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? ? s' r > 'iiin-' i CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1892/ duties of his office, 8 same are not provided for til be prescribed for by , a ird of control, composed of rnor, the Comptroller General t Attorney General. He shall, jriog upon the duties of his sxecute a bond to the State ir, with sufficient sureties, to >ved by the Attorney General, snal sum of tea thousand dol the faithful performance of ties of his office. In all pur or sales of intoxicating liquors >y said commissioner, as con in this Act, the commission II ca^se a certificate to be at tojfeach and every package eon f sAid liquors, when the same is him from the place of pur j, ^ilby him to the county dis ?rs, (Jertided by his official signa and seal, which certificate stiall that tie liquors contained in said fage have been purchased by him sale within the State of South >lina or are to be shipped out of State under the lawa of said State, without such certificate any pack containing liquors which shall, be >ught into the State* or shipped out the" or shipped from place pj^ce within the State by any rail id, express company or other com >n carrier shall be regarded as in led for unlawful tale, and upon ivietion thereof such common car shalil be liable in a penalty of five !?<$ dollars for efich offence, to be _ yvered against sai4 common carrier *oj pouii of competent jurisdiction complaint proceedings to be insti by the solicitor for any circuit, whom evidence ef the violation be louged by any citizen having knowledge er information of the viola ?'and any persmn knowingly atr lg or nsing such certificates with it ^the authority of the commissioner, any counterfeit certificate for the ol securing the transportation 'any intoxicating liquors into, out of, within this State in yioiation of ill upon conviction thereof be by a fine of not less than five dollars and imprisonment in litest iary for not lese than one each offence. Said commis sfaall make a printed quarterly mt under oath, commencing 1, 1893, of all liquors sold by enumerating the different kinds intity of each kind, the price 'and the terms of payment, and to sold. A'so the names of the from whom the liquor was aea their pl$ce pf business date of purchase, which statement be filed with the State board of SIZE OF THE OFFICIAL COCKTAIL. itioh 3. The State commissioner before shipping any liquor to nty dispensers cause the same to.be it into packages of not less than one (JTphit nor aoore than five gallons, id securely seal ? the same, and it J) be anlawfnl lor the county dis :naer to break any such package or ;n the same for any reason what ever. He shall sell by the package ,and the purchaser shall not open e same on the premises. Provided &is section shall not apply to malt liquors shipped in cases or boxes thereof, or shipped in barrels. THE COUNTY BARKEEPERS. Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Stats board of control to appoint f a county board of control composed of three persons, believed by said board not to be addicted to the use ofintnxi eating -liquors, who shall hold their | office tor a term of two years, and | until their successors are appointed, j Said coonty board of c mtrol shall Oe subject to removal for cause by the State board of coatrol. Said county board shall make such rules as will be ; conducive to the best management of the sale of intoxicating liquors in their respective counties: Provided, all ; such rules shall be submitted to the State board and approved by them i before adoption. Said county board of control shall qualify and be com : missioned the same as other officers, without fees therefor. Section 5. If any county dispenser, or his clerk, shall purchase any intoxi cating liquors from any other person or persons except the State oommis ! sioner, or if he or they, or any person or persons in his or their employ, or by his or their direction, shall sell or oiier for sale any liquors other than j such as have been purchased from the : St?te commisnouer, or dhall adulterate ! or cause to be adulterated any intoxi I cati@?, spirituous or malt liquors which he or tbqy may keep for sale , under this Act, by mixing with the same any coloring matter or any drog i or ingredient whatever, or shall mix the same with other liquors of differ ent kind tfr quality, or wi th water, or shall sell or expose for sale such | liquors so adulterated, knowing it to be such, he or they shall be guilty of ! a misdemeaner and be fined in a sum of not less than two hundred dollars ; or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than six months. SO COMPETITION WITH THE STATE. Section 6u Ihat on and after the | first day of Jiily, 1893, no person, . firm, association or oozporation shall j manufacture Jor sale, sell, keep-for sale, exchange, barter or dispense any intoxicating liquors for day purpose whatever, otherwise than as provided in this Act Coonty dispen j aers, as herein provided, shall alone be authorized to sell and dispense intoxi cating liquors, and all permits most be procured, as hereinafter provided, from the county board of control: Pro That no license for th& sale of. liquors now authorized t n ted. by municipal authorities <^aay force or ; after the | " L ?