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SKMI-WEF.KLY EDITION. LANCASTER, S. C? MARCH '21 18%. ESTABLISHED 1844
THE LAW AS j
TO LIQUOR.
the fill. text of tiik new
1>isi*kn8auy law.
.
There Are Some Changes In the Old
Law. a Provision as to
Imported Liquor.
Vn net to provide for the election of
n State hoard of control aud to further
regulate the sale, use, consumption, j
imuM|mr;iui<>ii aim disposition oi intoxicating
ami alcoholic liquors or
liquiila in Iho Stale and prescribe farther
penalties for violation of the dispensary
laws ami to polico the same.
Srcrios i. That the manufacture,
sale, barter or exchange, receipt or no- i
eeptance, for unlawful use, delivery,
storing and keeping in possession within
this State oi' any spirituous, malt, I
viuous, fermented, browed (whether
lager or rice beer) or other liquors, j
any compound or mixture 'hereof by
whatever name called or kuowu, I
which contains alcohol and is used
aa a beverago by any person,
firm or corporation ; the transportation,
removal, the taking from tho dopot
ov other place by consigneo or I
other person or the payment of freight
- r express or oth >r charges by any
person, firm, association or corporation
upon any spirituous, malt, vinous,
fermented, brewed (whether lager, rieo
or other beer) or other liquor, or any
compound or mixture thereof, by I
whatever name called or known, which
contains nlcobol ami is used ns ft boT?
vrage, except ns hereinafter provided,
is hereby prohibited under n penalty
nf not 1?'kk than throo nor more than
twelve months nt hard labor in tho
State penitentiary or pay a tine of not
Jess than ?ltX) n?>r inure than S">00, or
bolh tine and iuiprisouinei t in tho discretion
of the court for each o(Tense.
All such liquors, except when bought
of a State ofilcer, or in possession of
one iind having been duly tested by
the chemist of tho South Carolina college
nnd ro u I to bo chemically pure,
are declared to bo contraband aud
against tho morals, good health nnd
and safety <?f tho Stato and all alcoholic
liquors 'n this State and not hav,
'in;( been tis'ed by the chemist of the
South Crroliua college and found to
be eh< luically pure, nro hereby do<
Ii red lo lu of a poisonous aud dctrino
nt'il cliaraeter and their uso and
rnammmtmrnarn^mmmmmmk
me htute ; nnu . .. liquors nmj
he seized wherever found, without a
warrant, and turned over to tho State
eoujnii.'Hioncr.
Sec. A board consisting of five
members, to be known an tho Htnto
board of control, shall bo cdected by
tlm 1 t-l x .. .
...? K" " inneiHiiljr UX IUIH BeSHlOIl to
carry out I ho provision* of this act.
Tlio tonus of ofltco of t'ao board so
elected shall be for one, two, three,
four and llvo years respectively, and
those electcil shall determino by lot
which shall take tho respective terms.
At the expiration of tho term of office
of each member his successor shall bo
elected for u term of livo years. They
shall receive for their services the same
per diem and mileage as members of
iho general assembly. The State board
ot control shall devise and inaugurate
Mich a system of bookkeeping aud aoecniting
as they may deem advisable,
and shall elect a clerk or bookkeeper,
who shall hold his ollieo during tho
pleasure of tho board and shall receive
as compensation for his services a salary
of 81,500 per annum. Tho State
board of control, under such rules and
regulations as may lie adopted by said
board, shall purchato nil liijuors for j
lawful use in this State, aud shall have |
the same tested and declared to b? !
pure as hereinbefore and hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 3. That the State hoard of control
shall, nt the expiration of tho term
of the prexent commissioner, and nt
tho expiration of ?very two years'
thereafter, appoint a commissioner, j
which nppolutmeiit shall l>o imlmuttud
to the aeiiutc at its next session for its
approval; said commissioner shall he
r heiieved hy th<- 1st it.- houril of control
' to ho an abstainer from intoxicants,
and shall, under aneh rules and regulations
as may he inado hy tho State
hoard of control, furnish nil intoxicating
liquors (or Inwful use in this
State to audi persons as may ho designated
as dispensers thereof, to bo sold
as hereafter prescribed in thin act.
Said commissioner shall reside and
have his placo of business in the city of
Columbia, in this State, aud hold his
? otheo two years from his appointment
aud until another l>o appointed in his i
atead. lie shall he subject to removal
by tho Stnto hoard of control. Ho :
hiitill qunli'y and l?o commissioned the
iwnio as other State officer* aud shall
receive an annual salary of $2,500,
payahl 1 from tho dispensary fund upon
the warrant of tho Statu hoard of control.
