The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
Gov. Tiilman on wAisksy aad the p,...,

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under the disps ssary system, thst =,
eneapest whiskey would be r,iail,d to :,
COZ sumer at 50 n gallon. 75 cents n ors,
cents pint, aud 20 cents q half nj,
} th" e u'.erenee Ia The smaller packages beiu
tne cot OF the packing and glass. The nr;,
wiu apply to beth rye and corn AMI m
n2nors sold at So will cost 81 so NJ m. ~,
"ueies and will be Of the best ousl;,
0''snable At the price.
SENSATIONAL CHARGE
be went GU to say tba, since he h.. h..,
s NJ the liquor business he ma, di,
eoyerei two q ihgs ""' "'s
rHs iai very little honest liouor h.,
oeen sold in this State, verv n.,,Iw ~, ~.
Ie'ng compounded liquor; and ss.ond
'hr'ukh his dealings with glass mannf,~,.
e's OF eo;t'es and TASKS, that the de,I.,s :,
."is s'ate have been using vessels from ~.
" e'ght ounces below the reou;,.u
So'r's nave run twepty-six to ,went,-.;ah.
ounces, wten they should have been ,h;rss
TWO ounces, and smaller da.ks show m. ..y =.
proportion He had further disco,ersd he
saio, mat nc-tenths Of the liouor ,oIa 3,
ms eta'e was from GO to 90 per cent nroof
Muen IL should hive been 100 II has bss,,
""'ered as well as doctored and celor.d ,nd
in ,t;u 'a'icai y, none of the liquor s old
49, sac mas run over the 90 per cent
PROOF. The whi,key that will be sold hv ~
dispensary will be from 20 to so ns. & .ae
susoiSst9 'nSa f1s ."s. nov sol! AMI there will
lectsd about twenty-five samples of liquors
from different parts of ihc State, which will
be turned over tc DR.. Burney for chemical
analysis as soon as he has The time, aud We
will show the pe,!lc what kind of stuff they
have been drinking From the talks he
has hal with the zen who sell liquor to
dealers in this State he was convinced tina,
nine tenths of the whiskcy seld in South
Carolina is not over two or three months old
and has not had time to get mellow or lose
its injurious properties.
JULY SUN WILL EvAroRATE OPPOSITION.
When asked what he thought about the
opposition 10 the establishment of dispen-
saries he replied that .'the July sun would
evap,rate all that" aud that before long
dispensaries would be established in all of
the counties and b. fore January even in
all of the counties where there is now abse-
lutte rrohi bitten.
THERE ARE MILLIoNsIN 1T.
40 10 tho profit TO Lc derived from the
system, he said From the best information
have been able TO get from variety of
sources there Is now over 200, 600 gallons
of whiskey sod in this State, possibly
IT, 100000 We estimate that there will be
n falling off Of about one.third in the con.
snnp'ion-cerainly not over half We will
get net profit Of 81 out Of every gallon of
whlskey we sell, and, in addition, a consid-
cradle revenue from wines, beers, brandies,
etc. 1t wont cost more than 100000 to |
distribute the goods, and it may cost $50 900 |
10 enforce the law" Altogether. he said
the minimum profit would not be less than
$500 600 the first year.
WILL ENFORCE TuE LAW.
Talking alb ut The enforcement of the law |
he sad that he had just ordered badges for |
special con stables and detectives and lie was |
gong to have good corps Of con.tahlcs and |
dttec'ives to make arrests, Sc re whi.keys |
and see that the law was properly enforced |
rs well as keep an eye on the county dis |
pcnsers.
HARD ON TIE CLUBS.
These specia, constables will probably also |
give an eye to the clubs, which, he says,
nncsr Sections II nnd -, Ireyen.s- -disnens- I
NO SLOPPY BEERS
In regard to beers the Governor said |
We are having samples OF al the leailng |
lreu cries nnnly zsd everybody will he given
n fair chfncc, and when the selections are
made and the beer offered on The market the
labe's will be identical Kept as to numbers
that is, No. will represent the beer OF
certain brewery ard No. 2 Of another brew
cry. The labe's will set forth that 1t IS
bottled exclusively fer the South C"ro'ha
State disp,nsary. The tccrs that nave oceh
off, rcd us show n variation Of rs much as
$3.50 Il cask Of bottles (ten aSzen lintsD
Now, our i 'e, in putting on the numbers is
to do away with the difference which long
establ shed reputation has effected in mag
inat:on We propose to let the beer, after It
has sto, d the chemical test, stand the test tf
the stomach. and do away with an imaginary
superiority. We won't force our people to
drink slops because they arc made at home
or are cheap. We Will not put "n' high
priced beer, because it has reputation, that
is not better than home product. All the
beer must stand on its own merits on The
n, ->..J ~, ~. -ra.it " ieA
the sale of beer in every way possible, and
hope the Legislature will allow US TO put il
| on drauglt, where it can be obtained cheap.
| Ice will be used and The beer can be sid
in portable shape. The State board OF
| control will receive proposals from the diff
ferent ice companies tha. choose to compete
for the contract 10 provide ice for the sum
mer for county dispensers.
| A MULE WITH RECORD.-Frcdericks
burg, Va, May 2O.-Mr. Philip S. Honey
a farmer who lives in Stafford county, & few
miles from this city, is an ardent Confsde-
rate and still the Iround owner Of the mule
now thirty. eight years old, he rode al
| through the war. as q member Of the Ninth
Virginia Cavalry.
lie traded horse for this mule soon afi cl
entering the army, when the mule was seve
years old, and from that time until the clos
of the war he and his faithful beast share
many hardships. They were together Mt tn
brttles of Gettysburg, Cedar Mountain
Brandy Station, Charlottesville, Wilder
ness, Richmond, Petersburg, Stoncy Cree
| and o,hor engagements or less prominence
and surrendered at Appomattox The mul
.hows The maika of time; but, nOtwith
standing her advanced age, is still stron
and active and eats well She does ligh
work regularly, but is bind in one eye, an
some OF ner teeth are gone.