The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-28

cense system, and a long step towards
prohibition-because by taking the
vast amount of capital invested IN
LIQUORS the great influence it now has
viii be greatly weakened-I vote for 1t,
hoping that soon we may be able, the
capital of whisky removed, to enact
prohibition law, such as the house
bill for which this bill was substl-
tuted."
About 4 O'Clock Saturday morning
there was some CONSERVATION when it
was found that the first page OF the
bill, containing the enactlng words,
was missing from the engrosslng de-
partment where it was being made
ready for ratification. Some members
were quick to cry thief, but the miss
ing page was soon found where it had
been inadvertently left by one OF the
clerks who had been copying it.
At 6.30a. m. the bill was ratified by
] the two houses, consisting of about q
dozen Representatives and a score Of
Senators. The Governor signed the
act Saturday morning, and it became
law.
The bill provides that the State shall
take exclusive charge Of the liquor
traffic and invest $4,000, to be Dor
rowed, in the business.
Within thirty days after the approx
al of the act the Governor snail ap-
point a State Commissioner, belleved
by him to be an abstainer from lnto4-
icants, who shall purchase all the
LIQUORS that are to be sold. He eshailllve
in Columbia and hold Office for two
wears. His salary shall be 81 800 and
he shall have book-keeper at s., ,2O0
and such other assistants as the Board
OF Control may deem necessary.
There shall oe State Board OF Con-
troll. consisting ofthe Governor, Comp
trolier General and Attorney General,
who shall make rules and regulations
TO govern the sale Of liquor by the
Commissioner.
County dispensaries are then to be
established for the sale of liquor under
certain conditions. They shall be under
the control of county boards. There
shall b. only one dispenser in each
county and he shall be appointed 6y
the county board of control by appn-
cation. Ten dispensers are allowed in
Charleston and three in Columbia.
There are stringent provisions TO
prevent persons selling or even having
in their possession any liquor not pur-
chased from q dispensary. 4 dlspen-
ser shall not sell less than one-half
pint or more. than five gallons
to any person at any one time.
Stringent rules are prescribed for the
obtaining of liquor from a dispenser,
such as the signing of a paper
that the person is so many years
old, lives at such and such place, that
he ia not minor and that he is not IN
the habit of using liquor to excess. o
The act is to take effect July l., le93,
and liquor licenses now in force Will
be continued t. that time upon pay
ment of one-third the annual license fee.
The State Commissioner is allowed
to charge profit Of fifty per cent, on
all liquors sold, for the benefit of the
State. =.
On Thursday Messrs. J. A. Sigh, Of
Newberry,H. r. Thomas, of Sumter,
and D. P. Duncan, of Union, were
elected railroad commissioners.
l. Col. Duncan and Mr.. Thomas are
| memb bers of the old board. The elec-
ton Of Mr.. Duncan was surprise, as
| it was thought that Yeldell, of Edge
| field, Walter, Of Orangeburg, or Stan,
land, Of Berkeley, would get the third
place. The election Of Messrs. Sigh
and Thomas was forgone conclusion
| and they got in on the first ballot. Mr..
Yeldelrs defeat was due to the facf
that the members had come to the bf-
lief that Edgefeld had gotten enough
of the political pap. Otherwise tis he.
lieved that the Governors lieutenant
would have been elected.
All the members are prominent
| lAlliancemen, and the result shows
that the Alliance is still power in the
land.
RAILROAD MEN IN POLITICS.
Apropos of the new railroad law it
will be interesting to note the attitude
of the railroad employees of the State
| toward it. Last Thursday night they
held meeting in this city, at which
| some 400 men were present from diner:
ent parts Of the State. Nearly all OF
them had been Tillmanitas and sup
porters Of the present administra-
| tion. They made red hotspeeches and
| decided to invite all laboring men to
| ioin in organizing 'sThe Industrial
/ Union of South Carolina" & commit
tee was appointed to meet later and
draft constitution and bylaws, after
which the union will be organized to
fight the administration.
Resolutions were adopted condem-
ming the Wilson railroad law as mimi
cal to all railroad corporations in
South Carolina, affecting more es-
pecially the working men, and declar-
ing that there is general disposition
on the part of the present admlnlstra-
ton to work injury to the industrial
| pursuits Of South Carolina, which in
turn affects the employers and en-
ployes alike, and, if persisted in, means
ruin to the State. The law is de-
nounced as class legislation and intend
ed more particularly to injure the rail-
roads.
The bill to provide for the forfeiture
of the charter of any corporation char
| tered under the laws Of this State
whenever such corporation shall refuse
to pay the taxes as assessed is another
obnoxious administration measure that
passed the House and would have gone
through the Senate, had it not been
for the fact iha. it did not come up to
a third reading until five hours before
the time that heLegislature adjourned.
! Even then some of The administration
men tried to putt through, but most
of the Senators were tired and gladly
welcomed moti:r to cu.;fs.ue all the
bills that were still on tile calendar
until mex sesaiou.
It was admitted ,>p the floor 0! the
House that the s,i:l was mainly AIMED
at the railroads, being intended to pre-
vent them from appealing to the Fed
( eral courts. The bill was 80 mauifestly