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

Editor Intelligencer: A horrible affair,
that Cornwell-Howard murder. Such
a butchery. claimed to be perpetrated
in the name of right and justice, should
cause every peace-loving citizen to
open their eyes and begin to cast about
and see ii there is not cause for such
acts of violence, and also to find re-
medy if there is any.
Right on the go let us not be under
stood as 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 in which the God OF the
Universe placed it, viz: for the protec-
ton of the human family and their
certain inalienable rights" Yes, we
believe in this kind OF government
with our whole soul. mind and strength,
and in behalf Of this kind OF govern
ment we dedicate these few lines.
Why should mems lives be imperiled
when executing right and good laws?
Why should Mr.. Cornwell and Mr..
Howard be killed, and thereby making
more poor widows and semi-orphan
children What is all this terrible oc-
currance for9 In the name of what
and whose right is it done? Was Mr..
Cornwell employed to help annihilate
the liquor traffic? Ifso, by what meth
od of reasoning do we come to this
conclusion! The institution that hired
this constable is one that traft;cs in all
sorts of strong drinks, and in behalf OF
the maintenance of this liquor institu-
ton this man was employed. 1G is evi-
dent that it's not the destruction OF the
liquor traffic that the dispensary was
instituted, but the reverse. The very
name "dispensary" gives the lie to
prohibition, or rather to those who
claim that this institution is in behalf
Of prohibition. Dispense! Prohibit!
Look at 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
at 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
the abolition of the whiskey traffic,
why does it sell the stuff to men when
they want it, and when the demand is
so great that one dispensary can't till
the orders more dispensaries are open
ed. Yes, and why do the dispensaries
GdrertiSe liquor for sale if she really de-
sires 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 q single
man, and the sale of it by a company
of men, though that company comprise
more than a million men, even to the
organization OF q State, does not make
1t any less Wy0n0.
The sale of it is wrong because the
money expended for the unsatisfying
drinks is needed in thousands of homes
to supply food and clothing and educa-
tion, and many other things that it takes
to make happy home, and all these
things every human being has right
to and ought to be defended, but in
many instances are deprived OF them
by the o-called liquor traffic of which
South Carolina is "big L" in this glo-
rious country of ours. The only logical
conclusion that can be arri, ed at by
any kind of reasoning is that the efforts
of the State to put down the traffic by
individuals is in order that the sales IN
her bar may be more and her coffers
AS long as money is the object Of the
institution, it may be expected that
difficulties will arise between it and
men OF like disposition.
II our glorious South Carolina wishes
to- abolish the sale of liquor lether first
get down and repent in sackcloth and
ashes and get her own garments clean,
and then she can see more clearly how
to deal with those who persist in its
unlawful sale. Let us make liquor
selling an outlaw, from the simple fact
that it is unlawful whether by a single
individual or by whole State. Let
us be consistent. A CITIZEN.