Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-11
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TO FIGHT THE DIsPENsARY.
A Number of Citizens Issue Appeal to
Unite Against System


A Number of Citizens Issue Appeal 70
Unite Against System
The address below has been sent to
newspapers of the state for publica-
ton. 1t will be observed that 1t Is
signed by a number Of gentlemen who
have been conspicuous in their oppo-
sition to the state dispensary.
To the Democratic Voters of South
Carolina: AS citizens Of South Caro-
| lima opposed to the present state dis
pensary system, we, the undersigned,
call upon our fellow citizens Of like
opinion to unite for the purpose Of
organizing the opposition to the dis
pensary 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 for action that the
dispensary can be preserved. 1t Is
only by default that the dispensary
ran win another victory, before the
electors or in the legislature, and it
will be foolhardy for those who desire
its overthrow TO sit supinely by and
see the pernicious system again en-
throned in power In our common
wealth.
Every .. sincere, patriotic citizen
must regret that this issue should be
again the paramount question in a
South Carolina campaign. But as
long as the dispensary remains just
so long will It continue to be the par
amount issue, and 1t should, there
fore, be. the desire of every thought
full citizen to see this fostering sore
removed and a healthier condition Sc
cured. To this end we invite the CO.
operation of all those who believe the
state dispensary system to be an evil
and propose that, other differing pol
icies for the time being laid aside. the
demand first, now, be- made that the
state dispensary system shall be de-
stroyed..
On trial now for thirteen years, for
titled all the time by strong support
and as truly protected by unceasing
criticism and watchfulness, there Is no
need to point out the evils which the
state monopoly Of the whisky traffic
has bred. Corruption at the fount-
ain head and i'm it's branches, drunk
enness and murder, woe and misery
have been its products. A pernicious
political machine of gigantic propor-
tions, with a beavered lobby In CO.
lumbia, and a willing ring in every
county. the monster has waxed fat,
insolent and defiant. The will OF the
people has been perverted and sup
pressed and when finally demanding
expression that demand has been
thwarted and circumvented by ap-
peals to the trivial technicalities of
the law.
In eighteen counties the people
have spoken and in all these except
two their voice has In thunder tones
repudiated the system. In other
counties they are now ready to give
expression to their WILL awaiting the
sunmer primary. In this primary.
where the life or the death Of the dis
pensary will be and should be decid-
ed, 1t is vitality necessary that the op-
position to the dispensary shall be
active and united. 1t is only by action
and union that the dispensary has
been voted out of sixteen counties un-
der the Brice law and by no other
means than action and union can the
system be uprooted from the state.
The paOple are decided. 1t merely
remains for them to make their de-
ciaion effective. They must choose
representatives who will repeal such
laws as they desire to have repealed,
and who will enact such laws as they
desire enacted. Then they must put
I'm office men who. In full sympathy,
will enforce Justly and vigorously
whatever laws are upon the statute
books. The people have shown, by
their eager acceptance OF the only
opportunity accorded them, that they
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government, and now. lest they have
this inalienable right again wrested
from them, the free citizens OF South
Carolina must make their sovereign
power felt. There must be elected
legislature which will not renounce
this principle, which will not yield to
the dispensary machine: there must
be elected executive and prosecuting
officials who will not permit the law
to be made a mockery for its undo
ing.
We suggest consultation and Coop
Grafton i'm every county and through
out the state that these ends may be
attained.
j. s. Brice, ]. c. Otis, D. r. Coker,
James A. Hoyt, Louis ]. Bristow. w.
l.. Mauldin. Jos. a. Mccullough, j. w.
Hamel. w. H. Wallace, d. w. Hiott'
w. G.. Allen, Howell Morrall. Chas. A.
Smith. r. l.. Freeman. c. B. Edwards,
A. p. Stukey, d. F. Bradley. Laban
Mauldin, c. II. Martin, r. F. Smith,
John A. Prunson, c. G. Fetherstone'
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