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

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law quite different from the original
he declared that the original law
placed the governing mower in tile
hands OF men elected by the people.
Wna5 we want is & legislature "iint
VIII take the law back to its original
moorings. Who, under his admins.
tratton, had heard OF htahhstHsl drunk,
ards getting liquor. Some drunk
ards In this county had become Gl-
most his personal enemies.
He dorided the recent proliounce-
mcnt CT the directors Of the dispen.
sary to the effect that they would 60
back to the use Of the request books
Why did they ever drop the use Of the
booksP They had no such right to dc
so.
IT WAS HIS WORK.
In the constitutional convention OF
1896 tlere was a fight on the dispen.
sary question. 1t was tho desire OF
the dispensary advocates to incorpo.
rate tho dispensary law body aud
brooches into the organic law. He
got up when prodded to do so, and
said that he would be glad to have
the law incorporated in the constitu-
tlon, but the matter was before the
United States supreme court and If 1t
should be declared unconstitutional,
the State would have rock. ribbed pro
hibitton forever. He asked for the de.
bate to be adjourned and he prepared
The section In article g. OF the consti.
tuition which refers to the dispensary
law.
IL we get to high license, and that
Is what this hullyballoo's about, the
town of E1gefeld cannot issue that
license and 1t must he granted by the
authorities at Columbia
He referred to the fact that many
OF the people Of Edgefield 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 PIckens would
have to do would be to drive 10 to one
Of these distilleries In q hollow and
load up on illioit whiskey.
Following Is the part which he
read:
ADVICE TO II COMMITTEE.
The newspapers state that the leg
lslativc inveetigating committee viii
commence Its work at Spartanbure
next Tuesday. l do not wish to ap
pear oficlouS and indulge In criticism
until ! I'm certain 1T is deserved but
feel sure that others beside mysel,
have been ~disQuieted and. somewhat
disconnected, to use no stronger
terms, by the reports which came tt
us that this committee has already
exhausted It's expense fund Of SO, 0O(
and there is the probability that 1t.
work will be hindered or prevented
for lack of money. / hope these wer,
idle rumors without foundation be
cause it would be little short Of ;
scandal Ii the committee charged
with such important work should fai
to do 1t and 90 to the legislature witt
such a tiasco as that. Newspaper!
have led us to suppose that ther,
would be startling disclosures as tt
the CO. ruption In Spartanburg anc
we have been treated to a sort o
opera bonffe performance IN the liti
cation instituted to secure possession
Of Mi. F'arnum's papers. I feel tina
| voice the opinion Of q great many
thousands Of my fellow citizens whel
| say that while we are interested ii
unearthing corruption Ia any AM
every department. of I'll e idispensar,
that the people are Go4 very much
concerned about the misloin gs of 10
Cal dispensers. Th 'aks ..;cfastiol
with the [G1eS not rest up
on these.
There r a great many storie
atloat and l have heard any humble
Of these and L therefore presume t.
make some suggestions and I know
that all right thinking men, includ
ing those most interested will tn INK
rather than blame, me for doing VIVA
shall blcause | shall do so becaus
no one else seems willing to dlscharg
the ungracious task. There has beer
talk almost universally Of the suddel
wealth or evidences Of much none
being In the hands Of two high dis
pcnSary officials. Ono OF these Is liv
ing and a take care OF himself
The other is dead, and his friend
among whom l count myself one, de
sire to have the truth known aud hi
memory cleared from what we believ
TO De a vile and malicious SANDER. l
ought TO be easy to fad out from tn
banks and the records in the clerk
cilice whether there is any foundatio,
in fact for these oft repeated stories
'HOw FALSE AND INFAMOUS"
MIR. Hubert Evans, chairman Of tn
board OF ~dispcnsary directors, is tn
living man who will, l am sure, glad
ly welcome the most searching inves
tigation into his financial condition
and the lamonted II. II. Crum Is tn
other. His friends will, l know
thank me for giving them the oppor
tunity to prove how false and infa
nous are the statements which hay
been sent broadcast about his large es
tate.
Then we have reports that Mr.
Towill, another director, accepts
very fine horse from some whlske
man in Kentucky as a present, Will
Mr.. Boykin, the other member OF tn
board OF directors, was drummer 10
some one or two whiskey houses be
fore he vas placed on the board
Have those houses had any undu
share OF the trade Of the dispensary
Why Is 1T necessary to keep on han,
such q large stock at the State dis
penSary when 1t Is on q Dash basis an
goods can be ordered out and distrib
uted In 80 days? Who is responsible
for such @ large stock OF unSalnahl