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n z ; _ _ - . _ = : lewis m. ?bist, Proprietor, j 31 ii Jndrpriulcnt ^family Ittni'spapfr: q?oi; the promotion of the folitical, Social, Agricultural and Commercial .jnterests of the ^outh. | TERMS?$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. 39. HlTTJ BY F. A. MITCHEJ Copyright, 1892, by Anie CHAPTER XVHI. OFF FOR THE UNION* LINES. IPS jIVV <2L. you uns is a gentleman, and I air poor ] white trash." Mark's first impulse after Fitz Hugh's N departure was to leave the house at ; once. He tried to say something to Laura to soothe her, to excuse his own unfortunate part in her breaking with her lover. He could only go to her and ' taking her hand hissed it without a word. Then he told her that he should : take the ri?k of capture and depart in- i stantly. He was discoursing upon the method ^ of his departure in ouiek, excited tones, 1 * when a horseman e-itered the yard, and ! riding up to the veranda diew a letter from his belt and handed it to a negro who went out to receive it. It was for Mrs. Fain. It had been sent through the lines from Nashville, where her husband was lying dangerously ill, and begged her to come to him. After its perusal Mrs. Fain determined to set out Ihe next day, taking with her her daughter and the maid Alice. Daniel would drive them. "You shall go with us," said Laura to j Mark. "This is fortunate. In our com- | pany you will be far safer than trying 1 to make your way alone." It occurred to Mark that since he was being hunted as a half starved creature in the disguise of a negro girl he would be less liable to suspicion as a well dressed man traveling with a party of southern ladies than in any other character. At any rate he took this view of it, and when Mrs. Fain announced her intention to go he offered to escort the party to the Union lines. The offer was accepted, and preparations were made to leave the next morning. Mrs. Fain wrote a note to the officer in command at Chattanooga (to send with the letter she had received from her hus- j band for his perusal) asking for a pass ! for herself, her daughter and two serv- | ants. Mark took the missives and went j out to find Daniel, who had just re- j tni-no/1 frnm fViaf fannnca """Well! Daniel?" "I be'n dar." "What did you learn?" ? "I hearn ebery one talken 'bout sojers j goen to 'de norf, and dey sayd day was i goen to Knoxville. Dey was uiarchen 'n marchen all de same way. I follered 'n dey brung up at de depot, 'n I sor one train after anudder go out full o' sojers inside and hangen on to de platfo'm and on de roofs." ' "How many trains did you see go out?" " 'Bout forty hundred." "Daniel," said Mark, smiling at the figures, "you're smart as a whip. But you'll have to go right back to Chattanooga, and take this note to the commanding officer with this letter from your sick master to show him. The note is a request for a pass for the party to j the Union lines. Keep your wits about ; you, and if he is an easy going sort of a ! man, you might try to get him to put in ' three servants instead of two. At any" rate try to ring me in if you can. Do you understand?" "Reckon I do, sah." "Can you read?" "A leetle. Missie Laura learned me." "Well, read the pass he may give you and ask him to fix it so that it will include me as a servant. But you must use your judgment." Daniel drove again to Chattanooga, i Mark waited anxiously for his return. ! Indeed so impatient was he that he : . .. thought the negro had been gone twice j ^ as long as he had when he - aw him drive | into the yard. He at once went out to | KL the barn to meet him. K "Any luck?" he asked anxiously. W "I got de pass for misses and de res', ! B but I didn't get what yo' wanted. I got : ra paper hyar. Mebbe it'll do." *" Mark took the paper. It was a pass j for Thomas Green and wife from Chat- | tanooga to the Union lines. "How did you get this," asked Mark, j surprised. "I hab to wait while folks was getten passes. De officer go out to de udder room fur a moment. Dis was layen on de desk 'n I tuk hit up and brung hit away." "Well," said Mark, "it's not exactly what I want, but iugenuity will have to help me through. You're a trump, Daniel." In the morning when all was ready for the departure two vehicles were brought around to the door, the one, a two horse carriage, the other Laura's ; phaeton, drawn by her pony. Mrs. Fain entered the former with Alice, Daniel being in the driver's seat. Laura and r Mark got into the phaeton. Mark took the lead, designing to make j for Battle Creek. The distance was not ! twenty miles, and he knew that they could make it in a few hours. It was a bold game he was playing, but the proximity of the halter was wearing on j him. and he desired to eefc rid of sus pense. Besides his presence, connected | , with his critical situation, was wearing on Laura. He therefore felt an exhil- 1 Iarating pleasure when they drove out of the gate and trotted along the pike westward. Hope cheered him. All went well during the first ten or twelve miles, when Mark received a piece of information which seriously interfered with his pla*i. Meeting a conrier riding towaru Chattanooga, who looked as if he might be the bearer of some important news, Mark hailed him and asked if he had anything from the front. "The Yankees air eetten no'tli rierht smart," the man replied. "Reckon th' air left Battle Creek." Mark argued that if this were truo there would be confusion on that route, and it would be better to take another. I They were not far from the road leading . from the Chattanooga pike north to An- i derson, on which the Slacks lived. ; Mark concluded to take this road as far a a Anrlorarvn mwl efriiro woef wifli [ a view to reaching McMinnville on the other side of the mountains. Mrs. Fain i i left all to Professor Rhett, in whom she bad perfect confidence, and on coming to the road in question Mark led the party northward. The change of route was unfortunate, j inasmuch as it would add another day to the journey. The departure from the Fain residence had been delayed by the j ^ preparations till nearly noon. McMinn* ville was a considerable distance over | the mountains, and Ma<*: knew they I could not reach it that night. He re- ! " membered that they would soon pass the SI icks\ and it occurred to him that it won Id be a capital place to pass the j night, giving them a good day of twelve j hours light on the morrow to pursue 1 I - iieiM.] I L, (LATE U.S. A.) ricnn Press Association. their journey. His disappointment at the delay was compensated for by the ai. iu?t iiitiu no nuum new i j warn i something of Souri and Jakey, of whom he had heard nothing since ho left them in th? Chattanooga jail. Mark told Laura of his plan. She was distressed at the delay. Something seemed to tpll lier that it would bring ; trouble. But Mark's reasoning was un- j answerable, and there seemed nothing else to do. If they must spend a night anywhere it would better be among those upon whom Mark could rely. At last they drove up at the Slacks' i gate. Mark handed the reins to Laura and jumped from the phaeton impatient- ! ly. Not seeing any one in the front of ; the house he proceeded to the rear. The j first person he met was Jakey. He took the boy up and hugged him. "Are you glad to see your big brother, j Jakey?" "Air th' corn ripe?" Souri came out of the house, her big i eyes glistening and her expressive face | radiant with pleasure and excitement, i She had heard nothing of Mark since he ; left her in prison. Mark seized her by | both hands. "You uns air safe. I knowed it," she ; said, almost in a whisper. She could j hardly speak for joy. "For the present, Souri, thanks to j you." Mark asked no questions then. He knew that they were safe and at home, and he hastened to inform them and the father and mother who came out to welAnrno lum fliof Y\n troa Tvifh o_ nni*f.v was unaware of his true character, which they must not betray, and desired permission to stay in the house over night. Then he led them around to the gate. Daniel had meanwhile caught up, and L the two vehicles were halted in the r^ad. j "We will spend the night with these ! good people," said