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HE CLINTOK CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1931 THE PROHIBrnON QUESTION Proverbs 23 >29-32; Isaiah 5:11-24 Sermon Delivered Sunday Morning At Thornwell Memorial Church By Its Pas.tor, Rev. L. Ross Lynn, D.D. forced fthey say. We admit not 1001 rooms or dispensaries was not, nor per eent. But what law is so complete- would they be, z guarantee against iy enforced. But what really has been j “Wind tigers,” “bootleggers,” “moon- accomplished aolng this line by Pro-'shine” business or whatever names hibition Director Woodcock. “For his i they are known by . first year in office which ended July' I grew up in the days when there! 1, he listed a total of 7.').365 cases; were bar rooms in every county. Yet,i were prepared for prosecution in ftni-'my earliest recollections are of re-i eral and state courts. 5«.173 cases'ports of illegal traffic in liquor andi ^ ^ iei np ^ ^ ■ ) wore terminated in ft^leral courts and the murder of the revenue officers. ! unsafe and therefore expensive. W}|pn ^ were 3ecure<l in •50,.i34j I his is no development of prohibition the president (tf a great railroad com- 23,372 ’sentences im- Jays. - fine, aKKroxatH i„ ,,^,ks-,nville. H,2»ri automobrk'S and 31,321 stills'i,m^ wo had hit W 10 whalers, w’.io accompany the ex hibit and lecture on it. 666 WHAT DO P. S. JEANES DO? LIQUID OR TABLETS Ilelicves a Headache or Neuralgia ia .30 minutes, checks a Cold the flrst day, and checks Malaria in thiee days. 6 0 6 Salve for Head Colds ^ ^ ns" ^ ^ ^ ■ Why do we speak on this subjt 't ? ! Because tl’ (iT’c^ t^f the.jii )-‘ tu!ko<l of questJi . befi.ie fTe Amerit an pe<»- i>any eiifor es restrictions against the pie. It mil t he considcpHl one o^ ih<‘ emjiioyees of his eompany and then, most im. rtant ■sj''je( t.s Si fn-e u- : >1 -. iiS .s the repeal of th<,* IHLh j elsi' SiT ni4! •! talk v.-"uld n d he ,u\ I j air.einiii enl to the ('unstitutir.n, be j' about i ar.ti .-o mu h . paoe in t'.c puls him.self, as it seems to me, in a * public I s w )ij!d not lx* div 'e l t i (i;.ml us position, it. As i.iij )’*tHnt as fhi.s mnt’or i the whole I) ’.;ple. ri aliy only <>n<‘ of the (ju* ‘iiin has liet-n jiresenteo T,, , ... Fla., we had 107 legalized liquor plac- The truth IS the liquor —places for which federal, .state beginning to think that ..p,. m‘Ay effective cmforce-1 . n^.c.nse was about $10.00. The mcnt Oi this law. ; state and city were illoOO.OO. InvesJ- ft ,t.. i3..dlv 44 nni:tir-4l rrios I . ''*• l'-qi>or gallon revealed one hundred and thir- ide . “■ , L drunk and conditions are much worse ty i dd places that had naid the $40 00 II ha, ,.lw„y., ,1,J.l,my|th.„ ^hey cla.m that Ir fida;;i lic^n.» hirha.4 not ^'3 You Are Cordially Invited To Attend Vi i-l.t' lju* - i'Mi j/I .-'C il i I ' . 11 ♦ I U I ‘ f li4* Wall W*v»*i4* V1»«.*V .»