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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRLETOR. EDGEFLELD, S. Gn THURSDAY, JANUARY 26,1893. VOL. LVD. NO. 52. Number of Letters on the \ Evans Dispensary Bilk : From J. 1>I? Gii?es, Esq. MB? EDITOR : You rs to hand ask ing :my views of tho new_Dispen sary Law. Pressure of other mat ters forbids my entering into an elaborate discussion, but I ' giye a few of. the points that impress me most forcibly. On principle I am a prohibi-1 ; tionist. ;. I believe that whiskey has done the world much more J: arm than good, and that the liquor traffic uudeT the saloon system is one of the saddest reflections on our Christian civilization.. But I * am confronted, with the conviction that public sentiment on theques tion has not yet^ reached the plane where ?traigbtout prohibition can ' be practically enforced, and that ??itis unwise and futile to under take to legislate far in advance of the moral sentiment of the people. When the Dispensary plan wag first brought to my attention Jaat fall by a newspaper article, I was -impressed with- the idea of. its . being the most practicable solution of the liquor question, and have ^since advocated it in private con versation. The Dispensary plan strikes a happy medium between, the in iquitous bar-room system and the, as yet visionary, demands of ultra prohibitionisfs. As a prohibitory measure the strong point of the Dispensary plan lies in the fact that all per sonal profit is taken out of the business, leaving no inducement to posh'and abuse the sale of J whiskey. The "Dispenser" will get a fixed . salary, without reference to the amount of sales, for conducting the Dispensary according to rules rjBjiby the Board of Control, and ?Jin af wLLL_ son bnsi Ipl'.OnV Bacchus ;f . comfort ib_ under the new- dispensation they will get their corn and rye"juice 'pure and unadulterated, and not be poisoning their systems with vile decoctions of strychnine, cop peras, etc., and if they persist m worshipping occasionally at tho shrine of their favorite, it is to be hoped their orgies will be charac terized by "tanglefoot" jollity, rather than "popskull" and "?rn- j jam" devilment. Our lawmakers have been se verely criticised for alleged incon sistency in enacting a law which condemns and cl ises the bar rooms, and at the same time puts ; the State into bar-room business. Now, it seems to me that the adop tion of the Dispensary plan puts j the State in a much^troLgerposi tion morally than the old license system. Under the old plan the | Stat.? assumes the moral respon sibility of the liquor traffic by le galizing the V&r-rooms and selling! them licenses,-and yet shirks its responsibility and insures the abuse of the business by allowing j unscrupulous men to control the sale of whiskey and put enormous profits in their own pockets by blasting the manhood and ' de stroying the homes of their neigh ' bore. Und??r the Dispensary plan the State, while assuming the moral responsibility of the liquor business, endeavors squarely and [ honestly to meet that responsibil ity by taking the business directly under control and adopting judi cious regulations to prevent abuses and excesses while according due respect to personal liberty. Again, under the Dispensary plan the State will receive some compensation for the evils of the whiskey traffic by using the profits for the-benefit of the whole people, including those who may still,] perchance, suffer from its abuse. And this reminds us of another | strong point in the law, which is that every tar payer will be direct ly interested in its enforcement, and in the detection and punish ment of any who may try to handle whiskey in evasion of iits provis ions. . Some point to the bitter opposi tion ci the liquor dealers as evi dence tbat the pispensary plan will prove good prohibition, I attach but little importance to this, as I doubt if the liquor men trouble to look much beyond the fact that when the .Dispensary plan goes into operation "Othello's occupation is gone/' and this alone ia sufficient reason for their fight. 