Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-20
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5Oluta apr0nlolSlOR1S.1V 1Vt oiaLauoo
is-n6$ the misery and dsmesalisa.
|tionsWronsht~ bf liquor far less
thas#hsn an average Of more than;
s1O O0Per day was sold through the
dispsnsafy3 If this be true, pro:
hibHion.is,s complaining it's mis-
siofSshat Of reducing and pro-
Ihibnlng the sale Of liquor.
Fhe express messengers on the
traits coming to- EdgeAeld says
lshatsRhiskey has bsen almoat en-
ltirely shut out; tho records OF. che
ltoWneouncil since prohibition hes
been in effect compared With the,
records when whiskey was sold,
show.that csime and distlrban-
css of the peace have been greatly
reduced. Furthermore, faymers
from different sections haye:told
lus that very littls- whiskey,iif any
etall, ls being gold in thai, re-
apsctive communities, and that
their labor less demoralized under
pbfoh,bitiop. DO the foregoing facts
point 10 the SUCCESS or failure Of
iipfohibition, which? The answer
lieeasily supplied.
AS stated before, estimsted con.
lseryativsly by those who hsve
travelled over tho county and
studied the situation, prohibition
has decreased liquor selling and
ldrinking within the county @:per
|5cent. Does this sound like feilnre9 2
Is that not practical prohibition,
Mr.. Simkins?
Mr. simkins says an actiye and
honored member Of the League
remarked to him: "If you do not
think the law is being violated
just,coma down my wsy." Are: not
other laws alRo violated ia that
particular .lecaiity2 If not. We
would like to reside there. Then,
is it altogether right, when other
laws are violated along With the
prohibition Law, to place ;it in q.
sepsrste class and hold it'up as q
failure? Emphatiosllv, no..
The great prohibition movement
that ls sweeping the coun.ry has
passed the experimental stage. It
is not only succeeding in many
counties in South Carolina hut in
many other states as we'll. The
majority of the counties iu Geor-
gia are prohibition counties. 0uly
lis towns and cities in the sstste of
Tennessee have whiskey cold with.
in thsir borders, aud large por-
tion of Texas he's voted out whis-
Ekey.
Step by step prohibition has
gone forward in our own county.
Time was when every croas.roads
had it's distillery. An enlightened;
public sentiment demanded that
these be prohibited by law.
Doubtless there aroee sorne then
who SAID the law would fail, but
has it not succesded9 Timei ives
when liquor was sold, bartsrsassnd
exchanged throughout oar county,
the same ,as every other eommodi-
| ty, but prohibition laws sde6vs it
from the country to the incesDora.
ted towns. Thiswas snoshsF pro.
hibitive Law which some IQM doubt
aaid would fail. ProgreBs has. been
fssowly- but srroiy nuads .nntfI 20.
day We have q law prohibiting ila
sale anywhere the county. Iksre
may be some violations now just
as the prohibitivs laws of:the: :pass
were doubtless; violated sbut as
surely ss right ultimaly pre-.
walls over wrong, so surely will
the SUCCESS of prohib;ts<S become
40 marked, 90 pronouAcsa, .ast
doubling Thomeses wiflsnp longer
raise their voices.
Mr.. Eimklns quctees Rn amlnent
;urist to sustain his position. Now
| let's hear what an eminent states.
uau, one whom our people, delight
10 much to follow. says Ihsaring
upon the subject in heaa. Thomas
jefferson once said:!"tThs habit OF
Iiptempsrance by man I'D office has
oecasioned more ihjdry to the
public, and more trouble to me,
Than sll other cauaes;' and. were
/ to commence my administration
sgain, the 6rst question I;would
ask respecting q 'icsndidata for
Office, would ba. Does he use ar
dent spirits" Mr.. Jsfferaon knew
what he was talkinglabout. He was
not given to idle woFds. If the use
| of "ardent spirits". hnfits Q man
for public service. does it not also
unfit the privstet seitizens, the
fathers and. husbands ani brothers
for their resysctits} dutiss2 The
chief aiR and purpose Of prohibi.
ton isto ersdicatsfbe svilef whhh
Mr.. Jeffsrsan thadjupt cause to
complsin. In this laudsble under
taking, if.you sggaNilIing to aid.
in pulling openhs throssieY for
Gods. sake, keep your hands off
the brekes.
Temperance and prohibition
are in their essence moral quss-
tions. So let us CONSIDER the NOR
sl phase for moment. mr.. Sim
kins 10 exceedingly we'll versed in
civil Law, and, being an officer in
bis church and superintendent of
the Sunday school, we have no
doubt but thst he also ably @e1-
pounds the Divine law. Yet, we