Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-08-04

| IOr his conscience, aS lOr LIS Oou.
From such citizens the cause OF
prohibition can expect only support
1t is from the selfish, the unthink,
ing, the lawless and the degraded
that it expects opposition.
1t must follow from all this that
the good citizen espouses the cause
of prohibition as an answer to his
own sense of honor.
Carmack's Courage.
Every true man, every worthy
citizen of the south has an immor-
tai example Of honor in the courage
Of the martyred Carmack. Tennes-
see has given no greater boon to
this nation, to civilization, than the
example of this nation-mourned
man, who gave up even life to fol-
low his honor as :. man against men.
"Assuredly the good citizen must
espouse the cause of prohibition as
a means of service to his fellowmen.
To those who count national
greatness or private fortune in ton
mage and bank clearances and whose
ideal of personal good is the right
to indulge their appetite unrestrain-
ed, this sentiment Of brotherhood
obligation counts for little. But to
those who think of the nation as
family and the social body as in
stinct with the sensibilities of a
brotherhood, the thoughts an over
mastering one. Whoever he be who
has lost the word, I am my brothers
keeper is unworthy the name of
citizen, and has forfeited the right
to invoke or use the power of the
ballot. The man who can get; his
consent to vote for the rum traffic.
has parted with his; sense of loyalty,
other.
H He is an IshmaeIite. i't
Every good citizen must give in
his allegiance against license in any
form as his response to the highest
appeal of patriotism.
True Patriots.
No man is a true patriot who
does not wish for his country the
'best-deliverance from every evil
and the largest guarantee of repose
and prosperity. Surely the record
in many states and in multitudes of
cities in this land is sufficient to
convince every unbiased citizen of
South Carolina that the highest
moral, political, social and financial
well-being of his state demands that
the course of the dispensary- the
devils own substitute for the sa-
loon-be swept from the soil.
Tennessee's Example.
The state of Tennessee particu-
larly sends greetings to her sister
state of South Carolina and chal-
lenges her to join the new Con-
federacy Of Prohibition. Twenty
four days under its benign inhu-
ence and restraints have exhibited
wonders in the volunteer state. The
national holiday-which came four
days after the application of the
statewide law-and which witness
es an orgy of drunkenness and
crime, was all but barren of police
experiences. Sixteen days after pro-
hibition the city station house of
Nashville was without a prisoner
a thing which has not happened he
fore in the history of the city.
Crimes traceable to drunkenness
have fallen off in this town Is per
cent. Houses heretofore disgraced
as saloons are now being occupied
by legitimate business and trades.
The most notorious whiskey house
in the state has become a savings
bank-a pean of economic triumph
over the despoiler. But the history
has but begun to be written. The
glory of the south is it's primacy in
this greatest moral reform of the
ages. What does South Carolina
say?"
Hon. M. L. Smith.
The first speaker of the afternoon
was a distinguished young South
Carolinian, Hon. Mendel l.. Smith,
of Camden, who was introduced by
Mr.. A. S. Tompkins in his inimita-
BILE manner. Mr.. Smith esteemed it
great privilege to appear before so
large.and so representatives body of
citizens of Edgefeld county, a
county that has not only furnished
gallant soldiers and illustrious
statesmen but votes-in 1876. Mr..
Smith in the outset called attention
to the fact that not an artist, musi-
clan, sculptor, poet, or author of
very great renown has been pro
duced within the past twenty-five
years. Everything, said he, that is
now produced is for the market.
The speaker said that the two
great evils of the day are intemper-
ance and divorce. He thanked God
that South Carolina has no divorce