The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
HOW IT WORKS..
impartial View of the Prohibition
Experiment as Seen by
MAYODS AND PGLICs =

OF the County Seats and the Couaty
Officials Who Live There in Seyerai
Counties. TIE Experiment
Succeeds in Seine and
Fails in Others.
Fifteen OF the IL counties II Souun
Carolina have within the last two
years closed the dispensary by popular
vote under what is known as the
s'Brice law" These COUNTIES no"
have prohibition, IS do the counties OF
Marlboro and Greenwood, which have
never had dispenssries. Wishing TO
obtain 8 fair, impartial and secu-ste
idea OF the working OF proAlo, ,tloh
under this system OF limited local
option, The State sent to It's CORES.
pondents in the county seats OF the 10
counties the following letter:
Please obtain from tne sher-n,
supervisor and superintendent OF
education OF your county and from the
nsyor and chief OF police OF your
Town s. statement as to conditions
since snd before the closing OF the
dispenssries IL your county, ss to
sobriety, law and orcer. ASK the
sheriff and chief Of police particularly
IS to the comparative prevalence OF
blind tigers under dispensary and pro-
hibition, and also IS to the Jug
trade. Give impartially the sentl.
ment Of the people concerning conoi-
tions before and afJer voting out the
dispensary, asking each OF THESE
officials il be considers that the peo.
pie desire dispensaries reopened OF
are satisfied with the present Situa'
tion." The replies are presented be-
low and they speak for themselves.
spAHrANBURe COUNTY.
Sheriff John NJ. Nichols states
there is less lawlessness in the county
and that conditions generally are bet
ter. II do not think that the people
desire the reopening OF the olSpen'
sary. The court records show That
there are not as many blind tigers as
in the days OF the dispensary."
Chief Of Police a. B. Dean, o1
spsrtaaburg, in reply to a question,
stated that there is at present IN
Spartanburg prohibition in every
sense Of the word. The tigers have
bean driven out and with lhe excep-
ton Of the pocket trade" there is st
present practically NO Illicit selling Of
whIskey here. The jug trade is still
heavy, although I think that there
has been q falling of recently" The
conditions as to law and order AND
sobriety are better. as the police doc
ket will show, snd for the police oe-
partment natters are certainly quiet
er than when the clspsnsary Was
hare. 7 do not think thsr the people
generally desire the recp5ning OF Tie
dispensary in Spartanburg."
Mayor John F. Floyd, Of Spartan
burg, stated that there was no com
partson between the number OF orunEl
and disordernes which come up before
him now and the number which came
up during the oispsnssry regime
s'The present administration OF the
city's affairs is trying TO give the PEG
ple practical prohibition and is sue
ceeding. The general condition oi
the town in regard to law, order ano
sobriety is much better than when the
dspensary was IN Spsrtanburg. .
Mayor Floyd stated that the bnno
tigers had been driven GU. Of business
and that they would be Kept out.
Inquiry at the express ctSs IN re-
gard to the jug trade resulted In a
statement being made that shers Is q
slight dininuu1on in the traffic, bu:
this was thought to be owing to the
hot weather. The express officials
stste that there Is regular 11soe
which varies but little. At times
these shipments amount to ever 100
gallon per day. The correspondent
says in the city OF Sparaanburg there
are practically no blind tigsrS, the
Illicit dealers having been driven OUT
by the city administration ano the
Spsrtsnburg force OF State ccEstsoo.
Larry"
ccoNEE COUNTY.
Mayor Jas. Thompson, CT Walhalls,
says that there have not been over
half dozen cases before him for
drunkenness since the 6ispensary was
voted out. When the dispensary Vas
here he frequently had that many per
week. There are no sctive tigers il
town. The jug trade is not cne-hun
dredth as much as the dispensary sold.
Wants no more dispensary.,
Chief OF Police Davis, Of Walhalla,
says that Law and order and sobr,e5y
have increased at least so per cent.
since the dispenszry was closed. has
arrested but one man for orunkness in
the lsst three months. BE watches
express Tor jug trade. When ger.
son receives more than halt gallon
per week he must show what he is DO
Icg with it. Have town ordinance
to that effect. Don't want 6ispensary.
Prohibition is success.
Sheriff VIII Kay says conditions
hsve improved under prohibi5icn.
There are fewer tigets and much less
drunkenness under prohibition than
under the dispsnsary. Considers
Walhana the driest town Of its size in
the State. Liquor can scarcely be
found here at all. The people over
favor prom b:tion.
Mr.. J. S. Collens, county superin.
sendent Of education, says: AS re-
yards the information you desire con-
ce,ning the dispensscy and liquor
SyofSc hnfore and after the closing OF