The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, August 13, 1913, Image 1
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MlSl 701. Xim. ^ LEXINGTON, S.C- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 1913, 41
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TO THE VOTERS OF
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LEXINGTON COUNTY
Whiskey Hot a Food and Performs
Ho Good Office But is
P a Prison Bnilder According
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EFFECTS THE OFFSPRING
Come, let as reason together about
-4 oar doty on August 19. We do not appeal
to yonr emotions or prejudices
but to your reason and the facts in
the case.
First, what good is in whiskey or
what good office does it perform? It
is not a food and has no food valae,
but is poison, according to science..
Taken into the human system, it undermines
the health, weakens the constitution
and effects the offspring,
even to the third and fourth genera.
tion; second, it is a parasite on businAAft.
Everv dollar soent for whiskey
jg that much taken awaj from the
grocer, dry goods merchant and every
other legal and necessary business,
k It Is worse than wasted, because it is
\ taken from wives and children who
need food and clothes, homes and a
father's care and love, and not a
f drunkard's abuse and shame Third,
w it is a positive evil. How many men
are qoiet and law-abiding when sober
but who are profane, vulgar and lawbreakers
when under the influence of
whiskey? How many murderers on
the scaffold have made a dying
statement that whiskey brought them
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there. Listen to the cases orougnt
into oar courts and see if not the majority
of the criminal oases are not
directly or indirectly traceable to
whiskey. Thus, any one can see that
whiskey causes far more expense to
the county and state than the revenue
, 0 -from the sale of it would produce*
Besides, what man wants to educate
his childrep, build his roads and pay
his taxes with money that rightly belongs
to poor women and children and
'negroes. Oh, white man, have we
not risen above such? You will say
by your vote on August 19th. Fourth,
' hear what God says, from which there
can be no .appeal or permission for
reason: 1 Oor., 6:10, no drunkard
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Capital stock $300,000 00
Surplus profits 155,000 00
Liability of stockholders
300,000 00
Protection to Depositors
$755,000 00
The new banking House is pr
Vanlt which i9 protected by an
Electric Bank Protection Compg
thoroughly bnrglar proof.
It has also installed a complef
are offered to our customers at r
afford every facility and accommc
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shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Habaknk 2:15, woe unto him that
giveth his neighbor drink, that putteth
thy bottle to him and maketh him
drunken also. Habk. 2:12, woe to him
that buildeth a town with blood and
esEADiisneui a city wim juujuxvj.
Luke 17:1, it is impossible but that
offences will come, but woe unto him
through hom they come.
These are fearful statements concerning
the drunkard, he that maketh
or causeth his neighbor to be drunken,
and those that buildeth a town with
blood and iniquity. But who will
dare challenge God! This is why we
preachers are sounding the note of
warning. Oh, man, to whom will you
give heed, God'6 Word or some men?
You must decide. And upon your decision
depends God's wrath or his
favor. Which do you need here and
hereafter? What man, to say nothing
of his profession of Christianity, can
desire to sell whiskey in Lexington
county and thus take food and clothes
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trom poor women ana cmiaren, cause 1
crime and murder and bring the woes j
of Almighty God down npon him and j
his connty with the excuse to get a
little money to bnild roads, educate
children and pay tax?
Christian people, stop, think, pray.
Let ns not bring the curse of God
upon us by disobeying Hi9 Word on
August 19th. "It Is a fearful thing to
fall into hands of the living God."
P. D. RISINGER, Chairman.
Anti-Saloon League of Lexington
County.
Union Meeting.
Union meeting of the lower division
of the Lexington Association will convene
with the church at Florenoe.
10 o'clock?devotional services, enrollment
of messejgers, report of
chnrches.
1. What is the Soul of Man and
what Relationship Exists between the
Soul and the Mind??J. C. Holley.
2. Ohnroh Discipline?W. C. Baxley.
3. Duty and Responsibility of Deacons?B.
C. Herlong.
4. How to Bring About greater Missionary
Zeal and Efforts Among
Church Members?A. W. Rodgers or
0. H. Corbitt.
Sermon by?Appointed by the Moderator.
R. O. JEFFCOAT, Com.
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hibition Law Regarding Its
Enforcement and; Value of
Revenue.
NO DISPENSARY PROFITS
To the Citizens of Lexington County:
Come, let us reason together.
On the 19th day of August, 1913, we
are expected to record our opinions at
the polls for or against the legal sale
of whiskey in Lexington county. These
opinions should represent mature consideration
from every standpoint for
by it we are to live and be governed.
We should be deeply concerned, for it
will vitally effect not only ourselves
but our ohildren, our wives and our
neighbors. In forming opinions we
naturally think, seek information and
compare ideas.
The object of voting out the dispensary
a few years ago was to better our
conditions as moral and law-abiding
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ness at public gatherings, on public
highways and in homes of our people,
and divert the money spent for
whiskey at dispensaries to bless and
not to curse our people. Were not
these noble sentiments and worthy
objects? To what extent has prohibition
succeeded?
Let the sheriff, the chief officer of
the county and to whom is intrusted
the execution of the laws testify:
"Lexington, S. 0., July 29, 1913.
To Whom It May Concern:
lais is to certify?
1. That I am sheriff of Lexington
County, S. 0., and that I have served
in that capacity for two years.
2, That prior to my entering upon
the office of sheriff I was deputy
sheriff for said county and state for
four years.
TVltlf a a oVlOwff an^ :?C
v> xubv w uubiiu OUU UCJJUIJ Blierili
I now have, and have had, a fair
knowledge of all the matters and
things transpiring in said county
which related to my office.
4. That the prohibition law is ob eryed
as well as any law in the
conntv, that there is les9 whiskey being
sold i Uegally and less tronble caused
by whiskey than at any other time
I can recall in the county.
