The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 14, 1908, Image 1
The Gaffney ledger.
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A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES, AND DEVOTED TO THE MET INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894.
GAFFNEY, S- C-, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1908.
$140 A YEAR.
PABENTAl MISTAKES
AS TO EDUCATION
PARENTS MISTAKES AS TO EDU
CATION.
Wrong Idea prevail 6 About schools.
Slow But sure Should be the Motto.
Not Quantity But Quality.
Wilkinsville, Jan. 10.—We never
Is an act. of courteay due them from
those they represent.
We are ^lad to note the reports of
the lady's literary clubs which we so
often see announced in our papers.
We isnow <>f no better way in which
they can spend a few hours of social
intercourse. Besides, it is elevating
to the sex. W)e ought to have more
of these in this country- Our women
are entitled to more of the pleasures
of life than many of them enjoy.
Some ydnrs ago we were struck
with what an educated Northern lady
waa reported to have said about our
Southern ladies. She said; "The
! Southern women are such poor con-
1 versationalists. They know nothing
to talk alKnit but each other.
This may be so in some instances
take our seat to write a letter to The i )U t we would be glad for be r to know
Ledger without taking into consider- it is not always the case with them.
ation the bright hoys and girls who, Could we have our fighting lieu-
, .. , tenants and corporals on hand all the
are going to read it. and its our pur-^.^ wg w0u](1 venture to tel i a g00 d
poseto try to say something that will, ] joke on some ofr. our neighbors which
in some way. interest them. How far (involves an issue equally as great as
we may succeed is a matter for them that between the husband and wife
, , rr*T- i. . .n who differed in opinion as to whether
to judge. The hope of this country a rat ail( a moiIse werfi the
s in what they are some day to do or ^ th This j an o]d tale but
leave undone, just as they may de- j jt for the bonefit of those
cide. One satisfaction we have had
and are having, is that there is a host
of these of both sexes, who only need
who are called Into such Insolvahle
disputes. Perhaps we can dodge the
ire of our friends until their indig-
RODDY MEDAL 'SHORT NEWS ITEMS
WON BY WEBSTER OF LOCAL INTEREST.
INTERESTING CONTEST AT THE EV ENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHtR
UNIVERSITY. / OKEE.
The judges Haj Considerable Dif-J
ficulty in Making the Selection of Recent Happenings in an* Around
the Beet. ; the City, and Other Events Gith-!
a chance to make something of them- and over with and they
selves. Some of the greatest men „ 1 .
this countrv has evvr produced have
been reared under many adverse cir
cumstances, and we feel that there
are others who can take their places.
If, however, we may only he the
means of giving them one word of
encouragement (though we may ne
ver know them or who they are)* we
will be abundently paid for all our
efforts.
One regrettable matter is that many
of those who are attending school are
undergoing a kind of ‘‘cramming’'
can reflect. Here it is:
“There goes a rat.’* said the bus-
hand. “No.” said the wife, ‘‘it was a
mouse.’’ “I saw it,” said the husband,
“and I know it was a rat.” “I saw it
too.” said the wife, ‘‘and I know it
was a mouse.'’ "Rat." .“Mouse,”
“Rat,” “Mouse.” “Now," said the
husband, “if you insist on saying it
was a mouse. I’ll leave you right
now.’> “If you leave about as small
a thing as a mouse you can just go.**
“1 am not leaving about as small a
p, ., ... „ ,, thing as mouse, it is a rat.” And he
process rather than getting a thoroimji, b , ivf>
well rounded education. This is^x- ' A : tl gett!ng in a
tremely unfortunate. When a child better h however . ho returned
has learne d on >• by rote. the chances tf) bls wife> ^ thought rd
are one to fifty it will never accomp- *
llsh anything in the study of books ... ^
or the sciences. To teach a child to ~
think for itself is a duty too often
come back, and not let as small a
a rat separate us.” “You
mistake, dear husband, it yvhs not a
rat that separated us, it was a mouse.”
