The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-05
in Charleston Are Having a Siren.
uous Time Sure.
MAYOR RHETT OPENS
A Red Hot Campaign Against Them,
And Will Drive Them Out Of the
Business If He Can.-Police Give
Orders to Stop Selling on Sabbath
And Seize AL Bar1oom Parapher-
MALTA.

Mayor Rhett has commenced red
hot campaign in Charleston against
the blind tigers, and if the police
force OF Charleston can effect a gen.
eral closing of all places which sell
liquor, and they think they can
Charleston will be in a state Of pro-
hibition that will be complete.
In pursuance with the policy OF
making Charleston county dispen-
sary city, Mayor Rhett, has ordered
the chef of police to put the screws
to all Sunday liquor selling in Char
lesion. This is a decided step to-
ward solving the situation left on the
city's hands by the State dispensary
constables.
Furthermore, orders have been is
sued that all bar fixtures and par
aphernalia of all kinds incidental to
liquor selling are to be seized where
ever found by the police; that espec-
ial attention is to be paid to any
cases of selling liquor to minors;
that no keg beer is to be sold on the
first floor of any place in the city.
The orders as to Sunday closing
are peremptory this stride towards
the ultimate stamping out Of the tig-
er business is important. Those who
look to a killing of the tiger are of
the opinion that no better move
could be made toward giving him
Sight" and tanning him than by
jumping on him for liquor selling on
Sunday.
For some days rumors have been
afoat on the streets that next Sun
day would see the closing Of all IL
ouor esta blishments. 1t has been the
subject of much comment and specu-
lation. The apprehension of the reg
ular patrons of the Sunday refresh
ment centers has been almost pltlful,
and they have been laying plans to
get a store Of liquid inspiration on
Saturday that will tide them over
until Monday, when the legal estah-
lishments, the county dlspensarles,
will be doing business.
Habit is strong factor in man S
character. If he has been careless
about buying his alcoholic liquors
Saturday and finds himself thirsty
on Sunday without the whereWlthal
to soothe his longing for booze, al
though heretofore he has been able
to ouench his yearning thirst, how
will he find relief? Hense his appre-
nension lest his memory will go back
ON him and leave him stranded on
the dry sands of an empty bottle.
For years the State constables at
tempted to close up the tigers and
the city authorities backed them up,
but the constables left a bunch on
the hands of the city when the coun.
ty dispensary came into being, ana
now the merry fight is on in earnest
to thin them out.
II has been the object of Mayor
Rhett to trim the tigers claws. Inc
animal will lose several, through the
Sunday closing campaign, and other
"claws'' are said to be in danger or
being pulled out.
Closing the tigers up on Sunday
seizing their bar fixtures whenever
found chopping down those who are
detected selling to minors, and TAX
ing into camp those who dispense kes
beer on the first floor will leave tne
moor tigers with very few blandlsn-
ments for the patrons who keep them
alive. ~
A man does not like to take his
1iouor or beer sitting on a soap ooX
in a dark, hot room, which is threat
ened constantly by police Inspection.
The present measures OF suppression
will bring this condition about.
The county board Of control IS
sued a statement for publication re-
citing it's efforts to promote the Dusl-
ness success of the dispensary and al
the same time enforce as strlct a
reasonable Interpretation OF the Ia"
as possible. The statement is a De. e
tense of the position of the board IN
certain matters and arguments 1or
the right of its management and con-
tr0l