The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-06-27
THE DISPENSARY SIDE.
The Legislature Should Act AS the
Representative Of the 'Vox Pop
uI" Which is the ''VoX Del.

Editor The Herald and News: Be
mo jv legal profession an officer OF
the law ii South Carolina and by
birth a native OF Newberry county l
desire for the interest OF my fellow
citizens to submit 10 them this cor
respondence:
There are ills existing within Our
social order that all honest men de-
plore. Some OF these are scars lett
from great social wounds and others
are freshly bruised parts that have
sprung suddenly upon Our social
BODY. Some Of these effects may be
and can advisedly be eliminated SUD
denly; while others will best be NOV
ed b. gradual measures. To my mind
this is the case OF the dispensary sys-
tenn in South Carolina. Hasty meas
ures that have TO do with great pollti-
cal questions are never safest Tor our
body polite for SO soon as they are
enacted there are thase resultant Ills
that are derived from this rapid
transit method. which always leave
us in a worse fix than before.
There is an old Latin maxim which
to nv mind is OF Divine inspiration:
''Vox populi vox Del" believe in
this and I believe in giving ear to
the voice OF the people. The legls-
lature of the state OF South Carolina
supposed to be the compacted voice
Of the people OF our state has by its
own act declared to the public that
for the present at least the dispensary
system is proper and advantageous
system for the people throughout our
borders. To NY mind there is SAM
" in admitting that this is the wish
of the people 81 i.!iS state and i we
desire - prove that il Is not. then
tCt lut SAME p''tN DSi!!S 'i4N N'4l4D''N'
ed voice OF the people 81 South Caro-
lima decree differently. Nhcrever
COUNTY rides over the better judg-
ment OF the major part OF the state 5
citizenry there is always 4 whip lett
in a master hand to lash that county
in line. 1t is better for the people
instead OF having individual counties
rebelling against the state to let the
county or counties claiming tc~have
Judgment better than countie; multi
plying ten or more times their num-
Der. convince by intelligent debate all
outstanding counties and then let the
representatives Of the people order
what the people want done.
The ancients :,sed to say, IF you
will tear down my fence build me a
better; if you cannot build me bet
ter one then destroy not that which is
the best 7 have and prohteth me
presently" I read the other day
from our town paper how that the
county derived this year from the dis
pensary system for school purposes
ST.. 3.5o4.1S; and the town of Newberry
received alone six thousand dollars.
Another time we read from a reliable
source that if the county would sub
tract $4,000 received this year from
the dispensary that up to date it
would have deficiency OF $1,000.
Now may l ask from a financial point
OF view what principle has ever been
in vogue in our state and in Newber-
ry county that has worked half SO ad-
vantageously as this? What has been
so savory to our educational pro-
gress? What have we seen that
promises an Improvement in the NOR
al status suggested by anti-parties?
Tearing down what we have wherein
are the antics proposing to build for
us in its stead better. The people of
South Carolina are not fools; none
need ever fear that when they are
shown a better way to symmetrical
improvement than what they have,
they will accept that; and until they
are shown that better way proof posi-
lively, then they are certain to hold
on to what they have
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