The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-16


should be estimated are too numerous
to mention here.
AS to the dangers Of it to the com
ing generations, that is problem
that is rapidly solving itself The !
young men and women of this gen
GRAFTON, have new world teeming
with new ideas, new avocations and
new methods of pursuing them, never
in the history of the human race has
there existed such opportunities as
are now forcibly presented to man
KIND. The pages of every magazine
and newspaper teeming with informa-
ton presented in forcble yet simple
tyle on every subject in the world.
and our government is spending mil
lions to aid science. Take agriculture
for instance, it will soon be, not only
cas- it has been) the most honorable
profession in the world, but the lead
ing one. If man is deficient in mind
or body there are new discoveries and
new methods of restoration to assist
nature in carrying out her work to
created for. Every human being like
every living thing is made for a pur-
pose. We all must leave our foot
prints in the sand of time" Do not
| think that the day or that the min
ute, that has passed has no effect on
the future because it is gone, every
proceeding moment, hCur and day mas
it's effort in governing what is done
the next, making every action of this
life, leave an impression on the be-
us after our duties are fulfilled and
our forms are changed and been
merged into other beings
After considering all this what
does it matter how whiskey is sold
or any other injurious commodity? I?
Instead of wasting time endeavoring
to remove temptation, such as whis-
key there are existing worse, that
can never be remOved.) 1t would be
best to control as far as possible nee
essarily existing evils. And let every
aim be for higher education, nobler
education. higher religion. nobler re-
ligion. l do not mean by this a clas-
cical education or religion such as is
taught in colleges and schools by
rules. But l mean that new educa-
ton, that new religion which is now
creeping like a current of electricity
from man to man, pervading all ma
ture, rapidly. surely and potently. To
realize it we have but to compare
a hundred years ago, with the pres
ent and a hundred years to come. Ii
is startling, the changes up to now,
and at the present rate more startling
to think what will take place in a
hundred years to come. This progress
is all based on scientific principle
asserting and proving and
BY it the race is growing healthier
BY it the world is growing great
BY it nations are growing wealthier
Ever reaching higher State
No thinking or observant mind
can deny this and note how rapidly
old customs and old habits are be-
coming obsolete. in every vocation
and pursuit of the race. Hence with
one last illustration to liquor, no man
can deny that it is harmful physically
and mentally as is any drug The
business man shuns it, the physician
or surgeon in his endeavor to aid
nature in curing disease or wounds
tthough in some cases having to use
1t as a servant breads coming in
contact with 1t where it has become
a master often rendering his best eff
forts futile.
In conclusion l say it without doubt
that the superior races and the su-
perlor minds in each race are, and
Will rapidly learn to cast aside old
and injurious habits in the pursuit of
other things, for the betterment of
himself and his fellow man. 1t NAV
be the survival of the fttest, but can
they not by precept, and reason, and
by the aid of the new environments
now existing cast aside arbitrary
measures. and let reason and exper-
ience hold her sway, and work her
cure. Respectfully,
II. $. Sumter
Good Reason for His Enthusiasm.