The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-10
ARP, THE pRoIlIBITIONIsT.
Georgia's Humorous william ArHycs jE
Charlotte and Gives Il Blast for S37zaS
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Charlotte Observer, 2S.h uu.

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Charlotte O1scrrcr, 2S.h uu.
Major Charles II. Smith, who is better;
known as "Bill Arp" arrived in the city,
yesterday morning from Eatesn North
Carolina. He has been delivering lee.
lures in that section Of our State, and left
last evening for Camden, S. G., where be
has an appointment to lecture :o.night.
knowing that Major Smith WAS from the
much talked of prohibition State of
Georgia, and curious to get his views on
the prohibition question, all Observer
reporter met him at the Central Hotel.
The reporter found that Major Smith isa
prohibitionist from top to bottom, and
the views given in the subjoined inter-
view, it must be remembered, come from
the standpoint of an ardent supporter Of
prohibition. These are "Bill Arp's"
views, and can be accepted for what they
are worth. The interview between Mai.
Smith and the reporter was in suE,stance'
as follows
"Well, Major, we are now in the midst
of prohibition excitement. Our people
are thoughtful and concerned. You
Georgians are in advance of lis in this
matter, and 1 wish you would tell us
briefly how prohibition is working in your
113 counties"
"I cannot speak advisedly from any.
county but my own, but for that 1 can say
our people are content. We have lived
under prohibition for sixteen months.
After an exciting election, in which Sam
Jones and DR.. FELTON, took an active part,
we carried it by only two votes, out feel
assured that if the vote was taken now We
would carry it by 1000 perhaps,
more, perhaps all. 1t does prohibit in
our county and our town. There may be
a few who import and use, and perhaps
enjoy from long habits, but it is safe to
say that uine.tenths of the drinking has
been stopped. Even the men Who still
take their morning dram are pleased to
see that those who abuse it cannot get it. :
Indeed, many of those who from convi.
vial nature patronized the saloons, are
grati6ed at the reformation. They say j
it is right to quit. not only from moral
standpoint, but from a sanitary and basi:l
ness one. In fact the moral argumentN
exhausted because there is nothing more
to say. Everything has been said that
can be said, and it is enough in MI con. I
science. heard good man say to-day s
that he feared it would make hyIocrites
and sneaks of our young men, for they
would still get it on the SLY and feel
degraded for having to do so. Well, they
are getting it on the sly now. Tho bottle
has long since been taken from rhe top
of the sideboard and put in the cupboard
or somewhere out of sight. Every saloon !
has its screen at the front door and back
entrance somewhere. Public opini on has
already condemned it, and no your g man
can get drummer's place who uses it
habitually. Even the agitation b,getsa
healthy moral sentiment. So if you do
not win, youare making progress IL !hal
time, ye s re doing good. The fact "a !
that 3 9 MS doomed. 1t is like the
stock ,aw-and ''no fence" is spreading
all over the State. Mankind are making
progress. No, sir; our Barlow people,
are content. Talk about your sumptuarI
laws and the rights of a man. Why, sir
woman has some rights, and the chief
one is a protection for her husband a9d
her sons-the sons she bore and nolrifh-
ed, and for whom she pleadingly, tear.
fully asks for protection"
"Have any of your counties repealed
the law ?"
"No, sir; and 1 do not think they will.
If any of them do, it will be because tae
law is not enforced, and the people be-,
come disgusted and say it is all lura.
bug'-what kind of an argument is lhatf
Alex. Stephens said the bestway to repeal
a bad law was to enforce it, and justso}
the best way to repeal good law i, nat !
to enforce it. We enforce it in our cou1.
try-even our drug stores are for it, and
no man can juggle with them." y
"But what about losing trade and de-
pressing business?"
"Why that is all canard. Our lusi.
ness men say they never had a butter
trade than last fall and they say moro,
that if they had lost halftheir trade hny
would be we'll repaid in the morals o1-tte
community-in the shortening of tie
courts, in the diminution of taxes, in the
empty Jail, in the happy hearthstone and
in the bright prosperity of the future uf
our young men,"
But must go. wish 1 had tins
to talk longer about the blessing of pro-