Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-12-11
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TEMPERANCE IN THE STATE.

The election for license or no license In
Spartanburg was held on the Goth ult. There
was considerable feeling on the subject, and
both parties put forth the most strenuous
efforts. The result was: No license, 1886 !;
license 332-prohibition majority, 4. Hun
dreds of country people were In town on
the day of the election, and remained until
the votes were counted. They were much
more interested in closing the bar-rooms
than the town people. NO disturbances oc-
Cured. The wet party talk of contestlng
the election on the ground that students
were permitted to vote.
On the same day an election was held IN
Greenville on the question OF license or no
license. The election passed OIL without
disturbance and resulted in victory for
the wet men by q majority of l6l. The
total vote was much smaller than cast at
the similar election held year ago, a de-
crease of nearly half, resulting from the
fact that the voters were required to nave
been previously registered. The license
party worked hard and won its victory by
pressing in an unusually large negro vote.
A letter of the 29th ultimo, from Orange
burg. published in the Ne,cs and Courier,
saws: On the first of January last the bar
rooms here were closed under the mo Lii
cense" option. During the tapering OH OF
the drinking men and under ground work
ing off of the stock of liquor left over, %
arrests were made. While the barrooms
were open, the year before, l23 arrests were
made. The town has saved in the ponce
bill s., ,l3S since the barrooms were closed.
This is a hard argument to get over, and ~ ne
who would, is past remedy. True, the mo
License" law has been most shamelessly
violated in ways which have excited public
contempt But this is no argument against
the good which has been accomplished.
While licenses were in force here the streets
were nOtOriOuSly scene of Saturday nlght
rowdyism and trouble. Now the town is
quiet. Many home, too, has been rellt with
peaceful sunshine once cruelty shut out
by drink. Notwithstanding this argument
in favor of prohibition, the license par
ty were successful in the election on Tues
day Of last week.
The Port ROYAL Post says: GAS the law
against the retailing of liquor outside of in
cOrporated towns isinoperativein this coun-
ty, and large business is said to be con-
Quoted in direct violation of law, we sug-
gest that the Legislature fix and enforce
license for selling liquor in this (Beaufort
county"
The Merchant and Farmer says: "If mo
license prevail in Laurens, about $50, ,WlO
will be turned from the whisky traffic into
other channels of trade, chiefly into bread
and meat and clothing. The same men
who sell the one can, if they wish, turn
their attention to the other"
The Newberry Ne,rs and Herald wants to
try the mo license" for two years. me
question was voted on in NeWberry last
Thursday and resulted in majority OF II
in favor of license.
In Columbia there are 81 barrooms, and
it is estimated that S2jO,OO0 are spent annu,,
ally for whisky, while only $lS, 900 are paid
to preachers of every class and denomlna-
tion in that city. A petition has been cir
culated in Columbia for signatures praying
the town council to order an election in that
city on the question of prohibition. The
committee of temperance workers claim
that they have obtained the necessary num-
Der of signatures to require the council to
order an election; but the council thinking
differently, have declined to order an elec-
ton, and the temperance people have COM
menced legal proceedings in mdnddmus
against the council in order to compel them
to order an rejection.
The Keowee Courier thinks that the law
prohibiting the sale of whisky in Oconnee
county is the best law on the Statute books,
and is earnestly opposed to its repeal.
An election was held in Manning on Tues
day of last week to decide whether to grant
license or no license for selling liquor. The
wet ticket carried the day.
On Wednesday of last week an election
was held at Laurensville and was carried
in favor of no license by majority of GS.
Timmonsville, on thesame day, also voted
in favor Of no license.
In the election at Winnsboro, on the lst
instant, to determine the question of grant
ing license for the sale of spiritu0us liquors
in the town, the vote stood: for license,
199; against license, 80. The anti-license
party made no effort to affect the result. At
their final m Getting on Thursday night pre-
vious to the election they resolved that as
the election would result in the granting of
license, the meeting requested the town
council to fix the fee at $500 year.