The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-24
CHAPLAIN COUGHS
Sermon Criticised and the DiSpcn-
Sarv Dafanlel

able and eloquent sermon preached by
Chaplain Cough to tie Manning Guar.iS
on Sunday, the It'll instant, and publish cd
IL Your issue Of tie 10th. | listened to Is
delivery with pleasure and profit but ::S
unqualified remarks with reference tc ls:c
dispensary l can not eDdo2se, and I'm t
think that this effort to place the disfJ, =
sary on the same low plane with the Saioan
unwlSe and calculated to do much inj 1ry.
as l Shall attempt to show by criticis:ag
the remarks above alluded -.
Saloon and dispensary" said Tie c.,;
lain, ''are one--if not the greatest -Strn:.,-
| holds Of hell.
Every is must admit that Salo o,f,>,
wherever found, are very immoral inst!:"-
tlonS-places where liquors as, soil :.;'d
consumed, and all classes OF p"oI!- :.:,-e
| welcome and encouraged to drink, c..:cu,o
and gamble training schools fvr fun e
drunkards and gamblers, where loa;u>
just budding into manhood ASSEMBLE ;.i;, :
chance and there acquire habits OF d!><i;"-
ton that follow item through lite al
carry many to final ruin.
As compared with this, tie Gispc..ss::ly
is place where alcoholic spirits are !.':.:
to be sold under certain cnnClitlons r.,.-
scrlbed by law, and is unde- the diicct
control and supervision of a beard of c,n-
troll, composed of three persons who must
bes Of good morl character and not al
dicted to the use OF spirits as 4 beverage.
The business Of the dispensary is trans
acted BY q person who is paid a fixci
yearly salary.
Spirits are old to those who make wiz
ten application for it-except minors and
drunkards who are debarred by law. The
dispensary is open from Z a. II. to 6 p. IL
and does nothing in the way OF advertise
ment to encourage trade: allows no drink
ing in or about the premises, and as :,
place of business is quiet, orderly ard re-
spectacle, differing in this regard in no
particular from frst-class drug store
Those who come in to buy ask for what
they want, pay the fixed price tor j; ;;aa
depart. They may make a good OF :. bad
use Of that which WAS bought most prob.
ably bad use will be made Oft, forany u.s..
of spirlts-except when used n:edic.rally-
is bad. However, as that NAY be- the dis
pensary does nothing to encourage the
purchase, and can not be blamed. rs WI!
condemn drug stores for selling such
drugs as opium, morphine, etc, tor The
reason that some people buy and make al
intemperate use Of them.
This ciasS!ng Of the diSneusary with
saloons is Our grievance and we mast pro
test against it. as there is no similarity
one with the other as above illustrated,
and these remarks by the chaplain vii
have the sfect OF linking the ore
with the other in the minds OF people
to the lowering of the stanAtr.! OF th;. dis
pensarv in the estimation Of Christian
people who know but little Of its system,
and who will without thinking follow the
teachings of their pastor, an;l without
question Or reason condemn that which he
condemns and Land that Which he lands.
Thus tie diSpenSary Will be forced out 81
the hands Of good men WHO, rather than
bear the hugs and inSuit< OF taouG!.;les>
unreaSoning church IL -nIbrrS, w:a a1au
don-thelr positions on the ball& u c1atro
and rs dispensers. and the:r ;'.cg> VIII b"
filled by others who care less IL, -" 900
opinion of society and the fs.,ry; i their
fellow-citiz-ns. Thus the ti:S3ei, +,,r;' viii
gradually be driven from It's :norl no r
ings into the wnirling cAnane: .! in ltIe:-
ence, thence TO drift swiftly, surely an.
hopeleSsiy back to the lurid G:t ana gautly
saloon.
The dispensary has accomplished more
in the two Years of its existence 10 Gimin-
iSh intemperancc than all taa preachers
and churches combined did in the ilSt
twenty years before its advent; not that [
do not give the preachers and prohibi
tionists credit for having brought about
that condition which made the diSpensary
law posSi bility.
From ont Of every bottle that :arT.,
the shelves Of yoadcr GiSpcnsary ;hs-e
blaZes the flames Of hell.
That is 4 mere figure CT speech fll of
sound, but without argument, and signi-
ies nothing
Every one knows that the Incorporate
use Of spirits has been and is to-day the
great Source of crime and immortality, bat
to abuse and condemn good thing be-
cause of the bad use people choose to
make Of it is unjust.
Spirituous liquors, when properly used.
are blessing to humanity. II people
make an improper, hur.ful use of them,
who is 70 blame? Surely 10. the innoccnt
spirits; but rather the poor, weak, msar-
able fool, wAo has 40 more sense OF pro.
priety ard deccnc::, y" more respect for
himself, no In.,rc regard for IL: feelings OF
his family t::.;t;. - brnt;;! IL ;.a4 scandaliza
himself in ;;lc eyes Of Go.i a;ll man
1t Is tle pgyiIssc ;,;.' The day OF
preachers an.: t',ri.y:> 9! morals to con-
denim iutemrc:anc", i:"nsor':i:y aa;' al
forms Of t(lsSination "'hrrtv:r ta@l%i-
whei!:rr i'll lti4a ar low places, among
flieI;Js "r - :, All ;..:.r %lou!,! d.:.olnce
Will! u: tie rnwc! "a :Gumcnt a;) cio
qucuc.- s'ic!: '.,lH:>.i:G !:'ui;s w!tho.., fear
OF favor
"Ani; when vo"rsi wi,;r;n .Ha;. :; sets
IL. .o;,l on fire ar,.! c:!.:vS , IN! ';"wt: - ::
La karh's grsvl ::..! :: j:rnNlr,i', isv:!. >
Very trpc. S1.rIt, ,o ~: Vi this when
poured within man." bat i: H1t pou:e,!
into him, how IS it then? Why, Of coarse.
no harm is done: man Sr.iers nort .:
these terrible affections c:taScd by It's Use.
Then is it not plain that the pouring pro-
cess or the im.rtli:cratc use uf Spirits i
WITH AL tie power CT his iug:c? I"teGp-
era:!ce il anythins-in proportion - Il:
evil results is equally S!afr: ANA con
damnabie.
Since have been dispenser many cf oar
| best Christian peorle-son:e Of thc"l a.
most fanatics in ,hrr zeal i!n.l advocacy o!
| prohibition lave been compete hot
wi,i.sian,ling ti"ir rtpugn:.nce ana &n-
reasonable prejudice ag tjrS: spirits &
come 10 the disp"nsary ara bar for ::!a
dicinal purposes. an donbt!c,' ~ i boa1l:
proved an elixir of l:fc rather than The
''bI:Z ng flames Of hell.
Bat am consuming t!ne as:,; snacr in
a ,lrl.I.s:. of spirits, which cl5: :e i..irH,ci |
olly on tie grounds CT their n@e;'.>'ity for
me icsn.l purposes anl for !,i:s tA:r Sl:'.
could be c1n;ic,i to drug store, ",re II nat
for the universal demand f5r the.; f:oaa n,
Classes Of people, AMI, whcr' i;.2v: i :; de-
mand there viii be Il supply, %!",ae: legal
or il,'sai, and Ecrc IS wherein chr chap-
lain : attack on :!ie diSpcns"ry ..;a$ thonS:t-
! less.
TIC d!,pensa;y is az attempt t. c2i:tro:
tie sale Of liquor ana ID ;,w::. with TIE at
tractlvr features, which a'i"re the yct:ng.
The dlspensagy is not pe!:ec;ioa, hn; Is 4
powerful mean. Ia Al end, an las s1cI