“No, it was a rat. my dear, I saw it.”
“You’re mistaken .husband. I saw it
overlooked, if not entirely ignored by
the average teacher. Then, again,
some parents think that if their child- ' w "ra mouse ""‘‘U was Trat!
ren are not ‘going through a multi- --
tude of books the teacher is not do
ing his Or her duty. It’s not the busi
ness of the parents to prescribe the
course of the child in school—as to
the number and kind of books it must
study any more than it is for the pa
tient to decide what medicine the
J. L. S.
It was a mouse.” “Rat,” “Mouse.”
“Now, if you still say it was a mouse,
I’ll go and never come hack again.
“Well, if you will leave about as
small a thing as a mouse, you ought
to go.” “I'm not leaving about a
mouse, It’s a rat.” “M-o-u-s-e,”
doctor must give him. And yet In : Rat ;” “fT”
the face of these circumstances peo- actually did leave about as small
pie sometimes will sav that teachers And as ^
are “onlv teaching for the money.” disappeared n the distance you could
As a result of this practice it Is easily ^ , echoe * of ,ff ouse ’
Mhe seen that our so-called education- Rat 1 /" nny , ^ n 1,y P ,
WUtem tends only to the advant- P 1 * ca » b "- 11 be ^-killer could
age of the book sellers-they are the ? n, >' ha t ve be , e “ there - wou,dn 1 he
beneficiaries of the State’s magnifl- ^' ot I a J°,
cent gratnlty—^no /other conclusion School Boy, your three hens in
can be reached by sober, serious-' three da - vs W,U la y nlne eg « s
thinking men and women.
Business men who take hoys and , .
girls from the schools into their em- The Womans C'ub.
ploy generally have to teach them The first meeting of the Woman’s
what they should have learned In Club for the New Year was held
school about the application of figures, Thursday afternoon at the home of
to business affairs, and when they Mne Elmer Cole. The business part
turn out to he first class business men °f the hour was a discussion of the
theraselveg and look back on the past, library work. The public has been
they think that they owe but little, notified of the canvass the ladles are
if anything, to the common school Koin^ to make and they hope to realize
for their success in life. Book learn-. a neat sum for this worthy cause,
ing, bv itself is a verv poor acquire- The program for this meeting was
ment unusually atractive, being entirely
Parents, after all, are much to blame composed of Russian music. One
for having their children rushed special feature was a solo by Mrs. G.
through a course of school studies G. Byers, the composer b<Mng the
faster than thev should have done c z a r of Russia, (Nicholas II). The
and not giving them time to fully un- Kuests of the club were Mrs. George
derstand the work. They seem to Blanton, of Shelby, N. C-, and Mrs.
think that perfection is not to be con- B D. Foster, of Kentucky, the latter
sidered in school training. delighted those present with a musical
Rev. T. B. Owen Is moving to his selection,
new home he bought from Prof. ,T. 1 The program was as follows after
Thos. Moore near Sunnyside. i which a delightful refreshments were
The weather for quite a time has, served:
been very unsettled and rough. Those Minuet Paderewski
who have made a strict InvistTgatton Loulie Potter.
of the astronomical signs have not Valse .. F. Chopin
been disappointed in their calculations Miss Pearl Crawley.
as to the variations in the weather Serenade M. Moszkowski
bureau. Read Genesis 1:14 for Bib- Miss Jessie Lipscomb.
Heal authority in making this declara- Barcarolle A. Ruhenstein
tion. Miss Pearl Crawley.
The personal property of the late Russian Folk song. M)rs. G. G. Byers.
Dr. L. R. Black will be sold at public Russian Mazurka (duet), Misses Ma-
auction on the 23rd of this month—i rion Cole and Pabilita Goram.
January. Baroolle Fschalkowsky
Now is a good time to eat cord M^ 88 Lemuel Sarratt.
wood, say old people who have had (Waltz T. Carrino
Miss Marion Cole.
much experience in the wood cutting
Polish
Dance Scharwenka
Mrs. B. L. Foster.
business.
