The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, October 25, 1912, Page PAGE 4, Image 4
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1912.
WILL PREACH ON PROHIBITION
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Rev. K. W. Cawthon will fill the
pulpit again on Sunday morning and
Sunday night, Rev. Mr. Wakefield
being away conducting a revival in
Lynchburg, Va.
Rev. Mr. Cawthon will speak Sunday
night upon the text: "Cast not
your pearls before swine," and will
discuss the question of prohibition.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
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"DISPENSARY OR NO
DISPENSARY."
Many who purpose voting for the
reestablishment of the dispensary
v -urge as a reason tnat conomtms are
worse under prohibition than under
the dispensary system. We have never
believed this to be true. We feel
sure there is more whiskey consumed
when it is legally sold than when it
is under the ban. But if conditions
are bad under the prohibition law, it
is the non-enforcement of the law
that is to blame. The spirit of lawlessness
that prevails throughout the
nation is the trouble.
Many honest men say they favor
a dispensary and that if it has good
men to run it the whole problem is
solved. Granted, but you cannot get
good men to run a dispensary. Some
good men might undertake it, but it
would be but a short while before the
good man would quit or degenerate
into a bad man. You cannot constantly
sell whiskey without coming
under its curse. It is an enemy that
is sure to get in his work if you
keep his company.
It is all a question of whether the
sale of whiskey is a good thing or a
bad thing. Would you allow your son
to run a dispensary? What difference
would there be between running
a dispensary and running an open
barroom ? It's the same old problem.
You might conduct the barroom just
as the law says you must conduct a
dispensary. What moral difference
would there be in the two institutions?
We expect to vote against the disDOnenrv
Wo /1a nnf Vwilinvn if will
help anything good. We believe it
will pull down and not build up. A
civilization that needs to be held together
by profits from the legal sale
of whiskey is standing upon a poor
foundation. We believe there is a better
way. Don't you?
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TOM LAWSON OF "FRENZIED
FINANCE" FAME.
Thomas W. Dawson, of "Frenzied
Finance" fame, has been before the
Clapp committee which is investigatinir
for fhr? flniforl Stofna Sonata tVio
campaign contributions for 1904 and
1908 and the prc-convention funds of
1912. For some time thoughtful men
have reached the conclusion that Tom
Lawson was more or less of a humbug.
His showing as a witness does
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but confirm the conclusion. He is just
a great big bluff, a monumental bag
of gas, and that's about all there is to
him. We can remember the wonderful
"disclosures" made by this lfighty
man of valor several years ago "wher
he began writing magazine articles
under the heading "Frenzied Finance."
It was thrilling, it was
amazing, and it was wonderfully entertaining?for
a while. But one come
to feel after a time that there was
something lacking?that the man was
playing a part?that he himself was
just what he was picturing the greedy
"money grabbers" to be. And it has
now come to be fairly well understood
by thoughtful people that Tom Law
son, the great exposer, is just a common,
flighty, word-painting hypocrite
and humbug. Here are a few samples
of the "testimony" given by the witness
before the committee:
"Whenever he was pressed to tell
how he knew, Mr. Lawson had reference
to the phrase, 'in a general way.'
He used that expression as freely and
as ridiculously to cover his retreat as
Mr. Pickwick used the phrase, 'in a
Pickwickian sense.' It got so that
laughter went through the whole
room, including the committee, whenever
the 'general way' modification
was employed?which was about once
a minute.
" 'When I say 'I know,' explained
the witness in speaking of his principles
as an author, 'I mean that I think
I know, and when I say 'I think,' I
mean that I guess.' Lawson asserted
that sometimes he deliberately hedged
his data about so that he could not
discern its origin. He said that Secretary
No. 1 might hand the data to
Secretary No. 2 and Secretary No.
2 might give it to him (Lawson.)
Asked who Secretary No. 2 was, the
witness bl/indly explained that this
second secretary was merely a 'figure
of speech.
Tom Lawson is a "bird" and there
is no mistaking the fact. But he will
no longer be hailed as a prophet and a
deliverer of the down-trodden masses.
Indeed it is just such men who are
the worst enemy the people have. And
we are coming to believe that just
such men are largely responsible for
the unrest and the dissatisfaction that
is everywhere manifested. Just such
tirades, impossible of clean, clear
proof, has caused many people to imagine
that the whole woyj)<i..h?^
to the devil and that iiImmmi *? a' '
Iutely no hope for the future. These
I would-be reformers and livid wordpainters
have lied so much and so of
ten that they have come to believe
their own lies themselves and have
persuaded many to believe them also.
There should be some way to get at
such breeders of strife and discontent.
A man who makes a charge
should be forced to prove it or be
made to "eat dirt." We believe Tom
Lawson would have to eat a big slice,
if he got what was his just dues.
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A Visitor to the Fair Gives Account
of His Trip. '
Kelton, Oct 21.?We have had plenty
of rain of late. The farmers have
been very busy gathering their crops.
