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- f 5THK BARX1VKLL rROPl.Kl
The Um« I* not Ion* now when the
wuntllted yotere of our rounty will
have en opportunity to decide by bel
tot whether the tmln i In Intoxlcelln*
liquor* *hell to eboli>hcd or eh*U cu«-
tluue under the present ey*tem of
~j -tioowty OUpyneexy^ TUet i» the only
■qotitlon.e* 1 «nder*terid it^ and I
- tru*t thet *»erv men fn the Oountv
wl»o U quellfled to ce*t a ballot. w<W
will e* ell true and good citl«enn
ebweld, tote one way or the other*_end
iu*t e* he oonec’eniliuialy believe* la
peet for the germrel wefere of the
Cmmty.
In other word*, tf he honestly he-
Itoveh ftol ttm *elo of Intonkretlog
tlquon will to condnulve t ( > tho health
and ll»orelUJ , of the people; that It wilt
promote their prosperity and hap^-
neae—the women and children loclu-
d««K«»d that it will foorenae the pi»
ifMe&tantoaof labor, threu vote fie- the
f)|epen*ery; but If to the ronrrsry It
lie honestly believe* that the result* of
the trwtflo are tta> revers" of wh*t lw*
trcen *teted. end that prohibition U the
remedy, then vote for prohibition
Then egeln. l«t every man whpu he
yote* <lo a* ell good and true Homo
\jrata should (who believe in tbe rule
of the majority ) renolve P> abide by'
the reanlt, let It to what It m-iy. Ttore
la no man In this good eonntry of ours!
who can’t live on tier die same law*
' and regulations that n majority of the'
people can. and If there is anyone who
canuofe. It Is best for him and the pen
pit too that he go somewhere else
Again, I hope no One will so far forget
hi* dutlea a* a citizen, as to cast Ills
Vote for a »elHsli purpose; and If he:
'd«r»,'he eannotbo what w« would call.
'h good cltUen; but totoe cmrirary, he
will bean enemy to goed government,
and he bad totter take o**e that he l*
not making a rough road for himself,
'l have *tutiled tho proKleau 4 eapcctj
'more than I have any other <•««; and
•it Ka» alway* beeu a moat Utttiuult and;
•perplexing one.
l/ave observed Ira npopaHairs under
'low license, high Hcwnm. and for a
-time we had a prohibition -law'for this
County, and then I obeerotd R under
'the State Dltpensarv aystem and under
‘wur preaent County lllapeiiaary system
’nud tote POTtr yet seen a yr«<w1 way
for carrylnf on tbe traftlc, ami cun
think or Imagine a good way for band
ling It. Undor the prohibition regiim
referred to. ht was • mlsemklu Inllure
and gave tbe jsrohlhili »n 'oasrse * seti
back which tstdlt to tbV8«Car. Then
I opiiosed the enactmaiK; of a probl-
billon law for tbe County-; but that ha*
been mitre rhko ewei*-y-4l»e ywara ago.
and omidltbNUi •litfvwdtowge J in a groat
many re«pedl«. thing* were tolerated
then which asmild im« be tolrratcvl for
n moment now.—«»r.orcutena*e prompt*
sed Bow by parsfntlc wtollvea to observe
jnhtl obey the tww.wml to require and
*J)eniaud ot other;-u ho would not, to do
the lame; i«ftt That sentiment 1 aut
glad to bellevr growing; and then
tbe »taU* aCloltiing our Htate have
already aboVbdifd the tralllc; and the
•apply la nek easy to obtain bv those
who would engage In tbe tratMc illicit
ly. Tuts being tbe eondltlou as I «cc
It now. I am ready to ca*t ray v<*»e to
abolUh Ibe traflic entirely, and ogpeotl
to ao vote In August. I cxpocC to <!•'
s» because—flrat. I believe large s«wi*
©f money are annually wasted by klxv
jMaole la the purchase of Hquor whb>b
(6 »07.77S
in order to nilte a nryenuo, and, as
some suppose, to lighten taxation,
tto people of Mitruwc:! County have
bcyti engaged In the Ikjuor tralllo lor
v^ral years.
In 190K, our liquor laic* amounted
to nearly fLlXl.lXW, or TO to exact
>107,8117.1. The protiia amaunted to
near I v ffO.OtX); or to to exact again.
« Hoe* thly bttslnes* -pay
County f My candid judgment f* Uiat
It doc* not.
