The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
Gov. Tillman on whisksy and tho Dispsn-

Governor III Imam said, when asked ss 10
the price at which tho liquor would be sold
under the disp, nsary system, that the
cheapest whiskey would bo reiail.d to the
orsumer ut So n gallon. Is cents a quart,
4O cents pint, aud 20 cents half pint.
The difference in the smaller packages being
the cost of the packing and glass. The price
VIII apply TO both rye and corn and the
liquors sold at So will cost 81 so at the dis
I;!leiies and will be of the best quality
oItainable at the price.
SENSATIONAL CHARGE.
lie went on to say that since he has bcen
lnves iG'; liz the liquor business he has dis
coverei iwo Il ings
FRS, lat very little honest liquor has
been sold i'll this State, very ne,rly nil of n
being compounded liquor; and second.
through his dealings with glass mannfac,ur.
ers of bottles and TASKS. that the dealers in
this State have been using vessels from two
TO eight ounces below the requirements.
Quarts have rua twenty-six to twenty-eigbt
ounces, wGcn they should have been thirty.
TWO ounces, md smaller TASKS show the enme
proportion. He had further discov cred, he
SAID, Tint n nc-tenths Of the liquor sold in
this State was from GO to 90 per cent. proof,
when it should have been 100 It has been
watcrcd as well as doctored and colored and
sugared. P'aaical y, none of the LIQUOR old
In this State has Iun over the 90 per cent.
proof. The hi,key that will &c sold by the
I4ispepsary will be from 20 to so per cent.
AtFkef than TINT now solJSnnl there will
absolutely pure article. "1 have had cot
lected about twenty-five samples Of liquors
from different parts of The State. which will
be turned over tc DR.. Burncy for chemical
analysis as soon as he has The time, aud we
will show the pen lie what kind Of stuff they
have been drinking From the talks he
has had with the II en- who sell liquor TO
dealers in this State he was convinced that
nine tenths of the whiskcy sold in South
Carolina is not over two or three months cid
and has not had time to get mellow or lose
its injurious properties.
JULY SUN WILL EvAronATE OPPOSITION.
When asked what he thought about the
opposition 10 the establishment of dispen-
saries he replied that .'the July sun would
evaporat. all that" aud that before long
dispensaries wsuld be established in all of
the counties and b. fore January even in
oil of the counties where there is now abso-
lutte prohibition.
THERE ARE MILLIONS IN 1T.
--as 30 Tho profit TO bc de, ived from the
system, he said "From the best information
l have been able 10 get from n variety of
SouICeS thcTe IS now over l,UOO,UOU gaIl0nS
of whiskey sod in this State, possibly
100000 We estimate that there will be
falling off Of about one.third in the con-
sump'ion-certainly not over half. We will
get net profit Of 81 out Of every gallon of
whiskey we sell, and, in addition, consid-
erable revenue from wines, beers, brandcs,
etc. 1t won't cost more than 100000 to
distribute the goods, and it may cost S25, 900
10 enforce the law" Altogether. he said,
the minimum profit would not be less than
$500. 600 the first year.
WILL ENFORCE THE LAW
Talking alb ut ihe enforcement of the law,
he said that he had just ordered badges for
special con stables and detectives and lie was
going to have good corps Of constahlcs and
detectives to make arrests, sc ze whi.keys
and see that the law was properly enforced
as well as keep an eye on the county dis
pensers.
HARD ON THE CLUBS.
These special constables will probably also
give an eye 10 the clubs, which, he says,
under Sections 81 and ~, rrcven's dispens-
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