The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-08-08
ANDERSON, s. G., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST g. 1906


commenced to take a truer and saner
view of the frightful evil of drink, and
for seventy-tive years, led on by such
pioneers as John b. Cough and Lorenzo
Dow. and later by sich great leaders
as Frances Willard and Dwight L..
Moody, the Christian manhood of the
nation has marched against this central
stronghold of the evil one. Open
drunkenness is no longer tolerated
among good people, and it is no longer
regarded as the distinguishing mark of
a gentleman to sit longest a. the ban
quet hoa-d and be the last to go under
the table. Prior to this awakening
even many Of the preachers drank, and
they do In England and some other
countries today, and nothing was
thought Of it. We have had old in
habitants to tell us Of preachers Of the
olden time who thought nothing Of TAX
Ing their morning dram and who would
even join their parishioners in dispos-
ing of bottle on the streets Of the
town.
What a remarkable advance in pub
lie sentiment in America since that
time! Today one-half of the
American people have prohibition laws
and the remaining one-half have re-
stricted the traffic in varying degrees.
The article in Munsey's gives a map
showing that all of Maine and Kansas,
nearly all Of Mississippi and several
other States, and hundreds of counties
in New York, hundreds in Ohio, hun
dreds in Indiana and Illinois, hundreds
in Georgia and Texas and in other
great States have entirely prohibited
the sale of Intoxicating liquors. In
fact, in these great States and in near
ly all other States except in the very
far west, the sale of liquor is now
practically confined to the great cities,
and it is plain to be seen that it is only
matter of time until this damnable
traffic must give way everywhere be-
fore the onward march of intelligent
Christian sentiment.
If we of this generation do your duty
,, in the matter, the next twenty-five
years will see an advance as great as
that made during the last seventy-five
years, and the century from 1928 to
1880 will mark the everlasting doom of
this everlasting traffic. We look back
with surprise and horror upon the con-
ditions that existed in our country
seventy-five years ago, and we think
we have advanced-which unauestion-
ably we have-but our descendants
seventy-five years from now, in study
ing the history Of this generation, will
regard with equal surprise and horror
the conditions of the present time and
will be equally thankful for the cycle
of progress covering the seventy-five
years between our time and theirs.
South Carolina, thank God, is MAX
Ing some progress. Counties contain
ing almost half of her populations have
said that it shall be no longer legal
within our borders for men to sell to
their brethren the poison that destroys
them, body, intellect and soul, and
condemns theirinnocent families to suf-
fer. Since this Association met last
fifteen counties have voted out the
dispensary, Union, Laurens, Williams
burg, Newberry; Marion, York, Horny,
Lancaster, Darlington; Oconee, Spar
tanburg, !Greenville, Anderson. Edge
field and Saluda: Two counties, Cher
okee and Pickens, had already done the
same thing. Two other counties,
Greenwood and Marlboro, had never
had dispensary, 80. that nineteen Of
our counties, or nearly half Of the to.
tai number, have shown their intention
that the whiskey traffic shall not be
i5legalized within their borders. al 1gh
in Williamsburg and Laurens the elec.
tions were declared invalid by the
court. /. ~ =. =, ~
| .$ For. the first six months in the city OF
Aasa1l'eT son ttii,is year there were 4o4 cases
int he police court. The last year for q
corresponding period there were 702.
For the first six months this year there
we've lao CAGES for drunkenness; last
year there were $50, For the first SIX
! months of this year. in the city Of
Greenville there were 337 arrests; TO,
the six months preceding that time,
when the dispensary was in operas
there were CAT arrests. Other, essn.
ties send similar reports. Aid tissgs
! facts are most gratifying to ALI ohs
who have: lifted a voice or cast ashsi
lot for the purity Of the home AND. the
peace and good name Of our counties
and our State. RI. !. =, J, = /, /. :.
It's But there is work yet to do, ami q
/ great deal o7 it. Brethren, we gcal
upon you to do your duty in that W. :.
Two things now. call for your: most
prayerful attention! as Christian citi.
zens->1. TO do all in your power to en-.
! force the laws that we have on the
subject; and (2). to aid in improving