The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-02
STEP UP TO THE STATE BAR.
"BUNGsThRTER BEN," CHIEF BAB-
TENDER FOR ALL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

starter and Arc shocked mt the Ieee -
Great Commonwealth ms I.iauer
Seller - Strongest Kind of Pnt~rnas,arp
aud Sunptunry Laws - Tho Governev
Emphasizes His Views with Considerable
ProfanIty-Tke Lianor Warehouse the
Present Executive Chnmber-Farmersp
Plan. and Hopcs-scopo OF the New LAW
wild Rush for Liquor at Charleston.
COLUMBIA. S. c.. July Ito day South Oaro-
lima is seven -tenths dry and the farmers are
running tho old State to suit themselves. The
secret society called the Farmers Alliance.
which now controls the Government, has put
into operation the purest and most extraor-
binary socialistie law now in force In tho
United States. and the old Democratic party 10
made to shield it with its name. The blow
which was aimed at the rich and Intelligent 3
citizens. mt the railroad men and bankers and
at the capitalists who connive together In
social clubs is operating to the discomfore
Of the farmers and the laborers. 1t 10
true. but the wisest Alliance men have not
been able to see how this could be avoided.
They trust to Gov. Tillman to nut tho bulk Of
the burden on the hated capitalists by arrest
ing them. sending spies into their homes BY
breaking up their clubs. by confiscating their
property, and by filming and imprisoning the
servants OF tho railroads and express COM :
panies. All this Is looked forward to with i'm.
patience by the farmers. With greater Inn
patience they await the employment OF hun.
drcds OF spies. and tho creation Of an immense
political machine reaching into every county
whore liquor is sold. With still greater anx-
iety they await the filling Of the treasury with
the profits from the new State liquor! sold at
fifty cent per above the prices liquor used to
fetch in the private gin mills
obout rNf0rn1
and temperance when prohibition votes were
needed to pass the bill in the Legislature. but
as soon as the Governor signed the bill such
talk ceased. and tho scheme became pure
and pie money-making speculation. Gov.
Tillman promises to make the monopoHs
ironclad and to eXtort clear 100 per
cent. profit which shall give a quarter OF .
million dollars to the State. an eighth of a mil.
lion to the counties. and an eighth OF a million
to the towns-all at the end OF year.
In his new position as the head bartender OK
tho State Gov. Tillman was found yesterday
Just where he should have been in the great
State dispensary or official wholesale liquor
store For weeks he travelled over the
West inspecting and purchasing liquors.
which are said to have cost about $780,
600. 1t ia true that the Legislature OF
the Farmers Alliance only appropriated $780,
600 for that purpose, but that was not nearly
enough. and the Governor gave his personal
credit for quarter OF million dollars worth
OF gin. rum. brandy. and whiskay. His cred
itors have no redress if he does not pay their
bills, but he eurnesty and honestly means to
have the money appropriated the next time
the two Houses OF the farmers represents
tiyes meet IN the State Capitol.
In the great wholesale liquor house Just out
| side the CAPITOL grounds everything was stem
| cilled with the Governors name Just as the
| distillers and brewers had shipped the goods
! TO him. The three enormous tuns or watts into
which as many grades Of whiskeY are run as
fast as the heads can be knocked out OF the
barrels. were stencilled all around with this
phrase. constantly repeated: ITO Governor b.
bottled beer were directed to the Governor.
The casks and barrels Of cognae. New Eng
rum and InSs wh,skey were air al Was sa
strongly porfumed with the odor OF liquor:
LIQUOR splashed into the wits ts. shot , out
D oooI en on the t oor, Dipped into great open
buckets and escaped from the 1pen mouths o!
toGS the ai n the LABELLING eofknS
| sealing department. H.. A..
th th9 IS she Wond The
siaa Of a state state-tho Governor presided Ae
s y1 time hs srf asSs ne Rs
pubic document he has been obliged to take
s anv citizen has desired to see the Governor h0
has been directed to tho warehouse.
he i Is seen in the sample room with bottles IL
his gs dRa to the spons
I'LL the bottles Next he Is ppsdairs tha Sas-
best Now York bartenders. he drinks very sell
dom and not at all IN hs Place OF sIsnsss
THE SUN. your now law has not gone into
general operation. ! see" .h.
T inaul r3 T Cannot Be Ia
day. It is not operative In half the counties les
Counties are dry by law and others that will
come in have not yet done So :. wv. .. .,. hal,
do y nSn expect : I" he did not do SO angrily or
tive t Of the honest rugged farmer folk OF the
see Charleston Is tG haze I'VE mo, NO a'pon'
oovrlsSr IT T a9e Is TSsy 4
Ways have fought me. and they are keep'hs ~
""what are you going to do about itS
going to MIKE chSfe GS sat. auer
s On na not have ssy ofher and
that they don't. 4 have to PIT t special con-
stable on every block In the tS ety. Won can
point s ss many Se Sonsta as You choose.
ri viii appoint all that Is NECESSARY. That
ih" 90 YOU S faS 'o' 1 than
the people used to have to pay for their liquor
Wast not profit enough under the old way
Of selling itT' - 40 .,o,, that
the people will be- tempted to drink more than
they used TO- We DO not Wart e make as eu snS
iinuor to begin with. and that costs more than
what used to he sold; Then We pian 10 MAKE oi
the best liquor We add the freight charges. the
cost of bottling. and all the expenses OF hand-
NM On tor Of that we add nifty per cent for ths
States profit. and then we soil II TO the
county dispensares at what9Ver, w. mat comes i,,
to. They arc Obliged 70 add my pet cent M.
cent is divided between the towR an rsct ! one
ii viii cost $4,000 Just to run this now de-
pnrtment OF the Government
Altar n pauso the Governor SAID Iherc
arc our prices on that desk YOU TAXI hh t ras
~ cents a Guurt for 1t. Thon we charge J.
conts pint. Well, that's little above n iS Md
gct 10 Inc nf pint tne smallest naS Sso We sS sen
il goes at ~ oepts ihat NAY ge Wors vt NH
; b"t YOU pay SO or 80 cents haH pm, wheu
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