Ho shall bo allowed n bookkeeper,
who shall l?o paid in the sAmo
manner a salary of $l,20b, and sneh
other assistants ss iu tho opinion of
tho board of control may bo deemed
necessary. Ho shall not furnish to tho
county dispensers any intoxicating or
ferruen;eti liquors except such ai
have been tested by tho chemist
of the South Carolina col- !
lege and declared to bo pure; provided,
that said hoard of control shall baveau- |
thority to appoint such assistants aa '
they may find necessary to assist tho
chemist of the South Carolina college
in making tho analyses required by
this act; and the said board of eontrol
may tlx such reasonable compensation,
if any, as they deem proper for the
services rendered by such chemist or
uob assistants. Kach county dispen
Bcr Bhnll remit to tbo tstnto treasurer
nil moneys accruing to tho State from
j tlio sale of liquorB under such rules ns
| may be prescribed by tbo State board
I of control and the State treasurer snail
I keep a sepnrato uccouut with euid
fund from which tho Stnto board of
control shall draw from time to timo
upon warrants, or in such m linor ns
j they may provide, tho amount ucces|
sary to pay tho expenses incurred in
conducting the business. Ail rules
I and regulations governing tbo said
j commissioner or county disposers in
tho perforinttuco of any of tho duties
of liia oftlco. wliero the sarno ore not
provided l?y law, shall bo proscribed
by the State board of control. ThoStato
1 commissioner shall before eutering
j upon the duties of his office execute a
bond to tho Statu treasurer, with miffiI
cieut sureties, to bo approved in tho
I samo manner as tho bonds of other
Stato officers, in tho penal sum of
810,000 for tho faithful performance
| of tho duties of his office. In all purchases
of sales of intoxicating liquors
mado as oontotnplated in this act, tho
I Stato board of control shall cause a
certificate to bo attached to each and
every package containing said liquors
I when the sumo is shipped to tho State
j commissioner from tho place of purchase,
or by State commissioner to tho
county dispensaries, certified by their
| official signatures nnd senl, which cerI
tificato shall state that liquors coutainj
cd in said packages have been purchas|
cd by tho Stato board of control for use
within tho Stnto of South Carolina,
mi lor tho laws of said State, and shall
also cauRO to bo attached to all such
liquors the certificate of tho chemist of
! the South Carolina collcgo that samples
I of tho same have been tested as requirI
cd by this act; aud without such certificates
any package containing liquors
which shall bo shipped from place to
placo within tho Stato or delivered to
tho consigneo by any railroad, express
company or other common carriers, or
| be found in the possession of any
common carrier shall bo regarded as
contraband aud may be seized without
warrant for confiscation, nnd sneh
common carrier shall be liable to a
; penalty of $500 for each offence, to bo
! recovered against said common carrier
in nny court of competent jurisdiction
by summons and comp'aint, proceedings
to be instituted by tho Holicitor of
any circuit with whom evidence may
bo lodgod l>y any otlleer or citizen
having knowledge or information of
tho violation; and any person attaching
or using auch certificate without tho
authority of tho State board of control
or any counterfeit certificate for the
purpose of securing tho transportation
of any.intoxicating liquors within this
fino of not Ions than $500 and imprisonment
in tho ponitontiary for not less
than ouc year for each offence.
Sko. 4. Tho State commissioner
1 shall, before shipping any liquors to
dispensers, except lager boor, cause
the same to he put into packages of
not less than one half pint nor more
than live gallons and securely seal tho
same, ami it shall bo uulawtul for the
dispenser to break any of such packages
or open tho same for any reason
whatever. lie shall sell tho packages
I "inv, it nil no person shall open the
I same on tho premises; provided, this
i Goction shall not apply to rualt liquor*
! shipped iu cam** or ke^s or bottles
I theroof shipped in barrels; and such
| mult liquors may ho sold by tho county
i dispenser in such quantities of not less
than odu pint, ah ho may sou proper :
Provided, '1 ho rnmo shall not bo
drunk on tho promises. Dispensers
shall open their places of business and
sell only in tho day time, unilcr such
rules as may bo inudo by tho Ststo
Hoard of Control, or by tho County
bimrd of Control with approval of Htato
| Hoard of Control.
1 Hue. 5. It shall bo tho duty of tho
tho State Hoard of Control to appoint
a County lloaril of Control composcil
of thred persons believed by tho said
boure not to be ad lictoil to tho u*o of
intoxicating liquors. Tho persons so
appointed shall hold their n(Hn? *?> ?
term oi two yenra, mnl until their miccocnor.s
are appointed, and shall ho
subject to removal for causo by tbo
State Hoard of Control. Said County
Hoard of Control shall make such mien
as aiu be condueeivo to the bent management
of the sale of intoxicating
liquors in their respective counties:
Provided, All nueh rules shall bo sul>mitted
to the State Hoard of Control
and approvod by them before adoption.
The members of the County Hoaid of
Control shall quality and bo comniiM- |
sioned an aro other county ofheors j
without feoa therefor.
Hkc. 6. Applications for positions of
county dispenser shall be by petition,
siugned and sworn to by the applicant,
nud tiled with the County Hoard of
Control at least twenty days before the
meeting at which the application is to
be considered, which petition shall
state the applieant'a name, place of
residence, in what business engaged,
and in what bnsioesa he has been engaged
two years previous to filing petition;
that ho is a qualified elector of
this State and a resident of the county; i
that he has never been adjudged guil- 1
ty of violating the law relating to in- {
t ox i eating liquors, and is not a keeper
of a restaurant or place of publio
amusement, aud that he is not addict, i
ed to intoxicating liquor* as ? bcvornge.
