot-.
omed upon the recognized evils that flow
orth from the liquor-traffic. It is enough
-this 251 years of effort to protect sooielfry
iy statutes that protect the liquor-traffic
atber than the peonle. Such..efforts-are
ain and worse, for license gives the sancion
of Government to a traffic that
Christian conscience condemns as esseninllv
evil, and so. bv the force of custom..
aade possible by statute lawandgrowiug
ut of it, educates the people tocall "evil
;ood and good evil." Few worse eafattnties
can oorne upon a people than to use
tatute law so as to forget or despise diine
law. Yet it is just this calamity the
teople have brought upoir themselves;
hoy have, by giving, through license,
aws, tho sanction of Government to what
hey know to be evil, confounded their
ense of right and wrong. But this they
iave done with a sort of protest of concience;
they have pleaded with theraelves,
as condonement for deliberate
vrong-doing, that their license-laws were
egulative, restrictive, preventive, and in
hemselves tended to protect society
gainst an evil that society itself made
egal. To such logic have we come! As
hildren, half in play and balf in earnest,
nd not afraid in their ignorance, might
[ravely pile up little sand-heaps, imagind
to be dykOH against a swelling and
,ngry sea!"
It i3 doubtless the purpose of this corieronce,
in ordering a report on teraperincoand
prohibition, not simply to delare
its own positions (that it has done
>efore this time), but to do something toward
fostering right opinion and sentiuent
among the people.
What, then, does the saloon cost us ?
We begin on the lowest plane?that of
noney values. The lowest reputahle esimate
of the direct drink-bill of this
ountry is ?600,000,000 per annum ; countng
what goes for imported as well as
Lmericrn intoxicants, the hignest estinato?anjl
it is made with good reason?
9 8900,000,000. This is not all, or most,
rho bill for "consequential damages"
nust come in, and it more than doubles
he figures already named. What is lost
o drunkards ana drinkers in earning
apacity; what society has to pay for indequate
protection against crimes that
riginato In drink and drnnkenness;
k hat it costs to support the multitudes
nade helploas through waste and disease,
ssuing from the drink habits of the peoilo;
what is lost to legitimate business?
11 this added together, as the highest auhorities
show, costs the American peo>le
nearly 32,000,000,000 gear by year.
iucu ugures dqhko us uizzy?as uiubo
bat toll the distances of the fixed stars.
All this is wasted and worse. It is idle
o answer that the makers and the dealrs
get it and it remains in the country.
Vho are theso men who reap so vast a
laryest out of the homes of the people,
impoverishing millions that they. may
;row rich T All told, there are Jess than
00,000 men engaged in the liquor traffic;
ess than one to every one hundred of the
rhole population. And to these the
vhole people pay this tribute of nearly
2,000,000,000?a larger sum than any
larbario conqueror ever wrested from
avished and desolate Home. As well
ay, because swindling lottery gamblers
;row rich the monoy of their victims is
lot . wasted, what goee for naught is
vasted, no matter where it goes. There is
lo offset against this tremendous bill of
:oits ; there is nothing to show for it; for
ntoxicants neither create energy nor add
o it; they do not increase skill; they are
lot productive; iney are oui aoatrucive.
This bankrupt tax is levied on the
vhole people?not the drinking people
ilone. For what goes to this hurtful and
vasting traffic is so much taken from
leeful business; the dollar spent for
Irink is a dollar less for food, for clothes,
or homes, for education. This tax is
said to death?not to life.
Weak men who do not know, ah re wed
sen who care only for their own gains,
alk of "hurting business" if we close
jaloons. The statement is false; liquor;rafflo
is not business.
What is "business?" It is the sum toal
of a whole people'a useful industries
-1 ovnKanaraa Thfl nilftli
iLJU lO^iuiuaw amv
tying words are introduced because real
business does not include products that
ire harmful or exchanges that are with>ut
equivalents?else. dynamite bombmaking
for Haymarket massacres and
secret and associations would bo manufacturing,
and gambling would be trade. As
well class vampires with useful animals
is to call the liquor-traffic business.
The liquor-traffic Is a storm center in
finance as well as in politics and morals.
We seom to live in a period of contradictions.
