The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-26
THE LIQUOR LAWS.

The hardest blow yet for the Illicit dealers In
hquoC is the so-called gallon month" Law. This
law makes it incumbent upon the common carriers
10 prevent the delivery of more than one gallon
per month to any one person. This does away en-
tiroly with the large shipments which have often
come to Greenvilles tlind tigers, and to the blind
tigers of other cities 1t may be that these dealers
can get many persons TO allow the ordering of
liquor in their names. but the provisions of the
ctatvte arc such that the consignee must appear
In person before the liquor will be delivered TO
him or her. Unless there be some connivance on
the part or the agents of the common carriers with
the blind tigers, this provision will he a stumbling
block in the way Of successfully dealing in the
liquor business
The law will enable the officers to work with
nHuch more success than formerly. Liquor cannot
be stored In club. place of business. or any
other place save the home the room of the club
owner. and then not than one saion of
liquor or of beer be stored. This provision
gives the officers excellent chance to stop the
operations of the blind tigers and when taken I'm
connection with the foregoing provisions which
make it difficult to obtain liquor it can h. readily
seen that blind tigers in South Carolina will soon
know something about hard times.
The passage of the gallon "A month" law has
been the subject of much comment, some OF which
has been condemnatory OF the law This law. If
of the features which has kept them together.
Some of the members OF such clubs object to the
law and have not been reticent In saying So How
ever each person should consider the question in
its entirety. The gallon month bill has be-
come law of the State, and IL is the duty of good
cit,ycns to abide by the laws. II it comes to the
point where man who "can take drink and then
let it alone. is to be deprived of his drink now and
then. he should remember that what is an ncon-
venence to him. and nothing more than an ncon-
venence. is blessing to his weaker brother who
cannot let 1t alone when he has had his first drink
The majority Of men, We t,lieve. would be willing
to forago their drinks, IL by so doing they would
aid in bringing about absolute prohibition. They
know that many can take liquor In moderation,
and suffer no apparent Ill effects: but they know
also that there arc thousands and thousands who
come to ruin because of liquor. For the sake of
these. the man OF self-control and moderation
would be willing give up the pleasure he derives
from an occasional drink.
In South Carolina have n law now which will
meGa curtailment of the liquor business. This
law allows a man enough to keep his throat from
pnrching hut 1t Is devised to prevent an excessive
use of alcohol For the same reason, and upon the
sauie principle that man would he willing to see
this partial prohibition 1t is step in favor OF the
men who cannot drink without injury. to them
selves and their family. -The Inconvenience caused
TO others is very ncgliRible in comparison with tho
good which the law, will do. provided it is ;enforcea
which. no doubt, will he the case.-Greeavillc
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