Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-20
sPrshibssioa ve. Whiskey.

ErsAihshoa We. Whiskey.
T,uly.sthsse is no gathering the
Tose.Without being pricked BY the
fkorn:d In our endeayor last week
fo contribute to . rose.strswn
pathway for humanity, by aiding
in the removal of Liquor thsrefro.n
We ran upon . thorn, and mad
ysrtently thrust one, it seems,
into the person Of Mr.. s. McG.
Isimkins.
Now, as to the contention or ls-
.ans between US: Mr. Simkins told
ns:thst he meant to say in bis
article to the News and Courier
that prohibition was 9 failure an
:Edge6sld, and il. was in this thas
We took issue with. him. as vell,es
III IN the statament that the call ;E
The ministers vac. . confssaien
tkat prohibition had failed. -
lEf. Simkins says that "laviS
generally and almost universally
enforced through we'll recognized
and established channels-ita 4mt
.cesp. and individual citizens" hss
isiy'i.aenerally' but notalwsys e1e.
Headmits that other counties %;
|siisdissSE SEdgefeld have ;thei. orgsi1iss
cations for enforcing law. ad
citizens decide that by concert
of action they can bring about ?
better enforcement of Law, create
mose effectively Q sentiment in
favor Of law, and the better CO.
.opsrase With the officers of sthe
Law, thsn .'as individual citisens, :"
what reasonable objection can be
raised 2 Said one of the bestsciti-
ssnsof the county to us nMon-
day: II am glad the LeagaAhas
been formed. Put me davp ;as q
member. 1t is far better tbWork
together through an orgs1sation, J,
thus relieving ene Of thasl9Gvid.
;Iat and psraonsl responsibility. "
Will you not admit, MI rSakins,
that the easiest and most effective
way, to accomplish any dssS:sd end
is through an organization? sWhat
the cotton growers have gehieved
through their association issan apt
aud. forcibls illusttatio9 of this
fact.
The end which the ministers.
who issued the call, sstSGt to ac-
.complish w,bs Q better enforcement
of the prohibition law. And to say
that;a better enforcement was de.
sired, is no admission that the
laH had failed sEs not there always
room for the better. enforcement
OF every law until ita enforcement
Decomss cs, aoooiatsf ::o:s, -.
clude that prohibition 10 . failure
in this county simply because an
ol9ansAaslon sxlsse te. tus 1891
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