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y -~ cmEdy. RE SD - NEWBERRY, S. ., EDNE SDAY, JAN -- m a .. S&GnnAR. ' .- -.-a: .4a a MF~r 1ARD ~ J~5 NIWBERY, S C.,WEDIIESDY, JNUAR 4, 893.PRICE $1.50 A Yi 1Text of Ne Law to Regulats '" g.aae --Whbs the Peopto Lsiri Put Up with for - * - a eia.tos s and Courier.) "',"I f Ar 0 The News anciergives le only correct copj hrEans'-=die ijfary 'billt whiect enacted at the -ent sQPiion of the Assembly. e law is in many the as the 'Nettlee. and Compan ill already pub ': . e6 prehet re ogtline of the as been n, but those in will fnd th visions of the tlly:of close a tiion. The bill tto:Prohibit t\ Manufacture a3e ofIntoxica g Liquors as a within this ate, except as Jetite d. natdetc; 2::.That on an4fter the first Luly, A. D.,. Ie manufac F : barter or exe ge, or the R p s ei r.: offering for ae, barter, exchange, withi 'is State of tqous, malt;7in, ferment oter intoxieating liirs, or any u4d pr mixture there by what me called, which produce cation, by any pers basiness poratioti or assoei u, shall alaed and conducted provid i,~ sAct. BOSBAEKEEPE 2.. The Governor sh ithi from the approval aoe Act a commissioner, beld by be an abstainer from =I t'wboahall, under such r snd . .ofas may:be made - ardf control, purctiase in lk' eafor lawfut salei preference to: c Sad rewers in this td .h thea same to such perso 'r designated as dispensers t besold as hereafter prescri Acthis and sbsequent appo il:tobe subjectAto the approva Senate at the next succeeding Said commisioner shall resC h e place of business in t f'Columbiain this-State, and hol r 'ofice two years from appointment untI: another is appointed-in hi subject to removal for cause b; e board .f control. He shal -and be commissioned the sami officers, and receive an anuna -ffghteen hundred dollars, pay mean time and in the sa4i a provided for the paymen salaries of theiState officer.. Hi -be allowed a bookkeeper, wh< be paidin the same manner a.sal -ifelve.hundred 4ollars, and suc assistants as in t;}e opinion of thl 1 control may lie deemed neces a-He-shall not sell to the countj any intoxicating or ferment except such- as have beer =b the chemist of the Soutt College and declared to be unadulterated. Said chernis1 na saistants.as may be appoint aihimrto be allowed such comn eeifany, aa the board of con. * emne. He shall not re ~from said county dispensers foi nors sold to, them more than 64 tabove the net cost thereof, -amounta 'so received by hin ead sales shall be by him paic -tothe Treasurer of the State nder such rules as may b ythe State board of control I< the faithful return of the same; &fate- Treasurer shall keep:a asecount with said fund, from 'the commissioner aball draw to-time, upon warrants dul~ -by- the said board, thi necessary to pay the expenses in-conducting the. business of y.All rules and regulatIomn the said commissioner in the ofittoxicating liquors, or in ceof any of the duties of -where the.same are not pro by law, shall be prescribed by board of control, composed of - the Comptroller-General Attorney-General. H. shall, ~eitering upon the duties of big ~execute: a .bond to the State r,with sufficient sureties, te Sred by the Attorney-General, >penal sum of ten thousand dol t he:faithful performance of the -of his office. In all purcbases of intoxicating Uiquors mad. by comissioner, as contemplated in~ t,the, commissioner shall cause -i fe~ats to be attached to each and ~package containing said liquers, %esame is shipped to him from paeof purchaae, or by him to the - ispensers, certified by his ofi iena ture and meal, which certifi eaistate that the liquor. con In said package have been pur. Shyhim for sale within the State 2 taCarolina or are-to be shipped ta eState under the laws of said ~id without any such certificate ~~tskge contaimnn liquor. which -brought into tha &ate or ship Sthe State or shippctd from lcewithin the State by any express company or other -carrier shall be regarded as eifor unlawful sale, and upon tinthereof such. common ear ~be liable-in a penalty of flie _dollars for each offence, to be je~against said common carrier ~~~uieoortof competent judjsdiction cep1aint proceedings to be insti - ie solicitor for any circuit n - evidieuce of the violation o-~Idg by,aay citizen having or information of the viola. myperson knowingly-at such certificates with vam j UsJA.cVi~aciu 1U%;UuU L%7 LiL purpose of securing the transportati of any intoxicating liquors into, out or within this State in violation of lav shall upon conviction