The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-13

cult would it be TO get him to voluntarily re-
port a licensed saloon-keeper for ALLOWING &
him to drink upon the premises or selling 10
him after sundown I? Don't you know tnat
he would not do IT.?
"Whenever you place the sale Of liquor In
the hands of an individual whose sole ooJecI
is to make as great profit out OF IL as ne pos
siby can, he will violate the law. On the
contrary, under the dlspensary law, you have
man AZ dispenser who Is an officer OF tne
state. He is responsible to the state for MS
conduct, and II he violates the law his Official
head is chopped off. He is REQUIRED 10 @ oe "a
simply paid a salary for his services, ana
therefore has no object In persuading and In
fiuencing men to buy liquor. He Is upder q
heavy bond for the faithful performance OF
his duties and he is ever watched by state
board and by the public say the pubic,
because there are any NUMBER olrmen ever
ready TO report any misconduct upon hls part
so as to step into his official shoes, and the
enemies OF the dispensary are vigil ant watch
dogs upon him, so as to bring the law INTO
disrepute.
VILE CoNCoCTIoNs.
"Another serious objection to high license,
which concerns the health Of our bibulous
citizens, is that they would be at the mercy OF
the barkeeper as TO the quality or the liquors
that they would drink, for 1t stands To reason
that the higher the license the poorer tne zen, IL,
ouor and higher the price. The poor man
would get meaner liquor and the rlcn man
would have to pay more for the finer brands.
II isa we'll known fact that under the sa-
loon system the vilest stuff was palmed on on
tne poor white man and the negro. Upon
the other hand, under the dispensary law no
distinction is made, but all are served aiike'
and the law requires that they be furnished
with pure liquors.
VT Is am using TO see those who were while
back fighting the dispensary upon the gr0una
that 1t was a monopoly now advocating nlgn
license One Is q monopoly oy tne sLate ior
IL oIf 81 m0nOD-
DIV by n few individuals whose sole obJectls
10 make all the money out of 1t they can.
Morally, there Is no difference between lne
state engaging In the sale OF nq1or M anu 10 re. re-
ceiye the license fees from saloons. IL ls
choice between two evils, and / choose the
lesser. .,o ,o,. =, ,
LIQUORS the good features OF the dispensary
law can be enforced-such as opening ana
closing at certain hours, not selilne less lnai
n haIf.pint, not selling TO minors or drunk.
ards. or upon election days or Sundays, not
allowing LIQUOR to be drank upon the prem
ises. and the selling for cash. The last re-
quiremept prevents many a man rom ouy
Ing liQuor that the saloon system uoes noI
Adopt high license, and In few years all OF
these good features Of the dispensary law VIII
be q dead letter.
wrought in our towns since the adoption OF
the dispensary law. They have not forgotten
thai almost every town in the state had fonr
or five barrooms with gambling denS altacn-
ed, which ran day and night, aud how young
men and boys were their chief patrons. All
of this is done away with under the dispen-
sary law"
LET THE LAW STAND.
"Well. Mr.. Patterson, what course do you
think would be best to pursue In regard 10
the law as 1t now stands? ,,,o
"I think that we should never give up the
law unless 1t becomes absolutely necessary
think that IL should be rigluly enforced,
both as to the blind tiger and 'orlEinal pack
ages stores as well as against the dispensers.
Every advantage shuuld be taken of the orig
inal package stores. No quarter should be
shown them, as they are openly violating the
laws of this state. "
move the constabulary at this time, what-
ever may be the advisability OF DONG so III
the future The dspensary Is under IRE now
from every side. and IL shonia hoe m oe %eaK,
with blind tigers again (Which Will be lne
case If the conStableS are removeu,) ana IL
will require the shedding OF blood to suppress
mo change should be made In the law by
the next legislature, unless 10 make u lew
amendments that may DC necessary lot lne
better enforcement of the law. 1t Will be
time enough to talk about repeating the law
II the Tillman.I I.atimer bill does not pass con-
gress and the United States supreme court
sustans Judge Simonton,s aeci'innS; r,,i,e' hme,e
Is no use to anticipate defeat OF the Illlhan-
Iatimer bill. | can sec no reason why IL
should not pass congress-. for II merely con-
fers upon the states what the Wilson blil IN
tepded-tbe control OF liquor when IL enters
the state Every state In the union will be
interested in this bill, for what Is sauce Tor
South Carolina Is sauce for all of them
TO KNOCK OUT ORIGINAL PACKAGES.
"The members of the legislature can better
OCCUPY their minds between now and the
next session in framing bill that will knock
out the original package stores instead OF
being side-tracked by the newspapers