Mark. "Th6y are ' quite willing, and will make us as comfortable as possible." The party alighted and the horses were driven to the barn. Mrs. Fain and her daughter were given the room in which Mark had changed his clothes when he went through to the south, and Mark was assigned a bivouac on the gallery, or in the barn, or any other place he might select. An apology for a meal was carried in to Mrs. Fain and Laura, which they left untasted, preferring a luncheon they had brought with them in a basket. After supper Laura came out and begged Mark to bring Souri and Jakey to speak to her. She smoothed Jakey's tumbled hair out of his eyes and asked him if he remembered her. Jakey was about to reply in his usual fashion when he checked himself, and for the first time since Mark had known him answered directly. Souri stood eying Laura from the corners nf her black eves with a inineled expression of admiration and antagonism. Laura spoke to her kindly, but got only monosyllables in reply. Mark passed the evening with the Slack family listening to a recital of Souri's and Jakey's experience after he had left them in the jail at Chattanooga, and he gave them an account of his own adventures. After all were asleep that night Mark took Farmer Slack out into the yard, where they could converse unheard, and developed a plan he had conceived for Souri and Jakey. 4 "It is due to your son and daughter," he said, "that I am here at this moment, indeed that I am alive. I belong to a wealthy family and am wealthy myself. It only requires means to make a splendid woman of the girl and a fine man of the boy, for means will produce education, and education is the open door to a desirable career. I am going to leave with you a letter to my father in Ohio, which will contain an order for a suffi- | cient amount of money to insure both Jakey and Souri an education. Take or send them north, present the letter, and you will find everything provided for you. Souri may not consent at once, but doubtless she will in time. Now I must have pen and paper." "You uns is a good uu, stranger. Y' treat us f'ar. Hadn't you better send the letter when y' git no'th?" "No. I must write it tonight. I am by no means safe; my neck is still in a | halter." The man led the way to his bedroom, j where the old woman was sleeping, j There he produced writing materials, ! and Mark wrote an order which, whether I he lived or not, insured the future of his j two friends, his preservers among the ' poor white trash" of Tennessee. The night was passed with snatches of j sleep by all tlie party, in tne morning, j after the pork and corn bread meal of ! I lie country, the travelers again got into the carriages. While they were standing before the gate prior to departure Mark saw Souri out by the wellhouse. He went there to bid her good- i by. "Souri," he said, "I wish there was some way in which I could show you the gratitude I feel toward you. When I think of my fate, had you not appeared ! in the nick of time to save me by your i wit and daring and sacrifice, I feel that i I would like to make some corresponding sacrifice for you." "Laws, I didn't do notheu. Besides" | ?she leaned over the well and looked j down into its depths?"you uns and me I is too differ. You uns is a gentleman, and I air poor white trash." There was an inexpressible melan- ! choly in her tone. "Souri," Mark went on, "I have made an arrangement with your father to j make a lady of you. I can't make such ; a sacrifice for you as you have made for ; me; that is impossible; but I can do this i if you will act with me and consent to the plan. I shall be off in a moment, and before I go I want you to promise me that you will consent. I am still in danger, and you must grant me this as perhaps a last favor." The girl burst into tears. "Promise." "I don't keer what I do." "Do you promise?" "Yas, I promise." With a pressure of the hand he turned away, and stalking to the gate got into the carriage beside Laura. Daniel and Mrs. Fain had started. Mark followed, \ and had gone but a short distance when he heard Jakey calling to him. He pulled in the pony and waited for the i boy to come up. Jakey was holding something out to him, which, as he drew j nearer, Mark recognized as the red silk j handkerchief. "soun sent it ter y v "Tell her that I'll never part with it." "'N I got the squirrel gun," said the i hoy. "All right, Jakey. Keep it to remember me by." Mark grasped the boy's hand and then drove on. Laura Fain leaned back on the cushions in silence. CHAPTER XIX. THOMAS GREEN AND WIFE. Mark designed driving to Anderson, 6ome twelve miles from the Slacks' house, whence he knew there was a road leading up in the mountains through a place called Altainont, some twenty miles farther, to McMiunville. Ho was informed by people ho met on the road that Altamont had been recently occu pied in force by the Union troops. With luck they might reach the Union lines, which would doubtless extend several miles from Altamont, that afternoon. 'Within six hours," said Mark, "I shall either be safe among Union sol- i yo: 'Do you take vie to be your husbandf diers or on my way back to Chatlia nooga." Laura shuddered, but said nothing. Mark found a very different conditior of affairs at Anderson from what he had found along the road. The Confeder ates had some cavalry force there ar.d more at Dunlap, five miles north. Or the road he heard that General Bragg was at Dunlap, but with no troops save cavalry. "I see it all," said the spy to himself. "The wily fox is confronting our forces with a handful of cavalry, while the two divisions of Cheatham and Withers are marching north behind him, and the main force has gone to Knoxville by rail on a line still farther east. Nc wonder our generals are puzzled and watching a line from Battle creek tc Cumberland gap. If the Lord will only let me get through to carry tms inrormation, I'll never ask to live to go on another snch expedition." The party were stopped near Anderson by a picket. Mrs. Fain produced her pass and stated that the two behind were in her company. The officer took no especial care in reading it, and when Mark and Laura came up they got safely through without question. Mark was now anxious about the picket which must be passed in a few minutes on the road leading west from Anderson. Mrs. Fain was still ahead, and he hoped that all would go as well as at the picket just passed. Net a word was spoken between him and Laura; both dreaded getting out of Anderson, but once past the next picket they would breathe easier. When they reached it Mrs. Fain had been passed through and gone on. The officer in command, however, had read the pass carefully. He had not noticed any mention of Mark in it. "Where's your pass?" he asked. "Didn't the lady ahead show it tc you?" asked Mark. "Her pass didn't include you." "Didn't it?" Mark feigned surprise. "No." "Oh, I forgot; mine and my wife's is separate," and he drew out the pass of "Thomas Green and wife." Meanwhile Laura had turned white as a cloth. The officer read the pass, and would doubtless have let them go had he not noticed Laura's agitation. "You'll have to go back to headquarters and get Major Taliaferro's order on that. He commands at Anderson." Mark remonstrated. He argued that he would become separated from Mrs. Fain; he urged his wife's desire to reach her sick father. All in vain. He was told that the headquarters were only half a mile down the road and he would lose but little time. He made a virtue of necessity and drove back with apparent good nature. When he reached the house that was pointed out to him as headquarters, he left Laura in the phaeton and went inside. The commanding officer had gone to Dunlap, five miles away, to pay his respects to General Bragg, and would not be back for an hour or two. Mark resolved to report his absence tc the officer of the picket post, in the hope that he would not be compelled to wait, He drove to the picket and used his tongue persuasively, but to no purpose, The more anxious ho seemed the more resolved grew the captain. There seemed to be nothing to do bul return and await the arrival of the commanding officer. Mark reluctantly turned