It is a period of productive enterprise
in all directions; the world was
never so busy, never worked so hard, or
so efficiently, never earned as much.
Labor never earned so good wages;
wages never could buy so much or the
raniiv imnrl thinora of life as now. Yet
jufforing increases, and so do tho discontent
and ang?r that follow suffering
u;<1 procode titanic outbreaks of violence.
Wo noed not go theorizing to find explanations
when astim equal to one-third
->f the whole annual profits of all business
and earnings of all labor is wasted
Tor drink and lost by its issues. Nine
liundred millions for drink and more for
Jamages; these are not leaks in a dam?
Lhey are crovasses. When the Mississippi
is at high How inundations follow.
Not every wrong that pinches labor is
ilue to tho saloon ; labor naaajuat complaint
against exacting and oppressive
monopolies". But if labor were free from
[lie death-tax paid to tho saloon, every
nth or wronc could be remedied or borne.
ri' what wago-earners waste in saloons
wore used to buy useful things, hard
times would cease, business would have
in it such life, health, and equilibrium
that not even tho desperate gamblers oi
Wall Street could organize a panic.
ANY BAK-ROOX A.BIOGBR HAN IN POLITICS
THAN,ALL THE CHUXCHE8.
What does tho naloon cost tho country
in politics and govormont determined
by politics? This ie a large theme; il
can only be touched upon here. To state
fully the power of the saloons in politics i
requires a knowledge of the eyil thing i
.and its ways that no honest man can
have. The saloons know their power,
and use it to the utmost that opportunity
allows. Some years ago a bar-keoper in
Richmond, Va., heard some talk of a
reform movement in municipal politics.
By instinct of self-preservation the saloon
springs to arms at the mere thought :
of reform, and the Richmond saloonist
.laughed to soorn the fears of the moro
timid, affirmed unshaken Caith in his god;
"Any bar-room In Richmond is a bigger
:man in politics than all the churches i
put together.'" A leading Southern Senator,
who is not a pronibitionist, and
who vot?d against the insolent demand#
or tne wnlskey rrag, saidto mo in tne
Senate, gallery la Washington, three winters
ago:. "Men talk or the. power of
banks, of railroads, and of other corporations
in Congressinoal lobbies; but I tell
'.you the hardest thing to stand up against
here is the liquor ring."
. Seeing what the liquor power has accomplished
in national, State, and municipal
legislation and administration, how it
challenges the respectftil -attention and
inspires the complaisant fears of the great
parties, audhasalways done it; how-it
manipulates municipal government,
whether in the great cities or small villages
; how it packs, legislature, town
councils, and juries; bow it subsidizes
twhat newspapers it wants (or when it can
toot hire, sets up its own); how desperately
hard it resists^ fighting for its own with
satantc skill ana audacity tbat m a good
cause would be magnificent; and how of*
itea and completely it wins?there seem
ito be reaaou in the senator's conclusion
5as well truth in the bar-keeper's assertion.
TTo sum it up in a wor4?<the saloon eonr
trols the marketable balance of power in
politics. And therelwould rise op in the
great, true hearts or the oppressed people
w holy and quenchless fire of consuming
indignation if only once they really knew
the evil and pitiless power that presses its
iron hand nard against their throats.
'Dealing with the beat liberties of the people,
the saloon, is as remorseless as the
' East Indian thug.
The- imfiuence of the liquor power in
politics should not surprise us. It is riob,
it fiehts for a great stake, and its vote is
solid. Its gains are so enormous that it
can afford to spend vast sums for the
votes and favors it needs. Its vote-compelling
gold is used by shrewd men, ripe
in evil wisdom; they are unscrupulous,
and hesitate at nothing they dare?proud
in conscious power, and relying upon
the depravity of human nature, they will
dare most things. As long as men- are
weak or wicked the liquor-traffio will
buy or compel what it wants.