Crime U Increased af. lean 00 per
cent, as a consequence of the liquor
trnfbe. Hence, oi»«-balfof the expense
of tb# erlmiual ciavaea must be charged
against the whlaKcy busiueaa—such as
coiuta, tiiela, maliitenaiice, &c. This
entails a loss to our eouuty of not less
than $2 000 anuually
At a low estimate, th# use of liquor
causes an annual loss of oiic-fouith of
the laboring man's time, or 75 days.
Of the thousands ol laboring men in
our rmmly, at least 5<IU may be placed
In this class—each of whom could earn
At) ceuta a (Jay, In tnl* one Item alone
llarnwell'County sustains an annual
loss of llrt.’oO
1* the volume of busiueaof the coun-
tv helped, or hindered, by liquor trade?
f.ouK si this: Ot the |2on.(sst spent
for whiskey, surely It is safe to assume
that net less than one-half this sum
would go Into legitimate chaunulj of
trade Iwr tbe necessni lcs of Ilf#, were it
pot epeu. for liquor. If the merchants
and larmers had the volume ol tbelr
business increased hr rbts atlditlonai
flUU.iNM, tvouid f2(J,txaJ profit tor -M
per cem) be too high an estimate for
who la glven tn Sijnk. Th# #TTe arfd |ctoa«» Tto pranutor'a nM^uth on _ihe *uIt - [ tha protita deriyftL^hjlnd them to the
their net gain I 1
11 tl*c present leakage ( oy loss from
oriaie, labor, farms, mcrctia.idlse, ,t<-)
were stopped thj property valuation ot
the county would certainly he advan
ced at least one-hall million dollais
■in a-hort time. Till* would give a
net in-ircase tor tax values of 5t Vj>, at
fas# vresexjt ra c of county taxation.
In addiPtso t.t the foiegoing, the
protits accruing to the men who make
dutton and corn must be taken into «c
count—and yet i have not included the
same ot tills summary. .Suppose that
one half in the now spent f..r
whiskey were spout tor actmtl needs
of too white and colored men of the
comity—what would the $lu0,<)00 pur
chase-t -It would put iup.iPO bushels
of corn inrheir cribs; or 10,000 barrels
ol Hour Into tluelr ixtuaes; or 10,000
suit# #f clothes on their bodies.
drinks. It means better furnished
homes, improved and enlaiged fat ms,
and larger credit.
It will in cat i more hsppitiCM and
fewer tears In the boine* where drink
is a curse. '
It will mean that the man who doe*
not drink w ill boar hi* own part of the
burden of taxes and education of hla
u children. Instead of taking the
ailvanta## of ilie curtvof |)ts neighbor
ItoruwelLijKbe U. given .iii^TTinr To#
childrou of the drunkard slibfrtd hot to
opnnuiseil bv special taxes, Pt# the sake
«d the famille* of those who do n< t
drink.
Ily taking cheap whiskey from th*
cheap negro, it will mean a totter re
lation between the race*. It will moan
more security to white wives ai-.d
daughters, and give, fewer occasions
Tor the horrible crime which oc :a«ion*
lynching.
By reducing crime It w ill reduce tbe
extmtises and taxes of the county. It
means fewer Inmates in jail and the
almshouse, and shorter terms of court.
It will mean a more law abiding peo
ple. and fewer murder# to atuin the
name of our county.
It will mean cleaner politics, and
encourage a class of citizens to ofler
themselves for ofljqe who now shrink
from a whisker campaign. H will
mean fewer enrir deaths, and will In
the coming generation will mean fewer
idiots, and less of those who are
pliy-ically unlit for tha b.-.ttle of life.
it will mean a higher mural tone
among church** and Christians. «pd
uplift of moral lTi«racier.
It will meat, that our voter* TiavThg -
the opportunity to choose between
money and morals would rather have
more morals and less monev.
W. M. Jones.
bill maky
l.abor
MurchniidUo
dime
Xcl tax in eon
$1K,7.V)
att.UM
1,500
wvould bo u««d fbr a tot^r purpose -m«re •pwto in the beginning grow
' Into dark wmi running sores. Among
these w llte whiskey habit. The dan
rtto liquor not tore, edwveillent to,
•buy; aecond, I believe Itw consumption
reduces the peethtctlvene#* of labor
-«od beBCe'l* a hindrance p> prosperity.',
A*k men who have to use both drunk
en and *oher laiwjrer*, ami ! believe;
they will agree with me; third, because
1 believe it is an element of corrup
tion In civic ll'e.
I could mention other rea*on*. hut
this I* enough. The main argument#
T hear against abolishing the traffic
are, first, that we can't afford to lose,
thej-evenue, and havo our twxw raised.'
That was tbe cry when Georgia first
went dry.; bwt we don’t hear any cbm •
iphahft In'Georgla now upon that line:
“but to the contrary, we hear that the-
Inornate in the value of property, bv
titrulng tbe money which the people!