the horse's head and drove bacl to headquarters. Laura's heart sank within her. It was sunset when Major Taliaferro, a pleasant looking man of twenty-sever or twenty-eight, rode up to the door and turning his horse over to an orderly a. J i.1 AC euiereu me owoc. "Major Taliaferro?" asked Mark. >* "At your service, sir." "Major, I have been detained by th< officer at the picket, who wants youi name on my pass. My wife's mothei has gone on, and her daughter is verj anxious to join her. It is extremely un fortunate for us to get 60 far separatee from Mrs. Fain." "Fain, of the Fains of Chattanooga?" "The same." "I have heard of the family, but hav< never had the pleasure of meeting anj member of it. Ono of my friends is en gaged to Miss Fain. I have just partec from him at Dunlap." Mark and Laura cast a quick glanc< at each other?a glance of terror on th< nart of Laura. Mr? - ? "We are fortunate in falling into youi hands," said Mark, and I beg you wil not delay us a moment." And Marl handed him the pass. "Certainly not." And the major tool up a pen to write his indorsement. Firs ho read the pass carefully. Ho wai thinking of what his friend Fitz Hugl had told him of the Fains. He wai under the impression that there was bui one daughter. "Mr. Green," he said, looking upfron the pass, "hadn't you better stay hen over night? The road is mountainou: and infested by gurerillas. It is positive ly dangerous to travel." "By no means. What would Mrs Fain think of ,ur not joining her on tin road?" "It is dangerous for her as well as you I'll send a messenger after her and ad vise her stopping at some farmhouse I'll do better than that. I'll send a cor poral and half a dozen men to insuri her safety till morning." There was something in the man' tone, polite as it was, that indicated t< Mark that he was held for further in formation. "As you please, major." "And I shall insist upon your accept ing my hospitality. One connected ii any way with my friend Fitz Hugl must not want for any comfort I cai supply." The house occupied by Major Talia ferro belonged to a. family who ha< gladly given up a portion of it for tin safety insured by the presence of a com manding officer. The major was givei a room down stairs for an office, and i bedroom up stairs. When it was decid ed that Mark and Laura should reuiaii he gave Mrs. Green, as he called her the use of the latter for the purpose o arranging her toilet before supper. When Laura was upstairs Mark wa looking out of the window of the ma jor's office. Ho saw the men ride off t overtake Mrs. Fain. To his consterna tion another cavalryman, with a lette in his belt, mounted his horse and dashei down the x-oad. Laura came down at that moment, am Mark said to her anxiously. "I am detained on suspicion. I filial be taken back to Chattanooga," and h pointed to the courier. The color left Laura's cheeks. The; had got so near to safety, and now, afte 60 many dangers, the end was at hand She could scarcely sustain herself as sh tottered into the room occupied as th office. This is the letter the courier bor northward. It was addressed on th envelope to Captain Cameron Fitz Hugh near Dunlap: RKVILLE, S. C. anderson, Aug. 29,1862. | My Deak Cameron?a man purporting to bo Thomas Green, with his wife, formerly a , Miss Fain, of Chattanooga, In here, desiring a pass to tho Union lines. There is something suspicious about the man. The couple are sepj arated from the wife's mother, and tho father ! lies very ill at Nashville. I dislike to detain ; them, and I do not regard it sife to pass them. Can you help me out of the difficulty? Yours very truly, Wallace Taliaferro. Major Taliaferro soon joined Mark I and Laura in his office, and offering his arm to Laura led the way to the supper room. His treatment of "both was most ' deferential, but it failed to deceive either that they were prisoners. There was a strength of nerve in Mark ; that would not break while there was j hope. He chatted with the host or jailer, ! whichever he might be called, with ease, and at times with gayety. Not so Laura. The situation was too frightful for her , to endure without some manifestation of anxiety. She ate nothing. She did not hear what was said to her, and her i eyes plainly showed the troubled spirit within. Mark made no reference to her , condition till after supper. Then, when [ all three went out 011 to the veranda, he said to her: [ "Come, let us take a stroll. You have t been traveling all day, and this delay troubles you. A walk in the air will re| vive you." Mark assumed with such apparent carelessness that he was free to walk 1 about where he liked that Taliaferro , had not the will to stop him. Besides , he had no heart to interfere with the , ! pleasure of a woman whom he was pre. tending to treat as a guest. The couple , j walked leisurely down the road, Mark [ looking at the sunset tints with well as, sumed indifference, occasionally pointing to some object by the way or in the distance, calling Laura's attention to it 1 at the same time. He knew the major's gaze was fixed upon him, and ho was doing all this for a purpose. The road led straight from the house a short distance and then entered a wood. As soon as they were concealed behind the trees Mark stopped suddenly and turned to Laura: "My God, this is terrible!'' 1 "You are lost!" said Laura faintly. She could scarcely speak the words. "I? Yes, I. But you?what have I led you into? Why was it not over 011 that morning when it was intended? Then you would not be implicated; now your good name is" "No one will trouble me," she gasped. "But you?they will drag you" "You have protected me?a spy. Not only that?that is nothing in comparison 1 with having passed as my wife. There is a blight." "I can bear it." "There is but one way out of this disgrace. You must be married before we ? return to that house. And to whom?"? his voice changed from a rapid, excited tone to deepest gloom?"to one who must die?die on the scaffold. At any rate you will be free. You will be a widow." 1 Laura stood, the very impersonation ! of despair. "All I can do to atone for this," Mark 1 went on rapidly, "and it is nothing?is I to make you my wife, since I have passed ; youasBuch. Laura, will you marry me?" I OI1U 1UUIVCU ell/ uim vuiui.ovij ajlva eyes were big with deep emotion. There i was n look in them that he could not understand. ; "No!" "Then I can do nothing for you." l "I will marry only the man who loves i me, and whom I love." "Oh, Laura," he said, "if your heart [ were only mine, then it would be dif? ferent. I love you so well, I worship you with, such fervor that I would go back to that dreadful jail without a i word could I place you where you were > before you met me. But you" Laura burst into a torrent of tears. i This man, who had so suddenly api peared in her life; who had won her [ sympathy; who had compelled her admiration; who had absorbed her whole > being into his daring, chivalrous, reck> less nature?this man loved her, and he was doomed. i With a cry she threw her arras around , his neck. > "Laura, sweetheart," said Mark, caressing her, "we have but little time. ; We know not whom we shall have to face. My true character must soon be r known. Will you give yourself to one : who will doubtless tomorrow be claimed : by" Pale as ashes she put her hand over . his mouth that he might not speak the | word "death." "Will you? Speak!" ' "Yes, now, quick; what can we do?" "Marry ourselves." "How?" He grasped her hand. There was a 5 ring upon it?a plain gold band. He . took it off, and putting it on her finger 1 again said: I "T \TnrV' "Ia it really Mark?" I "Yes, I am Mark Maynard. I, Mark, ! take you, Laura, tc be my wife. Do you I take me to be your husband?" "I do." 5 ! "Then we are man and wife in the T I eight of God" . I "And for man we care not." j ! "Man and wife under the law. We I are really married." 