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

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ibert and shont for prohibition. ]
never will consent by my vote and in.
huence to aid the reestablishment OF
saloons In any county In South Caro-,
Alma.
iaiiod TO give you Lawrence
Mass, experience, where they have a
nisn ilceise Oi 90, 600 for che privilege
OF a monopoly of some barkeeper tC
sell whiskey In Lawrence, Mass. Its
population In 1000 was 90, 600; tota'
NUMBER OF arrests, 2,397; arrests fol
drunkenness, 1921.
Inc sentimenr against the dispen,
sary Is running 80 high / outlined II
In a letter which i wrote some time
aeo, ana with n exception the news
paPers IN my own county have not
published 1t, they have not given YOU
an opportunity to read 1t, but thei,
news columns and editorial columns
'teem with down with the damnablt
dispensary."
1 have that faith In the intelligence
ana manhood Of the citizens Of Edpe
heid to feel and know that you arc
your WI masters and will study thi,
question for yourselves, make up your
own minds and vote as freemen. ]
nave always tried to lead you, 1 have
never undertaken to drive you, anG
you know 1T.
Lists come down to common sense,
some good, every day bacon anC
green's. They tell you t. vote out the
dispensary, 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 an6
not expect me to throw brick bats
back. l have got O. Car load OF them.
Let's see what will be the effect al
home. Aside from any moral, religious
or temperance idea. L have shown you
that you will have drunkenness. Now,
we have less drunkenness in South
Carolina than anywhere else.
THE PROFIT FEATURE.
In Edgetield 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
trafllcP Nothing except the drunken.
ness and except the misery and power.
ty which came to you as individuals
for indulging in the stuff. Under the
dispensary system the county schools
Including the ttwn Of Eigeield and
Johnston get SIS, 800 from the dispen.
Sary and the free schools are now run.
ming and have been running five tc
seven months o year. Take this $5.
500 away and unless you put your
hanos In your pockets and supple.
ment 1t by taxes your schools will
drop to four months or less. If tina,
amt blood money out Of the innocent
children who are to be brought up iI
idleness and ignorance, and God have
mercy on the preacher who sees anC
says otherwise. (Cheers.)
Talk about blood money. They Of.
fer as a sacrifice the ignorance OF the
poor little country bays and girls that
now have some chances TO get an edu
cation, because they have found !;
new religion which declares that the
use Of liquor is q sin.
| have some written notes | am 90
ing to read. When 1 want to be
peculiarly mean, or as my enemies
say, when l want to be "venomous,'
| write 1t out, because 1 can distil
hell fire into 1t with my pea. (Laugh
ter and cheers.)
INVESTIGATE THE DI:TILLERY.
l want this committee which the
legislature has appointed to investi
gate. | have not heard anything, but
[ lust smell something up the creek
(Laughter.) l want it to investigate
the R!chland Distillery company, fine
out how 1t came to be organized, wbt
were the original stockholders, how
much stock they took, and all about
it.
A voice: You will play the devi
IL you do that.
Tillman: l 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 tie creek, and quit talkins
about 1T so much. Do you know how
much the State is credited with CT
the books Of the commissioner as hav.
ing In possession, over $500, 900 WorGl
OF whiskey, $500, 600 scattered all over
the State and 500, 900 in Columbia
what do they want With SO much.
They are on a cash bass, they car
order liquor from any source they
choose by the car load, get IT hero
and bottle it and distribute 1t in sc
days. Then | hear, | don't know how
true 1t Is, but | want this committee
to tell us who is responsible for such
a STOCK OF unSaleable stuff. | notice
that they have what they cAll live
stock" and dead stC ok" stock they
can sell and stock they cannot sell.
Who bought any dead whiskey, and
what sort Of whiskey is it that nobody
will buy it.
Senator Tillman here took up the
reading OF his manuscript but he did
not stick to the text all the way
through and intcrpolated some re-
marks which we're even warmer than
the distilled hell fire from his pon.''
He said In one side remark that If the
d~iSpensary is selling after sun down,
that Is another place where SLACK
twisted administration has wrought
decentralization"
He declared that he was not stir.
ring up factionalIsm. 81 am not. so
help me God, but If / must do It or
take to the woods, | will take down
the tom tom and sound it,"
"TAc man who gets me cut Of my
position will have to fight for 1t, so
help me God" he said, and the boys
yelled.
Somebody said the State should
make It's own liquor. Tlllman rcGort-
60: Then this crowd which is hol
lerlng blood money would go to the
asylum"
Al another Olnon ba aet6 that n,