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r . ' v v __ ^ VOL XLIV NO. 88. NEWBERBY, S. 0., TUESPAY' OCTOBER 1, 1907. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR GONTINDE TO FIGHT WHILE ENEMY FLEES BE. CROMER SAYS TIME IS RIPE TOR STATS PROHIBITION. * Wants Boot on Other Fellows Foot ?Let Those Who Want Liquor Sold Get Up Petition. In nil eloquent and logical address before the twenty-fourth annual convention of the South Carolina Woman's Christian Temperance Union, in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Sunday morning, Dr. George B. '(.Vomer, of this city, reviewed the history of the temperance movement, and, referring- to conditions in South Carolina, said that now was the time to fight, that the enemy was on the run, and that the temperance workers should see to it that no advantage which had been gained should be lost. In speaking of political conditions in South Carolina in connection with the dispensary law, he said that where elections had been held in the counties of Laurens and Chesterf .field, the dispensary had heen voted out, but the elections were contested on the ground of irregularities in the ^' elections, ami in these counties the dispensaries remained. He said that the prohibitionists were required to provide more safeguards for elections of this kind than had ever been known before, and he thought it was time the hoot was put on the other fellow. He thought the time had come when in all fairness the legislature should do one of two things; either pass a general prohibition law for the entire state, or a general prohibition law for the entire state with the local option feature, allowing the counties which wanted dispensaries to vote in dispensaries, putting the burden upon them. Dr. Cromer has been a life-long \ worker in the temperance cause, and is recognized as one of the prohibition leaders in South Carolina. He is an earnest and eloquent speaker, and his address Sunday morning was characteristic of the speaker. The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, where the meeting was held, 1 ' was crowded with delegates from every part of the state to the Woyi man's Christian Temperance Union, i and the people of the city and county. The exercises were conducted by ii the Rev. D. G. Phillips, pastor of the. Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, who read the scripture lessons and offered prayer. A special 'choir composed of members of the various choirs from the city churhccs. rendered music, Mrs. J. W. ITaltiwanger presiding at the organ. During the collection a solo was hoauti\ fully rendered by Miss Pauline Gild"/i er, of this city. In opening his address Dr. iCromer \ said that twenty years ago he had de' > livered an address of welcome to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, in the opera house, in Newberry. That address, he said, was an address of welcome delivered by the dry mayj or of a wet town. Newberry had crossed over since then, he said, and he \ was glad to deliver an address as the jy, representative of a town which had K fione in the prohibition ranks. Since f jf the days of Noah, he said, the drink . \ evil hail caused devastation and woe, and (lie loars of' widows, (he cry of orphans, and I lie wreck of character 5y ' had followed in its wake. Xo man ' - was strong enough to triflot with 1 whiskey. TTo spoke of TTenry W. I Grady's letter to Clark Howell, on 1 the occasion of his twenty-first birlh1 day, when he presented him with a I gold pen because he was to be an \ k editor. "Never drink," said Grady to J Howell. "T love liquor and love the 1} fellowship that attends the drinking i' of liquor. My safety has been that I ijC f? never drink it at all." Tt was not onP| \ l.v true, said Dr. Cromer, that no man "ifi \ as an individual could trifle with it 17L ^ I Svfl in his own life, but it was also true I'm' ' ",!l' '' wns nil-pervading in its inIwL I fluenec Tor wrong, and in its teaching, jfyw ' You not only can not afford to tamWL per with it yourself, he said, but yon !, ,'s are not beyond the influence of it nil !