Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-03-11
VOLUME XXXI.-NO. II.

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man is hurried into eternity with as
little concern as tho fly crushed on the
J wall, What havo VIC to address ourselves
TO-, therefore, is CD tho abolition of the
practice of carrying concealed weapons, and
(2) the encouragement of intcmperanoe.
Tho Legislature, at the, Extra Session, re-
fused to pass bill making it misdemean.
or to carry concealed weapons, and Until
the Legislature shall moet again tho main
doterrents to bo relied on arc: the oonyio.
ton that sucl practice is unmanly aud an
encouragement to strife, aud tho Belief
that it is necessary for protection. The sec
! ond cause of our troubles, whiskey. drinking
can bo dealt with promptly, and, we beIioYyoo
effectualiy'
Every influence save one bas been ex.
crted to check intemperance and induce alb.
stinence from the use of alcoholic stimuants.
Clergymen preach Sunday after Sunday.
The conductors of secular and religious
newspapers expound and oxhort until brain
and fingers arc weary. Societies aud AS.
soclations of one sort and another work on
the same line. They have accomplished
much, but not enough And the reason is
tina. they have not secured the effective as.
slstance of the ono GLASS of persons 10 South
Carolina who have as much power as Pulpit
and Press combined, and who now too fre.
quently, Instead of treating in temperance
as sin against him who is made in Gods
own image and as sin against society wink
at it, laugh OF 1t, and oondone it. Wo
mean tho women of South Carolina, cspe-
cally the younger women, the sweethearts
who will be wives and mothers
DO tho women of South Carolina, know
ing Us they do, tho ruin of body and soul
which is caused by whiskey drinking, cx-
clude tipplcrs aud drunkards from their So
cict!y, as unfit companions for tho gentle
and tho ohastc? They do not. 1t is conf.
mon to hear girls in their teens laughing at
Mr.. A., who was "slightly affected, >" or Mrl
B., whose merit is that however much ho
"indulges," be nlwys "behaves like a
gentleman" This is on encouragement to
wrong doing. 1t tcaohes the inebriato that
no can have the companionship of our
sweet maidens and choose his wife from tho
rosebud garden, whether he be sober or tho
reverse. Thoughtlessncss and habit, account
for it, no doubt, and it is in DO fault Audiug
spirit that We point out the faults Of women
who arc crowned with noble qualities, cnd
arc our stay and pride. Our hope is to
arouse them to a sense of their daiiger and
to an appreciation of their opportunity.
Tho women Of South Carolina did NOT
faltor during the war. They. never hesita-
tod, never. doubted and never surrendered.
They made the State what it was, and were
tho main spring Of the public endurance.
courage and devotion. IN 1876 they saved
the State, BY, their encouragement, their
appeals, their labors and their PRAYERS.
The State is more in need of saving than it
was 1875. Whiskey is worse foe than
Radicalism, and brings worse ills in it's
train. To the women OF South Carolina;
then Ue appeal, for the State. We entroat
them to organize, in their own way, their
own associations. Wc entreat them to set
the seal of their scorn upon the forehead,
habitual drinker We entreat them to
Danish from their society every man, how.
eyer near or dear, who darcs to approach,
them with tho flush of liquor on his check
and its stain upon his heart. We cntreat
them to strike from tho liot of their &C.
quaintanccs every one who is known to be a.
tippler, and in everything that they do and
wherever they 60, to draw tho line sharply
between tho man who is his own master,
and the man who 10 whiskey's slave. If
they will do this, they will conflne drunken.
ness to those who arc past curing, and who,
excluded from woman's society, will lose
their opportunities of degrading, and put.
ting to tho blush, our sisters and our
daughters. And these. will rapidly sur
round themselves with friends who arc
always natural, moderate and pure, men At
to bo their companions and worthy to be
tho partners Of thier lives. How
much sorrow, rcproach and shame they will
savo themselves and the State, no human
tongue can tell.