The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-14


In The Voice of the People of June
| the Sth find the following:
a." undertakes in the "Prohibition
Department" of the High License Jour
nal of this county, to read out OF the
ranks OF the Christians those persons
| who do not SEQ things just as hs does.
When and by whom was ho vested with
authority to decide who is and who is
not q Christian? What presumption
Mortal man undertaking to usurp the
place OF the Divine Boing. DO you not
know that such uncharitable utteranccs
expose your unreasonablcness and the
| weakness OF the cause you advocate?
Ii you hope by expressions of that kind
to intlmidate good people and prevent
them from supporting the Dispensary
law, you are badly mistaken Accord
ing to "J's:" measuring stick, Bishop
Stephens, Elder Templeton and many
| other true Christians, beloved by oil
| with whom they come in contact and
noted for their good deeds, cannot en-
ter Heaven. Listen, "J.": There arc
thousands OF people in South Carolina
who are of the opinion that Bishop
Stephens, Elder Templeton and other
wise Christians who are supporting the
Dispensary law have as good, If not de-
cldedly better, chances. of getting to
Heaven than the uncharitable, mis-
| guided Eut we'll meaning advocates on q
! movement labelled Prohibition, that
has already caused discord and hard
feelings and will eventually bring back
barrooms if successful in defeating the
DiSpcnsary law.
As the writer of the article referred
to, would say that | am of the opinion
| that Christian cannot support the
| Dispensary and be consistent, and be-
| lieve If Bishop Stephens and Elder
lempleton were as familiar with tho
workings of the Dispensary as 1 am,
they would withdraw whatever they
have said in its favor and apologize for
| the mistake they have made. Your
| lnsinuation that our movement Is not
| In the strictest sense for prohibition is
unworthy of you and shows but the
effect that association with whiskey
people and your connection with the
great State political machine will have
upon the mind Of u man who has here
tofore claimed to be for temperance
Touch not, taste not, handle not Is the
Injunction of Scripture and If YOU will
sit down and think seriously over the
matter you will be convinced that YOU
owe more to your church and your fel-
| 10" man than you do to the State DO.
| litical whiskey ring, which YOU are
now connected with to control the poll
tics Of Newberry County, and tell YOU
as u friend that,the sooner YOU stop ad-
vocating the sale Of whiskey by tho
bottle as beverage, tho better will be
your standing as Is Christian man in
your church and community. How in
consistent. your position on the whis-
key question. You oppose having u
Dispensary at Prosperity yet want them
forced on Newberry and other places
In the State. ....
also find another editorial I'm the
same issue az follows: -.
we are told that the fight in this
State Ia between prohibition and tho
dlspensary. We do not so eee it. The
tight Is between few we'll meaning but
very unwisc pr0hihitionists, III take
any road that promises. to lead to office
politicians, men who have been depriv-
ed az selling liquor by tho dispensary
and nate it with an intense hatred, and
4 high License advocates who are i'm
}raeaSssy tickled over the way tho we'll
meaning prohibitionists arc pouring
water on their wheel on one side, and
the dispensary advocates and prohibit
tionists who do not accept tho dispen-
sary In its present shape as final set
Element OF the question but usc 1t to
bring real and abiding prohibition on
the other side"
The fight Is the prohibitionists
against the whiskey political machine.
the blind tigers, tho hotel privileges.
the beer privileges, the club rooms and
every agency that the dispensary has
added to satisfy the whisxey element OF
the State, and the Offices are second
ary consideration, except so lar as tho
Legislature Is concerned, and to show
you that you arc chargingus MS with you,
Z own sins, In your late county conven-
ton In this county high license and
dispensary joined hands, put. up can.
ton. have no objection to you join.
Ing the whiskey people II you are de.
termined to 60 with them, but do oh.
Ject to you acting with them AMI
claiming to be q prohibitionist
i Yours very truly,