Xiaed to spend for liquor into tisetul mid
legitimate channela, has more tlraii
compensated for the loss of revenue
from tbenaie of liquor, and Cbbi ap-
.pear* to to the result In every state
has abolished the traW^; and It
(a also the tvisc i«>the coiuitii-s In our
own Sure which have -voted It out.
JtUt suppose it does Increase our taxes;
what Is tbift. •compared to the iitjury
Indicted hv drunkenness upon defense,,
to## women and children, and the
wfecktng of tbe lives of young men;,
who might othdrwiae grow op to to
K©od and useful eitizen*. Yet. there
<*n*y be, but ITrust not, sonic who are
wo utteriy kettlsli and avaricious hr to
(prefer that the taxes be paid Hi boys. , ,
The second argument V, tftnt+t wrHi -bia-mornt stamina,
old bit! That I* a self-contra- »* V ' HV °" r
♦i.’i.i'a)
In the foregoing. I have argued I rum
the moneyqioiul to vi-:\v alone. But
ibis doc* not include the long train of
evil* for wnioh the whiskey traffic is
directly ami indirectly responsible.
•Who is resiionsihlc for the wblskey
btihiuess in our miilR:?
Will ttm voters ofjBarnwell county
make roplyT t ea Wiey assume the
reRpnnsioiiUy here and now, and at
the judgment bar vf (jodf
For my part, I don’t want to con
tinue io Una traific any longer. I have
no chtlrirori to edweate now, but I will
gladly pay additional taxes. It neces
sary, to ke#p<o#U schools for otliers
and fur <*th#r cxiKUises rieuessarv to
good government. And so I purpose
to ca*t luy v#le at the coming election
against the County IM*pciieary .System
AllcuvUtic, B. t;_, July I* IJtlPi.
'‘To wiv oidnlon, if liquor I* oof pro-
hitvised, ouf hnhTrr uiorats and {lie
church will all go to the ruin.
Joseph Krwln, Allcodale, B. C
—-
WHY V OT K FOR I'ROU I BITIOX
Barnwell (Tottnty Is the fairest spot
on Ood’s.green earth.
There are no braver men than our
men. no gentler women than our
women. But certain vices are attach
ing themselves to us which though
it
ger of whiskey la recognized by all
Few advocate free whiskey. In Muttb
Carolina, wc have narrowed the sub
ject to a choice between a dispensary
system and prohibition. V> Inch shall
it be?
Many answer, “Prohibition if
would prohibit.” W« might as well
say. "J<t*t us have no law against tnur
der for we have murders every week.’
Shall wo confess ouraelvea worse tliau
brigands and tliieves who hayli
made a law mnong rlietnselves keep
honor one with another? Prohibition
will prohibit it we make it prohibit.
The dispensary at best is only a com
promise. anti every compromise where
a principle Is Involved i* wrong. Not
the compromi-er l* great, but lie who
stand* tor right at all hazards. The
readiness of Parolinlans to laydown
lite itself for principle has constituted
</'*rolinu’s greatness. Hear the insidi
ous compromiser, "How shatt we run
our schools and light our town* if we
dotrwsywitli ibe Ui*|w>n#ui y ?” Are
we then so poor that wo must trade
upon the weakness of o'beriuen? - ’
-11 were better a thousand times that
youth were untaught than Hint they
be taught to barter rigiit for gain. It
were belter that our towns sit in the
darkness of night rathor than he
wbroudeJ in a moral blackness that
cannot ho lifted. That man w ho be
gins to icmiHirizc is in danger of losing
PROHIBITION’.
P'Ablfcttlon will not entirely pro
hibit, hut: r
It wit?luro Intoo«r store* and bvnk»
the hulk of money now spent tn Barn
well county for whiskey.
It will, hy taking cheap whiskey
from the laboring rlasa of drinker*,
give Ibe employer a more fell*hie class
of labor.
It will improve the financial rnn-
sophlstry •Off' r»1lti»ff, VHl a*, O
friend, what the “Oospel” i«, since you
know *o well, and what i« ”Chil«t
Crtuitled?” Have we no alua to be
rebuked, to repent of, nor to foraek* ?
"Musi Jeans bear the cross nlooe?”
