The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-19

| ta6y we're or IttLI@ uG9, ana D2canS al
most 8 dead expense 70 the State. The
COST CT maintaing the consfab,as vas
about s. coo per month. Tney were
afraid t. seize liquor FOR fear the Fed
eraI Judge would jaiI them for COR
tempt When they did make p se;z
ure Il was, With few exceptions, se
LEASED and the cons:2bies cDjoined.
1uasmucb, therefore, as Judge Simon
ton had practically para lyzad the con
s:ab1lary, dis missed the force, ls2v-
ing the responsibility for the ea.orce
laenG OF The law, IN the incorporated
TOMS aQd cites, in tie nsn2s CT the
city ard town authorities. retained =
few detsc.i7es 10 Suppress "oliad
tigers" IN the country, wore the ESQ
pie have little OF 40 protection. IRE
| DiSpensary Act makes it GGe duty OF
the State board o. control 10 wiEihoiG
their share Of profits G; the disgensary
IRON any town Or city IN which the
authorities do not enforce the l&T.
So iar the profits icave beea withael3
from TIE town OF SuE:ar, and I have
appointed a consta 2le, 10 ce paid cut
OF the TOM share q the prcils, to sse
that the law IS enforced there
We have, then, t, facs The follow
ing condition Of atfaic5: Under the
protection Of Circuit Ju1ge CT tee
F! United States Cours IiqXor is bciug
sold throughout tie State, in the
country as we'll as IL the mIaicioali
| ties, and in dsiaUce O. the laws Of the
State. The right$ OF q sovereign S ate
| to police aad regulate the liquor traf
! &c Il its own way is nUlii6sd and
tr2mpled under foot The Act Of
Congress ot Jut7 S, 1890, has baen, Sc
far IS South Carolina is concerned,
irepe8l:d, aud we ara told thai the en-
actnept OF prohibition alone gives :
! State the right TO exclude original
package" dealers, unless the p1Cf fs&
lures Of the dis2ausary IS destroyed.
! TIE language OF Judge Simontcn n
1.-The Tandercook case IS as follows;
IF al! alohollc liquors, oy WaOmsos--
e. laid, are declared con!r2oand they
! ceased t. beloog to commerce, and are
within the Jurisdiction OF the police
: power. Bat So long as tneir El2nl,
factucs, purchase or sale, or their u.s.
SIS a beverage IN any fc.m cr BY any
person, are recognized, they o9lcng to
commerce, and are without the do
main Of the police power" Toe pow
er to license the sale OF liquor, to the
exclusion OF these Interstate com
rnerce dealers in original packages, y
has been therefore destroyed by this
decision, uaiess it should be reversed
by the Supreme Court. The Attorney
General OF the State has appealed, but
THE appeal will not be heard until
March 7, too late for you to knoT
what the decision will be, in time to
llegislate in accordance taewith.
It tcannot be doubted that large ma
iority Of our people favor the Gispen-
sary law. if it can be secured against
the interference of the Federal Courts
Three successive General Assem- olies
lhave declared in favor oS the dispen.
sary as the best mo:hoG OF dealing
with the liquor question. Oar r pc.
!sentatives in,CoDg-cSs are at work t.
secure additional legislation fer the
protection OF the State sgeinst tbs in
reference Of the United States jude
larry. The L UniteG States Senate has
saiready passed a bill By unanimous
vote giving the complete c0DtrJt .;
Eiutoxicln!s 10 the State. ead Il is hop
lei that the House also will pass it.
BuS We must have immediate relief
from the present i1tcler&3le c)nci
tions. Frs liquor, Tita its acc1mp&-
inying Increase o drInaeaEesS 2n@
the consequent increase 9: cri57a
Gus, at al! haZzards, be gos rid Of.
| AS l nsve said, Z license laW vii no.
secure immunity from .ais evil, JUICE
| Simonton has destroyed, along "ita
tee dispensary, the license system
when run or profit. WHAT, than, is
LETT TO do2 We must either enact pro
hioition or continue the disp&n1ary
!sys.em without the profit feature
| Many majority, / o=leye-5o nG.
think prohibition Is practicable; and
many have opposed the d!sp9nsacy
Isys;em because o. tbs pref. te2-ure
We can certainly get rid OF the orig
inal package dealers aud their dem 1r.
aIizing traffic By continuing the dis.
pensary, shorn OF all pro6.s and sd
! ministered only as police reputation
to coatroi and REFUGE the liquor evil.
TIE FeGeral Judge wilI have neither
occasion nor excuse for bis ever ready
Iinjllc.ions, If taas system shall 2e
:inaugUrated, unless he shall again re
| verse his own previous decision, Ic'S;
then, aopea,s to ale the oesL All a.