! ITTUCICM l/Ut ildii liDW IlUiU' adequati r . ll.h- j. ih’ii . Aisl that ria ;'■ < P«“lK‘s. w^ | they want and expect a reduction of the $1300.00 license to city and state. Uvu thi‘ Iqjji si..e. La k ah.iut .he holO ha.s on the, j^mking under mmlification and reg- These one hundred and thirty odd -After tile ratification if the 'v h- certa n (ITiartei but its yjation. If you believe ei.her of tho.se I jjl-ct* were “boo.tlegging.” ‘ for) l.;eo„ aaion iim nt in IH:i a, d < id of operation arid have: .uUmmt., five me »l(H).U0O.(X) „ „ ,, manager of the, see how any man who;c<l in the FMtt."burgh Leader of Mar h as saying: “If any man de- speak-easies (blind tigers) I cannot in gem ral ^ ho h.id worked ,so l.aiUi^b ri of thi* ISth amendment and the] f. r it and were le.'oicr'd. siMune i ’o Ps sage of the voLteail act foe! that the fight was won and th.it ^g'lic it «t inched every tbe law would take carr- ofyitsclf. Iwelr ly controlled the political But the I qjor intere.sts were not thu.s to be d. jii.'^id of. fliev have con-' The,se U'a<k‘fk of darkness and emis-i Tlxoluding one single <ia; 'n a town i such place.s in any one ward he may t ni’ssi from the day of the passage aries if rrvil had thrdr li en-ed liar j wti ri. I once lived .hat had bar name out of fifteen w’hich I w^ill se- «.f the amen.iment a rn ).<t vigorous ; ,oomi for meeting places of their | ro.m..-, I could go down town any Sat-i le<-t.” campaign for thi- piirpifse of breaking: v,<.-( y,„n.n • | urda.v afternoon arid evening and see The Winnipeg Tribune, November. F'i /tnvs ---.r ...... 1,1(1 ijt me arc. 1.1 mi.''" j wants to be truthful, who ever Iive<l lb96,' andh^ jj town or city of bar rooms could, nies that . .iKina; ‘*'‘“'!b*‘ve the a'ffrontery to make any such; exist in large'ni^At^-s in Pitt.^SrgV, ' j statement. j will guarantee to take him into ten d\i-vvn n -pc t for the coiistitutiriii and i f r the '-i pea! .f '.he V rlstead act and the an’ecdiio lit. Large sums o.f money have t c. n i .pci.Jed in ll.c efr -rt to ac omj li.^h the rctuin of li<i.i:ir. Fin • c'xa.iip f. d iiiiig till- fir.'t eight Tic- la-'t president a! r-le tion brought vr*ry cliarly Ix-fore the coun- Tv Ih'it the Isijor ad'fcateH wen nio. tn- of th.-i ye.ir .L-liri .1. ILiskob «i.ruriluitcd .f 1 i,t/'n» irw and tbi- Du Conti 12*2,(MM).00 t. that end. Thi^ A --i/cialio'i ,\gain-t the I’l oliJntiori Arnemiincnt .spent .'•■JOI .rt.'.s 00. And thi.s i.i 11 1 !!ie only .ipi m > at work to bri'ak down our ('on-ti:ution. Whib- lue-e have been most active a.-f many drunken men as 1 have seen 1930, in sjreaking of what was called in the thirteen years I have hien in the morality s<|ua 1 said: “The higge.-t Clinton. During the«e vears I have inut of tiie’r work is putting b.rot-: t’i! in pditics arid insisteil in making j (‘H over thi.s southeastern section 'eggers out of busines.'i ” Tiiat n wet •hr- li(|i) I (iie:g:. n the main issm- of! >f <'Ur country. For example: The Co- Fanaila. j the ca r! ai.'.'-n. .\’itl the voters of this ■’urnbus (Ohio) T’iiizen is authorityj 1 he .Montreal Cazette, Decern'er,' ountry reported to .Mr..Kaik' r) and ifor the .statement that in that city of DbiO, publi.ihed th<- following: “( an.s 'arnlidate .