Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-15
Saturday, May Is, 1897
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Dispensary Defeated.

Prosperity people have not got prohi.
bition exactly; but they prefer what
they have to the dispensary.
Deserving of Honor.
Gall honor" says the Cincinnati
Tribune, "to the ex-Confederate SOL
diers who came up from the south to
march in the great procession on Grant
Day. in honor of the man who once
defeated them" All the Confederates
honor Grant. All the world honors
him. Any general who defeated a
Confederate army will always be hon
ored in history. 1t was a feat that
was accomplished by very few gene
rails of the many who tried it.-News
and Courier.
Senator Earle Getting Better.
Greenville News, Thursday: The
condition of Senator Earle seems now
to have taken a steady turn for the
better. There was a change again in
his favor yesterday and the symptoms
were decidedly better than shey were
Friday, and it is now confidently
hoped he is on the road to permanent
recovery. The drowsiness that has
been manifesting itself recently was
less yesterday, his headaches less Sc
we're and his nervousness less marked.
He is now in much less pain than he
has been in during the past four or
five days and his mind is clear. He is
also sleeping better.
Another Dispensary Suit.
In the United States circuit court at
Charleston, last Tuesday, a bill was
fled by Vandercook & Co., of Cali.
fornia, against Liquor Commissioner
Vance and several members of the
constabulary, for the recovery of pos,
session of the carload of wines seized
in Charleston some weeks ago. The
bill prays that the stock be returned
at once, or its value in money, $1,000,
and that the company be awarded
$4,000 damages. Last week the Van
dercooks filed bill asking that a
perpetual injunction be issued against
the state to prevent it in the future
from confscating wines shipped to
South Carolina from California This
case will be heard before Judge Sim
onton, in Charleston, next Monday,
and the chances are that the injunction
will follow.
Against the State.
The United States supreme court
has affirmed the decision of the Cir
cult court for the circuit of South Car.
olina in the agricultural Hall" case
involving the title to the Agricultural
Hall in Columbia, S. c. Edward B.
Wesley, of New York, bought the
property of the commissioners of the
state sinking fund, but there were al
legged irregularities in the purchase,
and he brought suit against ]. E. Tin
dal, the secretary of state, and J. r.
BoyIes, who had been employed by
the secretary of state to guard the
property to secure possession. Tindal
and Boyles in the lower courts conten-
ded that they were mere custodians of
the property and that the slate should
be sued; but the possession of the
property was given to Wesley. This
Judgment was affirmed by the supreme
court in an opinion by Justice Har-
Ian, who held that the state was not
necessarily party to the suit. The
original object of the suit was to test
the validity of Blue Ridge script. At
torney General Barber, however, says
that the script has not been validated
by the decision. From now on the
state will have to rent the building
from Wesley or find other quarters for
the dispensary. 1t has been sugges-
ted also that Wesley can now claim
all of the permanent fixtures which
have been put in the building, for the
use of the dispensary, as his own
property.
Dispensary Crisis Anticipated.
Charleston correspondence of the
Columbia Register, Wednesday,: 1t is
generally felt that the rapid events
and revelations of the last two weeks
have brought the dispensary system to
the verge of a crisis. Having an i'm
portant bearing on the situation, posi-.
bly, vital in its character, is the bill
just filed in the United States circuit
court by Vandercook & Co., of Cali
fornia, virtually claiming the right to
establish storehouses and to sell liquors
in the original package in competition
with the state, and petitioning for q
perpetual injunction against whomso'
eyer it may concern from interfering
with such business. Judge Simonton
who has set the precedents so far in
adjudicating the rights of foreign per-
sons and corporations under the inter
state commerce law as against the
classes of the dispensary law initiating
against these, has held the law null
and void in so far as it conflicts with
importations for personal use, He is
asked now to 60 very long steE
further and to declare that under the
constitution of the United States ano
the interstate commerce laws, the
state of South Carolina, having i'm
posed conditions, regulations and re
strictions under which she can sci
Intoxicating liquors to her citizens
corporations and citizens of othel
states, cannot be debarred from engag