The appointmeut shall be made
only on condition that the applicant
shall executo*to the County Treanuror
n bond io the penal nun of three
thousand dollar*, with good and aufllcicnt
auretiea, conditioned that he will
well and truly obey the lawa of the
State of South Carolina, now or hereafter
in force, in relation to tho aale
of intoxicating liqnora; that he will pay i
all (lnca, penaltica, damage* and coat*
that ntay l>o aaaoaaed or recorded !
agaitiat him for violation* of anuh lawa
during the term for which aaid appointment
ia made, and will not acll
intoxicating liquors at a price other
than that ilxoil by Htato Board of Control.
Said bond shall bo for tho use
of the State and county or any person
or persons who may be damaged or iujurod
by reason of any violation on
tho part of the obligor of tho law relating
to intoxicatiug liquors purchased
or sold during tho term for which said
appointment is mndo. The said bond
shall bo deposited with tho County
Treasurer, and suit thoreon shall bo
brought at auy lime by tho solicitor or
person for whoso benefit the same is
given; and in caso tho conditions
thereof, or any of them, shall bo vio-.
lated, tho principal and sureties there-'
on shall also bo jointly and severally!
liable for all civil damages, costs and
judgments that may bo obtuinod
against tho principal in any civil action
brought by wife, child, parent, guardian.
einulovcr or other nerson under
the provision of the law. All other
inoueya collected for breaches of such
bonds shall be distributed as other
funds arising from tho dispensary.
Said bond shall be approved as other
official bonds for tho county.
Skc. 7. Thero may bo ono or moro
county dispensers appointed for each
county, tho place of business of each
I of whom shall bo designated by the
i county board, but the Stnto Hoard of
t'outrol must give consent before moro
than ono dispenser can bo appointed
in any couuty; and when tho county
board designates a locality for a dispensary,
twenty days' public notice
of which shall bo given, it
shall bo competent for a majority
of tho voters of tho township in
which such dispensary is to be located
to prevent its location in such township
by signing a petition or petitions,
addressed to tho countv board, re
! questing tlmt no dispensary bo established
in that township. Tho county
board may in its discretion locnto a
dispensary elsewhere than in an incorporated
town in the counties of
Beaufort and Horry, and no others,
except such as aro authorized by
special act of the General Assembly:
Provided, howoer, That any county,
town or city wherein the salo of alcoholic
liquors was prohibited by law
prior to July 1, 1893, may secure tho
establishment of a dispensary within
its borders iu tho following manner:
Upon petition signed by one-fourth of
the qualified voters of such county,
town or city wishing a dispensary
therein being filed with tho county
supervisor of town or city council respectfully,
they shall order an elootiou
submitting tho question of dispensary
or no dispeusary to the qualified
voters of such county, low 11 or
city, which election shall l>o conducted
qsothir special elections; and if a
'Im'l'lolk Vlf
and declared to be for a dispensary,
then a dispensary nmy bo established
ill Ktii.l pi'itintv #?i? /*? ... 1
Thut dispensaries mnv be established
in the counties of Williamtmrg, Pickens
anil Marion and at Seneca and
other towns now incorporated in
Oconco county without such election
or compliance v.ith tho other requirements
of this uet: Provided, That
nothing in this act eoutniued Hkall ho
so construed as to prohibit persons
resident in counties which shall elect
to have no dispensary from procuring
liquors from dispensaries in other
counties, or county dispensers from
shipping Ramo to their places of residouco
under proper labels or certillcates:
Provided, further, That nothing
in this net shall be coustrued to repeal
"An Act to allow tho opening of dispesuries
in Pickens and Otfoneo
countioj," approved December lbth.
1804.
Sn/1 ? Tf ?V.~ i:?
... .. uiu f?|>|iuiTiiviuii u?r xne
position of dispenser bo grunted, tiio
appointment shall uot be mndo until
the applicant siiall make nu>l subscribe
on oatb, before some oHirer authorized
by law to administer oaths, which atiali
be endorsed upon the bond, to tbo
effect and tonor following: "I,
, do Holemuly swear (or aftirm)
that I will well and truly perform all
and singular the condition of the within
bond, and keep aud perform the trusts
confided in mo to purchase, keep and
Bell intoxicating liquors. I will not
sell, give or furnish to auy person any
intoxicating liquors otherwieo than is
provided by law, and, especially, I will
not poll "or furnish intoxicating liquors
to any minor, intoxicated person or
persons who are in habit of becoming
intoxicated, und 1 will make true, full
! aud accurate returns to County Board
| of Control on tho first Monday of oaeh
I month of nil certificates and requests
| made to or received by me, as require I
I by law, during the preceding month;
j an l such rt turns show ?>vorv ??)? nn.i
delivery of such liquor* made l>y lue or
for ine during tbo month embraced
therein, and tho true signature to
every request received nud granted;
and suck returns shall show nil tbo
liquors sold or delivered to any and
every person si returned." Upon
taking said oath and tbo oath required
by tho constitution, aud tiling bond as
hereinbefore provided, tbo County
Board of Control shall authorize him
to keep and sell intoxicating liquor as
in this actpiovidod, nud every appointment
so mado shall specify the building,
giving tho stin t and number or
location, in which intoxicating liquors
may bo sold by virtno of tho same, and
the length of time, in which tbo same
shall be in force, which in no case shall
exceed twelve months. Appointments !