\1 .Smith ths-ir conviclirn in IIMMJ nearly G(M),0()() glass- of bootlr g alcohol were concealed ini n tills qu<‘«lion. It now seemi tliaiD's of beer were di'iink daily almost; ffin b<;xes, milk cans, ami radio: ‘he vet fioliticians are rlelermined to' $11,000.()(K».(i0 a year. Ae'ain, accorrl- brixe-s. .More cans of bootleg al< oho) thr w ‘bis mie.stion.s in'o th - lev* L' the .\'ew York VV’orbl Almanac,|in aulomobilco driven by people rlress genet :il eb-.-tion. 3. It is a social (iue«t:on. The first for th<* la.st five years of the wet era' isl as jrrieot.r and nuns ha e been -eiz- ■he yearly average arrests for drunk- ed by the (Quebec liquor <• -mmission.” jutio:x:laal unii. iiLouc social d'anya-Aiu New Yjirk City . was i ly as!is‘|). \Vi tsTu. ate the f ■TOrr'’'ni^''Tf'me"'"'Uu • nemjei of our social order are Ulast- h.ive allowisl them to , )iie.-.f;il pneiatiun of-iinj, the foun lafioti.s of the home. .v.., hf ,l .I.'., .. O th.l-.' ,...m r,,y„|,,„„„w l„.„l work 4-ome to this pn rbge and r-ei|»on.si- i . ■ .u i r li i i 1.1,,,. f , i in d' troving thr- honws of the laml, iiliitv. AM ti.c yuulii.s ft'i.m nine ti TT^Tivr" vrftr.T nr^ni vrit'“s * fiat is wet (jinada! The average wa.s '.ijHlo. .And yet thr- popu-j‘hink «uch vioIa‘ions eoulrl havt- Intir.n lietwoi-n these y-ar.s quo!' in-i comn'itlisi rmly ni rlrv .Ameiiea. bwil in (P trriying ■ lUt .'Uirdy ill thr- rhiy rtf ih - Ir-galizr-d i liiliior traffic, this was on;- of lh<- ' m.i't distinctive of at! thr- agr-ncies at I-Al ik jignimst the horm-.s. \N hor-ver I laimr-rl tliat lirpior iiiakr-s slrongr*r, hct'rr, rr hajipir-r hnnies for ihu.se who drink? This robs wifr- ;ind r-hil- <lrr-n of thr- nr-cessitir-s of lifr-. It itnnsf ims whn' \v miM otherwi.r- he a •i rnfoi t;i' r- .iml Imiipy h'lnv i‘|:k i- .. rr c.i.l I'c.u . I. ti ;i a b;t ()f )■ .ivr-n on '■•arfh into a iie;ir ii) pc .icii to h<*ll on creiisr fj 1,.'.DO,()())). 1 hirty-eigh* o-jt of t.fty Kr-r-iy ( ur*- twenty in 1 'll* a.e iio.v of voting agr-. Mail', of the r- in oiy tin itory, nr-vet .saw a saloon ami havr* no first h nid kri wliriir- of thr- inirp.litics of rli.,peii- sar;, arnl bar room. Flit .-ome of us herr- tialay do recall the diunkeiim- s and d.-l»aiJ< h. I’y of irio.o- lia.. s. \\ e ai r- no*. i|,ceil I'd by tin* t-rlk of w.o.se con- • lit OILS now I lian t hr n. 11.41 u e will '• and a - lo id r if t !ii - gr-•i-ration o: yoiilh hair- is-iiing up-, on iii tl.<- ri -pon-ibility i f gr ing in-i"'^’'‘| "'ight to l.-t' Mill lion ;il(.:;g this bin-. Wo nei-rl aa ^ art u- and viguioiii tamuii’-n 2 ' |r.v,i.im of eluc;;li-:i iic i 1 .a l.ul. , I. ih,, !- fi,-t of all .111 ecaiomir-1 minisliy of m-ai .> .ar-nty Ip,.- o n. I' IS rr-cogiii/.ed as .such byly' di'-' in tev.iH nmi ciUe ■ w ir-ir* tiar- Ini pi. ami r-oiis. by tlioso who op ''""’''-- <-vi-^'ci, I Imve had to go into |L ami- im.-e wiio fav..r liqu. i. 