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ing the Brice bill, saying they had published only certain portions of it. leaving out the following provisos. which he read: A tax of one-half mill is hereby levied annually upon every dollar of the value of all taxable prop erty in all the counties voting to re move the dispensaries: any county voting out a dispensary shall not thereafter receive any part of the sur plus that may remain of the dispen sary school funds. It has even been said that Governor Heyward has said he wouldn't put on the extra tax. Heyward had nothing to do with it. The legislature had already put on this half mill tax, and the legislature had said if you vote out the dispensary you will not receive any more a part of the school funds. If the dispensary was voted out, the county would put on itself an extra half mill tax, be sides taking away from itself every dollar of the school fund. State's Financial Condition. "In 1904 the legislature approp;,at ed $285.ooo to pay the interest on the state debt and $20.ooo for the payment of past due interest on old stocks and bonds. That gives you some idea as to the financial condition of your state. Last year the county levy was 3 mills and the state levy 5 mills. This year the legislature with all its dis pensary money had raised the state levy to 3 1-2 mills while the county levy had been reduced to 2 1-2 mills" He was not speaking for the dispen sary strictly from a financial stand point, but it was well worth while to consider it from that standpoint be cause the people. negroes. who don't pay any taxes but two-thirds of 'the liquor. "After the dispensary, then what? Blind tigers throughout the county and social clubs in the town. with the card -table, the social drink and the poker game. Some -Figures. "Now. I wish to call your attention to some figures. The report of the dis pensary officials for last year is as fol lows: Total sales. $3.374.786.43; net earning for account school fund. $171, 377-73: net pronlt. eqally divided be tween towns and counties. S603.998.22: earnings for the year, for the school fund. counties and towns. S775-375.95. We have paid to the state treasurer since December I. 1903, on account of the school fund. $304.338.94. which re duces the school fund to S4oo.ooo, as required by law. The total assests 01 'the state dispensary at t-he close of the fiscal y'ear on November 30. 1904- were SI,o29.397-05, of which $52.860.56 is in real estate. What are you going to do with this property if you close the dis pensary? The gross profits for the year were $652,118.75. The amount of contraband liquor seized was $7,146.97 Without the dispensary force, whatr would become of this contraband li quor? T.he net profits of the Newber ry dispensary were $I0,918.40; of the Prosperity dispensary, $ ,98o.98; of the beer dispensary, $604.80. N ew berry's share, you will see, equally di vided between town and county, was $13,504.18; and her share of the school fund was $8,0o0. You now have better school houses and larger salaries for teachers. "They say under the dispensary law every citizen is a liquor dealer. Why. the United States makes every one a liquor dlealer by collecting internal rev'enuet. wh'ich amoutntedI last y'ear, whi--ker. to. and fre m' beer cot ofth Unte -Stats tax. For r-:venue tax you \adpy iC tax to the United Staten. As it is it is just the ;amne as under the dispensary; only the man who drinks pays it. As to Blood Maney. S"They talk about bloo<; monev. It isa pity that some people are not told who their grandfathers were:' I heard a young man say that any one who sold liquor would steal. I told him rio: to say tha:a any more He seemed tget miad. anid asked me why. I told h:im to ask hisL mother. As a matter (I'! act. mts grandfather had made al te monley h'e had out of whi-key. It i *b *d moneyri to hypo crt. but' lbse who 5t(p anid when they went to Newberry tinderl he old bar room system and he want ed them to -ompare these conditions with Newberry of the present time. They used to be afraid to pass cercain places; they would dread what they I would hear inside and what they might see coming out. Now, they had no fear of being insulted in t."n --s the result of whiskey. He referred to the high license system. saying that the rich would be able to pay the li cense. and the revenue which now goes to the people would then be gath ered in by the man who was able to pay the license. He asked the ladies if they wanted to see the state go back to drugstore bar rooms and to social clubs. He spoke of the fact that the country was not policed, as was the town. and that it would be even more impossible to suppress blind tigers in the country than in the town. and said they would flourish from 1he day the dispensary was vozed out. He did not intend to enter into any personali tv. ie was making the fight because he was the people's represe4tative. He stood not as a leader. seeking to