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VOL XLIV NO.88. NEWBERRY, S. ., TUESJAY' OC-OBER 1. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR GONTINUE TO FIGHT WHILE ENEMY FLEE, DR. CROMER SAYS TIME IS RIP: roR STATS PROHIBITION. Wants Boot on Other rellows Foc -Let Those Who Want Liquor Sold Get Up Petition. In an eloquent and logical addres before -the twenty-fourth annual ctr vention of the South Carolina Wc man's Christian Temperance Uniox in the Lutheran Church of the- Rf deemer, Sunday morning, Dr. Georg B. Cromer, of this city, reviewed th history of the temperance movemen and, referring to conditions in Sout Carolina, said that now was the tim to fight, that the enemy was on th run, and that the temperance wort ers should see to it that no advantag which had been gained should b lost. In speaking of political condi tions in South Carolina in conne( tion with the dispensary law, he sai that where elections had been held i the counties of Laurens and Chestei field, the dispensary had been votei out, but the elections were contesta on the ground of irregularities in th elections, and in these counties th dispensaries remained. He said tha the prohibitionists were required t provide more safeguards for elee tions of this kind than had ever beei known before, and, he thought it wa time the boot was put on the othe fellow. 1e thought the time haA ,come when in all fairness the legi lature should do one of two things either pass a general prohibition lai for the entire state,or a general pro hibition law for the entire state wit] the local option feature, allowing th counties whieh wanted dispensaries t vote in diWpenswi putting the bur -in upon them. Dr. Cromer has been a life-loA worker in the temperance cause, an< is recognized as one of the prohibi tion leaders in South Carolina. H is an earnest and eloquent speakei and his address Sunday morning wa characteristic of the speaker. The Lutheran Church of the Re deemer, where the meeting was held was crowded with delegates fror *every part of the state to the We man's Christian Temperance Unior and the people of the city and r t The exercises were conducted b: the Rev. D. G. Phillips, pastor of th Associate Reformed Presbyteria: Church, who read the scripture les sons and offered prayer. A specia choir composed of members of thi various choirs from the city churhcee rendered music, Mrs. 3. W. Halti wanger presiding at the organ. Dur ing the collection a solo was beauti fully rendered by Miss Pauline Gild er, of this city. In opening his address Dr. iCrome said that twenty years ago he had de livered an address of welcome to ths Woman's Christian Temperance Un ion, in the opera house, in Newberry That address, he said,, was an addres of weleotne delivered by the dry may or of a wet town. Newberry had cross ed over sinei then, he said, and h was glad to deliver an address as th representative of a town which ha< gone in the prohibition ranks. Sine the days of Noah, he said. the drin evil had caused devastation and woe and the tears of widows, the cry o orphans. and the wreck of characte: had followed in its wake. No ma: was strong enough to trifle: wit: whiskey. He spoke of Henry W Grady's letter to Clark Howell, o> the occasion of his twenty-first birth day, when he presented him with: gold pen because he was to be a: editor. "Never drink,'' said Grady t Howell. "I love liquor and love th fellowship that attends the drinkin of liquor. My safety 'has been that never drink it at all.'' It was not on ly true, said Dr. Cromer, that no ma: as an individual could trifle with i in his own life, but it was also tru that it was all-pervading in its in fluence for wrong, and in its teaching You not only can not afford to tamn per with it yourself. he said. but 3o neiot beyond th:e infl?uence o'fi when others tamper with it. These ladies were fighting the most power ful demon that a patient God had ever let live. 