5 ! Scarcely was this hurried ceremony } ! over when a cavalryman came riding leisurely from the direction of lieadr ! quarters. He had been sent by Major j I Taliaferro?who, as soon as Mark was ! out of sight, became anxious with re! gard to him?with instructions to keep t J him in sight without appearing to do so. l j There was nothing left for them to do j ' but return to the house. As they walked j Mark whispered: 3 i "I feel again all the confidence I have (. : ever felt. I must live to make you happy. I Be ready for anything that may happen, j i my darling, my wife. I shall doubtless 3 pluy some bold game; I don't know 3 what, but it will be bold. If I leave you suddenly, meet me (should I succeed j in my attempt) within the Union lines. If not, we will meet?in heaven." j These few words were all that Mark i had time to say to his newly married wife. For scarcely had they turned to 1 ' go back when they met the major. He ! was uneasy lest Mark should depart 1 I without leave. He accompanied them | back to the house. I .!.<) IIK roNTIXI'Kn NKXT WKKK.] I S j 3 I Didn't Takk Quitk All.?Senator * I Carlisle is comparatively a poor man. lie was never able to save money, and the pay of a Cabinet officer, $8,000, says about one-third the expense of the 1 treasury. When Senator Lamar, who 1 i had just married a young wife, was upI i pointed secretary of the interior by I Mr. Cleveland, his wife spent a week * j house hunting, and finally found what * J seemed to be a suitable residence for a 0 | cabinet officer. She drove to the scn* j ate, of which Mr. Lamar was still a II ! member, to tell her husband the news a | of her discovery. His first question was: 1 "What is the rent dear?" ? "Seventy-five hundred a year." The senator lapsed into deep thought and the young wife said, rather ner3 I vously: ^ i "Do you think it extravagant?" ^ I ''It is not that," returned jjamur slowly. "I was just wondering what * i I should do with the other $500 of my j salary." * i Nancy (iarrison, a negress living I at Holly Springs, Miss., has the long^ ! est hair, probably of any woman in the 0 j world. She is about (50 years old. ' Her hair she wears in three plaits. ! The side plaits just touch the floor, r 1 while the plait behind drags two feet j nine inches on the lloor, and measures 6 I eight feet in length. It is a silver in 0 j color, and she wears it in coils upon her head, e t j6 Sleight of hand?Refusing an of' fcr in marriage. , WEDNESDAY m DISPENSARY LAW,1 i ' A Pure Liquor in Sealed Packages. | DRINKING SALOONS MUST GO! j Town, County and State Foot the Bills | Incident to the Sale and Use of Liquor. Therefore, the New Law Seeks to Regulate the Business and to Take the Proceeds. THE FULL TEXT OF THE RECENT ACT. An act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage within this State, except as herein permitted. Section 1. Be it enacted by the senate and house of. representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in general assembly and by the authority of the same, That on i ancLafter the first day of July, A. 1)., ; the manufacture, siile, barter or : | exchange, or the keeping or offering ! for sale, barter, trade or exchange, I i within this State, of any spirituous, ; | malt, vinous, fermented or other intoxi- i i eating liquors, or any compound or j 1 mixtures thereof, by whatever name i ! called, which will produce intoxica- I ! tion, by any person, business firm, corporation or association, shall be regu! lated and conducted as provided in l this act. Sec. 2. The governor shall, within i thirty days from the approval of this I i act, appoint a commissioner, and all | j subsequent appointments, which ap- ' i pointments shall be submitted to the j senate at its next ensuing session for i its approval, believed by him to be an 1 ! abstainer from intoxicants, who shall, ; i under such rules and regulations as j may be made by the State board of I control, purchase all intoxicating liqi uors for lawful sale in this State, giv ! ing preference to manufacturers and brewers doing business in this State, j and furnish the same to such persons i as may be designated as dispensers j thereof, to be sold as hereafter pre- ! i scribed in this act. Said commissioner i | shall reside and have his place of bus- J I iness in the city of Columbia in this i i State, and hold his office two years ' ! from appointment, and until another i i is appointed in his stead, subject to re- j | moval for cause by the State board of ! control. He shall qualify and be comj missioned the same as other officers, and receive an annual salary of $1,800, I payable at the same time and in the same manner as is provided for the pay- j ment of salaries of State officers, lie j shall be allowed a bookkeeper, who I ; shall be paid in the same manner a : j salary of $1,200, and such other assist- I ants as in the opinion of the board of j control may be deemed necessary. He j shall not sell to the county dispensers j any intoxicating or fermented liquors | I except such as have been tested by the I i chemist of the South Carolina college | ! and declared to be pure and unadulI terated: Provided, That said State ! board of control shall have authority to appoint such assistants as they may find necessary to assist the chemist of the South Carolina college in making the analysis required by this act, and the said State board of control may fix such reasonable compensation, if any, as they may deem proper for the services rendered by such chemists, or such assistants. The State commissioner shall not receive from said county dispensers for such liquors sold to them, more than 50 per cent, above the net cost thereof, and all amounts so received by him from said sales shall be by him paid over to the treasurer of the State monthly, under such rules as may be made by the State board of control to insure the faithful return of the same; and the State treasurer shall keep a separate account with said fund, from which the commissioner shall draw, from time to | time, upon warrants duly approved by ! the said board, the amounts necessary ! to pay the expenses incurred in conducting the business of said agency. All rules and regulations governing the said commissioner in the purchase of intoxicating liquors, or in the performance of any of the duties of his office, where the same are not provided for by law, shall be prescribed by a Slate J board of control, composed of the govj ernor, the comptroller general and atj torney general. He shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the State treasurer, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the attorney general, in the penal : sum of $10,000 for the faithful per| formancc of the duties of his office, i In all purchases or sales of intoxij eating liquors made by said commis: sioner, as contemplated in this act, the i commissioner shall cause a certificate j to be attached to each and every pack age containing said liquors, when the j 1 same is shipped to him from the place j of purchase, or by him to the county i 1 dispensers, certified by his official sig| nature and seal, which certificate shall ! stale that the liquors contained in said | package huve been purchased hy him ; lor sale within the State of South Car- ! i olina, or to be shipped out of the | ! State, under the laws of said State, J ! and without such certificate, any pack- I | age containing liquors which shall he j brought into the State, or shipped out j j of the State, or shipped from place to \ \ place within the State by any railroad, : ' express company, or other common j I carrier, shall he regarded as intended 1 for unlawful sale, and upon conviction ; thereof, such common carrier shall be ' I liable in a penalty of ?500 for each of- j I fense, to he recovered against said I j common carrier in any court of compej tent jurisdiction by complaint pro, ceedings to be instituted by the solid: tor lor any circuit, with whom evi- I | deuce of the violation may be lodged J ' by any citizen having knowledge or | i information of the violation ; and any ! person knowingly attaching or using ; such certificate without the authority ! of the commissioner, or any counteri feit certificate for the purpose of sccur i ing the transportation of any intoxij eating liquors into, ont of, or within | this State, in violation of law, shall, ! upon conviction thereof, be punished j by a fine of not less than $">00 and im! prisonmcnt in the penitentiary for not | less than one year for each offense. | Said commissioner shall make a print| ed quarterly statement under oath, I | commencing August 1, IS!)