The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-08-27
WILL CHARLESTON
SECURE A RESPITE
Rumored There Will Be Return of
Quart a Month.
DEMOBILIZATION NEAR
Reported That President Will Soon
Make Declaration to This
Effect.

Hope is springing anew in the
hearts of the old timers as there is
keen anticipation of one more fling
before the drought Of national prohi-
bition sets in for good. There are
those who say they know and base
their claim on the persistent rumors
now being circulated that within a
short time the President Of the United
States will declare rehabilitation of
the army to be complete and with
this declaration the country will re-
turn to it's status, as regards prohi-
bition, before July 1, 1919.
Should the announcement be made
the sick rate in South Carolina is ex-
pected to register decided advance
for in this State only the unwell will
be allowed to obtain one quart of the
sparkling and self-satisfying liquid a
month, as in the bygone days. This
would last until January 1, 1920, when
the national prohibition amendment
will go into effect.
When Congress passed, the army
prohibition law, putting national pro-
hibition into effect until the army
had been demoblized, the national
amendment had not yet be,n passed,
in fact the armistic had not been
signed. 1t is stated that the Presi-
dent will have the power to declare
when the army is completely demob-
ilized and that Congress will not have
to be consulted as to the country re-
turning to the same status as exist
ed before July /.
So persistent are the rumors that
in New York liquor dealers are said
to have made preparations to have
their federal licenses renewed. Soda
fountains, which have taken the place
of the. former barrooms in all Of the
large hotels will probably be replaced
and "moxies," "dopes," "Sundaes' and
the like will be replaced by the "cook
tails" "wines," "cordals" and the
"straights."
A person in Charleston, whose June
quart arrived just too late to be taken
out of the express office, in putting
in claim to the dealer IS said to have
been advised to wait as the old order
things would return in September.
When asked as to what effect the
declaration Of the President that de-
mobilization had bee ncomplcted would
have in this county, Mr.. William H.
Dunkin, acting judge of probate, said
that he would Immediately write for
the opinion of the Attorney General
of the State as to whether permits for
quart month would be legal and
that he would act on his opinion.
However, the consensus of opinion is
that the quart month would be le-
gal and that there would be tremen-
dous rush on the probate judges Of
flee. More than one lawyer has given
his opinion that the old law would
become effective Immediately.
Those who desire more than the
small allowance would probably mi
CRATE to damper territory and thai
there would be many pilgrimagcs to
New York; Baltimore and other Nor
thern cities, is assured. Various cx-
cuses of business or otherwise would
serve as means of making trips be-
fore Christmas that could otherwise
be postponed until next year. One last
fling, and make it a good one, will be
the cry of the oldtimers. The respite
would give cause for much celebrat-
;rg and celebrating there would be.
Interest in the action Of the Prasi .cnt
in the matter is high and there is
high and there is much speculation as
to the course he will pursue.