Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-27
Liquor Seizure.

They have prohibition liquor
inv III iork county, and it is :irolIlr..55s :iiroulIr.55s
clad" in YorkviIle. The Yorkyille
Enquirer has this to say in regard
to the enforcement of the law
On Sunday last Town Marshal
lngraham Wilson arrested on Main
Street, while in their wagon, two
men, Harvey York and w. ii. Buff.
charged with violating the town or- 81
dinances by selling Intoxicating
liquors within the incorporate limits.
1t was clear case against them
that they had sold liquor on tho
night preceding to several persons,
and they made no denial and set Bup
no defence. They were detained ms
til Monday morning, when they sp-
pearcd before Intendant Cartwright
and pleaded guilty to the charge.
A fine of $50, the extent of the law, i
was imposed, to secure which the S
defendants hypothecated their wagon q
and team until they can return to-
their home in Burke county, N. C..,,ssS
and secure the amount. The wagon
contained about 100 gallons of apple
brandy and corn whiskoY in unstamps
edpackages, and isnow in storage here
under charge Of Policeman Wilson,
and will be turned over to the Reye4
nue. collector. The contraband IT,
quor was stored in the guard house. &
The wagon and horses were, OH SuiY-
day, placed in Frank Smiths livery,
lot, but on Monday Marshal Wilson
removed the horses to another stable,&
and took the wheels from the wagon
and concealed them in another part l
of town, fearing an attempt at res.8
cue, which he had reason to believe
would be made on Monday night.
Sure enough, the attempt was lnade,
between the hours Of IL and 1, thee
men approaching the guard house
after having discovered that the
horses had been removed from the
stable whore they were first placed,
and that the wheels of the wagon ;,
had been taken off. NotwithstanGl-
ing their chagrin at this discovery,
they rallied to the guard house With
demonstrations and threats to charge
upon it. They were anticipated,
however, by Marshal Wilson, who,S
fired upon tho party, and strange 4 to-
say they were greeted with fiYe8
shots from his revolver before they
desistcd in the attempt to force an \
entrance, where had they known it,,
they would have found man
armed with q repeating rifle. 1t is
an ascertained fact that one of tho
attacking party was wounded by Po-
liceman Wilson.
The DaiH citizen, of Asheyille,
which is justly noted for its able
editorial columns, has lately pro-
duced an admirable article which
touches upon the approaching waste
of splendid timber tracts. Alluding5I
to an enumeration of the saw mills
and planning mills, the hum of which
is perpetually resoundipg through
the forests, the Citizen does not fall
to note that with that busy hum
which their presence occasions the
reckless waste is also apparent which
has denuded the North and West
and stripped that section Of the for
ests which once threw their dense
shade over many regions, drew the
moisture from tho clouds when the
land was parched or dry, and with
their underground and shrubs
checked the volume Of thewater and
saved the land from those disa, trous
floods which in those regions now
sweep down the channels of rivers
carrying widespread distractions
with their waves. ,l|