!}, of all j I liquors sold by him, enumerating the j j different kinds and quantity of each ' 1 kind, the price paid and the terms of : i payment, and to whom sold. Also, the names of the parties from whom i the liquor was purchased, and their i place of business and date of purclm.se, | which statement shall be fded with the | State board of control: Provided, | This section shall not apply to malt liquors shipped in cases or bottles ! thereof shipped in barrels. See. 3. The State commissioners | shall, before shipping any liquor to county dispensers, cause the same to be j put into packages of not less than one-half pint nor more than five gallons, and securely seal the same, and it shall he unlawful for the county dispenser to break any such packages or ! j open the same for any reason what- j i ever. He shall sell by the package J j only, and the purchaser shall not open j i the same on the premises. Sec. 4. It shall he the duty of the State board of control to appoint a county board of control composed of three persons, believed by said board not to be addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors, who shall hold their iT, FEBRUARY office for a term of two years, and until their successors arc appointed. Said county board of control shall be subject to removal for cause by the State board of control. Said county board shall make such rules as will be conducive to the best management [ of tl * sale of intoxicating liquors in their respective counties: l'rovided, all such rules shall he submitted to the State board and approved by them be- | fore adoption. Said county hoard of ; control shall qualify and be commis- j sioned the same as other ofiicers, without fees therefor. Sec. If any county dispenser, or ( his clerk, shall purchase any intoxieat- ( ing liquors from any other person or persons except the State commissioner, or if he or they, or any person or persons in his or their employ, or by ' his or their direction, shall sell, or offer j for sale, any liquors other than such as have been purchased from the State ; commissioner, or shall adulterate, or cause to be adulterated, any intoxicating, spirituous or malt liquor which he or they may keep for sale under this act, by mixing with the same any coloring matter or any drug or ingredient whatever, or shall mix the same with other liquors of different kind or quality, or with water, or shall sell or ; expose for sale such liquors so adulter- ! atcd, knowing it to be such, he or j they shall he guilty of a misdemeanor i and fined in a sun) of not less than $200 or imprisoned in the county jail [ for not less than six months. See. (5. That on and after the first , day of July, 1S93, no person, firm, association or corporation shall nianufac- j ture for sale, sell or keep for sale, exchange, barter or dispense any intoxicating liquors for any purpose whatever otherwise than is provided in this j act. County dispensers, as herein provided, shall alone he authorized to sell [ and dispense intoxicating liquors, and all permits must be procured, as here- I inafter provided, from the county hoard of control: Provided, that no license ! for the sale of spirituous liquors now j authorized to be granted by municipal authorities, shall he of any force or effect after the 30th day of June, 1803, but licenses may be issued or extended to said 30th day of June, 1803, upon 1 payment of one-half of the annual li- ; cense required by the municipal and j county authorities in cities or towns, I where such licenses are or may be au- j thorized to he issued : Provided fur- j titer, that manufacturers of distilled ! malt or vinous liquors who are doing business in the State, shall be allowed to sell to no person in this State except to the State commissioner and to parties outside of the State. Every package, barrel or bottle of such liquors shipped beyond the limits of this State shall have thereon the certificate of the State commissioner allowing the same, and otherwise it shall be liable to confiscatiou, and the railroad carrying it shall he punished as in section 2. And provided, that any person shall have the right to make wine for his or her own use from grapes or other fruit. Sec. 7. Applications for position of county dispenser shall be by petitions signed and sworn to by the applicant and filed with the county board of control, at least ten days before the meeting at which the application is to be considered, which petition shall slate the applicant's name, place of residence, in what business engaged, and in what business he has been engaged two years previous to filing petition ; that he is a citizen of the United States and of South Carolina; that he has never been adjudged guilty of violating j the law relating to intoxicating liquors, : and is not a licensed druggist, a keeper j of a hotel, eating house, saloon, restaurant or place of public amusement, and that he is not addicted to the use | of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, j This nermit or renewal thereof shall ! i issue only on condition that the applicant shall execute to the county ! treasurer a bond in the penal sum of $3,000, with good and sufficient j sureties, conditioned that he will I well and truly obey the laws of the ' State of South Carolina now or hereaf- | ter in force in relation to the sale of i intoxicating liquors; that he will pay I all fines, penalties, damages and costs j that may be assessed or recovered ; against him for violation of such laws during the term for which permit or ' renewal is granted, and will not sell | intoxicating liquors under his permit at j a charge exceeding fifty per cent, above i the cost thereof. Said bond shall be j for the use of the county or any per- i son or persons who may be damaged j or injured by reason of any violation ! on the part of the obligor of the law I relating to intoxicating liquors purchased or sold during the term for which said permit or the renewal thereof is granted. The said bond shall be deposited with the county treasurer, j and suit thereon shall be brought at ; any time by the solicitor or any person j for whose benefit the same is given ; and ! in case the conditions thereof, or any of them, shall be violated, the principal , and sureties thereon shall also be joint- ; ly and severally liable for all civil dam- ; ages, costs and judgments that may ; be obtained against the principal in any : civil action brought by wile, child, ; parent, guardian, employer or other person, under the provision of the law. i All other moneys collected for breaches of such bond shall go into the county treasury. Said bond shall be approved by the county board of control, under { the rules and laws applicable to the I approval of oilicial bonds. Sec. 8. There may be one county dispenser appointed for each county, ; whose place of business shall be at the county seat of said county, except the I city of Charleston, for the county of j Charleston, where there may be ten j dispensers, and except for the city of Columbia, for the county of Itichlund, j where there may be three dispensers sition of county dispenser be granted, I it shall not issue until the applicant shall make and subscribe on oath he- ; fore the clerk of the county hoard of | control, which shall he endorsed upon I the bond, to the effect and tenor fol- ) lowing: "I , do solemnly i swear (or allirm) that I will well and j truly perform all and singular the conditions of the within bond, and keep ( and perform the trust confided in me t to purchase, keep and sell intoxicating ; liquors. I will not sell, give or furnish ! to any person, any intoxcating liquors j otherwise than is provided by law, ' and especially, I will not sell or fur- ; nish intoxicating liquors to any person who is not known to me personally, ' or duly identified, nor to any minor, j intoxicated person, or persons who are in the lmhit of becoming intoxicated, and I will make true, full and accurate 8, 1893. returns to the county board of control | the first Monday of each month of all si: certificates