The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-08-16
Ful Ia. Ledger.
To the Citizens of Lancaster Coun-
ty.

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blllty in the near future to decide
upon one of the greatest Issues
that can be placed before any peo-
pie of today. An issue which
nutweighs that pertaining to poll
tics, war of finance. An issue
of life or death-an issue which
will decide the destiny of some of
your own sons for heaven or hell.
The question of Dlspensary or
no Dlspensary Is before you and
you must decide the question. o,
that | were endowed with the
power to say something which
would arouse men and women from
lethargy into which they have full
len in regard to this whitening,
blighting and damnablc buai-
ness,
When you vote tor the DisDen
sary you vote to perpetuate and
mako respectable in your midst Il
business which will take the inno>
cent little children, which today
play about your door and or whom
the Master has snid "Of such is the
Kingdom of heuven,' and make
them lurid ahd opaque and fit
onl y tu bo hurled into the realms
of Plutoman night and eternal
sorrow. A business which will
take that noble son of yours which
Is now the pride of your lite and
the light of your home, and whom
you hope 10 he the solace of your
old age, blight all his prospects
in life and change him into u
bloatcd, loathsomc creature ac-
cursed of God and man, send him
down to drunknrd grave and a
drunkard's hell. You vote for II
business which will take the hus-
band of of your fair young daugh-
ter and convert him into n demon
whose cruel abuse will wreck her
life and bring her down to pre-
mature grave. Can you, will you
vote to keep this stream of burns
ing lava overflowing and devasta-
ting all that is fairest and best in
your homes. When you meet ut
the Judgment bar of God the poor
souls who have gone to their
eternal destruction through this
avenue to perdition what then
will be your excuse for voting to
keep them open! Every MAJ. who
votes for the Dispensary shares in
all the crime, shame, death and
destruction which is caused by the
same, and as sure as Gods laws
are inevitable he must answer ut
the last Great Day for the way he
casts his vote on this question.
And let no man think he shirks
this terrible responsibility by
staying away from the polls and
not voting by so doing you cast
half vote for whiskey and take
upon your own soul half of the
guilt for the evils that follow in
its train.
Let not some cOvetous and mis-.
erly soul alarm you with the false
cry that you will not have money
to run the graded schools, etc.,
without the revenue derived from
the liquor traffic. o, when will
civilized and christianized men
realize that this is simply selling
one p art of their children, soul and
bcdy,to tho devil in order to edu-
cate the remainder of them! When
Judas Iscarict sold Christ and in
fit Of remorse pitched the rafting
silver on the ground and went and
hanged himself, the question arose
what to do with the money. They
said, "lt is not lawful to put it
into the treasury because it is the
price of blood" Not more truly
was this the "price of blood"
than that for which you sell your
sons when you barter them away
for the revenue derived from the
damnable liquor traffic. And God
will withhold His blessings from
any government, town or institu-
tion which is run with this blood
money. May God enable each
citizen Eto so cast his vote that ere
long the white banner of Prohibit
tion may wave over this fair land
and peace and plenty reign in