The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-20
MR.. ANSEL'S POSITION
ON DISPENSARY ISSUE.

Grecnville, March IL. The follow
ing letter has been given out for pub
lication by Mr.. NJ. F.. Anscl, candidate
for the office of governor. of South
Carolina:
"Having already announced my
candidacy for the Office of governor
OF the state of South Carolina, many
Of my friends throughout tho state
desire that I give my views upon the
dispensary question.
81, therefore, take this opportunity
of again stating my position and
shall hope to satisfy a majority Of
the voters Of the state that my solu.
tion of that subject is correct. ..
"In letter published by me in
August, 1905, stated my position III
substance, as follows:
" In the first place I am opposed
to the system Of state dispensary.
l once thought it the best solution Of
the liquor question, because I thought
it would minimize and decrease the
sale Of liquor in this state, but when
we consider the great amount Of Ii.
quor that has been sold by tho various
dispensaries the past year, my hopes
have been disappointed and it ap-
pears to me that some other method
should be adopted.
" I'm the second place, I am in fa-
ror of local county option, as be-
tween prohibition and county dispen.
saries--that is, | am in favor of any
county in the state voting upon the
question rs to whether they wish pro-
hibition for that county or whether
they wish county dispensaries. If q
majority of the qualified voters of the
county desire prohibition for that par
ticular county, then I am one who be-
lievcs that they should have it, and
l further believe that the good people
Of such county will see to it that the
prohibition law is enforced
"I also stated in that letter as
follows: PERSONALLY T would like to
see no liquor sold in this state as q
beverage, but it is a condition which
confronts us, and tho question is how
best to deal with that condition. There
is no law that can be passed that will
keep some people from drinking H.
Guor, still I believe it to be the duty
Of the state to pass such laws rs will
minimize the use of liquor as much as
possible.
81 stated also in that letter, az
fellows: Il am opposed to the high
license system, as it is too near the
barrccm system, and would not de-
crease the sales Of liquor, whatever
the restrictions might be-.
II have no cause to change my
opinion since the publication Of said
letter, but the more I consider it, the.
stronger is my conviction that this
position is correct.
"County prohibition has been a
success in many counties in the states
of Georgia and North Carolina, and
in those counties in the two states
named where county dispensaries
have heard Of no complaints.
"Why should we not adopt the
same system in our state that has
been tested in those statesq We
should at least be willing to give it
trial
" The Morgan bill' as it passed
the house Of representative at the
last session Of the legislature had
many good features in it, was on tho
line Of the laws of the states named,
and had it passed, I believe it would
have given more satisfaction to the
people of the state than the present
law.
"In the several counties in this
state where elections have been held
under the 'Brice law and prohibi-
ton has been adopted, SO far as my
information goes, it has proved a suc-
cess, and the longer the law is in
force, the stronger will be the senti-
ment in it's favor in the minds Of the
people.
"In short, am opposed to the sys-
tenn Of state dispensary. r am IN
favor Of local county option as be-
tween prohibition and county dis
I am opposed to high IL
censc and am in favor Of such laws
as will decrease the sale of liuors in .