The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 07, 1905, Image 4
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KINGSTREE. S. C.
C. W. WOLFE,
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1905.
In Re the Dispensary.
The question has been asked us
by one whom we regard as a friend?
although we differ with him on the
present issue?why wu are opposed
to the <1 isnensarv svskem and also we
have been requested to set forth our
reasons for the benefit of the public.
As briefly as possible we shall comply
with this request.
In the primary election of 1892
the question of prohibition was submitted
to the people of South Carolina
and answered aftirmatively'by a
majority of sixteen thousand votes,
every county except eight showing a
clear majority for prohibition. At
its next session the legislature, instead
of carrying out the wishes of
the people as expressed at the ballot
box and passing a straight prohibition
law, concocted a "compromise
measure'" in the form of the dispensary
law as we know it today. Thus
m was the will of the majority made
subservient to the.will of a minority
and the dispensary born in the betrayal
of the people, w ho were forced
to submit.
Undoubtedly the law in its pristine
form presented some good features
as compared with the former license
system, ami having failed to got what
they wanted those who conscientiously
opposed the selling of lhjuor
accepted the subterfuge with what
grace they could command and before
condemning it waited to see the
practical working of the law. From
time to time there were heard complaint
and criticism and expressions
of dissatisfaction, but the friends of
the institution lightly disposed of
everything by ascribing the kicking
to "sore-headed ex-barkeepers and
their friends. When this explanation
grew thread-bare and ceased
tn ovnlttin. fht?n Sjiid the ai)olo<?istS
~-r ? - o
for the system: "Oh, give the law
a chatice; the legislature will remedy
all the defects next session and every
thing will be lovely." The legislature
did amend the law and kept on
amending it, and with what result?
As has been demonstrated within
the recent past the institution is
reeking with rottenness and corruption.
State and county, wherever
probed, reveals a condition of fraud
and graft and jobbery so flagrant
as to excite the disgust of friend and
" v foe alike. Permeating through the
devious rani iti cat ions of the entire
system, root and branch and from
center to circumference, is the trail
of the serpent, and in mauy counties
the people have risen in their might
and resolved to rid themselves from
its insidious coils.
With the disclosures at Spartan
burg and Columbia fresh in their
minds the most ardent dispensary
(Partisans argue their cause not as
ilhela*- now stands;, but. as it might
<V amended and carried out. And
v.vlio is to do t hi* work of pu rification?
The legislature?tlu- same power
rhat in 1892 flouted the will of the
people atal for twelve years has been
tinkering w ith its spurious off-spring.
Does it stt^d ho reason that by some
miracle of statesmanship a scheme
will be evolved whereby such a
channel-houst* of vice and corruption
can be transformed into a ien?
pie of beauty ami purity? We think
not
The liquor ptobleu is a vexed
| oik- at best ami we are prone to ac- '
eept anything that will shift the (
' burden of restiunsibilitv from our 1
i :
shoulders and j?av money into the
. public treasury, for money lias a
magie chat m to salve the lacerated eon '
: science a? well as to "help the hurt
tiiat honor feels." Thus the peoph
have been for a time beguiled into
i
I accepting the dispensary as the "best
I solution" without really knowing
[what thev were endorsing until their
j eyes were opened and their slumber-(
nig consciences quickened by tho |
! revelations that the investigating:
v
committee lias brought to light
In view of these exposures the:
!
I system has lost all claim t>? the title;
! of' best solution", even if it were
bloVtll into I he bottle al??Ug with tile:
palmetto tree ami tile State seal, ami1
lone may well be pardoned for modifying
his \iews on the subject.
One of the catchy arguments for
'he "Great Moral Instil ition" is the
I restrictive feature. Let us see howlit
has restricted the sale: in IOC"
j thejtotal sales amounted to .$2,406," 16
I and the net earnings were $560,S9?>:
| iu 1903 sales $2,817,998, net earnlings
$638,482; in 1904 sales,
$3,374,786, earnings $775,375, and;
in 1905,by the showing made before |
the committee of investigation, the !