'i ,,f ^ ii 1 i' lVe sr-on tin ta> • ha it .Vii-. 1 ,i .t- an , .o j 1 .i. e , ihi- iiii-i- of it all. _ iioiiiii’ i .liiai e and ir nd, 11 d r i , t-i ' b I In: • . t- a I, it is a ,n .ir* tn 4i j.i.m le.l eon. 11 ii.-li-vc 1" - ii 1 OjU bn - III . v.i-i one r.f t .i- ..ui:.- -a iiL'I na . into ii «.1 4- lov-.Uii tiu- <l. -,,iig u{i o! , t ite I b' him -if hi.i moral .sr-nse. It ili-'vr-s ;i. >( .-.iitr- .lid till- li.i.u lid l•..,iil,•liorl I mm mto the idiiimi^sion of Ihr- most t.i;t‘:;dmi'n..4 iiyi. Di, r.on- M-titutes in this country liavi- been i r- ; . , '. ' ; ” pn.hil.ilion: lixly lut if J’ ‘-f--r axu- ( „n- hi.v,- W-n rl-.-l. ll-I- Lw U! .Mal.l What are we Christian ]M-oi)!e t do? -Inform oursi-lves. .And you do not' get the inf.irmation from a wet ami 'i l-eorli re A. (,' ttiroji, ge).' r;»' -ec- r<-tury of thr- .Massachu et's .Sr ciety for Ibr-vention of ( rur-'tv to <'h'!dron. -ilways for thr- Con tituti'iri aiul for thr- law am! iis eiif rernu-nt. ill his au'iuiil rr-[iort., shows that of the ^*4 ‘ ran-fi nn-- a pi ince of a nmiirllin simpler, n and «>: I 1 I'll; e'l 1 n -on. ^ ^ s-i-;. imi^-lliiie .itati 1 iwiT'-slry iK-fore till- b-ih amr-iuimi-i:l w;i . pa'.-t-rl. i i.ih.biioiii IS souml ii'eiiomii-ally an,. 1.1 advocati i b_\ inr-ii likr- I'a.ur, pit dint o! tfie (ii'.ings-, till- gieiit or- g’lr.izalioti «,t l.irim-rs in tins cotiii li> in a; ; i.-linuait of thr •o.tKM) cjres harulbrl by thr- sn-it ty the past year, iit^r-mpcrancr- enfr-ri-d into into a 20.3 jn-r cent as agrinst 17.1 per c -ni forans j-, dm-tion of ,'H per i-til ^ Hut , I'cgiilatiiin ar'!l so-called gov- lernmoiit contiol doi-» not reduce, but lu *g‘* gieafly i'icri-a-<-. ilr'nl.ing ai il ilt iink- i-t;nc.is. Lveiy on-1- in a whiii- wi* hr-ar d .Mime one who jirai. t*s the Itratt y.s r-iii of .'sw'-deti. Flit that country iMi-’k, ,,(iw con-uming tline t ines a miieh ai'-lent pirits per e-pita as in 1317 when the systi m was a I qite I. .And the mimln-i- of users has also in- cti-a r-d gir-at.ly. W.th thr- ilrink bill in Canaria there is imri-oii-il iliunki-nm-.s.-’. Orphanage To See Exhibit (( Dr. .' -ck II. Youmr. ma 'or of Cbp. n. wdl enti-rtiiin -hr- ch 'ilren fuim f he i'hor-iwell ^ or iibann' pir-s m '"t .M m • day when thr* Fa ific W hiilmg ( o presi'»-t4 it.s mammoth whale, (’ siis at thr* .Sr*-vbiarl slaDon. T'n' leg viln.li-, t'resr-nt<-d -n a spe;-- ially built steel railway c-ir, mr-Hsures |oi't in b-ngth. and weighs OS t ins. The hugi- lii-HSt was eapturi-rl aftr-r a ts-rrific ^trugg!l-, and nri-ervr-d in a •As a spe.-ial fi-ature. Captain Murr’, S. White, managii- of the r-xhibit. will - .Arrr-su of j life-lil.r* .stair-. In fa t, the only thing 'll (k.iig .iiiLi. j b<* WomI of (iixl duinki'n dn\r-rs-of aut i.s luii gri-utiv ini-sing i.s thr* breaih, so jn-rfi- t is iM.aks n.i moil- rlr-ar.y upon any oili-, imTi-ased ami there is an im reaM- oY .hr- whale in riotail. aecirlriits a> a ir suit of ilrunkr-n ilriveis. « It is a vi ry significant fa.t that ■ i i , , during the Kings Mountain celr-hra-; *^‘'7 “ MMN-'aMectme t,. the orpnans and they will be told spirit-stirring ■stories of thr- 1 riny rk-eji. and f'ap-' Hr- rcjei 11 as without Inundation I biir .s lip.s. r-.stitnateri at .bO.Odi) people, not a sin-' 'ain Whitr- will tell them about hi.s thr- i-onlr-iition that thr* n-i-s-j l-i'* us sei- wliat thr* arivocatr-s rifj^jj, am-t was marir- f.