West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-05-18
A STATE TO SELL LIQUOR.
South Carolina to Take Hold OF The
Saloon Business.

'Htv cucCts ut SIOUX HalIS, SOutD
Dakota.
The Governor OF South Carolina.
under sanction of a law passed ut
the last session'af the Legislature,
proposes to put this new idea into
effect after the first of July next.
The law viii close mp all bar
rooms and club houses, for the act
expressly outlaws such establish
ments. 1t will create monopoly
on trade that has hitherto been
free MS the air.
The supreme power of the new
order of things alcoholic will be
vested in - State board of control,
consisting of the Governor, the
Comptroller General and the At
torney General. This board is to
make rules for the proper govern
ance of the State commissioner,
who is appointed by the Governor.
Each county is to have its board OF
control, consisting OF three discreet
persons appointed by the State
Board. The mem bers of the county
boards must be total abstainers,
and they in inrn are to appoint one
dispenser for each county except
Richland. which will have three.
and Charleston, which will have
ton lronclad rules are made, SO
there will be no dallying with the
provisions of the act. Onc of the
most peculiar parts OF the law is
the phrase that was inserted at the
last minute saying that in all cases
TIE State dispenser, who buys all
the liquor, is to give tie advantage
10 home manufacturers.
The State board of control will
in turn be controlled by Governor
Iillman, who viii thus become, in
fact, the boss bartender Of the State.
lie is taking the greatest interest
in all the preparation for the estab-
lishment of the system and is him.
self personally experimenting the
work.
Governor Tillman and State
Commissioner y. NJ. Traxler are
now in the West buying liquors.
When his excellency gets back
from his sampling expedition, he
willjmmediately set about to choose
the right kind of men to whom
should be entrusted the most i'm
por'ant Office Of guarding and dis
pensing the wares of the State bar
rooms. He will look to all these
little points himself. At some time
in the near future the chef execu.
tive Will VISIT every town and city
III the State to choose the proper
person to conduct the dispensaries
and the most advantageous places
for their location. This last will
be an all-important matter in the
conduct Of the business, for the dis
pensaries viii have to be putin such
places that they will be able sue
cessfuIly to compete with the blind
tigers with which every hamlet will
abound.
All the large towns and cities
will, Of course, suffer to an alarm
ing extent, because the municipal
tiles will be deprived Of their chief
source Of taxes. and many places Of
business will be closed up entirely.
But the railroad companies Will not
snffcr much. Whiskey will be
shipped in rice barrels, cheese boxes
and lasd firkins, and every other
conceivable kind Of shape. It will,
in fact, be return to the old sys.
tenn Of blockade raining 50 largely
Practieed during the 'GOs.
Some considerable trouble is
anticipated At the very outset Of the
new system. BY the terms Of the
novel law only ESQ, 900 il sot aside
Tor the establishment Of the dlspen.
siries system, AND it is supposed il
viii be more than self-suppo7ting
thereafter. A glance at the figures
will show that this amount will be
tlr too small to start the dipensar
les on busness principles and pur-
chase the necessary stock Of liquor.
AZ the very lowest estimate it will
take 100 barrels Of rye at SIS o
berrel and the better Crude at
sll0 a barrel then in corn liquor
500 barrels would be bit "drop
im The bucket" IL will be eeen