I State dispensary now has on hand
and bought for future delivery a stock
of about $1,000,000 worth of liquor.
Moreover, when it was found that |
the plain liquor of the dispensary 1
|did not suit the taste of its patrons '
I they laid m a supply of mixed)
| drinks and fancy brands of case.
g<XHIS ill HI UVUJ Jillturg? i" l
certain individuals who sell all kinds
of liquor by the drink or "any old
way.*' That's restriction with a
vengeance. There may be such a
thing as fighting tire with tire, but
as a rule water is a far moie effective 1
weapon.
Then there is the profit feature, '
| which, after all, disguise it iis you
may, is the main prop of the institution.
Take that avvav and the
I
thing would fall of its own weight.
o e (
Here is where the system gets in its
tine work. Like the darkey's coontrap
it "ketches 'em a-comiu' and
ja-gwine.The law discourages the
j useof liquor by restricting the sale.
: Yet it encourages the sale by giving
la part of the revenue to the schools.
| i
W as there ever a more ingenious de- i
I . . I'
vice for whipping the devil around
the stumpy Then, too, when a uispensarv
ceases to 'pay'' it is very
soon closed. T he dispenser's salary
is commensurate with the volume of
business lie does.
Aside from the question of morality
let us consider the profit feature
I Iiti.'inu? vt inrlnni ii t \<<r.ni
j ing that the profits for this county ^
amount to $13,000 a year, how much
: liquor sold and consumed does this
represent? Where does the money J
come from ami what becomes of the
difference between the profit and the '
purchase price, something like
$50,000 a year? It passes into the ;
hands of the distillers of Kentucky (
J and North Carolina and Richland i
J county, while its equivalent debases i
the consume] here at home. W^nid'nt
the county be just that much better i
off if no liquor were sold? Ristribu- <
ted amo ig our merchants the effect I
'of ihis nionev would be distinctly i
I * , ,
1 appreciable, or invested in buildings |
we would have 50 or bo comfortable
! dwellings put up every year. ,
Viewing the matter as we do we
honestly believe that the county i
would b- vastly better off by voting
out the dispensaries. The issue is a
weightv one and should not be
lightly disposed of. It is worthy
of the earnest and tlnughtful atten
tion of even* citizen, who when
he conies to vote .should cast his ballot
for that which will benefit the
greatest number.
In the foregoing we have hurriedly
and imperfectly outlined our views as
opposed to the dispe.isary.Next weeK
we shall continue the discussion and
try to show how prohibition will be
an improvement on the present svs- j
. telll.
FOLEYlSKlDNIYCDFE
Bakes Kidneys and Bladder Bight
Now it's M:ull>oro, Greenwood,
Cherokee, Pickens, lTnion ami Newberry.
Next!*'
The State constabulary now costs
(lie State a year. Wonder
wliat the State hoard costs.
It is a pretty "given" man who
will befooled by the a-scrtion that
tiie time is not "ripe" for prohibi
t loll.
Marion, Dailington, Florence,
\\ illiamsburg and llorry are ail trying
to shake off the dispensary men
bus. Let the good work go on.
Tlie "small minority" in every
community that oppose* the dispensary
seems to l>e quite a ponderahle
factor troin the efforts fliatuiv b.-ing
made to . tjueich it.
If prohibition lie "negative and
external'" what is the dispensary positive
and internal!' Many people
think prohibition externally preferable
to liispeasatv internally
In every county where prohibition
takes the place of the dispensary the
people express themselves as being
perfectly satisfied. Is that, the case
in the dispensary counties? If so.
whence all this agitation?
The State dispensary may yet turn
.nit to be another Independent Oil
Company affair. The bookkeeper
of the dispensary admits that it
owes over a half a million dollars,
and has not paid a cent to the school
fund this year.?Pee Dee Advocate.
"The State is not in the liquorselling
business on account of the
prolit derived therefrom," say the
dispensary ad vocates. Then why al
low a man to buy as inuth as five
gallons a day and why charge more
tor the same grade of whiskey than
do other dealers outside of the State.
