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The Press and Banner 1 ( === c ABBETILLE, S. C. i _ c I Published Every Wednesday by ^ THE PRESS AND BANNER CO. ' < WM. P. 6REEXE. Editor c WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11, 7 915. i - - - = f tuu i innriR TRUST AND PROHIBITION, t r The editor of this paper has been t favored with a copy of "The Anti- y Prohibition Manual," a pamphlet got- f ten out by the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Association of Am- s erica. With this manual comes an inquiry as to whether this paper ac- c cepts advertisements for liquors. t The inquiry is from another source, r but it is a coincidence that the two come together. ' v The introduction to this book is 5 frank. It states that its pages are compiled with but one purpose in ? view. They are intended to furnish fc a quick and easy means of answering v arguments offered in support of pro- h Hbition. It is further stated that, u "This book should be the constant t < ompaion of the MEMBERS OF THE j| TRADE, THEIR EMPLOYEES AND i, FRIENDS." r From all of which we are reminded g that a prohibition election is draw- ei ;ng near in South Carolina, and that w *he National Liquor Dealers' Associ- si i tion is not asleep to the fact For tl *he next several weeks the voters of i] this state may expect a great deal of fc information on the liquor question k lrom this source. There are a great o: many men Who are opposed to pro- j< hibition on conscientious grounds, ;r hut there are others who may argue rhe matter to you on other grounds. When you find a man favoring the .rale of liquor in this state, or a news- tl ? paper advocating it, you should in- p, ouire the connection with the Nation- g si Liquor Dealers Association and aj whether he or it is an employee or f] a friend OF THE TRADE. Al? men tl who oppose prohibition will not c? me q tinder these designations, but most w of the m?n who, in the next few C months, will be openly advocating P the sale of liquor in South Carolina b will be either employees or friends? rnd we imagine it will be a time when a jobs will be eafey. tl Only a little while ago, this state tl was being flooded with copies of the o speech of Representative Under- tl wood of Alabama, soon to become y Senator from that state, advocating s.1 local option. If Mr. Unduwood ti favors local option for the District p of Columbia, or for Ala bam a^, he is o entitled to say so, and to think ac- r< cording to his best judgment. But h the fact that these speeches have ii found circulation through the mails si among the voters of South Carolina, l? just before an election on prohibition w is suggestive. Mr. Underwood may ! perhaps be called on later to explain whether h^ is a friend of the liquor g trust, or on jus? what grounds he g allowed his Speech to be sent broad- v, cast over this state in an endeavor 11 to influence votes thereby. , p We hoDe that Mr. Underwr.nd is tl innocent of any intention to meddle P in the affairs of this commonwealth rj on a purely local issue. His speeches a may have been sent out without his it knowledge and consent, o^ he may P have been misled as to the purpose if having them sent. We are re- o minded that President Wilson ic also t: for- local option, and we shall per- <t haps hear his views on the subject as the election approaches; we shall h i.7so hear from Abraham Lincoln, b George Washington, and others, and of the failure of prohibition in Kan- ft sas and Maine. L But none of these things have any- ti thing to do with the election about tl to be held in this state, in so far as a we are concerned. We have had 11 ihe saloons, we have had the dispen- J' yr.ry, we have had prohibition, with & and without the gallon-a-month law. u The books of the Southern Express 1Company will show that since prohi- 0 bition was voted in Abbeville county b ;he liquor shipments into this city have constantly fallen off, at least we are so advised. We know there is 1 Itss drinking in Abbeville than there r was with the dispensary, and we be- f tieve the dispensary at Abbeville was a as well managed as was practical ^ ander the law. The gallon-a-month 1 act has had a good effect, and liquor t rhipments continue to fall off. We desire to see the amount allowed decreased to a quart a month, or better still to none. The doctors, whom c we are willing to follow, have decid- t ed that liquor as a medicine, is a r failure; *f it is not, there arc other t harmless drugs to take its place, v There is no excuse for liquor that we i can see except to have it as a bever- f ige. A great many men drink liquor I rll their lives without it hurting them i personally, we grant you. But we r have not heard that it benefits them, t * n fact the example of a man who can irink liquor without being the worse iff, personally, for so doing is tenold worse in the community than >ne who drinks to excess. Not so ong ago we had a gentleman in this own who took a drink regularly, two >r three times a day. He never Irank to excess, and so far as he was roncerned, liquor was n-ever out of )lace. But we have repeatedly heard his man mentioned as one who irank and did not get drunk; and herefrom the argument was drawn hat there was nothing wrong in a nan taking a drink. But some of he men who pointed to thac man lave passed over me river me worse or drink, and others are following. We try not to be fanatical on any ubject. But we believe the time ias come when the people of this :ountry should demand that the manifacture and sale, the keeping and toring of intoxicating liquors, should ease. Liquor has reaped its regard in ruining the lives of enough oung mon in the past, and here at iome. Enough tears have been hed; enugh poverty has been rought about; there are enough iddows and orphans whose fathers nd husbands have been called away mtimely; it has filled the jail' and he penitentiaries long enough, as t has the lunatic asylums and other nstitutions. Time has proved that trong drink is a monster. It