The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-01

God, is, in our mind, nothing
short of fanaticism. We heard
a man say recently, q would
vote for prohibition even II |
knew that liquor would be sold
at every turn in the road, because
prohibition is right, that nave
nothing to do with the results
those I leave to God. Ni'h
such a man there is no use trying
20 reason He would have the
evil which he feels called upon
70 drive out, 'at every turn IN
the road rather than vote to
have some protection from the
law.
The matter for reasonable men
TO consider, is not whether pro
hibition is right or wrong, but
will a prohibitory law on our
statute books at this time be to
the best interests of the State:
In our judgment it will not, for
We honestly believe, the ideal
condition hoped for by the
preachers, is a dream, which can
never be realized on this earth,
and one which, if brought about,
will give freer sway to the
liquor evil and retard the
cause Of religion, and will
result in financial benefit to
the barkeepers whose votes will
be allied with that of the preach
ers to destroy the present sys-
tenn of liquor control.
If the preachers and barkeep-
ers succeed in electing Col. Hoyt
with a Legislature to enact a
prohibitory law, how will the
law be enforced: The diSpen-
sary law now requires sheritfs and
magistrates to see after ITS en-
forcement, and we have Yet to
see where a sheriff or magistrate
attempted to enforce the law.
Would it not be the same with
prohibition: There is an old
saying, "what is everybody,s $
business is nobody's business, "
and prohibitory law cannot and
will not be enforced if, as Col.
Hoyt says, 1.-The enforcement
will be left to the local officers.
Well, suppose that to enforce
prohibition an army Of consta-
bles are employed, where is the
money to pay them to come from:
An extra tax would have to be
levied to raise the money to pay
constableS. The revenue now
coming from the dispensary goes
to the public schools and county
expenses, take il away and the
tax levy is bound to be raised IN
order to meet the deficiency.
Are our readers ready and will
ing to contribute money out OF
their pockets by paying more
taxes, simply to crafty a theory
which they know is impractical
BILE:
We hear Prohibitionists talk
about "blind tigers, and that
the dispensary law is not carried
out. VIII these same people
show where they have ever given
the slightest aid to help carry
out the law: How many Of them
have sat on juries and refused to
convict a blind tiger with direct
proof? How many of these pro
Tossing Prohibitionists have pat
ronized blind tigers and how
many Of them are interested in
blind tigers: If an examination
of the freight and express books
could be had, we venture the as
sertion that package after pack
age is recorded in the name OF a
ProhibitioniSt, and probably
some who are taking such a lead
ing part that their names will
be found attached to calls for
prOhloltlOn conventions on We're
delegates to the convention
which nominated Col. Hoyt.
Prohibition IS a failure wher-
ever tried, and the dispensary
system, while not altogether as
perfect as we would like to see
it, is the best liquor regulation
yet devised. This is an age
where people do their own think
ing, and if they drink they do
their own drinking. Notwith-
standing the beautiful theories
|of the preachers, the people will
drink liquor; this being so, they
will have it, and the best way to
,,oooro tho n1-i1-fOr, wp admit II