Our tyrant has every opportunity! the
universal diffusion of the saloon secures
nn onllnn infaraafAsl nnH nntant allv in
every preeinct. Elective affinities |bring
to the saloon and vrithin the circle of its
dpspotic power the very men it wants?
the men who cast their ballots with the
loast intelligence, the least conscience,
and for the lowost price. A pauper
drunkard who can stand up long enough
to deposit his ballot counts as much as
the Bishop or the Chief-justice. This
statement does not revile our American
Sriuciple of universal suffrage, but it
oes snow how necessnry it is to :guard
with ceaseless vigilance and unflinching
courage ?o great a power from perversions
so easily accomplished and from insults
so utterly destructive of all thara
good in our institutions.
THE DANGER THAT THEATHN8.
Tf to nnlwnnotAm fhttf-. m<fls t.tlA OTlst
ence of the saloon possible in a free country.
If from the beginning our nation
had been free from the liquor-traffic's
Sower in politics, and it should come
own upon us in a day, it would convulse
the people with indignant and expulsive
tenergr. Every country neigborhood
would rise in wrath against the mortal
foe of good government. A million foreign
soldiers, landing it Fortress Monroe
and marching on the capital, would
not shock or stir the people more profoundly.
If done for the first time, no
community, great or small, would recognize
or submit to any election for any
office, or upon any question, conducted
Sunder the auspices and determined by
the power of the saloon. But we do sub*
mit to such things?submit without a
word or consciousness of our bondage.
1 It cannot be necessary to dwell upon
the relations of the liquor-traffic to the
morale of the peoplo. As well repeat the
tnultiplicalton table as to argue here that
the saloon fosters every vice and ware
upon every virtue of which human nature
is capable. The vilest vender of
intoxicants knowt this, and when be
speaks the truth he does not deny it.
The saloon recognizes its evil nature; it
'never pleads any good it does as a reason
for its existence; it has absolutely but
'one motive? money-getting. It lives
'upon the vices and weaknesaof men, and
makes mon weak.and bad thatitmayextend
its track and increase its gains.
< Its areoil is as insatiable as the grave,
'It adulterates the poison it Bella with
'drugs yet more deadly, and makes the
thirst of its victims a more animal rage
that overturns the^reason, sears the conscience,
and paralyzes the will.
| THE PERILS OF THE TIMKS.
! What is universally true of tho liquortarffice
in its relations to publio and private
virtue, becomes more alarming on
'account of certain peculiar conditions in
our national Hfe at the present time. It
la not too much to say that we live in a
4ime when opportunity is only equaled
'hv Hi a nnrila that come with it. The
"country is growing rich and populous as
no country ever grew before. Thousands
upon thousands of foreigners come every
year to our shores, among thorn some of
'the excellent of the eartb, and they are
welcome; but there are many other thousands
who bring to America only evil."
They are re-enlorcementa to evils that
alreadly curse us, and by instinct join
.forces with the saloon as soon as they pass
the doors of astle Garden. In the North
and West the worst element in this foreign
life gives to the saloon a large increment
of evil influence. In this evil clemnnt
nf fornicrn life are the cerma of
anarohy and all the disorders that grow
.out cf atheism.
MILLIONS OF NEGROES THE STEADY
CUSTOMERS OE THE SALOON.
In the Southern State are more than six
.millions of negroes; most of thorn are
; .very ignorant and very poor. From the
time of their emancipation the saloon has
sought to fostor in thorn drinking habit*,
i Its success has been as groat as it has been
easy, and to-day in the South the saloon
finds steady customers in the ignorant of
this unhappy race. In their deep poverty
they buy the cheapest and therefore
the worst liquors, and reap with short delay
all the evils of drunkenness.
liere me exception illustrates, n it noes
jiot prove, the rule. In the reccnt election
In Fulton county every precinct save
one voted with the saloon. The press re.
porter felt called upon to explain to the
i country why South Bend District alone
voted to close the bar-rooms. In this
district, he said, "located Clark Univer
sity, a college for colored people, and tliey
i voted for prohibition." Asa rule every*
i where the uneducated voto is anti-prohii
bition. Judge tho power of tho saloon
i in Southern politics, imperiled by so
f great aud ignorant a colored voto, made
stronger for ovil by the shameful illiteracy
of tens of thousands of white men.
TUB EN BUY 18 OLD ANDBTROMO.
