Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1892-11-30

the town by the licensing OF barrooms,
public sentiment in them will rise in
arms to suppress the nuisance which
increases municipal taxes, and every
man will be more or less interested in
seeing the law enforced. The people
of these towns will not be at the ad-
ditional expense of a police force to
maintain order or repress disorder pro-
duced by drunken men who obtained
their liquor surreptitiously. On the
other hand, you see that the absolute
refusal to license the sale of liquor
will cause an increase in taxes of the
counties amounting to one-half mill I;
and it may as well be understood now
that unless the prohibitionists them
selves organize some detective agency
to take out warrants and prosecute
those who break the law, the State it.
self will have to provide something of
the kind or the law will be dead
letter. All this will increase taxes,
and taxpayers had just as well under
stand it. If the promiscuous and i'm
proper use of liquor can be stopped
there will be reduction in the num-
ber of crimes committed and de-
crease in the court expense.
"Another danger, which we cannot be
blind to, will be the probability of
desperate political struggle between the
prohibitionists and the anti-phohibi-
tionists two years hence, with an ap-
peal to the negro as balance of pow
er; for in every town and county
where this question has been fought
out at the polls, that has been the ef-
feet, and when applied to the State we
may look for q like result.
"Having thus discharged my duty
frankly and without bias, and present
ed the question as it appears to me, l
leave it with you, and will chcerfully
approve any law you may enact.
"Before dismissing this subject, 1
would call your attention so the effect
of the decision of the supreme court
in regard to the sale of liquor by So
called "social and literary" clubs, it
having been decided by that court, in
the case of the Columbia Club, that
license for the sale of liquor is not nee
essary for such associations. The re-
suit has been that charters have been
granted by the secretary of state in
several instances for the organization
of such clubs and it is generally un-
derstood that they are barrooms in the
guise or under the name of clubs, and
are maintained against the will Of the
communities in which they are located.
"There are few complaints in re-
gard to the infringement of the law pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor on Sunday,
and notably in the town of Hamburg,
opposite the city of Augusta, which
abuse became so great and notorious
that, after repeated complaints, 1 COM
missioned State constable to investi-
gate the matter and several arrests were
made. This place (Hamburg), while
nothing more than the ghost of its for
mer self, with o very small population,
still retains its charter of incorpora-
tion. The remedy against such abuses,
which are not likely to be restrained
by public opinion, would be to repeal
the charter, and this recommend"
OTHER MATTERS.
Four or five pages of the message are
devoted to a review of the agricultural
hall case.
The governor suggests that organi-
cations of Confederate survivors be
formed in each county to regulate the
distribution of pensions for old soldiers
and their widows.
An appropriation of 5000 is recon-
mended to build new tomb at the
grave of Francis Marion.
A small appropriation is suggested
to secure portraits of distinguished
South Carolinians, with which to adorn
the walls of the State house.
The governor also suggests revis-
ion of the registration laws, and closes
by urging the need of rigid economy in
the conduct of the affairs of the State.