The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-06-05
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The Dspensary "Wicked Fraud" Says
Well-KnOwn Florida Baptist.


In the Baptist Witness of last week, G. H. Nash o
Tampa, replying to II correspondent on the question
discusses interestingly the dspensay system especial
ly as it is found in South Carolina. He writes:
Il have had very little to say with regard to the COM
paritive merit of the dspensary and the saloon. HEAVIER
knows that both are bad enough have placed the
phasis the only consistent attitude that Christian
occupy i'll relation to the dspensaIy and all othe
wickedness Notwithstanding all that the Witness has
said to the contrary stand unfnchingy on this Bible
TRUTH and under all correct Interpretation Paul Occu
pies the position The two-standard business is
snare and delusior. But what about the dispensary
itself?
Brother Macke seems to think that it is presunp
ton my part. to call in question his Judgment lc
the great benefit which the dispensary has brought
the city Of Charleston since he has lived there and ought
to know.
IF Brother Mackie or anyone else will take til,
trouble to look the second page of the New Voice OF
May 8, he will find map OF the business part of Charles
ton showing two hundred and eight retail liquor shops
in this part of the city very much mixed up with
churches dspensares and business houses of all
The staff correspondent of that paper says: In locating
these retail liquor shops did not go into single alley
With two or three exceptions none are located above
The map merely shows the cream of the blind I'll.
gers in the heart of the city of Charleston-2O5 in all
In there is pretense of secrecy The front
merely screened so that the bar itself cannot be seen
from the street. Policeman thick enough around.
Theorrespondent found one in blind tiger leaning
The bar. Does Brother Macke know why arrests are
made? Simply because these liquor shops get their sup
plies from the dspensaries themselves. This beneicent
Institution which many Christian praying to
have established in Florida is booming success in
South Carolina and especially in Charleston with its
thousand bars for Illicit sales by the glass
IN the city OF Charleston alone, on the authority of
George r. Rooster collector of internal for the
elares in the Voice. that he believes that there
least thousand blind tigers in the city of Charleston
alone, and 10 man is better qualified to speak in this
matter.
81 understand from those who have on the ground
that very much the condition exists in other cities
of the State, with the arrangement between the
dispensary and the Illicit dealer Woe to them that go
down into Egypt for help South Carolina might have
had prohibition to-day only for the weak surrender OF
the better people of the State and thousands of them
deeply regret it to-day. How do 1 know? Here Is a
ship cut from South Carolina paper showing this regret
tOns of South Carolina McSweeney the Democratic dis
pensary and liquor champion, received 39097 votes.
oes Rev. J. o. Cough, prominent minister of South
Carolina, says in the Baptist Courier: Two hundred
thousand Christians in the state and this traffic of hell
not only unchecked, but steadily growing in strength
and power aud simply girding the State with zone of
Drunkenness Again he says of those who have helped
fasten this condition the State that they ARE re-
spOnsbe for every suicide murder ruined life that is
caused by dspensary whisky and the will be true
in Florida of those who help to fasen the dspensary
1.-The Associate Reformed Presbyterian printed at
Due West S. G., says, in speaking of the dispensary:
AS liquOr-seling affair it great 1t is GO
ing right along in its drunkard- making business :.
Its business is increasing. The legislative committee
just examined it for the last quarter and they seem
greatly pleased Not that it has decreased ntemper-
lnce Not that there is less demand for whisky. oh
no! Ihey are pleased because 1t is Hourlshlng :.
This thing which has pleased the committee is the
fact that the dspensary sold twentyfour thousand
dollars worth of liquor more than for the quarter
asst year
81 could bring other testimony from high authority in
he State, but this ought to be enough / tell you
brethren, the whole thing is a wicked fraud and will
prove itself such it into Florida. Better
pend cur strength in fighting the saloon il
tands. In my Judgment, we would reach an earlier
ctOry In the words of Brother Mackie For the sake
# God, homes, families and pOsterity, let
Baptsts Of Florida organize forces to destroy
he open saloon. But God forbid that should carry
the Of this program and establish the dlspen-
airy system IN our fair State"