The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-11
HOT DRINKS FOR CARoLINIANS.
ORIGINAL PACKAGES FLOODING
THE PALMETTO STATE.

Two Car Loads Shipped From SnVan-
nah Yesterday Under Judge ST.
mOntOn's Decision savannah
Firms the First in the FieId-The
Fight of the ConstabuIary.
Two carloads of original packages were
shipped from Savannah to South Carolina
yesterday. One was consigned to NJ.
Fersts Sons & Co.'S agents, Fincken, Jor-
dan & Co, at Charleston, and the other
to S. Guckenheimer & Sons agent at
Florence
These are the first shipments of liquor in
original packages in several days, the
firms having waited to learn the nature Of
Judge Simonton's decision in the injunc-
ton case. This decision was learned from
kilograms to have been in sup
port Of the original package dealers and
against the South Carolina constabulary.
1t makes permanent the temporary injunc-
ton granted J. S. Pinknssohn, the Charles
ton agent for w G. Moore of New York,
whose liquor In its packages had been
seized by the constabes.
The state constables were restrained
temporarily by Judge Simonton's order,
from interfering with the original pack
age dealers, and his decision yesterday re-
moves the fear of the officers again getting
after the states competitors in the liquor
business. II was thought here that posi-
bly, the difficulty with the Moore liquor
rested in its having been improperly put
up. II this had been the case the Sa-
vannah dealers thought that a very close
Ill.
them an immunity from molestation, and
were about decided to ship the spirits even
in the event of Judge Simonton's
decision being adverse to their side They
are very glad TO see their way clear to do
ing business in South Carolina without
fear Of their goods being confscated. how.
ever, and feel much easier, now that the
shipments are made, than they would
have felt had the decision been otherwise
A representative of one of the firms
who was in Columbia last week, said he
had been told by the attorney general Of
South Carolina thas the fight against the
original package competition of the state
would be continued on some ground or
other, even If Judge Simonton's decision
rendered perpetual injunction. He was
assured that the state authorities would
leave no stone unturned in the search for
legal point upon which they might base
their fight against those who compete
with the state In the dispensation of
liquors.
The original package men are equally
determined to keep In the field, however,
as there seems to be every opportunity
Tor the making Of good money and will not
be likely to retire without a contest The
sales of the original packages have been
swift and the business is attended with
put little trouble and expense, if left I'M
hampered by state interference. The stuff
Is not sold in quantities less than half
pint and cannot be drunk where 1t is sold
IT is disposed of in the same package in
which u was shipped, and it is by this
means that the dealers keep within the
pale Of the law of South Carolina
The TASKS of liquor cannot be shipped in
boxes. They must be separate, and each
must be labeled and must show 10 whom
II Is consigned. If taken from the pack
age it is no longer original and becomes
the prey Of the constables.
M. Fersts Sons &c Co.'S carload
OF liquor was the first they have
shipped to South Carolina. Their
agency VIII be opened tomorrow.
1t is estimated that upwards of 1000
packages were shipped. These contained
liquor In quantities ranging from half
pint to three gallons The TASKS and jugs
We're enveloped in cartoons. These car
toons were separately labeled, and the
railroad gave a receipt for the number of
packages that contained the same quanti-
ty of liquor. Nearly all kinds of spurious
drinks were shipped. The packages were
placed loose in the car in layers, with rice
straw plentifully distributed to prevent
their breaking. Loading the car was
something of job. The work was done
on River street at the rear of the firms
store, and ten men were employed at the
task nearly all of yesterday.
Messrs. 5. Guckenheimer & Sons were
the first to engage in the
original package business IN South
Carolina, They established an
agency at Charleston June g. three days
before the Moore agency was set up. They
have since established their original pack
age dispensing houses at Florence, Beau
fort, Port Royal and Bluffton. 1t was not
known prior to the last of May that the
business of original packages in South
Carolina was legal, but, as soon as it was
discovered, the opportunity was seen and
the dealers at once began to get in their
work. The discovery came about through
legal proceedings brought by "A California
firm against the state for having seized
original packages Of liquor that had been
shipped by the firm, consigned to private
parties in the state.
Messrs. Guckenheimer g. Sons were the
first to take advantage OF the discovery.
representative Of the firm stated last
night that within the next week his house
would ship ten carloads OF original pack
ages to its South Carolina agencies.