The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-25
CRUSHING THE WORM.
Sam Jones Throtting tho whlukcy stills
-AIdnta Constitution

.itlanta Constitution.
The greatest temperance rally probably
ever seea in the city was that at the
opera house last night, under the auspices
Of the Convention.
The house was filled to its utmost CO.
pacity and the enthusiasm was high. II
was largely due, however, to the remark.
able speech which was delivered by the
Rev. Sam Jones, the famous revivalist.
His etriking originality and his strong
powers of expression were brought out
into effective play and almost every mo.
ment during the hour which he occu.
pied in his remarks he was interrupted
by the applause or the laughter of his
hearers. Mr.. Jones handled whiskey in
q way that showed his complete detesta-
tation of 1t and his sentiments were
made magnetic by the manner of their
He said: "r believe liquor is good
thing In its place, and I believe it's place
is in hell. Applause.] If was In hell
might drink it, but 90 help me God I
never will on this earth drink it again."
Speaking of the good that could be ac.
complished by prohibition and the diff.
culties that stood in the way of obtain.
ing it, he said "The main trouble Is
with these little politicians. They say it
won't do to bring this question into
politics. They say it viii hurt your
party. If your party has got to ride into
power on o whiskey barrel, then I say it
ought to be hurt. Applause.] I am q
Democrat. was born Democrat, but
If you make Democracy mean opposition
to sumptuary laws and friendship to
liquor, then I am anything but Demo.
crat. Great cheering.] After oil, this
thing of politics is just question of the
Gins" and "outs." If the Radicals get
in four years from now they will adop.
the good old Democracy. "Turn the
rascals out" Laughter. Some fellows
say don't mix politics and religion.
When you hear O fellow talk that way
you may know he hasn't got any religion
to mix. Laughter. I would mix re.
ligion with politics, but not politics with
religion. A little religion will help
politics. It will make it clean and
decent. Laughter.] We want truth,
justice and temperance mixed with poll.
tics in this State. [Applause.] Ispoke
to the Legislature of Tennessee on this
subject the other day. They ere talking
about constitutional amendment on
the liquor question up there. We want
this question cleared up beyond the reach
of these little crossroads judges who
hop up every now and then aud cay
Is unconstitutional. Laugh.
ter. We want to do away with such
judges and put decent men Of brains and
character il their places. You can't re.
form State with a swill tub for Cover.
nor and lot of old wash tubs sitting on
the bench. Applause and laughter
You can't reform State until you send
good men to the Legislature. Some men
come to every Legislature that meets in
Georgia that ain't fit to 60 to the chain.
gang. Great laughter aud applause
An old skunk Of thing staggering
around on both sides of the streets at
once is a beautiful representative"
Laughter. There il not O purer,
nobler man in Georgia than your Cover.
nor. [Cheers. There are no better
men in Georgia than your Supreme
Court Judges Applause. told them
In Tennessee, the other day, that you
had for a Chief Justice in Georgia man
who would sit up all night talking to q
penitent at the altar. Georgia Is all
right at the top and at the bottom. We
want to get all right in the middle, Zap.
planse, j and If you refuse to help sup.
press the infamous wrong that is being
done by whiskey,, You are rotten your.
self: Laughter. Some Of you here
don't know me. I speak plainly. I use
words you can understand. Now you
can take the Latin word decayed aud it
won't phase fellow. IF you take the
good old Anglo: Saxon word "rotten" you
can cut his head of. [Laughter.l You
see, I choose my words. tLaughtor.1
Or course there are always some little
spelling book critics sitting around, who
wouldn't mind being swallowed by a
whale, but I would hate to be nibbled to
death by minnows. Laughter and
You have hundred counties in Geor.
gia where the liquor traffic is crippled.
In eighty counties there is prohibition.
say look out for your drug stores.
Lookout for your little simlin.headed
aoctors. Laughter.] Some of them
Gil their saddle-bags with liquor and
become travelling bar~scoms. Laugh
Ter. God pity a doctor that will pre-.
scribe liquor for O mani I might pre-.
scribe It for poor, dying woman, but I
would not give 1t to O man until he was
dead. Applause.] Whiskey is not
good for one thing In this world for
which there is something else that Is bet.
Ter. Applause. If the time ever
comes when they say to me, "You'll die
y you don't drink whiskey," I will say,
Get my shroud ready" [Applause.i
mean to die sober. II a fellow eets 30
low that nothing but liquor will save
him, lam ready to preach his funeral.
Applause. And have a text that I'll
make him hope on. Laugh.er.] Il
didn't mean to talk here more than half
an hour. If any Of you fellows get
tired you know the way home. We
have missed you If you hadn't
come at all. ~ a.N%
I rejoice tonight that in more than
Two thirds of, the counties of this State
vhiskey can't be sold at all. TAppiause.
am glad the Legislature Ii going to
give Us general local option law. fAr.
plause. If we don't turn whiskey ont
of every county In this State at the first
election We will try. it again. [Cheers.l
| had q great trial not long ago. I have
been poor man all my fife. and when
friends In Nashville offered me house,
Ind offered to atand By me and back me
lp, 1T was Q: great temptation !; but T
locked down here and saw my old moth
Or, Georgia. Inever loved her 60 In all
my life before. said: Brethren. no
| can't take It. Not that I love you leas.
but l love Georgia more" Cheers
w hen I die / want to die in Georgie. and
before I die ! want 70 zee every Inch of
her soil Eid Of the curse OF vhfakor.