The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-23

are we rearing IN Soutn Carollna: Oo
Supreme Court, In its famous decisio
uoholdipg the Constitutionality OF tn
dispensary law, laid down the follow
irg as q fundamental proposition an
said that if this proposition is not t1u
the law is unconstitutional: "Tha
Honor, in it's nature, is dangerous Il
rte morals, good order, health AM
safety Of the people, ard is not to b
placed on the same footing with tn
ordinary comm dities OF life, such q
corr, wheat, cotton, tobacco, potatoes
etc. Kansas says TO her children
The liquor traffic is dangerous ant
ought to be prohibited" South Car
DINA says to her thousands OF scAoo
children: The l:q1or traffic is dan
gerous to tie morals, good order
health and safety of the people, ant
therefore we will sell liquor and ge
all the money We can for the schools.
You may cali it can't If you will, bu
in effect here is an icsidious attempt
30 wed public education to the liQuo!
5ref1i;. It is an unholy alliance ano
God will put them a>uader. We can
not afford to lower the ideals OF oul
schools. We must not poison the foun
tain that nourishes the heart ard brair
OF our people.
WAS BECOMING DIsREPUTABLE.
The business OF the saloon keeper
was becoming disreputable in this
State, and saloon keepers we're begin
nirg to find it dtffc lls to justify the
business in the eyes Of their children
Tee G;spensary system attempts tc
make the traffic respectable and repu'
table. How can the children in our
schools answer the sophistry OF the
argument that whatever contributes
to the support Of the school is good
and wise?? I lay it down as little short
OF an axiom thatany restrictive scheme
that takes control e traffic that is
dangerous to the morals OF the people,
and controls it in such a way as to
make it reputable, Is vicious ana
dangerous scheme.
Let me suggest an historical paral'
lei. A great leader was commanded to
20 down against the Amalakites,
standing for immortality, aud destroy
Them and theirs utterly. When he was
called to account by the old prophet
and asked what meant the lowing OF
cattle and the bleating OF sheep, bis
lame excuse was that the people had
kept the best Of the sheep and oxen to
sacrifice to the Lord. The prophets
answer was as swif5 and whitening as
Behold, to obey is better
than sacrifice" Sacrifice is good, but
there are better things than mere sac
rifca. The Government OF great
State was commanded by the moral
sense OF the people, expressed at the
ballot box, to so down and destroy
the liqaor traffic. And when called to
account it makes the pitiful plea that
while it has not destroyed the traffic
it has managed it so as to get money
for the taxpayers. Money for the
schools is good, but there are better
things than money for the schools.
The blight Of Gods curse falls upon
the people that resort to methods that
dull the public conscience and lower
the tone OF public morals.
IT CANNOT HELP YOU.
Senator Tillman. the diSpensary SyS-
TEN cannot help you, and you can help
it only temporarily. It is wrong In
principle and corrupt in practice, and
its doom has been written. By throw
Ing your powerful influence against
the present agitstion you may save
the dispensary for a while, bat it Is
totteripg and must fall. 1t Is fortu-
nate for you that your reputation rests
upon achievements that will endure.
You recall, dc you not, the desire OF
Jefferson that bis epitaph should re-
mind posterity that be was the author
OF the Declaration OF Independence,
and uf the bill Of religious liberty, and
the father OF the University OF Vir-
pinia. And so his name is handed
down, riveted to civil nbsrty, ana re-.
ligious liberty and higher education,
three things that can never depart
from the earth or from the love OF
nen. And you, what would you be re.
membsred by? There is Winthrop and
there is Clemson; veil may your heart
swell with honorable pride. And there
isl will not name the third thing.
What true friend would link your
name with the dispensary? What bit
ter eremy could desire a worse tate
for you than to have you raised tc
that bad eminence? A wise solution
Of the liquor problem is one thing; the
dispensary is another.
1 have very little political ambition
and no taste for public controversy
You need not remind me that it Il
none OF my business to take care o.
your reputation. I know that. Bu'
in q Quiet way I have for many year:
been doing my best, little as 1t m,J
have been, to develop strong, clean
prave manhood IN this State, and il
sa5dens me to feel that you are about
TO let pride OF opinion and the fervo'
of debate stand in the way OF a fai.
and open test Of great moral ques
ton. The people DO not need advice
they need free opportunity t. vote
Respectfully, GEORGE B. CRoMER.
Newberry, August IL, 1908.
Start With New York Life.
Insurance Commissioner R. E
Folk, OF Tennessee, announced Sat
urday that the interstate examination
OF life insurance companies woult
commence on October l. The New
York Life Insurance Company will b
examined first. This announcement
was made after a conference between
the insurance commissioners OF Ken
lucky, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
Nebraska, Louisiana and Tennesss
ord praSiSent, John A. Nc Call, CT ca