The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-25
Twenty Days More of
Unlimited Qdering
New Gallon'a-Month Law VIII
Soon be in Ef@t in
State
(Greenyille Piearront.l

For twenty days Logger, people
many order liquor I'm Unlimited qaun-
titles. and social" art other clubs
may keep liquor stored bn their prem
isCs.
AT the expiration ofHabout this pc
rlod, however. 1t Will he unlawful for
any South Carolinian b have shipped
In 10 him more thhS one gallon a
month OF any alcoholic LIQUOR. and no
liquor or beer in aIi& quantity NAV
be kept in any club, Hr place OF bust
| ness, or anywhere 4se excent the
private residence of lhe owner.
The so-colled "gtJllon a month"
law restricting liquSr shipments into
the state, does not specifically state
when It Is to take effsct. and in such
cases, according to 4Se regular pro-
cAdura. n period od4 twenty days
, must e,apBe after. al govornor has
signed the bill. before. i, can can I he
actually operative. TEaS hill wac
passed during the last few dave ~
the general assembly, and wifi i;iaI,,
be signed by Governor Manning to-.
day or tomorrow. Should the .goi
nor not sign the bill, this would koid
Il up until the next session OF IT,
general assembly. Members of Shoo
legislature said yesterday, howev,ar
that they were confident GoverR ~
Manning will not hesitate to sign dr.
act.
No Permits Necessary.
During the last week of the gen.
eral assembly, the bill was amended
to strike out the feature which re-
} quires the issuance of permits by the
clerk OF court 1t was learned yes
terday that this was done at the in
stance of friends of the measure
That provision, 1t was pointed out,
would enable persons living in the
county seat to order whiskey without
any great inconvenience, but would
require persons living In remote parts
OF the country to come to the court
house and get permits from the clerk
.. OF court before they could send in
any discrimination against the resi-
dents of the rural sections. this pro-
vision of the bill was eliminated.
Il Common Carriers Responsible.
+ Person familiar with the law said
yesterday they interpreted 1t to make
whiskey or beer In any quantity above
one gallon, subject to seizure, at any
time or any place. They said also
they believed that the common car
riers would be responsible to a great
extent in enforcing the law. County
police officials 1t is said, will be ex-
pected to keep as closely in touch as
possible with shipments, and to take
action whenever 1t comes 10 their
attention that any person has re-
ceived more than one gall IN OF whis-
i key or beer. during one calendar
month The common carriers will ba
expected. Il is said. not to deliver
shipments OF more than one gallon a
month to any one person.
No More Beers
Ono effect of the new law will
probably be 20 make beer an almost
unknown article in South Carolina
Since the limit is one gallon per
month for any beverage containing
az much az one per cent or alcohol.
1t Is probable that persons wanting
to get the effects of alcohol will or
der the strongest forms obtainabie
One gallon OK beer month would go
only q very little ways with even
the most moderate beer drinker. Just
q few bottles will make q gallon,
and that Is hardly enough to remem-
ber how 1t tastes from one month to
another. according to .nose who
have been figuring on this provision
OF the law.
/ Radical Change FIR Clubs.
The most marked change that will
result from the law. probably. will
be. the elimination of whiskey or beer
in any quantity at the various social
and other clubs. Twenty days after
the law Ia signed by the governor.
any beer or whiskey, even tho small
est quantity, on the premises of q
clubhouse, may be seized and the op-
orators of the club may be subject to
prosecution In the criminal courts.
according to the Interpretation placed
on this section pf the law. In fact
the only place where liquor or beer
may be kept legally will be In the
owners private residence, or in his
private room-if the wives don't OBJ
ject.
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