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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14
TOWN N COUNTY.

Read Tax Assessors NOTICE,
See "For Sale'' notice in this issue.
Circuit Court eonYenes in beKalh
next Monday,
Don't fail to hear DIR. Chase's lee
ture on the 25th inst.
WANTED-a good cook; apply at
once at the McCalebb House.
II. II. AFooks, Esq, of Macon, at
tended to business in town Friday.
We regret to note that Mrs. John
L. Robson is suffering from a severe
attack of la grippe,
A. A. Hammack has CoffiRs, Gas
kets, and q general supplyof Under
takers Goods, at lowest prices.
Onion sets, lOc. per quart; garden
seed, all kinds, &c. per paper, at
Eastland'srrDru store.
Our people sympathize deeply with
Mr.. John Byrd, of Evansville, in the
loss WHICH he sustained by fire last
week.
"Gentie Spring. appears to have
put in an appearance all wight. but
it's not too late yet for q real tight
freezing spell.
Mr.. and Mra. Sam 7, Watts and
Miss Bette Duke are visiting the
family of Dr.. w. W. Barnett, at
Fort Wayne. Ind,
During the month of Mapch union
prayer service will be held on We'd
nesday evening of each week i'll the
Methodist Church at this place,
If you're in DeKalb next Thurs
day, don't fail to hear the speech of
the Hon. Charles Scott, candidate
for the guhernatorial nomination.
Don't forget the Duke Mercantile
Company has on hand q large lot Of
Hickman" and hstudebaker" Wa
CONS, which will be sold cheap for
cash.
We now have full line of samples
of blank notes, deeds, ETC., and will
be pleased to take your order and
procure same for you. Cash must
accompany order.
We are requested to state that w.
q. Baref1eld, u. S., of Brooksville,
will be at the McCalebb House, in
Scooba, on Monday next, March
18th, to remain a few days.
Mrs. Herbert Hopper, who has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jake Dial, at P~orterville, was
here Sunday en- route to her home
at DeKalb. MI. Hopper met her.
Mr.. Charlie Rosenbaum, of De-
Dalb, spent several days of last week
In Scooba, looking after the ship
ment of a lot of cotton. He also vis-
tied Meridian before returning home.
Ice-yes, Ollie Eastland says he
will have ice for sale after April LIST /;
that he will not allow the supply to
run out, and that he will deliver it
every morning at the houses of reg
ular customers.
To remove q cough you must get at
the cold which causes the cough. There
is nothing so good for this as Kennedy's
Laxative Cough Syrup The liquid cold
relief that is most quickly effective, that
stills and quiets the cough and drives
out the cold. Sold by Oliver Esstland.
druggist, Seooba Miss.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14
Undertaker's Supplies.

A large assortment of Collins, Cas-
kets and other necessaries for inter
ments, constantly kept by the
DUKE MERCANTILE Co.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14
Fertilizers FertiazersI

now have a plentiful supply OF
Fertilizer on hand, and intend keep
ing same during the season, Send
me your orders.
D. ID. MORRISON,
Scooba, Miss.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14
Cures Blood, Skin Diseases.
Cancer. Greatest Blood Put
rifier Free.

Ii your blood is impure, thin. dis
eaeed, hot or full of humora, if you
have blood poison, cancer, carbuncles
eating soree, scrcfuls, eczema, itching
riaings and bumps. scabby, pimply
skin, bone pains, catarrh, rheumatism
or any blood OF skin disease, take Bo'
tanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.. }. Soon al
cores heal, aches and paines stop and
the blood is made pure and rich. Drug
eists or by express 81 per Urge bottle
Sample free by writing Blood Balm Co.
Atlanta, Ga. B. B. B. is especially sd
vised for chronic, ~deep-seated cases, al
1t cures after all else fails.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14
Secret end Fraternal.

jefferson Lodge No. l4s, A. F. & A. NJ,
meets Thursday, on or hsfore tha first fun
snoon In each month. at 10 O'Clock a. m.
A, HANMAcH. Secretary.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14

