Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-14
TILLmAR CHALLENGED I
Representative Werner Wants the Senator to
Meet Him and Discuss Dispensary Question.

House of Representatives, Columbia,
February 12.-Editors Courier: Since /
wrote you, another week has come and
gone. and still have nothing to write
except OF the dispensary law. 1t has
stirred the people here as nothing else
has done in ten years, and hope the
people all over The state will open their
eyes to the immense corruption, graft,
greed and drunkenness caused by this
thing. They know something of it's evil
effects as shown bv the vote OF the coun-
ties voting out that institution, but they
really have little conception of the real
truth of the matter. Do they know what
it means to drink $3,50O.OOO worth of
whiskey in one year? Do they know that
in three years the people have spent
money. enough for liquor to buy good
home for every poor homeless family in
the StateP Do they know that it costs
the State per year nearly one million dol
lars to buy the bottles to hold this
liquOrp Now, these bottles are made in
this CITY, and, of course, that immense
institution is fighting for it's life. About
the same amount of money is spent in
buying whiskey from the distillery here
in the city of Columbia. or course that
institution will use all its influence,
backed by the immense wealth of the
large liquor houses and distilleries in
other States. Add to all this the great
army of politicians, whose political lives
are dependent on it, and you have but
little idea then of what you have to fight
when you attack that institution. Then
on top of it all Mr.. Tillman says he will
fight for it to the last ditch In the cam
paign next summer.
Mr.. Tillman proposes to stand for
liquor with all it's known influences for
evil, and there seems to be no one i'm the
State who is willing to oppose his views.
He is the Goliath of this terrible influ-
ence, and comes with curses and threat
enings to all who would oppose him and
still no one says him nay.
Now, believe that i can present So
berness in more acceptable dress than
he can present drunkepnt IS; that / can
present virtue with move force than he
can present vice; tina, can represent
truth more acceptably to the people than
he can represent error. Therefore,
here and now challenge him to discuss
the subject "Dispensary or No Dispen-
sary" at any time and place he may elect
These two colossal forces are up and
against each other, and the instruments
or drunkenness, darkness and death are
in the gressive-against those who
should and must represent the greater
force of sobriety, light, truth and life.
here and now vow to oppose, his views
on this subject, lose or win.
L am AFRAID the Senate will fail to pass
the Morgan bill, but / think another
Senate will do it, The thing is on it's
last legs, and expect to see it 90 down
and that class of liquor sellers 60 with it.
want to laugh at their calamities and
mock when their fear cometh.
never expect to ask for this place
again, but do expf It to take part in
advocating good gov ',ment.
Miss Mary Sheldon, of Fair Play. is
here on visit, and is quite popular with
the younger members of the House.
In recording the names of the young
ladies from our county in school here, L
failed to mention Miss Kirkpatrick, of
Seneca, because did not see her with
the Others. i have since had the plea
sure of meeting them all, and found
them 30 bright and amiable that could
but wish that our county were as we'll
represented in the General Assembly as
in the College for Women.
Respectfully, K. K. Werner.