Whether or not the dispensary wi' 1
lie voted out of Williamsburg
county lemains to be seen. It is an
aid political trick to discredit opposition
by asserting that public sentiment
is changing from prohibition
to dispensary. The boot is on the
other leg,as a matter of fac'. Sentiment
against 1 he dispensary has been
increasing eveiv year untii .mx>ii the
momentum will be so great as to
sweep it from the bounds of the Palmetto
State.
"1 do not hesitate to say," says
Senator Tillman, 44tii.it I can find
in tlr.' Hi hie a dozen or two dozen
tex's recognizing the us?- of liquor
io where von can find one that dis:ou
rages it or denounces it."
We doubt not also that Senatoi
fill man could find a dozen men in
lell who recognized tin* use of liquor
.o one who denounced it. The proportion
may be even greater. We
lave no definite statistics on the subject.?Walhalla
Courier.
"Damn the law," said Supervisor
Speegle, of Greenville, when the
county treasurer remoustrated about
I he way he conducted his office. After
that Senator Tillman telegraphed
to Greenville: "Vote for Speegle.*'
Of course the Senator hud not heard
t)f the supervisor's defiant remark
but citizens of the county had, and
they turned down Speegle and the
message from Washington. It Jocks
is if they were goiug to trout the
same way th* message which came
from Trenton: "Don't vote out the
dispensaries now. Wait another
year and see if they can't be purified.
Pee Dee Advocate.
We desire to keep the yecord
straight and would not intentionally
make a misleading statement. In
1 i-' - I i ,
lUSt WCCK S issue \> c 3ini.ru iuui i.it
amount per capita received by pupils
of the public schools 111 this county
was about thirty-five cents. The
correct estimate ijised on tile tiguies
from the aiulito? office for 1905 is
74 cents per pm>il. We cheerfully
make this conecnton us to the number
of cents per pupil, but the point
remains the same. In ten veaisat the
same rate, the average public school
scholar would receive from the dispensary
fund the princely mm of
fffire Siii New Qiitib.
And rhere is Something Doing on the Bargain Counter.
Entire Line 01 ^^^^0
dry goods, notions, hats and shoes,
j.. . Going at Actual Cost and Below Cost. . ..
GROCERIES, FANCY AND STAPLE
tmammmtamu lc * - ? a????? ^?o?
No Su' li Stock Ever Seen Here Before. Call For What You
Want and It Not In Stock We'll Order It at Once.
?Headquarters For r-.
cigars, tobacco, fine candies, soda water
: q and ice cream. + :
We Thank Our Friends For Past Patronage and Cordially Invite
Them to Our New Store. Yours to Serve,
P. S. COURTNEY & CO.,
main street - - KINGSTREE, 5. c.
I llimwill H'HIIMH III 11 IPWI l> I'II Mil
[.The Best Of AIL
| Examine the Analysis of Harris Lithia Water and
You Will Find that no Other Mineral Water Can .
' Compare With It. Thousands Testify to its Cura%
tive Properties and the Medical Profession Unanimously
Endorses It. I
Hotel Now Open
Come to Harris Lithia Springs If You are Seeking Health i
| and Pleasure.
IFOR TERMS, ETC., APPLY TO
Harris Lithia Water Co.,
| HARRIS SPRINGS, S. C.
IIS REDUCTION^ ~~
rim mine mint.
AAiMlft UfiVAAA#? i AlAllliMr
On account of the crowded condition of our ware-rooms, we
shall be compelled to thin down our stock, so as to jLfive us
* more room for alterations on tirst and second floors,
as it is impossible for the carpenters to work iu the store
until a part of the stock has been moved. We therefore
announce a bitf reduction in prices on our entire stock of
over one hundred new pianos, for thirty days only. These
pianos have all been recently received from our factory and
are in the best possible condition. They comprise the following
world renowned, hi??h grade pianos:
Mason & Hamlin Conover, Cable, Kingsbury and Wellington
pianos:
Our out of town customers will get the same prices as our
City friends. Drop us a postal for catalogs and prices, and
we will tell you all about it.