Finest grade Garden Seed and
Onion Sets, going cheap ! am over
stocked. Eastland, the Druggist.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14

seooba Lodge Nc. l56, X. of D., meefs tha
lst and End Monday nights in each.s month
at Z o'clock. H. w. RESpHER, o. u.
A. A. HANBACK,, Il. II. y.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14

scooba Camp No. "A. w. O. w. meats the
Ist and ar4 Tuesday nights in eaeh month
Ut 7 o'clock. q. 4. HaUGhASR' W.
/. W. OARGER, 0L5rk,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14

scoobe Lodge No. 2.4s5, ". of H., meets the
LIST and srd Tuesday nights Of each month,
a. s o'clock.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14
REMEMBER r

We are agent for the celebrated
Avery Plows, have d number in
stock and will dispose of them at a
Special Low Price for Cash. Come
and see us as to all farming machin-
cry. DUKE MERCANTILE Co.,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14

For SALE.-Ribbon-eane for sale
apply to S. G. TRAMMIL4,
Scooba, Miss.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-03-14

scooba ledge No. 2.7s7, X. and l.. of H..
meets the first and third Fridays in each
month at I o'clock p. m,
J. w. CARTER, Protector.
A. w. S-FRUTHERs, Secretary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-23

the interest of the public at heart
Inc system has been in practice fol-
a number of years, with the result
that since 1865 the wages of I'M
/ skilled laborers have increased so tC
80 per cent, much higher rate
than the wages of skilled laborers
and in 1898 the bishop and dean OF
Gothenburg, together with thirty
( clergymen, petitioned the royal gov
ernor to apply the same restrictions
to beer
The South Carolina Dispensary Sys-
TEN.
The South Carolina dispensary
system is similar to the Gothenburg,
with an important difference. There
is governmental control, with the
elimination of the element of private
profit, but no liquor is allowed to be
drunk on the premises of the place
of sale. Nothing less than a certain
quantity is sold, and it must be taken
away. Mr.. w. o. Tatum, state COM
sioner, makes the following claims,
based on the statistics for the year
1890: In Maine, with population
of 604, 466, there were 95S retail
! liquor dealers, 4 wholesale liquor
dealers, 408 retail dealers in malt
liquors and 81 wholesale dealers in
malt liquors. In Kansas, with pop
latiOn of 1,470,495 there were 2,S22
retail liquor dealers, % wholesale
liquor dealers, 303 retail dealers in
malt liquors and 107 wholesale deal
erS.
In Massachusetts, with a popula-
ton of 2,S05, 346, there were 4,S9S
retail liquor dealers, 215 wholesale
liquor dealers, 1874 retail dealers in
malt liquors, and 402 wholesale deal
ers in malt liquors.
In South Carolina with a popula-
ton of 1,340,31 there were 400 re-
tail liquor dealers, three wholesale
liquor dealers, "A retail dealers in
malt liquors, and 10 wholesale deal
ers in malt liquors; 113 of the re-
tail liquor dealers, two of the whole
sale liquor dealers, and all of the
wholesale dealers in malt liquors
were state officials selling according
to law. The others were illicit deal
ers.
To make the comparison more in
structive, it must be remembered
that the percentage of negroes who
drink is greater than that of whites.
The percentage Of illiteracy among
the negroes is also greater. The
records of the criminal courts of
South Carolina show that the negroes
have much less regard for the laws
of the land than the whites South
Carolina has 1922 negroes, while
the total of the other three states
cited is but 85,296, as follows: Kan
sas, 52,OO5; Maine, 1919; Massa-
chusetts, 81, 974.
Prohibition Kansas, with 10000
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-23
WHO REV. c. B. WILMER is.

Every voter, and especially every
good woman as well, of Terrell coun-
ty is earnestly urged to read the ar
ticle on this page from the Rev 9. b.
Wilmer of Atlanta, Ga, on the sub
iect: ''The Liquor Question and the
State" Mr.. Wilmer is pastor OF the
leading Episcopal church of Allan
ia, his congregation being at this
time erecting a handsome church
building on Peachtree street. He is
a very learned and strong man IN
every particular, man OF thought
and a man with convictions. He oc-
casionally contributes articles TO the
press of the state, and always evlncees
a thorough understanding OF his SUB
iect. He is 40 to 45 years OF age,
is always a leader in reforms ana
was one of the principal speakers pc
fore the legislative committee IN pc
half of the child labor bill. The ar
gument which he so pungently pre-
SCENTS is well worthy the serious CON
sideration of every unbiased, think
ing person. Read it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-23
/ GAIN AND CONSERVATIVE PRESENTATION OF THE |SSUE|
WHY the Dspensay the Best Way to Deal With the Liquor Vu0
ton It's Advantages the Licensed Saloon and the Snare
Of the Blind Tiger Some Facts Worthy of Consideration

