The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-30
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The Liguor Traffic,

Editor The Intelligencer.
Your timely editorial in this morn
ing'S paper was an utterafce Of which
every citizen of this fair town should
be truly proud. The time has come
when hte lines are drawn and the
| battle is on. Every man must either
| line up with the forces of right and
contribute his little mite toward the
suppression OF wrong, or else by his
silence give tacit consent to the cor
rupting influences With which we are
cOntonding. 1t is eady a reflection
| on our own peOplv to be forced to
! send off to a detective agency for
men to come into our midst and catch
liquor sellers within a bow-shot of
the palace OF justice. II there were
| not great many of the male popu-
Iation willing for this sort of thing to
| exist, such state of things would be
| impossible. Even IL our officers re-
fused or failed to do their duty in
such cases, there is way to get rid
Of them and fill their places with men
who are made of better stuff.
l am not throwing the blame on
them, for / know how difficult 1t is
Tor an officer to get evidence sufficient
10 convict. The law-breakers are
watching for the officers that can not
be fooled, scared nor bought. While
they boast of their open methods and
.carlessness, there is always some one
on the lookout for the ones that must
needs be reckOned with. do certain
ly commend the administration for
The efforts now being put fourth for
The suppression. of the traffic in liquor
that most subtle as well as most
deadly poison known to sain or sin
ner. l also realize that the admin
istration will be powerless unless the
representative men of this place stand
| behind them. The ministerial asso-
citation has always stood for law en-
torcement along all lines.
| believe that every law should eth
or be enforced or repealed at once.
The greatest menace to the boys and
girls Of our day Is the open disre-
gard Of the laws that are on the ste-
cute books of the city or State. The
only way to. cultivate a spirit of rev.
erent respect for law and order is to
for tho thinking people to each and
4 every one, consider himself or herself,
IS the case may be, a committee OF
one to obey the law and see that every
other person makes an honest effort
10 do the same. l have ever favor
1
who Is under indictment for SELL
| ing whiskey so many times in this
city, took to task for the part was
playing several weeks ago. This was
because found two drunken men be-
hind his place and nearly two barrels
or beer In an old shed behind his cafe,
and proceeded to send a policeman
own to investigate. He actually used
a few curse words to me about It.
That happened some time early In the
5ear 7 e:tl &c recall The date. i'>'
| also reported him for having on
hand several barrels of beer and some
whiskey, q month or two later, but
as nothing came of 1t was about to
become OF the opinion that the liauor
law and the Sunday" law had fallen
in the same ditch. 1 sincerely hope
that both OF these laws will be pull
ed out together. am sorry to see
any good law buried alive. It seems
worse to have two or more of them
buried in one and the same grave.
We're man sure that he would not
leave any descendants to reap the
fruits of his folly, he could not still
afford to rivet such a curse as the
legal or illegal liquor traffic on the
neck5 OF his neighhors's children
even the doctors have decided that
it Is en- numlttgated evil. They have
decided that ii is neither a food nor
a medicine. It is poison pure and
simple. 1t Is worse than strichnine
or morphine. or even the dealy arsenic
because 1t destroys both body and soul
together. 1t destroys the home
every drunkard can tell you what Il
does with the soul.
AS long as Anderson is my town, /,
will be ready to do all in my power
to make 1t the best town in the South
ern States. -
A CITIZEN.