The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-05-16
WANT TO KILL IT.

is still considering and on which 1t
will report later.
WANT TO KILL IT.
An Appeal TO Enita Against the DIS
pepsaTy System.
The address below has been sent to
Toe News and Courier for publication
II will be observed that it Is signed
oy a number OF gentlemen vino have
bcen conspicuous In their opposition
to the S Sjate dispensa-y.
To toe Democratic Voters Of South
arolina: AS citizens OF South Csro-
lima opposed to the present State dis.
pensary system, we, the undt rsigned,
call upon our felloa Citizens OF like
opinion to unite for the purpose OF OF
gan zlng the opp :stion 10 the dispen-
sary system
So nearly OF one mind concerning
the dispensary system are the people
Of the State, that 1t is only by their
failure TO unite tor action that the
dispensary can be preserved. 1t j;
only by default toat the dispensary
can win smother victory, before the
electors or in the Legislature, and it
~ill sc foolhardy for those who desire
It's overthrow to sit supiDely by and
zee the pernicious system again en-
throned In power in ou- Common
wealth.
Every sincere, patriotic c!t:z 70
must regret that this issus should be
again the paramount question in q
South Carolina cam paign. Bat Sc lsng
will 1t continue to be the paramount
issue, and it should, therefore, be the
desire of every thoughtful citizen to
see this fostering sore removed iud a
healthier condition secured. 70 this
end We invite the co operation OF ali
those who believe the State dispen-
sary system to be an evil and propose
that, other off ring policies for the
time being laid aside, the demand,
ErSt, now, be made that the State
diapensary system shall be des; roEed.
On trial now for thirteen years,
fortif d al the time by strong sup
port and as truly protected by ua'
casing criticism and watchfu!ness,
there is no need to point out the evils
which the State monopoly OF the
wtliskey traffic has bre5. Corruptio:.
at the fountain head a0d IN It's branch
es, Drunkenness and murdsr, Wa and
misery have been its pro!usts. A
pernicious political machine Of gigan.
tic proportions, With oea7ereo lobby
in Columbia, and willing rirg IN
every county, the monster has waxed
fat, iasolent and defiant. Tie will
OF the people has been perverted and
Suppressed, and when fnaliy dsnand-
my expression that dsnand has been
uhwartsd and c;rcumVented by appeals
10 the trivial technicalltles ct the law.
In eighteen counties the people
have spoken and in all these except
two their voice has in tcurder tones
repudisted the syste NJ. In other Gun
ties they are now ready to give exp.e
SIGN to their will awaiting the sum-
mer primary. In this primary, where
the life or the death OF the dispensary
will oe and should be decided, it is
vitally necessary shall be active and
united. II is only oy action and un
ion that the dispensary has been Vot
ed OUT OF sixteen c,unttes under the
Bsice law and oy no other means taan
action and union can the system De
up rooted frcm the Ssste.
The pecple are decided. It merely
remains Tor them to make 5asir Dc,
cision If c:ive. Thev must choose
representatives who Will releal such
laws Us they desire to bsvs repealed,
and who will enact such laws as 1hey
desire enacted. Thea they must put
in ofdca men who, IN full sympathy,
will enforce istly and vigorously
whatever laws are upon the statute
books. TIE people have shown, by
their eager acceptance OF the only op
porsuni5y accorded them. that they
believe in the principle OF local self
government, and now, lest they have
5his inalienable right again wrested
from them, the free c:SiZsns ct South
Carolina must make their sovereign
power felt. There must be elected a
Legislature which will not renounca
this principle, which will not yield 10
the ciSpsnsary machine, there must
be elected executive and prosacu sing
eli cials who will not permit the law
to be made a N -ckery for its undo.
ing.
We suggest consultation and coop
GRAFTON in every county and through
out the State that these ends may be
attained.
J. S. Brice, J. c. Otis, D. B. Cox
er, James A. Hoyt, Louis J. Brlstow,
W. L. Mauldin, Jos. A. Mccullough,
j. W. Hamsl, W. 81. Wallace, D. W.
Hiott, W. @. Allen, Howell NJ orrall,
Chas. A. Smith, E. L. freeman, G.
B. Edwards, 4. B. Stukey, D F.
Bradley, L.ban Mauldin, c. T. Mar
tin, r. F. Smith, Johu A. Brunson,
G. G. Featherstcn T. E Waring.
Making Progress.
For some time engines have bsen
taking water without stopping, and
mail cars have been picking rcail
sacks from posts without 50 much as
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