The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-18

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He declsred that tho original law
placed the governing power In the
nanas OF men elected by people.
HnaO we want is o legislature THAT
VIII take the law back TO it's original
moorings. Who, under his admins.
tfaolon, ha6 hsard OF habituai dunk.
ards getting ltquor. Some drunk
ards In this county had become al.
most his personal enemies.
He derided the recent pronounce.
ment CT the directors Of the dispen.
sary to the effect that they would 20
back to the use of the request books
Why did they ever drop the use of the
booksP They had no such right to do
80.
1T WAS HIS WORK.
In the constitutional convention of
1895 there was a fight on the dispen-
sary question. 1t was the desire of
the dispensary advocates to incorpo.
rate the d%ispsnsary law body aud
breeches into the organic law. He
got up when prodded to do so, and
said that he would be glad to have
n law incorporated in the constitu-
ZION, but the matter was before the
United States supreme court and If 1t
should be declared unconstitutional,
a State would have rock. ribbed pro
hibitton forever. He asked for the de.
bate to be adjourned and he prepared
the section In article 8 OF the cOnsti.
tuition which refers to the %dispensary
law.
Ii we get to high license, and that
Is what this hullyballoo's about, the
town of E1gefield cannot issue that
licensa and it must he granted by the
authorities at Columbia.
He referred to the fact that many
Of tho people Of Edgefeld cannot vote
on the ~dispensary under the Brlce
law because they have no registration
certificates. About $4,000 people
would be barred from expressing their
wishes. Again, the Brice law does
not provide for voting out distilleries.
All the blind tigers in Plckens would
have to do would be to drive up to one
OF these distilleries In a hollow and
load up on Illicit whiskey.
Following Is the part which he
read:
ADVICE TO THE COMMITTEE.
The newspapers state that the leg.
islative investigating committee will
commence Its work at Spartanburg
next Tuesday. l do not wish to ap-
pear oficlous and indulge in criticism
until L am certain 1T is deserved but l
feel sure that others beside myself
have been diSquieted and somewhat
disconnected, to use no stronger
terms, by the reports which came to
us that this committee has already
exhausted It's expense fund Of SO, 600
and there is the probability that it's
work will be hindered or prevented
Tor @ OF money. / hope these were
ldle rumors without foundation be-
cause 1T would be little short Of a.
scandal IL the committee charged
with such important work should fail
to do 1T and 20 to the legislature with
SUCH a hasco as that. Newspapers
have led us to suppose that there
would be startling disclosures as to
the corruption In Spartanhurg and
we have been treated to a sort Of
opera boutfe performance in the liti.
CATION instituted to secure possession
Of Mr.. Farnum's papers. I feel that
voice the opinion Of q great many
thousands Of my fellow citizens when
l say that while we are interested In
unearthing corruption Ia any and
every department. Of tt e dispensary
that the people are no8 ny much
concerned about the mi5o,,, o. of 10.
cal dispensers. TIL de- ...icfe ction
with the dispensary( fueS not rest up.
on these.
There are a great many stories
aiioat and have heard any number
OF these and l therefore presume to
make some suggestions and | know
that all right thinking men, includ-
Ing those most interested viii tn INK,
rather than blame, me for doing what
shall cause l shall do so because
no n else seems willing to discharge
the ~unRracious task. There has been
talk almost universally Of the sudden
wealth. or evidences Of much money
being In the hands Of two high dis.
pcnSary officials. One OF these Is liv
ing aud can take care OF himself.
The other Is dead, and his friends
among whom l count myself one, de.
sire to have the truth known and his
memory cleared from what we believe
TO be a vile and malicious SANDER. 1t
ought to be easy to fad out from the
banks and the records in the clerks
ctlice whether there is any foundation
in fact for these Oft repeated stories.
"How FALSE AND INFAMoUs.n
Mr.. Hubert Evans, chairman Of the
board OF dlspensary directors, is the
living man who will, | am sure, glad.
ly welcome the most searching inves-
tlgation into his financial condition
and the lamented II. II. Crum Is the
other. Ills friends will, l know,
thank me for giving them the oppor
uun1Gy TO prove how false and infa-
nous are the statements which have
been sent broadcast about his large es.
cate.
Ihen we have reports that Mr..
IoWill, another director, accepts a
very fine horse from some whiskev
a In Kentucky as a present, while
Mr.. Boykln, the other member OF the
board OF directors, was drummer for
some one or two Whiskey houses ba.
fore he was placed on the board.
lave those houses had any undue
snare OF the trade OF the dispensary?
why Is 1t necessary to keep on hand
such q large stock at the State dis
ptnSary when 1t is on a cash basis and
goods can be ordered out and distrib.
uted In 80 days? Who is responsible
for such a large stock Of unsaleable
goods when WhiSkey Is a STAPLE article