The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-04
"A Frying In He'll. .
That, Sam Jones Thinks, Will
be the fate of Dispensers.

The Rev. San z. Jones. the famous
evangelist and lecturer, arrived in the
city Yesterday morning at 1 80 o'clock
and was taken 10 the Columbia Female
college, where be remained during the
day. He vas visited by several Metho-
dist divines and others interested 10 the
cause which be champions. A repre-
sentative of The State was granted an
interesting and plainly spoken inter
view on the dispeDsary law and its evils
and effects MIR. Jones spoke as fol-
lows:
s.Ths law at first was an experiment,
of course, aud the regulation Of p7obit-
ition and the extermiuatio of the liquor
traffic has been problem that has been
vexiog good men fer sometime. have
watched with interest the States which
have constitutional prohibition the
States with local option ; and the States
which have the best excise laHs for the
cor,rol of the traffic F.; ard lastly the
South Carolina dispcnsary law be
leve that whskey is good thiog in its
place. aud believe its place is 10 bell,
and I SHALL never drink any nor couuto-
aucs the sale Of aoy under any law this
side Of hell
The only difference between the
disrensary law aud the open saloons,
as see it. is the method of dealing
out the damnable stuff Whatever may
be the good intentions of the persons
with whom the dispensary idea orlgi-
mated, already it is beginning to 60 to
seed in South Carolina. understand
that this sovereign State is advertising
its liquor and pushing It's business As
I see it, the salaries OF tie dispensers
IN ust be determined By he largeness of
their sales. If this be true. the State
is dealing il it for the money that's 10
it. and wheoever the State does deal in
it for the mouey. then bull-necS,
white aproaed sa!ooo keeper is gentle
man beside The State of South caro-
:ioa
Il am for exterminasion rather than
regulation of toe !iqucr traffic, :or you
can nc more regulate the sale go that
me-, will not be debarchcd. ooy~
ruined, wives murdered, children butch
cred and homes made desoate, than
you can regulate cholera by license
system or legislative enactment. oT
auv more than you can regulate
the ravages Of bydrophobia through
the same chanuel. | enjoy seeing
Mr.. Tillman in straw pile with
his pitch fork, but when he gets into
dispeusary with it ard begins to scatter
bottles filled with a damuable liquid,
I'm azin him and his fork both. The
profit and beverage question will damn
the South Carolina dispepsary in the
eyes CT all God-fearing nen. How
auy professed Christian can stand be-
hind coucter and deal out liquor 10
the name of his State as beverage for
his fellow citizens and deserve anything
else bat contempt of all good people,
cannot understand, and he'll be
s-frying in hell before his feet get colo,
i. NY candid opinion.
Mr.. Jones SAL! ne had leoturca in
various towns IN South Caroliua anc
Georgia and vas highly pleased at 'he
vay in w!;ch he bad been received
lie went to Chester yesterday Afternoon
aud lectured there He is to leave
shortly for Atlanta to open a fonr
weeks engagement in evange'lca!
works there in the Moody Tabernacle.
NJ Et,to