- j 30th day of June, 1893, and that all licenses now in force are hereby ex tended, pro rata, to said 30th day of j June, 1893, on the same terms as are now in force: Provided, further, that j manufacturers of distilled, malt or vinous liquors who are doing business in this State shall allowed .to sell to no i person in this State except to the State commissioners and to parties outside of the State. Every package, barrel or bottle of such liquors ship ped beyond the limits of this State shall have thereon the certificate of the State ^commissioners * allowing same, and otherwise ii shall be liable j to confiscation, and the railroad carry- 1 ing it shall be 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 HOW TO GET A JOB. r Section 7. Applications for position j of county dispensers shall be by peti tions signed and sworn to by the ap plicant and filed with the county ?board of control at least ten days be fore the meeting at which the applica tion is to be considered, which peti tion shall state the apjtficantfe nara^ place of residence, in what business engaged, and in what business he has been engaged two years previous to tiling petition; that he is a citizen of the United States and of South Car<^ lina; that he has never been adjudged guilty of violating the law relating to intoxicating liquors, and is not a licensed druggist, a keeper of a hotel, eating house, sa'oon, restaurant' or place of public amusement, .an? that he is not addicted to the use of intoxi cating liquors as a beverage. This permit or renewal thereof shall issue only on condition that tjie applicant shall execute to the county treasurer a . bond in the penal 811 m of three thousand dollars, with good and suf ficient sureties, conditioned that he will well and truly obey the laws of the State of South Carolina now or hereafter in force in relation to the sale of intoxicating liquors; that he will pay ail fines, penalties, damages and costs that may be assessed or re covered 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 a charge exceeding 50 per cent above the cost thereof. Said bond shall be for the use of the county or any persoB or persons who may be damaged or injured by reason of any violation .on the part of the obligator of tJbe law relating to intoxicating liquors purchased or sold during the term. for which said permit or the re newal thereof is granted. The said bond shall be deposited wuit Ihe coun ty treasurer, and suit thereon shall be brought at any time by the solicitor or any person for whose benefit the same is given; and in case the condi tions thereof, or any of them, shall be violated, the principal and sureties thereon shall also be jointly and sever- [ ally' liable for all civil damages, costs and judgments that may be obtained against the principal in any civil ac tion, brought by wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other persons, under the provision of the law. All other moneys collected for breaches of such bond shall go into the county treasury. Said bond shall be approv ed by the county board of control under the rales and. laws applicable to the approval of official bonds. THE NUMBER OF COUKTY BARS. Section 8, There may be one coun ty dispenser appointed for each coun ty, whose-place of business shall be at the county seat of said county, except the city of Charleston, for the county of Charleston, where ten dispensers may be appointed, and except for the city of Columbia, for the county of Richland, where there may be three dispensers appointed, whose place or business | shall be located m such sections of said city as will be most convenient for the accomodation of residents thereof. At least ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the applica tions for the position of county dis penser are considered, the applicant shall file with,the county board of con trol, and a copy thereof with the clerk of Court, in Bupport of the\ applica tion, such a petition as is provided for in section 7, signed by a majority of the freehold voters of the incorporated town or city in which the permit is to be isssued, and each person aforesaid shall sign said petition by his own true name and signature, and state thai each before signing has retd 8ftjd petition ftnd under itands the contents and meaning there of and is well ' and personally acquainted with the applicant* Pro- ! vided, That in the judgment of the ; comity board of control other dispen- 1 Bftries may be ertablished in any coun- j ty or in^any town. Section 9. If the application for the position of county dispenser be grant- : ed, it shall not issue until the appli cant shall make and subscribe on oath before the clerk of the county board of control, which shall be endorsed . upon the bond, to the affect and tenor j following: "I ,do sol- ! eranly swear (or affirm) that I will well ! and truly perform all and singular the conditions of