The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-12-20
Worse Than Bad.

Editor lntcHigmccr: y horrible affair
that COrnwcll Howard murder. Such
Il butchery. claimed to bc perpctratcu
i'll the name OF right and Justice. should
cause every peace flowing citizen To
open their eyes and begin To east about
and see it there is not cause for such
acts of violence, and also to find Il re-
mcdy if there is any.
Right on the 80 let lis not be under
stood us opposed to anything right and
Just and good. or to the enforcement OF
good laws and institutions; on the con
trary we believe in civil government
in the sphere i'll which the God OF the
Universe placed il. viz: for the protec
ton of the human family and their
certain inalienublc rights" Yes. we
believe in this kind of government
with our whole soul. mind and strength,
aud in behalf of this kind of govern
mcnt we dedicate these few lines.
Why should mems lives bc imperile.!
when executing. right and good laws?
Why should Mr.. Cornwrll and Mr..
Howard bc killed, and thereby making
more poor widows and srni-orplan
children? What is I'LL this terrible oc-
currcncc for! In the name of what
and whose right is it done! Was MIR.
COrnwcll employed to help annihilntc
the liquor tlatlic9 ESQ, by what meth
od of reasoning do we come to this
conclusion. The institution that hired
this constable is one that tratlcS in all
the maintainancc of this liquor institu-
ton this man was employed. 1t is cvi-
dent that it's not the destruction of the
liquor traffic that the disncnsnry was
instituted. but the reverse. The very
nam" "disrcnsary" gives the lie to
prohibition, or rather to those who
claim that this institution is in behalf
of prohibition, Dispense! Prohibit;
Look Mt the two words will you?
There are over one million citizens
that make up the State of South Caro-
lima, and each citizen is part owner of
place where liquor is bought and sold
ut will and no one challenges the right
of it, but You let one Of the citizens
make and sell the same kind of drinks
to the very same ones to whom the dis
pensaries sell. and in many instances
he is killed for il. If the institution is
set for the defence of prohibition. or
tho abolition of the whiskcy traffic
why does it sell the stuff to men when
they want it, and when the demand in
SO great that one dispcnsary can't fill
the orders more dispensaries are open
ed. Yes, and why do the dispcnsnrics
adrcrtisc liquor for sale if she really de-
sircs the peaceful end OF prohibition,
which she claims she does when men
are sent out to hunt other men who
are doing the very same thing she her
self is doing, and if they resist are shot
down like dogs
Readers. it is naturally wrong to sell
any of these strong drinks by II single
man, and the sale of it by II company
of men, though that company comprise
more than n million men, even to the
organization of u State, does not make
1t any less Wr0nO.
The sale of IL ia wrong hrrovso tho
money expended for the unsatisfying
drinks is needed in thousands of homes
to supply food and clothing and etluca-
tion,and many other things that it takes
to make Il happy home, and all these
things every human being has right
to and ought to be defended, but in
many instances arc deprived of them
by the sO-callcd liquor traffic Of which
South Carolina is '.big !" in this Elo-
rious country Of ours: The only logical
conclusion that can be arrived at by
of the State to put down the traffic by
individuals is in order that the sales i'll
her bar may bc more and her Golfers
more enlarged.
AS long rs money is the object Of the
institution, it may be expected that
difficulties will arise between it and
men OF like disposition.
III our glorious South Carolina wishes
to- abolish the sale of liquor let her first
get down and repent in sackcoth and
ashes and get her own garments clean,
and then she can see more clearly how
to deal with those who persist in it's
unlawful sale. Let us make liquor
selling an outlaw, from the simple fact
that it is unlawful whether by Il single
individual or by whole State. Let
us be consistent. A CITIZEN.