The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-15
[ lawmakers Assemble.


Tuesday for the forty-day's session.
The inauguration of Governor Hey
ward will be about the goth, or 2lst,
the exact date not being fixed.
While there is nothing of impor-
tance now scheduled to come before
the body, it is likely that the full time
allowed by law will be consumed. The
new legislators will have their pet
bills and something must be done in
the way OF retrenchment. The last
legislature was somewhat free in ap-
propriations. A fight will be made for
a substantial appropriation for
South Carolina building and exhibit at
the st. Louis fair. This will probably
be the largest new appropriation asked
for.
The directors of the dispensary will
ask the legislature to repeal the act
passed at the last session requiring the
board to reduce the assets OF the dis
pensary to 100000. The legislature
took the position because of all of the
assets represent met profits" and all
the net profits belong to the public
school fund.
The superintendent of education pro-
tested against so much of the fund be-
ing withheld by the dlspensary The
board of directors will say to the legls-
lature that to conduct the business
properly they require 100000 stock,
while each of the $50 minor dispensa-
ries needs an average stock worth 3d.
500.
In order to buy the liquor for cash
and get the best results, they claim 1t
is necessary to have S1,COO,O0O for
working cash capital.
A Charleston dispatch says: IN con-
nection with the failure Of the city
administration to convict blind tiger
keepers for violation OF the disrensary
law, the point has been raised ~ coun-
sci fer the liquor clement that the city
court has no jurisdiction to try such
cases.
The defect il the law, it is claimed.
is plain to any one, and it is said that
a new bill Will be prepared for imne-
diate passage o. tie state legislature,
which met Tuesday. st the next meet
ing CT council Mayor snyth is expect
ed to make a statement showing why
the thirty cases were mol pressed.
The tiger keepers are elated over
the situation, ard they Es?ieEe that the
new law viii send AL cases to the po-
lice court, where there will be less
chance Of conviction on account OF the
class of jurors summoned to this tri-
bunal.
The liuuor situation in Charleston is
acute at this tine, and this is said to
be due to the Fact that Governor Hey
ward IS determined to have the law
enforced. CrievCCs wrongs viii be
righted, the friends Of the governor
declare. and ie there is no power by
which the city court can convict, such
jurisdiction will be given to other
courts in tie city.
Charleston is losing a revenue
amounting to nearly $4,000 annually
from the operation Of the dispensary
law. With the present method OF doing
business, the dealers escape all IL
censes, and the illegal sales are so
heavy that little trade is left for the
dispensaries, which pay part of their
profits to the city treasury.
The action of the city administration
q few days ago in throwing out thirty
cases against blind tiger keepers has
created no end Of comment. The re-
cent fight made on Corporation Coun-
sci Legare by Mayor Smyth for enter
ing a mol prosequi in similar cases,
caused a political sensation. Mr.. Le-
care was elected to congress from the
Charleston district and he retired from
the city attorneys Office December 81.
The new counsel, George H. Monet,
had charge Of the cases, and as he has
no authority to act otherwise than by
the direct instruction OF the mayor, tne
friends Of Mr.. Legare are demanding
an explanation. They content that the
cases are exactly alike, and that the
administration has pursued identically
the same course for which it severely
condemned Congressman Legare.