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The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, inly 31.1907. A Further Examination of the. Whiskey Question. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I have just read the reply of Mr. Justice in The Dispatch of July 10, and believe that it calls for mofe re' marks even tho he is ready to close the controversy. I don't care anything about how great I am, but as to the laws of thought and the rules of the Syllogism, I profess to know them and f6r him to say the invalidity of my premises is too plain to need point~ ??? Vnwllir Ko aqIImI anvthiriP' llig UUl, v;au iiaiui ? w J 0 more than "bluffing." J wrote my first article because it seemed to me utter presumption on the part of the. Dispensary Board to establish a dispensary where they admitted, "the petitioners opposed to the dispensary were very much in the majority." I signed my name, "One Who Favors Whatever is Right," because I try to ltiaintain'that attitude towards every question. I have convictions, but if any man can show I am wrong, I hope / I have the/ manhood to confess it. There are many eyiis in the world and I generally give' my voice against them; but as to tiie whiskey question, I had said so little upon the subject, that I began to think maybe I was kfraid ofit. However th^t may be, I want to say I am now fighting the . giant whiskey, the paramount evil of thitt naHnn nnH T am roadv to hit VUAO UWViVAlJ MMM * *wrn ? ? ^ J him with all my might. Let me give you an account of the Giant's birth. ' I know his birthplace ?it is the whiskey still. Imagine all the whiskey stills combined into one great still and visit it for yourself. There are thousands and thousands of bushels of wheat, rye, and barley on one side and, perhaps, an equal quantity of peaches, apples, and such like on the other side. In short, you find some of the most useful products of the land and in such enormous quantities that a noted writer on Physi. - ology says it raises the price of these products. There are thousands of poor people reaching and crying for this food, but they cannot get it. Wicked^ men take it and beat it up / and distill'lt into whiskey, and give these hungry peoplej whiskey instead of bread. They need bread, but re ceive something worse than a stone. Bat now I ask, is it right to use v the products of the land in th;s way? I do not believe God has placed them here for this purpose, and it is a sin . ;tcw$se them in this way. We have no - Tight to destroy any "material" that ; (3pd has placed here, but anything so 'dangerous as whiskey made from material so wholesome as peaches and apples ought to be destroyed. Talk 'about a law to protect the forests of the land, but why do you not talk about a law to protect the products of the. land against the whiskey fiends? > But let us notice further the effects of whiskey, in my other article I F made the statement : Whiskey is a dangerous thing, and I am not afraid that anybody will see the invalidity of that premise^ Any temperance lecturer can take up an hour showing ydu cases in which it proved dangerous. I could spend all the remainder - : * oi my me gatucnug lavio ui uuxo and would never be able to exhaust the material. Shakespeare in portraying the ways of the Roses, pictures this scene: A son who has killed his father comes in dragging the dead body and throwing it down , he looks upon the upturned face bloody and cold in death, and exclaims in anguish: * "O God! it is my father's face, Whom in this conflict I unawares have killed, O heavy times, begetting such deeds." Shakespeare pictures this scene as x the very climax of horror m the wars of the Roses and yet whiskey has brought about this same climax. About two weeks ago, there was drinking in a certain family, and the son killed the father, and we exclaim how dreadful is whiskey which brings about such unnatural deeds! you may talk about whiskey not causing people to violate the Decalogue, but I am certain that whiskey causes people to violate every one of the Ten Commandments and every other righteous law in existence. Whiskey is far more dangerous than I am able to describe to you. It is said the time was when our fathers would pour whiskey in a waterbucket and set it out and ask each one present to help himself. With such handling of whiskey it is not a surprise that their children are reaping these awful results. They, perhaps, were not aware of the danger . .. in whiskey and are excusable to some - extent, but we are aware of it, and wb areinexcusable if we do not fight it. The time has come for those people who do not drink and who do not sign petitions for the establishment of dispensaries to begin to oppose whiskey. But what is to become of the Lexington Board, #rhich out of profound respect for constituted authority, feels itself compelled to establish dispensaries? I gather from what Mr. Justice says 0 0 that he thinks it would be better for Brookland to have a dispensary in Brookland rather than in Columbia. That is, it would be better to bring this dangerous thing right