The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-09-26
w. G. T. u. DEPARTMENT .
Conducted by the ladies of the w. G.
L. u. of Anderson, S. &.
On the Whisky Traffic.

Mr.. E'iitor: have read with mucl
interest the article in the Advocate O
January I, 1900, written by DR.. Love
JOY, Of the North Georgia Confer
cncc. headed "I'hc Fight for Prohibi
ton in Georgia. In that article DR.
Lovcioy says: Il do not know nov
i i, in other States, but it was Il no
ticcablc fact THAT during the debate il
both House the antispcakcrs projected
the discussion on the lowest plane.
The changes were rung on: '.Thi.
bill makes war on the Democratic
party, 1T is opposed to self govern
mcnt, ut would destroy the vested
rights of citizens who had hundreds OF
thousands of dollars in the liquor bust
ness, " 1t would cut off the revenues
Of cities, and thousands Of children
would be turned out OF school, "It
would increase taxes"
In Alabama and every other State
where blow has been aimed at this
Common Enemy" the name you so
appropriately give the liquor traffic on
the fifteenth page Of the Advocate,
the Georgia speech is the;same, and to
advocate this nefarious traffic is to
descend to the 'lowest plane" be-
cause there is no other plane, no in
tcrmcdiatc plane, no high plane, but
the "lowcst plane is the only plane.
If to advocate sobriety and temper
ance and defend home with all of it's
hallowed associations and plead for
good government makes war on any
political party, the hotter and ficrccr
the war is waged the better, and if
political parties arc to be kept alive by
such appeals as come from this
lowest plane" the sooner they die
the better, and over it's corpse no tear
will fall from the eye Of the widow, or
brlny drop run down the check Of the
fathcrless little one made so by this
Common Enemy No man who
loves good government and the hal
lowed influence of pure home will
be found to do the lifeless form rev.
erencc. Only those who love and in
dulge in the plea from this "lowest
plane" will sigh ut it's demise.
In Alabama the same Georgia
speech comes from the politicians of
this "lowest plane" the same kind OF
epithets are applied to preachers, and
the same fumes Of liquor come from
their breath, and, strange to say, these
fellows who plead from the 'lowest
plane" have powerful influence over
preacher and member, be he steward,
deacon, or elder, and in Alabama these
Lowest plane" fellows boast that one
OF them ''can WELD a more powerful
influence than one thousand preach
crs."
| heard one of these low plane men
say once that he had rather have Mr..
- on his side in a political fight
than all the preachers in Alabama.
This man he preferred ran. two dog
geries-some men call them. saloons.
Preachers don't seem, 10 realize how
they are watched and quoted by these
fellows who plead from. "the lowest
plane" Officials in the church seem to- |
forget that to 60 into these doggeries,
and drink liquor. and then 40. TO- |
church on Sunday and pasHthe basket
around to take up the collection are o |
laughing stock for certain. young men,
and are referred to. by the men who
keep these doggeries as their "bsst
customers, because they get their
,:;oaoy audd tii,viir influence too.:'
No young man ever took q drink Of
liquor to be like the. drunkardi who
wallows in his vomit,. but thousands
Of young men take drink because of
The example Of Coloael! or General, or
Judge So and So, who is steward,
deacon, or elden.
heard boy, whose father died q
arunkard, say once: II don't want to |
hear Mr.. - preach" Lasked why.
He said: Because he favors saloons"
said to. hims 30, no, you are mss
taken" To this he simply said::
ACTIONS speak louder than words
sometimes, and I beard him vote
against temperance report.
was talking to some boys not long
ago about drinking, and warming them
Of the evil effects Of liquor. One Of
them, a bright>looking little fellow.
said: ''If it is as bad as you say,
looks like Mr.. would not drink,
and he is steward, too"
"Let tho stewards be men Of solid
piety." DO men Of solid piety set
bad examples and exert bad inAuen-
ces? Will men Of solid piety drink
linu0r9 ttWatChman what of tho