The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-19
THE DISPGNSARY.
WHAT GOVERNOR ELLER5E EAs TO
SAYABOUT 1T.
Hs Thinks That We MQSs Either gave
Prohibition or Continue the Present Lsw
without the Profit Feature.

Prohibition or Continue the Present Lsw
without the Profit Feature.
The following is the par: OF Cover
nor Ellerbe's message regarding the
dispensary: The most dif:cul5 prob.
lem that ccnfrolts you is the regula-
! tico Ct the l!q1or tratfic-and It is
your dIty, as the trusted representa-.
iiees OF the people, to use Your best
efforts il satisfactorily solving this
question.
Ia ray i2~..1s ural address I asked
thai No material change be made in
the dispensaty Law until it could Ce
given 3 fair trial. This it had never
had. Upon my recommendation
the lag remained as It vas with
the exception cf fsw u0import-
ant amendments. Ga assuming the
duties o: governor l undertook the
enforcement of ths la~, endeayoring
10 do 50 with IS little friction as po2s;
bic. At first my efforts were enco1r.
sgingly successful but t5is success
was hirdered bg disagre2ments among
! he man harS IF to-. Ststn hoard Gf con-
trol Toe ro5negenenf IN the S,ata
J;Snarearz, a|,i t5o b;ci-ar;noe ond dis.
semsions IN fhs Stxfa hoer5 GiSousted
some o: tna Uarn1esf sunnor:ers OF the
Law, and cauged great many to lose
:&ith in the system. Bu5 by recrgan
:za!ioa OF the force tais mismanage-
neat was c3rrected snd the board mas
.incs worked in harmony Be it said
to their credit the dis,easary is no n
conducted in 9 more business like wav
than ever before Had it not been for
she intervention Of the Federal Courts
! I do not hesitate to saw thai the dis.
nensar7 would tcdav have verv little
ooo as;Tion. aad would have already
oro ogsd, both financially and morally,
great succ- S..
Ths Federal Conrts have greatly
cripoled TIE iaw and rendered futile
; ali nv efforts for its eqfora~ ment, by
holding in the casa OF Donald VS. Scott
; that G.: zens of the State have right
| 10 import wniskev for personal use.
\ GREAT many WHO were engaged in
the Illicit traffic IN whiskey took sd
vantage OF this decision 10 import
whiskey for sale: il thus became very
difficult for the State coustables to tell
when i was imported for personal
usa only The State constabies, under
nv instructions sejzad ousnt;t1es of
whiskev where there we're suspicious
circumstances connected with it's i'm.
n9rtaJion: hut MON annjica,,on to
Iudge Simonton pearlv ell the giis.
~ ea;za3 wsS ralssea6
Racinnioe With HE decision tba
s.sts hos baen involTaI i, con.innons
Ii,iyafisn In the csse of * nsrto
Ices Judse Sinonton held that scents
of liooyr dealers outside The STATE
Iniohf cnne into the Stste take orders
for l;oyors and shin t6am to citiz9ps OF
| tho Site Eocouraeed by the above
decisiops the LIQUOR men applied to
| Ire ITo;ted states Circuir Court for
create, or;Viieges and in the Wander
eook fscisioo gara Granted oil they
! GeS,raa GeS r. this c,se tba ssn5e JIdce
heId tIat c::;zans ~ smother State
misht irDort, store awav. and sell
iio9ors in or;oinal vnbroken reckaaes
of ali s;z9s not less than one najf pint,
| This led to the ooening. in the State,
| of hundreds Of privaLe i;ouor houses
| and fl fooded the wnola OF South Caro-.
lima with whiskey.
Blind tigers. furnished by "original
oackaoen dealers hagan fha ssle OF
whiskev in oriet neacqful comnouoi
ties where Tio1or had naver 5eeo sold
In NV effor:s to enforca the Gispan.
Ssrv isv q, modi6-d nv the .ndge's
dacisi9ns T ,ret Win grest diff mites
A. cna tina T,dga si7nonton saena6
- - assume I t.,a I'm ii ID nreroya.ivss
Cf the Chief Executive sd the Lso;s
10 .nre of SouTh Carolina ana md ,r
tool the emerdn nent ~ the dienansarv
isT h. i:.inncfion The G9verr.Gr
80 80 20 s1d 81 -,,rSo,c co,'
.acteJ I VII - 10 eEfo, 90 = eroert =, ~ of the
~ wera ani1iosd fron, interferiro >
i, .rr uav vifh fha ..or:1iraI nac!S:
aosm 1eeIers and law enactei bv
- ren-esentnfi~ae of q sovera;on
S-s4a IS no icsIIy ranoaIad hv a
Esderol Ind "a
Wheo i T.9s reoorted ~ me- that
W. 3v,d & % t.or;c,;nsI n,ckage;
dselo2s st 49,. 80 eeilino wis.
aa go Jr-ni-arS5s a. 80 :" ~ o,5siisfaIv or.
" - ana4e =! S,o. - - 80. 4;
~ sn or.n,. - 80 ,o.,io+oiniro
M nr,isa ce This vs. done buE t5e7
arnIied to JUDI Simoaton to tavs
the sock OF Iio1ors returned at once,
aud asked that the cons5abies and ali
o.csons acting under them, or oy vir
Tue OF authority from them, os re
strained from further in.ermsddiing
win the said property This reoues:
VAS granraG. n3rTitbstard;np Wit.
nassas scvore that ,oev rad sen the
1csr who norgSr Iio,ior Of cr ahoy:
lime ofrne sale s74 nat ne WIS
dr,r~E The TD3pa held tSat to be
,T,iIty of tha ctf-nca q; ssilIne to 9
Dun kard the n,-tv seIlinC musL