The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-01

sd !. Is alwags permissible toc the
CT! zaas # lie eo.7srp IN wh!ch soy
such city or s2wE IS located to oo;ala :
ciz2eosa1y 5y . najjc,sy we. if the
S.5.e hoard gives ce7selt. There are
.vO counties in the STATE 1hsrc ls dis
pars&r;es Lave sver keen opened, as the
rec> sGsry vots was rot obtsired at ske
election. Il ore inatsncs dispeassry
wzs closed by vote CT the people. In
these dry counties drunkenness is IS
cFten seen IS II the othsr counties.
TIE locsl dispenser having given
bord sad been 2raV;ded With place
Of iu.i5ess, sends an order 10 the S ats
ccmuissioner, specifying the kin3s ard
oesrtity Of :iqgor tha:is waited. From
.cog exper:eDcs, however, the State
nEica:ooe- Usually ships stock such
as Il his judgment is adapted to the
z.u.s Of t0e community. The goods
thu3 shipped sre cpeued ia the pres
enca Of ora CT the ueubers OF tie locsl
oo2r4 Of coatsoj, so as to guard againat
dishonest clslns for b:eskags.
a prise LISTS kept in conspicuous
E?scs, usually tie front widow, shoE,
ing tie cost to the customer oE each
p:ckage kept n stocE. A fsw feet
5ycm ibe fr3at door there is cross
ccG15er, which ebu;s of the rest Of tie
s,c!e AID customers never 80 further
srsc this. a oispe-ssrg looks Vtrj
much lie dug store, With the bottles
rsrgad or shelves. When o1e wishes
20 Il, ka purchase 10 8 dispenssry g
permit" boos is BANDED him in which
to sri:e his ra1e, place o. residence,
Q3aa!ity arc kino OF liquor wanted on
: Disnk, SIS follows:
FORM NO. S.
Request 10 Purchase Ir,tozics.ing Ii
Qio15.
No, E.. ........... 1SV
To the Uouoty Dispenser:
gke uoderssgred, age......, residing
as No. .Ss... ........ g.
desires to purchase the following in
tcx'oating l:Qvcrs.
....... ....'.'
AsIest
Dispenser.
These permit books are bound il
pscksees Of hundred and are uaei
o. tie seitleaens which the county
dispenser must make With the audi
ror,-as veil as for the information Of
:.e inspectors, and they are, also al.
ways open to the public. The idea is
tv la7e every package Of liquor shipped
floo7 the S:sse dispensasy accounted
t-c. It is further check on the dis.
pecser aHd prevents the sale iliicitly
of whisky on MS oWn account.
lis purchase having been oomplet
ed, and money paid, the purchaser
must lsa7s ahe STORE without break.
ing the seal CT opening the package.
No questions sre asked, and the only
limitation on the sale is: The dis
p@pser3 must not sell to 9 minor o. to
person who is known to hsbitually
get drunk" There is no credit aad
no bookkeeping, except to sum up the
amoul. Of the osy's ss:es, with the list
of the various kinds Ct packages dis
posed cf, which are charged against the
stock. The rE:fs made 57 the loca:
cispsnsac5, af:s- deducSiEg expenses,
scss half to the county a1d the ether
Gs!f to the :oEn. Tie State receives
its prcft N tie price charged to the
locs! dispenser, acdi2g 10 the HrsS cost
tie expense Of tottiiEg, freight, etc.
The net pIoi;5 for Stare, town AID
COMFY, ior eleven months, ending De.
cenber l. 1900, is s522, 343. The
S:sse's profit goes to she fee school
fund.
What IS there about this method Of
selling liquor which makes it superior
to prohibition or 70 the license system?
Firs1:-Liguor is the only article Of
commerce in general use that is CON.
sune6 at the time and place Of its aur-
chase. 1t js ssfe to sly that three
zourshs Of il is thus disposed q. The
6ispensaTy lag enforcas q different
ne.hcd by requiring the purchaser to
tak5 It sway as Re would package Of
shoes OF ssck OF four. He must 50
somewhere else shsn to the place where
&c Guys it to colsume it.
Secon5:-rhe element Of personal
51ofs vh.ch lies at the 700: Ct she sa-
Ioon evil is destroyed. The dispensers
receive fixed salaries propostionste to
the amount OF Rork shey do. Thoy
coat get a commission OF sales and
haze 60 inoenti7e to push taen.
I'a!ro:-''TreatiDg' Is destroyed and
his does more for sobriety tnsn posi-
bly, ary otler feature Of tbs system.
.r24 UsQ aGo has bought bottle *
De oisps2ssEy may treat one or hs:t
dozen Of his frisnos, 10 ere drink sad
lat w,l: De al. The iaducemans and
ab.isaticn to recipsocsss which are so
WelL understood 60 nos exist.
Foarsa:-At SUE down cns ois1en
Say s:c5es. Il opens al 5 O'clock II
tie 4crzi1g. T4s lcsitinata oamaEG
for ucisSy IS supplied during dayAgai :,
ard tie dispenser having o.cseo up hiS
place cf business hes ID i@oeEtlve 70
yecp5R j. to NIKE q saie. Uc6e- 20
form Of license is this possible. B5siaes
it's a nisdeneanor to make sales 10 sny
7ay OF at any time except as the laW
provides.
Thus fsr the comparison hss baen
gi.h the saloon, or license system,
rsthec than ni:h p-ohloltic2. Nlih
;he, latter there IS res!!y no comparison
80 BE- made except to point to results
Q! course It : yell understood where
pcah;ot,ion hss been tried, that The
certificate Of physicisa that ljQuo- IS
aeSdsa ior mediei1e has bseo 81 easy
:a!ng to ob;4ia. Bgpooricy and pei
jury were both Increased, That men
vii! drink IS 50 vel! understood tha'
Tie iat;s saoeced TO shog hcw little
p1oa;a;:ion c-oGsiss il Kansas s2d
zsa;re as at91e Necessary - shoW thst