The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
ADVISED HOW TO ACT.
EILERBE ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS TO
THE CONSTABlES.
What IL New In tho Diapcnsnry situation.
Tho Status us to tho Appcnl-Ihe Out
look.
TTho State, 14tb.]

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what in extcnso, and it IS hard to get
at tho exact status Of things though
it appears that tho old dispensary
schooner is laboring heavily in 4
rough sea which threatens to send
hor to the bottom in spite Of tho
heroic efforts thai Commodore Till
man announced his purpose Of max
ing to savo hcr. Yesterday thoro
woro no further startling develop
monts in tho situation During the
forenoon Governor Ellorbo prepared
and issued 10 his constables a set Of
instructions which arc to govern
their course Of action in regard to the
original package stores which it is
conceded will be opened all over the
State in very short time. Governor
Ellerbe declined to give copy Of
thoso instructions for publication
saying that he did not care for
the mon who proposed to handle
LIQUOR in South Carolina to know
what tho constablcs were expected
to do. 1t is supposed, however,
that tho instructions arc in accord
with the construction of what con
stitutes an original package mado
by Attorney General Barber, as
published in The State yesterday.
At any rate enough has been seen in
events occurring since tho decision Of
Judge Simonton was made TO givo
tho agents of outside whiskcy houses
an idea Of what they may expect.
lGovornor Ellerbo whom questioned
yesterday said that he intended to
| koep all Of tile present members Of
tho constabulary and if anything
would perhaps have to increase them
in order to have the original pack
age stores carefully watched.
Yesterday another arrest Of an
original package dealer, whose namo
could not be asccrtaincd, was made
at Florence 1t appears that tho
Governor was advised by mail that
a certain party had opened store
there and was going ahead selling
liquor. 1t had found upon meas
uroments being made that the bot
ties he sold as half pints did not hold
half pint of whiskey This being
tho case Governor Ellerbc promptly
ordered Constable w. w. Sellers to
seizo tho stock of the store and
arrest the propr otor. This no doubt
was done, and thereby another case
with possibilities has bcen inaugu-
rated.
1t was understood in official cir
cles yesterday that the proprietor Of
tho store arrested in Chester had
proceeded to Charleston and in
tended to institute proceedings in
tho United States court against
State Detective Ncwbold for inter
fering with him in the sale Of origi-
nal packages. 1t is also understood,
though nothing could be asccrtainod
at tho attorneys general Office in re-
gard to tho mattor, that tho State
intended upon the other hand to 90
into the State courts and procure
perpetual injunctions against all
parties SO arrested from selling
liquor under another section Of the
State disponsary law.
Yesterday very prominent dis
ponsary official, ono who knows n
groat deal about tho financial work.
ings Of tho institution, was heard to
say that if tho recent injnnctions of
Judge Simonton were not dissolved
very soon and his decisions reversed
the dispcnsory would become an OK
penso to tho State rather than a
source Of revenue. Ho scomed to
think that tho dispcnsary would be
badly hurt by competition and unless
something was speedily done tho
bottom would drop ont Of the sys,
tenn.
| Tho State has not yet taken an
appeal in the Vandorcock and Moore
cases in both of which decisions have
been rendered and injunctions issued.
Yesterday Assistant Attorney Con
oral Townsend in speaking of this
phase of the situation, said that the
State would not take an appeal until