thereof be pu ished by a fine of not less than n hundred dollars and imprisonment i the Penitentiary for not less than on e fcc e. Said commi sioner shall make a pin ' statement under oath, commenciz August 1, 1893, of all liquors st by aim, - enumerating the differe kinds and quantity of each kind, ti price paid and the terms of paymen and to whom sold. Also, the nam of the parties from whom the liqu, was purchased, and their place of bus noes and date of purchase, which stat went shall be fled with the Sta board of contrel. THE SIZE OF THE O?FICIAL COCKTAI] Section 3. The State commission: shall befoie shipping any liquor I county dispensers cause the same to b put into packages of not less than one half pint nor more than five gallon: and securely seal the same, and i shall be unlawful for the county dis penser to break any suck package o open the same for any reason what ever.. He shall sell by the- packag only, and the purchaser shall not ope, the same on the premises. Provide: this section shall not apply to mal liquors shipped in cases or boxes there of, or shipped in barrels. THE COUNTY BARKEEPERS. Section 4. It shall be 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 intoxi cating liquors, who shall hold thei: office for a term of two years, and until their successors are appointed. Said county board of control shall be sub ect to removal for cause by the State board of control. Said county board shall make such rules as will be con ducive to the best management of the sale of intoxicating liquors in their re spective counties: Provided, all such rules shall be submitted to the State board and approved by them before sdoption. Said county board of con 1o shall qualify and be commissioned e same as other-officers, without fees -erefor. e ion 5. If any county dispenser, 1 his clerk, shall purchase any intoxi g liquors from any other person 1 persons except the State commis r, or if he or they, or any person rsons in his or their employ, or t tls or their direction, shall sell or of for sale any liquors other than s have been purchased from the S ommissioner, or shall adulterate or to be adulterated any intoxi 'a spirituous or malt - liquors w he or they may keep for sale unthis Act, by mixing with the saDy coloring matter or any drug or ledidnt whatever, or shall mix the6e with other liquors of differ ent r quality, or with water, or s f&l~ I or expose for sale such liquoi adulterated, knowIng it to be a F~e or they shall be guilty of a iId nor and be fined in a sum of .o le two hundred dollars or imprij in the county jail for not less tQ,-x months. - O TITION wISH TE,STATE. Sect. That on and after the first day of 1893, no person, firm, asso ciaatio n to-shall manufac tuefrsell, keep for sale, ex change, bir dispense any intoxi cain flqor any purpose what ee,ohr~ than as provided in this Act.'~ dispensers, as herein provided, sa Jne be authorized to sell nd d intoxicating liquors, and all pernost be procured, as hereinafter p ,d, from the county board of con Provided, that no Henefor the;f spirituous liquors now atozeegranted by mu nicipal autho%NH be of any force or effect after tgh~ day of June, 1893, and that $nses now in fore~ are hereby exteIpro0 rata, to said 30th day of 3h893, on the same terms as are ir-foi-e: Provided,d further, that riacturers of dis tilled, malt 0 J~ iquors who ar doing business his State shall ben allowed to sel o person in this State exceptottcomsin Eeryndt partiesde of the State. Eeypacka~ge, bir bottle of such i iquors shipped be the limits of this State shall eon th ce tificate of the Stat resonthe aer-i lowing same, and %i isshesal be liable to confiscatio te railroad be tlon 2: And provlded as inereon ai shall have the righS *ane orns his or her own um g rapes for s other fruit.grpso HOW TO GE1 Section 7. Applicatf *. w of county dispensers al olto tions signed and sworri by peti-w plicant and filed wig~ the ap board of control at lea countst fore the meeting at whildayse-t tion is to be considered, Napplica- of shall state the applicantfttion o of residence, in what busfs an and in what business he Igged,d, gaged two years previous en en- h tition; that he -is aci t United States and of Sou .the that he has never bee lina; guilty of violating the law dged intoxicating liquers, and isi h cenaed druggist, a keepe l Ii' she eating house, saloon, restel,'o place of public amusemenki of he is not addicted to the uea cating liquors as a be K permit or renewal thro ~eto only on con'dition that th thr shall execute to the county