What are we to do ? There is but one
' answor; in all right ways we must light
I tho liquor power wherover and whont
over we liud it. Tho eud seek is deliver
anco from thefem-se of tfranksnness. Aw
not only helpful bat" hidtopeowMe^ "
this end, we purpose' th* prohibition-of ;
the sale of intoxicatinglkpnors, This can?
not be done in a day, or < by the ahort-Hved
enthusiasm of a hot campaign*. Oar
enemy is old, and he is strong... It may ' 1
take a long timo. We moat use all the .
resources we now command, and diligently
gather more for future. contests..
ONLY THE GRAC? OF-GOD CAJt.&aWraa&'
!' First; second, and last; "we- nrnst teach
not only theTightof<pt&iibttltm- -*ad the
iniquity-of the liq'uar-tralfteVwe ?o?t
also teaob the.evils-/of draiitawiw? 'Siuc ?
merely the infirmity and the disNMrraf j
it, but the sin ol it. And -we oMMt Iraih
them the peril of the. drink^-habit Hrrlf
We must teach our.people .not--ooly-4bsiwaste
of drunkenness, bat the spiritual
a cam idottoiiows it, nor matt we forget- -J
to show to those who are in the cott* or
this deadly tin tbatonlvtbefcrwwof Odd
igivea ?M(uance of denvweet*?md *irr
m a ?t elKMr theei thafc*he gfoep*>et ^wer
Christ can save unto the u tier moat nam i.
wave even vicilma-oi dwmU?? >' *
i' We must use all .(wportnuUiaa-aiiA.
agencies that In themaalyaa *re^righjjr4?i
Khd pulpit and on the platform* toxolam*
aad pamphlet and newspaper, id.the dajf- .' . 3
school and In the SiratFay-sohoote above
all Id the family, wemnstteaoh thetrflttr"
tin all thai belGitg?to the aabjert.
i Your committae. in behalf'
ference, desire at thifrplMBM (W
Tight and doty -of every ??ut!
Christian maty womsiy aaA ?bUd?^by
tight methods, to, seek-the auppm?ion
bf the liquor-traffic..
woen^wpww'
been done In th? -work' of' prohibition.
through their instrumentality. We bid' 3
Ihem-Qodspaed; --writtftif to-lriartr thdr
good sense sod modesty to -gMffl'thtfte*'
against methods unl>ecoming to theerimd'
liarmful to the oaaaey^nd agmwt tha t?-, ,
"policy of enUpgtoawol .wlth-iothwft?*
extraneous issuea. -
' . . *? 'US
THE PREACHER'S DUTY TO TAKB'SSPftb*'
TIVK*A.Wr.
! Your committee muataempbasiaa
right of Christian miniatacs' to -take an.
active part in the prohibition movement
of onr times. Webelieve that they, yr ill. j
doGod's work in the* saving of BOuig.'
We have heardthe imprecation*' of
kindly men; they^SonotU
may trust onr pro totems -to -kaw w 4ha>r
own business better than the saloonstM^I
and-to be quiteas-mrmh ioo?<i?aiiknipia serving,
their.. mlttisteraV hoojty*Oqy ~ -y
preachers are not. lnte??edfllar?.whi?r
.they seek to accomplish,,. prohibition
They are not poiiteians in any iMnae that'
carries odium with the'term when they
seek to persnadothe" people?i? vote for
prohibition.
We can make-uo-peaoe wilk-the jwlaonji
nay, we can make no tecma with iL -Itia;
evil, only evil, aud that oontinsalkL^.It .
is the natural (tnnmv ftf thu <*r?nf rnnui
and principles that liave evolved andtthftt
sustain our civilization^ It . litter,
Sabbath because-good .Christian- ooa?; 1
science and go6d<>puhii?. polky HmataMi < $&
Sunday liquor-wiling ttiegal*ndj>??*?fc?*
able. It is the enemy of the bommfStr
when boys are contented /at- bome-'tbqp
will not spend their time nnd eaon*y>iQ-tka
saloon. J t is the enemy ot od a cauon riox
education abridges.its powet to delude.
r.hn nflnnlft. Tf. in tho anomw nt '#!*?'
Church, for religion does not patronize It . *v
or make peace with it. It far the etremjrof
the Bible, for it is the i aspiration "of-atrf-V
movement that enlightens, ligtifct,ap?m&<t
makes free its viotims.