Thras He require no self denial, no
"crucifixion” of our carnet, base,
gretdv aniidal appetites? Plea*# read
the Mow Testament. Where In th#
Bible, inr Hi# constitution , or J ist law
is the aufhortry or equity for silencing
rtfHotrmf ftohH»or#r T rMul :he unm thit iU-*0T>r#»c.tor on the ‘-politics” of a
fro# country ? Tn dhlnjf Wf grave
InjiMtice, one’s Ideals of ‘politics”
would he as flimsy as hi* notion ot fho
Gospel,” All public moral Issues,
ami piolilhltiou la oae. are proper sub-
ects for discussion by all free citizens,
public iiiTfral Icacliera included. To
tak# any other view Is to stultify self
losldes w-fTat doe» itlmoly concsmlng
one’s own lionest conviction# touching
t!ie liquor traflic. when be want# to
"In mv opinion, if we dont tnkk« n
hard light and win lor prohibition our
labor, morals and church are gone to
the bad.”
K. M. Harrison. Kline. S. C.
UK VEN I! K VS. Ol R CHII.HRRX.
.**aBdh4fo fonnd that It
la aTtefaslon. The lleenaed shop has
existed only forty odd years. If stHl
allowed to grow unchecked, what kind
of elate of socletv should we havq In
forty pear* mure?
' Otis Brabham.
Allendale, S. C.
‘•If fhq sale of whiskey I# not pro
hibited, crime will contlin>« to lncre*«e.
1 am for prohibition.”
A. U. Dunbar, Kllenton, 8. C.
A
Thor# Is a fast growing disposition
among our people lo iguor# til# rea
sons which hul tn the establishment of
the dispensary, vix: as tne H#xt to*t
clisck after prohibition on the iimnud-
erat# indulgence in whi«key—prohi
bition at that time being imuoasihle on
account of the surrounding whiskey
afates. They are gradually allowing
not prohibit
allctory protunltlon. because If Hi# dD
q>ensary D voted out, the law will cer
kaloly pmhiMr; thatHs, command that
*»©.intoxicating llquoi shall be tnanu-
factored or sold in Hi#'tlonntr; th#r
mean no doubt, flia'tbe law will not
wnatbllate, nbribai tt wrltlTmt prv.hlbH.
if every one wb# sa-j-R that he.
would yote for prohlhlHon If Tie
thought H svouW prohibit, will vote
for It. and at the same ttlhe re#oKc
Atiat hewmwbeythc law himself and
luduaitoe, both
.... . by precept
'example, to prevent others from
and
dis
sllfflatelt or will come
will tie rendffred
ao near It
practically
Bale*.
sense of honor, of
right, of justice ami w hat are lights
and schools ami townh? Yes, more:
What Is life lt»elf ?
Th# aon# of Carolina have ever
boasted of their chivalry .- They pro*
clitini their desire to give tbelr women
-whatever their women wish. And
now the sons of Carolina are put to
the (eat. Women are the chief tiff*#
ferera from the sale of intoxicants.
Money is spent for whlukey-ltm ought
to go for ncccsHtic*. Weak hands of
women are slaving fo Irgbt your town*
and pay your school expetnea ivUcu
Vtoimr-togethev- withlbrother*, ought to
wbo believe In proliibitloH, will bear this burden. Wbnian’a oiiTyt#-
turn for the work U a rod upon Hie
back and refug# out tbe in night away
ftouiiiorae. The women of Carolina
want prohibition. *
'It la high time their slavery be end
ed. Their cry for justice asceudeth
even now to the utrouc of tbe AI-
mlfbtjr. Mod will hear t!i#lr cryi
Men of CaroMna, w« hav# no vote. It
t* to you we look for deliverance from
the dispensary dragon that, in our
helplonueu, lx devouring us bodv and
soul. '
* Clara I.. John.Rtnn,.
Elk-., 8. -(*. June lh liiO'.i.
Two gentlemen were standing on tlie
pivement in a certain city, dHcu*sing
the proliibition movetnent. One #a»
a manufacturer of buggies and carri
ages; the other, a distiller of whiskey
The manufacturer was for prohibition,
the distiller against prohibition
While talking, a beautiful new car
riage was driven by, the di*tiller’s at
tention was attracted, he leirtarded,
’ Vhsta beautiful carriage.” A* he
said this, a young man Intoxicated,
staggered out of the saloon near which
they wera standing Mi-elng the lamp
po*LNt which lie caught, he fell into
the gutter. The manufacturer imint
lug to tha carriage remarked, “I'hat
is the product of my shop,” then
pointing to the man In the gutter, he
said, "that is the product of your
shop.” Mv friend which shop do you
stand lor? And yet you argue, that
to vote out th« diapeosarlHs. would oc
to increase our tzxes. Arovou w illing
to sell the morals the virtue, the
character, the sobriety of your chil
dren for money ? is the dollar lo lie
placed above everything else? Do you
want your taxes Ic-scnod by. and your
children educated ou tne money ob
tained by robbing and debauching
your neighbors children, taxes saved
and education obtained with the money
M drenched by the tears ot suflering
mothers and children, and dyed in the
blood of crime. And yet under the
present regime we arc all partners in
this hellish business.
