The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-06-22

months ago has proven big adver-
tisement for Orangeburg.
the pride of his mothers heart, the
pet of his father and the chum of his
accomplished sister. Their hopes
are blighted on account of his taste
Of the first glass of wine.
The officers of the law will vote
for saloons, guard, protect and en-
courage them. When man under
the influence of liquor commits muir
der they will condemn him and send
him to the gallows. But who was
to blame, the man who did the deed,
or the man who voted for liquor?
Take, for instance, Alexander the
Great. He wished to conquer the
world and did get a good portion of
it. What caused him to die so young?
The effects of strong drink. He
died under the influence of it, with
out having accomplished his purpose,
but had he left the wine alone he
might have lived to be an old man,
with all his dreams realized.
Every year in the United States
there are nine billion dollars spent
for strong drink, sixteen thousand
people sent to drunkards' graves, and
two hundred thousand people sent to
the asylum. Think of the many uses
that amount of money could be put
to, for the work of the gospel, the
missionaries and all other Christian
purposes. Yet the men will vote for
saloons and see all that money vast
ed.
Think of the lives lost on account
of intemperance. When the saloon
keeper sells a bottle of rum he is
not only running the man he sells it
to for life but probably his wife and
children.
One saloon will cause more mis-
cry, sorrow and woe than any plague
or pestilence that ever existed. Take
a deacon of the church. He will vote
for whiskey, saloons, etc., and never
taste a drop. Some other man will
take strong drink, get under its in
fuence, and commit murder, robbery
and various other crimes. The guilty
one is taken before the bar, sentenc-
ed to death while the deacon goes
free. But the deacon will be judged
with the murderer at the Bar of JUS
tice, where all wrongs are righted.
He will get his share of the punish
ment there if not here.
The bar tender is looked upon
with respect, he is wealthy, while the,
drunkard, who staggers along the
street is Stunned, locked UP, looked
down upon and censured but is one
any better than the other? One
drinks it the other sells it. One is
looked upon as a brute the other a
gentleman.
Now, men is it fair? Will you
stand by and vote for whiskey know
ing it's evil results and the harm it
will do? Will you place temptation
before the promising youths of the
country, before your own sons, and
your neighbors' sons, just for the
sake of a, few dollars? Will you
send that many souls to torment all
for a few dollars? Think over the
matter seriously before dropping in
your vote. AS you stand before the
ballot box think of the souls you
plunge into eternity. unprepared to
meet their judgment, think of the
widows and the orphans you will
make, the misery, the crime, the
ruined homes and the desolate
hearts. Know that when you vote
for license, you vote for murders,
poverty and crime, and that you will
have it all to answer for before the
Judgment Bar of God.
Do you willingly do this? If not,
vote for prohibition, influence your
friends and neighbors to do likewise
and clear the nation of saloons and
any other place where rum or whis-
key may be obtained.