-r rlrunkenness. i-xpr-n-'m-es among the i-annitials luiuor busine.-’.i ""or rr-} r-al havr cr 'ubj- i t than this, .\s Chi i-l inns wi- have a irM|)on.ii- bibty which wt* cannot shirk. In- this .1- in o.hcr u- |u- ts wi- are our broth- 1*1 ' kr-r }i, r. ,\n<l wor* uiil-) tliat man:;ii)|)^ wheii I’li-siilent Hoover was' tliat jiutt. .li t.u- bottle to his nr-igh-j ,,,,.si..it for the address, with a cmwrl ■ sairl. (>11 t he Coll 1. th,- i',";;,"'-t h-'-i i-t-t -fi 'n,,. ,4h„i..,.xhn.it wif .1 gri-at lii-lriim-nt ‘ >‘i‘Oon. isur wriai is n tni.j tin* country. Im i in- i i. . want? Do thry want somr-thing akini Thr-ie is a huve i-A- that the cuin-! V"" ^ would lit-iii-lii Dll' faimr trary. d w.tuld, in this Irailer, iirovi II' tl.i l.timei. Tiio-r- who rr*arl tin- jiaiiers havr- Ix-eii famihar with the iiisitioii of Thom.is A Thiison on tin- qiu-sllon. Del t'v Fm.l has br-r-ii oiicL.f the mi>st e i i i i- .• i ■ -i nut p.rkrii uiients o ln,uor t h is, i-fle.-tive ami befo.-e mist of| e.m.diy ha-. Hr- sa>s that the auto-^You r an-i iin.l a, :- lenders imp.-ss.b.e th.-,,,,i .jpj,.,. j,,,, ^f this, |trr'..ihn i- o. iiganzc-i lii|imr. lacoini-1 a’i* anything about the xirtues t-f rnisls Ilf fi.it niial la jnit .i. ion. Frofes- -la- dispin.sai y owtn-rl and i)|n>raletl by ror I-ishci. < arwr. ami otln-rs, (‘sti-ltb,. .state. It contributi-il to drunkeii- inatr- tint 11 h liti n is saving thi' m-s.s, debaiicln-r.v, graft and corriqi- ruit. n s.x 1 illioii dollars rr-pia t*ntr->l tion of ilu- worst sort. No man of III in vi-.i.'cl I'.iinit-g pow r id' work sound miml believes an\thing othi-r t-rs, imir-a i-i jir-niui I ion ami jiurchas-^ . h.in the ailvocates of ii-|iea! want the i in-- nowi r. (iiea* r.iiln a.I c-mnanies.! thing that is or is eiiuivalr-nt lo the I ami now tin* bus (4>m|ianies, ari- most bar room. "Things that an- equal to Vigid in I'leir enf in-i'mcMt of |•ules^bl-^same thing an- i-qiia! to eai-h oth-j aga >ist dnn'v’ng. Why? llecause it isj'-’'' ’ ! I 2. nu-y si-izi-vl uiion the distressed I qmiitiim in whieli tin- gra n farmt-r' : has f,.um! him-elf the )iast months as, , m o|i|» iiuni’v to in dst that the o})-, ' -ration of tin- Inewerit's would great- y enhami* tin- .jirin- of grain, of our.-e, by inei i-.i.sing demand foi'i j ^rain. Itut what wr-ie the faet.s as to; gi.un juices in thi.s country which has' jirohibition in its books, compariHlj with Canada where the Ineweries are' ji umiiic; and siii'plying liquor to be j : si'lil under govei nmi-nt er-ntrol? Crain w-.is selling in dry .America for about 1 as.sert without f<-ar of coiitr.ailiction | tnqiical forr-sts, and among friendly protest inost vigorously ■ vvould in-t h.ive bi-eii true Fskimas in the .Arctir lln _\ . ...... '•^-’•-'.