Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-22

and the upbuilding of character.
A. S. Tompkips, Esq {, an ac-
quaintance nd>personal friend Of
the next speaker, in avery grace
full manner introduced Hon.
Heriot Clark son, of Charlotte, N.
G. Mr.. Clarkson hasAspent thirty
years in our sister state but was
formerly 9. south Carolinian, and
said that he always felt that be
was coming among his nwn.people
when he turned, his face to South
Carolina. This gentleman is an
able and very distinguished law
yer of Charlotte, having been for
several years the solicitor of the
MeckIenburg circuit. His official
position has given him the oppor-.
tunity of seging what a large per
cent of crime is caused by whis-
key. Furthermore, being a resi-
dent of Charlotte, where proh'bi-,
ton has been in effect for four
years, Mr.. Clarkson could relate
from his own experience and OBJ
servation the advantages of p-o-
hibition. Concerning conditions
in his own city. the speaker had
the following to say:
"On July 5, 1904, the Queen
City Of Moth C'rolina, Charlotte,
by vote of 4S5 threw the yoke
of this liquor power eff. This was
the first large city in the South in
recent years to do so. The law
went into eff ct January ], 1905.
In Charlotte there were 2 4Q5 ar
rests: in 1895 there W .re ,4S6, ~
or 500 less.
"AsheviiIe, n. G., haa e p"pula-
.tion Of $4,000 When liquor was
sold lh-ra III the same H. " IL
1907, here WIRE 4S2 .arre 3SS
drunks; Wins'on-s"iem a popula-
tinn o! 5000. wet the same mon'h,
there wer. 446 cas"s, $50 drunks,
Charlotte, a population of 10000.
drg same mouth: 1873 arrests, 10
DRINKS.
"Thev said that the streets Of
Charlotte would grow up in grass
and business would be destroyed
| say it without fear of contra
diction. as | have liv=d there sinc"
. lad Of eight years. that there
'rever IVES such prosperity in
Charlotte as III the last four years.
Che streets are now baing paved
with bi;aulitic. A great skyscra-
per II stories high is now beng
built; a ,$125,000 Y. NJ. Q. a.
building; a lawyers building,
owned I,y them, at cost of S55,-
600 just recently completed H tbe
Selwyn hotel, cost s250,ooe, re-
Gently completed; q hotel now in
construction to cost $60,00Dl; b
hospital to cost $4,000 nov in
construction and other impsoHe-
ments too numerous to mention.
"In the building and loans 10
Charlotte, we have 10000 shares
a per capita of stock of $100,tn
each man, woman and child, white
and black, in Mecklenburg coun-
ty; the best macadam roads III
the south.
"Twenty-fvs years ago Castor
county that adjoins my county,
had about 4S distilleries aud Sd
looms in every town and to-day
she has no saloons and 10 distil-
leries, and so cotton millsin op-
GRAFTON and about 10 in construc-
ton, and in the recent election
went about 1,400 majority i6r
prohibition.
"After four years trial, Char
lotte voted nearly 1000 State
prohibition aud the county and
city gave 1900"
At the conclusion CT Mr.. Clark
sons admirable address, the table
was made ready and the multi
tude, consisting of hundreds Of
hungry men, women and chill
dren, was invited 10 partake of
the feast. During the morning, as
the crowd steadily grew, the COM
mittee in charge Of the dinner be-
came little uneasy lest some Of
the people would have to go away
hungry. But after the barbecued
dinner and the contents of bum
dreds of large baskets had been
spread upoa the table, making al
together such an enormous quau-
tlty Of good things, all fear was
at once dissipated. After eveiv-
body had finished dinner and had
voluntarily retired from the large
rectangular table there were more
me&tS and sweet meats left than
is carried TO picnic of the aver
age size. Certainly, if an individ-
ual lacked for dinner ut Harme-
ny it was his or her fault, and not
the fault of any one else. Barrels
upon barrels of Ice water were pro
vided for the thirsty throug,
which with the dinner WAS as free
as the Harmony air.
DR.. j. W. Daniel, who was in
trodused in q most anpropriatn
and becoming mauner by Hon. y.
e. Nicholson, waa the frat speak
er in the afternoon. DR.. Daniel ls
not only very strong man In
teliectually but is al exceedingly
polished and effective speaker.
being the most eloquent pulpit
orator in the Methodist confer
ence. DR.. Daniel possesses the