THE WAR MUST GO ON ..TO VXOCOAgf*.
) WK WILL HA9D DOW* *0 OCB OHtt- ,
DREW1 A -CAUSB -WHICH OAKMMKK)
On no good ground can we make pewe
with the liquor-traffic. This warmiut
go on till the end. Great progress-- has
been made?there is greater befars ?.
To our brethren who have saetee**
In closing the drink-shops w? tstuter
congratulations; to those.W?4Wledw?
say, Be of good choer; organic dar-mU. v
other and better planned- battle. WtUfl
them.: make no compromiseacr-prMa 4he
battle to the^jatos. Tma other atord we#aj
to all onr Deople in this holr.waecfi* ?
calm as ycu are earne?t. UWMr -mmm*
only; you can not figbt tb?-de*J?w1tte'
firo?he is master in bis native elembftt^
Oar cause needs not the;'langtisg96f passion
; maledictions are not argatnenta^Of
all men we oan not afiferd to be bfetorHn
spirit, nn fair in argnRMO^ or oor rapt-tat
tbe use of means- Wa- mast ?gbt -*pm9>
battle?onethat wa may pray oreiVMadh
that our Lord will-bless.
Tbe war will oatiaafor Aifa^Uraa^hi'
i t so. We will fight to tbe and* anffinjA?
uown lo oar cimarea a cause lat* wo
not die. And always and er erywljSrato
this holy war let as remember Wbo*;!*
the Captain of oar boat, mad seek ttfrtfo.
the things -that..are always ,plewUa<>M
him. With bim leading our boelm*- cannot
fail.
RESOLUTIONS JRECOMMMTMP.. w
Your committee submit 4ht
resolutions, i
Resolved, 1. That the JSTorttavQiargli
Annual Conference smew pladgseilaelti
to the doctrine of ihe^robiumoiL by law
of the traffic in intoxieatinglliiaoza. + ~
2. That.we pledge ourselvaa $o do
what we can to secure effl&entprobttff-'
tlon within oar borders.
3. That, in order to sec we this* insult,
we wtH continue to teachroar peep)*
be the Bible doctrines ooneorMB# '
ponia 01 aram-arin*mg nans ns ww
ruin of drunkenness.
ib i mi - ::*
An old farmer employed? a~aao*??af
Erin to work for hlro-oa irfto4uafc*
Pat was constantly <*ispiaote?rilM ?tfd
boards on the ea rt-+-thefroat board ^HR
hind and the tate'boanh fa 'lroniw
which made-the oWge?lf!eina?Ts*3r.
irritable. To prevent blonder, >h
solved to distinguish.' each" bo?r#-br
some sign or notioe thereon. AeoowK
ingly he painted on bothfeoaidawiaif*
"B;" then calletfPat te bim audabeww
inchim th# board*, he sahH^N?*v
you blockhead, you mdsi vo
mistake, as theyars-both -marked.
This"?pointing teone fcoard?"is 'B'
for before, and that"?indicating the
tailboard?"is 'B' forbehind.''
Whereupon the old gentleman match*;
ed off with greatdigotty*
The following is too gooda.ei?<to'-b*loBt.
The traiu from Louisville stop*
?ed at Auburn recently, when ? gbod?
looking gentleman, apparently rot ter*
ical proclivities, stepped off upoa-jtas*
platform, and addressed41 waggishly*
disposed youth as follows: '"Good
morning, sir. Is there a Christian,
church In this town ?" The yoath<re?
plied: "Yes, 8rr; three of them, *o4 a
Campbelltte churchy too.'*-". "All
aboard," said (he concfactor,'wheii'4he;
gentleman stepped aboard, and ^Hhe>
subsequent proceeding* interested hiui<
no more."
Christ comes with a blessing in each
hand, forgiveness in on* and hoifawh
in the other, and never givwefcimMo
any who will not take both*- ;
Truth and goodness subsist forever
more. It ie true mere arwtvn aniJ'
good, night and day; but thMw are not
equal. The day Th great and, final.
The night Is for the day, but the dayis
not for the nighf.
... . . " ?- i.v?F^
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