$jl ?M w \ i} when others tamper with it. These ladies were fighting the most powerful demon that a patient God had ever let live. He spoke of the twin gaints, Whiskey and Money, and said if the money giant were out of I he way, the liquor giant would be easier lo cope with. I)r. Cromer said that the first difficulty lo be encountered in a prohibition movement was indifference. The second difficulty was an attempt on the part of the opponents to deride it and sneer at it. Then, driven from that argument, the opponents of prohibition held that it was an attempt to interfere with private rights, tliat it was unconstitutional. But the courts had said that the state, in the exercise of its polico power, had said that the state not only had the right to control the .liquor traffic, but had the right to prohibit tlie manufacture and sale of liquor, and not only that, but the right to prohibit the manufacture of liquor for private use. Dr. Cromer referred to the supreme court decision in the case of the .State v. Aiken, 42 S. C., 231. The case was an appeal from the decision of Judge Hudson declaring the law unconstitutional, the famous decree of Judge Hudson, after the signing of which he laid down his pen and remarked that in signing that decree he had signed his death warrant. In that decree Judge Hudson had held that the dispensary law girdled the tree of life because it interefered with the right of the individual. The supreme court held the dispensary law constitutional, and the decision rested upon this declaration : Liquor in its nature is dangerous to the morals, good order, health and safety of the people, and is not to be placed on the same footing with the ordinary commodities of life, such as corn, wheat, tobacco, and potatoes. And the supremo court, he said, were weighing their words, because it was a hotly contested matter. When driven from their constitutional intrenehinent, the liquor men said that prohibition would not prohibit; that prohibition was a good idea, but that it was visionary; it was better to regulate the liquor traffic, because under prohibition more liquor would be sold. Dr. Cromer said he was never able to understand why the liquor men were willing to spend millions of dollars to debauch legislatures if they believed they could sell more liquor under a prohibition law. Tt was a lie, he said, a specious lie, hot out of hell. They argued that under a prohibition law, the state would lose the revenue. He said that he had often quoted from Gladstone, who said, when a delegation of Scotch brewers waited on him to protest against his prohibition views on the ground that revenue was cut off, that the question of revenuo must never stand in the way of needed reform; "give me a sober population, not squandering their money, and I will find the revenue." He did not believe in debauching society because a few dirty dollars might be realized. Dr. /(Vomer said that a few years ago he wrote to Governor Iloch, of Kansas, in regard to the prohibition law of Kansas, and lie road extracts from Governor Hock's letter bearing out his argument. Duriny the course of his remarks Dr. Cromer said that a few years ago a member of the board of control said that the difference between Charleston *>,h1 Greenville was that when a blind tiger was caught in Greenville he was put on the chain J gang; when a blind tiger was caught in Charleston lie was put on the grand ! jury. But he was glad lo say that j "under Mayor Rhctt conditions arej improving." Dr. Cromer said there was no law' that was absolutely enforced, but that under a prohibition law the liquor traffic was no longer legalized. He admitted that morals could not be legislated into people, but he said thai a legislative example could be set bv legislating what was right. He spoke of the fact thai the branch of flie Keele.v institute, located in Columbia, founded in 1S02, had sent J i ! ?"l three thousand graduates, or two r?> a year. It was n Iwnolloial ?<>ik that was being- done, to take ?J?.v the taste and the appetite for wins Key, hut he spoke with sadness " 10 at' 'hat "'ore were more graduates JYom this branch of the Keelev institute in Newberry countv than here were graduates of the 'South J. and ma college, which was founded in 1801. It had been argued, he said, that s ,nethod not to remove temptation, but to enable his people to <>v|?f(?iie temptation. That was :,u/ 1,111 ^ w?s also true hint (.od s method in developing C hnstians was to have them g? out 1,111 |,('ln?ve temptation from the path of a weaker brother. l>r. C'romer urged high ideals for tl?o young men and the young women <> 'he country. John Ham,,den, who, though, a rich man, refused to pay thirty Shillings ship money and went to jail, fixed in English history an example of a high-minded, libertyloving man, who insisted upon justice. Governor fOulbertson had convened a special session of the Texas legislature to pass a law making prize fighting m Texas illegal. By that one assertion of manhood and of patriotism, notwithstanding