But d>ies the sale of whiskey through
• he dispensaries lessen our taxes'? Do
you, my friend, pay less tax#* Ilian
you *Hd before the dispensary system
was adopted ?
Seventy live per cent of the crime
brought to the attention of our court
grows out ot wl\l*key. Therefore, i
whiskey i* shut out, the expense of the
courts wilt to greatly reduced ami in
this way, our taxes lessened. But, my
friend, suppose thi* would not be the
re*ult, suppose by coutainuing in the
liquor business, we would liar# in
taxe* to pay, would you be willing to
contribute one of your children as a
victim to this nefarious traflic to ac
complish this end ? To increase the
income Irom whiskey, sales must be
incrcased; to Im-ieaso sale*, more
whiskey must he consumed; to con
sum# more whiskey, you must have
more consumer#.' T hen to reduce your
argument to its last anlysi* let m«ii,
women and ehiMren become drunk
ards; for by so doing we Increase the
revenue derived from the sale ol
wliiskev. Old drunkards are dying
out, new ones mu»t take th"ir places or
the business will stop. Are you will
ing to contribute one or two from
among your children? “No,” yo'u
say? Then why do you vote to *u.»-
taio the dispensary system ? Not wiH-
ing to contribute your own, hut w ill
ing to debauch your neighbors chil
dren? Wh.^. a situation ?
Whiskey stands for everything
against honor, morality, good citizen
ship, prosperity ami Christianity. Not
one word of argument can ba used In
It# defense unt'l you first admit, that
the dollar i* to bo desired above virtu#,
honesty, morality and chiIstianlty.
The whiskey dealers business i* not
sort .>midcd w-ltli as much re*peetihl!Hy
as tlie highway, man's. The highway
man will roo you of your monev, and
let you go; the whiskey will rob you
of your immey. your health, jour
honor, your a i-tue, your ability to
earn a living, your wife and children
of husband's and father’s love and
protection, and you of an eternal home
bevond tlie grave.
Wilt ysu, mv friend, vote for the
dispensary, or for homo, for mother,
for children, for virtue, and for chtisti-
anity? Remember you are resfauisi-
hlc to )our neighbor, to your wife to
children, to your country and to your
God. How will^ yjou discharge your
rJ»pon*lbHltlc#V Ao#Ver the question
at toe ballot box.
- '■ • ••-Tour# trul»,
R M. Mix-ion.
tt'illutou, ,'1. O. B, f .(>
"Every good tiiink|-ig man will pull
for prohibition who loyes his country.
Vile aud 'laugbtyi#.’’ .
H. <J . Crcccli. Klme, 8. C."'
WHISKY AGAINST THE CHURCH.
By Rcy. R. W. bitjUders, D. D.
Tho request to write upon tills topic
1 construe as a call to duty, a voice
from God. I expect no official, mone
tary, or |>opular reward. My sol# re
ward Is tb# toneut of my fellows, and
my crown, the smll# of God. Sonic
supporter* of the whiskey traflic (God
pity him as*l his ’’calling’’) may say :
"Preacher in politic.*!” Stick to tim
Gospel—OBrDt Ci ucifled t" A las, how
simuy, have toon deluded b/j li-i#
•mt? TJr# -preitcherw - - crudcntiala”
do not dlsfranclii*# him, do they? The
right of discussing inheres the right
of voting. If you would allow the
;ireadier to vote for yon. why not al
low him to discus* you and your
mei*ur#«? Would you lie hi* tongue
and pen, and flien set in motion hi*
hand for you and your* at th# ballot
box? "O judgment thou art tied to
hrutDIi beasts, and men have lust their
reason!”
I« whisker against the church?
Against its peace, tmritv.. harmony,
progress, moral and flunnofal power
forgtmd? Doe* it hinder fihristlan
churches—minister* and people in Hi#
lord’s work? lias it ever weakened
any church as a follower of Jesus?
Every honest, intelligent man will
answer, * Ye*.” "How can two walk
together unless they are agreed ?”