should o. And the patriotic men of this tate, the gentlemen, we grant you, 'ho take a drink as gent?cmen, iuuiu luicgu wnawvcr ui. pieutiure lere is in the drinking of liquors to lem, in order to save .the erring rother. We are all our brothers' eepers. Let every patriotic Bon f this state put his shoulder to the >b, and help to roll the liquor barrel ito the rea of past recollections. BLEASE AND THE PEOPLE. We notice from the newspapers lat ex-Gov. Gole L. Blease has apeared before a justice c* the upreme Court of this State, and sked for an order forbidding the ree people of this state to express leir views in an election on the liQor question. And this is the ersthile governor of the state of South arolina, who was and is for the EOPLE, who were and are about to e swallowed by the octopus. As a lawyer Governor Blease has perfect right to argue the point lat an election by the people on lis question.will not have the effect f making the result of that election le law of the state. But as the reat champion of the people of his tate, does -not the ex-chief execuive of this state believe that the eople ha/e the right to expres--. their pinion on the subject? And if the esult of the election about ' to be eld shall be in favor of prohibition, nd if that result does not make law, lould not governor Blease as the >ader of the PEOPLE see that their ill is enacted into law as far as in im lies? But who is the client of the exovernor? He happens to be a entleman in Newberry county, who, e are informed, is a prohibitionist. L will seem strange to a great many 4.L.1 > I clique tuai a pruniDitloniSt JUSt At lis time, when we are trying to get rohibition in South Carolina., should lise a technical objection like that, ad employ counsel, and spend his loney, to keep the people from exre^sing their opinion on this subjet. There may be a new variety f prohibitiqnists in Newberr" couni. Does anybody believe that this uiet prohibitionist in Newberry aunty stirred up any such question imself? There must be somebody ehind him. And it happens, just as he begins is fight to stop the election, that the iquor Trust is sending out its literaare to its friends and employees so lat they may be able to unsvier any rgument advanced in favor or proibition in South Carolina. And ,,?4 joi, nuw iie newspapers ail over tne bate will be asked to carry whiskey dvertisements in the hope that the ress of the state may be muzzled, r its forts silenced, as the battle is cing fought. The ex-governor will make a fruit?ss fight. The election will be held, f there is any doubht about the reult making the prohibition law of orce, the doubts will be remo\ed by n Act of the next legislature conirming what has been done. The iquor trust had as well prepare to ake its medicine. PRnwiRiTinw PPnumtTc - A IlViUUl A U. Our old friend, who formerly laimed that prohibition did not proibit, has about ceased to make his ounds; we have not heard from lim in sometime. We do not know vhether he was a friend or an emloyee, but if he was the latter, we car he has lost his job. The letters sent out by the liquor rust, and published in the papers ome years ago, to the effect that nore liquor was being shipped into erritory which had gone dry," than when such territory was wet have 7iVen out. It always seemed strange to us that the liqudr trust, which is anxious 1o promote business, would advertise a fact like this. It should have kept quiet and let the business ?row. The man who once told you that be would vote for prohibition if it would prohibit, but that he could not do so because it would not prohibit, is now dead. If he were not dead he would realize that his time had come. He might be proved a prevaricator. The Liquor trust has see i the band-writing on the wall. It knows that prohibition does prohibit, else it would not now be spending enormous amounts of money in fighting ihe enactment of prohibition laws. You may be sure you are on the side of temperance when you fight on "he side opposed by the liquor trust. In fact, gentlemen, the time is at hand when liquor is about to make 'ts exit. The time is fast approaching when liquor will be sold and rhipped in no form whatever. The mails will soon be closed to liquor' a /Itr nr f 1 cam nn f e HPVio nairononaKc ( UTVivigwuivuwi JL 4?v \ uvnoyayvio now, a great many of them, refuse to carry these advertisements. The great business interests have no place for a man who drinks.. Anyi man who continues to drink iiquor' had as well prepare to step down and out. Prohibition is on the march.' Victory is in sight. REVENUE. We are reminded by the Liquor "rust, in its latest endeavor to tell 'he free white men of this state how o vote, that, if liquor is voted out, we will lose a great deal of revenue; the national government will lose, we are told, two hundred and fifty millions of dollars, the state governments, twenty-one millions, and mu nicipaiities, nearly seven millions. But we are not informed as to the amount that will be lost by the great LIQUOR TRUST. They would keep that in the background. And dees any sane man suppose that all this literature is being sent out by the; liquor interests to save the national government, the state govern merit, or the municipal government? The liquor trust sees its opportunity for debauching the young men of this rtate slipping from its grasp, and it is makiing a desperate effort to save itself. And where do ss the revenue come in? In order for the nation and t,tate, and the towns to reap this revenue, it is necessary that the people who make up these governments, or branches of government, should spend several times the amount of the revenue for an article, which not only is entirely useless, but one which is positively harmful. : It is necessary to spend several limes the amount of thd Avenue for something which destroys a nation and a state, which has brought heart-aches, want, shame and crime to alreadv too manv doors. Is this revenue? THE SOUTH AND ITS COTTON Undoubtedly the Southern