The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06

they w0ulO 0fiGh, iG: II St6HES ~ iea
son that th4 bi"her '6e license the
poorer tne J;quor AID the higher the
price. The poor man would get mean
| er LIQUOR and the rich man would have
! 10 pav more fer :he ti2er bcaCds II Is
well known fact that oder tee sa-
loon system the vileSt stutl was palm
ed off on toe poor white man and the
negro Upon the other hand, under
the Gispensary law no distinction is
made, but ali are served alike, and the
law requires that they be furnished
with pure liquors.
1t is amusing 10 see those VINO
were a while back 6ghing the dispen-
sary upon the ground that II was q
monopoly row advocating hlgn Ii
cense. One is monopoly by the
state for the benefit of its citizens; the
other a monopoly by few individuals
whose sole object is to make all OF the
money out of it that they can. Moral
ly, there is no difference between the
state engaging in the sale Of liquor
and receiving the profits theretrom
than for it to receive the license fees
from saloons. It is choice between
two evils, and l choose the lesser.
LAS long SIS the state engages IN the
sale of liquors the good features OF the
dispensary law can be enforced such as
opening and closing at certain hours,
not selling less than a half pint, not
selling to minors or drunkards, or
unon election davs or Sundays, not
allowing liquor to be drank upon The
premises, and the selling for cash.
The last requirement prevents many q
man from buying liquor that the sa-
loon system does not. Adopt high Ii
eense, ana in a few years all Of these
good features of the dispensary law
will be dead letter.
"Olr people are not blind to the
changes wrought in our towns since
the adoption of the dispensary law.
They have not forgotten that almost
every town IN the state had four or
Eve barrooms with gambling dens at,
tsched. which ran day aud night, and
how the young men and boys were
their chief patrons. Ali Of this is
done away with under the dispensary
law"
We'll, Mr.. Patterson, what course
do you think would be oes. to pursue
in regard to the law as it now stands"
~ think that we should never give
up the law unless It becomes absolute
~ necessary. I think that it should
bs rigi6ly enforced, both as to the
blind tiger aud original package
stores, as well as against the dispen
sers. Every advantage should be tax
en- of the original package stores.
No quarter should be shown them, SIS
they are ops&ly violating the laws OF
this state.
Il think that it is a great mistake to
remove the consta bulary a. this time,
whatever may be the advisa oility OF
doing so in the future. The dispense
~ is under fire now from every side
and it should not be weakened. Once
allow this state to be oversun with
blind tigers again (Which will be the
case if the constabtes are removeO,
and it will require the shedding OF
blood to suppress them.
mo changes should BE- made IN the
law by the next Legislature, unless TO
make few amendments that may Be
necessary for the better eoforcemsn
Of the Law. Il will be time enough to
talk about lepealing the law II the
Tillmau Latimer bill does no. pass
congress and the United States SU-
preue court sustains J ud se Simonton,s
decisions. There is no use to anlcl'
pate defeat OF the Tillman-Latin 'r
bill. I can see no reason why II
should not pass congress. for 1t msre
ly confers upon the states what tne
Wilson bill intendsd-the control o.
liquor when it enters the state. Every
state in the union will be Interested IN
this bill, for what is sauce for South
Carolina is sauce for all Of them.
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.
What is to prevent tue legislature
from passing q law req qairiug every
original package shipped into this
state to be first analyz.d By the state
chemist before being placed on the
market for sale2 The act of 1897 upon
this subject only required tina! sam
| pie of the liquor intended to be ship
ped into the state be analyzed. There
fore it was held by Judge Simonton
that this REQ lirement was merely 8
restriction AMI could not come uodel
the head of police regulation, SIS there
was nothing to prevent the shipper
from sending a sample of one kind ol
liquor to the chemist and a barrel Of
another kind to the importer. l mere
~ throw out this as suggestion tc
the members of the general assembly.
The war is on, and every effort
will be made to nave the dispensary
law repealed at the next session
Therefore the friends of the law in al
parts of the state should rally to its
support. Aud unless they do, one oi
the best laws that this country ha:
lever had in reference to ths sale o
liquor may be repealed"
Spare the Birds.
For the information of many whc
are said ID be using their shotguos al
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