Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-18
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To speak OF "a sober man who
actually needs wbiskey every day.
as an advocate of the dispersary did
a short time ego, 70 like speaking of
q healthy man who is sick every
day. Such man would hardly be
called "a sober man" by discrimi-
mating public, Drunkard would
most likely be the word used to de-,
scribe a man who needs whiskey
j every day. 1t doesn't sound SO
well, but is more appropriate, as a
sober man docs not nse whiskey al
all. This reminds us of an old story
that we hope will bear repeating, of
an English dude who visited our
country some years ago and while
here made the remark 10 en- Ameri-
can girl that he did not like America.
She asked for his reasons aud he re-
Piled
"Why, ah, you have no aristooraoy
over here, don't you know, alb ?"
"What do you mean by aristoc-
racyp"
"People who don't work."
30, yes, we have good many,
people like that, only we don't call
them aristocraoy."
"What do you call them ~
"We call them tramps."
The report of Chief Constable
Hammett as to the workings of the
State dispensary and the constabu-
larry force during the first quarter of
1904, as compared with the same
period in 1908, show that the in
crease in the cost of the eonatabu-.
larry during the period was 1884. .3S J;
the increase in the value of seizures
was $9,417.65; the increase in the
sales of local dispensaries was $93,.
9lO.46; and the increase in the sales
of the State dispensary was 1885,
623.57. 1t has long been admitted,
we believe, that the dispensary sys.
tenn is a step away from prohibition
rather than step toward. it.-Daily
Mail.
The application of the laws of
heridity to the drink curse have long
been known. How suffering and
misery are brought upon the inno-
cent and helpless by this means is
beyond all human computation. DR..
Paul GARNER, of Paris, who has been
making special study of the chill
dren of habitual drunkards, comes to
this conclusion ''There is flaw in
the very nature of these young
wretches that the psychologist sees
clearly and notes with apprehension
the absence of effectionate emo
ton; and when they do not become
lunatics they show insensibility and
pitilessness."
In no department of human
thought and endeavor has the tenn
perance cause made more notable
progress in recent years than in that
Of medical science. Alcoholic liquors,
instead of being regarded as pana-
cea for all human ills, as they were
years ago, are fast being excluded
from medical practice generally.
Almost without exception, all great
London physicians, and all great sur
geons, are in favor of total absti-
nence. Some surgeons will not un-
dertake to perform operations upon
per"ons who have been addicted to
drink; they value their regulations
too highly to risk failure.
1t is gratifying to learn from a !
liquor organ that the Supreme Court
of Michigan has struck the saloon
keepers of that State 60 hard blow"
The "blow" is an opinion in case
brought to test the validity of the
ordinance of the city of Holland,
which imposes license fee of $500 |
on retail liquor dealers above the
$500 State tax. The Court holds
that it is entirely within the province
of cities and villages to exact an ad-
ditional license. The liquor organ
in question thinks that this decision
will crush out many of the saloons
in Michigan. We sincerely hope
that it will.
At meeting recently clergyman
told how he had become total alb
stainer. He had previously been con-
nected with Moderation Society,
and having one evening presided at
one of it's meetings, he was accosted
while walking along the street next
morning by one of his parishioners,
who, endeavoring to put his arms
round his neck, hiccoughed out: 81
do 80 love you, good Mr.. Vicar; l
goes with you for moderation" The
vicar forthwith became a total alb
stainer.-Christian Work.