The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, December 21, 1910, Image 5

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•f »•-. c Pa^es 9 to 12 ;s: XXXIV. VVALTERBORO. S. C. WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER 31, 4910. NO 18 ■ .* ■ XADOjm A AMD CHBIR-CHUJ). ~ JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF ROUR ONE CAR SEED OATS ONE CAR LOAD OF SALT A # All of which we off«*r at the lowest market prices. We also have G nume v outhcr*i Grown Seed Rye in stock. We are offering remarkable bargains in Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, etc . and it will certainly pay you to inspect our line before purchasing. See our line of Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Har- 0 ness. Lap Robes, Whips, etc , before you bfiy Cash or Credit. 1 YotniH rAtTiiruoLY, VARN BROS. CO Tk* HofM« Tkat Gitm Mot* Geode for tke Smm M—y Tko Same Goods for Loss Mono? I MOSELLE, S. C. 8MOAKS, S. C. Christmas Presents J. A. WiISTERBERG, Jewelry Store. Main Street, Next Door to New Postoffice. WALTKKBOKO, 8. C. M. JAFFA THE MOoT REASONABLE SELLER Has Received FALL GOODS More than his store can hold. SOME OF IT MUST GO AT ONCE Come and take advantage of forced low prices. MAIN ST. WALTERBORO. 8. G. Four Days to Xmas DEC. 21 Be Kind to .lU / the Weary V Shopgirls Three Days to Xmas DEC 22 J. V* ... y» Wl s — Now,* Have You Forgotten Anybody? Two Days to Xmas DEC. 23 Last Call For Christmas Shopping Christmas Eve DEC. 24 A Merry Christmas to All Our Readers y, TREEING THE GOON” rouncun miM ra "tin coor THAT MOUCIIT mm* DEFEAT. a SAYS STUAIT. Editor:—A great many things have transpirtti within the last few weeks to set the people of the Nation thinking. Political campaigns have been waged with a fierceness and bitterness here tofore unknown. S u r p r i s es almost beyond description have dazed the opposing forces. George Stuart in a recent ad- uress said: ‘The Republican politicians are out with their coon dog, trying to tree the coon that brought them defeat One old dog barks up a tree and thinks he has treed the coon in Roosevelt Another barks up another tree and thinks he has found it in high prices and tariff, but, “says Stuart,” when you find the real coon, take your long stick and split it at the end and push it up the hollow and twist it into the fui^f the real cooo, ane bring him down. You will nnd bun to be the 1 end of the liquor dealers of America.** George Stuart is right The Liquor Trust has played no small part in the elections recently held throughout the United States. They have become so desperate in their efforts to stem the tide of prohibition, or, to recover lost territory, that they have employed methods for which decent people of all parties refuse to stand. In Florida the prohibitionists lost in their fight for constitu tional prohibition for the whole State, by a majority of about three thousand. The liquor peo ple have heralded this to the world as a great victory against prohibition, but when it becomes known in the South why we lost in Florida, it will prove a Doom s'rang to the liquor trust While in that State recently I spent four days in Jacksonville where I obtained unmistakable facts in regard to what was done. The lowest and vilest class of negroes had their poll taxes paid by li quor agents that they might be qualified to vote against prohibi tion. In this way about four thousand negroes were qualified ia Duval county alone where Jacksonville is situated. This means that a sufficient number of negroes have been qualified in Jacksonville to put four of their race on the tity council in the election to be held next spring. While in Jacksonville, I learned another thing which is' epecialiy significant to the people of the South. Of the 128 saloons being | run in that city, at least nine- tenths of them are run by men who are foreign-born. It does not take the eye of a prophet to see that such methods and con ditions threaten our peace, our laws, and our civilization. In Oklahoma, conditions are different. There it was a fight between the white people of the State and the Liquor Trust of the Nation. The result is forty thousand majority for constitu tional prohibition. The time has come in the history of this coun try when, as Mr. Bryan says: “We must meet the conditions that coniror.t us and each one must act as he thinks best." Nebraska has been known as a rock-ribbed, Democratic State for many years past, but Ne braska has repudiated the Demo- ratic pary and has refused to elect Mr. Dahlmon, the Liquor Trust candidate, of that pany as Governor of the Stave. Re publicans and Democrats alike who were candidates of the Hquor trust, have been sent to the sreap heap, and Nebraska will ribon A [/ Tv v ( MART AMD THE XVFABT JESUS. prohibition cpme into line State. Anyone who has read the clos ing scenes of the last session of the legislature of New Jersey Gilbratar of the liquor forces, the Republican majorities have been cut from 60,QUO to 20,000 in the past four years. The tem perance forces have been vie- portrayed by the newapaper. of that State will readily under- stand why Woodrow Wilson was elected Governor instead of Mr. Lewis, the liquor, candidate. The following from the New York Sun, in regard to the last night of that disgraceful session, will help the reader to under stand why New Jersey repudiat ed the Republican party and has gone Democratic. The Sun says: T T1ie inside facts of the closing jamboree of the women and colons in the rooms apart from the Assembly Chamber are just coming out The scenes are described as the most disgrace ful exhibition ever held Jn^ tny state capitol. Women, - drunk with beer, and whiskey and ex- citment, climbed upon a big table in a bill room and performed the hooche-cooche and other dances while drink-beluddled statesmen applauded.” Maine too has gone Democratic, and why? Because two years ago, Gov. Femald made an ap peal to the moral and religious forces of the State for tneir support, but, when elected, a Bill known as the Hastings Bill which was intended to make the prohibition law more effective, was passed by the legislature and the ■ Governor-elect formed an j alliance with the liquor Trust, | betrayed the confidence of the people who had elected him, and vetoed the Bill. This brouKhtj about the change of front in the Republican party and when the opportune time came, they expressed iheir contempt for the old administaion, at the ballot box. This does not mean how ever, that Maine will repeal her prohibition law. This cannot lx; done without re-submitting it to the people. To re-submit would require a two ; third majority vote in both houses of the legislative body. Even if tne question should be re-submitted, the i»eo-' pie of the State would retain 1 prohibition just as lh‘;y have, done for more than a half cen tury. Even in Pennsylvania, thej fidently believe that the Miller- Curtiss Bill will pass tne next session of Congress. Wet have reasons for this belief. 1st, Joe Cannon will no longer be speaker of the house; 2nd, the man who has been Joe Cannon's hench man as chairman of the judiciary committee of Congress has been defeated at the polls; 3rd, the next Congress will be made up of 226 Democrats, 127 of whom are from the Southern States. The South certainly holds the belance of power and these men who our representatives know that no part of our country stands in greater need of a law governing the sale of liquor shipments into dry territory, than the South. The people of our Southland have a right to expect her representatives in Congress to give them protec tion from the domination of the liquor trust J L Harley, Supt Anti Saloon League. GOWANS King of Externals Stands supreme under every test. Feel se cure, keep Gowans in the home. Gowans al ways conquers Croup and Pneumonia and yonr doctor assents. Ooirnns I'rppnrut'um ** ,•»* a*r*/ on /n.f chib I when it « a> ilrsi>ern telj/ ill with r ne union in. Iniinmlintrlj utter tie reroml i*i>plirntion my jihvtnriHn ntlleil Mint flinlni)' no Ktvtil hp Improvement onlern] ita eontinimnce. The clnkt ro'ovenxt nt pntlv. ti.J.tl hi 'K L K, Dt iigipsl, hJi Kimt St. Alh filii u v, I’h. !U)Y TO-DAY! RAVE IT III THE HONE All Dr i«*U«s QOWAN ■CMCAl CO, * • I. SO*. 25*. 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