The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-09
Intemperance.

lions whose lQuueuCt IedCues eVGAy
home. No man can say that he is not
| interested, for it's effect reaches every
business and every social organiza-
ton in life. 1t touches the home and
! the schools, it touches professions
and public officials, the making and
carrying out of the laws; it also
plays a big part in electing men for
public offices; it increases the de-
mand for officers of the law; in
creases pauper expenses; it creates
a greater demand for public institu-
tions; it causes a greater public eX-
pense, and in ways direct or indirect
touches the pocket of every man, and
of course lessons his ability to pay
to church and educational purposes.
1t not only wastes money, but 1t de-
stroys character and manhood; it
clouds the prospect of the future.
It's influence does not only effect
those who are intemperate; it brings
heart aches; it makes life miserable;
| it wrecks the homes of those who are
in no way responsible and are power
less to prevent it. The cost can not
be counted, for wasted lives and ener-
gies, broken hearts, lost talent, de-
stroyed homes, and blasted hopes,
cannot be reckoned in dollars and
cents. The destruction of life, the
shame, the sorrow, crime poverty,
brutality and pauperism, the waste
of vitality and destroyed financial re-
sources are so great that it is Won
| der that the people do not rise as one
and declare that this evil shall not
exist.
Let US by our votes try and stamp
out this cursed invader whose pres
ence is so degrading and so ruin
Gus to our homes, our business, our
men, our women, our children, and
our morals. 1t is appalling to think
of the number of children that are
turned out on the world uneducated
and ignorant, due directly to the use
of whiskey by their fathers; and,
sad, to say, in some instances, by
their mothers. There exists in near
ly every town and village in this
State the illegal sale of whiskey and
other intoxicants, and to prove the
influence of whiskey effects the ofic-
ers of the law, either for its own
effects or that of a reward, they do
not try to stop these sales and when
questioned lots of them deny that
they are aware that these sales are
going on, and know in the meantime
that their salaries are coming in
from these very sales.
The writer is personally acquainted
with policemen and wardens, who
visit and purchase goods from tigers
and do so in person, and in doing this
they are upholding and supporting
them with their patronage. This
done the warden goes back to his
post of duty, the police with the star
of peace and order, criterion to go
by; with a rod of correction in his
hand and a stomach full of pop skull
and big pop gun in his pocket,
| parades the street to see that the
laws of his town are carried out,
violating his oath, betraying his
trust. Officers of this type cannot
stop the sale of whiskey, THE WO-
MEN OF THIS COUNTRY HAVE
HAD A LONG HARD FIGHT TO
GET PROHIBITION, and since they
have it who is helping them to carry
| it out. Shame on the men, but they
are few. Let any man come out for
any office in the gift of the voting
| people, all he has to do is to put a
whiskey plank in his platform and
his election is assured. By whom
is this done? Of course by the drink
! ing class. This alone shows that
the drinking class are in the ma
jority, and it is a certain fact that
the drinking class are running our
government. Why is our dear old
State the laughing stock of the
Union? Simply because our officers
are elected by brain-clouded set
of intemperate men, sad to say some
of whom are so badly shadowed that
their votes can be bought for a pit
tance or a drink of Whiskey.
1t is not the intention of prohibi-
ton workers to prohibit those who
have already formed the habit of
drinking the horrid stuff, but it is
their intention to try and save the
coming generations, both boys and
girls. And to you who drink, If
there is no redemption for you, the
more reason why you should aid in
the struggle to save others, for if
you drink you know without being