The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-13

men voting to sell flicker" and he
Maid he was opposed to the dispen.
sary and blind tigers, but was in ia
vor of high license. A young man was
standing near who holds a position
Of honor and trust, with one of the
largest corporations in America. He
SAID: MY father was Il good man
and opposed to whiskey selling and
when he came to die, he died with a
smile on his face" He said to this
man you are willing to sell a man
whiskey and send him to hell just to
get his money. If you do this, do you
think you can die with smile on
your face. No you can't"
have been reading the list OF
names OF those who signed the peti-
tion for an election on selling liquor
and to say that l am surprised is put
ting it mildly, and these words keep
ringing in my ears, IF you sell a man
whiskey and send him to hell just so
you get his money, do you think you
can die with a smile on your face. No
you can't" God is our judge and
knows the hearts Of all men and some
Of the men who signed this petition
may have done so without thinking of
the results and He may not hold them
to as strict account as He will hold
those who are willing to sell man
whiskey and send him to hell just so
they get his money"
l see the names Of some who
profess to follow Jesus Christ, who
came to make men better, to uplift the
weak and bring peace in the home,
.s we'll as in the nation. Stand up
Christian and answer If you vote to
sell whiskey to your fellow man and
send him to hell just so you get his
money Do you think you can die
with smile on your face. No you
can't" And / see the names of some
of the great bankers Of our city on
this petition. Men who say they want
the city and county to prosper. Stand
up and answer, are you willing to hire
a man for cashier of your bank who
blows his whiskey defiled breath
In the face Of your customers when
they come to do business with your
bank? Are you willing to employ
young men to keep your books whose
recommendation is that they buy and
drink pint or quart of your whis-
key day? No you don't do this and
yet you are willing to sell whiskey to
your men and send them to hell just
so you get their money. The men
who sell whiskey are doing this ev-
cry day and l see the names of some
of the great merchants of our city on
this petition. Stand up and answer.
VIII YOU vote TO sell whiskey to a man
and when he wants a job, show him
the door when he comes and blows
his vile whiskey breath in your face
and ask for work? Do you want him
behind the counter waiting on your
laL. customers with q bottle OF your
whiskcy in his pocket polluting the
air around him? Will you hire him
to handle your money and keep your
books? No you don't do this, and yet
you are willing to sell him your
whiskey and send him to sell just so
you get his money. Do you think
You can do this and die with smile
on your face? No you can't. And /
see on this petition a lot Of farmers.
What you thinking about? You want
sober hands to work your crops. You
want hands to drive your teams to
market and come home sober. You
Know that great many negroes,
while sober are very good men, and
when drunk are mean demons You
see almost daily in the paper the
hcllish work of negroes while drink
ing. A man who lived near Simon
Cooper many years said, when sober
there never was a better negro in the
county and yet somebody, licensed by
Sumter county sold him whiskcy and
are responsible for his hellish deeds
while in liquor. The husband shot
down in his home, the old father who
tried to shield his son, murdered by
the second shot, the young wife driv-
en- out and made to hitch up the
horse and buggy for him and dragged
back in the house by this whiskey
fiend from hell After accomplishing
his purpose, he cuts her throat with
razor, goes out meets an old color
ed man in the yard and brains him
with an axe, gets in the buggy and
with rifle, shoots at all i'm sight, drives
q Sumter for more whiskcy and car
tridgcs, and yet this was the man who
was said To be a good ncighbOr and