The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-05-13
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of the State.
No pool tables, billiard tables, no game
of chance. no %loaing, nc opening of pack
ages or drinking on the premises, no sell
ing to miners or habisual drunkards,
should be permitted, and no liquor to be
sold except in the day time and none on
Sunday.
The vendor should be given the right
to call on the city, town or State authori-
ties to protect him In his business.
Mr.. Mayfeld said he believed in 90
briefly and good order, and while he did
not favor liquor drinking, he believed
that this plan afforded the best r~estric-
tions that could be thrown around the
traffic. He contended that this plan
would throw the responsibility as to
whether liquor should be sold or not di
rectly upon the people of cities and
towns, and if they permitted it and
granted the privilege they would be
bound in all law and morals to protect the
man In his business to whom they grant
ed the privilege that the county receiv-
ing the privilege tax would be bound to
the State, baving granted him the privi-
lege to sell, would be also bound to pro-
tect him in his business.
V1ls Nl Cl l1OlA kho1 ohNok sAAN'
plan each vendor would purchase his Ii
quors from w~homsoever he pleased, pro-
vided they were Of approved brands and
quality, become his own freight payer,
his own drayage payer, his leakage
and breakage loser, his own rent payer,
his own insurance payer, his own clerk
hire payer, his W bottle buyer and
hotter, and make his own salary if he
got any. In fact, the vendor would bear
all expenses and the income to the cities,
towns, counties and State would be al
most entirely net and the amount of this
income would astonish any one who
would take the pains to make the calcu-
lation. The proitlaid in dollars, he said,
would reach from the picnic grounds to
the public road many times over. he
regretted that since the matter was up
that he did not have the number of gal
Ions that had been sold by the dispense
ry since it opened so he could show what
the income to the counties, cities, towns
and State would have been based on this
plan. He said that under the present
plan the expenses Of operating the dis
pensary were necessarily enormous, and
here was no way to keep them down,
and therefore the profits from the dis
pepsary must necessarily be small as
compared with the profit under the other
plan. If it were the purpose of the State
to make liquor bear the burden Of the
evil it brought upon the country as far az
such q thing was possible, be favored
such a change as would make the revenue
sufficient for the purpose, and favored
applying that revenue strictly to police
purposes and thereby relieve the people
from the expenses Of snpporting the jails,
poor houses, insane asylums and crimi-
nal prosecutions, and he favored apply
ing any remainder there might be 70 the
education of the young against the use Of
liquor and prepare them for manhood
and w~omanhood.
Mr.. Mayfleld said he thought this plan
would overcome most Of the objections
be had aver heard against the dispensary
law and would bring to its support the
religious elements of the country. AS far
as venue purposes were concerned he
declared that there were 10 comparisons
between this plan and the n now in OPP
Grafton. Mr. Mayield said a great deal
more, but this is enough to give a fair
IDEA of the plan he outlined.-Special to
NcUS and Courier.