The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-06-26
A Question Of Civil Rights.


q CoIuMB1A, June 19-It is now officially
announced that changes CT venue Will Dc
asked for in the six Charleston cases for
alleged violation OF the dispensary law IN
which no bills were returned by the
charleston grand Jury. It is further
s,,tateli that the request will be made that
she cases be sent to Orangeburg County.
lis the understanding that Judge Town
,,anl who lis at present in Charleston,
VIII take charge Of the matter Of asking
.3lor change OF venue, and, If he thinks it
best the matter may be postponed. The
idea at this end Of the line, however,
seems to be that the change Of venue will
he asked for during the next day or two.
!, The action Of the grand jury was not un-
Expected by the State officials, and Mr..
sWhaley, who is here to-day, said that ne
was watching the litigation with consld-
,srable interest.
5 IA the event OF the cases being taken
from Charleston it is not at all unlikely
that there will be much litigation before
The cases are trisd. Eminent lawyers
have expressed the opinion-and by the
wsy. some of them are from the Reform
camp that the statute granting the right
to change Of venue preliminary will
not hold. and. that the Courts will de-
Glare it unconsti IF the change
IL granted as to the Charleston cases it
will bring up the question for the first
time.
+ The country press has not yet had the
opportunity Of expressing itself on the
matter Of the earlier opening OF the dis
pensaries. One Of the first and staunchest
Administration papers, the Times Gna
step in the wrong direction" There are
Raw people who get, up soon enough in
che towns, where the dispensaries are
located, to purchase liquor at half past 5
o'clock except the factory operatives and
n few laborers. In most cases the me-.
ehanics do not have to go to owors until
Y. It is argued, on the other hand, that
every purchaser that is kept away from
the sibiind tiger {" is that much against
bis living and this is likely to be another
method Of killing out the tiger and at the
same time trying to swell the receipts OF
the dispensary.
II The Press and Banner says among
other things, referring to the opening
order OF the dispensary: s'The above
order explains itself. To say that it Is an
insult to the temperate people and the
decency Of the State is to put it mildly.
This newspaper has ever defended the
law because of its good effects. When
the officers Of the State have not the
.decency to restore the status the people
must speak out when they elect members
of the Legislature. South Carolina is not
going into the bar room business, and
the people should demand Of ourLegis-
lators the correction of the abuse con-
templated in the execution of the above
ORDER"
There seems to be something wrong in
Aiken County. The Aiken Times, the
official Reform paper in Aiken County,
has the following editorial:
"We publish to-day in our supplement
the report Of the special committee of the
grand jury which has been at work for
weeks on this matter. The public were
prepared for developments, but the large
audience In the Court House were shocked
as Capt. Bell, the foreman, went on from
item to item. On its face it presents a
deplorable condition Of affairs, and we
forbear from any further comment until
the commissions may have an opportu-
nity of clearing themselves of intentional
wrong. Without consulting Mr.. Jordan,
the attorney Of the commissioners, we
can say that it has always been the GUS
tom for them to employ legal service by
the year."
The report is over two columns long, but
the following paragraph gives an idea
of the substance Of the report:
1--WE find that two trial justices have
been paid more than their limit, two
hundred dollars being their limit, viz:
E. w. Edison, $233.30, and J. r. Edison,
$2O6.98; also that the county commission
ers have been paid on warrants issued by
the county auditor for services rendered
for seventy days each and mileage, as the
law directs, and in addition to this they
have paid themselves by their own checks
on the county treasurer for additional
services, as follows, viz: G. w. Sawyer,
80 days and 692 miles r. A. Johnson, %
days and 259 miles, and w. E. Arthur,
DAYS and 102 miles. o. P. Champlain
has been paid for his thirteen months
service as clerk for the fiscal year instead
of twelve, and G. w. Sayer has been paid
S25 for extra services rendered as clerk
during the same year. Extraysgant
prices have been paid for books and sta
tionery, and box rent amounting to Sc
has been paid to the postoffice for the
county officers.
1--WE find that 10 per cent discount has
been added to great many bills before
their approval, while many bills OF the
same nature have not been allowed the
discount.
ave find that the stables and water
closets in the rear of the Court House
have cost about $55S, which in our judg-
ment, could have been built for less than
half of that sum if same had been adver-
tised and let out by contract, as the law
requires, and the building OF the former,
we think, was not necessary"
The grand Jury is evidently one Of
character. It is understood that all OF
the special committee excepting Mr..
Seigler are Conservatives.
One of the oldest ordinations in
names imaginable may be found at