The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-07-28
RIOlliNllIOh.

The nrohibition question is before tho
pcoplc for them TO vote for or against it,
at the approaching primary election. The
object of Prohibition is to prohibitsby law
the manufacture and sale Of spurious
LIQUORS as Il beverage but not as q mcdi
cine. What kind of question is prOhibi.
ton? 1t is moral one, belongs to the
moral class. A very momentous question
is what arc our people going to do with it.
moral question? AS to how they shall dis.
pose of it, or how they will vote on it, is
matter that appeals to ones conscience.
All admit that retailing liquors, is very
| great evil, and we are all on one side or
| the other Of this evil; we are opposcd or in
favor of it. Can any one take the position
that he is in favor of retailing spurious H.
quors, il so, he takes Il stand in favor of
IN evil. Ii any ono will consider the
question correctly they can't occupy a DO
Sltlon III favor Of this evil. Let us look at
icw OF the many evils that are results of
this whiskcy evil. The person that habit
ually drinks liquors looscs the strength,
| vlgor and power Of his mind, disuualifics
him for business destroys the Judgment,
and if ne has family they suffer on ac-
count OF his bad management. Another
very serious evil is the dcadcning of the
moral scnsibilities and spiritual nature. 1t
will destroy the godliness, spirituality, and
christianity Of community and church.
Another evil, that is burdcnsome upon the
innocent, is the taxes that are paid annual
~ tor the expenses Of trial of people that
violate The law, commi! crime III consc-
quence OF liquor being rctailcd. AS an
instance, take case that was tried about
two years ago that came up from one of
tho towns on the Il. 81 d., withwhich were
several persons connected. That case cost
tho innocent people of Pickens several
hundred dollars and was tho direct result
of wiiiSlicy making aud selling. This is
only referred to rs an illustration of al
most daily occurrence in South Carolina.
one more occurrence rs an illustration of
the liquor evil. \ man from Anderson
County few years ago came to town in
lickcns county, on the railroad, became
intoxicated, started home in his wagon
whipping andrunning his horse. IIc ran
against tree near the road, causing him
TO fail out OF the wagon on his head, broke
his neck, and died instantly, leaving wife
and several small children. What were
The causes and agencies Of the death Of
that man. The person That ground the
corn that made the wliiskcy, The person
That distilled the mVGl into whiSkrv, the
Legislature Chat passed tn" hH. MiyinI HAT
town the power 10 i$Suc license 70 retail
NhlNfkS, tilttl toNil cctllCll lll;lJ Issued the
license u The saloon keeper, the saloon
man that bought and sold The whiSkry to
thc m;in-~al! Of these persons or parties con-
trlbutcu TO This mars sudti,icn death, and
are responsible for it, viewed from moral
standpoint, which is the only proper one 10
view it from. Wen say further that tic
people that elected men to 20 the lc@s!a
that were in favor Of granting that town
the power to issue liquor license is also re-
sponSblc-cUmc III Us one Of the elements
or factors III contributing to the cause OF
the death cf this man.
1t is the duty Of every one that is not
a member Of tic church TO support Prhi-
hiiion upon the principle OF patriotism,
love for the peace, harmony and material
prosperity Of his community and county
Tor every one will admit that drinking
people cannot hc prosperous one.
All chulch members of course, arc com
mittcd TO support prohibition by virtue Of
their church vows and relations: if they
fail to exert their influence for it, thcyaaviO.
'"i" 'h"ir church VOWS. Let every church
'otc as he p"ays, for the Kingdom
to bc set up i'll the hearts of
not vote one way and pray The
hc pulpit amd the pew are rcspon
" for Tin" whi"i.".' ="