The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-05-04
DESERVES ENDORSEMENT.
Physlcians, Preachers and Prohibition-
ISIS Should Join In Supporting tho
Great and Oh rist zlng Cure.
Mrs. 7. b. Walker in Minnoannlis Snec-

Great and ChristIan'z 'zlng Cure.
Mrs. Il. b. Walker in Minneapolis Spec
tatOr.
1t Is one ef the strangest Develop
ments of the Keeley Cure, this hostlit y
upon the part of old temperance work
ers to anything that claims to dispose of
drunkacds by any other than the
prescribed methods that have been in
vogue Tor the past fifty years, and, alas!
with such poor success. Equally aston
ishng is it TO see the Indifference ofphy-
sicians and clegymen upon the subject.
when pressed, they seem to feel no
shame In saying that "thev have no ticcd
III the papers, but it, is a ma tier that
they have not looked into" That is
Just it. Why have they not? How does
1t come to pass that they have any
right to remain ignorant on the sub
.iect?
These three elias ,es, the temperance
reforlners, clcrgymcn au d physicians, of
all people upon the earth, have eX.
press ed the most solicitude for the ma
tlOnal cursc-thHy have sc en- the most
OF the terrible results OF liquor drinking;
they have seen the spiritual, moral,
physical and financial rum that strong
drink has sown broadcast throughout
the land; they have prayed and talked
and labOrCd against it, with all the
strength Of soul and body. They have,
many OF them, given up their lives and
all thclr lite prospects to the straight
work OF rcclaimins druukards, and with
success so limited that they have gone
through HE and ont Of it, bowed down
with bitter sense OF defeat, and only
sustained by tho grace of God IN their
heats, that has gwen them the sus.
tanning comfort that they have done
what they could.
1t DR.. Keeley's remedies were in the
experimental stage, if he had but lust
! begun to see glimpscs OF hope that he
might discover a cure for ale cohOlism
and il he lacked money TO carry on his
experiments IT would seem that every
rlght-thlnklng person would say "th'
gravity OF the evil which he desires tC
eradicate should warrant the employ
mcnC Of the most extreme mea sures, l.
so be there is any hope or possibility O
success" and individuals, corpora uOus
States and the nation would strive with
each other tOr the honor OF placing tn,
larger sum at his command. Wha
wo,.~' Chicago give today, and tell dow.
the sum In "l'' cash or its equivalent
ior an absolute cure for cholera? Ye
what would be the value 0i sucir :
| to hn
Dr. keelcy? Plainly the proportion be
tween the number OF leople annual,
destroyed or damaged by the two
plaques cholera and alcohol.
But this does not rightly represent the
case, for DR.. Kcclcy has alone and un.
aided wrought out by years of patient
study and research the wonderful RENE.
dies with which he has enriched the
world. lie has carried The work beyond
the stage OF uncertainty and experiment
and has only offered The certified emon-
stratlon to the public. He asks us only
TO iook about us on the streets of our
own city for proofs of the truth of his
CLAIMS.
But in face OF the injustice of the
hest atoms and bubbles and indifference
OF The large class OF men and women of
whom he had right to expect the
warmest sympathy and strongest aid; in
lace OF the envy. open malice, covert
slandcrs, and snccrs, unprlncipled lmi-
tatlnns and scandalous falsehoods that
have ralncd down without stint upon
this mans head for what?-iOr irving
TO ald the most hopeless and helpless
class OF humanity-is it any wonder
lhat VIC lind him saying, as he did to
the writer not many weeks since: eff
God were. not behind my work it would
certainly have gone down before the
many assaults upon it in the last eight
months;' and again, at is an uphill
work and weary load"