States are suffering loss and injury through the interference with cotton exports, largely due to the British blockade, which prevents shipments not only to Germany but to neutral North Sea ports, from which, according to. the British contention, a good deal of the cotton would be transhipped ;to Germany. Tnere is evidence that the agitation for Government retaliatory measures is under exploitation by persons whose real interest is not so much in opening the seas to the cotton trade as in shutting off the supply of arms and munitions to the enemies of Germany. The grievance is just, but use is being made of it as t> pretext for pro-Germany measures. The press' of the South naturally and justly has insisted upon relief for the planters and holders of cotton. But the newspapers of the South are not all blind either to the nature and motive:; of the agitation or to the consequences of retaliation. The Birmingham News declares that the men and newspapers who lave raised the cry that "the South is gbing bankrupt" because of the failure of the Government to interfere are doing the South more harm than it would suffer through a low price for cotton. The retaliatory measure proposed is that of notifying Great Britain that unless she | permits the free shipment of cotton 1 to all neutral ports the export of ; war suppHes to her will be stopped. The State of Columbia, S. C.. sets forth teh consequences of such a policy in a manner to be readily prasped by every candid mind: "For the sake of the argument, let us gr^nt that Great Britain's course is unjustifiable?that she should permit Southern cotton to be sent without let or hindrance through Holland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden or directly to German ports. "Then let us imagine that condi tions were reversed and that the German fleet controlled the seas, that Great Britain's ports were dosed to American commerce. "Does any one believe that Germany would open the gates to American cotton bound for British, French, Italian, and Russian ports? "Does the conduct of Germany in this war lead to such a conclusion? Is Germany a generous knight errant in dealing with her enemies? "Do generousity and chivalry govern any country's conduct toward < nother with which it is at war? "The German and Austrian cotton factories hs/ve 16,300,000 spindles r?nd Turkey has none. The factories of Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and Japan 'allies; in this war) have 79,525,000 spindles, of which 56,000,000 are British. | "It follows that, were the Germans in control of the seas, they could and doubtless would confine the market for American cotton to about one-fifth of the spindleS that it is confined to by the Allies. I "However oppressive, therefore, Pwifinli A*Ar?rt a tinfV* Amafi/lflh JJIIWIOII VY1U1 XXUJd AVCfrUL | exportation of cotton may be, it is rlear nhat the South is fortunate in that the interference is not by the Germans and Austrians." Were the United States to be embroiled with. Great Britain and her allies, says our Columbia contemporary, "80 pei cent of the foreign market for cotton would disappear until 4 he quarrel is ended. The Teutonic llies are the other 20 per cent. Not one of their merchant ships sails the sea. That part of the market is already gone." Retaliation, therefore, would destroy altogether the foreign market for cotton. Be -ides, as The State points out, if toe forbade the export of gun-powder, rifles, gasoline, beef, and automobiles, we should also of necessity include cotton in the list. An embargo on the export of cotton is not exactly what the South wants or what its officious friends would be thanked for by the South, should they bring it about. From persons of influence not affected by the pro-German interest, Great Britain has been advised to make every possible concession to meet the demand of the cotton States. That is a friendly service and at once more sincere and more likely to be effected than appeals for retaliation. We have already notified Great Britain that we look to the principles of international law, not to the adjudications of her prize courts, for the final determination of our rights in respect to seized cargoes. On her part, it is understood, Great Britain is dispos ed to be conciliatory. There is more to be hoped for from friendly adjustment than from measures of retaliation. That policy would- be about the most unwise that could possibly be adopted.?New ,York Times. GINGER SNAPS. Some men will protest against giving their wives a quarter for a pair of stockings and then spend a dollar to see a wrestling match. You can't climb the ladder of success any faster by stepping on the fingers of those you are passing. When a man is self-made he boasts of it when a woman is selfmade she hates to admit it A man puts in a year realizing thnf if 5c VinrH tr* live wi-f-lirtiif Viot Then he puts in about twenty realizing that it is hard to live with her. Don't be afraid of the follow who announces that he is a bad man; look out for the gink who is always trying to advertise the fact that he is a good man. It is funny that a girl who imagines that it is beneath her dignity to work in a store for a salary will cheerfully marry and work for a living. You can do what you want to do if you work hard enough,- and you can be what you want to be if you want it hard enough. There are all' sorts of people in the world, including the man who thiqks that wearing whiskers like a poodle makes him look dignified. We are living too fast. Some women have their second husband selected before they learn their first husband's middle name. A man may forget to kiss his wife for four months, but he alwals eets very affectionate the night he comes home full of limberger. onions and booze. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Pessimists are misfortune tellers. However, lovers should never be too good to be true. Bartenders always have a smile for men with the coin. 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