The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-24
REGULATING LIQUOR.
The People to be Furnished With
Good Whiskies at Reasonable
Prices.

Good Whiskies at Reasonable
Prices.
The State.
The Governor last night gave to the press a
most interesting interview. o.,
Governor Tillman said, wnen asRso M sod sS ,n' "
der the dispensary system. that the cheapest
whiskey would be retailed TO the consumer at
SO a gallon, Is cents quart, 40 cents pint
and cents half pint Ihe dineTence me- 10 nacE tle
Ing and glass. This price will apply 70 ., Dotn ,i
rye and corn and the liquors sold at IS VIII
cost $3.50 at the distllleries and will be OF the
best quality obtainaole at the price.
SENSATIONAL CHARGE.
He went on to say that since he has been in-
vestigating the liquor business he has dis
'Issu Fist. that thai very Very little honest liquor has
been sold 1t this State. very nearly all OF u
being compounded liquor; and. secono,
through his dealings with glass manuIac.
turers OF bottle and TASKS, that the dealers IN
this State have been using vessels from two 70
eight ounces below the requirements. quarts
have run twenty-six TO twenty eight ounces,
when they should have been thirty,two
ounces, and smaller TASKS show the same pro
portion. He had further discovered, he said,
that nine-tenths OF ,the liquor sold In this !.
State was from 60 to 80 pc. cent. proof, when II
should have been 100. 1t has been
wATERED AS WELL AS DoCroRED
and ,olored and sugared. Practically none of
the liquor sold In this State has run over tne
90 rer cent. proof The whiskey that VIII 6e pc
sold by the dispensary will be from % TO 80
per cent. stronger than that now sold and
there will be an absolutely honest measure
and an absolutely pure article. VI nave col.
lected about twenty-five samples OF ilqu0fs Il
be turned over TO DR.. Burney tor chemical
analysis az soon as he has the time, and
wv wr1r. CHOW THE PEOPLE
what kind Of stuff they have been drinking"
| From the talks he has had with the men VINO
sell LIQUOR 10 dealers In this State ne was con.
vinceu that nine. tenths OF the whiskey sold
In South Carolina is not over TWO or three
months old and had not time to get mellow or
lose its Injurious properties.
JULY SUN WILL EvAPoRATE OPPOSITION.
When asked what he thought about the op.
position to the establishment OF dispensar1es
he replied that "the July sun would evapor.
ate ali that" and that before long dispensaries
would be established In all OF the counties
and before January even In those counties
where there Is now absolute prohibition.
THERE ARE MILLIONS IN IT.
AS to the profit to be derived from the sys:
tenn, he said: From the best information
have been able TO get from variety OF sources
there is now over 1.oOo,00o gallons OF WhiskeY
mate mat that there viii be a falling off Of abou,
one.third in the umptiop-certainly not
over half We will get net profit Of 81 out 81
every gallon OF whiskey we sell, and. IN adoi'
beers, brandies, ETC. Il won't cost more than
100000 10 distribute the goods, and II may
cost S25 900 to enforce the law" Altogether
he said, the minimum profit would not be less
than S5000 QUO the first year.
WILL ENFORCE THE Law.
Talking about the enforcement OF the law
he said that he had just ordered badges for
special constable and detectives and he was
detectives TO make arrests, seize whiskeys and
see that the law was properly nforced as well
as keep an eye on the county dispensers.
HARD ON THE CLUBS.
These special constables will probably also
give an eye TO the clubs, which, he says, under
Sections 2l and %, prevents dispensing OF
keeping OF liquor In club for use by lie
members.
NO SLOPPY BEERS.
In regard TO beers the Governor said: We
are having samples OF all the leading brew.
cries analyzed; everybody will be given
fair chance. and when the ,t seeSt9ns are are
labels will be identical except as to numbers
certain brewery and No. OF another brewery
cIusively for the South Carolina State dspen.
sary. The beers that have been offered az
show variation OF as muchsas IS so q cask OF
bottles (ten dozen pints). Now our Idea In
i putting on the numbers is TO do away with
the difference which long established reputa
tion has effected In Imagination. We propose
TO let the beer, after 1t has stood the chemical
test, stand the test OF the stomach and &c
won't force our people TO drink slops because
they are made at home or are cheap. We Will
not put out a high priced beer, because II hat
-. d, x,NN hntt fhnn
product. Ali the beer must stand on its OWL
merits on the market and will be sold at the
uni form price OF IS cents per bottle. We Will
encourage The sale Of beer In every way possi
BILE, and ! hope the Legislature will allow III
TO put IL on draught, where IL can be obtained
cheap. Ice will be used and the beer sold In
portable shape. The State board Of contro
will receive proposals from the different Ice
companies that choose to compete for the con
tract 70 provide ice for the summer for county
ldianenRera.