The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-10-25
of Fa,rf,e,d co,;;;,,,,tv,

people Of Fairfield COUNTY. It is
equivalent to saying that many Of our
citizens are so stupid as not to know
theirown filterests--that thoY will 20
to olher places, perhaps at x greater
distaNce, to satisfy their cravings for
. liqltr. We are unwilling to admit
/ that tho morals and Intelligence Of our
farmers are Of such low and degrad.
ed s!atdaiN. Bu. there is not parti-
Gle OF proof that such would be Tie
case. On the contrary, the proof Is
that those towns where The s,!lc of
WhiskeY lias }9en: prohibited have ndt
0piy retained their trade, but to-,ax
are in e. more tlourishing condition
than tnt1cr, tlie old regime. We again
challenge q contradiction and proof td
tho contrary.
Auotherohjectidn ufgcd agaiust pro- tsTic,
hbtion is tlnt II will not stoii drink
Ing Nmorlss The people, that they will
it is Useless to close up tho bnr-roolns.
What would you thipk of the phvsi-
cian who camfo to YOU and refused to
alleviate your pain because he could
not entirely remove 1t, or rcftisctl to
administer any rcstoratives, On the
ground tDat he could NOT altogether
! remove tic cause OF y5ur discuse?
You would very likely, call him fool
and monster. Yet those who urge
this last objection arc in just the same
position as that which such physician
would occupy, Such an objection is
"cpuynant to ,fli, improvement and op-
posed TO all DroSress. l. would be titf
better to allow men to buy lheir Whis.
key in large quantities than to place
before them the temptations incident
to retailing it by tho drink. The
farmer comes to town, meets his iriende
and then they AZ and tnec. drinks to-
gcthcr, the eXpcnsc Of which is borne
by one of the .party. Then the others,
in turn, feel It incumbent on them to
treat to dlinks; aud the consequence
is that the whole crowd has taken too
much. Now it is this very opportu-
nifty to buy q drink and treat your.
| friends that constitutes the sore evil Of
the retail system. II il this that is
yearly carrying hundreds Of our noble
Young men to untimcly graves. This
opportunity for drinking, afforded by
these hnunts of hell, is the root of the
whole iIiquitous business. 1t is bv
reason of this opnotttiUitv aud tcinptE:-
ton TO drink That mere boys, not vet
out of their teens, have caused. kind
fathers to bow their heads in sorrow,
loving mothers to spend sleeplcss
nights in weeping, and tender Sisters
to blush for Shame.
Is there a single father who has sons
to rcaH and educate that Will tnil TO
| lend his aid and voice to stop the
licensed sale of the dcatll-giving
| liquid? Is there q single sorrowing
wife or mother who will refuse her
earnest prayers for the success of the
cause which will remove from theiT
husbands and sons the orp5ilunity
aud temptation to indulge in drink2
Is there single loving sister who will
mot lend her best Influence to stop the
sale of This unholy thing? If ST., they
can have no regrets when following
the remains Of some crring and way
ward hhsbhnd, soit or brother tu an
untimely but dishonorcd grave
| We have stated the evil, have con-
sidercd some of the objections to its
removals, AND in Il future ARTICLE will
endeavor to point out the relilcdy.
JUNIUS.