Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-06

some things we all know. Not matters
of hope or faith, but matters of fabsolute
knowledge. We are all one people, and
what hurts you will hurt me. Every
one of US needs help, but none of us
need hindrances when we are trying to
do right. The thing for men to do is
to do right. Do right, old fellow, all
the time. 1t is easier to do right than
to do wrong. Half of humanity
haven't sense enough to see every side
of life. 1t is easier to tell the truth
than to tell a lie, for when you lie you
have got to see how it is getting on,
One requires another and can see
that most of you here have been at it.
"Life is a circle aud you have to
return to your starting point. You
always have to return to a place where
you have committed some wrong; but
when you do right there is nothing
except pleasure and happiness.
"Suppose you are a member of the
legislature, what of that? My God, is
there any honor in it? You are all
small potatoes and stringy at that.
The devil will get you but, thank God
he won't get much. Be man. King
David said to Solomon: BE thou
strong and mighty. Be king and a
man. He was bigger than a governor
or a member of the South Carolina
legislature.
81 am not here to talk Conservatism,
Tillmanism, Democratism or demijohn.
ism. A man once asked me if I was q
Democrat. told him no. Are you a
Republican p told him no. "A Pop.
ulist?' I asked him if he was fool.
sWhat are you then p he asked. I re-
piled that I was gentleman. You
legislators would feel awkward for q
while but you would soon get over it.
~ care nothing for parties. There
is no dirtier cesspool this side of hell
than politics. We have ceased being
men and are running for Office. Every
man here has some Office. And now
all the old women are holding Offices.
I am woman's rights man. I want
to see her be anything but the father
of a family.
"Once in Texas I saw a calf suck
ing cow smaller than itself. 1t re-
minds me of the Office holders of
today. If I wanted to ruin a man I
would run him for Office. A clean
hog can 60 in mud hole, but he will
not be clean when he comes out.
"Look at that gang of politicians
at Washington. Those congressman
could not pass thing, not even a
saloon.
"Were I a member of the South
Carolina legislature or the Georgia
legislature-I never was, thank Cod
I'd show my patriotism by standing
up for the women and children.
"Home is the place to settle every
thing. Some people are drifting away
from their children every day. The
saddest phase of line are the 5,000,-
600 who are going down to degradation
and death. South Carolina is furnish
ing her share. The average South
Carolina boy thinks it the height of
glory to get bottle of dispensary
liquor and q pistol. I'll venture there
are legislators here now with pistols in
their pockets. 1t is a pity they don't
60 off and kill you.
"South Carolina has a big problem
on her hands. Whatever involves the
moral status the fathers and mothers
should work together to prevent. The
devil has three legs and he uses them
we'll, one of those is whisky. He does
not care how it comes just SO he gets
it. Some of you fellows, you legisla-
tors, need travelling. You should see
the world. You are good fellows; but
there is not much in you.
1.-THE dispensary is success when it
comes to making men drunk. Patron
ize your dispensary and you will fall
sure enough"
Mr.. Jones then referred to the drunk
ard. An angel in heaven never saw
dirtier object. "Why are you here,
drunkard ?" because of the Dispen-
sary." How came you here, Dispen-
sary?" I asked. The Dispensary
answered, because of the statute
law" He then went on to say that
the law was here on account of the
legislature. The members were sent by
the voters to make the laws, and they
started the dispensary.
"South Carolina is piling up her
school fund with her liquor traffic.
They sell it cheap to make big sales.
I would not send yellow dog to a
school run by money from the sale of
liquor. How is that for high, bud?
~ want to get at the conscience of
you men, if you have any left: This
damnable dispensary liquor will make
a man kill his wife quicker than any
in America. The devil will get every
man who helped to make the law, but
then he will not get much. All of
you had better put summer clothing
in your coffin. A great many preach
ers favor the dispensary because they
think it is an improvement. Nothing
is an improvement that dishes out the
stuff to make drunkards. The dis
pensary is debauching the State.
Eliminate the hig profit and education.
al feature and sell it only for medical
purposes. "May God help the boys to