Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1895. COGITATION.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1753, 24 July 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1895. COGITATION.

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’ “He that calleth a thing into his mind whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and conaideretli; and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth.” —Lobd Bacon. It must never be forgotten, that when we are discussing the adoption of the Gothenherg: system, by which the' supply: of intoxicants becomes a monopoly of the State, that ~ the this in its essence is GOTnKifBERG- the principal on which system. the Indian Guvern- ~ ' ment controls the supply of opium. The' Gothenberg or dispensary system is working wonders L in South Carolina. Dr Albert Shaw, " who has been travelling through, the Southern States, reports that the people of South" Carolina, outside of the old’ liquor interest, and certain political circles, have become almost unanimous in the opinion that the system -is a splendid success. Railway road-masters and other men familiar with conditions throughout tho State, are enthusiastic in their account of the good effects that the- law has already produced. Drunkenness and disorder have decreased to a remarkable extent ; and whereas the negro labourer was formerly accustomed to spend his peek’s earnings in baroiisihg on Saturday night and Sunday, he is now spending more upon his family, or else saving his money to buy land. The ten or twelve State dispensaries in the city of Charleston, which have taken the place of-scores or hundreds of saloons, are as openly; conducted and as orderly as any drug store, and are absolutely closed at sundown. The effect upon the quiet and order of the city has been too transforming toadmit of any denial. Reports from country towns' throughout the State are to tho effect that the closing of the old bar rooms in favour of the new dispensaries has been attended with results' that have converted almost every good citizens to a belief in the present system.-—Review of Reviews. v