Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-01-25
WALHALIA, 8. @.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. rs, 1922.
-SHAKE WE'LL BEFORE TAKING.'

A story comes to us from Seneca,
in roundabout and devious ways, or
Il recent occurrence in our sister
town that reminds us Of the oft-seen
admonition on the labels Of medi-
cine bottles, "Shake we'll before TAX
ing"
The story comes to US that. only
recently, a traveller entered certain
restaurant in Seneca, and deposited
on the floor by the counter grip or
sptchel, with the request that lie be
permitted to leave the grip there un-
til his train was ready to leave. The
request was granted by young man
in charge-and rightly so, for we
understand that the traveller was an
occasional patron OF the eating estab-
lishment. But later, it Is said, a lady
who had every right Of proprietor
ship to be there, came In, and pick
ing up the grip, proceeded to "shako
we'll before taking"
There was no rattle to the sound
that came from the grip. but there
was a sound as of water-or some
thing-inside of a bottle-or some
thing--lnside the grip. Curiosity,
.. agled with something akin to Il
righteous wrath, overcame the lady,
and the grip being not locked. it wss
opened. And behold! full half gal
Ion Of dim light-moonshin
In true Carrie Nation style-but
with no flare Of trumpets or sound
of hammers and hatchets-the dim
light was "shed" upon the sidewalk,
and all within the grip thereafter was
total darkness, which mingled with
the wearing apparel Of the traveller,
making no compaint, following the
illustrious example Of the traveller
who owned the grip.
So The story goes. We know moth
ing of it "frst hand"
But there were no inquiries as to
what had become Of the liquor. Not
word was said. not an inquiry even
limited at. Why? Had some article
OF wearing apparel been missing from
the grip, inquiry would have been
made, and probably a suit would
have been entered against the said
restaurant or its proprietor.
But there's reason" as a prom
inent manufacturer so often tells US.
There Is no legal liquor in South
Carolina to-day. The man who sells
it violates the law, the man who buys
1t assists in concentrating law vio-
lation, the man who transports it Is
"a law violator, and tho man who
drinks It is-of course this Is only
our personal opinion and In no way
binding on anybody else to either ac-
cept or endorse "a poor, deluded
fool
And that's the reason" The per
son who transports liquor cant raise
howl without discriminating him
self and stamping himself openly a:
n law violator, and subjecting him.
self 20 penalty Of the laws Gin such
cases made and provided"
Had the lady in question taken the
liqnor and put 1t away "for future
reference" Of some kind she. too
would have been amenable to the Law
FOR "unlawfully storing and having
in possession" that which the law
very plainly says shall not be pos
scssed by. or transported or store
away, sold given away. or in fact
it might be so construed, perhaps
handled In any way whatsoever.
Liquor is mighty good thing [,
keep ones hands off Of 1t defic
nine out Of ten who have anything t.
do with IT, in any way. save and OK
cept, as in tho case Of the good lad
who handled the liquor above refer
red to, when l. Is destroyed and rem
slered harmlss.
Tho only way to be sure that tn
&lamning influence OF liquor will nc
touch you is to follow the old adagt
''Touch not, taste not, handle not
Tho momen. one goes beyond tha
injunction one Is tampering wit
trouble, tempting fate and handhn
the most damning and damnabl
weapon devised by the devil as a ce
tain means Of extinguishing eve,