Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-02-06

KANSAS WOMEN SMASH SORE SALOONS.
Rar-tender's Skull Laid Bare Mrs Nation
Has Hot Interview With The Governor.

AnthOny Aansas, y anuary 8O .-s--
Early to-day, before most citizens
had reached their places Of business,
twelve women OF the Anthony w.
q. 4. Us armed with hammers,
hatohets and pick-axes, raided and
completely demolished four saloons
here. Husbands of the women went
along, armed, to protect their wives.
Among the brigade were two or
three school girls, under age, who
did some OF the most effective smash
ing. A greater part of the havoc
was finished before the police or
mayor were aware of what was going
on. The actual damage done to
personal property, aside from the
liquor destroyed, is placed by the
saloon keepers at $2,O 900. This, how
ever, is believed to be too conserva-
tive.
The first place attacked was stu
ated in the rear of a drug store,
which was lforcibly entered from the
rear. It contained some costly fix
lures. and, among other things, a
valuable cash register. Within a
few minutes. the women had smashed
everything in sight. The cash reg
ister was demolished, but in their
hurry to finish this job and 90 to
other places they overlooked the
bulk ofliquor stored away.
Half block down the street the
second scene of ajoint" smashing
was enacted. They found this saloon
looked, but axes were applied and
the whole glass front was demol-
ished.
Here their work was more COM
plete. The building, a great plate
glass mirror, and everything in sight
was reduced to the maxim of Mrs.
Nations idea.
The proprietor was smashed over
the head with a beer bottle and his
scalp laid open. He was struck by
the husband of one of the women.
In quick succession two other
places short distance down the
street were subjected to similar treat.
ment, the fixtures smashed and all
the liquor turned into the gutter.
To.day's raid was led by Mrs.
Sheriff, of Danville, a small town
near by.
She came to Anthony last night,
organized the local temperance
women and planned the crusade.
Mrs. Sheriff had previously de-
stroyed saloon in Danville and she
is credited with having given Mrs.
Nation the first ideas of such cru.
sade.
Mrs. Sheriff is stranger to the
people of Anthony and for a time
many in the crowd that followed the
CRUSADERS from place to place, bs-
lieved that she was Mrs. Nation.
The snloon keepers of Anthony
each have a ware-room aside from
their saloon where their stock Of
liquor is kept. The crusaders did
not know this and considerable
amount of liquor is yet unmolested. !.
After the work of demolition was
complete the crusaders. held prayer
meeting on the sidewalk and
"Nearer My God to Thee" was sung
with feryor and great unction.
MRS. NATION STILL AT WORK.
Topeka, Kansas, January 90
Mrs. Carrie Nation to-day organized
a band of 46 women to follow her
leadership and assist in wiping out
saloons. Mrs. Nation announced
that they would go ahead regardless
of the w. 20. U. They would,
she said, give warning before resort
ing to violence.
GOVERNOR OF KANSAS SCORED.
Topeka, Kansas, January 28.-
Mrs. Carrie Nation to-day visited
the Office Of Gov. Stanley, and, for
an hour, arraigned the Chief Execu-
tive of the State for his failure to
close the saloons of Kansas. Then,
in turn, she visited the offices of At
torney General Goddard, County
Attorney Nichols and Sheriff Por-
ter s. Cook and demanded Of each
that they close the saloons.
When Mrs. Nation entered Gov.
Stanley's Office she was followed by
a crowd Of newspaper reporters and
Others. BY turns she upbraided
Gov. Stanley for his failure to up
hold the law against liquor selling or
begged him for aid to carry on her
crusade. She put her questions
with fierceness and answered them
without giving the Governor time
to utter complete sentence in his
own defense.
Mrs. Nation accused Gov. Stanley
of branding her as law-breaker and