The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-05-22
FIGHTING THE DISPENSARY.

regular intervals minister; will take a
text and try to make it i;t t,,c disp,nsury
The principle argument thcy employ
Is to denouuce the new law giving to
our common school fund the net profits
of the dispansary, AMI the inf,my OF
educating children with money ga;ne.l
through SUCH ends is held up to comtsnp.
and eyecretlon.
The dispensary is an experiment, and
it can and doubtless will BE- improved
upon, and its most obiectional fcatcres
stricken out o. modified. We have
always opposed the constable feature, and
are glad to know that TIE necessity for
such officers is gradually being abolished
Opposition to the dipcnSary is fast
breaking down, and VIE" Gwc people
realize the fact that the law is cngrartrd
upon the statute books al our state, and
must and will be enforced. AMI that it is
IwlcSS to try to obStruct tn" on ;rfS in
n discharge of their duty, then The con-
stables can be- withdrawn, ami the eli
forcemcnt Of the law left to municipal
anil county officers.
) Bit there is no con siSten:y ia those
ministers trying to build zip prejudice
against the dispenslly Oh account uf the
profits going to the public school fund.
Under the old saloon system town
children wee educated mlny long years
Wit, license money derived from hlr-
ro0mS, and we do not see the Justice in
opposing TIC use Of u simular fund 10 im-
prove The minds ofpoor country children.
III it is wrong to now use the profits from
the d'SpenSary tosupport country schools.
WA it no5 equally wrong and sinful t,
apriY tlc license money from hirrooin,
to sustain free schools in our towns and
cities? And yet, Willie the children
living III incorporated places were cd
uc2!c' fot years from wl,isllcy money,
rot cne word i'll commendation of tac
ffllg, - -nttered from the puipit.
ha,0.., ":"iisterS WHO nov, .r,,.. l;,;l
up country schools had also denounced
thc practice of fleeing baiTooms TO
sustain town schools, then We could s.c
some consistency III their present position.
We see nothing wrong in turning this
money II such Il commcndallc purpose.
As the old preacher remarked when the
gambler offered him s. for his church.
with the exclamation that Ia l;Ni Won ii
from a lnr-keeper at c:lruS. This bill
hnS been serving the devil long enough,
and | Will put it to the service OF God -
But it is firing at long range to raise {,
,cry against the education Of our chlidrrn
with ''whiskey money" While j, Is true
Our new constitution demanded that all
p.o!its from the dispensary he given TO
publ" schools. the officers in Columbi;,
have SO interpreted the law aS - deprive
or poor children of this aid, anG il u i'll
b. Years before Il dollar Qi thc diSn>uslry
receipts 50 toward the free schools,
The diSp,nSary law is here ta shay II
is ci,y1attcl in tho constitution of our
S.atc, ;i!G YOU will never Eve 10 sec it
cilpugnA. Now, is il not better tor these
preachers to accept the law in good faith
and quit kicking against p,ic,>n. i.et
chem z" IL work ;'md in5iqn,r SO Dis
p2i.,,;Iy >yS, ,n.. ana wec,i out is W>,,.;v.t
feature, hruhihi,ioli i l,nprLclirihlc
and eimniy neanS hiindtigvr anprrhy.
l,arrooms viii never ag3 u h2 establish
ed in South Carolina. hcir doo.S nrp
closet, ncvcr to In op"lAl again, u,
Eyiiryr iha, the di3pan~nN ilw is thn
best solution Of The lip,nr lrohrm tnat
ever will he made or that lvrr can ho
mah" 4 is NON in the lrlnluf q b,,-l
Of honorable gentlemen awsE;!rrCsIuI
business men. i'h" lipu"r i,si.n>, y
divorced from politics, and cnMp;on is
rendered impossible.
.tud. III conclusion. We M!lh ask
ihus; ministers WHO are ~ nl;huI and
irdi.naE, al tn" NrrI thoughts + the
ronr turner's children @: South Colin,
i,"i'rg educated from tli" irr"ipt,i lhC
.,tnl" Gi>pvn&irH. WAS il no! 1all\
Wrrnw aud horrible to Use contriMoI,
FROM haIkccprrS anh whisN"y dcacr
support the church and pay the prar,,
salaries? When th" hni Va, lmS,
arnuud OH sunday, and we had llp,lis
,a'oonS il South Carolina. "nru thh ~
dca"AnH instructed 10 ."
cola OF bill "''' ,nrow cy,
,.,., ,ncrcim hy II Liquor 'l"al'
AS,urrdiy moi. just a% SOON aS Il
: money touches the lat ii is cnnirra
- and gratefully accepted. II i the 81
=, wax with those prosperity" profits II
- Tie disp'nSary and our free school III
, -pi"HmOmt Headlight