Mrs. Amanda Lee and Mfrs. J. L.
Wright and little daughter, Cleo. are
spending a few days with friends anr Direct Conection to Columbia.
'. relatives in this neighboihood. | Col. A. N. Wood, who can always
Mr. Bam A. Lee has had a very he depended upon to do everything
sore hand for a long time. It is get- in his power for the advancement and
ting better, we are glad to say. For | convenience of the city, some days
a good while it was threatened with ago wrote to Superintendent Fallis, of
blood poison. the Southern. In regard to No. 39
Dr. Flefleld has been treating Mrs. making connection in Spartanburg
N. J. Blackwell’s case. She has been with the train for Columbia. The fol-
very sick for some days. lowing Is the reply of the superin-
The Fowler Brothers have been tendent:
ginning up their cotton crop. If the) Greenville, S. C., Jan. 10, 1908.
% price of cotton would go up to 20
' feents per pound, we don’t see how
farmers could now get it to market
Mr. A. N. Wood,
Gaffney, S- C.
Dear Sir:—I have your letter 8th,
in the present condition of the roads, relative to failure of No. 39 to make
The Erst suicide on record is that connection with Columbia division
of Samson. train 14 at Spartanburg, S. C. I will
The legislature will meet next week be glad to take this matter up and
and no doubt it will do or attempt do see if we can arrange to make con-
some much needed reform work in! nectlon with the next change of time
that department of the State govern- card. Of course, you understand I
ment, cannot put this into effect by the 15th
If psople who have matters they on which date you desire to go to
wish to bring before that body don’t, Columbia,
do so. and fall to Instruct their repre- Yours truly,
sentattves as to their wishes they B. G. Fallis,
needn’t be disappointed if their wish-! Supt.
es are not carried out. i
Representatives are always glad to —All for our customers,
hear from their constiuents in regard for us in the Red Letter Sale. Oanoll
to what they wish them to do in mat- A Byers,
ters coming up in the legislative de
partment. They nre, of course, not
bound to be governed by these, but it
—Blankets, worm nnd cheap. Red
The Columbia State of Saturday
contained the following very flatter
ing reference to a rising Gaffney boy
whoso prospects for the future are
exceptionally bright:
“In one of the’ best contests that
has been held at the University of
South Carolina in recent years Roy
Webster of Gaffney won the Roddey
medal contest last night in the uni
versity chapel. The contest was
spirited throughout and all the debat
ers entered into the argument with
vim and force. The judges declared
after the contest that they had had
a hard time to decide the winner and
had resolved themselves into a de
bating society.
“Roy Webster, the winner of the
handsome medal offered annually by
Mayor John T. Roddey, of Rick Hill,
is a member of the Euphradian so
ciety and is in the junior law class of
the university.
“He is a graduate of Wofford Col
lege, ’OG, and took his A. M- degree
at that institution in the following
year. Webster was a member of the
Preston Literary socity while at Wof
ford and his work can he shown from
the following; Represented Wofford
College at the centennial celebration
of the Clariosophic and Euphradian
societies in 1906. In the same year
he represented his institution again
at the State oratorical contest. He
was victorious in the year ’00 when
h ; won a handsome medal by defeat
ing Furman university in a contest
held at Wofford. Since he has been a
member of the Euphradian society for
the past four months he has done ex
cellent work.
“Mr. Webster's debate last night was
well written and he delivered it in a
clea r and forceful manner. He
brought forth the points for the affirm
ative side of the query in logical or
der and attracted the attention of the
audience from the first of his speech
to the last. He won over deserving
opponents all being well prepared sind
having arguments to support their
side.
“The programme for the evening
was as follows:
“Welcome by the presiding officer,
W. M- James, ’0G (Euphradian.)
“Query: ‘Resolved, That the United
States reliquisb all possesion of the
Philippines, except as a coaling sta
tion.’
“Debaters—Roy Webster, law, ’09
(Euphradian), affirmative; M. S.
