The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-16


anyboGy's shoulder: We are sinful hu-
man beings, made by God Almighty
in His wisdom with shortcomings ana
the weaknesses Of man; we have our
appetises, and it is IN the nature OF
the beast to crafty that appetite Tor
stinulants, and il hs cannot get 1t
lawfully be is going to get IL some
other way. There has always been
and always will be demand for liquor
as a beyeridge, simply because man
likes the tsste and its effect, not be-
cause he is sick, not because he needs
it as medicine, but simply fer his
stoma5hS sake as Paul said to T:mo,
thy, and somebody will always be ready
to supply it for the money.
That being the cause, I have tried
to deal with this question aS true
man and from e com non sense stand
point to treat men IS l find them ano
net IS would have them to be, but to
try anG teach them to min:m'z2 ano
reduce the evil OF whiSkey drinking.
I have not INDUCED ia liquor myseil
but have seen il, some CT nv tmiiy
have suffered from it, I h2rs Ssan lts
misery, the m:s3ry it causes; l nave
seen too much 2ou 20 know that II ne
could destroy tae formula oi alooIoI
either from fermentation or anything
slss il would inju;e Sne m2d!cal pro.
tass!oa in their business, Gepcive men
OF their valuable StimuIantS IN Ger
tain diseases, but the sum ct hu nan
misery you'd ce reduced. Bat the b2sl
thing in my Judgment as practices
man is to treat msn as they are anc
to try to teach them TO restrain their
appetites as far as practical and min
im.ze the evil Of ljqlor drinking. YOU
have heard q good deal about biooc
money.
AS TO BLOOD MONEY.
Sometimes get aWfu!ly sick il the
senate when I hear q fellow get W
and twadale about what be know:
nothing Of; when I hear preacher;
talking about the drinking Of whiskey
being blood meaey. look back tt
the history OF the world, find that
no msn. no preacher priest or states
man ever dreamed Of attempting K
prohibit the use OF l:Q lor until abou'
Is or 100 years ago, have not under
took until the last so years to say
that man should not drink or that il
was a. sin. l DO not hesitate to say
can fnd in the Bible dozen or tws
dozen texts recognizing the use O
LIQUOR to where you can find ons
which discou-sges it or dsnounces it
Where does the sin come n?
The s!n does not rest upon Bible
authority, 1t rests upon toe preacher:
authority, and I cbJsct to any
preacher charging the scripture t;
suit bis fanatic:sm and to make MT
swallow his religion. L<uShter
/ You cannot show me In the scrip.ur
es exec pit in one or two isolated case:
where tbs use OF wine is denounced a.
sin, and I can show you dozei
passages where it is spoken Of other
wise. When any man talks to me aoou
blood money I put him down as a:
abominable ass. 90 not intend any
thing personal. I cannot see any pos
sible excuse for any one to make suci
a charge.
I saw tie other day where sons
man said that rather than see hi
children educated on blood money b.
would prefer to see them grow up ii
illiteracy. 1 do not blame him TO
saying that il he bslievedit was bloo:
money. But it is not blood money
Where do you get the authority to
saying it is a sin to use liquor? Their
is no doctrine Of that sort il the Bible
You can find plenty Of texts as to th'
abuse OF liquor, getting drunk ant
doing things that man will do Whel
drunk which are sinful. agree Il
that. The dispenSary is intended t;
minimize the abuse Of liquor, whil'
prohibition is supposed to prohibit il
use absolutely because it IS sinful.
SOME COLD FIGURES.
7 always like to back up my asSer
eionS with facts. Some people draw
on their imagination for their facts.
may have 6one so at tines, but di<
not do so Intentionally. I have de
clared and do now so declare tha
prohibition does not prohibit any
where. A few Gays ago I received tht
last printed report OF the comn!s
sioner OF internal revenue at Wash
ington, and I find these figures: Stat'
Of Kansas with population OF l, 40,
495 had IN 1t retsll beer or NAL
LIQUOR licenses secured f'om th:
United States governnent3 3, 1877, or 46i
people to every retailer OF these bev
erageS. That's IL Kansas, remember
One liquor and beer dealer for every
$50 people in uhs prohibition State o.
Kansas. (Laughuer) Maine has 694,
900 population according TO the las
cenSes aud had 9SS licenses issued By
the Uo!:ed States government to sci
liquor ard beer, or one to every 20;
population. State OF South Caroline
had l, $40, 900 population and the tota
number Of United States licenses t.
retail liquor aud beer including th:
100 and odd dispenssrica SGT, CT ont
retail seller for every , 364 population
Now, those figures ought to speal
Tor themselves without further argu
msnt: but I have some further facts
Take the ciEy Of b ,r'eston, S. G I;
had il 1900 55, ,0o0 porulat!on in round
nunbers, and tie total Eumbsr Of ar
rests in that city for thai year wa!
4,0O2; arrests for dru1kanness 52+
Mind you they say Charleston is tbs
home Of blind tigers, and I know 1t tc
be true. Kansas City, Kan, popula
Uion $1,000, total runber OF arrests
3.457; arrests for drunkenness $50
Take Portland, the head centre o.
prohibition, where it has been the lsa
for 50 years; population 50,oce, tota
number OF arrests 1900; arrests fol
| drunkenness, !, 165: more than tWiCe