the^witkia bond and j keep and perform the trust confided in me to purchase, keep and sell in- i toxicfttiag liquors. I will not sell, give or furnish to any person any in- j toxicoting liquors otherwise than is provide*! by law, and especially I will j .not ssll or furnish intoxicating liquors to any ^person who ^s not ^nQ^to irie j j: ? ? : . | and accurate returns to the county board of control the first Monday of each month ail certificates and requests made to or received by me as required by law during the preceding month; and soch returns shall show every sale and delivery of such ]iquors made by or for me during the month embraced therein, and theArue sljrnature to every request received and \grantetf; and such returns shall show ail the intoxi cating liquors sold or- delivered to any and every person as returned." Upon taking said oath and liiling ! bond as hereinbefore provided the^ county board of control shall issue to him a permit authorizing him to keep, and sell intoxicating liquors, as in this Act provided; and every permit so granted shall specify the buildiog, giving street and number, or location, in which the intoxicating liquors may be sold by virtue of the same, and the length of time' in which the same shall be~io force, which in no ca.se shall exceed twelve months. Permits granted un der this Act shall be deemed trusts re posed in the recipients thereof not as a matter of right, but of confidence, and maybe revoked upon sufficient show ing by order ofihe county board of con trol; and upon the removal of any coun ty dispenser, or upon demand of the county board of control, he shall im mediately turn over to said county boar? of control all liquors and other property in his possession belonging to the State or county. Said county board of control shall be charged with the duty of prosecuting the county dispenser, or any of his em ployees, who may violate any of the provisions of this^ci TWO DOLLAK8 A DAY. I Section 10. The county board of control shall use as their office, the o#ce of the county^ commissioners of th#r respective counties, and the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall serve as their cierk. They shall preserve, as part of the records and files of tbeir office, all petitions, bonds and other papers pertaining to the granting or revocation of permits, and keep suitable books in which bonds and permits shall be recorded. The books shall be furnished by the county like other public records. The county board of control shall designate ' or provide a suitable place in which to sell the liquors, and shall furnish or grant permits to purchase from the State commissioner such liquors as as shall be necessary. The members of the county board of control shall meet once a month or ofiener, op the call of the chairman, and for their service they. shall each receive a per diem of two dollars, ond five cents mileage each way, and their clerk shall receive two dollars per day for the days actually employed as such; but they shall not receive compensa tion for more than thirty days in any one year. They shall, upon the ap proval of the State board of control, employ such assistants for the county dispenser as may be necessary. The county dispenser and his associates shall receive compensation as the State board of control may determine. All profits after paying expenses of the county dispensary shsill be paid one- 1 half to the county treasurer, one-half to the municipal . .corporations in which it is located, such settlements to be made monthly. HOW TO GET A COCKTAIL. Section 11. Before selliDg or deliv ering any intoxicating liquors to any person, a request must be presented to tbe county dispenser, printed or writ ten in ink, dated of the true date, stating the age and residence of the signer for whom and whose use the liquor is required, the quantity and kind requested, and Ibis or *her true name and residence, and, where num bered, by street and number, if in a city, and the request shall be "feigned by the applicant in his own true name and signature, attested by the county dispenser or his clerk, who receives and files the request, in his own true name and signature and his own hand writing. But the request shall be re fused if the county dispenser filling it personally knows the person applying is a minor, that he i3 intoxicated, or that he is in the habit of using intox icating liquors to an excess; or if the applicant is not so personally known to said county dispenser, before filling said order or delivering said liquor, he shall require identification, and the statement of a reliable and tjcjistworthy person of good character and habits, known personally to him, that the ap plicant is not a minor, and is not in the habit of using intoxicating liquors to &q excess. Section 12. Requests for the pur chase of liquor shall be made upon blanks furnished by the county audi tor, in packagdh>f pne hundred each, to the county dispensers from time to time as the same shall be needed, and shall be numbered consecutively by the auditor. The blanks aforesaid shall be furnished to the county audi tor by the State board of control in uniform books like bank chgpks, and tbe date ol delivery shall be endorsed by the county auditor on each book, and receipt taken therefor and preserved in his office. The county dispenser shall preserve the application in the original form ! and book, except the filing of the | blanks therein, until returned to the county auditor. When return thereof is made, the county auditor shall en dorse thereon the date of return, and tiig, and preserve the same, to be used in the quarterly "settlements between the county dispenser *o 4 tbe connty 1 treasurer.