The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-06-06
!, PROHIBITION APPEAL.
MRS. CHAPLIN WRITES TO COVER
NOR TIiLMAN.


NOR TILLMAN.
Says that the Bar room Bie ement is Again
TAkioC Charge OF Afs1rs-The Law
Oashs to b, orced-carolina's Men
Also Called On.
COLUMBIA, S. c., May 30.-The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
has made an appeal to Governor Tlllman
to d. what be can to aid il the enforce
meu. Of the prohibition law and also ap-
peals to the men of the Slate to do like.
wise. The appeal is as follows and
speaks for itself:
CHARLESTON, S. c., May %.
"Governor Tlllmap:
"The members Of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union of Charleston
do most earnestly entreat you not to re-
lax your eforts for the protection OF our
homes and dear ones from the destruc.
ton that now seems to threaten them IN
the return to license and the restoration
to power of the rum 6ends. Newspa.
psrs which few months ago preached
Prohibition 80 elcquently that many
really believed they meant what they
preached are now advocating license,
High license with restrictions" as
though the restrictions they propose
have not been dead letter on our stat.
ute books for years. scefed at and de6ed
by the laWless crowd which they propose
to restore to Office. 'SouLh Carolina,
the Palmetto State, in the liquor
traffic." has been q rallIing cry
for the anti-Dlspensary host, and
and now, no sooner have the Dispense
ries been closed than these very people
advocate forming new p artnership with
s:The Palmetto State,' which they had
taught US to believe they held so scored,
as chief partner IN the firm of Van Pucket
shop & Co.
"Wben the Evans bill was passed in
1892 we wished 1t had been prohibition
and fell dreadfally over it, but when We
read the bill and found it proposed to
close every open barroom in the State
and allow liquor sold only by responsi :
bic persons, whose characters had to be
endorsed by majority Of persons IN
their ward OF town, as the case might
be, anG who were pledged under oatn not
to sell to minors, drunkards, OF any one
under The irfusace ofliqu)r and to keep
a record of all sales made, which would
at all times be open to inspection; the IL
ouor sold in the Dispensares was to
be analyzad by The State Chemist to ln-
sure its purity, and the places IN which
it was sold were to be closed at 6 o'clock
and kept closed on the Sabbath; the New
York Tribune pronounced it "lronclad
prohibition,' and we felt that 1t was
onl7 one step fiom it. So we gave 1t
cur encouras ement aud support and des.
pite Of threats from barkeepers, and only
announcement from those whom we
had right to exoec5 would have stood
by Us, we have held toe fort, working
and praying for prohibition. Some are
rejoicing that 1t he's come, not 10 our
city, however, where the dens OF lnlqultY
are all open, even on Sundays. We
are still hoping, prsving, waiting. When
the Supreme Court decided that the DIS
penssry bill was unconstitutional. many
were inclined to think as Jacob did, YAH
these things are against me-; but we
know better. The D:speuary had done
the WORK God intended it to do. This
fight Is a battle between the Devil and
his allies and our great King and His fol-
lovers, and unless we prove traitors we
must win with the victory, for
"sCur God is within the shadows
Keeping watch above His own
The Dispensary proved that with a
man of courage at the head OF affairs,
l;ulor laws could be enforced, If not ab.
soluteiy at first, fully as well as laws
against burglary, murder or any other
crime. Puolic bsrrooms were most Ger.
taialy closed and that in despite of the
combined Efforts Of all classes Of people
who gave announcement and actually
.broughtinto prom,nencs the lowest class
Of people because they dared to defy the
law. You have shown what an immense
revenue accrues from the sale Of whiskey
but you have told US your "ohject is not
revenue and We believe you are too
true man to sell the right of way into
our homes aud barter our boys to the
foreign rum seller for revenue.
"When for our cause all hope was lost
And every heart was tempest tossed,
in
And DER us beaaed no cheering ray,
Whsn cen our bravest were unnamed,
And waves of woe waved DER the land
Your Southern women checked each tear
And offered nothing but words OF cheer.
Aud now we come TO the men OF
Carolina, particularly to those who MAKE
and enforce our laws, and entrest you to
protect the homes we took care OF dur
ing The war. Home is our kingdom
you say, but we are poWerless to defend
it. You put luto the hands Of the 7llesl
eft securing cf creation weapon Fir.
mer set than bullets or than bayonet,"
With which to attack our homes and des'
troy cur dearest ones. Yonr protection
you say Is all sufficient. God grant it
may be so in this case, for We are stand
inc ballotless, utterly uoahle to defend
our homes aud we appeal to the men OF
cur State for help in this time Of threat.
ened destruction. II you do not help us
now and the destroyers OF our homes get
luto power again, the wives and moth.
era OF cur State will have again to 90,
as they have gone in the past, into the
rum shops at night and on their knees
plead with brutal barkeepers, who, with
curses, haye thurst them into the street.
I'VE want prohibition, absolute prohl"