The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1893-11-01
Patrirtic POtations.
Newberry Observer.

head of the beard of control, as we'll
as of about everything else in the
State.
If there is yet man who believes
the dispensary is iatended to diminish
liquor drinking. it may be said of him
that great is his faith.
But this raises a very interesting
question. How are dispensaries to
be made profitable to the State"f
Of course no good citizen will with
hold his help, If he only knows what
to DO to make them profitable.
0nly think =; if sufficiently profta-
BILE, they can largely augment the
funds in the S ate treasury. and thus
help to reduce State tsxes-s consum
nation most deyoutly to be wished
Not only that, but they are caps-
BILE of being still further developed,
and with proper effort can be made to
pay the entire State and county taxes.
But how is this to be accomplished?
Easily enough, il the friends of the
administration will only rally to it's
support in this it's hour of need.
Take this county, for instance, and
for illustration. The administration
had majority Of the white voters on
its side in the last general primary,
and in the special primary it had
nearly half-ssy 1000 voters-men
! oyer 81 years. 1t is simply a question
how much these 1000 can drink-the
profit is easily calculated in a general
way.
A gallon of ordinary liquor costa
the State 81 so, and it is sold for SO 90
"A profit of 81 so q gallon. Deduct.
ing 25 cents for expenses. there is
left q net profit of $1.25 on every
gallon sold.
We once knew man who had
drunk between thirty and forty gal
Ions Of corn wbisksy q year for forty
yean-and he was a perfectly sobe,
man. He drank about a gill before
each meal in order to assist diResti n
A gill before each meal il three
fourths of a pint a day 273 pints
or "a GALLONS, a year.
Who could not do that2 Who is
there that would not do it in the high
aud holy cau.e Of reform and re-
trenchment
Now, Just suppose the one thou sand
supporters Of the administration in
Newberry County should each adopt
this quantity ss their portion to con.
tribute to the help ofthe cause. Thir.
ty-four times 900 is "a, 900 gallons
this for the reformers, for reforms
sake, not counting what they nigh.
drink for the pure love of the stuff
nor what tbs wicked Conservatives
and the Negroes would drink.
Thirty-four thousand gallons at q
net profit of s1.25 . gallon would
amount to the very snug little sum Of
$42,5O0OO.
The State and county taxes of the
county Of Newberry amount to be-
tween $4,000 and 100000. So there
would be left only somewhere about
S15. 900 oftaxes to be raised by assess.
ment on property.
This is not allowing anything at all
for the drinking tha, the Negr oes
and the Conse. vstives would do; and,
considering G that the Negro population
is more than double that of the whites
and considering their love for the
'creature, and also considering that
the Conservatives are about 1000
strong and are more or less addicted
to the habit Of taking something. il ID
quite probable the additional S16, 900,
or theresbouts, would be raised by the
dispenssry also; and then we would
have no taxes at all to pay for State
and county purposes aud every body
would be happy.
We feel quite cure The people do not
realize fally the great blessing they
have in the tispensary law, If they
will only develop it along the lines
laid down in the above speculatiops.
And let it be most distinctly under,
siooa, oBos foE sll. tha. "Disnensaries
will be discontinued where they are
not profitable to the State" This lie
fair warning TO all concerned that
they must either increase their pota>
tions. or the dispenssry will hsye to
60.
"a word t. the wise 10 sufficient"
Th word is: Drink early and often.
Lest we might incur the blame of