The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-15
APPEAL TO PEOPLE.
They Are Urged to Vote Out
the DiSpensary.
addresses BY MINISTER'S.
Tie Law on the Subject Showing How
l. Can Be Zone.

AC I'LL eutnuslasllc mecllr8 OF MN
listers and some other temperance
workers, the Undersigned we're re.
quested to issue an address to the
people Of the county
Knowing as we all do the evils of
whiskey, when used as a beverage
and knowing that the Dlspensary at
' Pickens is debauciing our people,
robbing many Of the families of the
coYGsyo of the meat. bread and cloth
ingstiieYN, ougll. 70 have, and knowing
tbat'HSbrings disgrace upon many
homes, sorrow, heartaches, etc., ETC.,
that it makes dronkards Of the boys
and men Of Our county, that it sends
them to Il drunkards grave and q
drunkards hell. We, therefore, call
upon oil the people who love right,
sobriety, humanity and God to join
us in movement to vote the Dispen.
sary out of our county, The Almighty
has promised curse upon men who
put the bottle to their neighbols
mouths (Habakkuk 15).
If we vote to retain the Dispensary
we are surely under that curse. Let
us pray over the matter, talk over it,
Re tmemEering we have to meet the
responsibility at the Judgment. How
can any one die satisfied without hav.
ing done all they can to remove the
evil. Let our women join rs in the
work by giving us their prayers, in
tluence, etc, for at last they are the
ones who suffer most.
This is purely a moral question,
and not Il political one, therefore, we
urge the preachers of the county to
preach on the evils of intemperance,
etc. We urge the superintendent of
every Sunday school i'll The county
to talk the matter TO the Sunday
schools. But surely all we need to
do is to put the matter before our
people and let than have q chance to
vote. We cannot conceive how the
moral and religious sentiment of a
county like ours could sink 40 low as
to be willing to debeuch her citizens
and SOW the seed to make the rising
generation drunkards for the sake of
putting few dollars "blood' monoy
into the town treasury. We are glad
that botn of our county papers arc
with us in this campaign, and we call
upon the editors and correspondents
to lay the matter properlytsbeGoro the
people.
Let every voter who votes to sus.
tain the Dispensary know that God
will hold him responsible for the
Grimes committed by men under the
influence of dispensary liquor.
The election will be held under the
following act:
"Any County may secure tho es
tablishment of Dispensary or Dis.
pensaries, or tho rom oval of Dispen
sarary or Dispens aries within the
limits, in tho following manner: upor
the petition of one. fourth of the Quail
fled voters of each county for an cleo
ton upon either the Question Of tht
establishment or the removal of Dis
pens2 ries therein being filed with the
County Supervisor Of each County,
he shall order an election submitting
the question OF 'DispensarY' or 'Nu
Dispensary' to the qualified voters OF
such County, which shall bo conduct,
ed as other special elections, md if q
majority of the ballots cast, be found
and declared to be for Disp ensary,
then Dispensary may be established
in said County, but if u majority of
the ballots cast, be found and de
clarel to be against tho Dispensary
then no Dispensary shall be estab
lished therein, and any Dispensary
already established shall be closed
Elections under this Section can be
held not oftener than once in four
years.
"Eo Disponsary shall be established
in any County, town or city wherein
tho sale of alcoholic liquors was pro
hibited prior to July 1st. 1893, excop
as herein permitted: Provided, Tha
where Dispensaries have been estab
lished until removed or closed q,
permitted in this Act: Provided,
tax Of one-half mill Annually is here
by levied upon every dollar OF til,
yaine ofsall taxable properly in al
Counties voting to remove or close
Y the Dispensarlea, as above provided