Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-01-13

'no i'"u VIII oe o1tended. No 90 not know
what are tho views of our people on this subject,
put oil must sec they hsvo u special interest in
eIecting prudent and judioious Board Of
Aldermen. Would it not DO we'll to meet somo
evening before the election and suggest suite.
bio and acceptable ticket
Professor Willoughby Reade will ciyc an on.
tcrtainment in tho Court lIouse at Walhalla on
Monday night, the 18th instant. Ho comes
highly recommended by tho press and leading
diyincs and literary men throughout tho country.
among them Or. Carlisle, President of Woiford
College, DR.. Mcynardic, of Columbia, Senator
Ben Hill, of Georgia, COL Thomas, of Charlotte,
N. O., and host Of others His entertainments
arc amusing as we'll as instructive, exhibiting
tho great power Of cloquencc both in reading
ana speaking, and also the power of transform.
ing an audience from tears to laughter by the
control Of The countcDancc and voice. Wo saw
an exhibition of the kind twenty years ago, md
wo DO not know that wo ever passed more
p'easantly aud pro6tably q few hours. Readc,
report says, can only bo cquallcd but not OK
celled by Sol Smith Russell in his humorous
rcnditions. Wo hopo Mr.. Reado may havo o
good audience, rs we feel sure from testimonials
Everybody takes the KEowEr COURIER. or
ought TO.
Look out for j. s. Goodman, our Agent, who
is on q collecting tour for us.
Much of our space is again given to Acts
OF tho Legislature of public Importance.
Tho Act to regulate the sale Of liquor limits
Its salo to Incorporated cilios, towns and
villages, and provides that persons selling in
such places, in addition to the municipal H.
ccnso, shall pay State license of $lOO, to
be turned over to the County Treasurer of
each county for county purposes 1t ia OK.
| pecsed this law will work good in several
ways, by limiting and lessening tho number
OF places where liquor is sold, by confining
it to such places when town authorities will
suppress rows and difficulties, and by reicv~
ing the taxpayers, to some extent, of tho
burden OF taxation, consumed in tho expense
| OF trial ant punishment Of crimes and miss
! demeanors traccablo to liquor. In some
counties CT the State tho prcsont law
amounts to prohibition. and it may DO mado
proh'bitory in every county by the election
of dry tickets in towns In pickcns County
no Incorporated town has the power to graut
license for the sale Of liquor; tho power to do
SO having hccn takcn away by nnstivo en-
aclment, aud rs no license can bo obtained
outside Of towns in that county, prohibition
exists. We believe It's the first and only
county where prohibition exists By law,
shoush in some others dry tickets have
effected Tor a time the same result.
We sec the barkccpcrs Of Charleston pro-
pose TO test the constituiunality of tho law
and haco retained Col. Simonton ando,her able
counsel. Our prediction is, the tcst if made,
will be irnitless. for liquor is IN admitted
poison, iomcntcr Of strife and murder an
enemy to moral, social, political and fnan-
cu progress, aud 40 such is and should DO
open to either restriction or total prohibition.
We do not say total prohibition is either
practicable or proper, but any lax restrain.
ing the cyils flowing from tho uso Of liuuor
is both wise aud judicious, and should be
sustained and enforced.
Landlords and persons making advances
for agricultural purposes should read tho
Act nmeuding tho lien law, published in this
issue.