and requests made to or qt received by me as required by law cc during the preceding month; and such , pi returns shall show every sale and de- ti: livery of such liquors made by or for so me during the month embraced there- ju in, and the true signature to every re- ai quest received and granted ; and such i ai returns shall show all the intoxicating of liquors sold or delivered to any and | 01 every person as returned." Upon tak- j Si ing said oath and filing bond as here- i pi inbefore provided, the county board of e\ control shall issue to him a permit au- at thorizing him to keep and sell intoxi- tli eating liquors, as in this act provided; and every permit so granted shall Si specify the building, giving street and n< number, or location, in which intox- so ieating liquors may be sold by virtue in of the same, and the length of time in sc which the same shall be in force, which j h< in no case shall exceed twelve months, tli Permits granted under this act shall ta be deemed trusts reposed in the recip- si; ients thereof, not as a matter of right, li< but of confidence ; and may be revoked pi upon sufficient showing by order of sc the county board of control; and upon is the removal of any county dispenser, or upon demand of the county board in of control, he shall immediately turn m over to the said county board of con- m trol all liquors and other property in pi his possession belonging to the State or cc county. Said county board of control li< shall be charged with the duty of pros- pi ecuting the county dispenser, or any of ti; his employees, who may violate any of us the provisions of this act. er Sec. 10. The county board of control di shall use as their office the office of the fo county commissioners of their respec- sh tive counties, and the clerk of the board tli of county commissioners shall serve as ar their clerk. They shall preserve, as tli part of the records and files of their sli office, all petitions, bonds and other pa- at pers pertaining to the granting or re- cc vocation of permits, and keep suitable in books in which bonds and permits tr shall be recorded. The books shall be ki furnished by the county like other us public records. The county board of hi control shall designate or provide a ni suitable place in which to sell the tli liquors, and shall furnish or grant per- dt mits to purchase from the State com- to missioner such liquors as shall be nee- st essary. The members of the county pi board of control shall meet once a so m'onth, or oftener on the call of the 01 chairman, and for their services they qi shall each receive a per diem of $2, ot and 5 cents mileage each way, and hi their clerk shall receive $2 per day for cc the days actually employed as such, cc but they shall not receive compensation pi for more than thirty days in any one ; ai year. They shall, upon approval of the | so State board of control, employ such as- j u] sistants for the county dispenser as may j tli be necessary. The, county dispenser j te and his associates shall receive such tr compensation as the State board of ! en control may determine. All profits, I tl after paying all expenses of the coun- I b< ty dispensary, shall be paid one-half to | di the county treasury and one half to j ai the municipal corporation in which it T may be located, such settlements to be c( made monthly. ti Sec. 11. Before selling or delivering auy intoxicating liquors to any person, d< a request must be presented to the aj county dispenser, printed or written in a< ink, dated of the true date, statiug the age and residence of the signer, sc for whom and whose use the liquor is pi required, the quanityand kindrequcs- ai ted, and his or her true name and resi- ui deuce, and, where numbered, bystreet pi and number, if in a city, and the re- b; quest shall be signed by the applicant si in his own true name and signature, tl attested by the county dispenser or his tr clerk, who receives and files the re- vi quest, in his own true name and signa- b< turc and in his own handwriting. But of the request shall be refused if the lii county dispenser filling it personally i knows the person applying is minor, ai that he is intoxicated, or that he is in si; the habit of using intoxicating liquors ; 01 to an excess; or if the applicant is not j e( so personally known to said county dis- iz penscr, before filling said order or de- m livering said liquor, he shall require cr identification, and the statement of a tl reliable and trustworthy person of b< good character and habits, known per- cc sonally to him that the applicant is not b; a minor, and is not in the habit of us- tl ing intoxicating liquors to an excess. b< appointed, whose place of business | shall be located in such sections of said cities as will be most convenient ' for the accommodation of residents [ thereof. At least ten days before the I first day of the meeting at which the I applications for the position of county ; dispenser are considered, the applicant ' shall file with the county board of con- j trol, and a copy thereof with the clerk of court, in support of the application, | such a petition as is provided for in section 7, signed by a majority of the ; freehold voters of the incorporated town or citv in which the permit is to be used, and cacli person aforesaid shall sign said petition by his own true name ' and signature, and state that each, bebefore signing, has read said petition ; and understands the contents and i meaning thereof, and is well and per- I sonally acquainted with the applicant: I Provided, that in the judgment of the . county board of control, other dispell- j sarics may be established in other towns in any county. Sec. J). If the application for the po- ; Sec. 12. Requests for the purchase I n< of liquor shall be made upon blanks furnished by the county auditor, in j hi packages of one hundred each, to the ai county dispensers from time to time as ui the same shall be needed, and shall be p< numbered consecutively by the audi- ti< tor. The blanks aforesaid shall be bi furnished to the county auditor by the di State board of control in uniform cl books like bank cheeks, and the date i qi of delivery shall be endorsed by the j cc county auditor on each book, and re- j to ceipt taken therefor and preserved in j qt his office. The county dispenser shall j in preserve the application in the original gi form and book, except the tilling of the i vi blanks therein, until returned to the : tli county auditor. When return thereof | pi is made, the county auditor shall en- | tli dorse thereon the date of return, and y< tile and preserve the same, to he used in the quarterly settlements between re the county dispenser and the county j j), treasurer. All unused or mutilated j hi blanks shall be returned or accounted . m for before other blanks are issued to j m such county dispensers. pi Sec. 13. On or before the tenth day al of each month, each county dispenser ' j); shall make full returns to the county di auditor of all requests tilled by him j ni and his clerks during the proceeding ai month, upon blanks to be furnish- ; w ed hv the State board of control for 1 a! the purpose, and accompany the same j to with an oath, duly taken and subserib- s| ed before the county auditor or a no- ! ni tary public, which shall be in the follow- pi ing form, to wit: "I, , being 1 n< duly sworn, state on oath that requests m for liquor herewith returned are all nj that were received and filled ut my place of business under my permit dur- til ing the month , IS?; that I ai have carefully preserved the same, ; p, and that they were filled up, signed : pi and attested at the date shown thereon j <p as provided by law; that said requests ; Cf were filled by delivering the quantity i 0i and kind of liquors required, and that h< no liquors have been sold or dispensed j sa under my permit during said month n) except as shown by the requests here- j with returned, and that I have faith- j ju fully observed and complied with the , ju provisions of my bond and oath taken a by me, thereon endorsed, and with all ' al the laws relating to my duties in the ' cj premises." I ,]j Sec. 14. Upon failure of any county pi dispenser