The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-01-24
TEMPERANCE:

.Tbro' the mists Of hiSn&SS
clear sss .,lsSSSg slSSslSus q s shtness, like
anu beacon @ seen essz saes Ger tho
Flashes out the cheek1 - :
fields whex2 fnd.
,Tis the star that NJ Hlser ions
and gloomy 6,rs an61S
,Tis the star of prol
steady light
Guides s.ss the 9Id ss%R r -
o. be satsis t5sTf 1ifs s.H IS SfStsfs i sss
To the star whos ray Of promise flashes
And o1F ,Fs hssrss Iss; y dsh courage that
Andvictry viz be ours,
Think of homo and loy..;; ones, comrades,
when you s,ce the desperate foe,
For your boy aiii mine, my brothers strike
strong and telling blow,
Shall we, can we yield the battle2 by our
homes anddear ones, no!
The victory must be ours.
-E6cn T.. Rca;?'ord, in 9 Trumpet Notes"
NATIONAL Committee OF INQUIRY.
"The National Temperance Society" says
tho Christtdn statesman, twill lead the
temperance forces again in asking from Con-
gresS the appointment of national com.
.nlt,eo mt tie, of inquiry concerning the drinl .i
measure was first proposed the Senate has
seven tines passed the BILL but it has always
faxed in the House President Harrison
voted for it when n member Of the Senate
on, and It is not feared thss hen will veto it now:
now end greatly misleading q many well
meaning people who are. deceived thereby,
but which was not then in existence, is the
lying liquor Literary Bureau which sends
forth false reports concerning the failure
of Prohibition and so-callel Statistics ,
which have no foundation i'll fact Moro
serious still is the obvious money sub.
ordination of daily and weekly secular
papers to such an extent that it is almost
Impossible to find one which will deal with
anything like common fairness and truth.
fulness with the question of the prohibition
of the liquor traffic. A thorough, im-
partial investigation, such as is proposed,
concerning the results of the liquor traffic
and of license, high and lew, and of pro
hibitory legislation, wouh make this
prevalent wholesale lying at last more diff
cult We ask our readers to do all in their
otherwise, to encourage Their Senators and
Representatives In .CongreH p help to voice
and vote 10 secure the pror4pa passage Of the
Commission bill'n -
THE STATE OF AFFAfAsI u IOWA,
The Iopa Messenger df1eSf Moiness In
speaking of the tem, novement at
WI .@Th.rs ~ rover I sha - ~ 81 -reyivaf:
of enforcement of thsprsb g ~ ,sws' Many
made, the fines imposed several cases
reaching $1,000. viofaorf5 lie law in many
localities are made "a ID md that prohi-
bition prohibits, andhdI = Of repeal does
not terrii y Temperance n = into apathy or
indifference, but raths nsfvests sp arm of the
n ffa lcr.r
sale has b-<1 routed in n1cny places and
cor unity relieved of t',o presence of the
secret fee. Er. Hoyt tdJ how some of this
work was Coro thrcuoA tie h .roism of a
woman who went fifteen miles to ilo infor-
nation, and proposed to-yash to earn money
r pay costs if IL coul bs raised in no other
way No record of the name of this heroine
il made, but Sho blessingof the deed will be
monument OF her courage and devotion as
long as her town shall live. Many women IN
Iowa have stood in the places to which duty
has called them in suppor of the law, and i'll
this hour of threatened danger they VIII
prove anew their devotion to tho law which
protects the home" 4aS
FAMOUS TEMPERANCE APOSTLE.
great spass enels CTS. % I@o ago
says writer in the KansssX SSSyfftB.es Mr..
Murphy will he in Kansas City bis winter,
and he promises to stir up the monkeys in
great shape. The famous temperance advo-
vate h1s never worked here, and his novel
methods will prove taking. Mr.. Murphy g
hair is white now. and over n good natured
mouth heavy gray mustache improves an
already handsome face.
How old do l think Mr.. MURPHY? Sixty,
probably, although he may be five years
older. And what happy, thoroughly happy
man he is! He invited me to his room in a
small northern Iowa town two weeks ngo.
The floor was literally covered with envel
opes addressed to "Francis Murphy, temper
ance apostle" Each of thoss letters con.
tanned a requect for dates with the noted
speaker @
Il can't 60 to all these Places Mr. Murphy
said, "but all of fhcso letters must be an
swered. ] co where ] think can do the
''o>' WATER rs THE IL Sssl s..y,v..
An interesting Ggument FOR He temper.
ancc advocates is apparently to y found in
the fate of a largo Spwn injSputl frica. The
name of the place iaSShosho = Contained
-aas COO people and WI! q Of q large
lackeeisvas water. S2sTe5 RH&s the suffer
ing on account Of thu s1ercfky of water, that
the town has been dserted "a BITS entire pop
ulation and a siteaf,ra neW ky selected on
the hnnEs 0f tha <,assic TE#r #rI{opo one hun.