The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-10
ARP, THE PROHIBITIONS
Georgia's Numerous Wiiliam~Ar4l
Charlotte and gives Blast for
tion.
Charlotte O6scrrcr, 2s.h ul,

tion. NHH
Charlotte Observer, 2Sth ul.
Major Charles II. Smith, who is l,etter
known as "Bill Arp" arrived in tho cityy
yesterday morning from Eastern Moth
Carolina. he has been delivering lee.
lures in that section Of our State, anil lat
last evening for Camden, S. c., whe,e he
has an appointment to lecture tonight.
Knowing that Major Smith was from the !;
much talked of prohibition Stats of
Georgia, and curious to get his views on
the prohibition question, an Obs~wr
reporter met him at the Central Hotei.
The reporter found that Major Smith ila
prohibitionist from top to bottom, ard
the views given in the subjoined inter-
view, it must be remembered, come ront
the standpoint of an ardent supporter Of
prohibition. These are "Bill Alp'ss
views, and can be accepted for what they
are worth. The interview between Maj.
Smith and the reporter was in subst'lnceyY, !,
as follows:
"Well, Major, we are now in the n idst
of prohibition excitement. Our people
are thoughtful and concerned. You
Georgians are in advance of us in this
matter, and I wish you would tell us
briefly how prohibition is working in Jour
119 countless" q
"I cannot speak advisedly from ,py.. J.
county but my own, but for that / can say 8
our people are content. We have lived Il
under prohibition for sixteen mon lbs. II
After an exciting election, in which Sam,
Jones and DR.. FELTON, took an active part,
we carried it by only two votes, but I feel
assured that if the vote was taken now We I.
would carry it by 1000 votes-perh.ps,l n
more, perhaps all. 1t does prohibit in
our county and our town. There ma, be I
few who import and use, and perh aps \
enjoy from long habits, but it is safe to
say that nine.tenths of the drinking las
been stopped. Even the men who shll
take their morning dram are pleased to 4
see that those who abuse it cannot get it,
Indeed, many of those who from a con ii.
vial nature patronized the saloons, ire +
gratifed at the reformation. They say
it is right to quit, not only from moi'ai q
standpoint, but from sanitary and bul!i.ssss
ness one. In fact the moral argument 10
exhausted because there is nothing more
to say. Everything has been said that I
can be said, and il is enough in all con, q
science. heard good man say to:dy g
that ae feared it would make hypocrit %
and sneaks of our young men, for THY
would still get it on the sly and feel
degraded for having to do SO. Well, thIys
are getting it on the sly now. The bottle
has long since been taken from the ttpE.
of the sideboard and put in the capboal d !
or somewhere out of sight. Every salot d q
has its screen at the front door and a bat K 8
entrance somewhere. Public opinion his q
already condemned it, and no young ma q
can get a drummer's place who uses 1
habitually. Even the agitation begets
healthy moral sentiment. So if you do s
not win, you.are making progress all tta1
time, YES re doing good. The factlss
that 8 9 rs doomed. 1t is like the,
stock raw-and "no fence" is spreading
all over the State. Mankind are making 2
progress. No, sir; our Barlow people,
are content. Talk about your sumptuar !
laws and the rights of man. Why, si
a woman has some rights, and the chitf
one is protection for her husband apl
her sons-the sons she bore and noursh y
ed, and for whom she pleadingly, teal q
fully asks for protection"
"Have any of your counties repealed
the law? s
"No, sir; and 1 do not think they will (,
If any of them do, it will be because thu
law is not enforced, and the people be- s.
come disgusted and say it is all hum, s.
bug'-what kind of an argument is that e
Alex. Stephens said the best way to repeal
a bad law was to enforce it, and justsd E
the best wsy to repeal good law is not
to enforce it. We enforce it in our coun.
try-even our drug stores are for it, and
no man can juggle with them." i
"But what about losing trade and de.
pressing business?" b
"Why that is all canard. Our busi- {
ness men say they never had better
trade than last fall and they say more,
that if they had lost half their trade they
would be we'll repaid in the morals ofthe {
community-in the shortening of the
courts, in the diminution of taxes, in the
empty Jail, in the happy hearthstone and ;
in the bright prosperity of the future OF
our young men,"
But I must go. wish I had time
to talk longer about the blessing Of pro.