The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-21
ENFORCING THE LAW.
TIE STATES POSITION RE3aRclNG
TIE LIQUOR TRAFFIC..
Every LswEaI Means VIII De Z Escorted 70
20 Suppress the Or!GtnG! Package E'taS'
Tshroeut, -Tae Dlspenssry Business.

20 Suppress tha Or!s,n&! Package E'ta6.
Bshroeuts -Tae Dlspenssry Basiness.
Al original packsge store in Flor
euce w8S rai9ed AID the contents con-
tiscated Tuesday by the corstables.
This was tbe second closure OF the
KIND since Judge Sim0ntoa's decision
aEu indicates 6 determination on the
part OF the Safe 10 close up these
places on the least violation Of the law
as laid down by Jldga 5imonton. In
this particular case i sppears that the
dealer w2s closed up or 3 mere tech
neatly. He was regularly an agent
af 8 foreign Erm, bat 1t appears that
his half pint measures wsrs not half
pintS according TO the diSpensary mea-
surament aud be was arrested. he
was Selling in what he called half
piuts, but because they were not uo to
the usual diSpensary measurement the
dealer was arrested for violating the
law. From this it is seen that the
State is going to take advantage OF
every possible loophole and make it
as troublesome as possible to every
original r&ckage dealer.
The Governor stated Tuesday that
he would cert&inLy order seized all L.
quors found in any place Whers the
original package had eeen broken, and
by original package he said he meant
the box or otner covering IN which
the bottles came. Hs sad that he Ger
.ainly aid not intorG that liquor
should be brought into the State and
sold unlegs Ia original packages and
by thai term ne means that 3 certain
quantity in d 5o;tls caonot be taken
CUT of a p2c<age and sold. II other
words the Governor holds that each
bottle ot liq3or must be shipped into
the State separately IN order to con-
sti;uee sn original package. He goes
fuIJler than that and says that If bot
ties are shipped by the Car load pack
ed ia saw dust or paper or aoy other
packing that it must &c sold that way
eISs the original package is broken. II
this IDEA is carried out then the orlgl'
nal psckaGe people are not going to
have any picnic and the cispensary
viii have little serious opposition.
Thus it will be seen that every possl-
bic technicality vii! os taken advan.
| tage of by the Stats Ia order to up.
hold the monopoly o. The cuSlness: 1t
IS even held rhat the order Of Judge
Simonton in the case OF Moore IS only
temporary injunction, that being all
that was asked for IL the complaint
and that, therefore, tna S.ate mas an
ether charcs OF having the whole
thing reopened before Judge Simon
ton vita the consequent delay which
iaiways attends TIE settlement OF any
case. II is likely that SAGA point
will be taken advantage OF for 1t
woulo be 3 foolish waste OF time and
money, but like drowning man e7.
cry straw IS being grabbed at oJ the
SLaIe.
While the original package estab-
Iisnments are sure 10 decrease the pro-
fits OF the dispensary, yet the figures
snow tha! the decrease has not oeen
so serious SIS yet, and taking them as
criterion the dispensary officials are
/ tiuciiaed TO believe rha. Ihs business Is
rot TO be seriously iutertere6 with.
For instance it is pointed out that Inc
business has not only not decreased
sinca the first decision OF Judge SIN.
onion. but has actually been greater.
. Taking the month OF June the snow.
iag is thai for the month II 1897,
g., ,034 crates OF liquor we're Skipped out
IS sgaiust +, 6S5 or the same north IN
1896. being a difference IN favor OF
| me present acnth OF 349 cases.
In The matter of o5er the shipments
we're 333 enc 353, d difference 10 fav-
yr of the nou:n for tnss year OF 70
oarrels. Taxing tha first eleven days
Jitna present moatn the sF:oTIng Is q
Shipment Of 3 6GI cases Of ilG1 1or for
1895, rs against 5 664 for the same pc
rtod IL 1897, being an increase OF SIX
y tcree cases. For th7 eleven days OF
me mGr!1 "a 1895 he beer sales were
;212 barrels IS aga!as: 2i0 for tne same
time II 1897, an increase OF sixteen
barrels.
These figures are taken 5y the oR.
the original package business IS not
going 70 seriously nur. the disoensary.
The comparison for the year 1897 IS
Tor q period when t1s constables were
e0j3iled, ald wh9a il Charleston
particularly, tie original package
stores were il acEya operation. Tax
ing this as criterion the officials ara
ot the opinion tnat tie d;spensary
viii be aoie 10 hsla its own. Upcp
these figures taey base the oplnion
that the decision is not going 70 ma.
terlally injU.e tbs dlspeEs4cy. How
ever tle evident in:ca:ion o. the State
10 take advantage o. every point. no
matter Gow tecnuioal and far reach
in@ It may be. SHOWS taat the State
does rot welcome the cJmpe1lt!on and
th st i viii &c al i can TO oreak It up.
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