The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-11-20
SAM JONES ON
THE DISPENSARY.
How Far Can Christianity Co
In Its Control and Manage
mcnt Of Evils?

In Its Control and Manage
ncnt of Evils?
Rev. Sam =. Jones in Atlanta Journal
BY the way, l spent last Sunday il
fomc, dedlcating a country churcl
out from town and preaching Sunda,
night IN Rome at the First Methodist
church and they We're from Cappadocia
Asia, Pontius, Pamphylia and the re.
gions round about. They wore cx.
pectlng something and thoy were not
disappointed. | walked up the streets
OF Rome on Saturday night and il was
a qIiot town. The dispcnsary is doing
business in Rome, but not a land.
Office business by any means. l under
stand they have only paid thousand
dollars into the treasury of the town
and county since 1t was inauguratcd.
L told them in preaching to them that
they had had the choice between thir-
teen saloons and one dispelfsary; that
they deliberately and intclligently
chose the dispensary, and having chos-
Ell the dispensary that question was
settled for the present, and now the
only question up was, what will you
40 with your dispcnsary? 1t is your
KID, said TO Them. If it behaves we'll,
all's well, if it misbchaves, spank your
kid and make it behave.
The dispensary in Rome, as evil as
II is, is thousand times lessor evil
than Is saloons running in full blast,
but the dispensary in Rome, un-
less right sentiment shall be built up
and maintained about it, will soon de-
scend TO the level of the Athens dis
pcnsary, or deeper still, to the depths
of the South Carolina dispensary. Il
can see how good men can vote for a
disponsary III preference to 13 saloons.
AS L said to them in Rome, one vicious
dog tied inside of building is thou
sand times better than thirteen hungry
tigers turned loose on the streets. The
dog chained in the room during the
day time and locked up in dungeon
after sundown. Now / said, gentle
men, instead of advertising your liquor
and publishing your liquor, advertise
the fact that you have got vicious
dog chained in your dispensary and
that he will bite, and you advise no.
body to go in there, but say TO them,
if you will 60 III you will be bit Just
like thousands of others have been bit
by that vicious animal. l am in favor
of dispcnsary rather than the open
saloon, but we don't want any dispcn-
sary in dry counties and dry towns.
There arc as many blind tigers hover
ing around the dispcnsary as over set
up in dry towns. The blind tiger in
the dispensary town does business at
night after the dispensary closes.
There will be blind tigers any and
everywhere that dirty scoundrels live
TO sell whisky and dirty vagabonds 1.-Two
to buy it. l am proud to say that the
Rome dispcnsary, so far, has been
well managed, and so long as it Is we'll
managed it can never do land Office
business. The management of dis
pensary has got to hold it up or it will
drag them down. Human philosophy
tells us, take the lesser of Two evils;
divine philosophy tells us, take Meth.
or. l. have always contendcd that a
saloon run decently, by respectable
MAJ, vas much more dangerous place
for our boys than bum saloon run by
all old bum. 1t is question in my
mind how far Christianity can 60 in
its control and management of the sale
of liquor, of bawdy houses, or gam
bling hells, without being partlceps
criminis to the devllment done by
them. Suppose Christianity takes
charge of every gambling hell in
America and guarantees a fair deal
and advertises to the boys, g come in,
you shan't bc swindled i'll this game;
you shall lose your money in decent
way"
The Baptists turn their members out
for gearing up with the dispensary, as
rule. Methodists snoak and skulk
from under by saying there is no law
in the church to handle them for the
offence. No church has all the good
in the world in it. As Methodist,
say the Methodlsls head the procession
on doctrine, but am sorry TO say
some other churches seem TO be ahead
of us on discipline, and believe the
Methodist church is the only church
that publishes and circulatcs discip-
Inc. The dispensary sells the same
kind of liquor the saloon does, and
when a man is tanked up Oh dispen.
sary or saloon liquor he Is ready fol
anything the devil wants done.
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