^ All unused or mutilated blanks shall be returned or accounted for before other blanks are issued to such county dispensers. PAINS AND PENALTIES. Section 13. On or before the tenth <*! ??/"?ft.*? * ii : ? ; -> , ' K&H' ! ! V ? : ? day of each month, each county dis penser shall maS* full returns to" the county auditor of all requests filled by him and h&clerks duing the preced ing month, upon blanks to be furnish ed by ^he' State board of control for the purpose and accompany the same with an oath, duly taken and sub scribed before the couDty auditor or a notary public, which shall be in the following form, to wit: I. , being duly sworn,, state on oath that the re quests for Jiquors herewith returuech are all that were received and filled at my place of busio&s under my pefr mit, during the month of 18?; that I have carefully preserved the same and that they were filled up, j signed and attested at the date shown ?thereon, as provided by law; that said requests were filled by delivering the quantity and kind of liquors require^ and that no liquors have been sold dispensed under my permit, during* said month except as sBbwn by the re quests herewith returned* and thi,t I have faithfully observed and complied with the provisions of my Jb^adf, and oath taken by me, thereon endoreed, and with all the lawsjrelating to my duties in the premises. ? CASH FOB-R. T. COCKTAILS. Section 14. Upon failure of any rcounty dispenser to make the returns to the auditor herein required it shall be the duty of said auditor to report such failure to 4he said board of control, and the oounty board of con trol shall immediately summon said delinquent county dispenser to appear before them and show cause why his permit shoiild not be revoked, and if the cause shall not be shown to the satisfaction of the county board of control, they shall immediately annul said o permit and give public notice thereof; and the solicitor shall proceed ' to enforce the penalties prescribed in< this Act for such violation against said county dispenser^aMhe nextwc ceeding term of Court of the county 1 in which such permifis held, and any county dispenser who thill sell or dis pense any intoxicating liquors after his permit shall have been revoked, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than nve hundred dollars and be imprisoned in the county Jul for six months. Section 15. Every county dispenser shall keep a , strict account of all liquors received by him* from the State commissioner in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be subject ; at all times to the inapftcfap of the circuit s6ttctfor, and fesct?ffor or grand jury of the county, or of toy citizen, and such book shall show the amount and kinds of liquorsCprocured, the date ., of receipt and amount sold,1 and the amount on hand of each kind for each month. Such book shall be produced the party keeping the , same, to be used as evidence on trial of any prosecution against him, on | notice duly served that the same will be required as evidence. Section 16. The payment s>f the United States special tax as a tiqqor seller, or notioe of any kind in any place of resort, or in any" store or shop, indicating that intoxi cating liquors are there sold, kept or given away, shall be held to be prima facie evidence that the person or per sons paying said tax and the parties displaying said notices are sellers of intoxicating liquors, and unless said*; persons or parties are selling under: permiuas prescribed by this AcJ; they, shall be punished as provided for bJ| this Act. OLD 8PIRITUS FERMENT!. Section 1 7. Licensed druggists con ducting drugstores and not holding permits, and manufacturers of pro prietary medicines, are hereby author ized to purchase of county dispensers of the counties of their residence in toxicating lixuore (not including malt) for the purpose of compounding medi cines, tinctures and extracts that can not be used as a beverage. Such per mit-holders shall not charge such licensed druggist over 10 per cent net profits for liquors so sold. Such purchaser > shall keep a record of the uses to which the same are devoted, giv ing the kind and quanty so used, and on or before the tenth of each calendar month they shall make and file with with the county auditor, and with the county board of control, sworn reports of the preceding calen dar month, giving . a full and true statement of the quantity and kinds of such liquors purchased and used, the uses to which the same have