New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-02
DPrNEEy REVELS ~ SOUTH CdhoLiNA

NOW rur EVANS LIQUOR LAW WENT INTO
rrrrcr-rAyryG IN SUPPLIES OF wHIsKEi'
Charleston. July (spccan.-This old city 10 ~
,,, anita, to-day after The wild saturnaiin
which terminated at midnight last night ana marNeu
tho assumption by the State Government OF 'he "P"
trofc Of the state. The streets were cro"'7 s.,
midnight when the saloons closed In accornhno' WIN
tho roouiremens Of the Evans law Ihefe "''' WI"
or two attempts 10 get up forchlight proc's''o", ~"
tue pol,c. speedily checked these i""H' =,
..ntng Governor TiIlman WIRE found strung up "
l,mppo,ts I'm various streets. ana these "u"
.,,t hut there. WAS no conspicuous disorder.
vi,hout Doubt one Of the most rcuiarkabe 'ie"'N
,v.r vitncs sod anywhere WIS III" scene "i'' '
p,cn between the hours OF noon anu m"''e
,crday II became known that on" ol '"'
grocery and liquor firms In the Sou'" was '
vbisLey nj very low rates. The ip8To'S p'e"'' ~
c,n, ., ,ne wnrcAou,. soon after noon and the ruSh
vras kep I'D I'll the proprictorS w"r" forc'd 10 o''
tho budlnc a, the hour Of midnight chlmed from u''
T., ,,i. lin, nf -t Michael Church. Men. women anu
,ndren tr,opcd in They came from everywhere Fol"
tho Boro' from Prlnccss-st.. from the "h'"''' ~
rho sularbs from the Ten Mule liiil ana even "o,''
Ashley junction. They brought with th'h u''hS"'
and bottles of every kind. Never In the "oiiu ""s
loo, se,n such miscellaneous COLLECTION oi
'.,a,,.rs They brought ccre pots and tea pots,
aerosrnr cans bottles jugs, Jars, watering po'S, Siop
,all. basins pitchers, washing tubs. paint bnoRc'S
evcrvthng portable that would hold water was pres''u
into s.r. Ice and the procession was kept mp uhui
,, c,Ir.. Of ST Michael struck the first quarter
that Indicated the time Of midnight lhat i hV"
IN. Evan, law was born I'm Charleston. II WIS
dl.ctaile picture, for rrohbilionlNt
11e r,cnlE,r and unusual thiug about this new dis
nr,,on to 4 realization Of which the people are lust
weakening I, TINT II wa, sudden ana unexpected
,,,r. -, uo pouular demand for the law. There
-, -, ,o c,nyo,s for II. II WAS never discussed
=, a., ,,,,,n ar In th. papers for DAY before 1t
wa, M, cd No mass meetings were called "r IT, no
.ar,id,t. wcre elected on IT, No pledges were given
,or =, IN fact the Legislature that passed 1t ana
tho Governor who signed It,. had never seen VT h'i"
-, the law 81 week b,i fore. II passed and signed
w. w. ,' i,, Iours of the session when barely time re
,,a,d Tor lis passage somebody, the Trainer W tnr
al 4 unknown presented tins radical rcNoiu'ion"
m, ,,ur. or raisins money or the ADMINISTRATOR :.
v,s ndopt,d bv the Administration ana Pi>stN uhort
,h, orders of the Administration ana the c'' va
sou,h carolina was committed In lew hours w NV NV
whi>kcy traffic, with the Governor oil 'h' '"' ~
chrt blrke"lcr ~, rh tr.ention of operq
,, ~ thn D,sprnsary law attended last niSnt LII
In q lumiln with wild and bacchanaliah re''is' t l
"v f. nm Innovation and an experiment ol the uoH
th .oinr Of Intoxicating beverages The stat haS
- ITO rcntrnl dlspensary In Columbia. where whlsNeE,
beer and wine and other liquors are pn III oo',iS % ,hs
and kegs This dispensary furnishes ndHors roO The
n.itiop Of the majority OF the freehoders Of town
Nearly every bar has made phenomenal sairS ,h ,h'
week many people buying enough 10 ias, IT ,, tnt
C,Iuu,hln bars kept open house until IL O'CLOCK hsu
n,rht Their sales were immense. The conseqnenr"
was there was much tumnlt In the streets aoup!e
nord was on duty at the state DiSpensary as threa,s
m test he conStItntlonallty OF the law In the United
Statcs Supreme Court