The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-21
An Earnest Personal Appeal.
FOR THE CHRISTIAN NEIaHBoR,

DEAR BROTHER A bill is pending
in the Legislature of our State looking
to the prohibition Of the liquor traffic
in South Carolina. It has been draft
ed with care, and will be further
amended before it is put on its passage
by guarding the weak points in simil-
al bills In other States. If it is 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 His once moreto the work. To
gafh Gfs consensus of effort the Good
TeniI1ars of Columbia have appointed
committee. That committee has
sent out a circular letter and number
of blank forms of petition to every
minister of the Gospel in the State, ir-
respective of denomination or color,
whose address could be obtained, to
every Deputy in Good Templar Lodges
and Divisions of the Sons of Temper
ance. Twenty odd thousand of the
petitions have thus been sent
out.
Shall we succeed ? That depends
now upon the willing cooperation Of
the friends of the cause. Will you
pardon US If we continue to urge your
attention to this matter? The work IL
great, but it has been so divided that
thorough canvass can be made and no
one burdened. If you cannot give
this work your immediate personal at.
tention, will you kindly enlist some of
the good women of your charge or
Deighborhood, 80 that every man
friendly to this movement may be al
lowed the privilege of putting himself
upon record against the unjust, cruel,
lawless, disgraceful traffic in intoxica-
ting liquors, and peddling of human
souls and family happiness for reve-
nue.. Let no man be omitted. Let ev-
cry voter, white and colored, have an
opportunity to sign. Designate them
so that the number Of white and color
ed can be ascertained. We are terri
bly, in earnest. We believe that we
shall succeed; but should we fail, let it
be on the side of right.
Brother, think for brief space up
on what we are trying to do. Think
of the untold number of our people
who are in agony on account of this
traffic. Think how it antagonizes and
nullifes the work of the Church.
Think of the thousands of souls it
shoves off into the pit of woe every
year in our beautiful State, and by
grant of authority by the State. Think
how impossible it Is for this traffic to
continue without levying it's victims
from the present ranks Of the inno-
cent. Think then of the boys and
girls of the present who must suffer in
q few short years to come. y in the
name of high heaven, If these are to
be harmed and destroyed by this curse
of curses, this plague of plaques, let it
be done in violation of righteous law
enacted by the will of the people.
From our bended knees, supplicating
the Divine blessing, let US press for
ward in this work Of freedom and re-
form. God will help US to throw off
this material, political and moral para
site if we will only help ourselves.
For long years methods have been dis
cussed let us cease talking now and
put some method in operation. This
petition method Is the best we have at
hand. Now for long pull, strong
pull, AND A PULL ALTOGETHER, for
God aud home, and beloved Caroli-
ma.
H. F. CHREITZBERG,
One of the Committee.
Columbia, S. c. ....