The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-06-14
At Home and Abroad.

out the dispensary there was blowing
of trumpets and waving of flags.
Many prohibitionists and all the
blind tiger men joined hands one
with the other and shouted them
selves hoarse over the dawn OF new
era when drug store bar rooms would
spring up and flourish as the green
bay tree in fertile ground and wax IN
strength as the days multiplied.
Thoughtful men locked upon the sit
uation with grave apprehension, but
found some little consolation in the
town of Gaffney that there was then
at that time not a drop of the &C.
cursed stuff sold as a beverage in the
assuranceof aprominent official OF the
town and county and that the officials
Of both would: use their best endeav.
ors to prevent its sale forevermore,
world without end. The newspapers
of the county heralded the glad news
that King Alcohol had been de-
throned and the white banner OF
Prohibition hoated proudly over the
strongholds of vices and immortality,
and over the walls of drunkenness
and debauchery. The guard houses
had been turned into Fairgrounds for
innocent young childhood to: gambol
and laugh beneath the rainbow <>of
pleasures wing: s The Jail, no
longer s'duress vile" for the con-
finement of criminals and violators
of the laws of morality, Of society
and of decency, had become to be
an enchanted palace were mirth and
happiness and' joyousness ruled the
hour. Many a poor;grief stricken
mothers heart throughout Carolina's
coil, shrobbed with Joy and happiness,
and hourly from the secret closet of
her heart ascended anthems of praises
TO a throne of grace that in one
county in South Carolina, at least, the
mothers in it could lay their heads On
their pillows and sweetly sleep without
being disturbed by the harassing
thought of "wbere is my wandering
boy to night" because, confident
on the assurance of published re-
ports that the dens of infamy had
been closed, she knew that her boy
was safe from 'sthe tempter's snare" !"
in his cosy little room which mothers
tender hands, her great loving heart
and her watchful care had made
bright and cheerful and sun shiny
to contribute to his happiness and
comfort and pleasure, and what
mothers love could accomplish turn
home Unto q Garden of Paradise
where bright hued flowers perpetelly
blooms and the affairs of God, where
the insense ascerds to the throne on
high, brightly snd yet still more
brightly burns unto the "perfect
day" We were led to believe that the
poor, tired bleeding heart of the
father had found the cooling, healing
balm gushing up from the springs
of refreshing thought that the way
wardness of thoseI he loved, those
who had strayed from the pleasant
paths sof sobriety into the desc
late wild woods of inebriety, had
ceased and their feet, instead of
treading the broad road to- the grog
shop now turn to the paceful paths
and shady groves Of home. We i'm.
igined that the languishing hopes of
the sister and snticipations of friends
had been revived. Let Us stop!
The picture has changed! All our
hopes have been blasted and have
turned to Adams apple. Jamaica
ginger, malt, and perhaps other SUBJ
stitues for whiskey, are cold from
drug stores IS q beverage. The
young men, instead of going to the
dispensary now patronizes the drug
stores of Gaffney. A concern of
which the Mayor pro tenn of Gafney
is prominent and leading member,
has been fined for selling booze. An
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