The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-08
Gentlemen Of the Grand Jury, it is

The tendency Of our people tn Indulge in
the Use OF Intoxicating liquors is well CAL
c3!:.ed &c c:"sc j:s: ::!a-:; &c :h0so Who
have the good of society at heart in this
respect. The entire fabric Of society Is
Endangered by this growing evil. The
| combined efforts Of the temperance re-
former the watchman Of God upon the
walls of Zion, and the wisdom Of our Leg
islature, have mos: sadly failed SO far to
bring any relief to US against the tri
umphiul march of this great destroyer Of
the human family, and, without design
ing to reflect upon the Legislature, am
firmly impressed with the idea that moth
ing short of absolute prohibition Of the
sale of spirituous liquors will ever crush
the monster intemperance. But what
ever may be the defect in the law as il
stands, il il nevertheless the duty of the
! Courts to enforce it.
by the Act of March 19, 1874, chapter
so, of Title II, part ], OF the general
statutes, relating to the granting OF retail
and tavern licenses, are declared to be
applicable solely to the granting Of
i, licenses within the limits of incorporated
cities, towns and villages. 4 party de-
sirous Of retailing spirituous liquors in
side of corporate cities. towns and viii
iages by the Act Of NIarch l9, 1874, is re-
Guired to make application for license to
the corporate authorities thereof The
law requires that the applicant shall be
recommended by six respectable tax
payers of his ncighborhood; that he shall
enter into bond in the sum of one thou
sand dollars. with three good securities,
for the Keeping Of an orderly house. The
bond must be filed in the office of the
clerk of the city or town council, and
copy thereof be filed with the Clerk of
the Court of General Sessions in the
County where the bond il given. When
you come to examine the County. Clerks
Office you will ascertain ".,ether the
corporate authorities throughout your
County have complied with this require
ment of the law. As u general thing,
persons who engage in the traffic can by
no means be considered very respectable,
and the corporate authorities Of cities and
towns would do we'll to reject all applica-
tions recommended by persons engaged
in the traffic. If you should find that any
of these Irregularities do exist you will
report it to the Court.
If any person has filed his petition
with the Clerk for license to retail out
side of Incorporated cities, towns, &C., it
will be your duty to pass upon the same,
and recommend whether or not the peti-
tioner should receive license, and the
price ut which the same shall be uniform
for all applicants. BY this act it is pro-
vidcd that il any person shall wiltully
furnish any Intoxicating drink, by sale,
gift or otherwise to any person of known
, incorporate habits, or to any person
when drunk or intoxicated, or to minor,
or to any insane person, for use as Il bcy-
erage, shall be held and deemed misde-
InsunOr, and, upon conviction thereof,
the offender shall be fined not less than
ten or more than one thousand dollars
and imprisoned not less than ten nor
more than thirty days. Some one or
more of your body may know of persons
engaged in this truflc, having violated the
law in this respect. If so you will pre-
The Court also desires to direct your
attention to the practice Of selling, tra-
ding or bartering sprituous liquors OIL
Sunday. Such practice is in violation of
the law, and you will present all whom
you may know to have offended against
the law in this particular. This general
direction Of your attention to the liquor
license law Of the State ! trust may be
sufficient to put you in possession of your
duty, but Us the Act is long it NAV be
well for you to read it at your leisure.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, our peo-
pie have just passed through general
election, characterized by an unusual
amount of enthusiasm and excitement.
and the neglect of the General Assembly
of this State, to provide for the registra-
tion of all persons entitled to vote, has
perhaps opened wide the door for the
preparation of fraud in said election
The purity of the ballot box ought by all
means to be protected aguinst fraud, and,
although we are without a registration
law, if your body should address itself as
siduously to the task of investigating
whether there was fraud practiced in the
late election, such Investigation would
have most wholesome effect, and tend
greatly to secure us against much of
fraud in all future elections. I trust,
therefore, you will give this matter your
most earnest consideration.
Gcm:!ea;ci; of The Grand jury, you viii
remember that on the 9TH of October,
1876. the then Governor Of the State, Mr.,
D. II. Chamberlain, issued proclama-
tion to the effect that there existed GER
tain organizations and combinations Of
men in all the counties of the State, en-
gagged in promoting illegal objects, and
committing actual deeds of violence.
Now, this is either true or false as TO the
people of Anderson County-a people
whom you represent Us the grand inqueei.
1t is eminently proper in justice to yoLr-
selves, as we'll as the people of your
County, 10 faithfully and diligently in.
quire into affairs. aud true presentment
make 20 the Court, whether or not, Ger
tain Organizations o, of men did exist in the
Count of Anderson for the pr-pose of
promoting illegal objects and in commit
ting open acta 0fiawiessncs and violence"
II you should find, upon full and fair in
vestigation OF the subject given you in
charge by the Court, that the said proc
lamation of His then Excellency was
true as to yourselves and the people of
your County, you will so say; and upon
such investigation you sneuld find that
the charges contained in said proclama-
County, and that as to fhem it is false.
defama'rry and libelons, you will so
say.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, I also
desire to direct your attention to the
SiiHie VI LiciiSOu HSuIuSt CtAte. IL mas
been suggested by some that by the Con-
stitution and its amendments, the exis-
tence of the States as separate and indie
pendent sovereignties has been merged
into the General Government, which,
absorbing the States, has become one
great nation; and that in consequence,
the States are sovereign in such sense US
to be entitled to the allegiance of their
citizens respectively and that the crime