'No doubt when the plan is put in operation, experience will sug gest desirable amendments, but I look for the Dispensary idea to sweep the. country, and in yeiirs to come for. the people of South Carolina to point with pride to the fact that she was the first State to adopt it. I relieve, the Evans Dispensary Bill will be accepted a? proof of the sound statesmanship of its author and promoters, and will worthily, mark ;fhe; Legislature which'faesed it. J. M. GAINES, - Gaines, S. C. From Ex-Ssuator Callion. . . MK*EDITOR: In reply ta your . request for my views on the Ev tes Dispensary Law, allow me to' say ? that it is legislation run mad.., In attempting *to make a thing, ? crime, that no one will beli?ve it lo be ??rime, the Legislature of South Carolina has forged 1 the greatest crime against the individ ual and reserved rights of. tbe people in passing said law. It was conceived in malice and born amid the throes of. Draconian and factional hate against ! the towns and cities of our State. ] No liberty-loving people, or self-ra Bpectiug man will ever sigii a petition for the establishment '^t a County Dispensary, or go with that in one hand and a petition Jn,' the other, crowding before His OLigh nesB, the Dispenser, to purchase, ' it may be, a pint/of whiskey for a sick brother. No, Mr. Editor, our people will not submit to such 1 degradation and boss rule, or to have their civil rights trampled; apdh in any such manner. The Constitution authorizes the Legis-, lature to levy a tax upon the prop- 1 arty of the'.people sufficient to pay *>.'.'-?;. i'' -<.=.. n> .-- - formers prying into the household to see what the inmates eat and drink, or if they have intoxicants in suspicious quantities, io confis cate it without redress. What quantities will the lords of the Philistines allow us to keep with out crimination? Such a law is undemocratic, and I shall, be very much disappointed iu the temper and spirit of our people if they will tolerate such' interference with their liberty and personal rights., It is altogether outside the funo lions of government to engage in any ?ind of merchandise. Respectfully, JAS. CALLISON. Ca?lison, S. C. Representative W.K.Parks. MR. EDITOR : In answer to your request for my opinion of the Evans Dispensary bill, I will state, that the said bil?, in my opinion, while not strictly prohibition, is the very best that could have been passed, and I think it is daily growing in favor. Some look upon the measure as a compromise. Admit that to be a fact, and all conservative think ers must agree? that the bill is prohibitory in its nature, and good results will follow if sympa thizers and prohibitionists will do their duty. The Evans bill deliminates many of the evil influences common to the bar-rooms. Probably there are defects in the bill, but ,it will be an easy matter to make amend ments after the State has once taken hold of the monster. First give the matter a thorough test, then should it prove a failure, ab solute prohibition would follow, but at this time, in my opinion, such a measure is absolutely un attainable. The passage of the Evans bill was a long stride and a radical move toward the governmental control of one of the great political influences which if continued will sooner or later overthrow our Re publican government. Not only our State, but our National Legis lature, should enact stringent laws that would regulate whiskey and other monopolistic influences. There are two classes who op pose the measure. First, the bar keepers, and very naturally, be cause of the oppage of their bus iness : sec md 1 y, because after said bill has had a thorough ! test, the wisdom of the bill will be . so gen erally, admitted,, that no power can overthrow the law. The other-CIRBS are the extrem ists who'can-see no good in any measure passed by the. present ad ministration. I am glad, however,, to admit, that there are but few that are sO extreme as to oppose a measure which is virtually the same as the:one -which waB ad vocated by .-them during the last campaign. Yours respectfully j W: R. PARKS. Modoc, S. C. - . Representative J. H. Edwards. MB. EDITOR: In reply to your questionB as to my views on the E vanB bill, and reason s for * sup porting the*same, I wiT? saynfHat very much will depend upon the men" in conTrolof* Dispensary as to;theainountof good tobe had tborefrom. If our prohibitionists would use their influence that not>e but reliable men be placed in charge of same, thereby helping our worthy Governor in the dis charge of his duty, it would be of untold help. One of my reasons for support ing the bill isi that it takes the pron, from individuals and gives it to the State, thereby plucking the life from it, so to speak. Second, it does away with the bar-rooms, and, to a large extent, the social glass. Third, it is of no interest to the Dispenser whether he sells much or little. Fourth, it places the manage ment of the Dispensary in charge of a Board of Control, who can have the same closed at sunset. Fifth, it gives to every individ ual the right to aid the Dispenser in suppressing drunkenness, even on the highways, by keeping :%?m posted. Sjxth. it