The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-09
WILL BE HELD.
A Conference Of the Friiends Of
the State Dispensary
MAY BE CALLED SOON
To Organize For Next Summers Plight
In The Democratic Primary. All
Candidates Are to be Com.
PEELED to State Where
TheyIStand.

PEELED to State Where
T~heyIStand.
The Columbia Record says iG ia ex-
tremely probable THAI the dispensary
leaders in this State will call a con.
vention or conference at a reasonably
early date to outline d programme fol
the coming campaign.
The information that this Is being
seriously considered comes from an in'
side source that is high enough up tC
know what Is being talked Of and
what is likely to be done
1t Is understood to be The intention
of some Ut the leaders to soon arrange
a call and send 1t to prominent men
for their signatures. The call, which
will name u Gate and arrange the dc.
tails for the convention, will then be
promulgated.
The chief obj CT Of the convention
Will be to outline a plan Of cAmpaign
and to effect an organization for push.
Ing the campaign vigorously. The or
LIZ III lloJ hOU ploNlOO Il
permanent head to direc5 the cam,
patgn, all that being a matter Of dc
tail for The leaders to decide upon.
Such q call, it is believed, would
create a sensation in The state and
give notice to the enemies Of the els.
pensary that they were going up
against a much sitter proposition
than they had conten plated.
The conference does not contem-
plate the suggestion Of any NAL for
governor or anything OF that sort, as
did the famous March convention OF
1890 that put toward Benjamin r..
governor Of the state.
The fact, however, that nearly all
OF the g0vernatoIial c%anioates now in
the field are regarded a, openly or SO
creLlY hostile 10 the continuation Of
the ~dispensarY system would undoub,-
edly LEAD, 1t is believed, TO informal
consideration OF men who would prob.
ably command the support Of the pee.
pie or the state. This Wuuiu
have an important bearing on the
campaign.
Dispensary advocates who are
thinking or q convention want to dc
n thing: That is to proxide q Sc
ries OF direct questions Tor CANDIDATES
to answer AZ 10 their attitude TO tht
dlspensary and their Willingness b,
amend the laws With the o. ct .O1
strengthening and making popular
the Institution. IL IL real z d tina,
OF the principal objscts OF The enemie,
OF The dlspensary system Will be II
place In tie field a large number o
c~anidateS who win deal In general
ties, and, II elected 90 all in thei
power 10 knife the system later on
Ii Is desired 10 make every man shoy
his real colors and to Announce VIVA
he PROPOSES to do.
Inc nan INC is afraid to state hi
position viii nCt receive any supper
from The d~ispehSnry ,lm Ut and vii
have TO depend for his eitctiun on til
opposite elemt. TAe issue is TO be s,
Clearly drawn THAI there can not b.
any dooginR or l1lmInlng ana non,
will be tolerated. Every time an.
every where d cinldalc shows his heat
ne Is TO be ASKED dllect question
and Judgtd by the answer lie gives.
Ed1tUrlally The Record lays tn,
announcement made in Tie RECORD
that there Will ue held SON ia TIL;
city g. conference Of frienos Of til,
olspensary is or much Importance In
connection with the forthcoming
campaign. The issue as to the dis
pensalyisystem has been b%aciOuded b,
so many unsupported statements anC
dlrecG MISREPRESENTATION that IL is
necessary THAI sone organ "a tIOll
DC MADE 10 clear Ulr SITUATION SO that
the peop.e may clearly uEdeIs .anL
the issue.
We do not believe prohibition Will
DE mucn or an isiuC-that Is Me &C
Lot think anything ike Gear a ma
]ofity CO The pit pple IavCr such a plan
OF hanoliiR the Iq'.Or traffic. Nallier
90 We believe the license sySuem viii
cut any considerable uRurc, but that
the main issue Will be- between Estate
~dlspenSary and cCulty d.SpnESarics.
inc ohStrou3 evils Of the latter
were clearly, unml8lakably and un-
queatiotly SaOwn Curin the l.,s1 lag.
1~blature.
NJtmithstandi & that 81 evldent
Wah III lhaG tile lLtent.Un OF anu dis.
p~enSaryites was TO deStruy ana not r..
form That nothing else would lie lis
Tened 10. so IN the coming cam
paign that same element viii Work
frsJ TO destroy, whatever the corst-
qu.nces may De. Tn,y are not pal-
tlcuIary col C rnCd aOout a ploptr
control Of Tie IquJr business and Coz
sumption CT } OURS, but the only
OBJ: cG Is 10 Ce3.lOy the state d!spcl =
Sary.
That ttorc was an understaroii .
or &n AHA CO Of some sofJ bet"eet
prohibit ioiiiats, lign lie $50 aud ant
dispenSery rollla gCLerally ia III,
last legislature is too pain 10 ntel
any suOstdnJiaticn Tnat this same
understanding and organization viii
continue during the leXt cAnpaigu
nobody viii seriously question.
III n disptnsary is 10 BE- proserv.
Cd there must be organ I'D eT)It lc
destroy III ana sLb3ulluJe aome Other
system winch wllt relax restrictions
ON tn, sale, Increase The opportunities
FOR corruption aid reduce state, c1un
Wy and city revenue derived from the
operations ~ tie diSpcntarY.
Bnriod tho wrong Man.
Chicago on II uysday Mrs Annie
McGfeevy caused Consideration I'm the