And every body knows there, can be
no agreement between the whiskey
trailk-. * ith Its deplorable evil*, and
tbe cburche* ot Christ. Thet# is "no
concord between Chils*. and Belial,"
and no communion of light and dark
ness. C2<lor. ti:I5 j It t* an axiomatic
truth that the mau-wiui-xuni JL.Jm»i-
ness kuowa liefer tliau otliers whr.t
intrt* his success, ami how and to what
extent f does #o. Therefore tinn-e who
constitute the churclies can best know
what injures the hi. Now then what is
the consensus of opinion and of testt
nionv, from the Christian denomina
tion*, on the m*::er before us? Cnri*
tian convent! in-, conferences, and as-
seinblte* dee fa re Hgain t t it on tlie
grou nd of |r.» terrible in flue nee against
the can*# of (,'hrlst nt home and abroid
Volume* could be quoted to sustain
this assertion. To prove the lamen
table eject* of whiskey against the
churclies io Barnwell countv, one lias
only to open ids eye* and behold scene*
enacted, in and around the "dispen
saries.” Only fi or ten, I~ think*
ocuntv that, calls i's- ll •clirlstiao,'and
in which the great majority of the vo
ter# ar# church members! That looks
like "whiskey in Hi# church,” as well
as - wid-key against th# church!”
Get m# speak in love to th# voters of
Barnwell county.
To quote again from Anthony at
Caesar’s funeral (would it were the
funeral of legaiiz d liquor) I ?ny :
•Here I am to speak what I do know”
And 1 "do know” whereof I speak
when 1 <ay the dispen-arles in Barn
well county are a most deadly foe to
the churches. After a ministry of 42
years Irom IX >#ars old to sixty 1
solemnly atlinn that whi*key i* Hi#
worst coemv of religion 1 have ever
known. It i* tile pirent vice, the hot
tied of all sin* strongest bulwark of
Satan, the weapon of Iniquity most de
structive of human happiness and
church prosperity. I have had oe.ca-
aion to travel over tlie state and in
Barnwell. And wherever 1 have
found tlie dispensary I have found
drunken men while and black in tlie
twon, country, at the de|M»t*. on tne
trains, on the. streets, and in homos
I have seen them reeling and stagger
ing. vtmiitiug, swearing, blaekguard-
ing, screaming, rcidv to tight, stab,
kill, Toor fellow#, they would have
goue home sober, with shoe* lor their
w>v#s,clothes iur their children, sod a
little monev for the lord’s cause on
Hie next Su; day. had not the whiskey
seller received from them the prm-eed*
of their hard earning*. Some of them
were church member* weak, fallen
crest,ire* who in moments of soberness
will tell you : "Vote out the dispen
sary, Uke away the temputfinn; I'M
vote again-tU myself,” O you netgTf-
bor of Mich a weak one! you nmc high
up there in tin church ou Mundav!
Wont you help to rescue ymvs brother
thus crying out to yon for pity while
lie is sinking! Do you love your
brother. vour neighbor ? A Christian
must "love God with all his soul” and
hi* -‘neighbor a* himself ” Will you
sustain a tralHo that pm* tlie bottle to
your neighbor’* month? 1't is good
neither to eat tlc*h. nor to drink wine,
nor anything whereby thv brother
atumhleth, or Is made to otl'eud. or is
made weak. ( H-*b. 2; 15 Horn. H :‘2I)
" Take up Hi# atnrebling block out of
the wav of my people” I20 1 . '•7:11.
"i am heartily in favor of the pro
hibition movement,
T. J. Grubb*. WiMisbon/H C.
THE FAGl.ACY OF’ TlfE LIQUOR
TAX.
Of all the great blunders of states
men, the, licensing of flu- sale of
liquors i-eems the greatest. The silver
dollar loom* up so large beiore the
average man that he can see nothing
toltind it. It deaden* th# sense# to all
moral issues, "e know that Barn
well county receives more rhan f'J'l poO
per annum from thi* source—thi*
much is tangible; it stand* eut in bold,
brazen relief; helps educate our chil
dren and build our road#. We know
also that for the S'JO.OOU we receive a*
revenue, more, than ♦75 (itOO 1 must be
sent out of the state and county do the
distiller. We do not know how much
expense the county incur* that is di
rectly traceable to the drinking of
these liquors, but only a deeply preju
diced mind would refuse toadm-it that
it i« great, yes, very great.
Every murder trial (and- the numtor
is appalling) must cost an average of
l 000 dollars, it certainly help* till
tne poor lion.e, it decrease# prosperity
in Barnwell county |7-'>,00(* to $)#)•,«(*>
every year. If a man drink* it liiuv-
sclf. it will Interfere with Mwbu*I»»ci»#,
tf Mir employee# diiak, filw btasiweta
suffers. There are insiaiscea every
where This mighty etnlgrisfio© ssmv-
ciatimi carriee out many e good nvan
that the community need*. Wlx> can
estimate tho value of tlie men that
the grave claims every year because o<
drink; “Bnftn dor+dmg tiff*■#*#»#, wo-
must bring these tiling* irrto accmrut.