made under thin art sha'd be deemed |
trust* reposed in ihe recipient* the roof,
not nn a mat Iter of right, bnt of
ufnoient showing by order of the
County Board cf Control; and upon |
the removal of any county dispenser, j
or upon tbe demand of tho County |
Board of Control, he shall immediately
turn over to tho County Board of Control
all liquors and other property in
his possession hclon/itift to tho State ,
or county. Anid County Board of j
Control sIkiII he charged with the duty
Of proseeutiog tho couuty dispenser or
I any of employees who may violate auy
of the provisions of this act. On the
dcnth, resignation or removal of n
county dispenser, or expiration of his
term of oOlce, the county hoard shall
nppoiut his successor.
Sko. 9. Tho County Board of Control
shall U80 as their offico tho office
of tho county supervisor of their county
aud shall elect ono of their number
as chairman and a clerk of tho said
county board of control. Tho conntv
board shall preserve as a part of tho
records and files o: their office all po4:*:
\ 3 1 it
iiuiiuK, minus nu'.t oiucr papers pcrtuiniug
to the appointment of dispensers
and keep unit aide books in which
bonds shall l?e recorded. The books
shall bo furnished the county liko other
public records. The county board
of control shall designate or provide a
suitable place in which to sell the liquors.
Tho members of tho couuty
beard of control shall meet once a
month or oftencr, ou tho call of tho
chairman, and each member of tho
board shall roceivo a per diem of 82.00
and 5 cents mileage each way, hut they
shall not receive compensation for
more than 00 days in any one year, except
in tho couuty of Charleston,
whero tlic-y shall not receive compensation
for more than 00 days in any
I r?nr . ...1 ... \
moro than r?0 days in any ouo your.
They shall, upon the approval of tho
State board of control, employ aucb
Rsaistauts for tho county dispenser us
niay bo nocessnry. The dispenser cud
bis assistants shall receive such compensation
us the State board of control
may determine. All profits nfter pnying
nil expenses of tho county dispenser,
shall bo paid, one half to tho county
treasurer and ono-hnlf to municipal
corporation in which it may bo located,
such settlements to be made quarterly:
\ Provided, That if any town or city, in
| tho judgment of tho State hoard of
I control, do uot enforce this law, tho
j Stnto board may withold tho part going
to tho said town or city and use it
to pay State constables or else turn it
into the county treasury. All moneys
receive ! by tho county dispenser, bolonging
to the State shall be forwarded
ou Monday of each week to the State
treasurer, and at tho saiuo time tho
county dispenser shall forward to the
State board of control a duplicate state- |
I incut o! tuo remittance so mado to tlie
| State treasurer. On tho eamo tiny of
| each week tlio county dispenser shall
deposit with tho comity treasurer the
I portion of the nioneys received by him
| belonging to the county uud to the
ninnicipal authorities iu which tho dispensary
in located. The county troas:
urer shall give his receipt therefor
' and hold tho sail " nr. til tho quarterly
settluu.?^^l^bM|ai'Tint!provided for
h.ii^^^^^^Bkiarterly settlements
WtaLii
tho fourth Monday in tho months of
March, .Tune, September and December
in each year. Such settlements
shall be made in tho presence of the
county auditor, who shall make a memorandum
of tho Ucms thereof and forward
tho some to the State board of
control. Tho mayor or iutendant of
tho town in whicn tho dispensary is
located may also extend Biich settlo
nient: Provided that in counties where
dispensaries aro istablished in other
tlmu incorporated cities or towns, tht
county shall get all profits that would
otherwise go to such cities and towns:
; Provided, That in the county of Barn
! well tho clerk of tho hoard of co\int\
commissioners shull bo tho clerk of tlx
board of control.
Kko. 10. Before selling or dehverini
any intoxicating liquors to any pursoi
a request must be presented to the
county dispenser, printed or written in
ink, dated of the true date,stating tlin
he or she is of u c and the residence o
the signer, for whom or whoso use it is
r- quired,the quantity und kind required
and his or her truo name; nud tho
it-quest shall be signed by tho applicant
iu his own true nnmo and signature,
attested by the county dispenser
or his clerk who receives and files the
requests. But the requests shall bo refilsed
if the county dispenser tilling it
| personally knows the person applying
' ti n minor,that he is intoxicated,or that
lie is in the lml.it of using intoxicating
liquors to nn uxccm; or if the upplicuut
is not so personally known to said conn|
ty dispenser, before filling said order,
or delivering said liquor he shall require
the statement of a reliable and
trustworthy person of good character
ami habits, known personally to hun,
that the applicant is not a minor und is
nut iu the habit of using intoxicating
l.qnora to excess.
