The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-23
10 Nut Nut NEED IT
What a Iantsezgiao Newspaper Said
AAlat asfss Rsaiss There.
AoaE HARM THAN GOOD

aORsE RlRM TnAN GOOD
Charleston saes5d Preas by the Ex-
Perieaee Of Her FEoriaa Sister and
Ask the LesSsE@tEo to Abolish Bet
ting On Eevao Racing in South
/ CaroAara.
The Legislature should not allow
South Carolina 10 be made the stamp
ing ground for lot of gam blers who
have been driven cut Of New York,
Florida and other States. They are
now about to locate in Charleston
and other points In South Carolina,
but they should be made to move OF
to some more eongenial cline.
The Florida Times-Union Of Jack
7onville Is a conservative newspaper.
it ID friendly to, II net controlled BY,
the interests which control the Flor
iSa East Coast railway and the big
tourist hotels OF the Florida East
Coazt. tt Is net muchraker, nor
yellow journal, noT Puritan publ
cation, or anything Of that sort, but
straightforward, progressive, con-
ser7ative newspaper.
while the bill to drive horse rae
Ing out OF Florida wss pending in
the Florida legislature the bin
passed with only one Tote against It
ia the house end No votes against it
In the conato-uhNe taia bin Was
pending, whilo the Business Mems
Arti-raeias association was urging Its
passage, tho Florida TineG- Union,
Oh April sth. 1914, euSlished the fol-
lowing otiterial:
."nke yrisacrzrsa md the Suckers"
Tho reosss Of Jacksonville have
tried race track gambling for two
years and We believe have gotten
enough o. It. We think that public
sentiment here, with scarcely dis
hentins voice, will back any efforts
in the losizIntrro to put an end to 1t.
1--WE need not discuss gamblirG IN
general. 1t 10 against the polity OF
the Stat. and Of the city. 1t is
against tho policy OF practically an
States and all eiueS. We seen 40
reason why 1t should be permitted
at race tracks and forbidden every
where else. We do not see why men
should be permitted to play for thou-
J sands at Monorief when negroes are
arrested for O. sickle crap game In
Jacksonville.
But leaving entirely out Of sighs
the moral aspect Of Betting on horse
, races, 1t is now pretty generally
known that It does nor pay. It does
riot pay tho amateur who risks his
m oney and generally loses 4. and Il
does not pay the community thet peg
nits It.
"Tn all sorts of gamea end eecupa-
tions IN which chance pleyH q largo
part in the result, those y ho play are
divided into tive classes--tha suok-
ers and those fishing for suckers.
The suckers go after the bait not
knowing about the hook. The asher-
men 60 after the suckers.
This is true Of the stock exchange
OF New York, the races al Moacrief,
the gambling places where some men
make their living and others supply
It, and OF all so-called games Of
chance. We are not certain that
there Is a garis in which skill gives
no advantage.
"In the horse racing the men who
are fishing for suckers como to Jack
sonville The suckeI are already
here. The race track employees, the
followers of the races, thousands IN
number, are supported out ef the
nockets OF the people OF Jacksonville.
They don't come here to spend NOM
ey; they como hore to make money.
Thy dou't come 10 make 1t hy work
that adds to tae wealth OF the COM
Nunity. They come to make it with
!. out work out OF the earnings OF the
community The people OF Jackson
rill. ray their board and buy their
clothing and furnish them with
spending money. They come with
;he expectation OF living during the
racing aea,nn and leaving with more
money than they brought
I'VE are not condemn!ng these
men. They arc simply accepting an
invitation. We are charging them
With crooEedness. Betting on races
Is their business and they make
living at 1t by being better judges
than the average man OF the merits
Of the horses. They don't take a dol
lar from any man who is not trying
TO take dollar from them. With no
unkindneas to these men. We simply
nsk that Jacksenville's invitation to
than to come here and live three
months at the expense Of the city be
withdrawn"