The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-12-07

here arc hSurcs of the dspcnsary as giv-
Ell by the governor:
Total purchases by counties $lS5 ,928. -.
RcmittanccS 800 ,SS3.4S.
Total salcs by all counties SlGG, ,Ol3.5G.
Stock on hand in county dispcnsa,irs
$33, 1926 43.
Expenses of county dispcnsaries $ lo, $50.
OF.
Total expenses Of State dispcnsarv to
November lst, Sc 2,56G,,G of which Sl2.-
o'S.5S was for conSabulary and over
Sl5, ,0CO for freight and over $4,000 for
bottles and tasks.
The amount paid ont for whisky bv the
State diSpcnSary is S70,95l, -.
Cash..on hand $7,5II.JG.
Amount due by dispensers $50 9G3. 80.
Bills payable SOL ,O21.:1;i.
The total profits amount to ts2,, 1876,
Governor 1illman claims that the disprn-
Sary law is superior over every o,hcrliccnsc
system for the following reasons:
FIRST. "'Thc element Of personal profit is
cStluycd, thereby removing the incentive
10 increase the sales.
Second pure article is guaranteed. rs
it is Suhj"Ct to chemical aualySis.
Third. Tine consumer obtains honest
measure OF standard strength.
Fourth. Treating is stopped, as the bot.
ties are not upcl,rd on the premises.
Fifth II is sold only in the d;,y iin,n.
tins un!rr Il regulation Of the board and u;t
under the law.
SIXTH The cuncOmitanis Of ice. sur,r
lemons. etc, being removed, there is moi
me same inclination tO drink rrmainin,r
ana lhr closing of the saloons, tsprrinlIy
al nl%ht and the prohibition Of its sale hy
The drink. destroy the en,iccmcnts and So
auctions which have caused 80 many men
ana boys |" be icd astruy and enter ON the
tUWnard course.
seventh. 1t is sold only for cash. and
'hcrr IS no longer "chnlking up for dailv
, ,''l''NS aEhinSl pay day. The worllingman
buys lis bottle nf, whisky Snturlo,. uirl,
and carries the rest of his wages homr
Eighth, Gambling drnS, pool rooms and
'rWu houses. which have hitherto been, RIM
almost invariably in cnnncCljun with I'm,
winch were thus Il siIlnuIu, ,o vice
separated from th" sale Of liquor have. hul
their patronage reduced to Il minimum and
there must necessarily follow a decrease e
RI imr.
Ninth. The local whiskrv riny>, which
hcN' hrch ih' curse ct every municipality
~ 'nc STATE, AHd have always runtru.lrd
elections have Lrri tom IN root
'nd branch, amt the Influence of the. bar
ir"l"r as Il political nanpuIalur is ah>o
uiriy destroyed. The police. removed from
me control Oi the So drMuchLm elements
VII enforce III" law against evil tluiHr with
more FIT"r, and Il higher tone and greater
'u'l,N III ali governmental affairs mast Ic.
uIt.
Let rs see il this reasoning tallics with
he facts:
First, it was not 50 much the removing
''' personal profit feature that decrease Il
lr sales AS it WAS the 'Guv, rnmcu, con.
"I' OF liuu"r and the enormous Iroii: Tic
tate tried to make ON il.
Nrc"nd: Was the liquor pure? If 50
"w did It happen that there were ,liIcrcn,
races "l IL: How Will it hr next year if
ne ir%iSlaIur" carries out tho Cover, ur',
recommendation to not have the Iiuuur ar.
'lNS"d? Then again because the ch,u,i.,
avs ll';d liquor contains such per ccI,j #
lr"h"l is n" guarantee that il is rnrr, As
sc understand it this is All ,i,al the chrn;,,
l"cs.
lhiru; Does the Governor call three,
;(HS il pint; Did not the Grand iuv IN
me "i the counties present Commissioner
FRAZIER for selling short liquor? Am! is il
'"' 1art That all the bottles that nave
'rrn sold hy The diSprnsaricS this wear short
measure?
Fourth Does it prevent trcatirp not To-
'llow bottles opened at the diSrrnsaricS>
No.
flith: The sales being restricted today
inc Is one rcucrminG feature of the dis.
'rnSnry law because il stops these nigl
'raWIS; but coald not the bai-rOumS have,
'crn regulated the same way:
Sixth: There is good rras ming in the
lN'h paragraph. We believe IN rcn.ovinr
cmrtalions from the youths. and this fra.
'irr "t the diSpcnsary is another rc,icrn
ne feature yet the cause should have been
'm"v'd entirely hy cmaclinS what the pro-
lr voted for Stric, prnhoiiion.
Seventh: Or rather the WORKING man
HyS his gallon or two Saturday niyh, or
least rn"ngh to do him until the lcyt
~ day.
EiGhth The best reasons for the dis.
'nSarH are given in ili: eighth paragraph.
hcsr VIC fully endorse and commend,
nj his reasoning in the ninth parayrarh
good and sound.
The Governor says for thr legislature t.
hhlt The question 80 an election in the
y r"anticS whether they Will have d..
nSarN or not. II they vote it down and
ut prohibition thcr he suggests that the
counties be taxed to maintain a l,rC,
c"nSIahlus To enforce prohibition.
The Governor says !, is mjus. and un S.
'S"nahIc to require majority of the free We
Id voters 10 sign pction for the location GO
Il dISpcnSary. He wants the control. So ",
as locating them are conc, rncd took on,
the hands of the people and leave it to