neither to the county nor town any
revenue from the stuff to aid in pros
ecuting rs crime, but the jails and
courts will be supported wholly by
direct taxation. These are stubborn
facts. demonstrated by neighborlng
counties. in one of which, it is un-
derstood, there is now an empty
reasury-nOthing to pay the county
warrants: but in that same county
there is prohibition Whlskey III
abundance.
The temperance cause was never
promoted by force. Let our preach,
ers tell in biblical, loving way OF
the evils of intemperance; let our
women realize that they can accom-
nlish more by motherly and christian
training of their children through
their tender years in adding to tenn
norate manhood than by leaving their
modest sphere and taking part IN the
wiles of politics, even though there
no an Imaginary moral side to the
question. Let our girls, or youns
ladies. determine universal ostraclsnI
for the young man whose DreaIh ever
amits the aroma of whiskey or other
strong drink. See that our laws are
co amended as to make drunkenness
a crime punishable by sentence 10
on inebriate asylum for an mae
+orn7inate time. and let these asy-
Inns as suggested by Rev. winner
he maintained by proceeds from Ing
dionnnsaries. These methods Will
occononIish far more for the cause
Of tamnerance and the improvement
Of morality generally than mas eE q,
been or will ever be Wro0sH' ~
farcical prohibition. ,,,bis-
Don't make your drug3lsJ q VIZ
l,av dealer, your doctor BARTENDER .
This will come, as it has eVery"neI7
else. ID Won sinh
.+itltn for the seller who can nave
no sort of selfish interest in the saIe
Of wbiskey (for he gets his saiaIS
,.aoardIess of amount sold) the llllclI
dealer who recognizes sell ohly III
bic nefarious business and VINO ndu
ais' soon sell a pint to your lo-yeaI-
Cd how at the hour of midnight as
to the gray-haired topper unueI '"0
MONDAY sun. oo11od
i'oR Force upon the county so-ca calico
.db ii and instead of one hole
fPro,1l which the snake may crawl you
distribute over the county countess s,
Jn l for his coil, and substitute 10
four legal sellers, uninfluenceu Ny
eeIf-interest, not less than one nun Id
d 5Tia who see self in every SALE anu am
~ Tho ~ acknowledge allegiance TO IN
o1n ~ sam alone. from whom ne Oh
tains his license.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-23

hand' they strike at it in the person
Oh the drlnker Of the intoxicant If
man gets whisky, he gets if from
somebody. You may. therefore deal
win the man who gets it. or with
the man who lets him have it; or
with both.
among the methods that take hold
or the matter through the dispenser
OF the drink may be mentioned, first
ana foremost, prohibition. The aim
OF tne consistent, out and out pro-
hlbltlon1St is to solve the whole oues-
ton by getting rid of intoxicants.
Prohibition as a practical measure
may vary here and there by allowing
local option, for example, but to pro
hlblt the manufacture and sale of in
toXlcants is the aim of the out and
out prohibitionist Next come differ
ent methods, having in view the gov
ernmental control of what it is he
l1eVed cannot be entirely suppressed.
Under this head may be classed high
! license, the public house trust move
ment in England, the subway tavern
in New York, the Gothenburg sys-
TEN, and the South Carolina dispen-
sary. The public house trust move
ment seeks to safeguard the pub
lie by promoting in each county a
local trust company, which shall ac-
quire as many existing licensed
houses as possible with a
view to their being managed as a
trust on behalf of the community. ="
In carrying out this idea the aim is
to eliminate the element of personal
profit, and, in all ways, to manage the
bars as well as possible. The profit
is limited to 5 per cent on the CAPT
tai stock, all surplus profits being
devoted to objects of public benefit,
provisions of counter attractions to
public houses having the preference.
The Gothenburg system is that en-
plOyed in Norway and Sweden. The
sale of intoXicants is a government
monopoly, and placed under import
ant restrictions, such as reduction
in the number of drinking shops, the
shortening of the hours of sale, abo-
lition of sales on credit, of gambling
and of the immoral accessories of the
public house, and the entire absence
of stimulus to sales Some of the
claims made for this system are:
Securing complete divorce between
solitics and the liquor traffic; effect
i've control; the restrictions being
locally applied under local repre-
sentative authority, pace is kept with
the local temperance sentiment, and
the aim kept in view of educating
public sentiment; limitation of drink
ing places without causing a rivalry
between private companies, the
whole being in the hands of the gov
eminent; securing for the communi-
ty of the vast profits now going to
swell the Golfers of men not having
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-23