res Ie e a oona in tpe penal sum of thr n thousand dollars, with good and sufi f, cient sureties, conditioned that he wi r, well and truly obey the laws of LI State of South Carolina now or her re after in force in relation to the sale 4 n intoxicating liquors; that be will pa e all fines, penalties, damages and coal 3- that may be assessed or recovere jinlilx.imfor violation of such law )g during the term for which permit Id renewal is granted, and will not se nt intoxicating liquors under his perrn e at a charge exceeding 50 per cel t, above the cost thereof. Said bc, es shall be for the use of the county i )r any person or persons who may 1 i- damaged or injured by reason of an - violation on the part of the obligat< te of the law relating to intoxicatin liquors purchased or sold during th . term for which said permit or the ri r newal thereof is:granted. The ;sai O bond shall be deposited with th e county treasurer, and suit thereo shall be brought at any time by th solicitor or any person for whose ben t efit the same is given; and in case tb conditions thereof, or any of them r shall be violated, the principal au< - sureties theron shall also be jointl: and severally liable for all civil dam ages, costs and judgments that may bi obtained against the principal in and civil action brought by wife, child parent, guardian, employer or othei person, under the provision of the law. All other moneys collected foi breaches of such bond shall go intc the county treasury. Said bond shal] be approved by the county board o1 control under the rules and laws appli ckble to the approval of official bonds. THE NUMBEB OF COUNTY BARS. Section 8. 'here may be one county dispenser appointed for each county, .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 the city of Colum bia, for the county of Richland, where there may be three dispensers appoint ed, whose place of business shall -be located in such sections of said c:ities as will be most convenient for the ac commodation of residents thereof. At least ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the applications for the position of county dispenser are considered, the applicant shall file with the county board of control, 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 city in which the permit is to be issued, and each person aforesaid shall sign said petition by his own true name and signature, and state that each be fore signing has read said petition and understands the contents and meaning thereof and is well and personally ac quainted with the applicant: Provided, That in the judgment of the county board of control other dispensaries may be established in any county 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 effect and tenor fol lowing: "I, -- -- --, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will- well and ~ruly perform all and singular thie con litions of the within bond and keep Lnd perform the trust confided in me o purchase, keep and sell intoxicating 1 iqnors. I will not sell, give or furnish< o aniy person any intoxicating liquors >therwise than is provided by law,t Lnd especially I will not sell or furnish< ntoxicating liquors to any person who s not known to me personally, or duly dientified, nor to any minor, intoxi- ~ ated person, or persons who are in the tabit of becoming intoxicated, and I ril make true, full and accurate re urns to the county board of control be first Monday of each month of d2 11 certiticates and requests made to p r received by me as required by law c urig the preceding month: and such b atuzrns shall show every sale arnd de -rn very of such liquors made by or for t2 xe during the month embraced there- p i, and the true signature to every re- o: nest received and granted; and such ti sturns shall show all the intoxicating 'a quors sold or delivered to any and t< rery person as returned." Upon tak- oi ig said oath and filing bond as bere- he before provided the county board of ce >ntrol shall issue to him a permit au- n< orizing him to keep and sell intoxi- ii ting liquors, as in this Act provided; fu id every permit so granted shall w ecify the building, giving street and tli imber, or location, in which intoxi- b3 ting liquors may be sold by virne of bI e same, and the length of time in- i< 2ich the same shall be in force, ha iich in no case shall exceed twelve pe anths. Permits granted under this sh it shall be deemed trusts reposed in Lu S recipients thereof, not as a matter se right, but of confidence, and may be si< roked upon sufficient showing