been devoted And giving the names of county dispenser from whom the same was purchased, and the dates and quant* licensed druggist ^sell, tarter, give away or exchange, or in any manner dispose of said liquors, or use the same for any- purpose other than au thorized in this section, he shall, upon conviction before ony Court of Gener al Sessions, forfeit his license and be liable to all penalties, prosecutions and preceding at law and in equity provided against persons selling with out permit, and upon such conviction the Clerk of Court shall, within ten days after such judgment or order, transmit to the board of pharmaceuti cal examiners the certified record thereof, upon ^receipt of which the said board shatLstrike the name of the said druggist from the list of pharma cists and cancel his certificate: Pro vided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the manufacture or sale of any prepara tion or compound, under any narnt, form or device,. which majf be used as - L ? L'1 *i ijAaxicaimflft its i ? - k Mt ' IT COMES HIGH. Section* 18. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, if so much be neces sary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of purchasing and supplying liquors to be distributed tp county dis pensers under the provisions of this Act, ?o be expended by the State Treasurer upon the requisition of the State commusioner, with the ap proval of the State* board of control: Provided, That the amounts advanced to each county dispennr shall be con sidered loans lo be nRundedout> of the profits arrived from the sale of liquors by the county dispenser therein. Section 19. If any person shall make any fiUse or fictitious signature, or sign any name /Other than his or her own to any paper requited to be signed by this Act, without being authorised' so to do, or make any false statement in any paper, request or applisation signed to procure liquors under this Act, the person so amend ing' shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and cost of pros* ecutaon, or be imprisoned not less than thirty^ days nor more than six months. Section 20. If any county dispen se* ot- his clerk shall make false oatftt touching any matter required to sworn to under the provisions of this Act, the person so otfending shall up on conviction therefor be punished as ' provided by law for perjury.- II any county dispenser, under the law, shall purchase or procure any intoxicating liquors from other person than the State commissioner, or make any false return to th4koounty auditor, or use any request ib^liquors for more than one sale, in any^such case he> shall be' deemed guilty ^f a misdemeanor, and upon conviction punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more thaa five hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the county jail lor not less than ninety; days nor more than one year for each offence. DOWJT "with the club cocktail. Section 31. Every person wbo shall, "directly or indirectly, keep or main tain, by himself or by associating or combining with others, or who shall in any manner aid, assist or abet in keeping or maintaining any club room or other place in which any in toxicating liquors are received or kept for the purpose of barter or sale as a beverage, or for distribution or divis ion among the members of any club or association, by any means whatever, and every person who shall barter, sell, or assist, or abet another in bart ering or selling, any intoxicating li quors so' received or * kept, * shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not lesB than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred* dollars, and by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ninety days nor more than one year. Section 22. All places where intoxi cating liquors 4*re ..sold, bartered or given away iu violation of this Aether, where persons are permitted to resort for-the purpose of drinking intoxicat ing liquors as a beverage, or where intoxicating liquott are kept for sale, barter or MeKvefy in violation of | this f Act, are hereby declared to be ^oonuiKHk nuisances; and if the?x 'istence of such nuisance ne established, | either in ? criminal ~or equitable action, upon the judgment of a Court, or Judge haviog jurisdiction, finding I audi place to be a npisanos, the sheriff, his deputy, or any constable .of the' proper county or city where the same is located, shall be directed to shut up and abate such place by taking posession thereof, if he has not already done so, under the provisions of this Act; and by taking possession of all such intoxicating liquors found there in, together with all signs, screens, bars, bottles, glasses and other proper ty used in keeping and maiDtaiuiug such nuisance; and such personal property so taken pf>8seasion of shall, after judgment against said defendant be forthwith confiscated to the State, and the owner or keeper thereof shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of maintaining a common nuisance, and shall for the first offence be pun ished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail of not less than ninety days nor more than one year, and for each successive offence be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a period not exceed ing two years nor less than one year. /. 