the cry of the economists as to expense, he had fixed an example that deserved to oQ down m Texan history along with the example set by the heroes of the Alamo. When the law legalizing the Louisiana lottery had been repealed, men had offered to pay the public of Louisiana and to pay the state annually $1,000,000 to re-enact tne charter of the lottery. What a temptation, he said, -to reduce taxes, but the manhood and the patriotism and t he Christian enlightenment of I Louisiana were enough to reject with I scorn the offer that was made. What could be said of South Carohna, said Dr. Cromer. It was no pleasure to him, he said, to talk abou. (lav of her shame. Tt had been urged in sonic quarters, he said, that there was no longer any use to fi?M I he dispensary, since the dispensary fv had been repealed. R?t now was the time to fight, ho said, when the dispensary forces were on the run. Over against the example of Texas, and Louisiana he placed South Car olina. Fifteen years ago. he said. outn Carolinians had expressed h^msclyes in fav.?- of prohibition. ;} 1,al (]u] 'hey get ? They asked for a Mi and got a serpent of the deadliest sort. They didn't get bar rooms, but they got what in his judgment?and ms opinion was unshakable o? that! point?what was infinitely worse, when it came to the underlying principle. They got the dispensary, legalised bar rooms. Tt was urged that the I < ispensary would decrease taxes and I support, the schools, and the state' told its citizens by indirection, that it was their duty to drink liquor to put down taxation. The stale had I graded the salaries of dispensers by! the amount of liquor they sold?in this way showing the insincerity of the argument ih,( the dispensary was| a prohibition measure. TTe thanked Lod when the stale shook herself of be dispensary system, and ho thouirht! 'he lime had now come when in all .justice (he legislature should do one ? 'Uo 'hings. In I.aureus the dispensary had been voted out. but the dispensary had remained on aeeonnl I he elect ion having been contested ?" ''""''hnicalities. ]? Chesterfield if "as the same, and one of the grounds !";? ,\vns i:,al white men had been intimidated by white women. The legislature had put ,]?> bun^i on ne prohibitlonisls in regard to olooion laws never before known, fie lolight tlie time had come to put the ?ool on (ho other follow. The Wis? ?'? onu-hf l? pass ? sln,j?M pro. , ,0." 1:1 l?<ss n prohibition ' n. n '?cal option feature, with " ? privilege lo (ho dispensary pe0. W "P polilion and vote i? dispensaries, if ||,.,v oonld, in H,e counties which wanted them. nr. Cromer said l|10 "" lon,w ?,|i. ! : " *0('ial and moral ques. ,'v,'l'-v ''"nI."--I i? Wwherrv, ?>id. "-Iii. il ||?,| ,, t,..! K,.?|,.nV wet, the negroes had been used by th< liquor men. While there were gooi men opposed to prohibition, lies aid when the final contest came the ig noranl and the vicious and the lawlos could every time be found arrayei ton the liquor side. The 15th amend incut had been repealed long- ago, am so long as a just God presided over ci vilized nations, it would stay repeal ed. In conclusion, Dr. Cromer said tha the work was slow, but that the morn ing had dawned. Clod was claiminj his own, and his chariots were mov ing throughout the South, and th sunburst of glory was coming. Le every man who loved his country, h said, who was willing to live accord ing to the doctrine of St. Paul, wliicl not only forbade a man to injure hi fellow-man, but commanded him (< help him, rally to those who insist ed that legalized traffic in liquo should be banished from our country TALK TO CHILDREN. Miss Shanor of Missouri Gives En tertaiuing and Instructive Lecture. Miss Kowena Shaner, of Missouri addresed the children at the meetiiv of the Woman's Christian Temper ahce Union, in the Lutheran Churcl of the Kedeemer, on Sunday after noon. In the very outset of her ad dress she got the interest of th children, and she held it throughout She told them in the beginning Ilia she would be unable to make her ad dress unless they helped her, and th children helped her, and it was most excellent address, not only fo the children, but for the grown pco pie as well. The children paid stric attention, and every question sh asked them during her address wa promptly and intelligently answeret Miss Shaner began by telling th Bible story of David and Goliath. Sh said that there were giants stalkin abroad today, too numerous to men tion in her short address, but. sh mentioned several, which she warnc the child 1^11 against. The first