The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-08

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the last census and had o88 licenses
issued by the United States govern
ment to sell liquor and beer, or one
to every 7o3 population. State of
South Carolina had 100000 popu)a-
ton and the total number Of United
States licenses 70 retail liquor and
beer including the 100 and odd dis
pensaries 567, or one retail seller for
every 1884 population.
Now, those figures ought to speak
for themselves without further argu-
ment; bit / have some further facts.
Take the city of Charleston, S. c. II.
had in 1900 $1,000 population in round
numbers. and the total number Of ar
rests in that city for that year was
4,oo2; arrests for drunk kenness 524.
Mind you they say Charleston is me
home Of blind tigers, and | lnow it 70
be true. Kansas City, Kan, popula-
ton $1,000, total number of arrests
3.457; arrests for drunkenness go.
Take Portland, the head centre of
prohibition, where it has be en- the law
for 50 years; population s. 1000, total
number of arrests 1900; arrests for
drunkenness, 1,Io5; more than twice
as many as were in Charleston. To-
peka, Kan, population $4,000, total
arrests 2,671; arrests for drunkenness
644, a little over half of the popula-
ton of Charleston, and 100 more ar
rested for drunkenness. What are
you going to do with these facts:
Some say you are going to vote the
abominable dispensary out and sub
stitute blessed prohibition. l don't
care if you do, and sometimes I rath-
er wish you would so you can get a
dose Of: the physie for, IL months.
Now, we come to high license;
this combination which we are fac
ing today, the high license people,
the prohibition people: and blind tig-
ers, the same we have been fighting
since 1893. These people who are ad-
vocatsng high license, the State of
Columbia, the News and Courier and
some other papers, and some Of our
fellow citizens, they are not in favor
of prohibition; they tell you so, they
say lets kill the dispensary, then we
will have prohibition, and then what
high license. The preachers are 60
ing one road, the prohibitionists are
going another road, and the blind
tigers are travelling the third road,
they are all alert 70 kill the dispen-
sary. and when they kill it and it is
gone, poor thing, then what? There
will be a fight among the people to
say whether it shall be high license.
or prohibition, and what will the dis
pensaryites do then. II we are so far
and few between rhat there will be
no hope to restore the dispen* ary,
am going to line up with my friend
Talbert and shout for prohibition. !
never will consent by my vote and in
Auence to aid the re-establishment
of saloons in any county in South
Carolina.
Talbert Waxed Wroth.
Mr.. Talbert-(From his seat on the
stage). Thank God, one old sinner
has come in.
Tillman-(Turning toward Talbert,
with great emphasis and vehemence
and shaking his finger at him said)
Why didn't you say that three years
ago when you were declaring you
would enforce this damnable law.
(Cheers.)
Talbert-I said l would support the
law. l never did advocate it. You
are mistaken, sir. (Mr. Talbert ex-
hibiting great excitment) went to
you when you were introuble. sir |
stood by the law and said to Latimer
that I woud go to Columbia and de-
fend YOU. | have never advocated
the law. I have supported it. | have
been a protibitionist for 20 years.