The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-03-04

O'OS, OF maSOe 1fOW tue llISSldO1e Ate'io
doggerel in Wards yard. Anyway he got
liquor, mean liquor at that, and as result
was himself hurled headlong into eternity,
while blood stains the hands of the father
of the Young fellow who unlawfully was dis
peasing this fire water of hell itself. All !
the agony that evenings drunken carousal
has caused those interested. So IN the 9TH
er case: o few drinks of alcoholic poison, a
friendly and social tussle between white
man and negro, a knife and pistol, the
white. man shot down, and the negro to
hang for the murder.
Three convictions in Clarendon county at
one term Of court for selling whiSkey .
Heretofore it has been the generally accept
ed opinion that such o conviction IN this
county was impossible but, then, you know,
this is year Of record breakings. The two
young men convicted, 100. are not the kind
the SIN offerings of justice. but are Of the
best we have in the county, young men Of
excellent family and moving in the best So
cial circles. Personally each is friend of
ours, and We value their friendship, and
while we are sincerely sorry for them indi
vicually, yet we are truly glad that the first
shigher" class These young men, doubt
less, do not regard liquor selling in the same
light as we, whose whole soul is unequiyo-
cally opposed to the liquor traffic in its en-
tirety: if so they would never have sold a
this violation Of the law? No, not by
score; nor are they the only ones to be pun
ished. Stop the liquor traffic, the unlawful
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fourths of the criminal work of the court
viii be dispensed with. The grand jury
has presented two other cases, which we pre-
sumo viii be tried at the next term of court
and we predict for each conviction. They
may as well prepare for paying their fines.
and, further, it is not at all improbable that
half dozen other cases will also be brought
to the attention of the court, tried, and con-
ycted.
The selling of whiskey must stop. Two
juries at one court have set the precedent
that it is possible to convict for unlawfully
selling whiskey, and we believe that in the
future, if we have jurors any way compare
BILE to the last panel, the selling of whiskey
unlawfully viii be treated in the same light
as the committing Of any cher crime, and
will be punished accordingly. This viola
ton Of the law IS among the most demor-
alizing and damning Of any in the catalogue
Of offences. It entices all ages into Caprean
death. It not only does its own primary
evil, but assists in creating general con-
tempt for the lava feeling that we are to
obey just such laws as suit our own con-
venience. There are score or more of lit
tie aoggerels scattered over this county, and
every community knows of the existence of
every one in its midst We do not hesitate
to say that we believe that the grand jury,
representing every section of the county,
knows OF the existence of every one Of these
places, and, further, we do not hesitate to
say that if they do know of these places, or
OF any other such violations of the law, and
fail to report them, that they fail to carry
out the oath they have sworn to do. We
are told that at Packsville there is one whis-
key shop that makes no pretensions to Sc
ing shame on the people Of that ssetion.-
Some men say it is unmanly to swear nev-
er to touch liquors, and that any man should
have will enough to take drink when he
wants it, and to leave it alone aolen he don't
ao1at 1t. This is not exactly the way they
express il, but it is exactly the facts in the
ease. Such men can leave it alone when
they don't want it, but when they do want
it they have not will enough to leave it
alone. Whiskey soon gains the mastery of
the viii, and then the poor victim can't
leave it alone. Every one knows of hun
6reds Of such cases. We had pitiful in
stance of it last week in this town, when
man who OF the last election was elected to
one of the highest Offices Of trust and honor
IN the gift Of the people Of this county was
locked up in cell in the town guard house
for being drunk and diso-derly on the street.
! It was pitiful to see enc whom the people
had put forward as typical and represent
atlye man Of this county thus debased and
dlsgraced. but then it was only another in
stance Of where brains and genius had be-
come subject to the poisonous sovereignty
of liquor.
Men of Clarendon, fathers, mothers, wiveG
sisters, brothers, can you afford to sit idly
by and see this devouring monster swallow
TO let these country doggerels inoculate your
father. your husband, your son, your broth
er, with this deadly and almost incurable dis
ease? Whom do they benefit? Is your farm
labor made more efficient and your commu-
nity's peace and prosperity benefited there
by? There is but one way to stop it, and
taat is public sentiment. Summerton led
: by her noble Brock has done well, but that
community will do itself an injustice if it
stops now. We venture to say there are
a half dozen of these doggerels within a
nalf dozen miles of Summerton, and we do
not hesitate to say that the people Of Sum
merton will do an Injustice both to
themselves and to the parties whom they
were instrumental in convicting, if they
cease their work now. 1t will carry the ap-
pearance of q persecution. Indict every man
in tae neighborhood who is selling the &C
cursed stuff. gather such proof as will ensure
their conviction, and then you have done o
noble and glorious work. Public sentiment
and sympathy will sustain your efforts: then
doyour duty. Reorganize your vigilance
committee, and stop the traffic.