o tlicse was the Alcohol Giant. Thi giant could be conquered, she sail lYnsf in God was necessary, and th giant would he overcome as it ha been overcome recently in Gcorgi and other states. There was one li quor shop that every one could closc she said, and this was a liquor slio .just under the nose. She had th children and the grown people, too, t repeat the little verse, "There is a little liquor shop tha every one can close, It is a little liquor shop just under neath your nose." The other giants to which she calle special attention were the Cigaretl Giant, the Swearing Giant, and th Impurity Giant. By request of the president, Mr; Joseph Sprott, of Manning, the dc votional exercises on Sunday aftei noon were conducted by Mr. I?. ( Williams. At the beginning 08 the exercise the president announced that 011 ac count of the bad weather on Saturda evening Miss Kit a Shelley had 110 been able to deliver her address o welcome, .Miss Shelley delivered he address, and i| was responded to b Mi<< I annie I'radhau, of Mannin*. Moth the welcome address anil th response were excellent in coinposi tion and delivery. BUSINESS MEETINGS. W. C. T. U. Being Held in Contra Methodist Church. I'lie business sessions of the slat convention of the W. ('. T. II. ar being held in Central Mcthodis church. The first session was held ycstei day morning. The convention is pre sided over by Mrs. Jos. Sprott o Manning. The roll call showed every slat officer present, two superintendent of departments, and thirty-six deh gates, fen counties being representee 'I he fhnlauqtia salute was given f Mr-', h. S. Herbert the president o e (lie idhnstian Temperance Workers 1 of the state of South Carolina, who i, was introduced to the convention as - a visitor. s After the noontide prayer a very .1 beautilul and fitting memorial scrviec - was held in honor of the late state 1 president, Mrs. Emma Auld, and oth ers who had passed beyond during; the - year. Tributes of love and respect were read and the Frances Willard t Memorial Hymn sung. The reports of the different corns' mittees showed an increase numeri cally and financially for the W. C. T, e U. work of the state. There are 2fi t local W. C. T. U. unions in the state e with a inemhership of -1()2; and 1-J - 1 j. P. L. organizations with a mem[\ bership of -10(>. s In the afternoon the president, Mrs o Sprott, delivered her annual address - to (lie convention and Mrs. Armout r spoke to a large audience at 4 o'clock WELCOME EXERCISES. To the Delgates to Woman's Chrisi tian Temperance Union Now in Newborry. The W. O. T. U. of South Carolinn i, convened Saturday evening at 8 j>. m ? in the Methodist church, Newberry - S. 0., and despite the rain there waf li a very good attendance of delegates - and visitors. " This is the 2-111 i annual convention 0 but not the first opportunity that ha4 ' been given the people of this city tc t entertain this noble band of Christian women, who arc engaged in hcr? oic and praiseworthy efforts looking a to the abolition of the whiskey traf* fic in every form. Some twentj years ago this organization met here it during the life time of Mrs. C. Mow e er, who, for many years, was thv & whole-souled and generous presiden of the local union. The devotiona e exercises were conducted by Rev. .7 ? A. H. Scherer, president of the New J? berry college. Mrs. .Top, Sprott, prosident, called the meeting to order and e expressed her hearty appreciatior that in the good providence of Go< f they were oce more permitted t< s come together. She introduced tin ' speakers, l)rs. Jones, Pelliam anr ? Phillips in the order named. ' Dr. K. .Tones, in behalf of the a city, welcomed the W. C. T. V. in be fi11iiin" terms and brought to thoii attention the fact trial Newberrv \va1 as dry as a chip, and that under n< 1 circumstances would be willing tr try the li(|iior experiment in |he fut ure. t Dr. W. E. lYlham, speaking for tin business men. expressed heartv ap preciation of I lie honor conferred up on him in having been selected t< welcome the fair and noble woint n ol South Carolina to the hearts aiu e homes of hospitable Newberry. Tic facetiously remarked that the privi ' ilege of addressing so many ladies ' at one time has never before beer accorded to him; in his earlier years it was to him a great joy to address them one by one. Referring to tIk s four cardinal virtues of the ancienthe suggested that we who live in thi> y present and enlightened age ol if j christian civilization, should at leasl P J be as sincere and hearlv in maintainr in?r the virtue of