The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, July 31, 1907, Page 6, Image 6
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~
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Health Is the First Essei
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There is a beauty and attractiveness
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.A sickly, irritable, and complaining
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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
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If a woman finds that her energies
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living under prohibiton in three different
states.
ONE WHO FAVORS
WHATEVER IS RIGHT, j
July 13.
. [The above article should have been I
published two weeks ago, but was un- !
avoidably left out on account of our j
very limited space.?Ed.]
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Trousseau and Shroud.
Mrs. Mary Berry, who was laid to
rest recently at Beth an ty church, had
carefullv preserved her entire bridal
trousseau of sixty years ago in order
that she might be clothed in it on her
funeral occasion. Her wishes were
carefully complied with, and she was
borne to her last resting place clad in
wedding attire. The black silk dress,
coat style, pink slippers, laced on the
inside of foot, with brown leather tips
?all were apparently none the worse
off for the reverses of fortune that
war and peace had brought.
It is not customary, but why should
not a faithful follower of the lowly
Nazarene be clad for burial in happy
bridal attire?ready at His call to
meet the Eternal Bridegroom in the
new Jerusalem??Saluda Standard.
The Charming Woman
is not necessarily one of perfect form
and features. Many a plain woman who
could never serve as an artist's model,
possesses those rare qualities that all
the world admires: neatness, clear eyes,
clean smooth skin and that sprightliness
of step and action that accompany
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uemcK. s owjre.
Clerks Error.
Because a clerk wrote years instead
of months, Lena Rivers, an ignorant
girl, has served almost a score of
years in Alabama mines when the
real time was less than two years.
She died just before her time was up
and her mother now asks the Alabama
legislature for overtime pay.
Take the Postmaster's Word
for It
Mr. E. M. Hamilton, postmaster at
Cherryvale, Ind., keeps also a stock of
general merchandise and patent medicines.
He says: ' Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is standard
here in its line. It never fails to
give satisfaction and we could hardly
afford to be without it." For sale by
Kaufmanu Drug Co.
Everything sounds like an encore to
some men.
riO CHARM
itial Toward Mailing a
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Miss Hulda Kug-hler, of No, 25,
West 15th Street, New York City,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?
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nervous, irritable, and sick all the time. I
took different medicines -without benefit.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
was recommended and within six months I
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woman."
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inflammation or ulceration,
that bearing-down feeling, dizziness,
indigestion, or netvous prostration
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"Vegetable Compound,
I Mrs* Pinkham's Invitation to Women*
Women suffering from any form
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symptoms given, the trouble may be
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White Bock Doings.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The crops in and around White
Rock are looking very fine, though
they were blown down last week by a
storm.
Mrs. S. E. Lowman, Mrs. Dr. J. W.
Wessinger, and Mrs. McLaurin were
visitors at the parsonage last Thursday
and Friday.
The school at this place opened on
July 12.
Little Mountain, we hear, is going
to have a bank and Chapin already
has one. Next fall White Rock, Hilton
and Ballentine will each have
several banks, but, mind you, they
will be potato banks. Temin. *
Was in Poor Health for Years
Ira W. Kelley, of Mansfield, Pa.,
writes: 4T was in poor health for two
years, suffering from kidney and bladder
trouble, and spent considerable
rn/vmair ^rtncnlHrtcr r&hv<;imfl.nS without
iuvuyj VV/U^UAVAU^ F
obtaining any marked benefit, but was
cured by Foley's Kidney Cure, and I
desire to add my testimoney that it may
be the cause of restoring the health of
others.'' Refuse substitutes. Sold by
The Kaufmann Drug Co.
'Tearfully and Wonderfully
Made."
Just watch some of the girls and
young ladies who are too "run down"
and sick to get up and set the breakfast
table for their mothers dance all
day at the picnic tomorrow. Not only
will they dance all day at Centre
Spring, but many of them will go to
the military ball in the opera house
and dance nearly all night. Some of
the delicate creatures ? God bless
them, we mean them no harm?are
"fearfully and wonderfully made."?
Edgefield Advertiser.
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Cow Has Twins.
Mr. J. H. Lindsay, of Union, has
a cow that, has twin heifer calves. The
calves arc aim isi two weeks old, and
are doing nicely. The cow is giving
in the neignborhood of three gallons
of milk per day.?Union Progress.
A Memorable Day.
One of the days we remember with
pleasure, as well as with profit to our
health, is the one on which we became
acquainted with Dr. King's New Life
Pills, the painless purifiers that cure
headache and biliousness, and keep the
bowels right. 25c. at Kaufmann Drug
Co. and Derrick's-Drug Store.
American capital to the extent of
$195,000 000 has been invested in
Canada during the past few years, induced
thereto by the Canadian British
preference policy.
Pineules are for the Kidneys and Blad
der. They bring quick relief to backache,
rheumatism, lumbago, tired worn
out feeling. They produce natural action
of the kidneys in filtering waste
matter out of the blood, 30 days treatment
$1.00. Money refunded if Pineules
are not satisfactory. Sold by Kaufmann
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Arriving by the carload every day and
DRV GOODS, HO
To be seen anywhere. We are offering 10<
5c per yard. This is positively the grand*
5,000 yards of Good Sea Island at 4c per
1,000 yards 4x4 Madras at 10c?the 15c h
Our Black Goods Department is full up
cilans. Our 54 inch Mohairs at 50c is the
want Black Goods see us.
Our 36 inch Taffeta Silk at $1.00 per yai
buying a new dress from us. Money back
Grand Sale of 4
5,000 yards of 40 inch Shear White Law
5,000 yards fine Cambric Percale at 10 a:
NOTICE?Value for your money in any
McCall's Patterns in stock at all times.
We prepay charges on $5.00 worth of gojj
1730 MAIN STREET,
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A LIGHT RUNNER?STRONG and di
(Wliite SHUTTLE Machiiie has been in
The NEW HOME stands at the top of S
Always on hand good Second Hand M
machine attachments, shuttles, belts and t
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"Where Quality ai
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pieces Solid and Plaid Chanibray at
jst- value ever shown here.
yard.
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tO inch Lawn.
n. The value for 15c, only 10c. *
nd 12.]c, 36 inch,
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ods bought and paid for.
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ie of the best stocks of |
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Ids more thread than any other,
FARING,
irable. ; It is something new.
l use twenty-five years.)
HUTTLE machines. I have the latest,
achines. Needles for all machines and
he best pure SPERM OIL.
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em if you don't know the promts
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ilOLINGER'S STEAM BAKERY,
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