Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-11

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Church Members Vote as They Pray,
They Will Win-Tlllman Not the Keep
or of the Consciences Of the People.
Editor Of the Yorkville Enquirer:
I desire to make one more appeal,
through your paper, to the Prohibi.
tionists of York county to bestir them
selves. Colonel Hoyt's chances OF
election are as good if not better than
that of any other man in the race. 1t
is about three weeks until election
day. A great deal of work can be,
and ought to be, done during these
three weeks. While the election OF
Colonel Hoyt may not mean prohibi'
lion, it promises better enforcement
of the dispensary law, and this alone
will be a very gratifying result of our
labors.
But let the result be what it may, it
is our business to fight and fight to
the bitter end. If church members OF
all denominations would stand true to
the vows they took when they Joined
the church, prohibition would win
without any trouble. But there are
some church members and protesting
Christians, not all of them, however,
who claimed to love everything that is
good and right and abbor everything
hat is evil-men who, if called on,
will pray in public, pray that God may
hasten the day when no one nor any
thing will be left to advocate the cause
of satan, and then 20, on election day,
aud vote for whisky. If mans reli-
gion does not 60 far enough to make
him vote against such an evil as whis-
ky, it will not, in my judgment, 60
far enough to save the soul.
Listen, church members. On the
28th day of this month you will have
the opportunity of voting for law
that promises to restrict and suppress
the sale of whisky in South Carolina
as far as is possible and practicable, or
for a law which permits the sale OF
liquor to the citizens Of the state, and
which for the last seven or eight years
has been bringing crime, poverty, and
misery upon the people of South Car
olina. Which way will you voter OF
course, the dispensary law is great
Improvement on the old barroom sys-
tenn but it is by no means the best
solution of the liquor problem as some
claim it to be. We have tried the dis
pensary nearly eight years. Have you
not been convinced that we need a bet
ter law? If 80 will you have the
courage Of your own convictions and
vote for prohibition or will you vote
for the dispensary because Boss Till.
man says to do it? If you do, God
pity the miserable piece of humanity
that you are.
at is my baby, and you must not
spank it," says Mr.. Tillman. The SEN
ator has not seen any spanking yet.
If he lives until after the 28th of this
month, he will very likely see it spank
ed out of the state and off the stat
ute books of South Carolina. Senator
Tillman has gotten into deep water.
He has not only aroused the preachers
by his false assertion at Bennettsville ;
but all true and right thinking church
members rise up in indignation against
such slanderous attack on the minis
try of South Carolina. The ministers
are not in alliance with the whisky
men but they are allied with all true
church members and others who are
working for the good of the state. 1t
is pretty strong alliance, and if the
senator don't mind his play house will
be torn down in the next election. We
are holding up the hand of the minis
listers in this fight, and will continue
to do so until the fight is ended and
the victory won.
The people of South Carolina ought
to be capable ofjudging for themselves
as to what they want or do not want.
We don't need to be instructed by Mr..
Tlllman nor any one else as to how to
vote in the coming election. The SEN
ator says we are honest; but weak in
he upper story. Therefore, he wants