The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-05
Result OF First Day Sales.--future Prospects
Not Very Bright

that the blind tigers would show them
selves quite so early. The "tigers" are,
however, beginning to spy the land,
and are making careful Inquiry as to
where they had best make their at
tack.
1t is practically impossible after the
first days experience of the dispensary
system to even speculate on how it is
going to work. 1t might, however, be
interesting to study the figures for what
they are worth and may be in about q
week something more definite can be
bad. The reports in the morning pa
pers in regard to the dispensaries:
Orangeburg, not ready for business.
Abbeville, no report.
Lexington, afraid of Unites States
license. None on hand.
Newberry, 10 sales at 25 cents
s27 so.
Lewiedale, no Federal license.
Florence, no report.
Darlington, operation prevented by
Injunction.
Georgetown, no report.
Aiken, no report.
Greenville, not ready for business.
Camden, ITO pints at 40 cents; 2 do
zen beer at Is cents. Total SIT 50.
Edgefeld, As sales, $lS.
Columbia bond not filed.
Some speculation may be had out Of
these figures, although they can hardly
be expected to indicate the future busi-
ness of the state bar. For instance the
aggregate sales of the three counties
given is s93; this would make an aver
age, of $31 to the county.
If as has been estimated by Governor
Tillman that the profits would for the
first year be S500,000 it would require
an average sale of 800 per day for
the state, or S400 per county per day.
This is made upon an estimate Of the
sale of one million gallons OF liquor at
an average price of S. so per gallon,
making the gross sale $500, 600 on
which the estimated profit to the state
is to be 81 per gallon, and out Of this
the expenses of the detectiv~ service
and distribution are to be paid.
Taking the sales of yesterday IS q
basis, the aggregate sales for twenty
nine dispensaries would be 5000, just
$40, 400 short of the estimated figures
that are to give the State the $500, 900
profit. The sales yesterday will just
about pay operating expenses, counting
the salary of the county dispenser at
$1,000 per year, rent, freight, clerical
hire, etc. -.~-. ---~--
It is for the present rather-ibe-
raj to count upon twenty-nlne coun-
ties, as six counties, are entirely un
der prohibitory laws, and York
might, for all practical purposes, be 20
considered. Then the counties that
will not have dispensaries will more
than counterbalance those countie.
that will have more than one dispen-
sary.
If things keep up as they have started
it will be seen that the state has not
such a bonanza as was expected, the
money question having been made the
most important in the entire matter.
THERAILROADs AND THE DIsPENsARY
The Richmond and Danville Rail-
road has issued the following order to
all it's agents in regard to the handling
of liquors: o
RICHMOND, Va, June 80, 1898.
To agents and connections within the
State of South Carolina:
On and after July 1st, 1898, you will
accept for shipment from your station
to points in or beyond the State of
South Carolina, no spirituous, malt,
vinous or other intoxicating liquors, or
any compound or mixture thereof by
whatever name called, which will pro-
duce intoXication, unless accompanied
by the formal certificate of the State
Commissioner attached to each and
every package, as required by sections
, and of the act passed at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature of South Caro-
lima, and known as the "Dispensary
Law"
Shipments coming from points be-
yond the State must be transported
and delivered as heretofore.
All agents are strictly enjoined not
on any account to aid or abet know
ingly any person in the sale Of lntox-
icating Liquors, or in procuring the
same in violation of the law.
D. CARDwELL, D. F. A.,
Sol HAAS, Traffic Manager,
A. g. CRAIG, D. F. a.
H. DRAKE, Gen. Freight Agt.
J. NJ. CULP, Asst Traffic Man'gr.
The Columbia correspondent in yes
terday's News aud Courier, says:s
After Governor Tillman had read the
paragraph which reads, "Shipments
coming from points beyond the State
must be transported and delivered as
heretofore" be said very promptly and
emphatically: "rhe law is very plain
AID explicit, and we will see that it is
carried out. Every agent who violates
the law will be promptly put in jail,
and we will give the railroads all of the
chance it wants to try the issue. If we
catch them delivering Whiskey under
such an order from the railroads the
agent will be put in Jail and the rail
road indicted. It is not at all probable
that these railroads will always stay in
the hands of receivers and have a
Judge who will cloak them. If the
agents will do as the rules request, in
form US, they will not be bothered in
any way, but any employee who will
fully obeys that order will be arrested
and put in jail beyond any question of
a doubt. If the law is contrary to the
Interstate commerce law we are will
ling to hud it out, but the railroads
cannot 60 to Jail for it's employees. We
do lot want to enforce law that is not
right.
TO use a rather violent figure OF
speech the railroad agents will find
themselves between the ''devil and the
deep sea-" While the Richmond and
Danyille circular is the first that got
into my hands there is very good rea-
son to believe that all of the railroads
are goingin the same boat. The indi-
cations are at least decidedly in that
way.
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