Whaley, law, '09 (Clariosophic), ne
gative; A. M- Lumpkin, law, ’08 (Cla
riosophic), affirmative; J. F. Epps,
law. ’09 (Euphradian), negative.
“Decision of judges.
“Chief marshal—J. B. Reeves, Jr„
’10 (Clariosophic.)
“Assistant marshals—C. K. Dilling
ham, ’ll (Euphradian); T. S. Calli-
son, law, ’09 (Clariosophic); J. H.
Wannamaker, ’ll (Euphradian); H.
L. Forbes, ’10 (Clariosophic).
“The music for the occasion was
furnished by the University Glee
Club orchestra. The judges were as
follows: Rev. B. R. Turnipseed, Dr.
LeGrande Guerry, Mr. T. B. Stack-
house, Hon. G. Duncan Bellinger and
Hon. F. H. Hyatt.
“In supporting the affirmative side
of the query ag to whether the United
States should relinquish all posses
sion of the Philippines, except as a
coaling station, or not, Mr. Webster
pointed out the fact that there should
he no government without consent of
those being s 0 governed. Other points
advanced by him were as follows:
That in holding the Islands there was
taxation without representation; that
the dispersion of the territory of the
United States would cause trouble in
time of war; that the cost of main
taining the islandg did not pay the
government; that it was antagonistic
to the princtpleg of free government;
against the Monroe doctrine and that
the Philippines were able to govern
themselves.
“Some of the arguments advanced
bv the first speaker on the negative,
M. S. Whaley, are as follows: That
the islands have been benefited by
the American rule in that our lan
guage, American capital and other
notes of progress have found their
way into the islands within the past
few years; that, since the Philippines
are the trade centre of the Pacific the
United States should retain posses
sion; that If she does not Japan will
step in; that owing to the amount al
ready spent on the islands theylhouid
he retained in order to pay fo^them-
S61V6S.
"A. M- Lumpkin fo r the aflfcnative
dwelt on the Jeffersonian A** 1 * 1 * 6
and traced the oplniont of pnznment
Americans up to the present kay on
the subject of expansion. J. pf Epps
pointed out three main argument* in
support of the negative as fellows:
The ■ advantages that the islands are
now enjoying; the unconstitutiopality
of holding them; and the oplnioi that
the costs were not so great as lot to
be made up with the holding <ff the
territory. Each of the conteltants
had five minutes for rejoinler in
which to answer the argumeitg of
his opponents. The decision |f the
Judges was to be made on tbeindlvi-
dual speaker both on the ddliv4ry and
on the argumentation.” **
cred by the Local News Editor.
Walter Humphries has purchased a
horse aqd buggy, and is ready to take
■ his gentle lady friends to ricle.
Clarence Jones, owing to ill health,
has decided to withdraw from the
; mencantile business and engage in
j farming.
; Mrs. Mary Allen, wife of Mr. James,
, Allen, departed this life last Friday
afternoon and wag buried at Corinth
church yard Sunday.
i All of the Gaffney lawyers who at
tended the supreme court have re
turned to the city, and are busy again
, looking after their large clientale.
H. T. Free, formerly of Indiana.
I has purchased some lots from W. D.
: Kirby near Mr. W. L. Morgan's and
j is erecting gome cottages thereon.
It is requested that all members of
the W. O. W. be present at their
' regular meeting tonight, as business
of importance is to he attended to.
The National Bank has sold to Mr.
S. R. Humphries, the J. I. Sarratt
residence and Mr. Humphries will,
j in the near future, move to Gaffney.
Miss Loulie Potter will give her
| graduation piano recital at Limestone
I College on Friday night. Further par-
I ticulars will he published in Friday’s,
ledger.
Mr. H. M .Johnson, of the Gaffney*
Live Stock Company, is now on the
Western market buying a load of fine
mules and horses. Come and get first
choice. Gaffney Live Stock Co.
Samuel Stacy, aged about tw *nty-
two years, died on Saturday night of
tuberculosis. This young man has
been a suffere from this dreaded dis
ease for a long time, and his death
was expected.
