The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-03

selves, eve need>not trouble ourselves
about the dispensary counties, and,
therefore, have no need to vote" And
predict that very many voters in the
on-dispensary counties will act ac-
cordingly-that is, will not act at all.
So this movement is a wedge, like the
German drives against the Russians.
Where, however, the line is broken,
we may expect a general advance.
If the majority for prohibition is
great, count upon the poor little one
gallon privilege to be swept away at
the next session of the legislature, for
t. at will only be following the crowd, -
as astute politicians are always ex-
pected to do. Then we must take our
chance with the blind tiger, the boot
logger and "dope"-which things will
20 wonderful business. Those who,
like me, are afraid of the tigers wares
and the apothecarys' drugs, must then
do without. Unfortunately great
numbers of our people have not any
dread of those things. Thousands of
them have already been driven to
"dope" medicines by the furious clamor
against 'liquor"
l recally at this moment only three
integral communities of white men au-
thentically reported in Isistory to have
used no alcoholic stimulants. One of
these was German Cor Gallic) tribe,
which fought Julius Caesar. They
fought we'll; but they were conquered
by the wine-drinking Romans. "A; Sec
ond was the Rechabites. TIER worth
is pretty plainly shown by their SOW
ing no seed and building no houses.
They soon disappeared and the world
did not miss them. The third are the
Tudks and their Mohammedan breth-
ren-who are hindmost in all science,
art and material prosperity, and MUIR
der Christian men, assault Christian
women and make slaves of their own
women.
Our people ought to learn few
facts. In population of more than
100000 in the registration States
and cities of the United States, there
were, in 1912, S3S,251 deaths, of which
only 1888 were caused by alcoholic
drink-a little more than one in every
10000 of population. And in most OF
those States there is the destructive
saloon. At the same rate, in the re-
naming States of 11e Union-these
having about 3O,000,000 of inhabitants
the deaths would be about 1900 from
alcoholic drink, which would make
less than 5000 deaths from that cause
in the whole population Of more than
90, 600, ,000-less than one person in
every $4,000. Yet, in tee face of these
facts, Hobson, the hero of the bungle at
Santiago, and one of the leaders OF
prohibition, had the effrontery to say
in congress on December 22, 1914
that alcohol kills 1000 people in Amer
lea per day, or 100000 per year. More
men were killed in each of the battles
of Gettysburg and Chicamauga than
dies in the United States IN year
from alcohol, and from May to June
4, 1864, in Virginia, fully twice as
many men were killed as die in a year
from alcoho in the same country. Yet
Hobson savs we lose more men by
death from alcohol every year tnan
have been killed in battle in $500 years!
What faith is to be placed in the
statements of speakers for a party
w:en chief champion and mouth
piece deliberately utters such outra-
geous fabrications? 1 have not space
mere to set forth the details, but any
one who will examine official statis-
tics will find that in the matters OF
mortality, crime, pauperism and di-
vorce, there is no material difference
between the "wet States and the
"dry" although most Of the
"wet" have the evil Of the saloon. Al
conol, as much harm as its excessive
use does, is not Ito bodrow word
from the Greeks) the panolea, or kill
all, and. prohibition is as little the
panacea or cure-all.
IF. J. Caldwell.
NeWberry.