It seems almost cruel not to take into
account tlie sotila lost and tto tear*
caused wivi's and mother*. Ban I am
to discuss the iliianclal aide of the
question—does it pay in doHars and
cents.
The proposition that Mm dt*tiller
makes to H«Cfl«(ell county i* to grind
a doiuui of her citizens (a hm eati-
mate) iip into dollar# aht) cents and
divide the spoils; t#i Mil for the miller
and |*23,000 for tsto tffMFwe not resent
wicli an elfronterr? 7
Tkc evil Is growing* We tove trDd
teal nature of tyhaf the trfspensary
or wa* Intended Pi he. The whNkey
sold mu*t have a profit, as cheap wbl*
kev would hav# defeated tlie end
sought, that is a reduction of it# im
moderate use. hemtq the profit was
tinavoidabie. The public sonools he •
ing most In need of th# money, It was
given to them The dispensary wa#
begun not to furnhli revenue for the
schools, however, but to cure tha
liquor nuisance in the state. Bo much
for the reasons which led to the estab
lishment of the dispensary.
It being given to u* solely on moral
grounds let us4:oti.id#r: is It a moral
institution as iris conducted to-day?
Wmi li* establishment by the state a
step backwstd or forward? T* it a
success a* an enonnrager of virtue or
not? Th-? condition of our beloved
county makes these questions seem
mockery Whiskey both In its use
and sale is more abused today than
ever in our hi.itory i* mv honest bo-
lief. T do dot questi m thi conscien
tious discharge of tne duties of their
offices bv the ollloer* in charge of them'
but unscrupulous men both negroes
jimi white* by means of perjuring
MicmserVeis a* to Ote MS# T© wblrh R
i* to he put, are simply deluging
Biruwell county with liquor soid at
every cross roads, and hamlet, and.
more especially, at ovety negro church
in [he community. And that this
wholesale sowing of dragons teeth is
bringing forth its crop of crime yon
have only to read our county p*,>er-
where are chronicled each succeeding
week crime* that would be a disgrace
to our western border hut here in old
Barnwell ounty are scarcely credible.
’Ti* thus our state, a partner In Hi#
sale of ertnie-pradneidg whi.key. is
encouraging the commission of' these
shocking assassination*, murders, and
other offenses too horrible to mention.
- Th#ffr-»r» negroe* who have regular
circuits which they ride once a week,
visiting each dispensary In turn to get
their supplies for their p'aees of bn«i
nes*. I have met them frequently
coming hack, their buggies no leaded
dtt-vn us to scarcely leave them room
to drive; qurrts pint*, one half pints,
ami the now familiar one gallon straw
Covered demijohn being among their
load. Why did I not re|K»rt violation
of rh# law to some officer » Because it
has been done, am) a* their slock wa»
dispensary stuff, and the comity got
Its share of tbe protlt the ease ended in
nothing.
There wu» a homicide at Ht. I,tike’s
colored church growing out of whUkey
sold on tlie ground; and when tlie of
fleers arrived, in tha scar# cnsit
ing, several quarts of' stock in trade
were abandoned, and it wa* marked
on bottles, dispensary. I can bring
proof of all the above, if demanded.
But I don’t believe any one doubt*
that dispensary whiskey is sold again
all over tlie county, .-so I will leave
tills phase of the subject, and see M>nie
of the objections which are raised
again*! protdbitiun.
One is that preacher* must preach
temperance into Hie ri«:»g generation,
*o that prohibition will come spontau
eously a* it were. What rot! in the
flrst place the rising generation, urtdei
the dispensary tutelage is too general
ly gamiditig, and drinking disjeuisarv
wlii*key on Sunday, but if you i-.-in
wall tiieni into tlie pew.*, i don’t think
they wiii imbito mueli theology or
inoralitv. liaying already iuddheJ to
overfl iwing of spirits of another kind
Before the preachers can reach thi*
da*.* of our young men you have got
tf> give them a chance tosotor up
some.
Another objection: *‘I am a free
man and 1 choose to cat or drink or
vole a* I please.” If your neighbor
should a*k you t-> loan him your pi*tol
to kill himself with or to kill some in
nocent man or worrtan by th# same
reasoning vo-i would do it; for do you
not now intend to give your vote to
some dispensary adherent to maintain
a system which mean* dea:h both
moral and physical to your neighbor.
Remember, also, that whiskey i* the
only drink that hurt* otliers as well
as yourst-lf when you drink it; and by
Hie common law anything a nuisance
to your neighbor can ret be maintain
ed by von. Besides that the U. S lias
in its I’urc F'oocl ami Drug law laid
down tlie principle that you can not
sell any preparation which is hurtful
to any body.
