The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-05-24
AGAIN THE MATTER
OF DISTILLERIES,
THE CAROLINA COMPANY STATES
THAT II HAS COMPLIED,
Now Glass Works are Talked of--DesIro Ia
to Locate Them In ColumbIa-An-
other Distlllery Permit Grant
ed-Other Works OF
lSOnr,i
(The State, May 22.)

the State dispensary was in guam
diary. 1t did not know how to pro-
coed in tho matter of granting H.
oenses to the several applicants for
permits to establish distillerles in
Columbia. There were half dozen
such applicants.
In order to test their sincerity, the
! board passed n resolution providing
that permits would be granted those
concerning which within sixty days
would file papers showing that they
had each invested in real estate in
or around Columbia one tenth of tho
amount of the capital stock upon
which they proposed to operate.
The first concern to take advan-
tage of this opportunity was the
Richland Distilling Company, of
which j. S. Farnum is the prime
mover.
Yesterday the board received a no.
titication from w. Boyd Evans, at.
torney, saying that the Carolina Dis
tilling Company had complied with
the requirements, and wants a per-
NIT. This concern was organized
by the Kohns of Montgomery, Ala.
No action was taken by tho board
yesterday. Tomorrow, the 23d, is
the last day on which company
could file it's return with the board
in order to secure distiller's permit
to operate in Columbia.
GLASS WORKS.
Since liquor is to be manufactured
in Columbia, attention is being di-
reoted to the advantages of making
other supplies here. The saving in
freight puts the home manufacturer
on basis of lower prices.
A gentleman was in the city last
week considering tho ad9isability of
establishing here glass making es-
tablishment. The dispensary uses
hundreds of thousands of bottles an
nually. If they can be made near
Columbia, it would bo an inviting
field for that kind of business.
Glass can BIZ made in Columbia.
That has been settled. Glass is a
composition of silica and alkali. This
is near Columbia, limitless supply
of the finest kind of sand, the very
kind needed in making a tough, hard
hard glass. Then, too, there is an
almost inexhaustible quantity of
teldspar, kolin and other olays which
Will be needed in the making Fur
thermore there is an abundance of
fuel right at hand. The natural oil
wells and coal deposits in Pennsyl-
vania have caused that State to be.
come the centre of the glass making
industry, but right at the clay pits
and the sand beds Of Richland County
may be found the scrub pine which
10 regarded as worthless, but which
would be great factor in making
glass at minimum cost.
The gentleman who was here
seemed to be very we'll pleased and
said that he had at least $4,000 to
put into the plant if the chances of
selling the product were favorable.
OTHER D1sr1LLERtEs.
The board received petition from
@. Fl. Slsson' of Easley, Pickens
County, asking for a permit to estab-
lish distillery in Easley township.
The petition was approved by the
county board and was endorsed by a
majority of the freeholders of the
township. The matter was laid over
to the June meeting.
This recalled tho fact that the
board had on file an application from
L. E.. Looper who wanted to estab-
lish distillery in Hurricane town
ship, Pickens County. Looper had
been arrested on the charge of moon"
shining, and his petition for distiller'a
permit had in consequence been re,
jected.
But since that time Looper had
gone On trial in the United States
court at Greenville. He was there