The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-02-10
JOHN GARY EVANS
BACK FROM EUROPE
FORMER GOVERNOR RETURNS
STRONG FOR PROHIBITION

FORMER GOVERNOR RETURNS
STRONG FOR PROHIBITION
SAYS People OF Old World Believe
Ex.p-es;dent Wilson Has Only
Solution
The State, s.
"I come back to my country more
Of g prohibitionist than ] ever vas
said John Gary Evans, former COVER
nor Of South Carolina, last n:gat
while at the state house where he was
watching with much interest the pro-
ceed;ngs Of the legislature. Mr.. EV-
ans returned to America short time
ago after having spent several months
in Europe and northern Africa.
~ have seen so much of wine drink
ING and whiskey drinking and beer
drinking; so few persons who were
actually sober, so many evidences OF
degeneracy brought about by eXces-
s;ve use Of alcohol, that l feel like
commencing our country because we
took alcohol IN hand before it had
gotten a death grip on our people.
"Not that you see many people IN
Europe in the cutters dead drunk,
vet there are few who are sober at
any time. Day and night they are
under the influence Of alcohol.
Lloyd George is the only man in
Europe who has any common sense
and might say he IS almost the only
sober one.
Talks Of Morality
Moral conditions in England are at
the lowest ebb. All of Europe is
steeped in immorality-there is no
Christianity over there. The people
go through the forms but they are
absolutely ignorant Of the teachings
of the Christ. The larger cities on.
the continent are worse than Sodom
and Gomorrah, and it is wonder that
they have not been destroyed. The
Arabs Of Egypt were the only sober
people 1 saw.
"The people realize that they are
in a bad way-that their civilization,
their methods of life. and of doing
business are almost a failure-that
their political and social systems are
founded on wrong principles. They
have debased agriculture and the ag
riculturist in Italy is little better off
than he was in feudal times.
''The people don't know where to
turn-they have no confidence in any
thing except in America and they are
hoping that America will step in and
show them the way.
"Anerica has had an opportunity
that GENES to but few nations, and
had she seized it she could have made
friends Of nearly every country in tie
world. As it is today, with American
big business men controlling the Sit
uation ! fear we have lost our oppor-
tunity; we are coming to be regarded
as exploiters instead of humanitari-
ans.
at is beautiful to see in what re-
gard the people, ever the school chill
dren, hold Woodrow Wilson and how
they have memorized his IA points.
They can't see why America repudiat-
ed such humane and benevolent prin-
ciples. 1t will be impossible for US
to- accomplish anything except
through the policy and the means sug-
gested by Woodrow Wilson, and 1
hope America will regain the position
she held under his leadership"
Need OF Cotton
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The need of cotton and American
supplies is felt sorely III Europe. Mr.
Evans said. presidents Of big busi-
ness concerns in the United States are
sitting around in Europe waiting for
concessions, thus holding Southern
and Western supplies out of the
country. The people need only lit
tie credit to get going. If the people
of the South and West could see how
they are being deprived Of selling op-
portunities in Europe there would be
a revolution in this country.
'|In Italy, which used to be great
consumer of cheaper grades of cotton,
l saw hundreds of people on the riv-
er banks washing their one cotton
garment, drying it and putting it on
again. If given a chance these peo-
pie could buy hundreds of bales of
cotton. We are losing our opportun-