Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-27

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over them.
Voice From Parksville Ably De.
tends Prohibition And The Work
of The Citizens League.
Mr.. Editor: T want to thank you
for your reply to Bro. S. McG.
Simkins, which is unanswerable,
except by sophistry. 1t is a ''sock-
dolager." Your reply gratified and
panied me. I was gratiied to know,
for the first time, that Bro. Sim
kins is Sunday school teacher,
but panied to know that he cannot
teach by example what he must
teach, if he teaches the scriptures,
by precept. Example is better
than precept.
We all know that the evidence
of a witness in court for or
against thief is worth only SO
much as his character is. and il
his character is bad his evidence
is worthless, and vice versa.
Reasoning from this fact, which
cannot be gainsaid. Bro. Simkins'
lectures along the line of temper
ance to his class must fall very
fiat indeed.
Bro. Simkins will not aid us in
the securing of law and order, be-
cause he believes in it's enforce
ment through the ordinary chan.
nels. No one knows better than
he, that the enforcement of all law
is the result of public sentiment,
and that was the sole object of the
organization of the Citizens
League to aid the enforcement of
law and order through the regular
channels, by arousing a healthy
public. sentiment, but if the seDti-
ment of the public is as friendly
to the liquor traffic as Bro. Sim
kins seems to be-, why then, OF
course, we cant enforce prohibit.
ton.
I make bold to say that any
man who sells liquor in Edgefsld
now, is a lawbreaker, an outlaw,
and any man who would shield or
minimize the crime is aiding and
abetting the crime and is there
fore particeps criminis. No, Bro.
simkina, you are either for US, or
against na; you cannot
serve two Masters. As for my
part, l prefer deceney, sobriety,
law and order, but Go not ques-
tion for one moment your right to
choose the company you will keep.
Bro. Simkins says there ls no
analogy between the prohibition
law and the law against incendia-
rism, murder, theft, etc, we'll, that
depends upon ones ideals and
standards. A man never rises
above his ideals, and, of course,
if his ideals lof morality go no
higher than the thought that be
may violate any. law that it
doesn't suit him to keep, we can't
expect such al one to aid publicly
or otherwise in enforcing dis
tasteful laws, because his con-
science has no scruples on account
of his ideals. Of course, no one
who knows Bro. Simkins would
think for one moment that he
would be guilty of incendiarism,
murder or theft because he has.
scruples against these things, but
his friendliness tothe.liquor busi-
ness, apparent or otherwise, rem,
ders him incapable of seeing any
analogy, because he can't see any
crime in selling liquor anyway.
We are apt to 60 with our friends
and I must say, that, taking his
published article, we ara bound to
draw the CONCLUSION that our
friend is somewhat friendly to
King Alcohol. l hope I am mis-
taken.
Bro. Simkins reminds me of
the man who went to a specialist
to get cured of the liquor habit,
who said: doctor can you cure
me?" eyes," said the expert, sand
take every yestige of the taste for
it out of your mouth" "Here are
ten pills, take one each day." said
the Doctor "and it will cure you".
"And take all the taste for liquor
out of my mouth2" asked the
patient. "Yes" said the Doctor.
"Well Doctor" said the patient,
"just give me nine, please" Bro.
Simkins has taken niue pills, but
he refuses to take the tenth offered
him by the Citizens League. So it
is possible. that he doesn't want
to lose all the TASTE?
But, Mr.. Editor, as our fellow
citizens well know, we need not
expect much assistance, with few
exceptions, from our lawyers and
politicians. Where were the law
yars the day of our meeting?
With three notable exception, viz:
o. Sheppard, N. G. Evans and B.
E. Nicholson, where were thoy?
They were in their Offices, attend
ing to their business, or criticiaing
possibly the earnest men who were
assembled trying to bring about
law and order. Too little a matter,
Mr.. Editor, for such great men,
statesmen, to take up their time
with, viz: decency, Law and order.
No time to bother with such minor