8P0TTEBS. /Bastion 23. The Attorney General his assistant, the circuit solicitor, or any citizen of t fee county where sock fuisance exists or is kept or maintained, may maintain an action in the name of the State to abate ! and perpetuallj enjoin the same. The ' injunction shall be granted at the commencement of the actions, except 1 that the affidavit or complaint, or both, j may be made by the Attorney General, tis assistant or the solicitor of the ! circuit upon information or belief, and no bond shall be required; and if an affidavit shall be presented to the Court or /Judge stating or showing that intoxicating liquors particularly describing the same, are kept for sale- . or are sold, bartered or given away i on the premises, particularly describe ] ing the sanje where such nuisance is located, contrary to law, the Court or Judge shall at the time of granting the injunction iwue his orders, com manding the officer serving the wra of injunction, at the time of such service,, diligently to search the premises and carefully to invoice all nV ittirfis frihirt used in or -? M '> ' about the offryjng on of the unlawful business, for which search and in* voicing aald officer shall receive the fees now flowed by law for serving j an injoncition. Ksu<3fofficer upon such search shall find upon such premises any intoxicating liquor, or liquors of any kind, in quantity going to show it was for the purpose of sale or barter, he shall take the same into his custody! and deliver U?e same to the county! sheriff who shall securely hold the.1 tame to abide the final judgment of the Court in the action (the expenses for hoding to be taxed as part of the coats of such action;) and such officer shall also take possession of all personal property pertaining in such business found on such premises The finding of such intoxicating li quors on such premises with satisfactory evidence that the same wu being dis posed of contary to this Act, shall be prima facie evidence of the nuisance complained of. Liquors seised"as here inbefore provided and the veattls con taining them, shall not be taken from the custody of the officer in possession of the same by any writ of replevin or ottypr process while the proceedings herein provided are pending; and filial judgment in such proceedings in favor of the plaintiff shall, in all cases, be a bar to all sum against such officer or offidrs for recovery of any liquors seized or the value of the same, or for damages alleged to arise by reason of the seizure and detention thereof Any person violating the terms of any injunction granted insoch proceedings shall be punished for contempt, for the fiiat oft nee, by a fine of not ; less th^n two htndnd dollars, nor iaore than one thousand dollars, and by I imprisonment in the county jail net less than 90 days nor more than o*e J year. In case judgment is rendered in favor of plaintiff in any action 1 brought under the provisions of this seqtjtfi, the Court or Judge rendering thaVme shall also render judgment for a reasonable attorney's fas in such action in&vorof tip plaintiff, and against ths defendant? therein, which attorney's foe shall ^e taxed and col lected as the other costs therein, and when collected to be paid to the attorney H attorneys of the plaintiff therein: Provided, if such attorney be the State's attorney or solicitor, such attorney's foe shall be paid into the county treasury. In contempt proceedings arising out of the viola* tions of any injunction granted un^er the provisions df this Act, the Court, or, in vacation, the Judge thereof thaln have the power to try summarily and | punish the party or parties guilty, as required by laWi 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 indict ment in so far as the same is applica- ! ble. Evidence may be oral, or in the : form of affidavits, or both; the de> fendant may be required to make answers to interrogatories, either written or oral, as in the discretion of the Court or Judgemay seem proper; the defendant shall not necessarily be discharged upon his denial of the | facte stated in the moving papers, i The Clerk of the Court shall, upon the application of either party* issue sabpoenas for /witnesses, and except as above set forth the practice in such contempt proceedings shall, coaform as nearly as may to the practice in the Court of Common Plea* - LIKEWISE BOUVCCB8. Section 24. It shall be the duty of the Sheriffe, deputy sheriffs and consta ble 'haying notice of the violation of any of the provisions of this Act to notify the circuit solicitor of the fact of such violation, and to furnish him the names of any witnesses within their knowledge by whom such violation can be proven. If any such officer shall wilfully fail to comply with the provisions of this section, he shall, ? upon conviction, be fined in a sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars; and such