The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-24
MIR. BAILEY CRITICIZED.
A Goldsboro Reader Sees Nothing Bul
Evil in Dispensary.

Mr.. Editor:-Your city reporter. il
reporting the Summer School now il
session in your city. has this to say
Of Mr.. j. W. Bailey's position on the
liquor traffic: Mr.. Bailey declared
for the Watts law. expressed hi.
doubts as to the wisdom of prohibit
ton in towns of more than 5000 PEG
pie, and stated his belief that the 10
cal dispensary was the best methoC
vet devised of controlling the sale O.
liquor for the reason that it puts Tho
matter in the hands and under the
eye of communities most interested
He also stated his belief that the dis
pensary should, il necessary. encour
age the sale of softer alcoholic drinks,
such as light wines and beer, by low
ering the price of such beverages, ant
raising that of the more arder1-
Spirits
This being Il true statement of Mr.
Bailey'S views, as l take it, wish tt
say that while | can not say l an
surprised, l am, nevertheless, grieved
that this worthy brother. who is at
the head of the moral forces in this
State against the ravageS of intern
perance, should SO far forget himself
rs to give expression to any such
views at this critical time. Further
more, it does seem to me that his
DOSIIlOIl, us dDONe SlGlSu, Is 50 uIllGll
able, illogical and unwise as to sug
gest the unsuitability of his holding
such a responsible position, at such {;
critical period in our temperance cru
SADIE Why Mr.. Bailey doubts the
wisdom of prohibition in towns Q
more than 5000 people" and why he
would encourage the sale of the
tighter soft drinks, your reporter doe:
not say; but whatever may or may
not be his reasons for taking this pc.
sition, the fallacy of his views arc
made plain, under the search-light o.
reason and righteousness. Why a bis
town should be doomed to the curse
Of the dispensary. while her less ia
vored smaller sisters must be content
with prohibition, pure and simple, is
/ problem too bi" with nonsense tC
DE worthy of a moments serious re-
Election. How men like Mr.. Bailey
otherwise sane and sensible, can be
guilty of such absurdity is a perpleX.
ing problem, to men who have LONG
since cut their eye teeth on the
temperance question. The diSpensary
the second son of the devil, is but a
''decoy duck" intended to delude the
unsophisticated, backboneless, COM
promiser. God has said "Woe unto
him that putteth the bottle to thy
neighbours lips" Does not the adVo-
cate and supporter of the diSpensary
put the bottle (literally) to his neigh
boris lips" How dare any man then,
flling the responsible place of Pres
ident of the Anti-Saloon League, sug-
gest or entertain any such silly com
promise with satan and sin. II Mr..
Bailey will give me a single Scriptu-
raj warrant for his advocacy of dis
pensary, or any other form of legal
lied whiskey selling, L for one, will
be pleased to apologize for my lack o.
confidence in his leadership and sin
cerity. "To the Word and to the
Testimony" Mr.. Bailey, if you please
and not so much theorising and spec.
ulatings. He who does not stand on
Gods Word has no foundation III
fact, to stand upon. Let the adVo-
Gates of the dispensary give us "a
thus saith the Lord for their posi-
lion, or forever cease to seduce gooG
people from the right ways of truth
and Sobriety.
To them, and all the whiskey advo-
Gates, i'll any form, God says: our
covenant with death shall be disan-
nulled, and your agreement with hell
shall not stand Isaiah 2S-18.
w. II. McLAURiN.
Goldsboro, N. c., July u, 1904.