The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-09-27


them go at large for long time uupun.
ished That this is in violation of the
law. Tho object of the law Was to pun.
ssh offenders and not put money in the
justices pockets That the finances Of
the County Should bc looked into That
there was no excuse for the ,ouuty
being in debt. Ifthere were deuts ont
standing. there was somewhere viola
ton of the the law that ought to be in
quIred into.-That it was the duty of
the jury Commissioner to make up his
list every January, aud to select for that
purpose the very best men who could
be found, morally and intellectually,
and ii such were not selected as iurymcn
the Commissioner had failc to do his
duty and should be prosecuted. That
they should visit the Jail, Poor House
and other public Offices, and sec that
these were properly conducted. That
they are not to act OH the suggestions O {
outsiders who were unwilling to 90
before Justice and lodge complaints Of
violation of the law. They were to pre-
sent anything within their knowledge.
lie required them to mako aspac ial re
port OF violations OF the Licen,c law
That dram shops were a curse to the
community. The suffering. women and
children Of the land required that it
should be looked into The law re luir
ed retailers to keep beds and bedding !,
stable room; provisions and forage, an
if any did not, it was the duty of the
jury to report thom. lie called atteu-
tion to the ordinance Of the town re
qulring seed cotton to be eishcd at the
market Leforc sold, and that tho seller
should report whore the cotton was rails
ed, and prohibiting its sale between sun
set aad sunrise, and pronounced the
ordinance unconstitutional, or if not un-
constitutional, at least void, bccaus in
contravcntion of the esprit Of Republican
ism, and lie took occasion to rclor to the
law as it existed when men who were
employed as laborers had to get a writ
ten permit to sell produce. The Court
then proceeded to tho business Of the
term.
There are one or two p iuts in the
Judges charge upon which we thiuk it
we'll to make comment. In relation
to the violation of the license law, while
we concur in the great evil Of the H.
quor traffic, we think that thereare sew
eral reasons why the retailers here who
had taken out the proper license should
not be indicted The Tu?psr law re.
quiring certain preparations fdr tavern
keeping upon the part Of those vending
by retail, was allowed by common con-
sent to fall into discuse luciny the var,
and even the officers of.thc law and tn
municira!authori,ies supp' sed it I'd bean
swept away, because its violation ha 50
long winked at No one knew anythin q
to the contrary until its re enactment in
the revised statutes little more than a
year ago, and even thcn The people we're
generally ignorant Of this IN ,ttcr until
Judge Couke brought ii to the notice of
the Grand Jury on his Circuit.
Again-all taxes are required by the
constitution to be equal, and asse sod up
on an al 'alorem principle. Hence tn.
late law requiring business mcn geaer-
ally to take ont licenses and pay for thom
was aShitted to be unconstitutional, and
the law was repealed by the Legislature
Upon what principi7 can it be required
of liquor dea lers to pay til, license tay?
II they cannot require the TAX, can the
penalty lie ontorcod ? If any such ca
scs come up, ne may look for sp-en il la
ton Of these ideas
So far as the Seed Coton Ordinance
Is concerned, we regret that the Julse
had not reserved his opinion, until n
case was presented. Thcordinauce is a
great protection to the honest producer,
and puts a stop to the system of rob-
berry from the field on the one hand, and
robbing BY ialsa Weights on the other,
and could not work injury 10 any good
man.
we believe ,he ordinance to be n