in the town rather than leave it over in Columbia. I do not know of any such principle. I find it a rule everywhere that the further off danger is the better it is for you. If the lightning strikes, the further off it is the better it is for you. If there is a battle, the further off it is from you the better it is for you. T? ~ ?n wT-iioTrClTT +>10 fllTtVlPf off it XI tUCJIC 19 J Li.iv ? ? is from you, the better it is for you. So then, it is better for Brookland to have whiskey over in Columbia than in Brookland. It is true she may have to endure some ''drunks," but she will not be responsible for them, and she will have a clean breast to punish them. However, it would be still better for Brookland if there were no whiskey in reach. Some people say if there is money in the whiskey business we ought to have it. I do not know of any language strong enough to express my disdain for such philosophy. Why ought we to have the profits of the whiskey money' Is it because we deserve it on account of our valuable service in^handing out whiskey. I do not believe that anybody deserves \ anything for handing out whiskey. If no profits are deserved in the whiskey business, then we have no right to any profits. The man who says whiskey ought to be sold simply because there is profit in the form of money, ought to hang his head with shame. I believe that all who defend aridfl assist the dispensary take part in all the crimes caused by dispensary whiskey. In l9t Timothy, 3:22 we read: "ISeither be partakers in other men's sin9." The immediate' reference is to the ordination of presbyters. If you hastily send forth a man to preach the Gospel and he prove unfit, you take part in all of his sins. Now so it is with whiskey. If you send forth a man with a bottle of whiskey, you take part in all the 9ins it may cause hin to commit. If Brookland places whiskey in the hands of her people, she takes part in all the sins which this whiskey causes them to commit. Now, ho# can Brookland punish her people for drunkenness when she is to , some extent responsible for their drunkenness?when she placed the whiskey in their hands on which to get drunk? When the Mayor of the town tries a man for getting drank ^ Vs n"U /mi 1 vk/\4* /-\r> 1 TT uu uuis wiiicjicjr) iic? suuuiu uuu vuy find him guilty, but he should also find himself guilty. It is impossible to sell whiskey and at the same time get rid of the responsibility of selling it. v Again we are told that when the State handles whiskey, the evil results of it are diminished, but I do not believe it. This makes the whiskey business a legal business, and at the same time gives it the endorsement of the State. It now has a Show of respectability and will trap more men than it would otherwise. Church people often think they can serve on county boards; church people often think they can work in dispensaries; church people often think they can buy whiskey and in this way more people are injured. Any system which takes the whiskey business and gives it a show of respectability, makes it more dangerous. If you make a dangerous bridge look sound, if. will deeeive more neonle than if " * " 1 r--r? ? left alone. Then there is another man defending whiskey called the 1 'Blind Tiger" man and I believe he is the most ungadly man of them all. He buys his whiskey contrary to the law, sells it contrary to the law, causes people to buy it contrary to the law, and at the same time takes part in all the evil caused by his whiskey. In the words of Shakespeare: "If men were to be saved by iperit, what hole in hell were hot enough for him?" But let no drunkard think that in holding those responsible who sell the whiskey, he becomes free of responsibility. First Corinthians, 6:10, (where it is said no drunkard shall enter into the Kingdom of God), ought to make things plain enough for him. But while there are a great many people who uphold whiskey, there is also a large class of people who oppose it, and we rejoice to see this class constantly increasing. We want a law passed prohibiting the sale of whiskey. This will give us the endorsement of the State and the power of the State to help us and this will do us much good, but it will not give us the victory. It will place us in a condition to do effective work, and we must continue with even greater earnestness. We must op- ' pose and expose the "blind tiger;" | we must develop a strong and sober i manhood; we must help those who are adicted to the whiskey habit in j whatever ways we can and I am sure that success will crown our efforts. I have come to this conviction after i WOMEN W1 Health Is the First Essei Woman } u There is a beauty and attractiveness in health which is far greater than mere regularity of feature. .A sickly, irritable, and complaining woman always carries a cloud of depression with her; she is not only unhappy herself but is a damper to all joy and happiness when with her family and friends. It is the bright, healthy, vivacious woman who always charms and carries sunshine wherever she goes. 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