The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-10-12

tics. and demands anu IeCelseS
a tribute for food for the mon
ster, twelve of our fairest youths
and maidens. Yea, twelve thous-
and and more Of the flower of
our nation go to feed its awful
greed, and the walling of the
pa. .ents fills our land, and the
the sons of the king can slay the
minataur.
Oh, men, our brothers, sons
of the king, why does the nina
taur live? Have your hearts not
been touched to pity by the cry
with the heart break in it.:
The need is bitter and pres
sing. The children are being
devoured by the scores and
the hundreds. From all over the
State we hear the cry of the
mothers.
One woman writes, ':What can
we do to get the dispensary
away? It is running our boys. "
Another, "You would be sur
prised at the way our boys are
going since the dispensary
came" A Minister writes from
a little village. SIS there no
chance to get rid of our dispen.
sary, our town is polluted by it.
The men get their supply Of
whiskey and drink it on the
streets and our street corners
are schools of vice" All, would
that his was the only town pol
ldted by it, VIII you not kill this
monster and clean the streets
for the children's sake:
The moral atmosphere OF the
home may be ever so sweet and
wholesome; but we cannot build
a fence so high that the children
will not go out. For their own
development, and our interests,
they must go. Morning after
morning, to school, on errands,
to work,
Out from the hearthstones the children
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Fair as the sunlight. pnre as the snow
This licensed crime on the crowded
streets
Waits the coming OF their thought
less feet.
All. fathers, your brightest gold grows
dim
Black with the horror of this shame
less sin.
Oh, say, will your dearest come back
as they 60?
Fair as the sunlight, pure as the
snow"
A STRANGE CONTRADICTION.
We cannot solve the problem
of the state Of things in South
Carolina. Of all the men in the
Union the men of our States
profess to hold freedom dearest.
Especially the right to say what
they want at the ballot box and
get it. Yet some twelve years
ago you asked for prohibition by
a majority of eight thousand and
got the licensed liquor traffic.
Tomorrow, if every man in your
town voted to have your dispen-
sary removed you could not
move it.
It is probable that the reason
this has been endured so long is
because Of the fallacious argu-
ments in it's favor which sprang
into being with it. One Of these
fallacies is that the dispensary
is a s:moral institution" 1t has
proved to be a very immoral in
stitution, polluting all our gov
ernment. A minister of Colum-
bia says in a published sermon:
"In a recent conversation with
a prominent gentleman of this
State, one who has long watched
our public affairs, we were in
formed that the tone of our pub
lie life and our system Of admin
istering the laws were now lower
than they had been in years and
perhaps lower than they had
ever been" It was further az
gued that the dispensary was a
ssstep towards prohibition" It
has unquestionably postponed
the day Of prohibition for years.
Another peculiar suggestion as
a remedy for the failure Of the
dispensary is: "If we could only
get good men to run the dispen-
saries they would be all right. F"
What kind of man is a E;good
man." The Bible says, ''for
scarcely for a righteous man
would one die, yet peradventure
for a good man some would even
dare to die % This would imply
that a good man is more than a
righteous man, is a man you
would be willing to die for. We
read once Of a good man whose
heart and life were so full OF
good works that on awakening
one morning he found he would
not have time for his usual morn.
ing devotion. but before leaving
mis- room he laid his hand on his
heart and looking up said: ''Dear
Lord, we are on the same good
terms as usual this morning"
::FR1END OF HIS MAKER. -
A good man is a friend and
companion of his Maker. "Good
men" run our dispensaries! A
child would tell you a good man
was a man that would go to