(Signed) SIM J. MILLER,
Sheriff."
If this much has been accomplished
we are forced to pronounce the law a
success or that all other laws are
failures. If it is true?and who can
dein it??then we hayo every reason
to believe that there lias been more
peace and happiness in the homes,
more money spent for necessities and
comforts than at any previous period
of the same time in the history of the
county.
Xow, let us compare some of our
fAtnno trrLirtL 1
vunuo ** i"un uiu uiiu nave aispensanes
or voted them out quite soon after the
law was established with some of
those which had it. For this we will
use the figures of the U. S. Census
Bureau reports showing the population
of the several towns for 1900 and
1910.
Population of dry towns.
1900 1910
Batesburg 971 1995
Chapin 187 845
Leesville 53S 980
Swansea 239 523
Total 1935 3843
Percentage of increase, 98 per cent.
Population of dispensary towns.
Lewiedale 173 172
Lexington 800 709
New Brookland 1089 900
Peak 1. is*
Total 2324 1954 I
Percentage of loss, 12 per cent.
; The increase or decrease in the !
I population of a town is considered an j
index to the prosperity of the town. |
Now, note that the dry towns went j
from a total of 1935 in 1900 to 3843 in
1910, showing a gain of 98 per cent, j
while the dispensary towns dropped j
! liom 2221 to 1954 in the same period, j
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; showing a loss of 12 per cent. This i
! comparison would certainly indicate
jioa business man, not whet!.-, he!
j should invest or refrain from invst|
ing in any one of the towns cited, but
! whether the future prospects ol anv
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town was brighter with or without j
a dispensary. I
But what about our people patronizing
dispensaries outside of Lexington
county? That this is done no one
denies, and to what extent no one
knows. Our duty is to protect our
own moral, educational and financial
interests. How can it be done better
than by keeping the evil out of our
own midst? We can point with confidence
(and glory in it) that the years
that we have been without the dispensary
have seen many dollars go
for clothes, food and houses and made
glad the hearts of many who were
comDelled to shed tears of sorrow
before.
And, vet, we hear many calling for
the reestabliehment of the dispensary
for the sake of revenue?revenne with f
which to pay teachers, pave streets |
and build roads. Oh, my friends!
Don't ask me to humiliate mv neighbor,
my wife and my children by asking
that a dispensary be put in my
county to raise revenue to pay
taxes, thus diverting the money that
wept to make them happy and prosperous
and putting them in competition
with money. No, no. The welfare
of our people is to be put above
price; for what will a husband give in
exchange for his wife's happiness and
welfare, or what would it profit a
father to save all his taxes and lose
his son? These are sacred things and
may God give us the love and wisdom
so to treat them.
Yes, we need money to pay teachers,
pave streets and build roads, but
where will the bulk of the money
come trom if the revenue of the dis*
pensary is to supply it? It will come
from men who cannot afford to keep
their children in school for long
periods, and who have no leisure to
walk the streets nor money to buy
automobiles to speed over roads clayed
with dispensary money. Would not
such a policy make the rich richer
and the poor poorer? *
Fellow citizens, I have tried to reason
with you and to show you that
the prohibition law has been a success
in Lexington couDty, and that dispensaries
do not build communities.
I have shown you where the revenue
would come from and who would get
the benefit. If these are facts accept
them, I beseech you, and vote for the J j
be9t interests of your town, your
county, your family and your neighbor.
Above all, vote for that which
is most pleasing to your God.
Very respectfully,
E. C. RIDGELL.
Batesburg, S. C., Aug. 12, 1913.
Meeting of Telephone Men.
Lexington Ccnnty Independent Rural
Telephone Association met in annual
session August 4th m the Court
House and was called to order by the
president, Hon. D. F. Effird. Delegates
from almost every line in range
of the association.
The following officers were elected
for a term of two years: Hon. D. F.
Efird, president; Rev. E. J. Sox, 1st
vice president; F. L. Corley, 2nd vice
president; G. C. Price, 3rd vice president;
J B. Addv, secretary; K. L.
Wingard, treasurer. The following
nntvimiffoa nroo fnn n
tJAOVJUUlVO tUiiilUHIVO TTC#CT CICVytCU lUi CV
term of one year: L. B. Frick, Luther
Smith and Jacob B. Oswalt; for a
term of two years, W. B. Taylor, J. C.
Fnlmer and G. B. Wingard; for a
term of three years, J. F. Kleckley,
W. W. Barre and Hon. W. H. Sharpe.
A committee was appointed to get
up a directory for the association to
be furnished to subscribers at 10 cents
a copy.
NOTICETO MANAGERS OP
ELECTION.
Severni of the Election Boxes and j
Books have not yet been called for, j
and the election is less than a week
off. If any manager wishes the box
and book for his precinct mailed to
him, it he will write or call me over
the 'phone i will attend to it at once*.
N. P. SHIPP,
j Clerk Board of Election Commissioners, j
Death of Mrs- Frve.
Mrs. Gcdtrey Frye died at the lu> i
pitul at Columbia, where she had <ro: |
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in search ot relief, on Tuesday nn i j
; was burn ? J at SaxcGotf-.a ebnreh today j
l She is survi ved by a husband ami s?' - |
i oral children. Rev, A. R. Taylor r,.; - I
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Money in Bank is safe from your own
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present danger of burglars and fire.
We pay five per cent, interest on time
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CHAPIN, SOUTH CAROLINA. I
Boys:
Every boy is a niinature business man. If he manages his
little business affairs with credit to himself, he will be
a good manager of big afiairs later in life. The best
way in the world for a boy to become a good manager
i*5 to have a savings account, think twice before spending
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