The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-19
NO IDEA OF GIVING UP.
Liquor Men to Fight the Disp-nsary ia the
Highest Court.

Special to the COlum umOla JOurnal.
CHARLESTON, April 15.-The saloon
keepers of Charleston have given no
definite sign of what action they pro-
, pose to take i'll regard to the Evans dis
pensary law. The public has never
been given the full text of the opiuion
which was recently given the Liquor
Dealers. Association by its attorneys,
but it is an acknowledged fact that the
document contained something more
than the strictly perfunctory legal ad-
vice which found its way into the pub
lie prints after the recent meeting oil
the executive committee of the assocla-
ton. It was then stated that Charles
ton saloons would be quietly closed,
and hat no fight would be made. This
was all that Captain Mantoue, presi-
dent of the association, would authorize
for publication; but your correspondent
has it from the best Of authority that
this is little more than the busks Of the
opinion which was given by the at
torneys.
The fight will be made from Dan to
Beersheba, or at least from the lowest
to the highest court which possesses
jurisdiction of the matter. 1t will only
be made in single case, however, as
the liquor men have no intention of
forfeiting hundreds of thousands OF
dollars useless ly.
Some way or other the impression
has gone abroad that the liquor men
have abandoned the fight-;hat the
legal opinion recently delivered at their
request advised such a course and that
it was adopted by common consent.
This is entirely in error. The fight
over the test case will be made to the
last trench.
More than this, a number of the
saloon keepers Of the city are not in-
clined to wait for the test case to be
made. They say that endless litigation
will follow, during which they will
have their doors closed. 1t would not
surprise many people here should q
number Of saloons be found open the
day after the dispensary law goes into
effect.
THE LIQUOR CASE AND NEW IDEA.
Special to News and Courier.
COLUMBIA, April l7.-ro-morroW
the town council of Chester will make
its return in the case brought by Major
Hamilton to require the town author
tiles of Chester to issue annual license
for the sale of liquor. Mr.. Paul Hemp
bill, who represents the municipal
authorities has been in consultation all
day with Attorney General Townsend
and the answer was being framed and
considered by them. tits not probable
that the return will be ready before to-
night. 1t will be presented in Court in
the morning, and as Major Hamilton
will have the privilege of locking over
it the case may not be heard Of for
week or more.
From time to time doubts have been
expressed as to the correctness of the
law as published, and the rumors have
gone so far as to suggest that there was
something wrong with certain parts OF
the bill. This morning, through the
kindness of Capt. Brooks, had the
opportunity of looking over the Act as
passed by the General Assembly. To
begin with, the bill is in very much Of
a dilapidated condition and shows that
it had hard road on its trayels through
the two houses Of the General. Assem-
by.
After pretty careful examination it
is safe to say that the title, if nothing
more, is different in the bill as adopted
from what it is in the Acts as published.
In every part of the bill and on the
amendments, as noted by the Speaker
of the House and President Of the Sen
ate, the word "permitted" is used in
the title of the bill, while in the official
Acts as published the word "provided"
is used in place Of the word ''per-
mitted." I do not know what the law
is on this point, but it may prove an
interesting QUESTION. I would take a
great deal of time to compare the rest
of the bill and look over the numerous
amendments to see if here is any differ
ence in any other part of the bill.
GETTING THE STUFF.
COLUMBIA. April l7.-About dozen
cases Of liquor samples arrived here to-
dap by express. They were received
by Governor Til'man, as Commissioner
Traxler was not in the city. The sam
pies will be referred to the State dis
pensary chemist, DR.. Hurney.
AGAINST THE DIsPENSART,
special to Columbia Journal.
WASHINGTON, April l7.-Ex-Sena-
tor Wade Hampton is no in much
sympathy with the new dispensary
law.
"What do you think of the new
liquor law adopted by your State?'
was asked by reporter at the Metro
polits0l Hotel.
The venerable ex Senator is man Of
few words and by 10 means fond of
talking for publication, but he respnnd-
ed quickly:
Il think it an outrageous piece of
folly the most absurd Instance of iegis-
lative stupidity that has been perpe-
trated in recent years. The idea Of the
State going into the liquor traffic. O
Tenn pora! D Moresw