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

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berb and shout for prohibition. i
never will consent by my vote and in.
huence to aid the establishment Of
saloons in any county in South Caro-.
lima.
II Jailed to give you Lawrence,
MASS, experience, where they have q
nigh license Of 81, 500 for the privilege
or monopoly of some bafkeeper to
sell whiskey In Lawrence, Mass. It's
population in 1900 was 90, 600; total
number of arrests, 1897; arrests FOR
drunkenness, 1921.
Inc sentimenD against the dispen-
sary is running so high L outlined 1t
In q letter which ] wrote eome time
ago, and with N exception the news.
papers IN my OWL county have not
published 1t, they have not given vow
an opportunity to read it, but their
news columns and editorial columns
teem with down with the damnable
dispensary."
1 have that faith in the intelligence
and manhood of the citizens OF Edge.
held to feel and know that you are
your W masters and will study this
question for yourselves, make up your
0"A A. viz fOL0 dS lICCIuCn, Il
nave always tried to lead you, l have
never undertaken to drive you, and
you know 1T.
Lists come down to common sense,
some good, every day bacon and
green's. They tell you to vote out the
d%ispensary, and let's have prohibition.
[ have no objection to others having
their opinions, lot me have mine. PEG
pie need not throw rocks at me and
not expect me to throw brick bats
back. l have got O. car load OF them.
Let's see what will be the effect at
homo. Aside from any moral, religious
or temperance idea. l have shown 0
that you will have drunkenness. Now,
we have less drunkenness in South
Carolina than anywhere else.
THE PROFIT FEATURE.
In EdgeAeld In the days Of barrooms
what did you country pumpkins, who
have been appealed to so elOquently to-.
day, what did you get from the liquor
traffic? Nothing except the drunken
ness and except the misery and power.
ty which came to you a individuals
for indulging In the stuff. Under the
dispensary system the county schools
including the ttwn Of Eigeheld aud
Johnston get SIS, 800 from the dispen.
sary and the free schools are now run
ming and have been running five to
seven months q year. Take this So
500 away and unless you put your
hanos In your pockets and supple.
ment it by taxes your schools will
drop to four months or less. If that
amt blood money out OF the innocent
children who are to be brought up In
idleneSs and ignorance, and God have
mercy on the preacher who sees and
says otherwise. (Cheers.}
Talk about blood money. They Of
fer as a sacrifice the ignorance OF the
poor little country boys and girls that
now have some chances to get an edu
cation, because they have found a
new religion which declares that the
use OF liquor Is q sin.
l have some written notes L am go
ing to read. When / want to be
peculiarly mean, or as my enemies
say, when l want to be "venomous,'
l write 1t out, because / can dlstill
hell fire into it with my pen. (Laugh.
ter and cheers.)
INVESTIGATE THE DI-TlLLERY.
l want this committee which the
legislature has appointed to investi.
gate. | have not heard anything, but
[ Just smell something up the creek.
Uaughter.) / want it to investigate
the Rlchland Dlstillery company, fine
out how it came to be organized, who
were the original stockholders, how
much stock they took, and all about
1t.
A voice: You will play the devi
II you do that.
Tillman: / am in the humor tx
play the devil with any thief that
can catch, big, little, old or young,
daughter and cheers
Let this committee find out that
stink up the creek, and quit talkine
about 1t so much. Do you kpow how
much the State is credited with OF
the books Of the commissioner as hav.
Ing in possession, over $500, 900 worth
OF whi9key, $500, 900 scattered all over
the State and 500, 900 in Columbia
What do they want With SO much
They are on a cash bass, they cal
order liquor from any source they
choose by the car load, get it here
and bottle it and distribute it in &C
days. Then l hear, l dou't know how
true 1T Is, but | want this committee
to tell us who is responsible for aucf
a stock OF unsaleable stuff. / not'cc
that they have what they Ill live
stock" and dead stock" stock they
can sell and stock they 2nnot sell.
Who bought any dead whiskey, and
what sort Of whiskey is it that nobody
will buy 1t.
Senator Tillman here took up the
reading Of his manuscript but he did
not stick to the text all the way
through and interpolated some re-
marks which were even warmer than
the distilled hell fire from his PEN
He said in n side remark that If the
dispensary Is selling after sun down,
that Is another place where ''slacs
twisted administration has wrought
decentralization"
He declared that he was not stir,
ring up factionallsm. II am not, SC
help me God, but II l must do 1t OF
take to the woods, | will take doWr
the tom tom and sound IT,"
Use man who gets me cut OF my
position Will have to fight for It,, sc
help me God" he said, and the boys
yelled.
Somebody said the State should
make It's own liquor. Tlllman rctort-
ed: Then this crowd which Is hol.
lering blood money would go to the
aopb,on