Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-02-01
TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION.
Effects Upon The Liquor Traffic
in South Carolina.
New Towns With Liquor Prohibition
Value Placed by Business meD
OH SnCh Provisions.

Oh Snch Provisions.
Without much show Of fanatic!sm
and with 10 extraordinary exertions
on the part Of the temperance apos-
ties, it cannot he denied that the leg.
islatior OF the past few years has
had very sa'utary effect upon tne
liquor traffic in this State. There
are frequent violations Of the law, it
is true; but the action OF the General
Assembly, confning the tredic TO in
corpor. ted tow2s and villages and
allowing the raricUs communities to
choose tor themselves whether or not
whiskey shall be sod within their
limits, while it may not have reduced
the number of ,lrunkurds, has cur
taied the consumption of ardent
spirits and given a strong foothold to
the tt temperance people. Men who
have become confirmed whlskey drink
ers will manage somehow to get their
supplies, whether they live in town
or country, but the abo litioA of the
crossroads dram shops has Been
great relief to country communities
and has had good effect upon the
indus;rial prosperity OF the people.
The old idea that the sale Of whis
key is necessary to the commercial
prosperity Of place has about been
exploded. The people Of Lsurens
and other towns in the State which
have tried the No License plan, tee.
tliy that their business was never so
profitable as when there was 40 en-
tire suspension OF the liquor trade.
In three Of the seven new towns in.
corporated by the Legislature the
sale OF liquor is positively prohibited
in their charters.
The charter of the Town Of Mar.
tina Depot in Laurens County pro-
vides that the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors in any shape or form whatso-
ever within the corporate limits Of
said town 10 hereby prohibited,
and tne said town council sball net
have the power TO grant license there
sor."
The charter of the Town Of Mc.
Cormick in Abbeville Comfy plo-
vidss that ut shall not ne laHfu for
any ipterdant or wardens 10 issue
license to any persons 10 Aell any
hind Of spigitucas e.,.5,ttey,. or fruits |
prepared with such liquors in eaid
town, and any person or persons sell
ing liquors, wines, bee: OF fruit pre-
pared with such l:quoIe shall be sub
ject to ell the penalties imposed by
the Laws OF this State as ii no such
license had oeen granted.
Tie charter OF the town oi Madl.
son IN Aiken County vests The power
to refuse or grant llcense6 TO keep
tavern or to retail Intoxicating drinks
In the town co lncil.
The right to grant or refcae licenses
TO gel! liquor and keep taverns in the
town vi Iuman in Spar'enburg
County is vested in the town council.
The Act prohibiting the aale Of in
tox;caung liquors within the corIor.
ate limits OF the town of Mayeavilie
in Sumter County p.oVldes that from
and after the first day Of January,
1883, it shall be unlawful Tor a.y
one to cell ANY ardent apirits or in
t,xicatiDg liquors" within the co-po-
rate limits OF said town upon the pen
atty Of not less than s200 fine or in-
prisonment Tor rot lets than six
months, or both. The act also pro-
vides that one half Of all tlT> fines
imposed and collected shall
to the officer or peraon deteotlh
reporting violations Of the law. and
that the other half shall De- turned
into the county treasury ior the use
of the county OF Sumter.
The Act prohibitirg/the sale of
"srdcnt spirits Or liquors" in The
Town OF Wiljiaton in Barnwfll
County provides :ha: "it shall rot be
lawful for the corporate authorities
OF the town to issue any license for
such purpose and upon tho VIOLA
tica Of the provisions OF tie Act the
psrty go offending shall be fined cot
| exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned
for not exceeding Elk months.
The charter OF the town OF Summit
in Lexington County has besn re-
pealed. 1t ia understood that this
was done in order to prevent The sale
Of whiskey at that place,
Several bills were before the Gem
egaI Assembly bearing upon the il,
quor tra Aic. Every Effort looking to
the repeal Of the local option law or
the repeal o. modification Of the law
imposing Il State tax upon the deal