'He spoke of the twin gaints, Whiskey and Money, and i said if the money giant were out of < the way, the liquor giant would be < easier to cope with. Dr. Cromer said that the first dif- 1 ficulty to be encountered in a pro- I hibition movement was indifference. i The second difficulty was an attempt 3 on the part of the opponents to de - ride it and sneer at it. Then, driven from that argument, the opponents L of prohibition held that it was an at tempt to interfere with private rights, e that it was unconstitutional. But the e courts had said that the state, in the , exercise of its police power, had. 1 said that the state not only had the e right to control the liquor traffic, e but had the right to prohibit the man ufacture and sale of liquor, and not e only that, but the right to prohibit t e the manufacture of liquor for private I - use. Dr. Cromer referred to the su - preme court decision in the case of I I the .State v. Aiken, 42 S. C., 231. The t case was an appeal from the decision I - of Judge Hudson declaring the law I I unconstitutional, the famous decree j I of- Judge Hudson, after the signing E of which he laid down his pen and re- i e marked that in signing that decree he a t had signed his death warrant. In a that decree Judge Hudson had held - that the dispensary law girdled the t tree of life because it interefered with the right of the individual. ] r The supreme court held the dis- I I pensary law constitutional, - and - the decision rested upon this declara ; tion: Liquor in ifs nature is dan- t gerous to the morals, good order, t - health and safety of the people, and I is not to be placed on' the same foot- j ing with the ordinary commodities i of life, such as. *frn, wheat, tobaeco, - and potatoes. And the supreme court, he said, were weighing their words, because it was a hotly contest I ed matter. - When driven from their constitu tional intrenchment, the liquor men 1, said that prohibition would not pro 5 hibit; that prohibition was a good idea, but that it was visionary; it - was better to regulate the liquor traf fie, because under prohibition more liquor would be sold. Dr. Cromer said he was never able to unestn why the liquor men were willing to spend millions of dollars to debauch legislatures if they: believed they could sell more liqr -nder a prohi-~ bition law. It was a lie, he said, a specious lie, hot out of hell. They ar gued that under a prohibition law, the state would lose the revenue. .He said that he had often quoted from Gladstone, who said, when a delega tion of Scotch brewers waited on him i to protest against his prohibition views on the ground that revenue was ut off, that the question of revenue t must never stand in the way of need ed reform; ''give me a sober popula tion, not squandering their money, and I will find the revenue.'' He did not believe in debauching society be ause a few dirty dollars might bet realized.t -r I DCromer said that a few years ago he wrote to Governor Hoch, of t Kansas, in regard to the prohibition t law of Kansas, and he read extracts from Governor Hock's letter bearing out his argument. During the course of his remarks Dr. Cromer said that a few years ago e a member of the board of control e said that the difference 'between y Charleston and Greenville was that r when a blind tiger was eau.ght in i Greenville he was put on the chain } jgang; when a blind tiger was caught t in Charleston he was put on the grand! t Sjury. But he was glad to say that t 'under Mayor Rhett conditions are improving.''I1 Dr. Cromer said there was no law I [that was absolutely enforced, but I -that under a prohibition law the li- t Squor traffic was no longer legalized.~ I tHe admitted that morals could notji ~*be legislated into people, but hie said C . hat a le2islative example could be .set by legislaring what was right. t - He spoke of the fact that tihe branch t .1 of the Keelev institu'te. located in t )ut three thousand graduates, or two i iundred a year. It was a beneficial 1 vork that was being done, to take n tway the taste and the appetite for - vhiskey, but he spoke with sadness n )f the fact that there were more gra- e hua.tes from this branch of the Keel- o !y institate in Newberry county than n here were graduates of the South s larolina college, which was founded v n 1SOL. It had been argued, he said, that -od's method was not to remove d emptation, but to enable his people Sov Jecome temptation. That was h rue, he said, but it was also true hat God's method in developing & 'hristians was to have them go out e md remove temptation from the S )ath of a weaker brother. Dr. Cromer urged high ideals for he young men and the young women f the country. John Hampden, who, h hough, a rich man, refused to py e hirty shillings ship money and went s o jail, fixed in English history an xample of a high-minded, liberty oving man, who insisted upon jus ice. Governor iulbertson had eon vned a special session of the Texas egislatre to pass a law making prizA ighting in Texas illegal. By