The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-06
Rates and Ills Crisne.

A quiet enough man whom sober. bul
dangerous and violent when drinking
Married at eighteen, he Is separated from
HE wife E6onth later. s. boon cornpan.
ion ig shot Ia g drunken brawl. Zine
rolls on. ChristuEs eve comes aud &c 4
dancing party, while under the influence
OF liquor. he murders o young Snan OF his
acquaintance. This ia the brief history
Of VIM. 8. Bates, who was executed al
BarnwelI on Friday. IL is the tale OF
drink ! drink drink from The sad be.
ginning TO the awful ending. Whiskey
caused him to abandon bis Wits, whiskSy
prevented him from having any honora.
BILE occupation, Whiskey brought him TO
the gallows. And there are hundreds OF
young men who read this who will be
eaved from tho fate cf 3ates, if sayei
they are, by the mercy Of Providence.
not hy anyteing they do TO avoid OF
avert 1t. They excite themselves With
Hhiskey % he did. They hahisuslly
carry deadly weapons, aa he did. They
have mnrdeEous impulses, 90 he had.
Why should they feel confident that
the paths which for others lead 20
shame aud death shall for .therl DO the
vays TO mere mirthfuliess and sposti
Bates did not dream that he would end
his days upoE the scaaoid. When sober
he Wa9 quie.. enough. Liqour developed
the lateEs ferucityI of his character, as IL
afouses r. . lurking passions In every liy.
ing man anu woman. At the beat times
IL 10 difficult for many OF us 70 preserve
the supremacy of heart and brain over
whetGeem 20 be animal instincts and brute
desires. To drink 10 TO 5unlooso what is
dangerous and bind faas what IT, eleya.
ting andpnre. Around ua Ia every direc.
ton, In this State aad Ia adjoining States,
there are: instances OF ruin and death In.
duced by tippling. Where blood Ia not
nhed, moro chan blood 10 split, and tho
eoul 10 in bondage oewhile the body Ia frea,
For one man who like Bates kills an 90.
quaintence ae dance there are thona!
apde who murder what 70 best in them.
eelve1. They kill their young hopes.
destroy their talent, murder tkair sfaitEhi
opportunities. And they will not AA
warned in timeI Eseh ono tliahks God 1
thas he Is not es other men are. but fjt
needs not the oye of Deity TO nes that
sooner or later, his undoing will bo ab
theifs. There is revagtholess en- aU'ak-.
iening Of the moral aeh5e in the peoplS OF
South Carolina ON tho ubiect OF dginkinR
Intoxicating liquors. The conviction and
execution cf Hates arc the proof OF lit.
For the frat time la our Yaeolicstion. In
tfhiS State, drunkenness hos not been re.
gafded % an attenuation Of an offence.
TO provide oneself with the instYurnonEp
OF death and do chat which will itiavita.
bly prompt their use 10 an aggravation OF
the crime. Ssissll Is si
6 The Baddeat, phase of. the Blaokvillo
murder ives tho part played by some OF
the yonng women who Wefe at the dance
where the muEdeFons abot was flred. One
or them saw that Bates was drunk. Ire.
pehted on the tsial the curses aud threats
which fell from hiBlips, and, Hhile he yya6
la this condition. foul in body aud sot,I.
consentedto dance With him. Was there
mono 70 save this young Casolina eiel
from this Teproaehf : Is not such tolefa.
sion OF drunkenness by ouf young women
an encouragement TO tipplers 10 confirm
Themselves in their debasihg habits I?
Again We cay, &c is to- the women Of
South Caroline that the State must
look for aid. .As long az they give the
ttppler aB much consideration as thew
give to him who Is always sober. the
most powerful means of auppressinp in.
temperance remains unused. Nav 1 30
long as they place the dgunkard on the
same plano with him who Is resolutaly
a5stsmious, they encourage dfinking; and
sre tninome measure, responsible for its
fhr-Teaching degradation and hydrS-head.
cd sin I--.Neics and Gtlsyer.