The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-07-31

Is tie way tney GO III NeWDerfy now.
Senator Tillman: "What7 In
Newberry7"
Mr.. Chappell: "There was
more drunkenness in the town Of
Newberry last Saturday than 1 have
ever seen before, and I have been
there for thirty years, and one prohi-
bitionist who spoke against the dis
pcnsary in the camsaign last summer
two years ago is selling the cider now
that makes many of these drunks." "
Senator Tillman turned to the re-
porters, who were on the platform
just behind him, and asked them to
take this down. 1t was taken down
, just as Mr.. Chappcll said it, before
Mr.. Tillman S request.
Senator Tillman said that the rich
people could order their whislcy, but
how could the poor people get it,
even when they wanted it for medi-
cinal purposcs--only by patronizing
blind tigers. He wanted those who
preached, the good men in the pull
pits, who undertook TO dictate that it
WAS wron" to sell whiskcy, and to
drink il, to explain to him what they
were going to do with this participa-
tl"n i'll their congregations by men,
bcrs of their churches in violation of
the law by those members who were
hcd"ed about by conditions which
would not allow Il man to get whiskey
unless he broke the law. If man
was allowed to break one law, how
was he to be stopped from breaking
other lawsq he asked. He spoke of
the evil done by those who buy from
blind tigers helping the blind tigers
to violate the law. "lf you teach
one man to help another man to do
an illegal act, are You not doing some
thing dangerous to the morals of a
community? You are worse in this
than the people OF Maine, although
the two things are nearly on a par,
except that the fellow who has to
buy from a blind tiger is not, in my
Judgment, as reprehensible as the
fellow who SwearS to lie to get it.
| despise your liar any old how. But
these are the two systems of prohibi-
ton. The Maine system is to have
| YOU sign a certificate. The South Car
"ina scheme is to have You 90 to il
! blind tiger and make him break the
law in order to get it,
/ Senator TilIman said he didn Il
want to go into discussion Of the sin
iulncsS of drinking whiskey. He re-
fcrrcd to the fact that some time ago
! he had had row when he said there
! was nothing in the Bible against
drinking. He argued at some length
, that it was not the use Of whiskcy
| which was wrong, but the abuse Of
! il. Senator Tillman is practically Il
nrohihitioniSts in practice. lie is
against the evils of whiskcy. against
the abuse Of whiSkcy, and this was
what he tried to. bring out il was
! not wrnn" to use il, but that The
/ larm from the abuse OF il was meal
! tulGble. He said the News and Cour-
! lcr said that it was going to Get mp Il
/ subscription to buy his SiNtirih Ynl-
)on, and was going TO advise Lhut the
! IXticth gallon be Peaceful Valley.
'rhis statement said Senator Till
nan, ''was caused by my asserting
/ that in fifty-ninc years | have not
drunk more tban hfty-ninc gallons,
and the News and Courier wants to
live me the siXtieth gallon ON my
siXticth birthday.' Along in this
connection Senator Tillman said there
were some people who would like for
him to die pretty soon, but he didn u
intend to die so long as he could help
/ it. 81 am in South Carolina and in
tend to worry these fellows who are
! trying to bamboozlc and deceive YOU.
believe in a preacher prcachih" high
ideals. Let him put the standard as
high as he pleases. But as law Civ
cr or as statesman 7 deal with men
as find them, not as I would like to
have them. don't find in going
about the world and watching people
that eve are much better than our
fathers were. We may know a little
more, because we have a little more
education, but in general way they
had about as much sense as we have,
and their fathers had about as much