that one ssertion of manhood and of patriot-, sm, notwithstanding the cry of the a conomists as to expense, he had fix a d an example that deserved to ,go lown in Texan history along with 0 he example set by the heroes of the n Llamo. When the law legalizing the ,ouisiana lottery had been repealed, aen had offered to pay the public lebt of Louisiana and to pay the tate annually $1,000,000 to re-enaet he charter of the lottery. What a emptation, he said, to reduce taxes, IM ut the manhood and the patriotism i ,nd the Christian enlightenment- of . ,ouisiana were enough to reject with corn the offer that was mad. a pj What could be said of South Car lina, said Dr. Cromer. It was .no B easure to him, he said, to talk abou. s he day of her shame. It liad been irged in some quarters, he said, that here was no longer any use to fight he dispensary, since the dispensary aw had been repealed. But now was he time to fight, he said, when the ispensary forces were on the run. )ver against the example of Texas na Louisiana he placed South Car-* lina. Fifteen years ago, he said,a outh Carolinians had expressedq hemselves in favor of prohibition. s hat did they get? They asked for a ish and got a serpent of the deadliest c ort. They didn't get bar rooms, butr hey got what in his judgment-and is opinion was unshakable on that oint-what was infinitely worse, hen it came to the underlying prir. iple. They got the dispensary, lega. zed bar rooms. It was urged that the ispensary would decrease taxes anti~ upport the schools, and the state old its citizens by indirection, that t was their duty to drink liquor to rnt down t axation,. The state hadJ raded the salaries of dispensers by V he amount of liquor they sold-in 'a his way showing the insincerity of he argument that the dispensary was prohibition measure. He thanked ti od when the state shook herself cf e< he dispensary system, and he thought e he time had now come when in all bi ustice the legislature should do on.e w f two things. In Laurens the dis;- al ensary had been voted out, but th.e I .ispensary had 2mained on account B f the election having been contested r< n teachnicalities. In Chesterfield it ti as the same, and one of the groundIs .rgd was that white men had been atimidated by white women. Th e egislature had put the burden on he prohibitionists in regard to elee ion laws never before known. He ought the time had come to put the loot on the other fellow. The legis- et ature ought to pass a straight pro- 1) ibition law, or pass a prohibition ey aw with a local option feature, with he privilege to the dispensary peo- di de to get up petition and vote i.n si ispensaries, if they could, in the 'y ountie.; whic~h wanted them. Dr. Cromer said the negro ques- og ion in the South was no longer poli- o: eal; it was a social and moral ques- g; ion. Tn every contest in Newherry. et, the negroes had been used by the Equor men. While there were good ien opposed to prohibition, hes aid, -hen the final contest came the ig orant and the vicious and the lawless ould every time be found arrayed n the liquor side. The 15th amend 1ent had been repealed long ago, and ) long as a just God presided over ci ilized nations, it would stay repeal d. In conclusion, Dr. Cromer said that ae work was slow, but that the morn Ig had dawned. God was claiming is own, and his chariots were mov ig throughout the South, and the unburst of glory was coming. Let very man who loved his country, he id, who was willing to live accord ig to the doctrine of SL. Paul, which ot only forbade a man to injure his llow-man, but commanded him to elp him, rally to those who insist d that legalized traffic in liqu6r bould be banished from our country. TALI TO 1EILDREN. iss Q=nqr of Missouri Gives En trtSrag and Instructive Lec ture. Miss Rowena Shaner, of Missouri, ddresed the children at the meeting f the Woman's Christian Temper r'ee Union, in the Lutheran Church f the Redeemer, on Sunday after oon. In the very outset of her ad ress she got the interest of the iidren, and she held it throughout. he. told them in the beginning that ie would be unable to make her ad ress unless they helped her, and the kildren helped her, and it was a Lost excellent address, not only for ie children, but for the grown peo Le as well. The ehildren paid strict ttention, and every question she ;ked them during her address was rompt*,:and intelligently answered. Miss Sh'aner began by telling the ible story of David and