The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-22
DispensarY VS.. Prohibition.

HENDERSON, October u, 1903.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF:-The Goth has
come and gone and the election is over.
The dispensary is the winner, and no
more liquor will be sold in open saloons
in Henderson for the next two years 1t
could have been better than that, for we
could have voted it clean out and had no
more sold at all much easier than we got
the dispensary
But no, the W. c. I. O.. instead of
being strictly temperance, has turned
into a dispensarv UniOn-has taken the
vile stuff from the men who made it their
business and are going to sell it them
selves, in much larger quantity than the
saloon men We're selling it. And now
the man that has created thirst for
strong drink can't buy only ) cent
short and go on about his business, but
he has to buy enough to make him drunk
at Once-carry it around on his person,
and every chance he gets he will take a
drink and treat his friend; probably
man that would not go to a saloon for
it but will be led by his friend that has it
in his pocket or room.
1t was well enough said when one OF
our best lawyers said In one of his
speeches in the court house, that he
wanted to raise his boy right-he want
ed to know when he locks him out at
night that he is not in bar ROOM But
ldOes that lawyer know that his boy is
mot in one OF his friends rooms with q
bottle of liquor gambHngo And | verify
Ibelieve that now you will see more OF
that kind of conduct going on in our
midst, and among our most beloved
boys, than has ever been seen before. |
do not aim to mislead the public in my
opinion. | am not talking up for the sa-
loon-no, no; thousand times no: but
we had the privilege of calling prohibi-
ton or a dispensary election. But no.
there was not any profit in the former,
and that was cast aside, and a plan was
set on foot to make money regardless of
principle and temperance unions.
How many poor hearts and homes
that selling liquor in dispensary will
wreck in the next two years only the
Almighty can tell This election is a
compromise with the devil and we will
all see that no good will come of it. The
only excuse that the leading people of
this town have put up for not calling a
strictly prohibition election is that they
We're afraid they could not get it. That
sounds like chnrch people. don't it? If
God Is for you in trying to down the
devil and his works who can be against
\you?
Now we have the dispensary we will
pee for what motive it was obtained.
We have the liquor traffic in our clutches
TO do as we please with it. Cast it out
and crush it forever in our town No,
we can't do it-Oxford, Louisburg and
Warrenton have the dispensary. and we
can't afford to have dry town when
they have it all around us That is what
the dispensarv. not temperance. advo-
cates-say. But when you say that you
are not working for the good of man
kind. you are working for .rOur pocket
book and nothing else The question
has been put to me if had seven snakes
in my room wouldn't | kill six of them if
| could? Yes. | would; but if was able
to kill six could kill seven; and then
would have no snakes
Why are we compelled to have a dis
pensary at all? While we are ''sar wing
the boys from social drinking at the
bar we ought to think OF the men that
hate and despise liquor but can't help
from drinking it when they can get it.
These very men would have helped us
get strictly prohibition town.
Yours for Temperance.
ANTI-DISPENSARY.