The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-08-29

friSky to play, but IN 4 rig sucn AS
is not often seen by mortal eyes he
kept the crowd from getting sleepy.
Well, the game ccmmenced. 1t
was fun from the beginning to the
end. Wo can't give the position of
the players. Some played all about.
Others played well, really we'll. The
Lean catcher, Blackwell, opened
his moutl, as ball came. Noteeth
were carried away, bat the inside
of his ZIP got into trouble. Judge
Green played somewhere between
first base and the pitcher, and ran
bases when he got the chance.
Three iEnings We're played and the
game called-wiLd gone out most
of them, though some remained as
lively as cricketS and wanted to
play on. The score stood 9 to IL In
favor Of the thicks. Wilmot Giiland
umpired and gave entire satisfac-
tion. Short speeches were made by
Hugh McCutehen, Sutcliffe and 5.
NJ. ASkins. a collection was taken
up to pay for arnica, turpentlnc and
other tTiinmingS, we suppose. The
crowd was large one and seemed
to enjoy the fun. Several from
Kingstree, Coopers, 1ndiantown,
Scranton, Ca&es and Hebron were,
present. After this game seven in
nings were played between Lake
City and Concord, which resulted
in \ victory for the home team.
Lake City will on September 4
vote upon The question of a dislen-
sary in this town. The object of
the election is to test the senti-
ments of the voters of the town on
this matter, and if majority of
the ballots cast be in favor of the
establishment OF a dispensary, the
board of control will be asked to
open one here. Before the diSpSi-
Sary law was enacted liquor had
been banished from this town by
vote Of the people, and since its
passage. every effort to get Il dis
pensary has been fought vigorous
iyand successfully. Now, however,
those favoriug the move seem to
think that there has been Il rcvo-
luton in the feelings of our people.
Whether there he any foundation
for such a supposition remains to
be seen. The alleged change Of at
titude is attributed to the blind
tiger business. There is no doubt
whatever that lots OF 1idu0r has
been and is still being sold in this
community in violation Of law, and
every effOrt-and strenuous etfort
has been male-t0 break upthe IL
LEGAL traffic has failed. Therefore
some say thatinasmuch as liquor is
being sold here we had better have 4
Gispensary and get the benefit Of the
profits and the protection o. the
law. This is the argument. This
May he convincing to many, but
there are two sides to this question
a. to all others. In the first place =
dispe nsary may not and probably
Will not destroy the blind tigers, 81
least in the surrounding country.
Again-tf blind tigers sell liquor it
j. true, Nut twenty-five ti-er such
IS We have, will not sell aS much
liquor ~ one diSpenS2ry. Further,
thiug~ have q way Of Fighting them
selves in this world. Nothing can
continue in violation of law an i'll
definite length of time. The blind
tigers Will eventually work their
own destruction. They will in the
coarse Of time commit Involuntary
suicide. In fact, some of them III
this town are rirht n"w Sharpening
the knives that will cut their own
throat>. The denouemnnt may take
ulace soon and when it does, there
will be SurpriSeS-the tigers will 5e
surprised and some Of 0ur people
will. we think, be surprised when the
the faces Dnder the tigers skins are
revealed. ShcHld this election lie
carried in favor Of dispensary and
should one be established the great
est care IN the selection of dis
penser should be exercised, and the
council enforce the Law to the very
letter and the people should stand
souarely by the council. If some q
our people do not stand by the coun-
Gil then better than they have in the
efforts to suppress illicit traffic and
to enforce other law, the condition
of our town will be fearful indeed.
We all should think well before we
cast our ballots. tits generally safe
to let we'll enough alone. Our town
is now prosperous. Business IS
good and increasing. New and good
people are moving in. Houses are
being built. The whole town Is
building up. We had better think
well. A fearful mistake may be