The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-03-17

will get rid Of the ills. Of course,
you cannot put every fellow on She
chain gang who does not work, be-
cause we would not have enough
shackles to hold them, but I think it
is time that some of them were being
reminded that we have got lot here.
Some of them are justified ii being
discouraged, but that does not get
them anywhere. Put them to work.
Their are a lot of roads tQ be work
ed in this county.
Now Mr.. Foreman and Gentlemen.
the next element, is the desire for
stimulant, the desire for excitement.
The normal man does not crave ex-
citement and stimulant, but the crimi-
nal, has got to have something TO sti-
r1ulate him. Then you find him max
ing liquor, drinking liquor, gambling.
and next to that the bawdy house,
PROSTITUTION. What about the enforce
n.ent of the liquor laws in this coun-
ty? Well, I have talked with some
people this morning, and I am very
glad to know that the sheriff and other
officers are making it pretty hot for
them, but | am told there is prota-
bly, little that may be had around
the swamps. Now, there is no reason
why the good people of this county
should put up with the lawless ele-
ment who disregard your sentiments
and the decency of your society and
drag down your government in the
dust. The people who engage in the
making and selling of liquor will do
anything. The only way is for each in
dividual citizen to put himself on the
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side of lew and order and decency,
and support the officers CT TIE law
and not honor the criminal, but to as
sist the officers of the law in bringing
the criminal to justice. have known
men in my county who would get blue
in the face, especially because we did
not interfere in Mexico, and preserve
order there, while his son was buy
ing liquor within a quarter Of mile
of his door, and yet this man did not
have the moral courage to go into the
court house and testify to what he
knew. He was willing to put this
government in war to enforce law 2
thousand miles from here, but didn't
have the moral courage to enforce 1t
at his own door. Nothing the matter
with the law-got plenty of law, but
we need men with some backbone
and some courage, to enforce the law
and that is the point that l make to
you. If your citizens have got the
moral courage to turn their faces
against the crime and stand behind
those who would enforce the law, then
you can clean up conditions. But some
of our people would say that man
has got the right to make liquor and
distribute it in the community. Coz
no right to interfere with his personal
liberty. Mr.. Foreman and Gentle
men, if a man steals a hog OF the
value of over five dollars, or steals
a COW or a horse and is convicted In
this court, the least that l can give
him in one year and a fine Of one
dollar. But the man who steals your
son by debaunching him with his IL
licit traffic, steals his health, steals
his efficiency, and when he is brought
into the court to be sentenced, then
he should be given little fine. That
is the conception of some people as
to how we should administer justice
The man who steals my cow is worse
criminal than the man who steals my
sen. l could buy another COW, but at
ter my sons health, life, character,