The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-21

OF l:lS NGbDit u. t.lc sfi6A.S ItSEc ESl U
ed to r.uD&er 2ad an1 proud Of it; and
# yog viii sgaiI, elecs ne I'll again
help 20 give you another roasting.
TIE LIQUOR PROBLEM.
Senator Irby has truly said that the
6:syegsaT Is a national issue. Truly
It IS a S!a!e Issue also beg pardon
for making personal aliGsion, but
wGnI 10 say light he;e that l have as
sooi = personal rsceTd as any man
29rGa1S i. this vas! audience when
vcu touch liq 3or. I have never
touched It l haze never drank l:qIor
as : beverage. an not in league
kin any sci Of c2en, but have the
r;ei,t lc think ard anl honest enough
20 60 that which / believe 10 be for the
osst good u the State.
an glad I bel ped pass the dIs0cn.
ssrv laE, f2r through il the c0nstitu,
.ioaai provision was placed in the
Constitution. The days OF rioting and
caruuSi9q jn ha3 To0rls have passed
The gambling de0S are broken 10 ana
from This day foG}h We are reedy 10 do
battle for ta3 right. / have never
spared az opportunity TO strike hlow
for temperance, and, 50 DelQ ne God,
I Will ne9cT ceasc 70 fight intemper-
a0ce.
Way I2tsmper2ace bligAts, chijls,
blasts aad wi.6ers the pr0Spsc:s OF
youth.
However. q condition, not theory,
con Fronts US. The people viii drink
l;ouor. Those w2o driuk demand it
the State IS selling it. Il wss 10 re-
Sponzs tc the vcicc c. TIE paopie that
LEGISLATION has been had. Tee dis
pensaryja Jaw yyss passed; II broke up
Ike dram Grizk.ng business and
gambling dsns.
TIE DISPENsARY SITUATION,
BJl the dispensaTy has been in part
dismal failure. I watched it close
IIy. I bave earnestly hoped it would
meet with success. But it has BOW
beer tried through three admi2is.ra
tons. During TIE first We fondly
hoped the ragged edges would be
smoothed eff; but the friction has
! bsen more inteDse. During the sec
opd administration scandals broke
out. During the administration the
board Of control Is divided and cnimi
nations and recririi1aions are made
TIE Governor publicly announces
that he cannot control the beard.
If the G:spcnssry is being killed by
| misma1agemeEt, get tie liquor IS
doing its deadly work. Slanderous
stcries are On eaery lip-how true, |
cannot snd do not say. But, Ike 8
vamoire it sucks the life blood from
Il c State. Il is not 8 success SIS f
na1cial Institution !; it is disinfectant
about the CaGiiol.
IT P0LLUTES STATE POLITICS,
ard it dam-s the character of public
| officials.
! Though their character be as pure as
Yet they have net escaped calum
Mss. )"
As fraucial scheme It is q sta
penGous failure: as moral scheme i
cen be improved upon.
Nor, ny friends, let Us reason
about this matter ard deal honestly
| with esch other. Think Of whatI tell
you and say whether an right. I
have nsver, as a Legislator or as s.
citizen. wiIfully broken a promise.
!! tel you here tonight that l am 10
eleventh hour convert.
During the last session OF the Legis,
lature INTRODUCED bill which out
liued nv position. That was months
before Gods finger touched tins Ia
mented Earl and he slept"
IL a meeting with representative
men Of this State I yielded to the per
sonal request OF Governor Ellerbe and
continued this bill.
Now wr&t IS the remedy? There is
a common ground On which we all
can sand. We mist meet upon that
ground.
There is large class OF our citizeps
who believe that liquor Should not be
sold as a beverage; there IS also a
! large class which demands that it be
sold. Then here is my solution:
F.! Lesisiate the State dry with the
right to each county to call an election
and let the people vote whether II
! shall be sold ia the county. II ma
j1rity of the voters vote for 1t TO De
sold as the Constitution provides, IL
sealed packages CT not less than hslf
pints, sales to be made between sun
| up and sun down, and rot to be drank
on the premises.
Le: each county say how It shall be
sold.
This, fellow ci;izeDs, is common
ground where the minorities can
stand ard where the right TO local
self-ecvernment is fully granted &C.
cording &c the will Of tie majority.
| This is Democracy. Am right, and
are you wiling to this SIS a soIGtion2 ?
I mean 10 lake this fight from the sea
| board to the mountain heights. l ask
you to Sustain me. ask your sup
port. Woen this IS done We can all
join hands sga!n for the cause OF our
differences will be adjusted. l ask
ali men to gle me their aid.
You say 10 ne you have le2lslated
harshiy against US reply yes, bat
YOU we're dealing with our tenderest
/ lopes, ard We must protect them.
Again. / say, there is ground Oh
which we can all meet The Demo
cratic doctrin@s, nc protection and an
adjustment OF the liquor problem.
l thank you, Mir. Chairman and
gentlemen OF Charleston, for your
consideration and attentive hearing.
Pun-d by CoGstablcs.
Chief Bshr and another State con.
stable ra;ded the original package
store OF O. Levin, 13l East Bay,
Cn&rles:on. Wednesday ana seized
! tie entire stock Of LIQUOR ia the estab-
!isnment. l. required four Grays to
carry tie liquor OF, which Was imme.