The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-06-28
right to close 1t up. That Is not gov
erned By the people. They say the elis-
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right to close 1t up. That Is not gov.
erned By the people. They say the elis'
pensary is corrupt. All tight. Why
Is iu corrupt? 1t is because men origi'
naIly opposed to the dispepsary Law
have Of recent years been placed In
charge of the system. But there Is nc
corruption in tha dispenSary. Mr.. w. 6
Childs Uold him yesterday that since
the dispenssry was voted out In Ger.
tain counties the jug traffic on his
railroad had more than doubled. Pro-
hibition has failed In Newberry. BE
is ready, willing and waiting. to defend
any attack made ON the dispensary
system. He, too, fsvors good roads
and good schools. Every r3body does.
But the money OF the psople is being
suusndered now. Two more judicial
circuits have been provided, but Btill
they clsmor for extra Courts. He help.
ed to defeat the appropriation for the
payment Of the expenses OF these ez-
ira Courts. If elected he will endeaV.
or to reduce extra Courts. he favors
q liberal appropriation for E1- -Confed
crate soldiers, and he wants to see 1t
20 TO those to whom 1t belongs and
not to those who do not need 1t.
MR. J. e. BRUNsoN. :.
uf Sumter, candidate for Governor,
was the next speaker. He plunged at
once ipto q discussion Of the liquor
question. This Is the leading issue
before the people, because in involves
more In dollars and. cents, and carries
along with 1t the moral and intsllecu.
al welfare of the people. It has been
contended that the public schools Is
the proper place to which to apply
this blood money" because in that
waY the youth of the land will be edu'
Gated against drinking. This is a fall
acy, because the liquor habit ia just
as apt to strike your brightest boy as
your dullest fool. This money Is not
going to the schools, anyway. Out Of
"a expended by the drunkard Tor q
Jug of liquor sll the profits, except two
csnts, go to other sources and other
people than the. drunkard's family.
That Is sll the salve his wife and
children get to heal their heartaches.
He gave the drunkard's prayer and
the prsyer Of the su-called good citi.
zsn, who takes this liquor money for
bis chiidren's education. They talk
about putting good men ip charge OF
the dIspensary. You can't get q man
who is decent man who will take
charge OF this dirty slop. This is the
truth. II you doubt 1t ask any one OF
these good men who are running on
this platform to 60 In and dish out
the dirty stuff. Not one of them will
do it. The system cannot be cleRnsed.
Had you crucible as big as the moon
in which to boil it, were you to heat
that crucible with all the coal stored
In the bowels Of the earth, we're you
to give to each Of these candidates,
who talk about purging it, 8 dippel
with which one might empty Lake
Michigan at a scoop, and to each Of
tho Others a spoon, which would reach
from pole to pole, with which to stir
it, and than let them stir, while the
others dipped, this process might &C
On for centuries, and at tt 4; end the
rssidum CT purified matter would not
amount to a thimbleful. Mr.. Brun
son referred to no other issue, but de-
voted his whole time to rasping those
who favored the sale Of liquor in any
manner, aud urging the people tc
rally to it's overthrow.
MR.. W. A. EDWARDS,
Of Saluda, filed his pledge as csndi'
date for Governor, out, judging from
his speech to-day he has entered him
4elf In the wrong class. His entire
lime was devoted to an attack upon
the Southern Railway, which would
nave done credit to the most ardent
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