The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-13
AN EARNEST APPEAL
For Co-Operatiun IN Aid of the Movemsnt
for PrOhibitcry Law

COLUMBIA, S. e., Oct. S.-Rev. III,
+. Chreitzberg has the following appeal
in the Southern Christian Advocate in
furtherance of the prohibtory move.
ment.
A bill is pending in the Legislature of
| our State looking TO the prohibition of
the liquor traffic in South Carolina. 1t
has been drafted with care, and will he
further amended before it is put on it's
passage by guarding the weak points in
| similar bills in others States. Ii it ia
passed it will be the strongest law OF
the kind extant.
That it will pass there can be no doubt
if the friends OF humanity will rally this
| once more TO the work. TO gain this
consensus OF effort the Good TIE nplars
OF Columbia have appointed a commit
| tee. That committee has sent out a
circular letter aud number of blank
irons OF petition to every minister ot
the Gospel III the State, irrespective Of
denomination or color, whose address
could he obtained, to every Deputy IN
Good Templar Lodges and Divisions OF
the Sons of Temperance. Twenty odd
thousand of the petitions has thus been
sent out.
Shall we succeed? That depends now
upon the Wiling cooperation OF the
| friends of the cause. VIII YOU pardon
| us II we continue to urge your attention
to this m after? Tho work is great, but
| it has been 80 divided lhaL thorough
| canvass can be made uud no one bur-
dentd. II you cannot give This work
your immediate personal attention, will
you kindly enlist some of the good wo-
| men OF your charge or neighborhood, 50
! that every man friendly to this move
ment may be- allowed the privilege of
putting himself upon record against the
unjust, cruel, lawless, dsgracciul traffic
i'll Intoxicating liquors, aud peddllng of
human souls aud family happiness for
| re venue. Let no name be Omitted. Let
every voter, white and culored. have al,
| opportunity to sign. Designate them
| 80 that the number of white and cUorcd
can be ascertalned. We are terribly in
earnest. We believe that we shall sue
ceed; but should we fail. let il be ON the
side of right.
Brother, think for brief space upon
what we are trying 10 do. Think of tho
uptold nunbsr Of our people who are in
agony on account of this traffic. Think
how II antayOniZcS and uulliiics the
work of the church. Think OF the thou
sands of souls it shovcs oil into the pit
OF woe every year in our beautiful State,
and bya grant OF authority by the
State. Think how impossible il is for
this traffic to cUDtinu. without levylny
its victims from the present ranks OF the
innocent. Think then of the BOYS and
glrls OF the present who must suffer in a
lew short Years TO come. q, in tie
name of high heaven. il these are to be
harmed aud destroyed by this curse Of
curses, this plague of plaques, let it be
done i'll violatl IL OF ii righteous law
enacted by the will OF the people. From
our bended knees, suppllcaliny the
Divine blessing, let us press forward in
this work of freedom and reform. God
viii help us TO throw OF this material.
political aud molnl parasite if we will
only help ourselves. For long Years
methods have been discussed; let us
cease talking now and put some method
in operation. This petition method is
the best we have at hand now. Now for
Il long pull, a strong pull, and pull al
together, ior God and home, aud beloved
Carolina. Ii. +. CHREITZBERG,
One of The Committee.