furnUhea Dure liauors MR. EDITOR: In eonipnauoe with your request "to give my views upon the Dispensary law for publication," I cheerfully submit the following hastily written reply : First of all I desire to say that said law did not have its origin with me, although I was consulted as to its general scope and pro visions before its introduction in the Senate by Senator John Gary Evans, and gave my consent to support it with my influence and vote for it in preference to what was known , as the "Roper-Nettles Prohibition bill," which had just passed the House and come over to the Senate for consideration. . I carried out that agreement and have seen no cause to regret my action. It must be remembered that leg islation is largely the result of a compromise of opinions arnon; legislators ; that few measures, in volving important changes or mod ifications of existing laws or the enactment of new ones, are ever carried through the ordinary chan nels of legislation without amend ments, additions, or abridgments of some of their provisions. So in this case, the passage of the pres ent Dispensary law was the out growth of conflicting opinions and demands as to the license laws as they existed and were enforced. The more I have reflected upon this new law as a whole, the more I am satisfied that it will meet the favorable consideration of a ma jority of the citizens of South Carolina when once they have wit nessed its practical operation. It meets my ideas of the justice and wisdom of distribution of the rev-Dues arising from the sale of vinous and alcoholic liquors as provided under this Dispensary law. The only class of people who will be materially affected by the operation of this new law is that class now engaged in the sale of intoxicants either as wholesale or retail dealers-more seriously the former (and I must say that I appreciate the apparent hardship upon them). But they must re member that they engaged in the business with a knowledge of the fact that they had no organic shield against legislative interfer ence with their business. If they presumed that the policy of the State would not be changed so far j as their business was concerned, it has proven to them an unwariinfc?j able presumption, and they are. like the man who has been elected; or appointed to a lucrative office,' Andy under the presumption that he would be continued, in such posi tion for successive terms, has made considerable outlay in providing for such expectation, but when; the next biennial or quadrennial, election comes around he finds he has failed of his expectations and has therefore to "get up and get!| to some other employment. As to the moral question of the; Dispensary system; about' whick' certain moralists raise their hands in "holy horror," I would; say there is no new principle of mor ality involved, peculiar to: the new law, since the old.license plan bo g?Jjze?r~~tK?T traffic, imposed a license iee, andlhe state received a pro rata of the same. In any event, the difference is only one of degree, or of amount of income de-: rivable. from the practical operas ti?n-of the law. It is true this is an untried system in this state, but we hare the experience of other countries;, which have tried a plan ^mewliat similar to this to encourage us ir?r ifs trial here. I refer to the Dis? pensary laws of Norway and; Sweden, and to the monoply law of Switzerland which has" proven so effectual in that country in the threefold relations-financial, po litical, and moral. Now I do not persuraeto claim that the Evans Dispensary law is perfect in its provisions, but that when it is put into operation its defects will become manifest and can and will be corrected by subsequent legislation, or that if the law, when tried, should prove to be unwise and impracticable, (as some suppose) it.will doubtlesEf be repealed and such other legista-, tion had asthe dictates of. experi ence and wisdom may suggest. I hope. Mr: Editor, the above' _'.. juruan. . As a piece of temperance legisla tion the Dispensary law is not satisfactory. A years time is re spectfully asked for before attempt ing to answer the question whether it will lessen the use of intoxicants. It is not necessary to charge the faults of the law to the General Assembly. They asked for an ex pression of the people's will at the, August primary. Had a majority voted for prohibition our law makers would hardly have had the hardwood to defy the expressed will of the people, at the risk of their political heads. I prefer to believe that they would have obey ed it gladly. Presuming that a majority of our white voters favor prohibition, it is to