/ more population than South Carroll
ma and less than one-fifteenth as
| many negroes, had nearly six times
as many retail liquor dealers, more
than seven times as many wholesale
liquor dealers, about seven times as
many retail dealers in malt liquors
and nearly eleven times as many
wholesale dealers in malt liquors.
Prohibition Maine, with about half
the population of South Carolina and
practically no negroes, had about
twice as many retail liquor dealers.
five times as many wholesale liquor
dealers, nearly ten times as many re-
| tail dealers in malt liquors and near
ly four times as many wholesale deal
ers in malt liquors.
In the face of these official figures
how can it longer be contended that
prohibition prohibits? The test of
practical results is all in favor of
the dispensary.
In South Carolina liquor can only
be sold between sunrise and sunset.
This eliminates night drinking. 1t
can only be sold in sealed packages
of not less than half pint nor more
than AZ gallons, and cannot be
drunk on the premises where sold.
This goes a long way toward abol-
ishing the treating system, which is
generally regarded as one of the very
worst features of the liquor business
in licensed states, and is principally
responsible for over-indulgence in al
coholic beverages. There is no cred
it. Cash must be paid for the liquor.
Consequently the working man S
wages are not dissipated by credit
drinking at a saloon before payday
comes. Liquor cannot be sold to
drunkars or minors License laws
ordinarily have such a restriction
but it is usually imperative because
it clashes with the selfish interest
of the licensed liquor seller. In
South Carolina it operates because
increase of sales does not mean more
profits to the salaried officer who
conducts the sale of liquor. There
is no inducement to drink liquor, no
gilded bars and comfortable loafing
places where intoxicating beverages
are sold. All the tinsel is torn away
and a man buys liquor as he goes
into a grocery store to buy bottled
pickles or catsup to carry home for
use. The consequence is that even
those who had formed the habit of
drinking before the dispensary law
was passed drink much less than
they did when the bars were in OPP
Grafton, and the rising generation
have no temptation to acquire the
iquor-drinking habit.
Sobriety steadily increases with
the length of operation of the dispen-
sary law.
Aside from it's other good features,
the dispensary law has especially
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-23
CorRTs WILL SWELL TAN BILL.

Should prohibition succeed there
is sure to be decided increase IN
the criminal business of the county
which will help to swellathe tax DILL
and there will be no one helped eA-
cept the court officers and the COUNT Ivy
toY collector. Those petty crimes
which would be usually found among
the negroes would prove an add
tional burden to the farmers in par
ticnlar and to employers generally,
Who would have to pay the fines ana
have their business interrupted
These statements will be tabooea by
the prejudiced anti-dispensarylIe' pu.
You're simply referred to any one
of the so-called prohibition coun'
til ties for proof of these assertions
While WI there will be an abundance OF
White lite vioiators of the liquor law
the negro will be chief in the bearing
of punishment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-23

question almost or quite the limit Of
$1,000 per thousand would have to
be levied. Then there is the road
tax of $3.50 Again, the county re-
Gently voted a general additional
school tax, which will be at least
$500. Now, then, to recapitulate:
State tax $500, county tax $1,000,
road tax $3.50 and school tax $500,
a total to every rural dweller of
$3.50 per thousand of his property.
Let's see how about the city tax
payer. Dawson has now outstand-
ing $4,000 of bonds, which must
be paid-a greater Indebtedness than
ever in the towns history; an in
debtedness for legitimate and needed
improvements; an Indebtedness in
Cured largely because of the belief
that present conditions would con-
tinue.
1t has required about $4,000 a
year to take care of the city's welfare
the last year or two. The tax digest
shows something like $1,500,000 of
taxable property 1t is at once evil
dent that the full limit of tax al
lowed by law for the city ($15.00
per thousand would have to be
levied directly, and still there would
remain a deficiency. Add this to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-23
UETHE PEOPLE WILL PAY A TAX OF $345O PER THOUSAND
Deprived the Dspensary Still
Inteperance That Is We'll
Thinking People o Full n

