The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-01-19

! Iue observer was SdIHe di4u 1olHoPo
would give a shy at them, but it an
swers ali in platitudes. It asked
"Dow" this question, ''Did the old
guard fall under the old dispensation
or the new?" That's easy. Under
the old, as I plainly stated, "of a
surety some will fall, always did and
always will" it is natures law.
Will the Observer go On record as
saying none will fall under the new
dispensation, "under the soothing in
fluence Of prohibition?"
The last question asked the OBJ
server was to explain why was it
that the first 10000 young men and
boys sent to the front in the Cos
by this State made such soldiers as
they proved themselves to be, while
during the formative period Of their
young manhood Liquor was sold prac-
ticallv everywhere and was kept in
almost every home. That if it was
never "kept away from the boys
that proved themselves such men in
the war, as we'll as peace, to what in
fluence is due the fact that it must
be kept away from our great army
of young men Of today? Were the
young men Of the former age better
Or those Of the latter worse? Now
here is where I say the Observer
was buncoed. Some one answered
for Mr.. Wallace "because they were
South Carolinians and Anglo-Sax-
on" This answer does no credit to
| the intelligence Of those who edit
that paper. must think the Office
boy slipped that answer in as a joke
on the "eap'n." "
/ "Dow" knows pretty we'll what
Mr.. Wallace wrote or intended to
write as his answer and it would
have been true, too. Bit I really
wish those jokers had stayed out a
while and given old "Rural" Of An
derson a try at it. He would have
jumped at it, like a duck at June
bug. A paper that can set forth such
wise maxims as ''no man shall drink
whiskey. but those who need it and
want it, would not have kept the
! world long in darkness as ito its wis
dom. But laying all jest aside, just
wouldn't everybody, prohibition or
anti, just like to have heard how old
"R. F. d. would have floundered
about and tied himself up. But we
must be merciful; we can't get all
we want.
Now here is what Mr.. Wallace
wrote or at least I think so: "Be-
cause those boys Of ante-bellum days
were born and reared by pure Chris
tian mothers, who taught them from
| infancy to be truthful and manly and
above all to be a gentleman and a
! Christian. His father was his conf
dant and a companion, taught him
; lofty ideals (never distracting his
boy) and by precepts and example,
how to stand alone man among men
and to be honest with himself and
loyal to his friends.
"It was through the Influence of a
pure and mselfish Christian church,
led by an unframed and patriotic
clergy, who not only preached to the
BOYS, when the crisis came, went
with them to the front, there prayed
with them, and showed them how to
live. how to fight and how to die. .
That was it. Not just because they
were "South CarolinianS. and An
olo-Saxons.' Oh, no: that Won do,
for many. even the pure breed. have
done time in prison and hung fol-
horse stealing.
Now. that same Influence which
made the boys great in war is the
Influence that guides. directs and
governs our great army Of young
men today. They need no watching,
"nor keeping it away.' They don't
want to. nor do they thank YOU or
any one else for forever singing it
abroad. "our young men must be
saved" 'they are weak. and liouor
must be kept out Of his reach. y
What talk is this to young men of
self respect. The home is the place
to teach prohibition. not in political
papers or the legislative halls.
The Observer speaks in gleeful
terms of the noble character of the
Young men of this county, and attri-
butes all this goodness to "our good