The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-26

no one can leSdiiy oS PoSoo@S'
of any spirituous or malt oever-
ages, and the possession OF any
LIQUORS whether malt vinous or
spirituous will subject the pos
SCISSOR to a criminal action. sucn
a law may suit extremists, but
those who are temperate IN their
habits. and conservative IL their
views will regard it with dis
favor, and instead Of promoting
the cause of temperance we fear:
it will be the cause OF causing
the pendulum to swing TO the
other extreme, and bring about
a condition far worse than when
liQuor could be legally sold.
In our next primary for State
officers the liquor question IS
likely to be forced to the front
and become the paramount issue
for the people to make their Sc
lection of a governor and mem
bers to the general assembly,
should this be the case we would
regard it as unfortunate, because
the people are heartily tired OF
factionalism. and would prefer
to go the polls to cast their votes
for a man on his individual merit
and not whether he favorS or. dis
approves of the present state OF
affairs relating to the liquor reg
ulation. We want to see men
elected who have constructive
measures looking for the welfare
of the country, this cannot be
done when their is confusion and
turmoil, and if the courts hold
the Webb Act constitutional
which fixes it so no liquor can
be shipped into dry territory
those who think it an infringe
ment upon personal rights
whether they are liquor drinkers
| or not, will 60 to those who favor
.wiplng out the present local op-
ton laws we have, and make an
effort to change the present
policy. AS long as the right is
reserved to individuals to be al
lowed to have liquor shipped to
them for a lawful purpose their
is no danger of our State law
being tampered with. and the
counties desiring to keep out the
legal sale will do so, because
there are many who vote against
the legal sale that would not do
lso If it means they are to be de
prived from securing liquors for
themselves.
| We quite agree with The State
Iwhen it advocates ''a federal law
lforbidding a revenue license tax
lin any dry territory, and federal
Ilaw forblddlng the shipment OF
Iintoxicants from one State to any
Idry territoryin another State ex'
|cept for personal use" with such
la law the personal rights would
Inot be linfringed upon and the
Igovernment would take a hand
lin the game of preventing the
shipments of liquor to lawbreak,
ers. True, much of the blind
tiger liquor that is shipped now
lis marked ''for personal use,
but this can be stopped to very
large extent if the government
becomes a part of the machinery
to see to it's enforcement.
The liquor question has been
for many years a source of annoy
lance, and it has been, and is to
Iday. a problem hard to solve.
but in our opinion it cannot be
|solved by striking at the per
Isonal liberty of citizens, all who
use intoxicants are not lawbreak
ers, nor do they condone law
breaking, a majority of then
want reasonable laws enforced
but when the law itself becomes
unreasonable they take a differ
. ent view and join with those who
Iif permitted, would not have the
! same respect for law. If the, Ac
recently adopted by congress i:
sustained by the courts we looE
for the question to be opened uE
, lin this State for the people tt
isay whether or not they want tx
be deprived of the right to have
: |intoxicants in their homes fol
lawful use.
Several of the gentlemen al
ready spoke of for governor
. in fact, a majority of them art
!, pronounced Prohibitionists, on'
is a local optionist, and another
+ was heretofore favorable to tn
State dispensary. but since tha
, institution has been abolished W.
have not heard what his view:
! are on this subject, at any rate
There is every prospect of thu
:, |liquor question bobbing up II
+ the next primary, with the usua
+ campaign of bitterness, result
r ing in no good to the State.
? Senator Tillman demands o
, the News and Courier to specify
wherein he "hewed his way into
. power by his ruthless SANDER
I mo of those who stood IN HI: