The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-08-25
Prohibition Has Done Good.
To the Voters Of Bamberg County
and the State at large:

anu LQe state at large.
AS the. Democratic primary is near
at hand and we will soon be called
upon to cast our ballot for those who
are to fill our county and State Of
fees, will you bear with me little
while and hear my views as to the
way l think we, as a prohibition
people, ought to vote? First of all,
don't let us get the idea into our
heads that we have already got pro-
hibition and there's nothing else to
do, for If we do we are wrong. The
fight is only well begun and the
whiskey element are not near ready
to give up yet, in fact they are just
beginning to get scared enough to
get their fighting gloves on good,
and being slick ducks they are go
ing to put up pretty nasty fight
before it is done with.
One of their schemes is to put
enough good, strong, smart local op-
ton men in the field to fool the
people and win part Of the dry vote,
knowing that If the local optionists
should win that there would be some
of the counties that would go back
to the old dispensary system because
taxes are a little higher and because
they haven't kept down blind tigers.
Many a man would vote for prohibi-
ton If he knew it would prohibit,
but he says its no use, you can't keep,
it out; but he doesn't stop to think
why it is not kept out nor who is
to blame for it not being kept out,
when he is himself to blame In more
ways than one. He won't help to
locate and rout out the tigers and he
won't vote to put the negligent, low
principled men out Of Office whose
duty it Is to enforce the laws. Now
that we have got prohibition the
next thing to do is to throw those
men out of Office who are against us
and be very, very careful to know
how those stand that we put in.
1 asked a candidate the other day
how he stood, and he told me he
was as strong a prohibitionist as
they make 'em. I said: 81 don't
think you are" and he looked at me
in surprise and said: "What do you
mean; I never drank any liquor In
my life and have always worked
and voted against 1t. I thought you
knew that" 1 am stronger prohibit
zionist than you, because ! won't vote
for man if know it and can help
myself that is against u.s." Now /
may want to run for Office myself
some day and If should this would
be mighty apt to be brought up
against me, and might hurt my
chances some, but I can't help that.
l am made out Of just that kind OF
stuff and will say just what think.
1 had to vote for whiskey man
once to keep from losing my vote for
a prohibitionist, and it went nightly
against the grain, but it couldn't be
helped, as there were only three
running, and we had to vote for two.
Don't misunderstood me and think
that 1 dislike all men that are not
on my side. On the other hand, !
have some very warm friends who are
not with me, and in the coming
election I am going to vote against
some men that I would like very
much to vote for because they are
smart men and men Of ability, but
we don't see alike and don't want
them to be placed where they can
use their smartnes and ability against
orr cause, and therefore can't vote
for them.
think the Law and Order Leagues
all over the State and the prohibi-
tionists every where should look at
it as I do and vote as unit for
those men only, for each and every
Office, who will help our cause, and
no matter how good friend a fel-
low is to you nor how much ability
he has, if he is against us, put him
out and keep him out.
Some say you can't have pro-
hibition till you stop the railroads
from hauling it into dry territory.
No, but if we will follow that plan
of putting only clean, honest pro-
hibitionists in Office when enough OF
the United States get dry we will
have strength enough in congress 10
pass laws to keep the railroads from
hauling it into dry territory. That Is
all foolishness to say we cant nave
prohibition. Any fool with tnlmoie
full of sense knows that we nave
no law but what is violated more OF
less and why should prohibition pro-
hibit absolutely when hanging wont
nrohihit killing absolutely, and II ne