Hsc. II. Requests for pnrehaca of
liquor shall be made upon blanks furnished
by tho county auditor, iu packages
of odo hundred each, to the county
dispensers, from time to time as tho
sumo sii ill be needed,and shall be numbered
consfcutivtdy by the auditor.
The blanks aforesaid shall be furnished
to the county auditor by tho State
board of coutrol, iu uniform books
like bank chocks, and tho date of de|
livery shall be endorsed by the county
| auditor on each book und recoipt taken
j therefor and preserved iu hi- oflico.
Tho dispenncr shall preserve tho application
iu tho origtual form consecu-'
tively by the auditor. When return
thereof is made tho couuty auditor
shall endorse thereon the date of return,
and fllo and prcscrvo the same,
to bo n o I in th quarterly settlement-!^
le t\. ? i b dihp?ris< r and theconntiw^
treasurer. .Ml aoimcd or mutiieteX
blanks shall bo returned or Accounted ,
for before other aro issued to i
'such county disp?j?crs.
Hec. 12. Oa <*r before the 10th day
of each m ath y?ch dispenser shell i
inako full return/ to the county audi- '
tors of aII requests Ailed by him end '
bis clerks duriu^the preceding months
upou blanks, to#be furnished ly the i
Btate board of control for that pur- 1
pose, and accompany tho a* mo with un
oath, duly tskcif and subscribed bnlore
the county auditor or a notary public,
which sum 11 bo in tho following form,
to-wit: I, ?be duly sworn, st ile
OA thst^H^ ^request for liquors 1
herewith rcturnod arc all that were received
and filled at my placo of business
under my permit during tho
month of , 189?; that I haro
carefully preserved the sninc, ami that
they were filled up, signed and attested
at tho date shown thereon, as provided
by law ; That tho aaid requests were
tilled by delivering tho quantity and
kind of liquors required, and that no
liquors have boon sold or dispensed
under my permit during said month
except as shown by tho request herewith
returned ; and that I havo faithfully
observed and complied with tho
provisions of my bond ami oath taken
liy me, thereon endorsed, and with all
tlin liiwh ruliit i n?? .?
- ? ? . -w .?? ?V Wl J X * t A V~0 1U I U I.
premises.
Sec. Id. Upon failure of any ?11spetiBor
to mnko returns to the nmlitor
as herein required, it shall l>o tho duly
of 8ai?l nmlitor to report such failure
to thu State board ?>f control, and the
Haiti State hoard of control shall immediately
order the county board t;
summon said delinquent dispenser tc
appear before them and show cause
\\liy his appointment should not he revoked
; and if cause shall not b<
shown to the satisfaction of the count}
hoard of control, they shall immedi
ately annul said appointment ami giv<
public notice thereof; and tho cireni
solicitor shall proceed to enforce tin
penalties prescribed in this act for tin
violation against said county dispense!
at tho ne\t succeeding term of emir
iu the county in u lii-h such appoint
incut is lu-ld ; and any dispenser win
shall sell or dispose of nny intoxicating
liquors after his appointment fdinl
have been revoked sli dl, upon couvic
tion thereof, be lined not less than tiv<
hundred (So'iti) dollars ant Ho 1m
prisoned for six month". If nny <1 in
penser or bin clerk shall procure nnj
intoxicating 1 i?j>it>rh from any otbe:
person except the State commissioner
or if he. or they, or nny person 01
pel-sous in his or their employ, or b;
ins or tlieir direction, ahull sell or olTo:
for aelo any liquors cdlier than auchai
huvo been farnishi' 1 bv the State com
mibftiouer, or shall nldnlte: ate, or ca iai
to bo adulterated, any i itoxieatinj
spirituous or unit liquors which he o
111 y may keep for sale under this net
by mixing with sonio coloring matte:
or any drug or ingredient whatever
or shall mix the sumo with otho
liquors of different k ml or quality, oi
with water, or shall s< 11 or expose fo
sale finch liquors so adulterated, knowing
it to bo su li, or sh ill ehnrgo tli
laiiel upon any box, b -tile or paekage
ho or they shall bo guilty of a misde
mcanor find bo fined in a sum of no
less than $200 or imprisonment for r.u
btislli.ix six moiitbs. li n"\ co iif
dispenser slmll misappropriate inisii.-v
nj^othorwiae wrongfully dispose o
ing to tho State, county or municipal
ily, he slmll, upon conviction,ho pitu
ished tin in ease of n breach of tr;is
with fraudulent intont.