Cotton has been picked as fast as it
opened, ginned and sold. The cotton
crop is decidedly short. Manufacturers
who need cotton and are not freely
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will suuii iiiiu me crop gatnered
and sold and in the hands of the
speculators, and when they get it they
will pay for it, for the speculators
know that the supply will not meet
the demands.
Last Thursday morning I pulled out
to visit the county fair. I landed at
the fair ground about 11 o'clock and
found quite a crowd of men, women
and children inspecting the exhibits.
All seemed to be enjoying themselves
very much. You could not have told
that we had just a few weeks ago
gone through one of the hottest political
battles that we have had in several
years. We were all shaking
hands, talking and enjoying ourselves
as good old democrats, as it should be.
The exhibits were fairly Rood, but too
few of them; but the farmers are
largely to blame for the small show*
ing. There were some fine race horses
and the racing was the main feature
of the day. I guess there was a good
deal of sporting on the ground. The
flyir.g-jenny, the ferris wheel and the
shows were there for the young people,
who seemed to enjoy themselves.
Also there were games of chance to
take in the young suckers' change,
and some of the older ones, too, were
bitten. The pickpockets were on hand
and relieved some of our citizens of
ineir pocKCi-DooKs and ^contents. They
did not get mine, hut if they had, and
all the rest they got had been like
mine, they would have left in disgust.
By one o'clock I felt like eating my
dinner and went to the place where
the ladies were serving dinner for
the benefit of the hospital of Union.
In the afternoon horse racing and
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until late in the evening a sad accident
happened when Mr. Goodwin,
riding a motorcycle collided with a
cart driven by another man, and he
(Mr. Goodwin) received injuries supposod
to be fatal, which cast a gloom
over the whole people on the ground.
About six o'clock I boarded the Union
and Glenn Springs train for Union to
spend the night.
After supper some one suggested
for us to go to the moving picture
show, and off wo went. When I ar
rived at the ticket window I laid down
a dime, but the lady looked at me and
said: "Are you a Confederate soldier?"
I said I was. She said, "You
can go in free." I thought, well, are
not the old soldiers respected and
honored more than we deserve to be,
but they are honored wherever they
are known.
But is it not a shame.that the towns
and cities of South Carolina have denied
the annual reunion to the few remaining
old soldiers, which they enjoy
so much ? What is the mattei ?
Is it politics? I it is, then we are not
honored and respected as some would
think they are. If the defeating or
electing of a man or men should destroy
the respect and love of these old
heroes, their love is very shallow, for
every man has a right to vote for who
he pleases; and allow others the same
privilege. I saw two years ago at
Columbia that they did not show the
old soldiers the courtesies due them as
invited guests, in that they did away
with the decoration of the city in honor
of the invited guests, which had
been the custom at all other reunions;
and I noticed the papers carefully afterward
and I never saw any statement
for the reason for discontinuing
the same, and I thought then that
jMMiuca must ue creeping into our re*
unions. | But the ladies of Columbia
treated us on the occasion just as
kind as we could have desired and if
it had been left to* them we would
have had our regular annual reunion
this year, and I am sure that all of
them will join in asking Gods richest
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blessings upon them because they
have always been foremost in every
gaod work. Yes, they were last at
the cross and first at the tomb. We
all remember how well they treated
us after the great battles and in the
hospitals during that terrible struggle.
Brother Comrades, be not discour
op,vw ix nt ucvoi nave uiiuiner OlSie
reunion, for we will have our general
reunions and all of us who love to
hieet can do so, for these gatherings
are to the remaining few of us who
are left behind, like the love feasts
of the old time Methodists fifty years
ago.
For Sale.
Ten shares of Union Grocery Co.
stock. Said stock belonging to the estate
of J. Fincher Belue. Sale to be
on November 4th, before the court
house door at public outcry and to
the highest bidder.
Mrs. Ida L. Belue, i
Administratrix Estate |
"usy. r naay is me last day.
41-.'It J. Fincher Belue.
Tribute of Respect.
Whereas it has pleased the Almighty
to remove from our midst by
death the wife of our esteemed brother
and co-laborer, Mrs. A. M. McWhirter,
who has been in our midst
several years, and who was beloved <
by all who kntfw her.
Therefore, Resolved, that in the
death of Mrs. McWhirter, wife of our
Brother A. M. McWhirter, a faithful
member of Hines Lodpe No. 92, that
we offer to his bereaved family and
mourning friends over whom sorrow
has hun? her sable mantle, our heartfelt
condolence and pray that infinite
goodness may bring speedy relief to
their burdened hearts and inspire
them with the consolation that hope
in purity and faith in God give ever
in the shadow of the tomb.
Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the husband of our
deceased friend; also a copy be published
in the Pythian paper and county
paper.
S. S. McCullough,
W. R. Hill.
C. V. Robbing,
Committee.
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