We are glad to note that the 'phone
at the passenger station has been re
installed. We do not know whom
to thank for this, but suppose It Is
agent Osborne, as the Southern Is
opposed to spending money for simple
accommodation.
Norman Jones, who is a student at
Davidson College, is the youngest boy
in the college of over three hundred
young men. Norman is a studious
young man and will make up in hard
application any difference in the age
'of his companions and his own.
Roy Webster, a Gaffney boy, won
the Roddey medal at the annual ora
torical contest at the South Carolina
University Friday night. Roy is the (
only son of Judge J. E. Wlebster and.
the' people of Gaffney are proud of the
distinction which he has won in thisj
contest.
nothing to do with it. It is the re
ceipts that count. This means the
revenue derived from the sale of
stamps, money orders, registered let
ters and box rents. We hope that it
will not be long until our receipts
will he large enough to insure the
free delivery of mails in the city.
We can then put on city airs, and
proceed to annex the little town of
Spartanburg if we deem such a step
advisable.
The trustees of the graded schools
have secured the services or Miss
Alexander, of Charlotte. N. C., to
teach the commercial course. This 1
lady has had considerable experience, I
having taught in a business college,!
and comes very highly recommended. I
Four new typewriters of the most ap
proved make have been ordered, and
the equipment is of the very best. 1
The Gaffney graded schools will now
he in a position to furnish the boys
and girls of the community with the
opportunity to acquire a good English
education, and will he a boon to those
who are unable to take a college
course. The hoys and girls of today
have much better educational advant
ages than had their fathers and moth-
ers, and we shall watch the commer
cial school with interest to see wheth
er or not our boys and girls will take
advantage of tho golden opportunity
which the-school affords.
—Ladles’ wrappers and
cheaper than the material,
ft Byers.
The trustees of the Gaffney graded
schools have given a large order for'
up-to-date furniture with which to
equip the new school buildings. When
the new desks, etc., are installed
Gaffney’s school facilities will com
pare favorably with that of any town
in the State.
The Gaffney Clearing House asso
ciation has called In the certificates
issued some time ago. The associa
tion issued $20,000 of the certificates
and all except about $2,000 has been
redeemed. The association is anxious |
to retire the certificates as promptly
as possible and desires all persons;
holding them to present them at
either han^ for redemption.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Vaud
Smith, yere poisoned by concentrat-i
ed Iy«y says Dr. J. N. Nesbitt, who
was qftlled to attend them. It seems
they jwere chewing gum and some of
the fte being on the floor of the room,
and/ being about the color of gum, in
th}* way they got enough to make
tlfcm very sick. We are glad to know
that they are now out of danger.
One of the saddest deaths which has
I occurred among the lower animal po
pulation of the city, was that of “Old
Mollie,” who has been in the family
of Mr. R- A- Jonee for the last twenty-
one yean. The children drove “Old
Mollie” to their grandfather’s, Mr. T.
D. Little’s, where she died. They
are Inconsolable over the loss
of the animal, as she was as gen-
tie as a lamb, and seemed almost ^Ute
a member of the family.
The Woman’s Club of the city win
canvagg the town this week in the in
terest of the public library. It is cer
tain that unless the people come to
the rescue that this laudable institu
tion will die. The library has been
of great help to the boys and girts of
the community as well as to the
grown people. Instead of letting in
stitutions like the library languleh
and die, they should be encouraged
and new ones should be established,
so when these ladies call on you this
week, open your purses and help (his
most Vorthy cause.
A great many people are of the
opinion that the stamps which are
canceled Is a factor in classifying the
office. An a matter of fact this Is not
so. The number of stamps canceled
io a presidential office has absolutely
Pondfield Paragraphs.
I’omlfield. J;in. 7; The people have
b‘*en movin'* -ight sharply during the
past few weeks. Mr. Lum Spencer
will work for Mr. \\*. X. Raines this
year. Mr. J. A. Raines moved back-
to the Service place last week. He is
a brother of J. E. Raines, who is talk
ing of going west.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H Morton’s baby
is very 111. hut we are glad to say is
getting better.
