The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1881-01-26
CHESTER, S. c., Jan, II. 1891

CHESTER, ;. e., Jan. II, 1881.
". Bonh's Thompson, Esq, Chui,,-
man Of the Bo01W Of CoUnty COM
miSSiONe,S:
SiR:-In reply to your inquiries OF
this date, would inform YOU that no
United States Internal Revenue Agent
Is vested with authority to grant a
license to sell Intoxicating liquors
within the limits of this county or
State. Section 32ll Of the Revised
Statutes OF the United States provides
that every person who sells or offers
for sale foreign or domestic distilled
spirits or wines in quantities of less
tl'an live gallons at Il time. shall pay to
the government Of the United States u
tax Of $4,000. This is u special tax
upon retail dealers and not a license
TO sell. The Federal authorities have
always held invio!atc the right of the
state, under its general and Inherent
police powers. to regulate or prohibit
the tr:|flic in Intoxicating liquors. ANY
citizen may make an affidavit before Il
lriai Justice for the arrest Of anv pcr-
son engaged in retailing Intoxicating
liquors in violation Of the laws of tile
Stale, but it is the special duty of the
county commissioners, as the board of
supervisors Of the county, to make
such affidavit and secure the arrest of
persons acting under such pretended
licenses beyond the limits of mulicipal
corporations. ! am. sir,
Very respectfully,
II. j. MACKEY,
Circuit Judge.
1t will be observed that The question
raised III this correspondence is one of
positive Importance 10 our people. If
the Cnitcd States Internal Revenue
officers have the power TO grant IL
ccnscS ud HbitHna, the the LATE statute
OF the General Assembly is farce.
we are constrained TO believe judge
Mackcy has laid down the law correct
~, and if ihc county commissioners
exercise thc same commcndablc energy
in enforcing the law as they have in
discovering it, it will not bc long be-
fore the States find ont whether they
have have any rights left thcm.-Ei.
BNliciin.
lion. Henry Wattcrson writes q
rosy letter to the (OutIc3-J0u1UuI
after tbs Chca&o Press bHnqnct lie
chccrlully concludes: "Anl The South
is very prosperous. People rarely
quarrel vino arc making money. They
fall ont when they don't make il. All
this talk about what Garfield is going
to uo for a Southern policy is pure
drivcl. If he be man Of sense, as
take him to be, he will have no South
crn policy any more than nc will have
a Northern policy. All Of us arc get
ting on pretty well; and, if we con-
tinlc TO do so. the government must
let pretty well alone. H. was med
ding and muddIing HAT between 1860
and 1870 lost thr Republicans their
grip. They have il back through no
mcriI OF their, bui through, the faults
and ioIiics Of the Democrats. If they
wonld retain it. they must behave
themselves. II they don't do this the
Democrats will come in again. That
is the long and the short Of it and, as
we arc concerned in the South, we are
officially Indifferent. We have put
our house in order and we propose TO
keep il in order. We arc busy, doing
well and defy sectional par;isans-
cit her the fools and bigots among our
selves or the fools and bigots of the
North-tn hurt or hinder us. Tho
South is as independent as n wood
sawyer. AS time passes this will
appear in many practical shapes; in
substantial and solid improvements {;
in larger intercourse with the world !;
in better understanding Of home in
tcrcsts, material and spiritual; in
moral emancipation, wherein the spell
ling book and arithmetic will make
geography sight to see.
BUSINESS FAILURES. The suspcn-
>irn OF four well known business
houses Of Charleston was announced
Monday. They arc as follows:
j. NJ. Greer. book and stationery,
southwest corner Of King and Beau
fain streets. Foreclosure Of mortgage
liabilities about $1,000. a meeting
Of the creditors will be called in few
days.
a. Loryca, clothing, 27G King street.
Suspcndcd-liabilitics reported at ST.
600.
Il. *. Ncufvillc, stationery, 70 East
Bay. Made an assignmcnt-liabil
reported at $4,000.
j. S. Bee, Jr., book and stationery,
2SI King street. Made an assignment
liabilities reported at about $1,000.
The formal statements of the assets
and liabilities of these firms have not
yet been prepared. The assets in
most of the cases, if not all, will, how
ever, it is thought, nearly, if not quite,
cover the liabilities. All tho suspend
cd houses are well known, having been
engaged in business i'm Charleston for
number Of years.
Thomas Buford, who shot q JUS
ticc Of the Kentucky Supreme Court,
was sentenced to imprisonment for
life and granted new trial, is now
being tried at Louisville. Although
only middlc-agcd man his hair has
become as white as snow during his
long confinement.