Another objection is that it would
increase the tax in order to run our
schools. Under the present system
you, and the other patron* of the dis
pens,ary not only run tlie school* but
you pay for runo'og the whole dis-
iwnsarv system, officers’ salary, break-
oge, freight. U, S tax ami distillers
lirsi charge ami all! And in addition,
get yftur liver all out of order, and yet
you arc afraid taxes would be high.
Remember that tlie dispensary wa*
instituted fo control liquor drinking,
and not to run the schools. And it
tlie revenue deiived from the sale of
whiskey wa* relieved of its taint by
the gooii pnrpo«e to which it whs put,
tlion by the same reasoning tye could
justify any crime (hai produced money
provided his money was benevolently
spent.
But they say. and they make a great
flourish, and talk loud as men do when
they lay down a trump card, prohi
bition wont prohibit. No sometimes
prohibition dont prohibit, mere are
alway* evil doer.* who hesitate not to
break every Jaw both of God and roan
from ‘ Thou shale not kill.” which Is
sued amidst lire and thunder ffom Mt.
Sinai to put not the tottle tfejr neigh -
tor’s lip, but i doubt If» gwt»ff majori
ty of the good’ peopi# of Barnwell 4h«
one annulled from the Iqjiif our
Book of Books with any mom relnc-
tance titan tlie other, as they are very
closelv related one to another.
But all laws will not die with the
dRoeiisary, nor all men. We know
'wlreVf a VXsttJTXjnrtty ot the hi Hid ti«
gers now get the stuff they sell, but.
seftously, witlt the express Go’s de-
torred front selling whiskey G. Q. I>.,
and all contiguous states tjrjf, where
will they Ml their stock? will
to hofmc sold l know,'hut M P^J/#ight
from Louisville or Klctun^P^fir Jack
sonville added to hrst coat, gisd they
toy wturkey is going higher. 1 am
afraid these conditions will klntoOt
•spell prohiWtioq for Mu* usost per»is-
tent and bold animti of prey aigurd
tbe "blind lifto.” 1
" f K. IT. KUIfcJL^'. :
OP
'~7 , *s
FINE MERCHANT
WILL BE GITEtrON
JULY 21 and 22. and - :
AVc cordially invite the presence of old friends and th
coming of new ones.
The largest and most coraptcte line erer ph&ma in Baro*
well will be on dinplny, goods suited to all ages and occu
pations and at absolutely moderate prices.
An Expert Cutter and Fitter will he on hand to take
measures Tot orders. He will guarantee fits. ||
Come early, make selection of exactly what you want an d
how you want your up to date Fall and Winter Clothing*
Molair & Porter,
Barnwell, S. iX
CITIZEN'S BANK.
BLACKVILLE, S. C.
A BANK
OF THE PEOPLE
FOR THE PEOPLE
BY THE PEOPLE
4 PERCENT
PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS
Courtesy, Lilwrality, Prompt Service
and Safety are our Cardinal Principles.
c
II. n. STILL, - - -
ISIDORE RICH. - - -
II. MURRAY MATHIS, * -
REYNOLDS S MARTIN. -
President,
Vick President.
Cashier.
Asst. Cashier.
ON
HILL TOP STABLES,
BARNWELL, S. C.
and Hales,®
Which I am offering very cheap.
ALSO
A Nice lot of Buggies, Surries, Wagons, Lap Robe*,
Harness and all parts of Harneaa to be ftold CHEAP
Come and see me if you need anything in my line and
I will do the rest.
CHARLIE BROWN.
THE
Bank of Barnwell
T/ic Oldest and Strongest
- . ^ttfnweli County
Depository of The State of South Carolina, Tlie County of BartiMeU,
and The Town of Barnwell
Capitol.
Undivided Profit*, . -• .-
iAA AM AA '
»«s,eotier
To save money ia not hard when once a hawk amount (Mtartn! tor
money in a bank cannot burs a hole the pocket.
A bank aocouBt mean# paying btlla by cheek-*th# ortly*
Mfe way. Cheek* leave no room for arpum«nl a* to ^wber
bill was paid. Each check (• recorded Iff tbe battlrV bM
togeher w idi your money anti tbe cancelled wbecka at* tb|rt Uti^M
lo buralar’ and tre proof vatfltt. Too bay© aetom i© them ad ; afff
en OT b©W •
lo b
u* Uilrthle over oHh yon th# ife’xttlteer jrffff Orff Iff tbdff it ioto-
potzihi# to call, write u*. , /