The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-09-17

least of these little one, We did it
unto me-" In that light, and in the
light of eternity, not alone for YOUR
own selves, but for your noble sons
and fair daughters, and in the light
OF the all-seeing eye of our Great
God, and his Son, our loving merci-
1ul SAVIOR, can you vote for whiskey?
l, as a South Carolinian and knowing
the noble men that you are, say, no.
you Will not, but will. with your bal
lot, say: Forever away with it. See
what it has done, and what it is doing
now, not alone in your own county
and State, but in other places where
1t goes;- not alone for the sons of
our land, but for the daughters ev-
erywhere. | suppose 1 see more of
that than almost any of you. I re-
member just few weeks ago a young
man came to meeting drunk and act
ed in a way that he would not have
acted if he had been at himself. Not
only that one, but others that YOU
and ! know of who have done things
that have been black spot on them
selves and their family, not because
they wanted to do it, but because of
what they had taken. You may say.
Paul says, Its not what goes in
man that defiles him but what comes
out" He was speaking of eating. and
not drinking; for the same Paul said.
Touch not, taste not, handle not the
unclean thing" and again, "Be not
drunk with wine wherein is excess.
but be filled with the spirit" And
you and l both know from observa-
ton, If not from personal experiences
that the spirit of God and the spirits
of the grog shops don't stay together.
saw picture the other day of
three men standing outside a rum
shop, who said in their drunken stu
por,. eve won't go home till morn
ing" and many poor wife and her
children can say that is true of dad.
Many dear mother is saying, "That
is true of nv. boy" 1t may not be
you, but you know who it is.
Another picture that l saw today,
and this is the picture that we of the
Salvation Army come in contact with
q most caiiy. 1t was this-I wisn
! could reproduce it so you could see
lt-three young men standing cut
side drunk shop in the night, (of
course you don't have these kind in
South Carolina, but they are Just as
bad). They were ragged and dirty,
and could not stand straight. One
was able to hold dirty little ciga-
rette in his lips. The snow was fall
ing, Cne ngnC from street lamp
was shining upon them. Under the
picture were these words: "And Sol
ONION in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these" You and I have
seen the same sight all because SOM
body voted for whiskey.
And one more thing before I close.
Ask your lawmakers to block the
near-beer business. 1t is as rotten
as hell itself. Since I came to Geor-
gla | find it is as bad as open bars.
Their signs read like this: "Near
Beer, Etc, leaving man to guess
at the etc" Don't ever let those
beer shops come in your State. I
would rather have No. 1 and No. g
Let's get the whole business out of
the way of our boys.
Say, do you church members know
that most every man who drinks the
stuff will vote against whiskeyo And
If you will vote against it, it will go
out by very large majority.
Believing you will do it, and 9ray>
ing Gods blessing on YOU as you do
your duty, am,
Yours for the needy,
Envoy ID. T. McA5ee.
Savannah, Ga, Aug. "a, 1915
(Since the above article was writ
ten Envoy McAbee has been trans
ferred back to Union)