The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-08-03

gairst the dispensary than they d.d
as + year. fol- the majority do not
want 1t at all, and especially after the
way 1t has been run. Quite q great
many prefer h'gh !ioSrsS to sithef pro-
hibttion or dispsnsary."
ShoriG j. w. Sanders, wien asked,
said: when the dispenssry was here
the jail was nearly always full. Now
1T is often almost empty. There IL
not one fifth the drunkenness in this
county now that there was In dispen.
sary days, and I do not believe the
majority Of the people would have
the ~dispenssry back"
MARION COUNTY.
Mr.. j. r.. Wilson, county superin.
tendent of education, when asked con.
corning the situation, said that he
Thought there was less liquor In tho
towns, but there seemed to DO more
In the country in come places than
there was before the dispensary was
voted out. He said some had declar.
ed themselves In favor of the dispen.
sary who had voted against it before,
and gave as their reason that they
had to order liquor in too large
amounts.
Supervisor l.. p. Staokhouse said
Tho results of abolishing the dispen-
sary in this county are, in my opin'
lon, In every way satisfactory and
hopeful to the friends Of temperance,
reform and moral betterment."
Mr.. &c. @ Rogers # the Marion po'
lice force thinks there Is less drunken.
ness and disorder on the street than
there has been for years. He says 1t
Is very rarD that q la is reported
for being drunk. On being asked con.
corning the jug. trade" he estimated
that between 10 and 20 gallons were
received here daily. He believes there
are moro blind tigers than before the
d%ispensary was voted out.
Mr.. 8 G. Miles, mayor Of the town
Of Marion, says: II think that the
general condition Of law and order is
an improvement. There Is not as
much drunkenness as before the dis.
pensary was voted out, although there
are five blind tigers now whore there
was N before. The lug trade" Ii
large, but there Is nothing like a.
much liquor used as before"
Sheriff Evans said: do not be
ieve conditions have been improved
by removal Of ~dispensary, blind tigers
galore; sentiment pro and con divid
ed"
N
Supervisor VIM. Phillips says tina
there Is decidedly less drunkenness
now than before the dispensary wa
voted out. Does not know whether
or not the law ia any better observed
Mayor Little, of G~affney says thai
he was mayor Of Gaffney for two years
befor the %dispensary was voted Out
and he does not hesitate to say tina,
here were five blind tigers then tt
one now. That the Jug trade in his
opinion Is now greater than then,
That in his Judgment the people are
we'll satisfied with conditions as they
stand and that under no circumstances
would they have the dispensary back,
That numbers of people whom he
knows In person who spent all theil
earnings for Whiskey at the dispense.
ry are doing well now and saving
money.
Ohief Of Police II. II. LGckhart OF
Gaffney says that there is nothing
like as many blind tigers are running
now as when the disyensary was open,
that there Is a great deal less whis.
key shipped to Gaffney than when the
dispensary was first voted out, that
he knows quite q number of people
who are doing we'll now who spent al
they made for whiskey before the dis
ponsary was voted out.
HORNY COUNTY.
Sheriff b. j.. Sessions says: II can'i
say that l see any appreciable change
In the citizens observance of law an6
order In Horny county since we voted
out the dispensary. The ] lg trade , !,
enormous, liquor ia ordered In larger
quantities, and they seem to have
just as much. l can't say that there
are any blind tigers, but 1 have every
reason to believe there are, and that
they are more plentiful now than be-
fore the voting out Of the dispensary,
Oandidly I believe, from the express
siOns / hear throughout the county
that in the light of present condi
tions, If the vote were again ordered,
the paople would vote to reopen the
dispensary.
County Supervisor w. X Holt OBJ.
serves: Il can't say as to conditions
in Conway, but my impression is that
there must be less drinking through
out the rural districts OF the county
since the voting out of the %dispensary,
yet the jug trade is o great one.
Then, too, If they can't get the liquor,
they will make 1t anyhow. If whis.
key could be wiped out or kept out, l
think that would suit our people, but
considering present conditions, l be-
lieve the people much prefer the re-
opening of di%spensaries In this coun.
ty, In incorporated towns, however,
for | don't believe they approve Of the
woods dispensaries. In other words,
l hear frequent expressions that they
prefer the %dispensary liquor to blind
tiger liquor, and It's one or the other.
The mayor Of Conway, Mr.. II. l..
Burroughs, speaks particularly OF
Conway, and says: There may be
less drinking In Conway now thar be.
fore the dispensary was voted out OF
the county, but we don't have as good
order. The prevalence Of blind I'll.
gers, which l believe Is about 30 to l
increase, keeps the town in q stir.
The blind tigers are reinforced by the
enormous jug trade to which the town
is subject. l know the people are not