Mr. George Randolph has moved to
the Cherokee Ford old place. He will
have a goo,] farm as for fertillity.,
but those aggravating cinders will try
hig faith. He is a good man. and no
one ever lived by better neighbors,
than they.
There has been many a wedding
this fall. People are getting busy.
Thanks to the man who directs,
with a clear conscience, me to attend
to my own business." Him the people
should rise up and call blessed.
The Draytonville Sunday school
will have a slight change in the way
its lessons are recited, perhaps next.
Sunday, and will be continued througn
the entire quarter. It will he of the
nature of a matching contest, the
one answering the most words this
Sunday will be head the next Sunday.
Let every one answer his portion of
the words or questions, and the pro
gram will succeed.
Mr. R. J. LeMaster will continue
his business at this place this year,
and, peradventure, longer too.
There wag a boy who loved to steal
roasting ears and roast them to car
ry with him for his diner at school.
One day he went out to hunt the
largest ear in the field. He came to
a stalk which had grown in a pile of
sediment, (brought down by the
branch, so It was growning very rap
idly.) He climed up the stalk and
was examining the ear. when he found
himself- going higher in the air. He
began to dim downward, but the
rapid growth of the corn carried him
upward faster than he could come
downward, consequently he never got
back. This corn grew so fast till it
jumped off at the bottom Joint, but in
a few hours y n u could n.ot detact that
there had been such a thing—You
may not believe It, hut I can not help
it. Some may za.y “Why did the boy j
not fall with the top?” Well, he s!m
ply got onto another stalk as it grew,
up and was carried back.
With wishes for The Ledger, I re
main. J. L. J. I
List Of unclaimed Letters.
List of letters unclaimed In Gaff
ney postoffice for week ending Janu
ary 13, 1908:
J. M- Broclrwell, Jim Bamey. S. By
ars, Mr. Ehiley, Kelly Freeman, Sam
Jones, ch lyson. J. H. Richards. Miss
Kate Byars. Miss Beckie Deal, Miss
Minnie C. Grist, Miss Julia Massie,
Miss Luty Potey, loerives, Miss Min
nie Wilson. f *.
One cent due on all letters adver
tised.
A. R. N. Folger.
Postmaster. |
VALUE OF RIGHT BREATHING.
Health Cornea From Knowing How
and What to Breathe.
Dust laden with the germs of con
sumption or other disease la Inhaled
by alkwho use the streets, but dis
ease re not developed unless the
germs find conditions suitable for
their lodgment and growth.
With people having catarrh there la
an ideal culture medium for these
germs, aa the irritated membrane
and weakened tisane is a hot-bed
where germs must thrive and multi
ply until they are numerous and
active.
If you have catarrh, you should uae
the easiest, simplest and quickest
cure, the direct method of Hyomei,
whose wonderful medicated air la
taken In with the air you breathe,
directly following and destroying all
germs that have been inhaled, re
pairing any damage they may have
worked and so healing and vitalizing
the tissues as to render catarrh and
germ Infection no longer possible.
The usual way in which Hyomei la
sold should dispel all doubt a^ to Its
curative properties, for the^Chrifney
Drag Co. offer to refund the price to
anyone whom it falls to benefit. You
do not risk a cent In testing the heal-
law virtues of this breath of life, tor
with every 9149 outfit the Gaffney
prog Co. give a guarantee to relieve
catarrh or money refunded.
JOHNSON JOINED
LIQUOR FIGHT,
SOUTH CAROLINA BAPTIST IN
LINE.
Hon. jos. t* Johnson Introduces Bill
at Their Suggestion. Liquor Traffic
Critisized.
Washington. Jan. 13—Congress
man Jos. T. Johnson, who early In
the present session. Introduced * two
hills in Congress aimed at the sup
pression of the liquor traffic and the
passage of which will hasten the time
of temperance and prohibition, has re
ceived the following letters;
Hon. Jos. T. Johnson,
House of Representatives.
