The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-02-24
TAKES HOPEFUL
VIEW OF CASE.
Thinks Is Still Chance
Against Whiskey.
''W. F." T'S IDEAS.
Strong, Honest Leader May
Arise.
Though Col. HOyt and Mr.. Featherstone
Were Defeated They Stand Higher
Among the People.

EDITOR THE ADVERTISER, SIR: In
your editorial of last week on the
wh1skey question, your head lines said
thus: "A Desperate Case" L think
you take somewhat pessimistic view
OF the situation in this State. 1t is true
IL years ago the people said by ten
thousand majority vote that South
Carolina must have prohibition, but
one great big little man and his lieu
tenants came to the front and said that
the people are not ready for this great
movement, and in Its place we will give
them one great big bar room operated
and controlled by the State. You say
that the dispensary has come to stay.
1t does look like 1t when few political
bosses can set aside the wishes of the
people as they are expressed through
the ballot boxes, that the case is q des-
perate one, but believe the time has
come in the his ory of Sou h @ lima
when our thinking men are aoJ dis
posed to be controlled by set of boss
politicians, but they Will think and act
from principle. You say "the time has
come when no man unwilling to sup
port the dlspensary dares offer for
high Office" L don't believe the time
Will ever come again in the history Of
South Carolina if it has ever come,
when men shall be found wanting to
espouse Just and righteous cause and
who will not stand and fight evil in all
of its forms. L don't believe this infer
nal whiskey business has come to stay,
and cast dishonor on the fair name of
this great State of ours. believe
here is some great bug honest man in
ne State to-day, 4 at h, vii aome
forward ,can ue eIei,ed 20 th3 II gh office
of governor, that is opposed to this
whiskey business, as it is managed by
the State.
While the Jews were down in Egypt
and in their bondage and servitude
they cried unto the LsrG tar deliver
ance and the Lord raised even Moses
who led them out of the lands of the
Pharoahs, right through the Red Sea
into the wilderness and Moses having
died he raised up Johsua aud he led
them through the wilderness into the
Promise Land. All honor to Col Hoyt
and O. @. Featherstone who stood so
nobly for the cause which was near and
dear to their hearts and while they
went down under defeat they both
stand higher in the esteem and conf
dence OF our pest men aud women than
those that went into Office swinging on
the coat tail Of the dispensary.
From 1868 to 1878 we had "a desper-
ate case" when thieves and carpet-bag-
gers infested every office in the State
from Governor down and about the
time when all hope seem to be gone
that noble man OF God, General Wade
Hampton, came to the rescue and de-
livered our grand old State from the
oppresSor's hand. | don't believe VIC
should give up the fight The cause of
prohibition is one of right and Justice
and If we are faithful to the trust that
has been committed unto US, that God
who doeth all things right will lead
the people out of this Wilderness of sin
and disgrace into which the State has
fallen dthe people will no longer be.
lieve Il erespectacle business because
it is o .hild of the State and armed and
back up by the powers that be.
w. p. r..
Carroll, SC.