be hoped that they will have another opportunity to say so at the ballot box, and that it will not again be neglected. , V With the fact before them that only about ?ne-fourth of the voters asked for prohibition, our law makers turned their attention to the revenue value of the liquor traffic, as three-fourths of their constituents seemed to require them to do, and i any one has in vented a plan o arger promise to distil revenue for the State, he ought to have a patent and a pen sion. Morally, the Dispensary law is no worse than license and that is, perhaps, the best that can be said of it. License makes the State a partner in the liquor traffic, and the profits are shared. Now the other partner can turn his talent to other pursuits, and the State will sweep all the shekels into its own till. Nor is it morally any better than license, and that is, perhaps, the worst that can be said aboutit. At any rate, "it is as well to be hanged for an old sheep as for a lamb," and if South Carolina is to rest under the reproach of this awful traffic, I see no good reason for sharing the spoil with any one who may be willing to swap one dollar for twenty or fifty or one hundred. J. S. JORDAN, Phoenix, S. C. Ayer's Pills are constantly ad vancing in the estimation of those who use them. They improve the appetite, promote digestion, restore heaUhy action, and regulate every function. They are pleasent to take, gentle in their op 1 ration and powerful in subduing disease. THE WEWLY DISCOYEBED. Gospel of Peter-Translated from "the Original Greek By Prof es-1 ' sor' J. Reudell Harris, F. P. S. . Cambridge University, England, ? But none of the Jews washed [their hands, neither did Herod ?.or any of his judges, and when they would have washed them, ??Pilate re?a up: and thereupon [Herod the king bids that the Lord should be taken off, saying to ;hem, Do with Him asl bade rou . do. And there was come ihither' Joseph. , the friend of .Pilate and of the Lord,an cl knowing ihat they aro going to crucify Him ne came to Pilate and begged the gdy of the Lord for burial. And SUiate* sent to Herdo and |aked for Hit boy; and jTerod said, Brother Pilate even if no one had aeW for Him, jw?should have had 'to bury Him wt already the Sabbath draws on : ?pr it is written the law that the n must not go d*wn upon a irdered person, on the day be thel feast, the feast of un veiled bread. But they who d taken the Lord were pushing along at a run, and saying t.-us hale tnt Son of God, now t we have Him in our power; they clad Him with purple, d theo seated Him on a seat of jra?nt,8aying Judge righteously iing-of Israel ; and one of them gb4, a crown of thorns and set ii the head of theJLord. d others standing by spat on ?face, and others again struck ori the .cheeks ; others pricked m with a .reed, juid some were rg?iig Him and saying, This honor wherewith we will tor the Son ofvGod. And" they flit two malefactors and cruci ??iord between them. But He i silent, as if in no wise feeling " t and when [they set up the they inscribed the words, tili' the King of Israel." And ovu nas Me ;done?-andT [the Jews] being provoked at him commanded that his legs should not be broken, in order that he might die in torment. And it was now mid-day, and darkne^ covered all th? land of Judea, and they ware troubled and in anxiety lest the sun should be setting, since He was yet alive ; for it is written for them that the sun should not set upon a murdered man. And one of them said, Let us give Him to drink gall mingled with vinegar, and when they had mingled it they gave Him to drink; arid thus they brought all thing to a fulfil ment, and filled up the measure of <heir sins upon their own head. And^ many went about with lanterns, thinking it was night,.... and they fell down...,And the Lord cried out, saying, My Power, my Power, hast thou forsaken me? Arid when He had said this He was taken up. the And Same hour the veil of the temple of Jerusalem was rent in twain ; and then they drew out the nails from the hands of the Lord and laid him on the earth and the earth was wholly shaken arid great fear came upon them.Then the sun shone out,and it was found to be the ninth hour. But the Jews rejoiced greatly, and gave the body to Joseph to bury, for he had been an observer of all the good deeds which Jesns did. And he took the Lord and washed Him and wrapped him in a linen cloth, and brought Him into his own tomb, which was called Joseph's Garden. Then the Jews and the elders and the priests, when they saw what an evil deed they had done to themselves, began to beat their breasts and to say, Woe to our sins, for the judgment