Goliath. She tid that there were giants stalking broad today, too numerous to men .on in her short address, but. she tentioned several, which she warned ie childign -against. The first of iese was the Alcohol Giant. This iant could be ' conquered, she said. rust in God was necessary, and the iant would be overcome as it had een overcome recently in Georgia ad other states. There was one li ror shop that every one could close,' ae said, and this was a liquor shop ist under the nose. She had the 1ldren and the grown people, too, to ~peat the little verse, There is a little liquor shop that every one can close, is a little liquor shop just under neath your nose.'' The other giants to which she called pecial attention were the Cigarette ant, the Swearing Giant, and the tpurity Giant. By request of the president, Mrs. oseph Sprott, of Manning, the de otional exercises on Sunday after oon were conducted by Mr. R. C. At the beginning of the exercises i president announced that on ae )nt of the bad weather on Saturday "ening Miss Etta Shelley had not een able to deliver her address of elcome. Miss Shelley delivered her rdress, and it was responded to by [iss Tannie Bradhan, of Manning. th the welcome address and the sponse were excellent in composi on and delivery. BUSINESS MEETINGS. T. C. T. U. Being Held in Central Methodist Church. The business sessions of the state )vention of the W. C. T. U. are 3ing held in Central Methodist The first session was held yester ay morning. The convention is pre ded over by Mrs. Jos, Sprott of [anning. The roil call showed every state eer present, two superintendents r departments, and thirty-six -dele tes, ten counties being represented. The Chatauqua salute was given to [rs. E S. IThr tihc nreident of the IChristian Temperance Workers a of the stat'e of South Carolina, who b was introduced to the convention as d a. visitor. After the noontide prayer a very I beautiful and fitting memorialservice b was held in honor of the late state sl president, Mrs. Emma Auld, and oth- t, ers who had passed beyond during the ii year. Tributes of love and respect were read and the Frances Willard S Memorial Hymn sung. The reports of the different com mittees showed an increase numeri cally and financially for the W. C. T. U. *ork of the state. There are 29 local W. C. T. U. unions in the state with a membership of 462; and 14 d L. T. L. organizations with a mem- I bership of 406. In the afternoon the president, Mrs. h Sprott, delivered her annual address 3 to the convention and Mrs. Armour h spoke to a large audience at 4 o'cloek. G WELCOME EXEECISBS. S b To the Delgates to Woman's Chris- h tian Temperance Union Now in d Newberry. The W. 0. T. U. of South Carolina ti convened Saturday evening at 8 p. m. -f in the Methodist church, Newberry, s S. C., and despite the rain there was .0. a very good attendance of delegates a: and visitors. d This is the 24th annual convention, S but not the first opportunity that has been given the people of this city to entertain this noble band of -Chris- sl tian women, who are engaged in her- b oic and praiseworthy ef'orts looking 3M to the abolition of the whiskey traf- oj fie in every form. Some twenty I years ago this organization met here e during the life time of Mrs. C. Mow- U er, who, for many years, was the G whol-souled and generous president ' of the local union. The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev.' J. t A. B. Scherer, president of the New- s berry college. Mrs. Jos. Sprott, pres ident, called the meeting to order 'and 0 expressed her hearty appreciation V that in the good providence of God v they were oce more permitted to come together. She introduced the speakers, Drs. Jones, Pelham and t( Phillips ina the order nhmed. t] bi Dr. E. C. Jones, in behalf of the city, welcomed the W. C. T. U. in be- t fitting terms and brought to their attention the fact that Newberry was as dry as a chip, and that under not circumstances would be willing to t try the liquor experiment in the fu ture. Dr. W. E. PeIham, speaking for the c business men, expressed hearty ap- sj preciation of the honor conferred up- e, on him in having been selected to tl welcome the fair and noble women of tl South Carolina to the hearts and tl homes of hospitable Newberry. He G facetiously i-emarked that the privi- ir ilege of addressing so many ladies h at one time has never before been d accorded to him; in his earlier years, it was to him a great joy to address *y them one by one. Referring to the ai four cardinal virtues of the ancients ta he suggested that we who live in this ei present and enlightened age of j e ehristian civilization, should at least e be as sincere and hearty in maintain ing the virtue of temperance ps those who have gone before us. He was proud of Newberry 's record. First, L relegating the saloons to the rear; e' next, relegating the dispensary to fi the rear and that now temperance and prohibition prevailed so as sarcely a drunken man is met upon y. the busy streets. He welcomed the fx women, who were banded together against the unholy legalized liquor ai traffic in behalf of home and family|o and bade them God speed in their noble work. Rev. D. G. Phillips spoke for the V ehurches of Newberry and Mrs. M. A. Carlisle for the local W. C. T. U. la The addresses of the two were in spiring and instructive; the welcome, hearty and ,well expresed and we feel sure the delegates will feel no sense of home-sickness after hearing them. Mrs. Harris Armour, state presi- ai <ent of the Georgia W. C. T. U.. re- w Dont an hour neia tne auafence 5pou ound as she told of the great work one in Georgia in securing the pas tge of the state prohibition law. [rs. Armor deals sledge-hammer ows to the liquor business and ,eaks with great fluency and ora >ry in her crusades of not legaliz ig the sale of strong drink. TRONG AND VIGOROUS APPEAL Ers. Armour Makes Adres for Pro bibition-She Spoke of the Remedy. The Lutheran Church of the Re. eemer was crowded with the W. C. U. delegates and the people of Tewberry, on Sunfay evening, to ear the address delivered by Mrs. fary Harris Armour, who is at the ead of the W. C. T. U. workers in eorgia. There can be no doubt of [rs. Armour's earnestness, and that ie aceomplEshes results was shown y the fact that at the conclusion of er address she raised about on hin red and forty dollars for the cause. In beginning her address Mrs. Ar tour said the people had enough of ie horrors of intemperance; the ra. tedy now was wanted. The remedy, e said, was prohibition. South Car [ina must vote out whiskey, she said, ad get rid of this black stream of eath that is flowing thr;uth her. he spoke of the personal responsi ity resting on every on. Everybody has their influenee, she dd. South Carolina needed and New rry needed hundreds of ordinary en and women filled with the spirit i God. There was no use for any one say you can't, she said. She urg I the workers to be informed, say ig ignorance was the greatest fot od had. If the people really knew hat alcohol was they would have the Wernor to .aalka extra session of Le legislature to vote it out. Alcohol, te said, was several different kinds poison. She spoke of the infamy E the legalized liquor traf6. She mpared those who wanted the re mue from it to Benedict Arnold and adas. She charged the liquor men ith sending men over the country > treat the boys and to create in iem an appetite for, liquor. "Every )ttle of liquor sold across the counL, rs in South Carolina is .your bot e, she said, "unless you are doing L in your power to overthrow it." She gave a history of the prohibi on movement in Georgia, and of the art taken in it by the W. C. T. U. orkers. She said they had memor lized the various religious bodies in eorgia and' through their efforts a eeial day had been set apart for~ eouraging the movement, and when iat day came, she said, she could feel - ie prohibition wave sweeping over ie state. She believd the~ Atlanta eorgian, the prohibition newspaper LAtlanta, sprang up in answer to r prayers and the prayers of other evoted temperance workers. At the conclusion of her address. rs. Armour secured $100 in - nounts ranging from five dollars to renty-flve dollars, and after that e collection plate was passed, and >rty-one dollars additional were tak 1 u. Birthday Party. The birthday party given by Miss illie May Moore last Wednesday ening was quite an enjoyable af After the cake walk in which the ke was won by Miss Lillie May :oore and Mr. Aiken Feagle, re eshments were served. There were about 30 young men d ladies who participated in the ecasion. Miss Moore received many es presents. rANTD-The College Boys to know that 've still represent a good undry at The Herald and News of fce. We will appreciate .your pat ronage and GUARANTEE SATIS FACTION. Broaddus & Ruff. Alderman Ward 5. Mr. Ed. L. Rodelsperger is hereby inounced as a candidate for alder an fo? ward No. 5, sub.ject to the