THE CABLE COMPANY,
FACTORY BRANCH:
2*2 KING STREET,
Charleston, - S. C.
P. 5. Also several slightly used upright pianos at
sacrifice prices.
i
THEY kM HERE!
A AAil A AAAVM IAMAWH
* Big Lot of Busies and Wagons at
THOMAS & BRADHAMS.
Ail Standard Hakes.
WREN, TISON & JONES and BABCOCK BUGGIES.
MILBURN, TAYLOR and CHATTANOOGA WAGONS.
' HARNESS and SADDLES
Made at Our Factory and Guaranteed Hand-Sewed.
No Better Can Be Bought.
mi o "D
IllUillclo QD DldiUildilil) -fiftOlltS,
KINQSTREE, S. C.
$7.40, to obtain which the amount ElitB Art 10
I
invested represents considerably j Has just received a complete
more of "Silver Spring" than of line of choice mouldings suitable
. . for framing I'hotos, Diplomas,
the pterian spring. certificates and fancy pictures.
('.ill and examine our stock or
FOR SALE. uiai; us your orders stating size
Hereafter the Cable I'ano Co. and style wanted. Frames made
will keep one of their new pianos from sxl0 uj) and satisfaction
fur sale at the' office of J)r K J Me- in workmanship guaranteed.
Cabo, where .t may ue seen and i M Wilbur Jones, Mgr. j
tested. Lake City, S C
*.-3-tf. i 3t-*M7-e. o. w.
I
-AT- mmm
u. mi 1
M THE CLOTHIER, fc- . Jfl
Special Line of the Celebrated Lion Brand :"0JB
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS. COLLARS and CUFFS.
Also a swell line of neck wear?the prettiest lot of Hfl
four-in-hand ties that has been here in a long 91
c o i fiH
oterson onoes.
The Shoes made by btetson are Standard - Every H
pair warranted and unequaied for looks and
comfort. We have just received a shipment from J
the factory.
444 'St*1
CLOTHING^CLOTHING! N
Two Piece Suits for Summer Wear.
YOUTHS^ SUITS^Ages 16to 70.rM
4??f|gCall and see our line of8??3?i> |
Straw Hats. 1
We have the Latest Shapes and Styles. m
3z=r "; .y. SB
YOU'LL BE NEEDING I
S-u.rn.mer Underwear, 5
We sell the better kind at moderate prices, also a
NIGHT SHIRTS-In fact anything in the Clothing S
line can be found at m
J. B. Steele's,
^ingrstie e, S.C.
COin RECORD 11.1 M
IWoffl't Youa Writ?
Us A Letter?
m
OUR 'BUSY" DRY GOODS STORE
Is now tilled with choice winter fabrics. From
now until the spring season opens we'll make
strong efforts to clear out this stock. If there's
something in winter goods you can use?
JUST WRITE US A LETTER *I
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We'll forward samples at onr?
HERETOFORE we have sold out our surplus
stocks by means of CUT-PRICE sales twice a
week,and only our home customers reaped the
benefit. Now IF YOU'LL WRITE US A LET- 9
TER, we'll quote prices for the next sale. This
opens the wav for our out-of-town customers to -l
secure the unusual bargains offered at our special |
If you want prices on Furniture, iYLark your 1
" ... ..fntii-, r-???-?t innnpi T I"? I~> OTAnPH 8
[Letter tor I nt diu ruKi^i 1 ukc ^ i ukc $
BUELL a ROBERTS, I /
Clia-rlestoziL, S. C. j
Get In The Habit j
OF COMING "TO_ J
5. nAKiu b ' 1
IN GOURDINS'THREE-STORY SKY-SCRAPER
We have just received a fresh stock of
MENS SPRING . \
Also the latest styles of
SPRING M1 U PINERY I
We \yish to receive your patronage and tlien if you
are not pleased after purchasing from us> refund
you your money in exchange for the goods sold
you. \
-? S. Marcus, V
Kingstiee. - - S. C
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?EE US FOR YOUR I
RUSH" JOB WORK 1
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