The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-25

Laughter. Amt you sorry for poor
woman who, every time she goes to
church, has to put her tender arm ia the
hands of an old demijohn7 Laughter. !
put it in this way The liquor traffic
ought to be made 90 odious that nobody
but an internal scoundrel will sell 1t and
nobody but an Internal fool will drink It..
Cheers. Separate these liquor dealer
from their liquor and they will be all
right. The church that will house o
man who sa!ls whi5hey is detestabIe
fraud. [Applause. The church that
will house man who rents house TO
sell liquor in is hateful hypocrite.
Applause.l Some Of these churches in
Atlanta are doing just that thing.
Laughter here. If there is in this vast
audience one man or woman who never
had q relative or loved one hurt or ruined
by whiskey, want him or her to stand
up right now. You have oil had o
brother, or a son, or O father, or in.
law, ruined by whiskey. My goodness,
these sons.in.law I'd rather have a
boa constructor around my neck than TO
have drunken son.in.law. Laughter |
The devil can't do any woree than that.
Laughter.l Some Of you old hypocrites
that are dilly.dallying with the whiskey
question are going to get caught just that
way. The devil Is going to slip up on
you with drunken son.in. law and I'll
bet. he will make you Prohibitionist
with vengeance. daughter.
look around your city and see the
barrooms Us thick as stars in tile heavens
Each one of the three hundred bars In
Atlanta represents at least ten confirmed
drunkards. Three Thousand men in At.
lants across the line and gone to ruin |!
You can stop 1t II you want to. There
are church members enough in this town
to turn out any day and vote liquor out
Of 1t. [Chcers. You are afraid to do
It,. You will let some barkeeper with an
old rusty pistol cuss and rear around the
polls and scare you home. You don't
want to have fuss. Leughter.] Well,
III tell you every good man breads q
fuss, but he don't fear anything that
walks: on the earth. Cheers.1 The
church lays back on the idea that it must
have peace. Old Joshua went out one
day and fought ell day long: He was
crowding the enemy when he looked up
and saw the sun going down. He said:
Lord, If you will just give me three or
these fellows up off Of the face Of the
EARTH" And the Lord lust made that
old sun rack back on the dial, aud Joshua
won a victory the fame of which has
lasted until this day. [Great cheering.l
God despises coward, I had rather die
at the mouth of cannon doing my duty
than to run away from 1t because I was
afraid. God entrusts all the noble causes
on this earth to men who are game.
tCheers.
Ono enthusiastic, brave man in each
county In this State can carry prohibi.
tion in Georgia. If you haven't got ono
in your county import enc. [Applause.l
Talk about high license for whiskey
I'd as soon have high license for small
pox. Laughter. I don't want liquor
at any price. Cheors. If you fathers
who have sons who are your pride and
your country's hope. will give your en-.
thusiaem, your money into this cause the
day will soon come when a mother can
kiss her boy when hs leaves her side in
the morning and know that he is safe.
Applause. waat to see the good
people of Atlanta go to the polls and
work as they did iu Cartersville and this
blighting curse will be lifted from your
fair city" tLong and continued ap
plause.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Jones' speech
there were loud calls for Judge George
n. Lester. The judge rose and returned
thanks for the compliment, but daid that
little could be added to the speech that
had already been delivered. The quiet
crowd then adjourned.