The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-07
TIE. WHISKEY DEVIL.

THE WHIsKEY DEVIL
OF all the-eNils in this world, and
Of the great curses inflicted upon
man. whiskey-drinking is probably
the greatest. It respects no age or
condition and when; the terrible
iend has twined. herself around the
victim, and be has come to love
the fiery stuff. whether for its taste
or its. effects, that one is generally be-
yon6 redemption. Every one in
Manning knows we speak the truth.
There are two many sad, sad cases
on record. "Speak naught of the
dead but good" and yet we cannot
help poinsing, as a warning, to our
cemeteries. "Poec fellow, whissey
Ailledbihs,"' has been spoken Of more
than one person who died in this
place, possibly Of a score or more.
Aad :tPoor fellow, its pitiful, but whis-
aey will be his death YET" has not
impcobably been spoken Of a number
whom the public suppose to have
reached that stage where reform is
inpesssSle. It is hard, very hard,
for . confirmed topper to reform, and
our warning is to try to save those
who have not yet come under its Sc
ductiye influence. We do not mean
70 be personal we feel confident that
there IS no more whiskey sold and
gambling done in Manning than in
any other town Of equal size that sells
iiquor and yet when we see our
young men, so many of them, going
TO ruin and destruction, We feel that
We would be recreant to duty not to
aster 9 word Of waning. Whiskey
and garabksg have, already in this
place ruined many a bright future,
snd there are others to-day who are
oa the verge Of destruction. Gam
bling IS done In this place largely, by
both whites and negroes, and some
times white man and negro can
be seen playing cards together. And
the usual hellish accompaniment to
the barroom is here, too, even on the
public square, the bswdy house Of
the lowest order. Tell US that whis-
key license, with these usual accom-
paniments Of temporal ruin and spir-
ituai damnaiion Of our young men is
beneficial to the town, and necessary
to its business prosperity. We do
not believe word of it; nor do
those heartsore wives and mothers
and fathers whose loved ones are
being ruined believe it either. We
have remained silent on this subject
as long sa we can, and we must give
uttesanee to our pent up thoughts.
We know ne shall have the silent
thanks Of many for our. words, but
who is there with manhood enough
TO Join rs in this effort to save our
rising young men? We have some
noble young aan and older ones, too,
IN our community, who never drink
or gamble, and others equally as noble
who only occasionally touch the vile
stuff: these we must save from this
maelstrom of destruction. Fathers,
mothers, warn your boys Of the evils
around you young ladies, it is large
II In your power to check this evil ::
then do l. All! but there is the
trouble. Our young ladies, many Of
them, smile upon The frailtiesC0 OF
their beaus, and think they will stop
is after awhile. They marry them,
and-they suffer for it, and, too late
know what It is to be q drunkard's
vile.
There is in this place a struggling
band OF Good Templars two small
sometimes even to get a quorum to
hold meeting, and yet this society
has, we believe, done some good
But we need more we want senti-
ment in This place, that will frown
down on such evil practices as we have
mentioned above, and until such sen.
timent is created, the wholesale work
of destruction viii go on. The wo-
men Of q community are responsible
for this state of things will they,
quietly and in their own houses, so
mould the sentiment Of this commun-
ity that drinking, gambling, aud such
practices viii not be tolerated? They
can If they Will
Fred Douglass, the distinguished
colored orator of Washington, is IN
Charleston, making speeches. He is
received with g,eas eclat by the col
ored folk.
The Charleston Grand Jury recon-
znends the establishment OF chain
gang to work on the county roads,