to make the returns to the | h< auditor as herein required, it shall be pi the duty of said auditor to report such , pi failure to the county board of control, lii and I be said county board of control, j al shall immediately summon said delin- ai quent county dispenser to appear be- ai fore them and show cause why his per- si mit should not be revoked ; and if the si cause shall not be shown to the satis- s? faction of the country board of control, ; tc they shall immediately annul said per- ei mit and give public notice thereof; and ai the solicitor shall proceed to enforce the ; ni penalties prescribed in this act for such ol violation against said county dispenser lc at the next succeeding term of court ! oi of the county in which such permit is ol held, and any county dispenser who tl shall sell or dispense any intoxicating ol liquors after his permit shall have been in ? ? ? a i r i _ revoked, snail, upon conviction uieruuj, ct be lined not less than SoOO, and be im- yi prisoned in the county jail for six months. h Sec. 1"). Every county dispenser ( i iair keep a strict account of all lilors received by him from the State unmissioner, in a book kept for that lrpose, which shall he subject at all rues to the inspection of the circuit ilicitor, any peace oilicer or grand ror of the county, or of any citizen, id such hook shall show the amount id kind of liquors procured, the date ' receipt and amount sold, the amount 1 hand of each kind for each month, ich hook shall he produced hv the irty keeping the same, to he used as ridence on trial of any prosecution qiinst liirn, on notice duly served that ic same will he required as evidence. ! s Sec. 16. The payment of the United i ates special tax as a liquor seller, or I itice of any kind in any place of re- I >rt, or in any store or shop, indica- I g that intoxicating liquors are there 5 ild, kept or given away, shall be | j ild to be prima facie evidence that i I te person or persons paying said I .x and the parties displaying such < ich notices are sellers of intoxicating I juors, and unless said person or i irties are selling under permit as per- < ribed by this act, they shall be pun- i hed as provided for by this act. i Sec. 17. Licensed druggists conduct- 1 g drug stores and not holding per- j < its, and manufacturers of proprietary s edicines, are hereby authorized to I < irchase of county dispensers of the i tunties of their residence, intoxicating < juors (not including malt) for the j 1 irpose of compounding medicines, } t actures and extracts that cannot be ! < >ed as a beverage. Such permit hold- j s shall not charge such licensed I ( uggists over 10 per cent, net profit i s .. 1? 1,1 r nquurs so soiu. ouuu j/uiuiui^ci , < iall keep a record of the uses to which j le same are devoted, giving the kind ? id quantity so used, and on or before I ie tenth of each calendar month they 1 iall make and file with the county i iditor, and with the county board of t mtrol, sworn reports of the proceed- ; i gs calendar month, giving a full and | f lie statement of the quantity and t nds of such liquors purchased and < sed, the uses to which the same i ive been devoted, and giving the i imes of county dispenser from whom 1 ie same was purchased, and the < lies and quantities so purchased, j i gether with an invoice of each kind y ill in stock and kept for such com- i wildings. If said licensed druggist ; s 11, barter, gave away or exchange I in any manner dispose of, said li- , < tors, or use the same for any purpose i her than authorized in this section, J I j shall, upon conviction before any i >urt of general sessions, forfeit his li- j i :use and be liable to all penalties, ; < osecutions and proceeding at law : I id in equity provided against per- ; 1 ins selling without permit, and ( pon such convictions the clerk of j i ie court shall, within ten days uf- j < r such such judgment or order, i ansmit to the board of pharmaceuti- j ] d examiners the certified record ; < icreof, upon receipt of which the said \ < >ard shall strike the name of the said i < ruggists from the lists of pharmacists ' s id cancel his certificate : Provided, ! s hat nothing herein contained shall be j I instrued to authorize the manufac- < ire or sale of any preparation or J ! impound, under any name, form or , < svice. which mav be used as a bever- j I ;e, which is intoxicating in its char- ] 3ter. Sec. 18. That the sum of $50,000, if j > much be necessary, is hereby appro- | riated for the pu -pose of purchasing j ad of supplying 'iquors to be distribted to county dispensers under the ! revisions of this act, to be expended ! y the State treasurer upon the requi- I tion of the State commissioner, with le approval of the State board of con- ; ol: Provided that the amounts ad- | ineed to each county dispenser shall i ; considered loans to be refunded out j " the profits derived from the sales of juors by the county dispenser therein. ' Sec. 19. If any person shall make j ly false or fictitious signature, or i gn any name other than his or her j ,vn to any paper required to be sign- j 1 by this act, without being author- j ed so to do, or make any false stateent in any paper, request or appliea- ' ition signed to procure liquor under lis act, the person so offending shall j s ; guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon < mviction therefor shall be punished. ] y a fine of not less than $100 nor more ] urn $500 and costs of prosecution, or s : imprisoned not less than thirty days < ar more than six months. i Sec. 20. If any county dispenser or < s clerk shall make false oath touching ly matter required to be sworn to i infer the provisions ot tnis act, me i jrson so offending shall upon convic- ( on therefor, be punished as provided ( r law for perjury. If any county i spenser, under the law, shall pur- ' ( wise or procure any intoxication^ li- < tors from other person than the State j nnmissioner, or make any false return 1 f i the county auditor, or uso any re- j lests for liquors for more than one sale, ( any such case he shall be deemed J lilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con- { ction, punished by a line of not less \ urn $100 nor more than $o00, and im- ? -isoued in the county jail for not less < tan ninety days nor more than one t jar, for each offense. c Sec. 21. Every person who shall di- 1 etly or indirectly, keep or maintain, / himself or by associating or com- 1 ning with others, or who shall in any t anner aid, assist or abet in keeping or t aintaining any club room or other 1 ace in which any intoxicating liquors < e received or kept for the purpose of \ irter or sale as a beverage, or for i stribution or division among the t embers of any club or association by ( ly means whatever, and every person 5 ho shall barter, sell, or assist, or abet lother in bartering or selling any in- i xicatiug liquors so received or kept, t mil be deemed guilty of a misde- I eanor, and upon conviction thereof, be t inished by a fine of not less than $100 ] jr more than $o00, and by imprison- i ent in the countv jail not less than ] ....... ,|lotl nlwl V(ini. j f Ul'ljf UilJ O AIU1 UIV/4 V U1MII V4.V, J Sec. 22. All places where intoxica f ug liquors are sold, bartered or given i ,vay in violation of this act, or where , s jrsons are permitted to resort for the i jrpose of drinking intoxicating li- I iors as a beverage, or where intoxi- t tting liquors are kept for sale, barter 1 delivery in violation of this act, are < jreby declared to be common nui- i mces; and if the existence of such i usance be established, either in a < iminal or equitable action, upon the j idgmentof a court, or judge having 1 irisdiction, finding such place to be < nuisance, the sheriff, his deputy, or s ly constable of the proper county or 1 ty where the same is located, shall be i irected to shut up and abate such i lace by taking possession thereof, if ! D has not already done so under the ] rovisions of this act; and by taking 1 assession of all such intoxicating . ipiors found therein, together with i 1 signs, screens, bars, bottles, glasses < id other property used in keeping 1 1 nnlcnnoo iitwt < Ill llliUIIUUIUll^ anvil HUW4U.VV, w.... ich personal property so taken posses- ; on of shall, after judgment against I lid defendant, he forthwith eonfi.sea- i d to the State, and the owner or keep- 1 thereof shall; upon conviction, be ljudged guilty of maintaining a com- j on nuisance, and shall, for the first < fl'ensc, he punished by a line of not i ss than $100 nor more than $1,000. 