The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-22

5 dealer was closed up on q nero tech
nlcallty. He was regularly an agent
OF Il foreign firm, but it appears that
MS half pint measures were not half
pints according to the dispensary mea-
surcmcnt and he was arrested. He
was selling in what he called bulf
pints, but because they were not up to
| the usual dispcnsary measurement the
dcalcr was arrested for violating the
aw. From this 1t is seon that the
, State Is going to tako advantage of
every possible loopholc and mako 1t
as troublesome as possible to every
original package dealer.
The Governor stated In this connec-
tion that he would certainly order
seized all liquors found in any place
whcro the original package had been
broken, and by original package he
SAID he meant tho box or other cover
ing In which the bottles came. He
SAID that ho certainly did not intend
that liquor should DO brought into the
State and sold unless in original pack
ages, and by that torn he means that
Il certain quantity In u bottle cannot
oc taken out Of package and sold.
that each bottle Of liquor must be
shipped into tho State separately In
order TO constitute an original pack
ago. lie goes further than that and
says that il bottles arc shipped by tho
car load packed In suw-dust or pupero
any other packing that It must be sold
that way else tho original package Is
broken.
If this idea Is carried out thon tho
original package people arc not going
TO have any pic mic and the dispensary
~Hl have iiiLic serious opposition. Thus
1T will be seen that every possible
tochnicaity will be taken advantage
OF by the STATIC In order to uphold tho
monopoly OF the business. 1t is even
held that the order OF Judge Simon
ton In the case OF Moore is only a
temporary injunction, that being all
that was asked for in the complaint,
and that, therefore, tho State has
another chance OF having the whole
ton with the consequent delay which
always attends tho settlement Of any
case. 1t is not likely that such Il point
will be taken advantage Of, for it would
be foolish waste OF time and money,
but like drowning man every straw
Is being grabbed at by tho State.
While the original package estab-
llshmCntS arc sure to decrease tho
profits OF the dispensary, yet the
figures show that the decrease has not
been so serious rs yet, and taking them
officials are inclined to believe that
tho business Is not to be seriously In
tcrfcrcd with. For instance it Ia
pointed out that the business has not
only not decreased since tho first de-
cisiOn OF Judge Simont0n, but has ac-
tually been greater. Taking tho
month OF June tho showing Is that for
this month in 1897, 1904 crates Of
liquor wcro shipped out as against
- m n In,
difference In favor OF tho present
month OF $40 casos.
In tho matter Of beer the shipments
were BIB and 1853, q difference In favor
OF the month for this year OF 20 bar
rcls. Taking the first eleven days OF
the present month the showing Is O
shipment Of 3,6Ol cases Of liquor for
1896, as against 1861 for the same
period OF 1897, being an increase OF
Of tho month in 1896 tho beer sales
were POP barrels as against 2lS for the
! samc time in 1897, On increase OF six
, teen barrels.
These figures are taken by tho Off
cials to be evidence Of the fact that the
original package business Is not going
to seriously hurt the dispensary. The
comparison for the yoar 1897 Is for q
period when the constables wore on
joined, and whom in Charleston partic-
ularly, the original package stores
were in active operation. Taking this
as q criterion tho officials are OF the
opinion that the dispensary will be
abo to hold It's own. Upon these fig-
urcs they base the opinion that the de-
cision is not going to materially injury
the dispensary. However tho evident
intention Of the State to take advant
age OF every point, no matter how
technical and far-reaching 1t may be
shows that tho State does not welcom,
the competition and that it will do al
1t can to break it up.