Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-22
AMONG THE TIGERS.

If the people interested will only pnt
forth the proper effort, it will not be a
very considerable task to materially
check the Illicit whisky traffic in fork
vile. The developments Of the past
week give abundantly satisfactory en-
couragement along this line; but to Sc
cure such a check the matter must re-
ceive constant and positive attention.
It Is not fair to assume that the police
and dispensary authorities have ever
been Indifferent to violations Of the dis
pensary laws. This Is not true They
are constantly doing more or les work
on their own initiative, and they never
fail to give their cooperation along
such lines as may be suggestedby out
side parties. 1t Is possible that with
more work and more vigilance, they
might accomplish more than they have
accomplished; but still 1t is a fact that
they are coming about as near doing
their full duty as paid officers Of the
law, as Is the balance Of the commu-
nifty as private individuals.
AS the result Of the public attention
that was called to the situation at the
express office last week, Constable
scogsssas and Chief Of Police Love met
the incoming trains, anu 0c-E1day
night held up the whisky receipts.
There were 13 jugs, containing IA gal
Ions Of whisky. The officers went
through the list. They found some
whisky for parties who had been con-
victed Of liquor selling, and they found
some that had been ordered In bogus
names. They held up five or six jugs
temporarily and sent two or three to
Columbia. 1t has already been ex-
plained how it has been the custom for
whisky buyers to purchase express Or
ders, and forward them to the Lin
colnton whisky dealer without any let
ter of explanation. The order Is made
out for the correct price. It shows the
name and address Of the sender, and
the whisky man understands what to
do. The hold-up on Friday night ope-
rated as good healthy scare. The
demand for express money orders was
broken Off with a jolt. Although the
receipts for Saturday night have nat
urally been heavier than those Of any
other night Of the week, on last Sat-
urday night only two jugs were receiv-
ed. Constable Scoggins was on hand
again and he seized one Of these.
The express company is disposed to
cooperate as far as possible in sup
pressing the liquor traffic in so far
as the tigers have been making use of
it in the conduct Of their business. Re-
ferring to the suggestions that were
made in the last issue of THE ENoUI-
RER on the subject, Superintendent
Sadler has written the local agency as
follows: I'VE are now ready and more
than willing to serve our friends in
Yorkville, and If the town authorities
will indicate how this may be LEGALLY
DONE, we will at once take steps to
carry the measure through"
This ietter is fair enough, and there
is no reason to doubt it's sincerity. OF
course the underscoring of the phrase
legally done," might suggest little
cynical hypocricy; but in view Of the
fact that the whole end sought is the
suppression of crime, it seems that
there should not be much disposition to
strain at gnats and swallow camels by
way of evasion. The town council,
should it take hold Of the matter, will
certainly not put up with any such tao
tics.
There has been no attempt on the
part of anybody to get back any Of the
jugs that were seized by Constable
Scoggins last Friday and Saturday
nights. 1t is not likely that there
would have been any such attempt had
the constable made a clean sweep Of 1t
and shipped every jug in the lot to Co.
lumbia. There were some jugs, how
ever, about which there was reason
able doubts to to whether the contents
were intended for tiger purposes, and
the parties to whom the jugs had been
shipped were given the benefit Of that