and the end of Jerusalem is at hand. And I with my companions was grieving, and being wounded in heart, we hid ourselves, for we were sought for by them as male factors and as men who wished to burn the temple. Aud we were fasting over all these things and sitting down, grieving aud weeping night and day, until the Sabbath. And the Bcribes and Pharisees and elders were gathered together for they had heard that all the peo were murmuring and beating their breasts and saying, If such mighty signs are wrought at His dsatb, consider how righteous a man He is ! The elders were afraid and came to Pilate,beseeching him and Baying. "Give us soldiers, that we may guard His tomb for three days, lest His diciples come ,and steal Him away," and people sup pose that He is risen from the dead, and do us ill. And Pilate delivered to them Petronius the centurion with soldiers to guard the sepulcher;- and with them there came elders and scribesjto the sepulcher ; and they witd the centurion and the soldiers ?who were there all together rolled .'a great stone and laid it at the door of the tomb, and they plastered seven seals, and pitched a tent there and mounted guard. And early in the morning, as the Sabbath was drawing on, there came a crowd from Jerusalem and from the surrounding country to see the tomb which had been sea led. And in . the night when the Lord's day was drawing on, as the soldiers were on guard, two and two in each watch, there was a great voice in heaven, and they saw the heav ens opened, and two men descend thence with great radiance, and. they stood over the tomb. But that stone which had been cast at the door rolled away of itself and withdrew.to one side, and the tomb was opened, and both the young men entered. When those soldiers saw this thev aroused the centurion and the elders for they also were present on guard); and as they were relating what they had seen, again they behold three men coming out of" the tomb, and two of them were supporting the third, and a croBS was following them ; and the heads of the two men reached to the heaven, but the head of Him who was being led along by tkem was higher than the heavens. And they heard a voice from heaven which said, Hast thou preached to them that are asleep? - And a res ponse was heard from the croao'A .to aft _.._?ueiiinQsewho w?rew?th tn"e centurion by night saw these things, they hurried to Pilate, leaving the sepulchre which they were guarding, and they related all which they had seen, being greatly distressed and saying, Truly this was the Son of God. And Pilate answered and said to them, I am pure of the blood of Son of God, but this deed was your good pleasure. Then they all drew near and besought him and entreated him to command the centurion and the eoldiers to say nothing of what they had seen. For it is better for us. they said to be guilty of the greatest sin in the sight of God, than to fall into the hands of the ?people of the Jews and be stoned. Pilate there upon ordered the centurion and be soldiers to say nothing. And at tha dawn of the Lord's day Mary Magdalene, a disciple of the Lord, who, being afeard of the Jews because they were inflamed by anger, had not done at the sepulchre aa women were wont to do over the dead and those that were beloved by them, took her friends with her and came t? the tomb where he had been laid ; and ; they were afraid lest the Jews should set thtm, and they eil1 though we were not able to keep and bewail Him in that day when He was crucified yet now at the tomb let us do so. But who shall roll us away the stone which was laid at the door of the tomb, that we may enter in, and sit by Him and do Him His due? For the stone was a great one, and we are afraid lest some ono should see us, and if we are not able [to carry out our plan], let ns cast down al the door what we are carrying injremombrance ot Him, and let us weep and wail until we reach our own homes. ^And.they came there and found the sepulchre opened ; and drawing near thither, they stooped down, and they see a young man sitting in the midst of the sepulchre, beautiful and clad in a most daz zling robe, who said to them, Wherefore are ye come? whom do ye seek? Is it the one who was crucified? He is risen and gone; and if ye do not believe, stoop down and see the place where He was laid; for He is not here; for He is risen, and has gone to the place from whenco He was sent. Then the women fled away in fear. And it was the iast day of the feast of? unleavened bread, and many people were going from the city to their homes the feast being ended. 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