The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-19

Mn. EDIToR: A goodly number of people
are very grateful that so many Of the secu-
lar papers are helping forward the great
cause Of Temperance. This is as it should
be: The truth Is, no man who cares any
thing for himse'f. his fumily, his country
or his church. should allow paper which
upholds whiskey in any way to enter his
house. The good people of the State are
also glad to know that large number Of
the members Of the Legislature are in favor
of prohibition. Let every man who wishes
his State and country we'll, see to il thu:
every. candidate who is opposed to it be al
lowed at the next election to stay at home.
1t is astonishing that some men seem to
think the legislature has nothing to do
with it. You. Mr.. Editor, as a LAWYER and
member of the Legislature, know that it
is the business of that body to make such
laws rs will protect and improve the inter
eSts of the people. You made lava
wise and good one-punishng men for car
rying concealed weapons. And yet there
are men who say you have no right 20 grasp
With the strong arm Of the law this "iant
monster, as with mcrciless tramp he crtishcs
WIDOWS and orphans and broken hearted
mothers under his feet, aud lcliantly waves
his bluck flag in the very teeth of the State
authorities. The good people Of this cnun-
~ are becoming sick and tired of being in
suited and run over by drunken men on
their way from Anderson. Already they
can be heard saying the Town Council of
Anderson IS causing nearly all oIr trouble
now" And hog? Ry !;:.isting ,he food
gates for few dollars and seIniing the
streams of woe and death all over the coun-
try. For little pay they give men permits
sion to make others drunk, and then pun
isii them for getting drunk. But if they
hurry off from town. it's all right Is this
the way to treat sober people in the coun-
try? The country people have some rights
US well as others. There was State prohi-
oItlOn convention recently i'll Raleigh, n. -,
400 delegates represented every county in
the State. Let the ball roll on. Alcohol is
doomed. The grandest forces of nature
Friends of prohibition, work. 1t is only n
question of time when this bloated monstcr
shall lie giant corpse Ut our feet
Another thing. III the last issue of your
valuable paper are these words: 1T is now
estimated thut the forests OF America will
he all used up at the end of another thirty
years -cnongh to cause alarm to any think
ing man. Why this vast destruction Of
timber? In our Southern land cotton-the
peoples master-is at the bottom of it, 1t
il absolutely provoking to ace even the
grand old shade trees whiting and dying
trees TINT shaded our mothers and fathers
when they were children-undert the strokes
OF the axe, all to get few more cotton
stalks. Shade trees, gurlien spots, grass
lawns and even bottom land-whcrc there
nught to be corn-are giving way to cotton
No wonder we have drouths; no wonder
corn is scarce; no wonder the merchants
are growing rich at the expense of the
farmers. Many turner's are destroying by
wholesale their timber just because the
fence law, which is Il sc d thing. nakes it
80 easy to kill aud burn the timber. as there
are no rails to split or fences to build. save
for pasture. So easy to ruin the timber
and then-nlake cotton. It is almost as
hard to convince some mon that cotton is
running them as to satisfy them that the
poisonous stuffs called pure liquors will
eventually be rooted from the world.
Would that we could hear from IT. II.
r. more frequently. He struck the nail
on the head" when warming the farmers to
spare the old field pines.
One thing more Why will some men
run their furrows when plowing right out
into the road? w. 4. II.