dictate. as some had tried to make it appear. but as the servant of the peo pie he considered it his duty to tell them what he thought of this matter. I thought that they claimed to be working for the best interest of the people but here confess that they have "no personal intent on one side of the question." Well if they are working for the people's interest only, why noc go to the people and discuss their positions. It is no personal interest to me except that which I have in my fellowman and my county and do not expect co be re-imbursed financially but I am willing to lose the time and pay my expenses to serve those who have hon ored me. I haven't got a cent of it and never expect to. They say, "If there are any individuals who for per sonal or other reasons desire to go before the people and make speeches is their own affair." Ti so why did they go to .Ir. Jones and beg him not to come here. They are about as con sistent in that as in their ight for pro hibicion. I wonder who wrote Chair man Long's address. I hear his voice but I see a certain lawyer's hand. He claims to be a orator, why dodge be hind Chairman Long. come out and fight in the open. After 'the dispen sary. then what? Dispensary Not Perfect. "The dispensary is not perfect. We ought to get better liquor at the same price. \\'e ought to get liquor at less profit, and,not so many new brands. and what the people call for at rea sonable prices. I want the money to go into the liquor and let it come back to the people in value. "The system is the best ever de vised by man. Turn out those wvho are doing wrong, or are not doing their duty, and put in good men. If it is not being run propedly, is your gov ernent, town, coun;y or United States, perfect? If so, why so much discord? If you wis-h the dispensary closed, let no man buy a drop of whiskey. Let the so-called prohibi tionists be as honest in practice as they claim to be in theory, and the dispensary in South Carolina wvill close in one y'ear, and the blind tigers will starve in their dens. "I ask you in conclusion, after the dispensary. what? May your judg ment. may your conscience dictate the answer, and may y'our vote b)e govern ed by thle arP5wer that youir ennlScience Mr. R. Y. Kibler. Rev. J. A. Sligh. There were continued calls for the Rev. J. A. Sligh. and he was forced to .espond. JI said that he wou!d nia' gin any bad advke for anything irt the world. He would noit tell people to do a thing which he believed they ought not to do. The question was important. It deeply concerned the people and their children, and they ough: to look at it seriously and thughtfully. it should be cons-idered weI! andl sentiment or politics or prejudcice houtld not have any influ en ce. In :h va C -.e ad been hl:oCre by pe:.:sary and prohibition.. he voted for the dispensary. because he thought th-en abeeve yet t'nat it was the Very Best Solution. Whiskey was here. and oh. how some people love it and huw far they would go for it! He never knew how men were such slaves to it until he entered the Confederate army. He had no doubt but that liquor was one of the worst evils that ever entered the world. It had caused more harm, more blood-shed. more trouble in fam ilies. It was here,and was here to stay. The question was what dispo sition to make of it so as to bring about the least evil among the people. You can't let it loose, he said. The law must deal with it. For the last twelve years the dispensary law had been in force. He had voted for the dispensary. because he thought the dispensary law could be enforced and that a prohibiti' n law could not be en forced. He had looked at it from a common sense standpoint. He thought then that it was impossible to enforce a pro hibition law. and he thought so vet. There were too many men before him who would see a negro sell blind tiger liquor and not report it. Shall we ha-e a law which can not be en forced. and no law can be enforced un less there is a healthy public senti mnent behind it. System and Management. }le believed the dispensary law to be the best law ever enacted for deal ing with v?hiskey, but he was thor oughly disgusted with the manage ment. It was rotten as rotten could be and as corrupt as corrupt could be. Men must be elected to the legisla ture who would pass laws to see that the dispensary law was enforced. He Stood With Tillman in his letter. He -though-t Tillman's letter was the calmest, mildest and most sensible thing -he had ever seen him do. He knew that ,being a preacher. everybody expected him to cry prohi bition. But he was a citizen, as well as a preacher. and he wanted the peo ple to do that which was for their good. and the good of their children and their children's children. He had no patience with extremists. Better let extremists alone, he said. Wanted No Office. Mr. Sligh said he wanted no ottice. but he thanked the people for the con fidence they had shcwn in him in the past. He had never wanted