The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-05-24

coming electlOuS III some VI Tue upper
counties to- displacc the dispensary.
The general impression Lereabouts is
that when ever these elections are
held the dispensary will be voted out.
The first of the elections will be held
in Pickens on next Saturday. The
situation there has not been very
closely watched, but it is thought that
it will follow the lead of Cherokee
County. The chief interest just now
is in Spartanburg County on account
of it's being such q large, prosperous
and consuming county. Many who
are familiar with the situation in that
county say that just as certain as the
necessary petition is filed the county
will vote out the dispensaries. They
say that if the entire primary vote Of
the county were cast under tho terms
of the Brice bill, the dispensaries
would be voted out Of Spartanburg by
FIVE to one majority, but with reg
istered vote, one that is much smaller
than the ordinary vote in the primary,
tht result will be three or two to one,
and that for every vote cast for the
retention Of the dispensary there will
be two or three against it's remaining
in that county.
In Union, County there has been a
delay in the ordering of the election,
as the county officials we. very
strict in the checking Of the list with
that of the registered vote, and it was
stated that the necessary number had
not signed the petition. It is expect
cd that the petition will be amended,
and that in due time Union County
will join the ranks of the counties
that prefer prohibition to the present
dispensary system.
You can hear peyple on all sides
saying that "the dispensary is gone
unless the management is changed"
The management isno worse than it has
been all along. There is the same situa-
tion that there has been all along. Sub.
dispensers and others run things just
as they want, from the very beginning
of the purchase-the supposed signing
Of the request book, on up the line the
law it is generally utterly disregarded,
and it is on that account that the law
is being knocked in the head: Then
the State board is following what
other boards Of control have done all
along as to privileges, beer dispen-
saries, etc., and it is on this account
that the plain folks have utterly given
up the hope Of seeing the dispensary
law enforced as they think it ought to
be. 5,.:...:
The State board follows in the rut'
Of its predecessors and no doubt
thinks the business is prospering, as
profits are being piled up and the bus
mess is being extended, and they are
content with the business success of
the system. r.. .i....>- i.
This condition of affairs, added to
the natural impetus Of tie prohibition
wave, is what is going to play the
mischief with the dispensary law
from all that can be understood.
It's rather hard thing to say,
but the fact Of the matter is the peo-
pie are losing confidence in The Gem
eral Assembly oing anything. They.
voted for biennial sessions and they
got biennial sessionB-over the left:
They wanted .diapensary reform. Gov.,
ernor Hayward realized fully the SEN:
timent and urged as strongly as he
could immediate reform, but nothing,.
absolutely nothing, was sdone. The.
dispensary forces we're stronger in the
Legislature then the Executive and
the people combined. The dispen-:
sary authorities were opposed to the.
legislation most likely to succeed, be-
cause it reflected on the man 1gement,
and they had influence sufficient to
kill the measures. The people think;
they will:Scontinue to have that In
auence with The General Assembly
and that iss perhaps why. you hear that
if there was a full vote in spartanburg,
the county would vote out the dis
pensary Ave sto one. sss9 g 3 So :s;$ s. S {5:
For ten years reforms have been;
proniaed, latitude has been sexpestsd, I
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