Sec. If. That any county dis lense
who, in violation of his oath of office
sells or furnishes intoxicating liquor
to any minor, intoxicated j erson, o
person who is in the habit of hecoiuiti|
intoxicated or fails to nmko full nu<
aenrate returns as required by lawshowing
the true signature to ever;
request for liquor by him received am
granted, or sells to any'person wit lion
requiring the written requests therefo
to bo tilled out uud signed as provide,
by law or the regulations of the Stat
board of control, that on such inforina
tion given l>j? any person with suffici
out evidence, it shall bo the duty o
to solicitor to bring suit in tho nam
of the county for S'iOil damages on th
bond oftho county dispenser again*
tho principal ami sureties of said lion,
for each of such violation*, for whi i
said principal and sureties slinll 1?
lible, jointly and severally, togcthe.
with all costs and judgments pertain
ing to tho suit. And on jiidgmcn
given agaiust liiiu the said county ilis
penser shall ho immediately depiivc.
of his ortlce as dispenser, and his prin
cipal aur< ties aforeauid sh ill r. mail
further liable, jointly and st rernlly, ttho
extent of their bond, to all eivi
damages, co-ta an I judgments wbicl
may bo obtained agui.ist tho primipu
in any civil nctioii brought hy wife
child, parent, guardian, employe *, 01
other person, under the provisions o
tho law: Provided, That if tho sui.
county dispenser can show to tho sa 1'action
of a jury by way of defens
that tho said intoxicating liquor w
obtained from him by tho infant, i
toxicated person, or persons in t
habit of becoming intoxicated, i
fraduleut and deceitful representation
tho person making such fraudulent an
leceitfu) representation shall bo guili
of a misdemeanor, and shall bo Him
in a sum of not lens than ?200, or in.
prisoned for not less than six month-.
[f;v.;cr,ri>Ki? next wkkh. J
TIIK ft)I' 1 ON CHOP,
rhc KMIm (Iim of the Axi-lonItiir.il Department
Are MuhttantlMlly
Correct.
Tbi report on the eotton 'rop of IMS,
laeu "1 by the department .,f norlcnlturo, I*
the most tboronxh end exhaustive statistical
rare-inch i'vrr uml' rlrtkou hythed px. tmcnt.
to for iu tl i*'. crop I* rouwrnwl, AH th<
railroad nml w ttcr transportation oompnnle*
In tHo Roulh. n.thout exception, have n.n l
return* of montlily fchlpimmts from thelites
of pr -duotlon ; every cotton end
nootyn mill, with one <>r two Irtoourid -r/i-d
so option*, have reported to the depnrtm til
IU monthly purchase*; nnd the services oi
aver ton ibonsaud township nnd precinct
K "D'e, five or more In cv-ry '-otton-xrowlnR
<oqnly. bive n cn??tr-"l to ascertain the
tmount of cotton rcmtiutni; on hand Fabru
?ry 1st, on plantation*. jtnM lu r.-.irelouden,
ft' publl) i<l n.?, nt ft-? n coTijir'n i
lud oi railway ''."pot* .. I yard', Tub
nethol of rttiimtinit t:? * <>tt>n crop wa?
indcrtnken o the Are- t.tn* lost on, I u".
he Improvement* tbl* y-*r applied have
m> n * (jfeoerel nnd so de. <t -d, (tW r>cl|cv I.
i? t-. make the f<.rtli ?mlu< >uaiiueeat st.i;.
iatlv correct.
IVopIo too cnttlly get lato the liabli
of harlug Uoublca.
Lktm NEWS
IN BRIEF,
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t'.MiANIXO FUUM M VNY POINTS.
Important llnppeu'.ng*, Uoth Ifoiiii
ouil Koelgn, llirlly fold.
Southern News Notes,
i Ex-Oovoruor John Ireland, of Toxhp,
di< d at Sun Antonio.
A company lias been formed to built
i another electric line iu the buhurhao
i v i cj 11
v wiii in 1'iiiy r>. v./.
It looks us though the Democrats ol
1 Tennessee were going to nominate
Dob Taylor for Governor again.
1 Governor IJradley has ordered out
! three regiments to tuko possession ol
the State House at Frankfort, Ky.
Ida Skeen, the woman who gave n
1 negro convict in Danville, Ya., jail
' the pistol with which he killed the
jailor, has been sentenced to eight
; years in the penitentiary.
A special from Winchester, Tenn.,
. says that Governor Turney is in a critI
ical condition, and his friends are very
, uneasy about him. He has rheumatic
j trouble and is sm;. ring intensely,
r A Baltimore ?V Ohio Kail road rcor
t gani/.atiou eonimittee, composed ex
eliisively of Daltiuiorea. s. was formed
[iii Baltimore. 1?. A. Alexander Shaw
is chairman. TUe purpose is solely to
protect tho interests ?>f tlie nullioiis of
iiiiltiiuoru iV Ohio wicutiiii-? held in
Baltimore, and the prevention of foreclosure
mill sale.