We, the undersigned, having been
appointed by the recent State Baptist
Convention of South Carolina to pre
sent tiie accompanying memorial to
Congress, beg leave to call your at
tention to the same, and we most res
pectfully solicit your active co-opera
tion in producing the enactment of
? -.rh national legislation as the me
morial indicates.
(Signed)
Chas. A. Smith.
Jno. A. Brunson.
C. E. Burts,
Simon Hyde,
!. A. Mitchell.
W. C. Llndsav.
R. N. Pratt,
L. J. Bristow.
Following i s the memorial:
The sentiment of the people of the
United States against the sale and
use of alcoholic beverage is rapidly
gaining strong}h. Six States have al
ready enacted general prohibition
laws'. Eightefn others are orohibition
in part, and in others theie are mn’r
r- few saloons. In fact, one-half of
the territory of the United States is
either under prohibition or local op
tion. In 1870 the number of people
in “dry” territory was onlv 3,500.000.
In 1907 the number is 33.000.000. al
most a ten-fold increase in thirty-
seven years. The governors of
several States have recently spoken
uneqivocally and strongly ’In con
demnation of the liquor traffic, and
congressmen, lawyers, editors, physi
cians. teachers and business men. as
well as preachers and a host of de
voted women, are giving their moral
and active support to the cause of
temperance and sobriety.
But the friends of prohibition are
greatly embarrassed in their move
ments and often defeated in their ef
forts by federal interference. This
interference is t#o-fold: 1st. United
States revenue officers are allowed to
iSMie licenses for the sale of alcoholic
beverages in these States where the
sale of such beverages is forbidden
by law. thereby practically defeating
the will of the majority of the peo
ple living in those States. 2nd. Con
gress, unde r the Interstate Commerce
law. allows the manufacturers and
dealers in alcoholic liquors, who live
in States where the manufacture and
sale of such liquors are lawful, to
ship them into prohibition territory.
This is an unjust and therefore un
wise discrimination. It compels a
State under prohibition law to grant
to people who live beyond its borders
rights and privileges which it denies
to its own citizens. Moreover, such
a law ignors one of the fundamental
principles of our Republic, viz: the
right of local self-government, and
therefore is thoroughly repugnant to
the spirit of Democracy.
In view of these facts, we. the Bap
tist people of South Carolina, assembl
ed in annual convention In the city of
Orangeburg, December 6 to 9. 1907,
do hereby earnestly and respectfully
request and ’irgo the Congress now
In session to give us relief from the
aforesaid grievance by appropriate
and adequate legislation.
The bills introduced by Congress
man Johnson cover exactly the ground
pointed out by the memorial, and he
hag written the committee, assuring
the m of his heaXty support and God
speed in thelrs^fgPrts for the uplifting
and bettering oTj ’^kind.
Senator Tillman will deliver an ad
dress at a mass meeting under the
auspices of the Federation of Chris
tian and Temperance forces of the
District of Columbia Tuesday evening.
This meeting will be held in the First
Congressional church of Washington.
Senator Clay,, of Georgia, the State
that recently “cut the booze out,” will
preside. The invitation to Senator
Tillman to speak waa extended by a
large number of leading business men
and representative people of the city.
Washington is well aroused on the
liquor question and the sober element
of the District Is determined to wage
a determined fight for closing u£ the
saloons before the present Congress.
Yesterday morning’s Post, In noting
the fact that Senator Tillman was to
make the address, quoted the Palmet
to Senator as saying; “I am a pro
hibitionist.”* This occasioned a num
ber of hig friends to exchange pleas
antries and guy Senator Tillman in
and about hit committee room yester
day. He accepted the little passes
with fine spirit; but took occasion to
say emphatically that he wag a tem
perance man, not “prohibitionist,” but
he always favored the kind of prohi
bition that prohibited; and it was the
kind he was trying to make into law
now. Flke.
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