The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-08
TEE DIsPENsARY
AT BRooKLAND.
Petitions Presented For and Against
its Establishment -Prohibitionists
in the Lead.

Monday quite crowd from Brook
land appeared before the dispensary
board and presented petitions for and
against the establishment of dispen-
sary in that town. The prohibition
lists were largely in the majority, 80
far as the delegation was concerned,
having among their number ladies
of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union.
Those who appeared against the
dispensary were: Revs. s. R. Bass
and J. G. Holly, Mr.. Wallace, super
intendent of the Duck mill, G. A.
Guignard, A. D. Shull, Jas. Minis, S.
"a. Moak and Mrs. Inez L. Glenn and
Mrs. L. A. HaynesWorth, while Capt.
RI. Shuler. B. B. swygert and Mr..
Thornhill represented the dispensary.
Mr.. Wallace clearly showed in his
remarks that the dispensary was not
wanted IN Brookland, seither by the
officials Of the mill or the laborers.
BE pointed out the evils that would
naturally follow the establishment of
8 dispensary.
Rev. Bass followed with a strong
appeal for prohibition and declared
7 that the majority of the citizens were
opposed to having dispensary in
Brookland.
Rev. J. G. Holly, pastor OF the
Methodist church, followed Rev. Bass.
He is . man of pleasing personality,
fluent and eloquent speaker, and in
words that must have appealed to all
who heard him, told of the curse that
adispensary would bring upon Brook
land. Their fight was moral one;
nobody questions the revenue part.
Brookland had always gotten along
nicely without the dispensary, and
could continue to do SO. That those
In favor OF the institution worked all
manner Of schemes to get petitioners
on their list; worked secretly and
underhanded. The speaker closed
with an eloquent appeal to the board
not to thrust the dispensary upon
them because they had the power to
do 80. 4sIn the name Of all that Is
noble and good, went on the speaker,
81 ask you. Sirs, as honorable, God
fearing Christian men, who have the
fntme welfare Of your county at heart,
not TO put this curse and breeder OF
crime upon q people that don't want
it, because you are clothed with the
power to do So"
Mrs. Inez Glenn, president of the
Woman's Christian Union, begged
the board on behalf Of the women not
to establish Q whiskey mill in Brook
land. Many a happy home has been
forever blasted by whiskey.
Mr.. G. A. Guignard, one of the most
successful fnanciers and largest prop
erty owners in the county, said that
he was no speaker, but he wanted to
make his protest against the estab-
{ lishment of dispensary at Brook
land. He said that the strong should
protect the weak; that the men who
drink whiskey, as rule, are the
wage earners-the day laborers, who
need their money for clothes and sup
plies. sThis is the class of people we
want to protect, gentlemen" Mr..
Guignard is not speaker, but he is a
man of deep thought and made a
strong, common-sense argument
the dispensary.
Mrs. Thornwen also spoke against
the dispensary in behalf of the wives
and daughters of Brookland.
CAPT. R. L. SHULER.
Capt. r. L. Shuler was the first to
champion the cause of the dispensary.
He first replied to the statement OF
Mr.. Holly relative to the underhanded
work of tie dispensary advocates and
declared if there was any underhanded
work he was not aware of it. He ad-
mitted thatit was no moral issue with
the dispensary advocates; it was the
revenue that they wanted to be ex-
pended for the Improvement of their
town. That lexington and other
towns in the county much smaller
than Brookland, were getting a big
revenue from the dispensary; they
wanted it too-the property owners
wanted it.
Right here Mr.. Addy, of the board,
wanted to bnow if the petitioners