The sun., 1893-07-01
ETT0 STATE JUGS FULL.
sop.H CARoLINIANs MUST BUY OF
TUE STATE WHhN THESE RUN DRY.

- eroat "htnkey AuctIon on the Last Day
of Licensed sn!sona-No State Liquor
Dispensary In Chnrieaton or In Many
Countics-BIpd Tigers to bo Watched
by Constabiss Appreciated by the Governor.
CoLUMpIA. e. O.. Jun &c. Tho State Of South
Carolina gSes into tho liquor business at mid
night tonight. but not with any such start as
was expected. 1t is n lame beginning, like
that OF a man who starts of with ono leg
and one crutch. The absolute boss OF tho
State. Gov Tillman expected totprn the great
monwealth into one enormous drinking
saloon. such as might carry signboard,
reaching from the sea to the mountains. an
nouncing BENJAMIN Ryan Tilman. Monop-
olist OF Grog" But 1t has not turned
out that way. Only eleven counties
are provided with rum. and the rest
other 10 not want 1t on tho new terms or are
~-'i ioined from having it. Tho outlook tor the
metto State for the next six months is the
est ever known In this country. When tho
Iation Is understood 1t will be seen that
nsas. North Dakota. Iowa. and Maine are
rly bibulous compared with what this State
going to he wnen tho liquor now stored in
o peoples dwellings has been consumed.
yrenforth Gever encountered such n chance
win glory as this tate Ill present. but only
20 Legislature which brought about tho
ought will be able to relieve it.
Gov. Tillman has an immense warehouse
led with hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
rth Of liquor here in Columbia. 1t is tho
gest wholesale liquor house in tho South. if
It in the country. 1t is repcte with the most
modern labor-saving contrivanccs and IS u
hive OF busy workmen employed to bot
tle and jug the stuff for the county dis
pensaries Tho only trouble is that the
law does not work and the counties are
not stepping MP to the Governors bar and
ordering their drinks. There arc thirty -four
counties in III, state. but only eleven hnve
complied with the regulations OF the new law.
Seven Of the counties long ago obtaine ed
special Legislation prohibiting tho salo OF
liquors within their hounds. They cannot fall
in with tho new scheme II they want
to MS long ms those laws nro on the
statute books. Tho large towns are opposed
to tho law and to everything that pertains to
Tillman and tho Tillmanite regime. They are
old-line Democrats in nolitics. Led BY tho
city OF Charleston. they re use to take advan-
tago OF the Dspcnsary law and pro er to 90
dry. The liquor dealers go out Of business at
midnight. tho clubs close their bnis. and tho
Inhabitants rely on suffering such an amount
OF discomfort as will bring about repeal Of
tho law as soon rs the Legislature reconvenes.
The eleven counties that have voted for dis
pensaries. one to each county. are: Newberry.
Abbeville. 1aurens Aiken. EdgefelL. George
town. Greenville. Lexington. kershaw. and
Orangeburg. 1t is true that Rchland. which
contains tho capital city. Columbia. had dis
pensary provided for it. but tho opponents Of
tho law hold that the County Board Of Control
which acts in these cases. decided in favor OF a
dispensary upon an i'm proper list Of petition
ers.
.sarAn iniuncsion f. likcly To II, not ont to nra
vent the establishment Of an official gin mill
hAra and m AM nj M h.a pna I'd ~
announced that the new state gin mill will not
be opened until July =. 80 as toavoid drunken
Fourth OF July. In Darlington county county
dispensary was ordered but Circuit Court
Judge has enjoined it on the snme grounds
that that form the complaint ,aaCainst the, pro:
of the eourss w ct
..y s a aSs ssna x H. s
majority Of the freehold voters. In Spartan
burg county T. the one N that has largest white
necessary petition have failed as they have w in in
;. Meantime the law, Itself is ,hreatened by the
liauor tenlers and he old-l! Democrats who
was put through the Legislature In an i'm
proper manner IN defiance OF the Constitution.
serves TO the principle that u State has no right
to esash I1 dP Ss Prt
opinion that they have been Guncoed and are
now found beside the liquor men opposing 1t
The rnd al tho Snts
tryns get rid their goods s0r at asnisF any priee
they VIII fetch. Fora week the choicest as
well e. the poorest liquors have been going at
Fine Old coGnac can ,bc had until midnight
usSs tS sh IS
agaIlon is selling At s.. The famous liquors
s y sSs SHAt 81 S1s SHs
&c lor what any one offers to pay for them.
for hs ays Tn h.ass s
wnter Fordays and days the wagons OF the
farmer: and all others who DO Their ma!gketing
:e!a. demijchns and casks Of liquor, while in |
this slty every every ho,pIssholder has laid IN six
Borrow In order t" % get the h N money. one 1 OeS u
Since early this morning ihe whole force |
Eeripa through the streets under baek, break,
h,s, iRg Loads Of wines n and and iGuors An Epscopa!
rntions in one Of the Wholesale stores. % and
1 when 1 Re was tTitted about % t. he said: This
am n morGerinc more drink than ever used in
new State liquor bottles in the storrs and md
hosels Al ths "a niiical lioaor + to be put up in
snsns mns asHs were maSs TOR the STATE fern
eas.s anu cohcIiuS tuo Udch VI eucn
bottle Is q design blown out heyond |
the surface OF the glass and consisting OF
big palmetto tree and tho words 'S. c.
Disponsary" The labels pasted ON the face Of
zach flask bear an engraving Of the State coat
Ri ss .I.n hsf
dlnacult TO nndsrsiand. saorilege and prosti-
sutivn are the mildsst terms they use when
..iiey see or talk about the new State grog
asy. yillmsn has kindly presented a half
bottle Of his best whiskey to the correspondent
Of TIE brS to take home as n curo for
the ,edincation Of the New, Yorkcrs, who.
In bis opinion, must soon follow south Caro-
lina's exam ple and 70 into the liquor trade.
Exeept that the number q stars on tor Of each
brand OF liqnpr. all the labels on the whiskey
Every botti. Is .corked and sealed with red
any dfspensary where II H. purchased. On tho
sesliBs WAY II stamped Al sAIs sentence: South
bottled % labeled paimstto New England Iium.
Old Tom Gin. The brandy Is called Palmetto
Gognac, and so on. It 70 said that already to-
have obtnipsd samples Of these hotties and
labels and fhean 10 initiate them and Hood the
81 alto With khem. 10 posslble for they will un-