the county taxation above shown and
the city property holder has staring
him in the face $34.5O per thousand
as, not possible but real, tax should
the dispensary go.
Think again. If taxation increases
doesn't a proportionate lowering of
values of property generally as GER
taihly take place? Most surely.
Can the people then afford to
trife with a time-worn experiment
with all to morally and finan-
cially-and nothing to gain? OF
course not.
Think of it! Kansas, prohibi-
ton state with a population of H.
470,495, only $4,000 of whom are
negroes, has within her borders 81,
254 liquor dealers-all Illicit dealers.
South Carolina, dispensary state,
with a population of 10000 less
than Kansas, and with 1924 ne
groes, or more than half it's total
population, has but 544 liquor deal
ers, and 148 of these are state
officials selling by law.
The comparison in the case Of Mas
sachusetts and Maine, where prohi
bition prevails, is equally as glaring,
as will be seen by reference to Rev.
C. b. Winners figures.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-23

Let's look at the practical side of
the dispensary question. The anti
dispensary advocates boast that they
are willing to pay the additional tax
that will accrue. They no doubt
think so now, but it is, nevertheless,
we'll to look a few facts in the face
as to future taxation should they
succeed in the present movement.
The tax dagger will be driven up
to the hilt, and the thrift and
progress of our towns and county
checked without advancing the cause
of temperance and morality. 1t is
the history the world over that
there is no growth and prosperity
where the tax burden is heavy. Peo-
pie and capital always shun such
places, and always will.
The people of Terrell county now
pay only state tax of $500 on the
thousand. The limit of a county tax
would be $1,000 per thousand for
general county purposes.
The taxable property of the county
amounts to about $3,500,000. The
expenses of the county are now $2O,-
600 or more a year. 1t can at once
be seen, then, that with increased
court costs and other expenses with
the dispensary revenue out OF the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1907-01-23

, commended itself to the women of
the cities of South Carolina because
it has done away with the saloons
and their attendant crowd of loafers,
who stood around the front doors
and ogled women as they passed by.
This is probably the first feature
of the good work of the dispensary
law to attract the attention of visi-
tors from other states, especially
women visitors. They never fail to
comment upon it and praise the dis
pensary system.
Before passing to other methods
of dealing with the problem, which
approach it from the side of the man
who drinks, desire to comment
briefly on these several methods just
mentioned. The principle of local
option seems to be sound, whatever
plan be adopted. Localities are so
different, for instance cities and rural
districts, that it seems undoubtedly
best for each locality to choose it's
own method and have it's own respon-
sibility or instance, the country
has no business governing Atlanta.
Prohibition is effective only under
certain conditions, and where not
effective is apt to do more harm than
good More than that, it is open to
question whether prohibition is alto
gether sound in principle. Unless it
can be shown that drinking alcohol
in any form and degree is worng per
Sc it is doubtful whether the abso-
lutte prohibition OF drink is right. 1t
is open to the objection of being an
unwarranted interference with per-
sonal liberty. Again, there seems no
room to deny that if it is wrong to
sell whisky and ought to be made
crime, then it is wrong and ought to
be made a crime to purchase or drink
it, 1t is unfair to heap abuse upon
the seller of liquor and to treat the
purchaser as a victim. Such a doc
trine must undermine manhood and
destroy the true basis of citizenship
of our people. 1t is doctrine more
pernicious in it's effects than drunk
enness itself. 1t substitutes force
for the development of moral per-
sonality and arouses a resentment
which cannot be considered entirely
unjustifiable.
The true principle that underlies
both the gathering and the South
Carolina systems, viz: governmental
control and the elimination of the
nature of personal profit, seems to
be sound There may be danger in
too great enlargement of govern
mental functions, but such business
as the sale of intoxicants is not con-
trollable at all unless the business
is owned by the government while
to allow the matter of exhorbitant
profit to operate on either state or
private corportion, to the production
of so much harm to the body polite,