office as much as some people thought he did: he had never wan:ed it enough to tell a lie for it or to stoop to low means. He had always had the courage of his convictions. and t.he courage to speak the truth. He didn't want to be misunderstood. This was a complicated question. He iardly knew how lhe stood himselt. He wvasn't going to tell the people how to vote. Vote as you please, he said. They were responsible to God to do that which, in t-heir opinion, would re sult in the least harm, and if they do harm that can be overlooked. Four Classes. The people were divided into four classes: . Many good citizens and c-hurchi members and some good Christiaiis favoed the dispensary conscientious ly because t-hey thought it the best so lution of the liquor question, and not because they expected office. 2. Those who favored the dispen sar for the benenits they could de rive from it. popularity and offnce. . Those wvho were prohibitionists, because they conscientiously believed pra;ihit ion wa, :'.e b)est solu:ion. )Ir. Sih said he di't agree with the-c. wihnemn. if he believed proibitionf 4. Those wh4 hated the (disp1:ry: those who wanted to sell liquor: those who wanted high license. The speaker said he didn't believe in high license. Did you ever know a man to pay a li license but what he lav was violated and the thing run in'the ground? he asked. It meant open bar rooms. lifthe dispensary was voted out Mr. Blease: It will not he voted out i you will come in and help us. Mr. Sligh: I am helping now. The )rohibitionists and the liquor men were now frien dlv. ae said,. but as soon as the dispensary was voted out. there would he a big fight hetween the~m. The c nrorhibhi:ioni sts woul wamt pro I c : -: n : .; 1 d *h e l t h e m o u)e i t . Y I The q- estion askedi by Mr. P,!ease, After the Dispensary, Then What? been enforced like it was in the be ginning. it never could have been vot ed out. But the dispensary was cor rupt. and those who were fighting it hoped that "we who stood by it would favor voting it out: because they know that those who stood by the dispen sary are in the majority. and that is probably one reason why they don't want discussion." This was a free country and he didn't see any reason for no: ..aving a full and free discus sion. He believed there were some good men behind the prohibition movement: some men who loved God and their country. He believed that there were other men connected with it who would willingly go with it into poli'iCS. Some men never forgave ncr forgot, and wanted revenge. He wanted to emphasize that Liquor Was Here. -le had never been an extremist on Ii quor. He had always contended that liqu r was a medicine. and should be used that way. Liquor was a good thing in its place. and it had its place. just as quinine or s-trychnine. But it was here and it was not kept in its place. and if he had it in his power to destroy every drop of it. he would vote that way for the good of the world. But as a citizen. he concluded, knowing it is here, you know you have got to deal with it. Take this question home with you and consider it. and vote, not for your own inter ests. but for the interests of your fel lowman and your country. The Barbecue Dinner. The barbecue dinner was excellent and was very thoroughly enjoyed, as Pomaria barbecues always are. Some men do right only because they are too cowardly to do wrong. Shaking dice for the drinks is some men's idea of strenuous physical ex ercise. Barbecue. We will furnish a first class barbe cue at Mr. Perry Halfacre's mill on Saturday, July 22. 1905. Arrange ments will be made for the usual en joyments of all-present. Cooking will be under the best arrangements. J. D. H. Kibler. D. E. Halfacre. Season Tickets Via. C., N. & L. The Columbia, Newerry and Laur ens railroad offe-a Season Tickets to the following points, limited until October 31st, 1905: Asheville. N. C. S7.05 Alexander 7-35 Arden 6.75 Biltmore 7-00 Brevard 7.90 Flat Rook 6.30 Fletchers 6.65 Hendersonville 6.40 Hot Springs 8.oo Murphy 1I-30 Saluda - 6.oo Swannanot 7.35 Tryon 5.6o Waynesville 7.80 Lake Waccamaw 9.30 Wrightsville II-70 Carolina BeachI.5 Georgetown 8-30 IConway 10.10 Isle of Palms 7.90 FOR~ BARGA FURNI HOUSE HOI Kibler, Do Sullivans Island 7.90 Waterloo 1-95 Cross Hill 1.95 Glenn Springs 4.45 Spartanburg 4.10 Greenville 4.05 Parties wishing to purchase tickets to points beyond Spartanburg will please notify me before the trains are due, that I may arrange to have tick ets ready on their arrival. For schedules or further informa tion phone or write, J. W. Denning, Agent. Dr. R. M. Kennedy, DENTIST. Newberry, - - S. C. OVER NATIONAL BANK. Best Mineral As phalt Roofing. C. H. CANNON, Near C.. N. & L. Depot Just received 2 car loads of Buggies. I car load of Wagons. and a lot of up to-date and first class Harness. All to be had at REASONABLE PRICES at A T. BROWN. W OR K BY A Newberry Steam Laundry Co. INS TUR E .1 GOODS RY. S. C