The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-15
WHISKEY MADE CHEAPER.
THE DlSPENSARY REDUCES THE
PRICE BY GALLONS.

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Reduction OF Fifty Oepts on AnLiquors.
Possibility of Further Reduotions-A
List OF Dispensaries and Dlspensers.
Shipments Growing Daily.
COLUMBIA, Feb. G.-The manage.
ment Of the State dispensary system,
that Is the State board, has at last be-
gun to realize that the sale of official H.
quor. with the large profit placed upon
1t, Is an encouragement to the "bllnd
tiger" business, and consequently is an
encouragement of that spirit Of lawless-
ness which Governor Tillman says the
newspapers are responsible for. Sew
eral leading dtspensary advocates have
said recently that the law could never
be enforced till these profits were
knocked off, and the liquor sold at such
prices that would encourage the pur-
chase of liquor from the dispensaries.
In other words until the dispensary
business was run on basis of expenses
only.
The State board has evidently real
iZed at last that the "blind tiger" must
be fought along this line, for today the
announcement was made that con-
siderable reduction in prices had been
made, taking effect on February 1. [
at once called upon Commissioners
Traxler and asked him about the mat
ter. He made the statement and
showed his list Of prices. The reduc-
tion In prices applies only to gallon
packages, but it Is the heavy reduction
straight through on all classes of s'IX"
graded liquors Of SO cents on the gallon.
Heretofore rye and corn have been
quoted as follows per gallon: X, So:
Ak, $3.50; XXX, Sd SO, etc. These
prices are now reduced by so cents.
When | asked Mr.. rraxler for the
cause Of this reduction he said: "There
is no special cause for 1t, but we think
that we can afford to make this reduc-
tlon on these large lots or gallon pack
to put them up; and then, again, we are
now putting up such packages in jugs,
which, Of course, makes the cost much
less" Mr.. Traxler has nothing to say
IN regard to fighting the blind tigers
by this method Of reduction, but every
one takes the reduction to mean that,
no more or no less. When the eyes of
the board become more opened it is
probable that still further reductions
will be made. The Governors inter-
view yesterday shows that he has be.
gun to realize his inability to enforce
the law as he thought he could, and
that he Is becoming apprehensive OF
the trouble that Is so rapidly growing.
rapidly growing, however, despite the
opposition to the law, and everyone Is
Looking forward to the report for the
last quarter with the greatest degree OF
interest. The big State gin mill is now
grinding the liquor out In great shape.
During the past week nearly 1000 cas-
es We're shipped to the various dispen-
sar1es In tho State. These 1000 cases
represent &c, 900 quarts of liquors. The
shipments for each day last week were
as follows: Monday 327 cases; Tuesday
S42;, Wednesday 451; Thursday 243;
Friday 100; Saturday 375. Today two
Sycamore In Hampton County and the
other In Marion. TO the latter 246
cases of whiskeys and 5 barrels Of beer
were shipped today.
Ihere are now In full operation in
the State fifty-nine dIspensaries in thir-
ty-One counties, and the board Is con-
tlnu1ng to establish them every week.
In view of the great increase in the
number since the first quarterly report
the Forthcoming report will be watched
with all tho more interest. 1t will be
interesting, too, to note where these
dlspensaries are located and who tho
dispensers are. Today I obtained the
following official list:
l. Abbevllle-R e. Hill, dispenser.
2. Anderson-A. M. Craig, dispenser.
8. Aiken-J. Y. George, dispenser.
q. Automatically. r. Brabham dispeH-
ser.
5. Barnwell-W. II. Duncan, dispen-
ser.
6. Blackville-J. V. Baxley, dispenser.
Z. Beaufort-T. +. Walsh dispenser
S.Blacksburg-P. Mcclure, dispenser.
y. Branchville-B. e. Izlar, dispenser
10. Camden-D. +. Dtxon, dispenser.
II. Chester-I. Med. Hood, dispenser.
penser.
1s. Charleston-P A. Meyer, dispen.
ser.
IA. Charleston---C. T. Steinmeye dis.
penser.
10. Charleston--M. w. Powers, dis
penser.
is. Jheraw-C. A. Brock, dispenser.
II. Columdia-I. M. Roach, dispenser.
18. Columbian. A. Scott, dispenser
~. Columbia-J. Cartledge, dispenser
20. Chapins-H. A. Dlckert, dispenser
Il. Denmark--A. A, Faust, dispenser,
~. Darlington-I. Is. Floyd, dispenser
20: Dillon, Marion County--John A.
Ford, dispenser.
"a. Edgelield-I. b. Davis, dispenser
20. Eutawyllle-R. B. Causey, dispen-
ser.
rs. Florence-II. D. Williamson, dis
penser.
q. Fort Motte-W. II. Crosswell, dis
penser.
28. Greelyville-A. O, Mouzon, dis
penser.
20. Georgetown-G. Johnson, dtspen-
ser.
30. Greenvills--J. S. Hill, dispenser
81. Hampton--B. G. Webb, DISPENSER
32 Jacksonboro-E. st. y. Beilinger'
dispenser.
33 Ktngstree-A. B. Mcdonald, dis
penser.
"a. Kershaw--A. B. Hough, dispenser
36. Lewisdale--R. A. Barr, dispenser.
36. Lexington-P. [. Rawls, dispenser
81. Laurens-G. M. Langstop, dispen-
ser.
38. Lancaster-H. b. Howie, dispen-
penser.
80. Luray-I. ID. DeLoach, dispenser,
r