Mr. Harry Still wi ll Ktlwanlo, of
Macon, On., won tho ?10,000 prize offereil
l.y tho Chicago Uncord for tho
lu st stoi v. It is entitled "Sons and
fathers." 1**iiiin111 h authors from all
nati us competed, nearly a thousand
in number. 1 he Atlanta 11011111111 lias
tin* exclusive 1 rivilegu of printing thie
story 111 the South.
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Northern Now# Items.
The New Jersey M. ?. Conference
has voted to admit women as lay deligati
a.
Tho Ohio Democratic convention
adopted a resolution endorsing ex,
Governor Campbell for t he presidency.
A Kansas Court bus ruled that a man
who culls upon a woman regularly ami
takes her to entertainments occasionally
is legally engaged to marry her.
j Colored motormen were placed on
11 tho Philadelphia ?V* Western trolley
I lino III I'lillutlt 1 [ tilii, hut tnul to bt
,I discharged by Superintend*. 111 Worrell
j 1 because they were obnoxious t?? the
_LaJntf i nn?I??_> 1cf.
liis.hop Win. 1> Owi7pbolb<>^tlu
African Kvnngclist Mission Church,
t was urrcsted at Cleveland, O., on tin
charge of cinbezzliug 8500 from tin
J fuiuls for ft proposed manual tiainiug
school. The bishop iH in jail, not huv
r ing secured bail.
r Nearly all the officers of the Four
P tcentli ltogiment of Statu militia a
I Coliimbua, Ohio, tendered thvir resig
t nations to Col. A. 15. Coit. This is tin
v iniiucdiatc result of the refusal of tin
I Senate to permit the expeuaea of Col
t Coit's trial to be paid out of the Stub
i Treasury. The vote will bo reconsid
cred. Col. Coit refused to accept tin
i resignations.
Washington.
The Seriato committee <?n privilege!
aud elections directed a favorable report
on the proposed amend .lent t<
the constitution providing for the election
of United Statca Senators by tilt
popular vote of the # oople.
The Tri-iisiirv colfl r..u..n-n ??..
close of btisiuess Monday stood al
3127,564,712. The withdrawal* foi
tlit* day amounted to SI ft), 800. There
ure yet to l?o pnul in on aeeouut of the
recent hond issue about 30,000,000 in
gold.
Tho Hen ate committee on Teriitoriet
has ordered a favorable report on the
bill to admit New Mexico as one of the
States. The bill provides for a constitutional
convention and ull its other
provisions are along the lines of the
regular statehood bill.
Tho President notitled the Congress
that ho had permitted tho joint resolution
introduced in theHeuatu by Mr.
Ilansbrough, coni| oiling the Secretary
of Agriculturo to purchase and distribute
aecds, bulbs, etc., iu accordance
with tho existing law to become
a law without his signature.
It is believed iu Washington that
(?re??t Britain has ordered Sfr. Julian
I'nuncefote to enter into negotiations
with Secretary Olney looking toward a
peaceful settlement of tho Venezuelan
dispute. Sir Henry Stafford Nerthcote.
an English treaty negotiator of
wide experience, has arrived in Washington.
Korclgn.
Twelve tons of gunpowder on the
British steamer Mutnhdi At Boma,
Conco Fica Si?(a Mnw ???> ,1'
tbo ship and killed '25 pAsscngers.
Gon. Ibiratiera t ikes all the Memo
for hie defeat in Abyiiainin. Ho says
in n moment of mnduena he contemplated
suicide, but for tbo sake of his
fnniilv desisted.
The American Association of l'o*>
eenger and Ticket Agents.
The Arneil*An Association of Pajecnffor
sad Ticket Ageots oi't In Blcbnond. Vs.
Host of the session wa* consumed tn the
election of offleerssa-t In the appointment
of committees. Ta? Asroclatlon b?? teen
for tome time without s h*-ad on account of
the re?tg(iMtl>>n of Captain W. M. DatWsou,
of the rieut System
Ttte following officer* were eleeted: Mr.
|>i in J. Wander*. of th?* Boa'.in A Maine
i'. i.iiom-I, pn?M?i)t; Mr. W. A. Turk, of the
suit i ru ll.tllwiy, vi.*e-|i'?Mid?iit; Mr. A. J.
-< -hi .. of (no I, ttnorc A MI 'hUnu Southern
li-tliroaJ, wctttaryl phSnM,
POPULAR S(J1E>L'K.
There aro 1580 patented knitting
mnchiuo?.
Opalp, when first taken from tho
mines, fire so Hoft that they can ba
piokod to pioces by tho finger nails.
As one result of tho Shazafia's visit
to Englftnl, Cabal, the Ameer's capital,
is to hftvo a hugo electric light
plant. >
Colonel C. P. Crocker, of Kan Francisco,
is to pay tho expenses of tho
Lick Observatory Expedition to Japan,
to observo the eclipse of tho sun uoxt
summer.
A Hungarian scientifio expedition
: under tho load of M. E. Hzalay has
| just left Budapest for Ceylon, where
it will collect zoological aui ethnographical
material.
