The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-07-16
Another Sad Warming,
Correspondents Temperance Worker.


Dear Yorker: About three months
ago three promising boys of our city be.
came involved in difficulty about II
O'Clock at night, resulting in the serious
injury of man who had recently come
into our midst. These boys fed the city
that night, and have not returned yet.
One of them is now at college in another
State, kept there by his father, who has
been almost broken.hearted by the con.
duct of this son, in whom SO many hopes
was centered. One year ago this good
man was sorely bereaved by the death of
q noble Christian wife. Soon after her
death the father rented store room and
started his sou in business, but alas !! like
20 many other boys in our land, he ig-
nored the advice of kind and indulgent
parent, and associated himself with bad
company that led him first into the pool
room, then into the dram shop, which
caused him to neglect his business, and
finally to commit an ofense against the
law, that makes him en- exile from his
State, and worst of all, cuts him off from
those home influences that should be SO
dear to every boys heart. This unhappy
young man has recently written a letter
to younger brother, warning him
against bad company, and the danger OF
strong drink.
This doubly bereaved father has con.
sented to the publication of this letter
only with the hope that it may be the
means of arresting other young men who
have started in the downward road that
inevitably leads to shame, and disgrace.
God grant that it may be warning to
such, and cause them to forsake the
haunts of vice, and turn them into paths
of righteousness.
Here is the young mans earnest appeal
to his younger brother:
- COLLEGE, June Is, 1885.
MY DEAR BROTHER: Excuse me for
not writing sooner. Everything is so
quiet up here that don't know what to
write about. School will close on the
25th of this month. All the boys are
going home, and I expect I will be pretty
lonesome. Were you confirmed to-day
I hope you are feeling happy after it.
Brother, you are in city, and if you
take my advice you will be cautious
about the company you associate with.
You will have plenty of chums as long
your father keeps store; they will
show you how to spend money, and teach
you all kinds Of excesses.
Those boys who tell you not to mind
!he "Old Man" are your auorst enemies.
You are growing up now, and you will
have to watch yourself closely. What.
ever you do, don't drink that internal
poison, euhiskey. Let my life for the last
year be warning to you never to touch
drop of intoxicating liquors of any
kind. Where would l be now if it
wasn't for whiskey? Iwould be at home
attending to fathers business, honored,
and respected by all, walking in the best
society. ought to have taken the bur.
den of trouble from fathers shoulders.
Have I done so? No, thousand times
worse. Ihave laid the burden on heavier
than ever. What am I but an outcast
who cannot show his face at home
Thank God, that father was so kind as to
send me here. He could have cast me
of after the way have treated so indul-
gent father.
My dear brother, when you are tempt
ed to do anything wrong pray to. God tor
strength to resist. I hope you say your
prayers every evening before going to
bed. It would not hurt you to say them
every morning also. You may say a
change has come over me. THANH God,
there is change, I hope for the better.
wish father would send you here for
one year. I know it would be to your
spiritual as we'll as to your worldly ad-
vantage.
Brother, you are just at the ago when
a fellow begins to turn fool, and | don't
want you to follow my example. You
must mind everything father tells you.
Try to do everything that you know will
please him.
Don't 20 out at night. Stay at home
and try to make it cheerful. Going out
at night is where a boys ruin begins.
Listen to me and I will tell you what a
boy does when he loafs around at night.
E[e soon finds his way into the pool room,
then the Dar.rOOM, tneu JIG Saupi!u6
den. He stays out all night spending
his fathers or employers money, drink
ing, gambling aud c.rousing about after
honest people are in bed. Your place is g
regular hell after night. There is as much
gambling done there as in much larger
cities. Who gains by it? I'll tell you !;
it is the smooth faced bar.keeper. They
will treat you all right as long as your
money lasts, and then kick you out until
you get another supply; then they are
as, oily tongued as ever. Keep away
from them, brother. Be polite, but keep
your distance. This is my advice for
yonr good.
Would like to write more, but hav'nt
tie time. Your affectionate
BROTHER.