The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-10-04
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, October q, 1905.
Newterry Letter.

The dispensaries in Newberry
county are a thing of the past. We
will cay for the information of one of
our Lexington friends whom We met
at the Hilton barbecue, that seventy
nine petitioned to the County Beard
of Control, thirty-6ve of whom we're
negroes. This is the way in which
the dispenssrY Was established in
Newberry. We will say to all those
who are interested in the whiskey
question in Lexington county that
their registration certificate and tax
receipt are required before they can
vote. Should the dispensary be vot-
ed out the people will not have the
opportunity to vote for he dispen-
sary again under fcur years. We
are all human beings and We all have
our weaknesses and short comings.
Roosevelt, the highest power in the
United States, invited Booker Wash
ington to dine With him: This Ger.
tainly was weakness on the part of
somebody. So it is with this great
whiskey question in S,uth Carolina.
Some people think it is wrong for
the State to engage in the whiskey
business. Scne cay it is right for
the State to handle it. So there is
weakness on the part Of somebody or
this oues ton could be solved. Our
humble opinion IS it The State would
pay the dispenser who sold the email
lest amount of whiskey the most
money it would not be long before
whiskey drinking would be down to
zero.
One word to the boys and We will
close our letter: Boys, honor thy
father, you love your mother and
you take occasion to show your love
for her in ways that she we'll under
stands. But your father, my boys,
you love him, too, in a different sort
of way. But do you honor him, and
do you show that you doY Deep
down, of course, you honor your
father, but not until you have boy
of your own will you know how much
you hurt your fathers heart when
you faunt his ADVISE or show by
your manner that you think the ''old
man" is kind of hack number.
just as certain as you live there will
come DAY when you will remember
your unfaithfol attitude toward your
father and be sorry for it, and then
it may be too late. The keeness
remofse you will ever know will be
the memory of your i'll treatment or
lack of respect for your father.
When the thoughts Of present
days shall come to you you will re-
member that you often showed your
mother the affection that you felt for
her, and denied it to your father,
whom you also loved. Remember,
my boys, that fathers ways are not
your mothers ways. Father has
had to fight the world for your bread
and the world has taught him to
conceal bis feelings. he loves you
just as much as your mother does
only he cannot show it. When you
do anything to be proud of nobody
on earth is prouder than your father.
OF course, you may think your father
is not up to date in every respect. All
this may be true, but the chances
are father knows more about almost
everything than you do. When you
are, say 80 years old, you may re.
alize this fact. II you live a long
time in this world, boys, you may
always be led to say that the safest
adviser you ever had was your father.
Honor the man who looks like you.
Best wishes to you, Mr.. Editor,
and your many readers. B.B.H.