The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-11
actual possession of the barrooms, they
will never give it."

! Will never give It."
SAME STORY FROM KERsHAw.
GARDEN, Jan. 4.-The county COM
nissioners of Kershaw have issued
liquor licenses for the year 1888. The
Z. town will only collect for six months.
fan attempt is made to carry out the
j Evans bill in this county it is doubtful
if an applicant for the position Of dis
penser can get enough freeholders to
sign his application.
THE GOVERNOR AS PAcIFICAToR OF
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Especial to News and Courier
|. COLUMBIA, January 5.-Gorernar
Tillman is usually 10 good spirits when
fight is at its height. To-day he
seemed to be in an unusually good Lu-
NOR, and talked pleasantly, but with
determination, concerning the enforce
ment of the Diopensary Act. He does
not appear to have any doubt that the
bar rooms will all be. closed on the 1st
of July, and if they are not he proposes
to see that they are unopened on the
morning of the Sd Of July, A. D. 1898.
He says that he has no doubt what
| ever as to the constitutionality OF the
law, and that all of the talk about its
not standing the test of the Courts is as
| idle as it is worthless. Laws nave fire.
quently been passed in the same man
ner. If the liquor dealers proposed
! testing the law they would have to
submit to the existing laws until they
are repealed or held to be unconstitu-
tional by the Supreme Court. The
laws were passed to be enforced, and
he would do all in bis power to see
that they were enforced.
| Governor Tillman incidentally re-
marked that he was not pursuing bis
present course for any political pur-
pose. He did not need any bolstering.
He was simply taking stand to do
what he considered right, and what
the people expected Of him. The dis
cussion he thought would only tend
to aggravate the feeling between the
cities and country, and he thought
that it would be best not to excite the
people about the matter.
he, of course, would say nothing to
me about his plan Of procedure in
case the bar rooms persisted in keep
ing open, but remarked that she
would not begin to cross bridges until
the lst of july" He was shown one
Of the licenses granted by the county
| treasurer of Riehland, and after read
| ing it said that it would amount to
nothing except perhaps to give the
I holders some excuse for going into the
Courts.
| AS to the county trsasurers Issuing
licenses for year contrary to instruc-
tions, he said that the law was per-
fectly plain and that wherever he
found the instructions bad been vio-
lated he would inquire into the mat
ter.
TILLMAN-TIENCKEN CORRESPONDENCE
Here is Bit correspondence which
shows which way the wind is blow
ing:
| CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. 8, 1S93.-
Governor Tillman.-Dear Sir: AS a
llaw-abiding citizen of this city will the
| city licenses be effective after the lst
of July, 1898? Answer and oblige.
Respectfully.
J. A. TIENCKEN,
i Corner America and Amherst streets.
The reply reads: .s
Replying to youE, letter Of the Sd
instant Governor TilEman directs me
to say that after the 1st day Of July
next all bar rooms in the State will be
closed at all hazards.
Very respectfully,
D. Il. ToHPKINs,
| ''Private Secretary"
| This reply will answer number of
! others of the same description. In
| other words Governor Tillman is going
to do everything in his power to en-
force the State bar room idea.
wR1GGL1NG IN AND wRIGGL1NG OUT.
The Attorney General to-day gave
the statement to the press concerning
the instructions to county treasurers
which Governor Tillman mentioned
in the talk published in The News and
! Courier to-day. He said that he gave
no general instructions tothe county
treasurers and only answered by tele-
gram such as applied to him for in
ssructions, and there was considerable
number Of such. Concerning the con-
sultation between himself aud Cover
nor Tillman, at which Governor Till
man said it was decided to send out
instructions, he said:
"The Governor, no doubt, had ref
erence to a conference between him
| self and the Attorney General, which
occurred on Saturday, the 31st ult.,
after his return from Laurens and be-
fore his departure for Clemson Col
lege, in which he approved of what
the A.torney-General had done. 1t is
true that all the kilograms had been
sent except two or three, but the Gov
ernor could not know but that the
different county treasurArs would con-
tinue to apply for advice and that it
would be necessary to instruct them
further, and he, no doubt, when inter
viewed after his return from Clemson
had reference to this conversation as
the conference and instructions al
luded to in the published interview"
The county treasurers of Richland
and Charleston did not apply for in
1