The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-09-28
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM
CAPITAL OF The SlAlE
PROHIBITION ELECTION TO BE
DECLARED OCTOBER ..
The GalIOn-a-Month Law-State Prlnt-
ing-GeneraI items OF Local
Interest.
(By Jno. x. Aull.)
70 The Herald and News.


sDecial to The Herald and News.
Columbia. Sept. 27.-The steering
commi1tee of the prohibitionists has
registered a protest against the recent
nostnonement OF the declaration OF the
election held on September IA, and the
secretary of state, R. NJ. McCoWn' IN d
nublic statement, has explained tnas
the postponement was necessary as
NOT a single member OF the board o.
canvassers except himself was present
at the meeting which ne called; that
he called in the lieutenant governor.
who attended, but it was found tha'
All the returns were not in, and that
October 3 was finally fixed as the date
for a subsequent meeting to declare
the election.
Fhe prohibition steering committee
seems to fear that if the declaration OF
the result is delayed, some OF the coun-
tv dispensaries may purchase addition
al supplies of liquor, the dispensarles
being forbidden to purchase any more
liouors after the result is declared.
The secretary of state cites the Ia"
under which purchases must be maoe,
the time required for advertising for
sealed bids to be submitted, etc., in re-
plv to what he calls this "bugaboo, OF
niger in the woodpile, which tae
steering committee seems to see.
GallOn-a-M0nth Law.
South Carolina having oTerwnelm-
inglv voted prohibition upon herself,
effective on the first of next January
the matter of the enforcement of the
law is up for serious consideration.
judge Frank B. Gary, in recent case
before him, has declared the gallon-a-
month law unconstitutional. The ques-
ton will go to the supreme court Tor
adjudication, and probably to the su-
nreme court of the United States. Some
good LAWYERS agree with Judge Gary
in his construction Of the law, and
some good lawyers think his construc-
tion wrong. Mr.. VIM P. Greene, an
able lawyer of the Abbeville bar, dis
cussing the decision in mis- newspaper,
the Abbeville Press and Banner, dlf-
ferentiates the South Carolina statute
from the principle involved in the de-
cision of the United States supreme
court in the Kentucky case, upon which
Judge Gary based his decision.
A Way Pointed Out.
However, t1e law may be decided
way has been pointed out for South
carolina to have real prohibition. The
prohibitionists have majority in the
general assembly, and if they want
real prohibition it is urged that they
could pass an act making it unlawful
for one to have alcoholic liquor in his
possession ev n for personal use, and
then prohibit the shipment OF 1t into
South Carolina for any purpose. Tnere
would then be no loophole, and by thus
taking advantage of the federal law
South Carolina could be made dry. 1t
is urged that if it can be made unlaW-
ful for az person to have more than
gallon a month in his possession for
persona4 use-the only foundation
upon which the gallon-a-montn law
can stand under the federal law-then
If can be made unlawful to have any
whiskev at all for personal or any
other use. and the Federal law be
taken advantage of and keep whiskey
out of South Carolina altogether. OF
course this would be stringent law,
but it is the only logical conclusion
of the whole matter, viewed in the
light of the recent election.
County Warehouses Under State
System.
The warehouse at Little Mountain
has been taken under the State system,
and the warehouse at Pomaria, which
is now about completed, will be taken
under the system this week. Messrs.
w. B. shealy and C. A, Frick are the
managers of the Little Mountain ware
house. The Wise worehouse at Pros
perity has been under the State system
since last November.
The State Printing.
A joint committee of the two houses
Of the general assembly is investigat-
ing the matter of State printing, and
will hold another session in Columbia
on the first of October. There is no
doubt that in the manner in which this
printing has been handled, due to lack