The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-11-22


dram shops shall swallow it up TO tho
harm of everybody. ACTIoN.
Shall tho Liquor Shops DO Clos.d3
No. |.
McsSyS. EdHOrS: IL is .gratiryinos To
KNOW that steps arc now being taken
in WinnSboro to sec what can bc done
in the way Of closing the liquor shops.
That Cod may direct and speed every
honest effort tending to such result is
the wish of hundreds living all over
the county. Close them up, and no
doubt you will receive the thanks of q
large majority OF the best and most
respectable people everywhere, and
from many sadhcartcd wife, mother,
sister and father. Both "II W:.J.n
and "Junius' have written well con-
cnrnin@ the matter, They have pretty
we'll covered the ground. But [ i'm
aglnc that few words from the coun-
try, by way of encouragement, would
not be out Of place. Many of the evils
connected With the traffic are public
and too well known to he denied.
They arc enough to make every riuht-
minded and riglt-icclinw main blush
ior Shaln2, that any member Of tic
human family can be gully of Suth
lndrcencicS, dcbauchnry, land base
degradation rs is sometimes 0craSOucd
by The two free sale and use Of liuunr.
But vou may rest assured that the haIi'
is not known, and no h,iman Ucn can
adequately describe Tie fall measure of
the suilrrings which il entails. Who
can measure The depth OF Il devoted
mothcr's sorrow when her lcloycj
son, once SO tcndcr!y nurturcd and
cared for by her, "omcs staggering
into her presence and o!tcniimrs with
horrid oathS and curs,innS on his lips:
Or, who can measure the intensity OF
Il wi!c'S agony when she finds her hus-
band trampling beneath his feet the
most solemn marriage vows, scuruinu
her love, falling to keep his own fair
promises, perhaps cursing and abus-
ing her, and setting such al example
before thcir dear children as would
render even a dog ridiculous and un-
bcarablr, if not dis@racciul?
We all know that because of ihc too
lrCc use OF liquor many families are in
nccd Of he very comlo,is OF life:
children, many Of them, are without
sHltnbl" food and rancni and homes,
and their education IS hnimM ~a:i!y nee
IT,, ted. We all know of devoted wives;
who arc often cursed and abused by
drunken husbands; and Of gray -hcadcU
fathers and mothers going down in
sorrow to the grave. iiut no man can
possibly numbcr the many secret tear
drops, nor tcll or the many secret
hcart-burnings which follow in its
train.
So far rs Fairfield county is con-
ccrncd: ii should be distinctly borne i'm
mind that rs the law now stands the
citiZcns of Backsiocti, Ridgcway, and
particularly "i Minnsb0ro, are in large
measure responsible ior all the evils of
the liquor t:aflic. Tho civil law now
prohibits the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors except in corporate inwrs; and
within said limits it is lril, optional
with the voters thereof wh"thcr it
shall be allowed or not. If. thcrcinrc.
the villages and towns allow il, il j.
plainly to be seen where rest chiefly
the responsibility and blame for tie
evils resulting thcrctrom. II is not
asserted that they are wholly RESPONSE
bic. The men who buy the liG,lor and
use it unto drunkenness, or ia nnv
way too freely, must bear their full
share. And il is certain that some
men will have il, let il cost what i,
nj &c a -, 80.
ZonS OF the towns antl villages liccns-
ing the shops are very lar1clv. YES,
chiefly responsible. Before God lngy
will have to answer for it. Ii i,n
responsibility which they will be able
neither TO shit nor to s!irk. And
they may be sure that the witnesses
| against them will be- many and unim
prachahlc. They will appear from
every quarter, and from PAGES least
expected.
IT will not do for any man to argue.
"that ii is useless tor Winnsbnro to
forbid the traffic as long rs ii is allowed
ut Blarkstork and RiIpcwav.' The
argument is tallncious aud deceptive.
| B'acksinck and Rid.cwav might both
argue in the same way rs against
Ninnsh"ro, and with. grcnlor sluw OF
| reason, as WinnshnTo j. the LARGEST n!
he three places, the county seat, and
he place most trcqurnlch. At WinnS-
hNr" most Of the liquor is sold and
hence issues most of the cillsp. Every
man in each of these places shonld
feel that he is personally res, ons;blc for
his own individual vote. Now, before
Almighty God, and before the hnn-
drcds Of witnesses vino arc ready to
| testify against tho evils Of the rrac-
llcc, can any right-mndru man afford
! to say, 81 vii, vote for its continuance
at Winnsboro because know it viii
continue to be sold at other place. 2"
| Can he afford to cast iD his lot bolh
for tlmc and eternity with The poverty
dealing and misery dealing and DEATH
dealing parties Of other places. rather
than with the wise and good nnN ,nust
respectable Of his own town. Every
:"an who casts his vote, on amy ground
whatsoever, for a continuance Of the
traffic should bear in mind that lie
lends his influence for continuance
Of evils that are base and damninw
and whose pmHrN tendency is to rain
the family, the chulyh, and the State;