Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-29

young men have Inherited; but
should we not try to help them to
overcome this tendency by removing
the temptation from them, instead of
placing it in their wayp
Moralist says that God himself
did not attempt prohibition to his
knowledge. The Bible says, "Woe
unto him that giveth his neighbor
drink and maketh him drunken,
ALSO" (Hab. 2,5), and "Woe unto
them that are mighty to drink wine,
and men of strength tc mingle
strong drink" Qsaiah 5:22), and
know thou that for all these things
God will bring thee into judgment"
(Ecclesiastes 1l.10)
"What more can he say,
Than to you he hath said"
Moralist takes us TO task for say
ing that a sober man does not drink
whiskey at all. Why, il seems per.
fectly evident that sober man can
no more drink strong drink and re-
main sober man than a truthful
man can tell lies and remain truthful,
or an honest man steal and remain
honest. The thing is an impossi-
bility. He says that from the amount
of whiskey sold in the county by the
dispensaries and blind tigers-(he
speaks of them as pair again)-one
of two things is certain: few men
are drinking an immense quantity Of
whiskey, or a great many men are
drinking limited quantity. We
think that, Judging from the ac-
counts given, he has not got it right
yet. He should have said that q
great many people are drinking an
immense quantity, and he would
have come nearer the truth. Think
of it's being measured by the gallon.
One would think that giving slop to
hogs was being spoken of, (if the
Brethren will excuse the uncomple-
mentary comparison,) instead of
whiskey for men and boys to drink
Moraist asks if selling whiskey is
right or wrong? we answer most
emphatically that it is wrong, terri
bly, wrong. He intimates that if we
say it is wrong, we must admit that
the State has right to restrict or
control the sale and use of it, just
as she does other evils, such as steal
ing, numbering, etc. Well, that
sounds funny. How does the State
restrict such evils? Just as the Ten
Commandments do, with "Thou
shalt not kill" and "Thou shalt not
STEAL" which is plain prohibition,
with no restrictions about it. To re-
strict means to limit or restrain, as
we understand the word, and we do
not believe in compromising with
evil. The Ten Commandments do
not say, "Thou shalt not kill" ex-
cept when it will be to your interest
to put a fellow-man out of the way,
nor, "Thou shalt not STEAL" except
when you want money for your
school fund, but just plain "Thou
shalt not kill" and "Thou shalt not
steal" Prohibition of the evils
every time. We must have a cor
rect rule to go by if we hope to do
right. The Bible says, eff the light
in you he darkness, how great is that
darkness"
Moralist asserts that "the chief
supporters Of the prohibition ticket
few years ago were almost without
exception the drunkards, blind tiger
and barroom men," That statement
is pretty hard on our ministers, ell
ders, deacons, and other protesting
Christians in the community. 1t
seems pitiful for poor drunkard to
have TO fight against the dispensary,
State institution. 1t is his way of
saying, "Lead us not into tcmpta-
ton" AS for the blind tigers and
ex-bar-room men, it is natural that
they should be opposed to it, as it is
a rival, and takes part of their
trade. Competitor is said to be the
life of trade, and. we think that will
account for all all those gallons being
sod every month.
Moralst says that cit is up to US to
say which we will take, prohibition
with its blind tigers, or the dispen-
sary, which does pay its expenses"
He speaks as if we have no blind
tiger, now, which seems inconsistent
after having spoken, in othe' parts of
his article of the dispensaries and
blind tigers as if they were INSOFAR
able. He says that the dispensary
"does pay its own expenses" How
does it do it? Think about that.
The Bible says that "the love of
money is the root of ali evil" and
we believe that it is the root of the
dispensary. The State is doing what
is equivalent to the selling of indul-
gence by the Romish church in the
past, and if we are to choose between
the dispensary and prohibition we
will take prohibition every time, for
we would have the law on the side
of sobriety and right, and then if it
is not obeyed it will be our own
fault.
How can South Cardinals sons
honor, love and respect her while she
is bar-maid ? A Prohibitionist.
A "Conted Ration at the Worlds Fair.
One of the curiosities Of the North
Carolina exhibit at the St. Louis Ex-
position will be a piece of meat forty
years old. 1t is a "ration" of Mas
sau pork issued to Private r.. c..
Woodlief, of Franklin county, on the
3D. day of May, 1864, near Orange
Court House, Va.-the day before
the Wilderness fight commenced.
Perhaps, owing to its small size, it
got lost through hole in his pocket
and was stored away in the lining of
his coat or the corner of his KNAPP
sack. At any rate Mr.. Woodlef
carried this piece of meat with him
until the close of the war and
brought it home with him.
Twelve barbecues are advertised in