temperance as tliosi yj who have none before us. lie wa> > . | proud of Newberry's record. First e j relegal ing the -iiloons l<> the rear: i-1 next, relegal ing the dispensarv to the rear ami that now lempernncr and prohibition prevailed so mscarcely a drunken man is met upon ! the busy slroi-U. lie welcomed lh< 2 j women, who were banded logethei j again-I the unholy legalized lupioi trallic in behalf of home and family gland bade them Cod speed in theii c noble work. t Hov. 1>. C!. Phillips spoke for Ihr churches of Newberry and Mrs. M . A. Carlisle for the local W. C. T. U, ?. The addresses of |he two were inf spiring anil instruclive: (lie welcome i hearty ami well expresed and wc e j feel sure the delegates will fee] mi s sense of home-sickness after hearing >.' I hem. I. j Mrs. Harris Armour, slab; presi;>dent .?f I lie Ceor-jia W. C. T. l'.t r(. f spoiided (i !u- e addres-j-s, and !'.n ; about an hour hold the audience spell i hound as she told of the great work i done in Georgia in securing the passage of the stale prohibition law. - Mrs. Armor deals sledge-hammer s blows to the liquor business and i speaks with great fluency and oratory in her crusades of not lcgalizi ing the sale of strong drink. STRONG AND VIGOROUS APPEAL . Mrs. Armour Makes Adress for Prohibition?She Spoko of iho Remedy. > The Lutheran Church of the Re[ deomer was crowd.nl with the W. C. . T. IT. delegates ami the people of Newberry, on Sunday evening, to hear the address delivered by Mrs. ; Mary Harris Armour, who is at the . head of the W. C. T. U. workers in Georgia. There can be no doubt of Mrs. Armour's earnestness, and that she accomplishes results was shown by the fact that at the conclusion of . her address she raised about on hundred and forty dollars for the cause. In beginning her address Mrs. Armour said the people uad enough of i the horrors of intemperance; the re, tnedv now was wanted. The remedy, t she said, was prohibition. South Car; olina must vole out whiskey, she said, ; and get rid of this black stream of death that is flowing throuth her. She spoke of the personal resjxmsi' bility resting on every on?. (| Kv try body has their influence, she said. South Carolina needed and Newberry needed hundreds of ordinary , men and women tilled with the spirit ' of God. There was no use for any one . to say you can't, she said. She urg, ed the workers to be informed, saying ignorance was the greatest fo2 > God had. If the people really knew ^ what alcohol was they would have the j governor to call an extra session of the legislature to vote it out. Alcohol, she said, was several different kinds of poison. She spoke of the infamy I of the legalized liquor tralllc. She t compared those who wanted the reI venue from ii to Benedict Arnold and ( Judas. She charged the liquor men , with sending men over the country I lo treat the boys and to create in them an appetite for. liquor. "Kverv bottle of liquor sold across the eounlers in South Carolina is your bottl.\" she said, ''unless you are doing ail in your power to overthrow it.' She gave a history of the prohihi1 i1111 movement in Georgia, and of I he 1 part taken in it bv the \V. C. T. I', workers. She said they had memorialized the various religious bodies in Georgia and through their efforts a " special day had been set apart for encouraging the movement, and when > that day came, she said, she could feel the prohibition wave sweeping over ' the state. She believd tlie Atlanta ? Georgian, the prohibition newspaper " in Atlanta, sprang up in answer to ; her prayers and the prayers of other 1 devoted temperance workers. At the conclusion of her address ' Mrs. Armour secured $100 in ! amounts ranging from five dollars to 5 twenty-five dollars, and after that ; the collection plate was passed, and forty-one dollars additional were taken up. Birthday Party. Tin* birthday party given by Miss l.illie May Moore hi<l Wednesday I eveni11w as ?inite an en'lovable afi , . Alter the cake walk in which the " cake was won by Miss i.illic May 1 I M.inre and Mr. Aiken I'Yagle, refreshments were served. There were about !?0 young men ainl ladies who participated in the I occasion. Miss Moore received many nice presents. I WANTED ?Tlie College Hoys to know that we still represent a good laundry at The Herald and News office. We will appreciate your patronage and GCAWAXTKK SATIS! 1 PACTION. I'.n.ii.ldns & Huff. Alderman Ward 5. j Mr. I'M. i/. Ifodi'lsperger is hereby announced us a candidate for alder man for ward No. f>, subject f?> the rules ol the Democratic primary.