The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-03-11
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The supreme court OF tne ,ha tesni,aI
States government has the risn. 10 to,niu IN.
tranemisnion Of lottery uexeIs Lom ON
State 70 another oy express OF IN sny osael
m ,ss,ssis tr Snai ,Ss mails hHs was jussiisd on II,
ground ma the posta,rr LIZ MIG Iono !" ,SI
by the governms tmo ~ nssad o "' ~, i,
exclusion rom the eAiLeas oa.su om .n'
Commerce between the States, and under thi,
inc rignt 10 eASlIuv ~ Inas y Is"s''
Qua 70 tne puo,.c sasesy =, puoa.s sna
Tbs 10 ah eA.ien,o hass vi .ne Ill.,
by the public isrsely because Of . general sOn
total dsprsvity: NO i1rm OF gambling seem'
10 % more 10 Inc PreSsn' s'"s'A
s1n .pnn s .eS ~ not. ,hs ,hanvs NJ sentt
ment that has come abont 10 The recent pas,
nsieIs vopy ~ tao n,ta,ns ,n
bearing oate March y, ists: y Hon . cninn,r
ofthe same advertisement Of the MarylaNao
S~usqueaannah lottery with q capital prize Q
$4,000. % draw ON the 18TH; another oIs'o.I1
% % drawn on the md; ana "a mGst masa ~
5000 viii 90 drawn on the Dtn. sOui pacs
eGe OF tickets may draw SO0oo. ana sne totn ON
grfrcs amount altogether 70 nearly one Ell,
y 5son aoi'ass. II" a,ae s sS,an,isss snns .ssDissn
die schemes" ofdrswing. With capital prize
ofss0.eoo. $4,000 and 5000 respectively. DO
aidea Numerous smaller prizes.
ing announcement: "The drawing Of shs
South Carolina lottery. Glass NO. ~, Ior Iete
will take place II the city ball this afternoon
At half past 4 o'clock. See advertisement
South Carolina contains the index TO all The
acts parsed nom the beginning OF the colony
% the year 1888. II contains list OF lotteries
covering 2 page and . half . nrst act re
eardsng them tvae passod Ia IIoi and u con,
tained The following preamble, wnicn w0olo
accord With The view OF the most fastidiooi
person today: "Whereas many persons have
lately mo % daily presume o . ses up 'Ssss.y'
lands, plata, jewels, goods, wares, merchan
rrscsices are tiiahiy psejudicisl To the trade
s sIsIs sSU tSSjss: x sSI ,S ss1S or ' NAY YOU !: mos
sacasd msiestu. and be it enacted By ais ex,
oelieoey Jamss Clan. governor. etc., that
nv pss. o. y Ssc % A S ssi sH ,s E lSs,sf Y, II nc es ss',
N n Kind OF property shaIl forfeit the pen
atty orGs0O. oI,e.third 10 60 to the iniormer
Uoor o. he psrisS: and my purchaser OF :
Warer on law 'sr any mors than one impar
lance shall DO allowed" Tho next year Q
stringent iaww vas enacted against gaming Of
Thub the matter rested for moro than n
years, until Q change came in public seuti
mcnt n lotteries were .egarded - the best
table and religious purposes. In i1S .sundry
persons OF GEORGETOWN represented that tht
poor and necessitous among them durins
their sufisrinEs under the disorders incident
% that part Of the country In the fall Of the
year. extremely distressed for the want O
nome suitable building 10 be lodged In" and
tho assembly authorised Messrs. Brovniield
Tucker. Hart. pelusseline and others .tt
70 conci1de, 3 iostery Tor the purpose abov,
mentioned, provided they do not raise . fuad
sxceeding q thousand poundsL" In the
s sss1s :s g , y sss P DsS,ess1oa . Z isom sas s SS%psp z
aos preceding SIX ihouaand pounds.
In.f7s5 In order TO assist William Mcclure
Thomas Lehro, William Turpin, Thomas Tay
koe, !. @. Guignard, Benj. w airing. John Simp'
son and John Hunter we're authorized 70 raist
cighs hrndrsd pounds oy . lottery. hall 70 be
Into q bond 70 complete such factory In q
~reesonahle time. n the balance TO some 9th
Of fActofy.
h me o. ss%s nay = iS's nsy,s uas ap fso% Vssn 1o'
% Augusta.
Having adopted the idea ofaidinE industri-
al enterprises by lottery the assembly took Q
step further and In 1903 authorised Capt
dollars ty lottery for the erection of'a nous.
OF worship In Gfeenville," on the ground tina,
''any encouragement sf morals and the pro
motion OF religion always conducts 70 Tho
bsnsft OF Q State" The Episcopal church In
GreenvilIe IN still known a. "Gnace Church.
In the same act the vcatry and wnrdens OF the
"Episcopal church Of Georgetown, Winyah,'
ware Authorised to raise i've thousand dollars
In the same way for the repair ostheirc church.
On the same dag the president and trustees d
the Second Presbyterian hurch In Charles
ton .ess allowed 70 raise q sum for the build
In 1916 slmilar privileges were given 70 the