1 r by imprisonment in the county jail 1 F not less than ninety days nor more i mn one year, and for each successive Tense be punished by imprisonment 1 t the penitentiary for a period not ex- i idling two years, nor less than one ! far. Sec. 20. The attorney general, or i is assistant, the circuit solicitor, or | i TSTO. (3. any citizen of the county where such nuisance exists, or is kept or maintained, may maintain an action in the name of the State to abate and perpetually enjoin the same. The injunction shall he granted at the commencement of the nction.in the usual manner of granting injunctions, except that the affidavit or complaint, or both, may be made by the attorney general, his assistant, or the solicitor of the circuit, upon information or belief, uid no bond shall be required ; and if in affidavit shall be presented to the :ourt or judge, stating or showing that ntoxicating liquors, particularly describing the same, are kept for sale or ire sold, bartered or given away on :he premises, particularly describing lie same where such nuisance is located contrary to law. the court or judge shall, at the time of granting the inunction, issue his orders, commanding :he ollicer serving the writ of injunction at the time of such service, diligently to search the premises and carefully to invoice all articles found theren, used in or about the carrying on if the unlawful business, for which search and invoicing said officer shall receive the fees now allowed by law for serving an injunction. If such officer, upon such search, shall find upon ?uch premises any intoxicating liquor, ir liquors of any kind, in quantity gong to show it was for the purpose of sale ir barter, he shall take the same into tiis custody and turn over the same to die sheriff of the county, who shall securely hold the same to abide the final udgmcut of the court in the action [the expenses for holding to be taxed is pari/ ui uie cusis ui inu auiiuu; , \nd such officer shall also take possession of all personal property found on such premises, and turn over the same :o the sheriff of the county, who shall sold the same until the final judgment n the case. The finding of such indicating liquors on such premises, svith satisfactory evidence that the same was being disposed of contrary to ;his act, shall be prima facie evidence jf the nuisance complained of. Liqlors seized as herein before provided, md the vessels containing them, shall lot he taken from the custody of the officer in possession of the same by my writ of replevin or other process vhile the proceedings herein provided ire pending; and final judgment in iuch proceedings in favor of the plain:iff, shall, in all cases, he a bar to all suits against such officer or officers for :he recovery of any liquors seized, or :he value of the same, or for damages llleged to arise by reason of the seizjre and detention thereof. Any person violating the terms of any injunc:ion granted in such proceedings, shall % je punished for contempt, for the first jffense by a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $1,000, and by imprisjnment in the coonty jail not less than ninety days nor more than one year. [n case judgment is rendered in favor >f plaintiff in any action brought unler the provisions of this section, the ;ourt or judge rendering the same, shall also render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fee in such action in favor of the plaintiff, and against the lefendants therein, which attorney's tee shall be taxed and collected as the sosts therein, and when collected, paid to the attorney or attorneys of the plaintiff therein : Provided, if such attorney be the State's attorney or solicitor, such attorney's fee shall be paid info thn nmintv trpn?lirv Til OCin tempt proceedings arising out of the MM violations of any injunction granted under the provisions of this act, the court, or in vacation, the judge thereof, shall have the power to try summarily md punish the party or parties guilty, is required by law. The affidavits upon which the attachment for contempt issues, shall make a prima facie case for the State. The accused may plead in the same manner as to an iniictment in so far as the same is applicable. Evidence may be oral, or in the form of affidavits, or both ; the defendant may be required to make answers to interrogatories, either written or oral, as in the discretion of the court or judge may seem proper; the lefendant shall not necessarily be discharged upon his denial of the facts stated in the moving papers. The clerk of the court shall, upon the application of either party, issue subpcenas for witnesses, and except as xbove set forth, the practice in such contempt proceeding shall conform as learly as may to the practice in the court of common pleas. Sec. 24. It shall be the duty of sherd's, deputy sheriffs and constables laving notice of the violation of any )f the provisions of this act, to notify he circuit solicitor of the fact of such violation, and to furnish him the names if any witnesses within their knowledge by whom such violation can be iroven. If any such officer shall wilully fail to comply with the provisons of this section, he shall, upon conviction, he fined in a sum not ess than $100 nor more than $500; md such conviction shall he a foreiture of the office held by such perion ; and the court before whom such nnvirtinn. is had. shall in addition to lie imposition of the line aforesaid, mler and adjudge the forfeiture of lis said odice. Sec. 2"). No person shall knowingly mng into this State, or knowingly ransport from place to place within his State by wagon, cart or other velicle, or by any other means or mode >f carriage, any intoxicating liquors ,vith the intent to sell the same in this <tate in violation of law, or with inent that the same shall be sold by any it her person, or to aid any other person in such sale, under a penalty of ?500 and costs for each offense, and in lddition thereto shall be imprisoned in lie county jail for one year. In deiiult of payment of said fine and costs, lie party shall suffer an additional imprisonment of one year. Any servant, igent or employe of any railroad corporation, or of any express company, )r of any persons, corporations or associations doing business in this State is common carriers, who shall remove my intoxicating liquors from any rail:oad car, vessel or other vehicle of iransportation, at any place other than he usual and established stations, wharves, depots or places of business )f such common carriers, within some neorporated city or town, where there is a dispensary, or who shall aid in or onsent to such removal, shall he subeet to a penalty of ?">0 and imprisonment for thirty days for every such jtrense: Provided, That said penalty shall not apply to any liquor in transit when changed from car to ear to faeiltate transportation. All such liquors mtemlcd for unlawful sale in this >tate may be seized in transit, and proceeded against as if it were unlawfully kept and deposited in any place. And any steamboat, sailing vessel, railroad, express company, or other ;orporation, knowingly transporting or twinging such liquor into the State, diall be punished, upon conviction, by x fine of $500 and costs for each offense. Knowledge on the part of any iiunonzLMi a^ciu in mii-ii rwiujiuuv miuu l)e deemed knowledge of the company. Sec. 2t>. The governor shall have authority to appoint one or more State constables at a salary of $2 per day md expenses, when on duty, to see that this act is enforced, the same to be charged to the expense account of the State commissioner. Sec. 27. No law now in effect prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in any of the counties or towns of this state is repealed by this act. Sec. 28. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.