The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-07-31

man here is under the sod, and
thousand years from now men will
not have forgot how to make it and
how to drink it. Therefore, deal with
it in common sense way. In other
words, when you come to deal with an
evil you can't entirely cure, do the
best you can with it. 49," Keep your
eyes on the stars and life up your
ideals us nigh, as you choose. but N It
watch the stars, walking along the
road, without once in a while casting
your eye down, for if you do, by the
holy gods, ytu are going to fall INTO
Il ditch ard break your neck. -
Senator Tillman then spok, Of the
old license system, where the state
sold to tn, li,'ividual the rig |, to sell
whiskey, ana uncer which system the
individual sold the cheapest whiskey
he could for the price, nighs or day.
lie took up the bar room system, say
my ii was not worth while to go inro
the details Of il, or TO tell Of the
l'lSlutSSS WI lllS 'oNNNllS
lures that graccd the walls Of the old
bar. He told of the costly bars he
knew Of in Washington and else
where. He spoke of the evils Of the
old bar r0.m system, when friends
congregatrd at the court houses, and
every man in the party thought ii his
duty to "'sct 'em up once, anyhow y
And if they lived in Edgcfeld, Saluda
or Laurcns, he said, il was II miracle
il they didn't - |" fighting b-f6'"
they got through.
Senator Tillman spoke Of the re-
strictions under the dispensary law.
Under the row constitution whiskey
was not allowed to be sold in South
Carolina lawfully except in the day
time, in sealed packages, and not to
be opened on the premises. Under
these restrictions if high license were
restored. who was going to watch th
back room of the man who was selling
the whiskey under the high license
law7 The dispenser now didn't open
unless he had an ORDER Under the
high license scheme those who knew
the way to the back door could easily
gain admittancr. "and | say.' said
Senator Tillman, "tn hell with it! |
want none of il mysclf.' "But these
newspapers who are leading this fight
on ihc state disprnsary want that and
rothin" else. because they tell YOU
frankly that prohibition is Il humbug
anL nothing else. and yet You are or
eaizcd and plllin" with them. You
are playi," hile and seek with y"i;1
conscience. nnh y"u nin't Il truthful
and honest men. You don't fight
openly and iairly.' lie wanted Il
man who rrli"iously believed it was
WRONG 10 sell whiSKcy and sinful t"
drink it TO stand up t" his profession,
Hc wanted pruhibitionist who went
tn the legislature to stand hitrhrd I"
the prohibition rack. Speaking of
many of them he said: InStrad oG
going to Columbia and standin" hitch
ed he goes there and cnnSuliS with
these fellows who. want high license
and mixes up in raucuScs and plrd"rS
himself no, to do anything I" reform
lhc state diSprnsary. He votes for
the local option bill, which means t."
kill the state dispcn>ary. and give y"I'
either county Iispcnsarirs. prohibition
or hi"h license. We had Il lot Of that
type last winter. They met in caucus
and pledged either I" pass Il local OPP
ton bill or nothing. They passed the
Morgan bill by this combination,
twcnty ty-onc of them, and wien ihr
senate sent over the TilIman-Ravs"r-
Manning bill, which looked to re-
forming the state disprnsary and to
prevent stealing. these fellows would
not vote it. They came away from
Columbia and left the corn crib open
- say any member Of the lc"iS-
Iaturc who went to Columbia that last
session without any authority from
his people to kill the state dispcn-
sary and voted to kill if, may have
acted within his sense Of duty. That
is all right. If he did his best and
coudn't kill it, when his game Of
trickcry failed, then il was his duty
to stop the game Of stealing by chang
ing the law and locking tile corn crib
before he came away.' Senator Till
man said that he had said over his
own cirnotllrc whom hc had opDnSit ion