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

d with present conditions aud
do not desire d~ispensarles reopened.
The supervisor, Maj. G M. Lynch,
says: THAT the people are satisfied
Y ith present conditions. ThSfs ;s |
SIS drinking and disorder and not as
many blind Tigers DID there wore when |
dispsngary was In operation.
County superintendent of Educa.
ton II. Il. Hallum says: THAT the
sentiment of the people is against the
d%ispensary and they do not desire IL
to hs opepted. There is less Of drum,
kenness and disorder.
LANCASTER COUNTY.
Mayor Willie, of Lancaster, ia ali
sent from the otty and no expression
could be obtained from him but the
acting mayor, Warden IT,. s. Garter,
said: There has been great impro.
vemeDt In conditions of both town
and county. Virtually no blind
tigers now. Rarely see or hear of q
drunk man. Remarkable increase In
cash trade of town. People thorough.
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Sheriff John p. Huater says:
There ia much less drinking and
drunkenness than when the d spen.
sary was here. Believe o majority Of
the people here want to see State and
county dispensarles wiped of the face
Of the earth"
M. o. Gardner, county supervisor
Lancaster: Conditions. over county
greatly improved. Seldom hear of a
blind tiger. M ajo~ity Of people salts.
fed with prohibition"
l. Il. Hunter, chief Of police OF
Lancaster: "Conditions wonderfully
improved In town OF Lancaster since
d sponsary closed. Records show only
five (6) arrests for drunkenness for first
six mouths Of this year as against
fifty four (54) arrests for same months
of 1906. Fewer blind tigers. Jug
trade somewhat increased. People
Satisfied with prohibition"
sALUDA COUNTY.
g. O. Wheeler, mayor Of Saluda
says: There is far less drinking
and less disorder In the to- n of Salu.
da since the dispensary was removed.
[ believe this to be true In the county
at large. AS to whether or not 1t is
desired that dispensary be reopened
In this county sentiment ID divided"
Or. j. w. Pitts, ex. mayor, said:
The amount Of drunkenness and
rowdiness has greatly decreased since
the removal Of the dispensary and /
am sure tho majority Of the people Of
the town and county are pleased at
these results"
b. Il. Sample, ST., superintendent Of
education, stated that there is less
drinking In the town OF Saluda since
the removal Of the dispensary, by this
l mean that drinking on the part OF
the people from the county, has de
creased. There are fewer arrests, Va.
no laxness In the enforcement of law.
The town Gil ,ials sre az rigid as ever.
L could not say whether there Ia more
or less drinking In the county at large
but do believe there is more illict
whiskey handled. In my opinion the
people of the county prefer the legal
sale of whiskey to the Illicit sale Of 1t
and would rather have the dispensary
purged OF ~rottenness and graft than
blind tigers"
Fl B. White, treasurer, gave 1t as
his opinion that sobriety in the
town Of Saluda has increased at least
80 per cent. since the %dispensary was
voted out and that there had been q
corresponding increase in law and
order. He further thinks the peuple
Of the county do not want the dispen.
sary reopened. There ia less lawless
ness In the county and more sobrie.
ty."
B. e Sample, Jr., sheriff, said
There Is considerably less drunken.
ness In the town Of Saluda Than when
the ~dispensary was here. Do not
know how 1t Is In the county at large.
The oroer here Is much better. There
was much complaint about the way
the dispensary was managed and
many Of u people In the county
think that the %dispcnsary, properly
and honestly managed, II that can be
done, the best solution Of the whis-
key question"
NEWBERRY COUNTY.
Chief Of Police w. H. Harris, OF
NeWberry says: There Is no com.
p~arison as to conditions now and
when we had the %1ispensary. The
police docket will show that lawless.
ness has been greatly reduced While
the dispensary was here 1t required
the work of two police to keep down
rowdyism and make a certain street
and corner passable the negroes,
mostly drunk, crowding the thorough.
fare SO. Now that is all changed and
no CHEER Ia needed there. AS to
blind tigers, there are no more now
than before; In fact. there are fewer.
The conditions are better ten to one"
AS to conditions In the county, Sher.
III Bufford says he can tell only what
he hears. That uhere have been re.
ports Of blind tigers In different parts
OF the county, but these reports were
also In circulation while the dispen-
aary was here.
ANDERSON COUNTY.
Sheriff Green says that there has
been a great improvement over the
county since the %dispensaries were
closed. Some blind tigers existed while
vhe di%spensaries remained open, and
since their removal the number of
tigers has shown some decrease. There
are q few blind tigers, but the officers
are vigilant and suppress them "a
they appear. There have been Blind
tlgers all the time. Fewer complaints
OF drunkenness and shooting and other
disorders reach the Office Of the sheriff
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