The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-06-20

white man ard the negro. There is NJ
distinction now made II serving and il
the price. Generally for the State lool
what the law has done. Take town!
like Orangeburg and Barnwcll. 1t hs:
done away with rioting and fighting anc
disturbances Christmas nov look:
like Sunday. Has drunkenness anc
the sale Of LIQUOR decreased? Eau
phatically, Yes.
There were over nine hundred bal
rooms in the State in 1892 and now
there are only nilety-two dispensaTies
in South Carolina. He then gave fig.
ures from Governor Evans message il
1895, showing that his replies showed
decrease in the consumption Of liquor
of a. per cent and a decrease Of drunk.
euness 81 per cent. Governor
Ellerbe addressed letter tc
all the ministers Of the State:
out of 463 replies 324 said the sale Of
liquor had been reduced. There wa:
no one who would like better to see
prohibition than be. He was chairman
of the county prohibition committee IN
his county when only 23 years of age,
and he worked day and night to bring
about the enforcement of the law and
helped make reports to the grand jury
The cases were thrown out one by one
by the juries. 81 saw a man sell, In
my presence and in the presence of the
sheriff, and the grand jury threw this
bill out" (Remem5er Mr.. Patterson
is speaking Of Bar1wcll, not Charles
ton
He was in favor Of a conservative
operation Of the law, bat when man
made bar room Of his house then it
was not entitled 10 protection as a
home. 1t cost the State over S43 900
last year to enforce the dispeussry Ia~,
aud how could prohibition be enforced
without cons,abulary forc,? Col
Hoyt talks about public sentiment.
Don't you know nine-ten;hs OF the
people drink liquor?
Mr.. Spell Ali Of them (Much
laughter).
Mr.. Patterson went on to say with
20 many people drinking. it was the
hardest thing in the world to enforce
the law. The Prohibitionis,s come out
and endorse the dispensary, every word
of it, except they eliminate the hevcr-
age feature. a while ago they de-
nounced the sale Of liquor, and now
their platform calls for prohibition
dispensary, prohibition State and
county boards and all the balance.
The result would be everybody would
carry around with him a pet snake to
bite him.
Mr. Suell: II wouldn't carry any; "
Mr. Patterson: Then how would
you get it?'
Mr.. Smell: MAKE it. Iaugh-
ter).
Mr. Patterson said Col. Hoyt wrote
every word of the Prohibition platform
and quoted from the address.
Col. Hoyt admits that over million
dollars worth Of liquor year is still
sold in prohibition Maine, which has
only population OF about one hall that
of South Carolina. Whereas, under
the dlspensary Law, only 81, 'oo,-s2o oo
was sold lawfully last year IN South
Carolins. Think OF 1t. A prChlol-
tion State for forty years selling
Sl,0Oo,000 worth OF liquor year.
Therefore We have more prohibition IN
South Carolina today, under the dis
pensary law, than they have in Maine,
with law against the sale OF liquor.
But have got hleher authority mere
upon the state of affairs In Maine than
Col. Hoyt. | have often heard about
the great prohibition State OF Maine,
and, although had heard that the law
was openly violated there, | thought
that l would find out from hcadquar-
tiers, SO l went and got a cory CT the
Attorney Generals report. here 1t Is.
This report shows that during the year
1898 there were over !, ooV lnolcs!neotS
for the violation OF the law IN Name
II there were over I,ooo INDICTMENTS
how many violations OF tie Ia" were
there that never came to light! Multi,
ply this by one thousand and you Will
about have 1t.
Col. Hoyts platform says that the
dispensary law is responsible Tor most
OF evil and wrongs. lie compared IL
with the reign OF the carpet oaggers
and scalleWags.
Col. hoy' NOW, hI; ;, a''eison' l
Wlsh you Woul9 Geaa Iaat. J,
Mr.. Patterson: 1eS' slr' l"ll! GO
it..
Mr. Patterson then reaa the extract,
IN which ne SAID the reign OF terror
was to be compared Win the reign oi
the scale#ags and carpet-oaggers'
Mr. Feathersto9e WsIteo thls section
cut OUT ana 50 olo M5; c SoG5eioIuls @ y
ana others. he "lsheq ~ Eoi' noys tIa nso
lett out tnat sectlon. Inc cGnS'so1es
we're supplied with thelr pistols Oy our
0overn0rs.