The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-17

Prohibition coming TO life agaipt We'll
| it looks like sJme kind Of AL issue along
| tLat line is going to be stirred up. The
Gospel Temperance Union held its neetin 6
in Columbia last Sunday nigh: and some
sharp discourse wa' aduiSrl in sgainst the
Dispensary system, The Dispensary is not
a pcrfec. system by any means. 1, is not
even as good rs it might be. The revenue
feature Of it has always been disapproved
| of by a large class Of citizens. Not that we
Object TO getting the money, but il looks tee
much like state mouopoly in the safe o:
that which is cons:dere! abroal and has
heretofore lceu considered =, home, as a
legitimate article Of commerce. Certainly
we have the right to regulate the liquor
| traffic, bnt considering tho revenue that We
are now getting and the ease with which
! liuuor eau be q ninei by anyone who has
the Cash, it would seem that the profit is the
uiuiu feature. There arc her features
that might be ameud,d.
But with al i.s fsults!it is better than ii c
| bar-room system. And now the question
fer the Temperance Union peope should be
whether or not Dispensnry is better than =
Prohibition system that could bc maintain =
ed Most peonie who care more for m.n
| tlsu tor things VIII readily admit that il
would he better for everybody to abstain
from the use Of stroug drink, aud perhaps
toc most Of us would admit that if liquor
could be kept from People by laws prUpc y
| executed, it would be y good shiug for the
people. The slg ut iuconveri 'nce that wou d
| come to a few would be immensely vv.rhxl
anced by the great g,ol that would IcsGIt IL
tn mnpy. Ent Prohibition seems to be
s!mo, impossib.c even in sma.iiuwa where
almost everyone votes for it. We have know .
many towns aud cities to vote for Prohibition.
and carry the cl,ctioh by Big mjor ties
but We have hevcr known = town 10 har,
prohibition. We call to miod two Irohit-
'ion towns. In one OF them liquor va sold
openly by the !rdg & stores in any pu,n ity
IF, IN the drink to the gallon, without pre-
scrip;iou or cert ifcnte. until the good pco-
q Z got disgu.tci AMI voted for The rcpca
of the prohibition law. IN the Cthcr town
liquor was solr not only by one drug stOr
and ut two hotels hut NJ the livery stqb g.
and cher Ilaccs. Biil Fife cvaugvli-t. went
to that town and held series of meetings
Fer q short while the liquor dcns SC pend
cd. a parse oe $500 was made up 10
prosccu;c future blenders aglins, the pro
| hibiton Jaw, In less than .hrco molths
liquor was hcng sold almost rs bad as ever.
There was the money, and in that town was
published an organ" Of tho prohihitionist> :
hut the liquor was sold jus: the same. The
! town is "Prohirition" yct, mainly we tc-
lisve through The influences OF those crgI.
gcd in the whiskcy business. They are
making a good thing out o. prohibition.
Prohibition w .ud DC gooi thins if We
could get it. Eut we'd better maze surc
Of our hold aud correct The evils of ibc
dispensary, which l., now vastly Superior IL
frce aud open bur rooms. Tho.c SDai pco
pie who rc'l y AMI honestly desire to brne
fit humanity by limiting or prohibiting the
sale OF liquor, h al better beware lest IN i2hi .
Ing the dispensary they be real . !
pHving the way for open bar rooms.