WHISKEY QUESTION
LONG BEEN AN ISSUE
Lettir Published In 1859 Show* It
Was A? Acute Que*tion Then
At Now
In view of the fact that the ques
tion of prohibition is destined to
play an important part in the coming
presidential election, the following
article, published in 1859, brings to
mind the fact that whiskey has Ion*
been a political question, and one
that has long bc-en an issue in Amer
ican political life.
The following may appeal to the
reader:
Yorkvillr, Sept. 22, 1859.
Rev. Sir and Brothar: ? Your es
teemed favor, as Chairman of the
Committee of the divisions of the
Sons of Temperance of York District
conveying to me sentiments of their
appreciation of my services in the
Temperance Cause, and presenting
for my acceptance a Silver Pitcher,
as a memorial of their esteem, has
been received with emotions and
feelings, which I cannot express, and
which, perhaps, I should not, if I
could.
The truly beautiful Pitcher ? the
gift of the Sons and Daughters of
Temperance of my native District ?
I accept with a gratitude and thank
fulness, to be effaced only by mem?
orv's waste, or the pale cold hands
of death;.,. Should I fail to cherish
this memento of a too partial friend
ship, I wer^ dead to all susceptibil
ity of grateful impressions. Coming,
as this gift does, from friends and
neighbors, many of whom I esteem,
ail'! from advocates of a Cause,
whose concurrent tendency is to els
vat e humanity, and which, 1 am
persuaded, is no less than the cause
of Cod, the presentation receives
f-> these considerations inappre
-ciable value in my view ? well know.
?? that it is the donors and the
Cause, which invest with honor, and
?nshrine the gift.
Without the affectation of n hu
mility assumed for the occasion of
the remark. I feel impressed that
my kind friends have over-estimated
my services in the cause of Temper
ance: yet. Rev. Sir and Brothers,
you do me but justice in saying, that,
in my advocacy of its claims, I have
ever founded this momentous Cause
on "the immutable truth of God."
Yes. The christian duty of total ab
stinence from all intoxicating drinks,
as a beverage, was entertained by
roe, from reading that, Holy Book,
before I had, or thought of having,
?ny connection with the Sons of
Temperance. The obligation to "be
sober" ? to be as God had made me.
wa-- felt to be an imperative duty, *?
aoon as a christian profession was
felt to be a duty. Regarding total
abstinence as a part of that profes
sion, I became a member of the Or
der, because I found it a fit and
proper mean for the promotion of
this christian duty among christian
professors, and an equally useful in
strument for the advancement of this
moral virtue among non-professors.
That the Order has exhibited to all
its faith by its works, is too palpable
for dispute.
Permit me once more. Rev. Sir
and Brethren of the Committee, to
f'*ndcr through you to the Divisions
of the District, and to each of their
members collectively and individual
ly, a heart deeply impressed and
overflowing with a sense of sincere
gratitude for the kindnes*?and good
will manifested as well by their
sentiments of esteem, as by their
most acceptable present, communi
cated to me through you. May they
and you long live to enjoy that in
effable luxury ? the consciousness of
doing good, and of being a blessing
to your age and country; and accept
assurances of respect and attach
ment from, sincerely.
Yours, &c. W. C. BEATTY. i
Rev. L. A. Johnson, Chm. Com. !
DAVIDSON RIVER
Mrs. Willie Jones is still with her |
mother, who is very ill. !
Miss Mildred Barton and Miss
Pardee Jones were shopping in Bre
vard, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bull from Green
ville, S. C., were visitors of Mrs. |
Bi'll's parents, Sunday. j
Mr. and Mrs. Monteith and chil
dren were in Brevard. Saturday.
Mr. Robert Sherrill and Miss
Grace Ramer were married Sunday
*t the home of th~ brido's parents. I
Mr. And Mrs. Walter Ramer.
Miss Lucv Salts was shopping In ]
Ilcndersonville, Saturday evening.
Mrs. Bates Patton and friends
from Asheville. went on a picnic
Sunday.
Mrs. George Morris has gone to j
Greenvlilei S! C.. on a short visit. '
Somebody is always getting in the
way of the man who is in the pur
suit of happiness.
Confidence is seldom lost, but it
is often sadly misplaced.
A girl isn't necessarily timid be
cause she jumps at a conclusion.
Be sure of your fatted calf before
assaying the ,role of the proilitral
son.
Every married woman thinks that
all her husband'" bachelor f ? u >! v
envy him.
A family jar is never ii'iil in re
serving pone.
Hor:oR unknown" i
Ami 'icff D-.y Cji-am ?>:
in t.' ? C?;)i!a! of
1 ' . :
? sn.
November 11, 1927.
Armistice <Iay observance at Wji.-n
ii.-.'ton centers about the Ulik:imvi<
Soldier's tomb, where there is a gat!i
nilia of (I'.ose who always ebsiTV
l!ii> day wiih floral tributes. IVjbai'
is dozen organizations make the pit ?
j'finmce tu Arlington, among them j !j. ?
lit; le interdciiotiiimitipnnl group ??!.
present am] former army chaplain*
who conducted the religious serv'r"= ;
at the tomb when the Unknown wa?
lalil beneath the .great granite s!;.b
that covers his resting place.
Army comrades of the war dead
everywhere pay honors. Flags are at
half-staff. Troops are ordered drawn
up in silence to stand rigidly for a
minute at 11 a. m? the hour of the
armistice nine years ago. The na
tional salute of 21 guns is decreed for
all saluting posts.
Throughout the nation memorial
services befitting the day mark gath
erings In schools and churches and
the momentary halt and silent tribute
to the meaning of the day Is Inter
woven even with prosaic business- ac
tivities in many of the country's scat
tered industries.
ERECT STATUE TO
HERO OF VERDUN
Soldier Who Died Glorious
ly Remembered.
the miners of the little town of
Bully-les-Mines, France, emerge from
the shafts each day they have before
their eyes a story, carved in stone, of
the deed of one of their number win
carried on, even In death, during the
"dnjrs of hell" at Verdun.
Fernaml Marclie was a runner at
tached to the French forces at Vor
dun, and when the Germans began a
new assault he was sent with an
urgent message to the colonel of ?
front-line regiment. On his way
Mnrche was mortally wounded, bill
dragged himself to ? crossroads,
where some other runner might see
bis body.
Thus he died, holding aloft one
hand In which the precious message
was clutched. Another runner dlu
come nlong, took the message from
the stiffened lingers and delivered It.
Then he went to Fernand's regimen; |
and told how he died.
This moving gesture has been tresis
ured In the hearts of the hero's r?i
low townsmen, who. with the help ol
the mining company, have erected ?
monument to Marche's memory. The
monument represents him as he must
have appeared to the second runne.
who found his body, his right arm
thrust townrd the sky, holding Its
message.
CONSECRATING ^
THE ARGONNE |
V j '
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This huge shaft will recall to the i
mlndi of future generation* the eerv ;
Ices of the Yankeee in the Meuse i
Argonne region of France. Thle men 1
ument, to be erected at Montfauccn '
will be 165 feet high and the columr ;
24 feet In diameter. John F useel'
Pope of New York designed fhe
memorial. ?
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