The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-04

he only gets his salary as fixed by the
State Board, therefOre has no personal
interest In 1t. You can easily realize
that it has the advantage over any
other scheme Of handling whiskey. /.
The greed of humanity and the desire
to make money without regard to con.
sequences, or of the women and chill.
dren who are made miserable by
tue sale OF the stuff, encourages
them to sell to minors and after
dark. They talk today about the State
being disgraced and that the
dispensary money is b'ood money.
When the State permitted license to
be Issued and to receive money there.
for, when your town got its bar room
licenses, 1t was as much an immortality
az It is &c iiave the Dispensary. There
Is no difference in the morals of the
Dispanssry and the license system.
There is one feature which the dis
pensary system has which the bar
room has not. 1t has absolutely des-
t,oyed the habit OF treating, a man
say ing come on Bill or John and get
drink. And they would all get q
drink at one mans expense, and they
would sit around and talk about crops
and one man would say, we have
drank that mans whlskey, let have
another, and all would take another
drink and before they left the larger
plrt OF them would be drunk. Treat
ing has been done away with by the
DiSpensary law and the man now who
tc ri - Ia, frso 4 III, l., H.
to 60 around back Of the stable aud IL
doesn't taste as good as 1t would In
one Of those little cut glass tum blers.
But say what you please, treating has
been killed practically by the Dispen
slry system. When the law Is honest
ly administered, there Is no incentive
to sell after nightfall as there was for
a barkeeper to do. These three are
enough.
1 recognize the right OF newspapers
to itic ~ me don't set myself up as
be!rg above it, but l do object 10
people putting words In my mouth
which 1 never said and whaling me
over the head for having said them.
About two months ago, 1 happened
TO be goirg from Clemson College to
y
to Clemson, newspaper man ran up
to me at Spartanburg and asked me
what about the Bryce Bill. I have
never been afraid to say my say about
anybody's bill or anybody. / said it
seemed to me to be an attempt to as
saSSinate thediSpenSary law. l did say,
did not see how any honest man
could vote for the Bryce bill. For this
bave been severely Criticized. II l
can make myself understood, do not
think anybody can accuse me Of hav-
ing insulted a large lot Of people who
believed in it. l have been taught
that dish onesty is getting something
fer nothing, to take something that
doesn't belong &c you. What diG the
original Bryce Bill provide? Simply
that the Dispensary may be voted out
and no way Is provided for enforcing
the DlSpensary law 10 that county out
of that county's funds. l will tell you
the truth straight and from the
shoulder say when county wants a
DiSpcnSary kicked out it is their
ri,sht, but still when the dispensaris
In the other unties that have dis.
pensaries, have to sen1 coastables into
that county andimake the other coun-
ty defray the expenses Of enforcing
the law, l said it was dishonest and /
believe it was dishonest and stick to
it.
Well, have very briefly given you
an outline Of some of the fundamental
princl2 pies involved and have also
endeavored to POINT out the reason
why the Dispensary law is the b.st
system for handling whiskey.
The Senator then made some re-
ference to the fact that he was often
misquoted, to which one Of the editors
present said that he never misrepre-
sented the Senator but would print
his exact words.
Senator Tillman: You tell me you
are going to print what l say just
pain aud fair. I have gentleman
there WHO will furnish you with an
exact copy and l almost agree to set
up the type or pay some one else for
doing it, as want everybody to see
how much there is to your great blow
ing on this subject.
Senator Til'mln then said he had
asked the city clerk for figures and
had been advised that the city re-
c.ived s3, $50 from dispensary profits,
and in reply 10 his inquiry as to the
tax levy he was advised, See tax or
dinance," and as to the city s expepdi-
lures he was told, See supply BILL"
Senator 1illman was bit sarcastic
saying the clerk had not given him
any supply bill or statement He said
he had asked for information which
should be accessible to any citizen and
that is what he got, and therefore he
G. I'D not say anything as to what
will be result IL the city Of Gaffney
lave this So, $50 in revenue cut off.
a Voice: 1 can tell you what the
receipts are from the dispensary. 1t
is 50 0G0.
S nator Tillman: have got that.
You don't get but $3.50 from the
dispensaries according to this state.
ment, from October lSt 1908 to Octo-
bor lst 1904. l got it from your
county treasurer. He was good
enough to prepare for me clear
statement In RI gard to the county.
tried to get information from your
city OH ,ials as to the total amount OF
expenditures and taxes paid, ETC., but
this is what l got: Ineffect nothing,
but reference to the supply bill"
and the city statement"
The county treasurerS stat ement
show that the taxable property OF the