Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-01-23
IIiHiHititttIssIIY IHHitSIssIIY OF THE DISPENSARY.
ELEcTflc POWER CONCERN TO LOCATE ON
TueALoo RlyER-AsKs FOR HELP.

Colu 9,bia, Jan. 2l.--Editors Conrier:
StpceS 1 wrote you we have inaugurated
q new Governor. / have heard four men
make inaugural addresses, and must aay
thatt up-oountry, in Gesernor Ansei,
furntshea man whose Words, manner
aud general appearance struck me with
mors forae and favor than any OF them,
Mr. Ansels when preaentedsto the Gene.
raj Assembly, stepped To the front and
began bis address at once with case,
dignityAnd in words and sentiment of
no uncertain sound. There was no mis-
taking his meaning on every subject
ppder discussion, and there was an utter
absence of the regular stereotyped
speech which we generally hear on such
occasions. The speech was we'll received
and the Governors friends were very
we'll satisfied with the man who, for the
next two years, is in charge of the execu-
tive department of the governments.
Your readers will perhaps have already
seen the address in full before they got
this letter. M $t. ~
must, however, mention one thing
which Governor Ansel referred to in par
ttcular and with emphasis-the State
dispensa y law. He sis the first Governor
In fourteen years who is opposed to that
law Now guess your readers are tired
OF SO much talk upon this subject, still
i am sure you willuever get rid of it as
long as the cause of the talk remains.
but II our Senator and the Senator from
Pickens county will vote on the measure
as their counties have spoken, L think
this s%ipter will see the last OF that much
talked-pf and abused law.
Now Jet me tell you what I saw last
Saturday, TO show something of the i'm
me..sitS of shis machine. I went down
to the State Dispensary Building and was
kindly shown through by Tbos. E. Dick
son, of pur county. This is what saw:
A building 400 feet long, so feet wide, 8
stories high, full of whiskey from top to
oottom.and from und to end, except a
space Of l30 feet on the first floor, where
the stuff is bottled Then there is shed
along this building 4UU feet long, Is feet
wide aud about 10 feet deep, full to the
shingles. Then there is another build
ing, 100 by go feet, four barrels deep;
another building, 80 by 60 feet, four bar
rels deep. Then in addition to al this
there were, a few days ago, SO cars full on
the rack, and no where to put that
liquor. For these cars the State has to
pay $50 day demurrage. 1t is said by
those who ought,to know that there is
now on hand at least 81 COO. 600 worth of
whiskey. The law provides that there
shall be but about half that much on
hand at one time. But will stop! The
law, bad as 1t Is, ia so run over and VIC.
lated that the thing is fast killing itself.
and l hope to see 1t die this winter.
There is bill to give parties the right
to sue Clemson College for damages from
high water on account of the dixie built
by the college authorities. / hardly
think 1t will pass, though think some
thing will be done to recOmpense those
who have been damaged.
Go away from homo to learn the newsI
l find that one Louis B. Magid wants To
build million dollar dam across Tuga.
loo river at the junction of Tallulah aud
Chattooga rivers, the purpose being to
supply light and power for the towns
and mills in Oconee and other counties.
A bill IL now pending to grant him that
right, and he tells mo that he has already
secured the right of way from the point
named to Richland for wires, pipes. etc.
| hope he will succeed and think he will.
Who knows what the future has in store
for our peoplep Our record of the past
fifty years is a marvel The future may
contain equally as much of invention,
progress and development of the won
ders of this wonderful county.
The farmers in our county may. at no
distant day, light their premises with
electricity, while mills of various kinds
and co-mannfactories, all that we can ask
for, will spring up in our midst.
The progress and prosperity of the
South will not abate yet awhile, but the
people should not forget to keep clear
and emphatically in view the fact that
riches do not make happiness, but that
virtue and true morals are the mainstay
OF our people. e. e. Werner.