The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-07-25
.rhe Dispensary Re-openlng

Gov. Tillman has made good his declara-
ton that he would open the dispensaries on
August lst. He issued the following pro.
clamatiou on Monday.
State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber
Whereas, under the provisions Of ap act
stto prohibit the manufacture and sale OF
intoxicating liquors, as beverage, within this
State, except as hereia provided approved
December "a, 1892, the State assumed control
of the legal liquor traffic in South Carolina,
commencing July lst, 1893, and
Whereas, the said policy and purpose Of
the ST.. e to permit the sale of liquor oy and
through the States officers only, was
reaAirmed by an act, approved December %,
1893, entitled ''an act to declare the law in
reference to and further regulate the use, sale,
consumption, transportation aud disposition
of alcoholic liquids of liquors within the
State of South Carolina, and to police the
same" and
Whereas, the Supreme Court of the State of
South Carolina by decision rendered the
10th April, 1894, declared the first act, above
mentioned, unconstitutional, except one
small proviso of one section. The executive,
in obedience to what he conceived to be the
Will VI tuC VOuElS SAVoCu al LUG A'otSAoo1iSo
and discharged the constabulary. In a
the act of 1893, above mentioned, construed
its decision to mean "There can be no legal
sale of liquor by license" but has seemingly
on purpose, admitted to mention or construe
the act of 's3; aud
Whereas, the State of South Carolina, act
ing in good faith through the executive
branch of the government, and relying upon
the decision Of the Supreme Court 10 the case
of Hoover vs. the Town Council of Chester, in
which it was declared that the act of 1892
sswas in effect an act to regulate the sale of
spiritaous liquors, the power to do which is
universally recognized has invested large
sums af money in liquors for sale under the
provisions of the two acts mentioned, and
Whereas, this liquor is now being held at
heavy expense. while the State is flooded with
contraband whiskey, sold without authority
of law,
Now, there, I, B. R. Tillman, Governor Of
the State of South Carolina, in exercise of my
discretion, as Executive, do Issue this my
proclamation and declare that the said Su-
preme Court, having adjourned without, and,
in any wise, giving expression in regard to
the act Of 1893, that the said act is OF full
force and effect, and will be enforced in
accordance with my oath of Office, until the
court shall have passed upon the same, or
until the Legislature shall have repealed it.
The county dispensers in the various
counties will open their dispensaries on
Wednesday, Aug. !. All persons interested,
including public carriers, are notified that
importation of liquors will be at the risk of
seizure and prosecution, and all contraband
liquors found in the borders of the State will
be seized and con6scated according to law.
In testimony whereof, hav. hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal Of the
State to be affixed, at Columbia, this twenty
third day of July A. D. 1894, and in the one
hundred and nineteenth year of the Independ-
of the Uaited States of America.
B. R. T1I1AAs.
By the Governor,
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