The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-03-08
oUp-REAMEs IN.
Liquor Drought Broken, ProhibI-
ton Ended.

Hold.over Dispenser Ratfield and Mr.. b G.
Cuttino, chairman of the board of control spent
Wednesday uight in the dispensary and con-
tlnued to hold the fort with closed doors
until o 80 o. 'clock next morning wbeo Sheriff
Plerson served the injunction issued by Judge
Adrch. Then Mr.. Rsfield unlocked the
front door, vacated and left Dispenser.elect
Reames in possession. Mr.. Rafheld, however,
declined 10 turn over the keys and books, and
these be proposed 20 retain until. the case is
settled.
The Injunction was issued Wednesday night
by Judge A!dr,cb before whom Mr. R. O..
Purdy appeared in chambers st Manning.
Mr. L. D. Jennings. Mr.. Rafield's attorney
was present when the application was made
and the Injunction Issued.
The icjuuction served on Mr.. Rafield and
bis clerk, Mr. John White, is as follows:
The State of South Carolina Court of Com.
mon. Pleas Sumter County-Ezsziei T.
Windham, Henry C. Cuttino and William
N. Sanders, as County Board of Control
OF Sumter County, and James NJ Reamss
as County Dispenser and B. Baker as
Clerk of the Dispensary at Sumter. S. c.,
plaintiffs, against John B. Rafdeld and
John White, defendants.
On reading the verified complaiat herein,
it is ordered, That Jchn B. Rsffield and John
White, the defendants above named, do show
cause before me in the Conrt House in the
city of Sumter, S. G., on the 9th day of
March, 1899. at II O'Clock noon, why the
Injunction prayed for in the complaint be not
granted and i, 10 further ordered that In
the meantime, the said defendants and each
of them be and they are hereby eujoined and
restrained from ioterferring or meddiing
With the plaintiffs or any of them in the
possession or sale of the liquors and alcoholic
beverages in the county dlspeosary 10 the
city Of Sumter. S. c., and with the posses
sion of the dispensary building. Let the
plaintiffs enter into an undertaking on or be.
fore the 4th day of March, 1899, to the de.
PENDANTS in the sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars with one or more suficien. sureties to
be approved by the Clerk of this Court, the
undertaking to 6e to the effect that the plain
,iffs will pay to the defendants such damages,
not exceeding two hnndred and Fifty dollars,
as the defendants may sustain by reason Of
this ipjuoction if the court shall finally de-
eide that the plaintiffs were not entitled
thereto. Upon failure to execute the sfere
said undertaking, the above order will upon
motion be vacated Let copies of the moving
papers and of this order be forthwith served
upon the defendants.
JAMES ALDRIcH,
Presiding Judge 10 the Sd Circuit.
At Chambers at Manning, S. c., March l,
1899.
During the time that the dispensary was
closed and no liquor could be had in this
city for love nor money, there were some very
dry and desperately thirsty people hanging
around the closed doors of the dispensary
hoping against hope that the deadlock might
be broken by some hook or crook. When
they found that there was no prospect of a
resumption of business many of them became
desperately sick and west in search Of
physicians to obtain prescriptions for whiskey
for medicinal purposes. Some of :hem
obsained prescriptions and few of these
succeeded 10 persuading the coutending dis
pensers and members of the board to let
them have the whiskey, but some Of them
went away dry and disappointed. The pre-
scriptions were of unique form 10 some
instances. One thirsty man presented a. pre-
scriptioa, which he obtained from paysi-
cian, 10 the following form:
C. Informs me that he wants 8
mint of rye whiskev