The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-08-08


TO meet the people whose votes we ask TO
face to face and 70 discuss the issues who
are before Us. We come not 10 indulge i
vituperation and abuse Of one another, no
to indulge in personalities, but to present tn
can and IN proper Slanguage. II any hav
come expecting to hear personal abuse an
mud ud.sliDging, Il win say at the outset that 8
az shs Sc os ss
Ties here, for 1 consider this neither the tim
nor the place to adjust those matters. / shal
treat all my fellow candidates courteously
At the same time I shall present my views q
forcibly as can, deemfnR 1t my privilege Z
criticise In proper language the Official act
and public utterances OF those who oppos,
me. ~ ~ l. l. 80,
and responsible ONCE Of governor. 7 enteret
this race not Of nnyown motion and to crafty
my own ambition. bnt it was at the solicta
tlon and earnest request ofsmapy members o
the general assembly and others who feel 6
deep interest in the welfare Of our common
have been urged by many who feel thai
the LACK OF enforcement Of the dispensary
law is surely undertaking 1t and will$event
ually wrsck IT, They have urged me 70 make
the disp6hsary law. and believing that q,
long as The law is upon the statute books
would have It enforced. They urge me u
people, and that I am In favor of allowing
each county 10 determine whether or moi
there shall be dispensary in fts borders.
MR.. GARY's VIEWS NOT EXACTLY THE SAME
AS THOSE OF GOV. McswEENEy.
1t has been repeatedly ly stated that the gov
ernor and /, will rep resent the same views up
on the dispensary question: This, my friep df
Is mistake. II correctly Interpret bis mes
sage to the general assembly. In that; mes
tkof tton nfrNl ~ hn hfopo m.
saries should be In the hands OF State house
officials. In this we differ. believe that the
managementof OF, the liquor should be re-
moved as az as possible rom political IN,
nseses drsetoss sod Gs ssss he power pow TO place dis
peusaries Int nfanStcounties except counties
already dry, and where ever they see 1T,
whether the counties desire dispensary or
the legislature the benent Is Of a dispensary, II
there are any, and the evils, II there are any
which attend dispensary, are confined 70
the county In which the dispensary 1s located.
The profits Of the dispensary now now 60 70 inc
1t Is more than ever local 1nstitu tion-local
in It's evils and local In II benefits. Hereto
fore the profits OF the sale OF whiskey went
they were distributed throughout the State
In proportion to the number OF chlldren at,
tending the public schools in the, several
counties and in proportion to the financial
for them. In several instances count ties
which would not tolerate dispensary got the
largest portion of the profits made by those
counties which bad dispensaries. This. in
wrong, and 1t took prompt steps to correct II.
AS result the profits arising from the sale
Of whiskey belong to the town and county IN
which the dispensary ts located. This being
true county may now have dtspensary or
NAV decline TO have one without In any way
interfering with the. rights OF any other
county. ~
THE QUESTION OF LOCATING D1sPENsARY.
can, therefore, see no objection to allow.
Ing a county, upon the petition Of one-third
of its qualified voters, to hold an election uP'
on the question of locating q dispensary In
It's borders.
a dIspensary should be placed there.
II on the other hand majority should vote
mo dispensary" then 1t should be unlawful
for one to be located there.
This gives to the people the right to say
whether or not there shall be placed In their
midst a dspensary. This Is right. IL Is
Democratic.
if the people ofa county cannot and do not
Whv should the other counties force them 10
appreciate those advantages. On the -otner
hand If we do see and appreciate the oenents
TO be derived from dlspensary, why shonlq
the other counties wish 10 disturb us In the
enjoyment of that luxury.
D1sPENsARY BETTER THAN BARRooMs.
AS compared with the old barroom system
we do consider 1t a luxury, and 90 not wish
to part with 1t until something which Is bet.
to Ve3 pseS Cereo
Some will ask why don't 90 step farther
and advocate leaving the question OF high
license to be determined by the people or the
respective counties. One answer 70 ibis ques.
lao Il oposi In 10 N
LIQUOR traffic with q view to curtailing the
evils OF liquor drinking and not with view
of making money out of the traffic.
OPPOSED TO LICENSE.
IT the State maintains control over the
traffic through the dispensary, 1t can and
ought TO discourage the sale as much as possi-
BILE: but II the State puts the traffic ln the
hands of individuals IL in measure paris
with It's control over the traffic, The individ.
mails can and will sell as much as they may
see fit to sell. The individual might very
well say have paid for the privileges OF sell
ling and will sell as much as can.
I1oYTs SORT OF DIsPENsARIEs ARE BASTARD
DIspENsARIEs.
It seems to me that the honest prohibition.
lists. and assume that they are honest, will
come nearer obtaining genuine Prohloitlon
in those counties, where 1t Is really desired,
under the plan which aav9cste taan nnoer
Col Hoyt. What does he advocate? A bas
tard dispensary plan.
He advocates maintaining the dispensaries
with ali their expensive machinery, with al
their salaried officers, with all the opportuni
ties for rottenness and corruption which he &C
eloouently eCc m portrayed. And for what? Te
sell for sacramen Ia !, medicinal and scientific
purposes. Is this what the people OF soutf
Carolina want? Do you want TO go deer
Sown into YOUR pocke cts to main tain the dis
nensarIes for the purpose named. This u
what must be done. or else blind tigers Will
run right over the land. This Is the meaninl
OF such prohibition as Col. Hoyt aoVocales
i .ro1,cII1NG THE uNHOIY ALLIANCE.