A dynamite shell from ono of tho
nig pnenmauo guns avhicli guard San
Francisco harbor was directed against. waa
a rocky hillsido aud tora out a nolo ggRi
thirty feet in diameter ami six feet
dcop.
It is said that of the herd of several
hundred hu'lalo reported last year iti
I tho Yellowfitouo Park, not inoro than
| lifty aro loft, and it is suggeto I that 3
tho remainder should ho shipped to V
the Zoological Park at Washington be- fl
fore they are kille 1 olF. 1
! rom tho discovery of tho remain- /
ing fragments of tho Hymn to Apollo f
at Delphi, imploring tho protection of
ik. n '< - ......
mu ituiuitu sjovernmeni lor Aiteiptu
and Athens, the date is 1ixc.nl as being
not earlier than tho taking or Coriuth
by MemtiiiiiH in the year 110 B. C.
It is claimed that the per/uma of
flowers dM|vie?c ns so in ns the
starch in the petn's is exnnu-ted ; nnd
. it may, it is said, be restoie I by placing
the flower in u solution of sugar,
when the formation of starch nnd the
| I emission of lragranoo will be at once
resinned.
The German Ministry of War Ins
just completed .a series of suaioas.ul
t experiments with tho discovery of
Pro essor Roentgen, of Vieun, of a
new method of applying photography
to surgery and medicine, eti., wirti
the view of making uso of it iu war
1 turgery.
A Paris advertising ngen*', who recently
painted the front of his e t i - ?
1 lishment a brilliant red, has been sued I
for damages by a milliner, a jeweler i
and a silk merchant, haviug'storos op- !
i posite, on the ground that the re.b e- 1
[ lion of color makes it impossiolo for I
I their customers to distinguisu th? i
colors of the i{oo Is they wish to buy, I
A Fjnlicitu has be *n formed in PBHa
London to scad out an expedition to
^Ttho Ant.\rotic nt r.L August tor vvuiilo
1/I uud seal lisliin;. Two steam whalers
i J of 400 tons, with steam launches to bo
1 used iu chasing tbo blue whlkle, will bo
small seieutiiio party, V
boaded by >Ir^lordigreviiim^^^^^^^^^^^^
j taken along and landed, if possi,
ble, at Capo Adare. Similar com,
mercial expeditions nro being planned
at Leith and Hamburg and in Norway,
Abseiit-.H> tided.
1 Tlio "absent mindole-l" conplo
surely has been discovered. Tney
3 were riding 111 an open wagon tbo
3 other day in a town adjoining wbero
they live, wuen they overtook a la !/ _
3 acquaintance walking 111 tbo tamo illrection.
Tney invited her to ride,
3 und having but ono aout to his wagon,
the accommodating husband, who
weighs about -50 pounds, sat upontho
lap of hia spouse (who is not a whit
t lighter thau her husband), to drive tho
team and make room iu the seat for
, the extra passenger, who rodo three
. miles and alighted with ninny thanks,
j Ordinarily thts empty seat would liavu
been resumed by the crigiual ocou}
pant, but this case was an exception.
The spell of absent-mindedness was
well upon the twain, and they continued
in the same position, totally
oblivious of passing events, while tho
wagon settled upon its beam ends and
1 noisily bumped tho starboard end of
the axletree by reason of the concen1
trated weight. They rode several
1 miles in this position, aud doubtless
' would have ridden thus to the end of
their journey had tho road not led
them in the vicinity of ascnool house,
where tho hilarious demonstrations of
tho scholars, who were pointing in tho
~< -1? *
, uutvuuu \j i iu? cnrrin^i DIODKUI " ?
tbem to their senses, when the good
wife vxolaimsd: "VVby, Buctnam, I
bolievo they aro laughing at us!"?
Macbian (Me.) Republican.
A Ihserter ArqailtCJ.
A conri, m&rii&i tut ucsertiou at
Amicus, franco, baa just ended in the
acquittal of the defendant, who admitted
his guilt, with high compliments
(torn the court. A sergeant in
a lino regiment some years ago exceeded
his leave of absence, and, fearing
to lace the consequences, tied to
Belgium. Ho becamo homesick, returned
to France and enlisted under
an assumed name in the Foreign Legion.
He was sent to Tonquin, where '
no distinguished himself greatly lor
his unblemished conduct, rapidly rising
to the rank of sergeant-major, and
winning the military medal for gallantry
in saving a wounded soldier
from the Black Flags in battle. He
was about to receive the cross of the
Legion of Honor when he made up bis
miLtu to comess ms previous fault.
Buried Treasure ol a Spanish Bon.
Treasure seekers are digging in Ely.
Man Park, Los Angeles, Cel., lor
$100,000 in coin and jewels said to
have been buried by a wealthy Spaniard
in the days when the oouutry belonged
to Spain. An Indian peon
helped the don to bary Jthe trevare,
and the etory was banded down, in
the manner snch legends run in the
Southwest, nntil it omne to the knowledge
of the Arizona turner alio lias
now obtained permission to try and
Innd tho alleged treasure.?.New JfvrJ*