The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-12-13


Senator Appelt, of the Manning
Times, has framed bill for presenta-
ton to the next General Assembly, the
effect Of which is pure and simple
county local option as to the whiskey
traffic and the mode of conducting 1t,
and at the same time strict prohlbl-
tory measure in counties voting pro-
hibition. 1t provides for submitting
the three questions Of Dispensary,
High License and Prohibition to each
county. Prohibition counties can not
import liquors for even private use.
Counties voting for dispensaries are
provided for as follows: County boards
of control composed of the Supervisor,
the foreman of the Grand Jury and one
citizen appointed by the Mayor or In
tendant of the County seat, said board
having in charge the election of dis
penser, the purchase of all liquors,
said purchases to be made public in
detail in the County newspapers, and
all other business Of like nature.
The profits of the dispensary are to be
divided equally between the municipal
corporation and the County school
fund. Itauthorizes licensed druggists
to purchase from their County dispen-
sers alcohol and intoxicating liquors
for the purpose of compounding medi-
cines. It prohibits the receiving by
the board of control any samples OF IL
quors as gift OF otherwise. 1t pro-
vides in lieu of the spy system that
one-half of the fines, which are smaller
than the present law prescribes, shall
be paid to the informer. Alike license
board is provided for Counties voting
high license in whose discretion de-
pends the number and location OF bar
rooms, no bar-room to be established
outside the towns or cities of the COun-
ty. License fees are placed at from
$500 to $1,000 per annum, in the discre-
ton of the license board, no license to
be issued iii towns of less than 5000
inhabitants, except upon the petition
of q majority Of the freehold voters OF
such towns, nor in cities OF more than
5000 inhabitants, except upon the petl-
ton of a majority of the freehold vo-
ters in the ward in which the bar-room
seeks to be located. The amount re-
ceiyed from licenses is to be divided
equally between the municipal corDor-
alton in which it is situated and the
County school fund. 1t provides that
citizens may make domestic wines Tor
their own use but shall not sell same
except to dispensers or duly licensed
bar-keepers, except in prohibition
counties, where they shall not sell at
all. It provides for the abolition OF
the State Board Of Control and the
winding up Of the State dispensary's
affairs at once. With few exceptions
the bill is possibly the best and most
ennitable solution of the liquor pro-
blem. The proposed Act will, no
doubt, be amended, as it should be, to
provide that no d1spensary shall be es-
tablished in any town except upon the
petition Of majority OF the freehold
voters of the municipality IN which 1t
is intended to be established. There
are other amendments, mainly OF
phraseology and punctuation, which
should be made, and will no doubt be
detected. The prohibition to dispen-
sers and bar-keepers not to sell "be-
tween sun1own and sunrise, on Sun
days, except upon the certificate OF a
practicing physician" or not % sell to
.sany person in the habit of becoming
intoxicated, on Sunday, or to sell adul-
terated liquors of any kind is liable
to be misinterpreted and can be in"ie
more clear. The author also evidently
intends that the application for license
shall be accompanied by the petition OF
q majority of freehold voters and not
by the majority of voters in person as
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