The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-10
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FAvORs ciYIZENs LEAGUE

To The Anderson lnteiligencer:
After reading the mastery piece
written by the Hon. G. Cullen Sulli-
| van on the organization of citizens
League TO cooperate with the city
and county authorities for the en-
forcement Of the laws of the county,
l can't refrain from having something
to say along this line of thought
which should put every good Chris
| tian to thinking how shall we make
the city of Anderson clean city.
/ would say that all the ministers
officers of the churches and members
OF the church should band together
In league, we'll organized for the
purpose of removing the cause for the
evils OF our city
We must not stand back and walt
on some one else. but come forward
with higher aim in life for the up
| lift and betterment OF humanity.
A man who lives to himself and
not for the good of others, 1t would
be better he had never been born.
Some people might refrain from taxi
ing part in the movement for fear
that we would have dead town.
want to say right here that had rath-
| er live in a dead town with a ressur-
ection in view than a rotten town
with all the evils and corruption that
would produce such a stencil as to
drive good people from our midst
and ruin the health and morals of our
boys and girls. We are informed that
Iceland, about half the size of Mis-
souri, has no Jail. no penitentiary;
there is no court and only one police
man. Not q drop Of alcoholic liquor
Is made on the island, and it's $4,000
people are total abstainers, since they
will not permit any liquor to be i'm
ported. There is not an, illiterate per-
son on the island, not child ten
years old unable to read; the system
Of public schools being practically
perfect. If you were to ask the ques-
ton, why this island is SO prosperous
the answer would come back. The
cause of illiteracy has been liquor,
After the cause has been removed
that produce the evils OF our city,
we should stand by the city authorit-
les In their great efforts in maintain
ing clean city. There is day of op-
portunity for us all to do good in the
uplift of humanity that have fallen
into sin. Opportunities are often ne
elected on account of pride and self
conceit.
II we have a fallen brother or sister
let us go to them in person and lend
them helping hand that we may be
able to lift them up to a higher plane
of living and tllpt life Is worth living
There are today many men down and
out for the want of some one to help
| them. / believe In giving young man
a second chance to provo to the
world that he has decided to change
HIS way OF living and make man out
of himself. a-G
| We are too proud to put our foot
on our fellow. man rather than give
/ him helping hand.
| cannot close without great praise
70 the. good women of our city in driy-
ing out the vaudeville shows that are
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let us come together and organize a
citizens league ito assist in removing
the cause and have "a clean city that
will be blessing to our children
and country at large.
| Yours truly, 49, -
| WILLIAM s. RAMSEY.