conviction shall be a forfeiture of the office held by such person; an*i the Court before whom such conviction is had shall, in addition to the imposi tion of the fine aforesaid, order and adjudge the forfeiture of his said office. GOOD BYE, OLD BORBON. Section 25. No person shall know* ingly bring into this State, or know ingly transport from place to place within this State, by wagon, cart or other vehicle, or by any other means or mode of carriage, any intoxicating liquors with the intent to sell the-aame is this State in vidatien of law, or with intent thai tfctiugtftban be sold by any othiir person, or to aid any other perm ' in such sale, under a penalty of jive hundred dollar's- and costs for each offence, and in addition thereto shall be imprisoned in the county jail for one year. In default ( of payment of said fine and costs the party shall suffer an additional im prisonment of one year. Any agent, servant or employee of any railroad corporation, or of any express com pany, or of any persons, corporations or associations doing business in this State as common carriers, who shall remove any intoxicating liquors from | any railroad cai^ vessel or other vehicle of transportation, at any place other than the usual and established stations, wharves, depots or places of business of such common carriers within some incorporated city or town, where there is a dispensary, or who shall aid in or consent to such re moval, shall be subject to a penalty of "fifty dollars and imprisonment for thirty days for every such offence: Provided, that said penalty shall not J apply to any liquor in transit when 1 changed from xar to car to |Ka1itate I transportation^ All such liquors in i!" *'?*'?, ' <?' ' * ? , . Li r:-* '? i ? < ? ; -- tended for may ta aei: A' PROMINENT feft WITH CRtMl at hit Post m QmL ]? I Tbdtfollowing account of t he Jtftttt | of the Editor of tlx State is ; <$ pped . from that papS of foeeday: j Mr N. G. GouzaJet, the the State, was Arretted yeeter^ <MB !. the charge of criminal libel, by cod stable of a Barpwell trial juefttfi on a warrant batid on the ?' oneG. W. M. WUiiaot^a lawya* : Mr Willfunt may not need anyiatefr d action ti> the public through 4*ao}? j umM of the State. What fa QmH the warrant jo be tworn oat w tUtfe^ ? to | be something that Wat ooivtoinad fa a ferred Jb ieflj to reoQVtpnM concerned. ? 'I ? ! Mr Gonzalet was arretted, kst \f night he wat writing oditorh ||- -Mill J It, be disappointed. The constable, Mr Mood*,! arrived yesterday morning with id row*!, which be had oountereggiia&Jn' -j Justice I Kiernau. The wartSfci iw' ;, issued bytStiiuetSce Row ^ berg, and the allegations rtad atfoU > lowr "That one N. G? Gonial* it thf editor imd \ manager of thfj BbU, i? daily, newspaper which hat cfceaktlpa $ in Barnwell county. That - in tbi is?ae of said paper of date December . 8th, 1892, which eaid issue aid paM f was circulated in Barnwell opvot*, 1 there appeared * certain article K# ? * ed, "Pay Up OrjGo To Jai^ wSl sai d. article wat libeloue of and eott ?} ce ruing deponent, tending towUi him ?< to a breach of the peace, Jrfaokea hit name land character, an#* injure hin^ in hi^ profetsian at e^vy^ is maie upon information and belief and G. Duncan Be$ofcer it a witW ! to prove the, tame."] The article referred to in the affi davit appeared in th^Koe of Decem ber 8, and in giving th*.j*oceedinp . of the court in Barnwell tba AafcV correspondent aaid thia: j ? . ^ "During the term ha (Judge Had* son) made an order requiring G. W. \ M. "Williams, a lawyer, to pay. to a colored woman and her minor children, . $500, which he collected for then J years ago, within thirty dayt, or m . Jm default thereof to go to jail and ttayjfl there until he doet pay it" jH Discussing the matter editorialm*-^ the Stale winds up itt article } I following: , : "Criminal libel it a pretty ?mm charge, but malice mutt bet>row6 L sustain it Mr G. W;M.^Wi(|iMB cannot prove malice tetfee partac the Editor ofTheiSiafe. TbeevWeftee is already on hand to thxp^tfee whole ? owe out of court, if it ewrjme there, which we thin^ unUkeS.tfJfii adhor of a newspaper is toTwhela criminally responsible for publishing 4J8H proceedings at natter* of news, tea is fo ? room for* journalism itt tfia , country. The criminal whoae sentence % is ; rendered has the -paper which ' if ' publishes the newt at hie mercy. ' v We have never hadaa great |tt. ^ invitation to diteqpt the charaetjtfaf an aasailanfasttrG. W. 3L Wilfian has given us; but in pity for fctyM* j ^rell as in deference to oar owi Ma*".-* dard of journalism^ we withhold com- i ;5 ment We will only suggest that if i f Mr Williams desirtd an excuse lor \"l embracing Tillmaniam he fttfht have found one kwU witlt! dyaeadta fj than alleged grfevanoe. agaiast The . . State, coupled with a libel suit j r iU editor^' y, ? Mr Gonzales found no trouUe m 'j j procuring bail, friends TolunteerU^gJl to sign his bogd, and was immediatal/1 1 : released, and is at ^ his pak writing jj j editorials as osuaL ?' ? Gadman, the wholesale tbe general poetoffica, wl stole $5, 248 in etaane?