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

hater of the dispensary law is
advocating Colonel Hoyt's can
didacv for Governor, because it
thinks, and it may have the Col
clel's word for it, that Colonel
Hovt is willing to have a license
system if he cannot get prohibi-
ton. In other words the dlspen-
sary system must go, even II the
Prohibitionists must make an
alliance with the old time bar
keepers to break it down. Now
we know some Prohibitionists
who do not take stock III such
doctrine, and when they hear an
appeal to them to help break up
the dispensary, even If they
must, to accomplish such a re-
suit. return to the license sys-
tenn they say get thee behind
me Satan" The class of Prohi-
bitionists we refer to are, those
who want prohibition, pure and
simple-they do not want the
State to establish depots of by
pocrisy by converting the pres
ent dispensaries into places
where the law will say, liquor
shall be sold, providing the man
wanting the stuff will say he
wants it for medicinal, mechani-
cal and sacramental uses, as is
laid down in the platform written
by Colonel Hoyt, and adopted by
the Prohibition faction, and by
which faction he was suggest
ed" in a public convention.
The "State," although a bitter
and an unrelenting foe Of Tillman
and the faction he was the recog-
nized head, had the reputation
of being fair-it would fight
openly, but our recent experience
with that journal convinces US
that it will resort to any means
to accomplish the destruction of
the dispensary. The Estate"
wants a return of the barroom
system. it never did favor prohi-
bition until now, and only since
the Prohibitionists have sug-
gested a candidate for governor,
according to the State" who
will, if he cannot get prohibition,
give "high license" Has the
estate" any ground for this
belief? The South Carolina
Baptist, of which Rev. J. ".
Perry, who is well known to US,
is an editor, says: "Already at
tacks are being made on Colccr1
Hoyt. 1t is said that he is not a
Prohibitionists at heart and that
his past record proves this. We
know that he was high license
man for a number of years. Some
of the stiffest arguments we have
ever had in the public press,
We're with him along this line"
Now there you are, Baptist
paper, and Colonel Hoyt prom
inent Baptist, edited by men
known to our readers, say that
the "Prohibitionists" have put
forward as their standard bearer
man whom these Baptist edi-
tors know twas a high license"
man. Mind, the attempt is be-
ing made to work the church
members into the belief that a
religious principle is involved
and to carry forward a religious
principle" a man is put forward
to carry the banner, whose
church brethren say she was a
high license man" Do our read
ers remember Rev. ]. W. Perry,
he was the much esteemed pas
tor of the Manning Baptist
church number of years ago,
and a gentleman who scorned
hypocrisy. The paper who is
highly honored by having him
as one of its editors, says: Col.
Hoyt, the candidate for COVER
nor on the Prohibition platform
is being attack because 'sit is
said that he is not a Prohibition
ist at heart and that his past re-
cord proves this" And then it
does not stop there, but makes
this, declaration. 1--WE know
that he was a high license man
for a number Of years If the
editors of the South Carolina
Baptist can be relied upon as
being truthful, what becomes of
that beautiful ''principle'' which
IS SO much involved, that church