The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-09
THE DISPENSARY.
What an Anti Has to Say Of the Law
and the Newspapers which Oppose


1t.
Editor Press and Banner:
Your editorials on the dispensary and the
Charleston outrage and defiance OF law find
responsive cord among the straightout prohI-
My Position snsp an ppohibitionist nH % has never
been doubted, and have always looked with
Interest upon any measure that tended TO its
advancement Many have been the efforts TO
cTnsS out the Illicit whskey 5rac H. our
sary, and as many have been the failures al
tending them and doubtless the experience
OF Green wood has not been unlike that OF
other places. We had hoped that the enact
ment OF special law. six years ago. making
The town dry" would remedy the evil.
Finding our hopes doomed TO disappoint.
ment. the temperance organ ization or which
| was member. appointed committee 70
devise measures to suppress the trafnc, ana
as result. a large citizens meeting Was held,
resolutions adopted, and nearly every one
lations OF the law. The resolutions were
scarcely worth the paper upon which they
we're written, for In u short time, as much
whisky was sold as ever.
The efforts OF the organization known as
The League and Order" composed OF mem
bers from all the churches were equally in
adequate to crush out the tiger. Being
th hwarted In all our efforts at temperance re-
the dispensary law with many misgiyings,
but after being IN operation u little over one
month, no one but the most prejudIced mind,
can but admit, 1t is the best solution OF the
liquor problem ever offered, for through its
agency, our town IL unQuestionably dry"
now, In the trnr sense OF the word. II the
dispensary and Mr.. pet Peppers" visit here
have resulted In 80 much gUod In 30 short q
time, how much misery, suffering and heart
aches would have been saved II they had
come several years ago.
While have never supported Gov. TIL.
man IN the primary, yet candor conpels me
to admit that he has made An excellent Gov.
ernor. and the establishment OF Clemson
College, the Girls Industrial School, The re-
funding OF the Stale debt, thu closing ol
''blind tigers and several hundred barrooms
stand as monuments to the efficiency OF his
administration. The outrage at Charleston
q few weeks ago. and the Inobs Of Sumter
last Thursday In defying the officers or the
law, show conclusively how difficult u ls 70
suppress the liquor traffic, and that "blino
the strong arm OF the law, enforced by iear
less executive.
Gov. Tillman Is right in enforcing the Law
and protecting his officers, even II the entire
State MALTA should be called out u do 40
aud the News and Courier" characterizins
him as the "bloody Governor" EARNING LII,
spies 10 shoot down the people" IL guilty o.
melting lawlessness, aud deserves the denun
ciation Of every law.abiding citizen.
II the Stale has the right TO legalize the sale
Of whisky by Issuing licenses to individuals
10 Sell 1t, she certainly has the right to sell
herself-and if she can sell 1t, under the rigid
requirements OF the Evans bill, thus closing
up hundreds of cesspooIs of Vice and suffer.
ing, which prostitute the manhood OF Oul
country, ana bring poverty and disgrace u
once happy homes, then say, let the pal
metto Tree" continue TO be stamped on the
"little brown Jug" and all lovers OF good
government aid In enforcing the law.
Let all opposition born Of political preju.
dice cease, and the rantings Of bitter partisan
papers whose highest mission IL TO criticlse
n t46n m m n rpf a
resistance 10 law BIZ severely rebuked. II the
dispensary can accomplish that which tenn
perance organizations, the church and public
hlbitionists bs patient, and Give II a fair trIa
and think q satisfactory and speedy solution
OF the whisky problem will be resched.
Respectfully, r. P. Blake.
Greenwood, 3. c., Aug. Z, 1893.