Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
STORING THEIR LIQUOR
Columbia Bootlegeers Getting Ready
for Next legislative Session.


for Next Legislative Session.
Crafty masters of finance and legls-
lation in South Carolina are ION the
Job" according to reports from Co
mmbia bootleggers, who are authori-
ty for the statement that whisky In
automobile loads is being brought to
the capital city from distant whole
sale distributing points in sister
states in preparation for the 1928
session of the general assembly
writes the Columbia correspondent OF
the Charleston American.
For the benefit of the new members
of the legislature and the senate, 1t
can be truthfully said that while
possibly there is actually no cash to
be obtained from their interest in GER
tain legislation that directly affects
the money interests in the state; ad-
vice to them that they might as well
leave their favorite bottle Of Gavin
at home when they pack their "hit and
run" grips for the 40-day and 40
night session that will begin in jan
uary, might we'll be needed, unless
they prefer the product Of the stills in
their own communities to Messrs.
Haig & Haig, Hunters Rye, Gordon
Gin and White Horse Scotch.
Information gained from well in
formed citizens and well known liquor
vendors in Columbia is that for sew
eral weeks large quantities of the pro-
hibited stuff has been coming into the
city, and is being stored in homes, Of
fees and other hiding places.
How it is Done.
Ordinarily it can be said Of Colum-
bians that they are good fellows, but
when there is n piece Of pet legisla-
ton that they wish railroaded through
the house of representatives and the
state senate they are particularly in
terested in quenching the thirst of
those who have in their hands the des-
tiny of certain measures that may
make or break the interested indi-
NlCullS or corporations.
Liquor as a determining factor in
legislation in South Carolina is no
new thing. Even in the good old
dispensary days, when good whisky
could be bought for a song compared
with the present prices of monkey
rum, thy schemer with the cellar of
largest proportions could exert influ-
ence enough to carry his point with a
majority of the leading lights among
tie states representatives in the law
making body.
"Biq Business" Ahead.
According to the rum runners, there
must be a larger amount Of lesisla-
ton which will be detrimental to the
interests of the corporations and the
moneyed interests of the state this
session than in several years past. At
any rate, more liquor is being stored
away for the successful manipulation
of the general assembly.
Just who will rally to the cause of
llldI class VI ptOplc hIlO"ll OIuiiiS'' iS
as the common people, is not evident.
1t is a well known fact, however, that
the man who dares to champion the
cause of the masses of the people is
invariably in the minority at the ses-
sions of the general assembly, espe-
cially after the Columbia ring" has
creased the track with good liquor
and promised political reward to those
who would enact legislation for their
own personal gain.
| All of which goes to prove that the
states best politicians accomplish the
most for themselves when attempting
to pose as supporters of the so-called
law and order administration candi-
dates, when in reality they defy the
law and disobey it ut will.
- The University of South Carolina
defeated the Presbyterian College OF