The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-23

years.
! 'The drug stores Of Charleston are
drug stores. Scarcely any of them
take out Federal tax receipts. Here
the grocery stores are the principal
! offenders. A large number Of the
cheap corner groceries and some of
the more pretentious affairs have
blind tiger attachments and pay the
Federal tax"
What purports to be full list of
blind tigers in Charleston, with their
locations, is given and the following
remarks made:
"The following tabulation Of the
number Of blind tigers within two
blocks Of various Charleston institu-
ton is suggestive Of local dispensary
conditions:
! City Hall :. E. :. >. !. :. :. Is
Public Library :. E. :. :. :. =. ID
! Y. M. G. A. :. :. :. 80. :. :. :. "a
Dispensary No. a.. .... :. 49,. "a
Dispensary No. 3 :. :. :. -. 81
Dispensary No. II 3. =. =. .. >. 6
, Dispensary No. rs :. :. :. .. ..15
, u. S. Custom House +. :. :. :. ID
Academy Of Music :. ;. :. :. 7
Postofllce -. :. :. 49,. =. :. III
, Union passenger station =. :. :. %
I Dispensary No. 7 .. .... -. :. 7
/ Charleston High School -. :. :. .l3
| 81. Michacl's Church ;. :. :. E. ID
Grave Of John G. Calhoun :. ). 10
| William Pitt statue -. :. :. :. ~
/ Memorial tablet Con. Beauregard IL
Statue of John G. Calhoun :. :. 10
The State and the Tigers.
The article continues. "The history
OF tho attitude Of the"state and tho
dispensary toward tho blind tiger in
dustry has been ono Of change. In the
enrly yonrs Of the institution, the
state constabulary did stirring work
and some shooting scrapes followed.
These stirred up the people against
The institution for time.
"In 1893 tho dispcnsary adopted
the policy Of fighting tho blind tiger'
competition by putting on the mar
! ket what they called eighty proof
whiskey,' an article composed of 80
! per cent whiakoy and 20 per cent wa
ter. A distilling plant was put in and
distilled water was used for watering
the whisltcy. In this way brand Of
, whiskey was put on tho market at
! cheaper rate than tho blind tigcr'
could supply it. The disponsarics
would soil whole half pint Of whis-
key for fiftoen cents tho price Of
simple drink in u liconso state>, Tho
result was that the state was flooded
with cheap whiskey by the disponsa-
ries. The colored population partic-
ularly became accustomed to chipping
five cents each into q pool and buy
ing whiskoy by tho bottle and drink
ing Il OIL the street corners. + have
stood on tho street corners Of Charles
ton frequently ,+apd seen three and
four parties Of colored men sucking
at bottle that they had bought from
u dispensary for the price Of drink
in license state. ....
"The dispensary followed up this
attack on blind tiger competition
by lending it's influence in the dircc-
tion Of prosecuting liquor sellers who
wcro in competition; that is, those
who did not purchase thei, supplies
from tho dispensarics. This they were
nblc to do because tho disponsary
practically controlled the machinery
Of tho dominant political party Of tho
state. Tho result was that tho blind
tigers found it to thcir interest to
purchase thoir supplies from the dis.
. pensarios. Since tho closc of the
yoar 1903 until within the Inst, two
years, tho policy Of purchasing their
: supplies Of liquors from the dispensa-
rios haa been closely followed by the
blind tigers,
"Tho agitation growing out Of tile
South Carolina dispensary case in the
: court Of claims hos resulted in some
: modification Of this attitude or the
Mspensary management towards tho
tiger Industry, Since then, now
schcme has boon popular. Periodical
!. ~ ttepolico or disponsnrys constables
ma mako ] tho rounds of Tho blind tigers
md aciSe what liquors arc to bo
4 found These liquors arc turned over
! TO the state dispcnsary, there cold and