Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-29
SOUTH CAROLINA's BAR.
The State Dispensaries to BE Opened On
July 4.

July L.
The Official bar room OF the state Of South
Carolina will be open for business on the LIST OF
July, says a special dispatch to the Philadel-
pha Press from Columbia On and after that
day 1t will be penal offense for liquor to be
sold anywhere in the state, except at the dis
pensary. which will be distinctively a state in
dustry under the supervision of Governor Till
man and several other state officers
Under the operations of the law it is discre-
tionary with the freehoders Of twenty-nine o.
the counties IN the state whether they will
ADOPT the dispensary system, which will pro-
Vide Tor the establishment of a county dispen-
sary, TO be operated by man who will have 10
secure a majority of the freeholders of his
county as slgners to his petition for appoint
ment In SIX counties there will be no dlspen-
saries, as the dispensary law is not intended 10
CONNECT with any existing prohibition laws.
From present Indications. SAYS the Press
speclal. II is not probable that over a hall
dozen counties will ON the LIST OF july have dis
pensaries as applicants for the positions of dis
penser are experiencing considerable trouble
IN securing the Endorsement OF a majority of
the qualified voters Most Of the larger coun-
ties. for instance, Charleston and Greenyille,
show disposition TO avoid the scheme. and
the authorities in charge of the system do not
expect very many counties to have dispense
rles before August, If then. They believe.
however. that the dispensaries will be scattered
all over the state in time. on the ground that
the treeholders will prefer TO receive some rev.
enue from the dlspensary. rather than encour-
age blind tigers or pay the expenses OF the re-
sutlng drunkenness.
In Abbeville. orangeburg. Barnwell ard a
Jew other counties the freehold voters have
already signined their desire to give the new
tangled idea trial. In the rules recently an.
nounced by the state board of control con-
sisting OF the governor. controller general
and attorney general, who have absolute man.
agement OF the system. it was stated that until
some OF the practical results of the system
be ascertalned only one dispensary would be
given each county, no matter what its size
might be. This will be done for the purpose
of economy and 80 not to have the dispen.
saries too c.ose.
Columbia, in the large building formerly
known as Agricultural Hall, is to be the gen.
eral distributing point All liquors which after
July 1 are legitlmately consumed in South
Carolina will have to be sent out in special
TASKS under the seal of the dispensary. The
TASKS have blown into them the seal of the
state and the words. South Carolina Dispen-
sary." Every effort is now being made to haye
things in readiness for the demand anticipated
from the counties. Within the las, day or two
SIX car loads of Cincinnati whisky have been
received. and a shipment of lOJO barrels ID
expected TO arrive shortly.
The intention of the authorities is to intro.
duce new feature in the beer business Six
or eight brands are to be used and will be
known not by their commercial terms. but by
numbers. Beers will be sold on their merits
at the UNIFORM price of Is cents a bottle.
Whisky viii be about 80 per gallon. and a per.
son may purchase from pint to five gallons
II will probably be some time after the dis
pensary Is IN operation that the counties will
be supplied with full line of gin, rum. wine
\ NJ Thar l..Ss ..--s,. a..
chemist who has to subject all samples To !
chemical analysis. is somewhat behind in his
work, having given most of his time to the
analy sIs of WHISTLES aud beers