The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-06-28

disclose anything to justify such
misleading headlines, and wheth
er THE TINES is ';throwing
little fit" or not. we will take
issue with such.
AFTER THE DISpENSARY. WHAT!
The war against the dispen,
sary goes merrily on, and so far
the indications are that the anti
dispensary sentiment will win
in every county where the test
is made, but will those leading
this sentiment, although aided
by the churches and the women,
continue the war upon whiskey
and rid the country of whishey
selling: It is an easy matter to
arouse the sympathy of church
organizations and good women
against the whiskey evil but it
is another matter to get the
church organizations and the
good women to invoke the
strong arm Of the law to sup
press Illicit whiskey selling.
In the present crusade against
the dispensary there is an ele-
ment in every county ready to
take advantage Of anything
which looks to the doing away
with thelagents of the law, in the
hope that they will be unmolest-
ed in their nefarious traffic, in
that which the law either seeks
to prohibit or regulate, and this
element will always be found
allied with an element that is
sincerely laboring for the good
of mankind. The element seek
ing an unmolested sway for the
sale of liquor can control a great
many votes, and when they COM
bine their influence with the
good people, the two become a
powerful force, which, when
directed against the dispensary
almost means annihilation in
every instance.
In our Judgment, the alliance
Of the free liquor element and
the Prohibitionists, by this we
do not mean to convey the i'm
preston the Prohibitionists have
made a compact with the Free
Liquorites. They have not, nor
would the Prohibition leaders
enter in a compact with them,
but nevertheless the practical
result is the same, both, the
Prohibitionists, and Free-Li-
quorites are seeking the destruc-
ton of the dispensary, but with
different motives, The Prohi-
bitionists are earnestly laboring
for the betterment of mankind,
while the other element allied
with them is earnestly laboring
| to break down the restrictions.
which hampers them in making
money by debauchlng and des-
stroying mankind.
The Free-Liquorites enlist IN
the Prohibition army as it comes
along, and they are supplied
with the same ammunition bal
lots, they fight side by side. and
both are in at the capture. When
the victory is won both elements
are the victors, and both entitled
to the spoils. The Free-Liquor-
ties are not going to permit their
allies-the Prohibitionists to
have things their own way. and
they will make such terms as
their aid to the Prohibitionists
| in destroying the dispensary will
be agreeable-the probable stip-
ulation will be, the Prohibition
lists to take the glory, and the
Free Liquorites to clog the law S
machinery so that its operation
will not be in working order,
and so handicapped that the
courts will be unable to convict
for violation of law, and then
the country will be one cesspool
of debauchery, with none to
hinder nor molest.
We are looking at this cues
ton from the standpoint of his
tory. Prohibition has not been
a success in any State, and in
our opinion, the only way to
make Prohibition anything like
a success, is to localize it. There
are some counties, and some
towns that can enforce Prohi-
bition. because the environments
are such that the sentiment will
sustain the law, but we are yet
to be convinced that a general
Prohibition law in a State can
be successfully enforced, even
sufficiently to encourage its sin
cere advocates to continue Ia
boring for its improvement.
There are some extremists
who would be willing to vote
out the dispensary even If blind
tigers flooded the country, they
claim their religious principles
Erequire| this of them-they
must vote against the sale OF
!liquor under any and all circum
stances, we say this is an eH'