*‘’•.■1,1:11 Mll.-ll U/t41,I.1 ,l,.T nil'.l ,.4.XI*l-Tr,,Xk‘ '..’.,.4...... 41 4„..:. I, Wii'lt ’S, lin here rictly an to the ilisin-nsary o|ierated by <he' [^y i.s lU'er-ruM WiVh ••bliinl tigers ’"‘hibition, agd at slmr* government, led.-ral or state. -lust | wV admit that in this res|ii-i-l the ' bit.-rvals. leetun-.s are given by Caji- hat thing was trieil to tin- shame »‘U»11 nation is liad bad enough. | tain White and CaiiLiin William N. iisgiaci* 111 vSiuith t arolina ami wasj ,,f loj^alizesl l.Hi jNhnith. In addition, there is a crew of - . r The New Buick Eight Display Saturday, November 14 ... ^Also... At the Same Time Enter the $50,000 Prize Contest Featuring ‘‘Wizard” Control First Prize $50,000 You Can Win It. Thomason Motor Company LAURENS, S. C. Ill ■I .u y The Pacific Whaling 4 Presents i COLOSSUS The Captive Whale A broken plate glass window is bound to cut in to your profit un less you’re— yE T N A -1 Z E D A)ur yCtn.i Flaic CiIaxs PdIkv guar antees (uit iu> tost tn von! to you! S. W. SUMEREL, Agent CIround FImir Jacobn & ('o. Bldg. Next lo Western Union WIZARD CONTROL I twice what it was selling fur in Can- luia. Nothw ithstnnding about -115,- (•(Mi.dOO j'liiimis of gra|ies were used in Mega! mamifailuro of wine befon* the, aar, gr;»|H' |ir.d iotion .-‘'ince that time has in lea i-sl more than 100 jier cent. 3._.Much is said of the vile liifuor that is su’d now. We admit that death •u. ner or later is m the put. But it must not be fxirgotten that saloon^ kei'i'ers have never been known as a •lass for hone.st bu.siness liealin.gs. The I’hiladr-ljihia North .American of' j .May 23, lltOii, carried an article w hich we quote in | art as follow.s: "If some! i means be luit fv^und spee-dily lo chock; Dhe flood of liquor adulterations ini j i’ennsylvania, tne steady drinkers, ; may expevt themselves to lie pickled jin the fluids which Dr. Harvey W. ( ' Wiley, head of the U. S. Bureau of j Chemistry, and Dr. B. H. Brown, state I dairy and foinl commissioner, call I‘chemical junk.’ It is then stated, jthat Dr. VVarren collected and ana-i ; lyz<Hl a hundred samples of all kinds I of intoxicating liquors, most of them ; picked up, in Philadelphia and that I sixty-one of the hundred samples were ; found to be composed almost wholly of chemical compounds lacking in juicee that should be the principai constitu ents of the drinks. The substitutions were found to be either active poi sons or intestinal irritants. Wood al cohol, coal tar dyes, sulphuric acid, were among the dangerous ingredi ents found in gallons of the stuff bought at random by the daii'y and food agents.” Blind-tiger poison? Yes. But much was poison in saloon 68 Tons Monday and Tuesday, At The Seaboard Railroad Station days. 4. The law is not and cannot be en- Adults 25c Ample Parking Space Children 10c % ‘f ■*. ■’ '• > '