by mi ier of the county board of control; Las 1 upon the removal of any county ise enser, or upon demand of the county Lrd of control, he shall immediately -n over to said county board of con- t 1 liquors and other property in histh isession belonging to the State or t inty- Said county board of control al be charged with the duty of pro- cou uting the county dispenser, or any c uis employees, who may violate any sl he provisions of this Act. -to TWO DOLLARS A DAY-' cat ection 10. The county board of con- res shall use as their office the office of sh< county commissioners; of their ty aective counties, a te clerk- of d. e 'the board of county commissioners I I- shall serve as their clerk. They shall 11 preserve, as -part of the records and e files of their office, all petitions, bonds - and other papers pertaining to the >f granting or revocation of permits, and 1 y keep suitable books in which bonds s and permits shall be recorded. The i d books shall be furnished by the county < s like other publice records. The county J r6 , f control shall designate or 11 provide a suterre' e4t c9bieto sell f it the liquors, and shall furnish or gii t. permits. to purchase from the State d commissioner such liquors as shall be >r necessary. The members of the county >e board of control shall meet once a y month or oftener, on the call of the >r chairman, and for their service tbey 1 g shall each receive a per diem of two e dollars, and five cents mileage each j :- way, and their clerk shall receive two d dollars per day for the days actually e employed as such; but they shall not n receive' compensation for more than I e thirty daysin any one year. They shall, upon the approval of the State board of i e control, employ such assistants for the t , county dispenser as may be necessary. I I The county dispenser and his associates d shall receive compensation as the State c - board of. contfol may determine. All profits after paying all expenses of the I county dispensary shall be paid one- a half to the county treasurer, one-half to p municipal corporations in which it is it located, such settlements to be made a: monthly. sl HOW TO GET A COCKTAIL. d' Section 11. Before selling or deliverl ing any intoxicating liquors to any person, a request must be presented to the county dispenser, printed or writ- 01 ten in ink, dated - of the true date, p stating the age and residence of the signer for whom and whose use the liquor is required, the quantity and kind requested, and his or her true di name and residence, and, where num- pe bered, by street and number, if in a city, ta and the request shall be signed by the to applicant in his, own true name and co signature, attested by the county dit- li; penser or his clerk, who receives and po files the request, in his own true name tu and signature and in his own hand- as writing. But the request shall be re- sh fused if the county dispenser filling it gi personally knows the person applying lig is a minor, that he is intoxicated, or ke that he is in the habit of using intoxi- Sal cating liquors to an excess; or if the qu applicant is not so personally known tez to said county dispenser, before filling shi said order or delivering said liquor, he at, shall require identification, and the cox statement of a reliable and trustworthy cal person of good character and habits, tru known personally to him, that the an< applicant is not a minbr, and is not in chi the habit of using intoxicating liquors the to an excess. ing Section 12. Requests for the purchase froc of liquor shall be made upon blanks anc furnished by the county auditor, in chs packages of one hundred each, to the eac county dispensers from time to time as suc the same shall be needed, and shall be dru numbered consecutively by the audi- cha ter. The blanks aforesaid shall be said rurnished to the county auditor by the pur State board of control in uniform books sect Like bank checks, and the date of deli- fore very shall be endorsed by the. county forl mditor on each book, and receipt taken pen herefor and preserved- in his office. ings Phe county dispenser shall preserve the agai application in the original form and and >ook, except the filling of the blanks Con herein, until returned to the county judj Luditor. When return thereof is made, boal he county anditor shall endorse there- the in the date of return, and file and prc- Ceip erve the same, to be used in the quar- stril erly settlements between the county fron ispenser and the county treasurer. cel 611 unused or mutilated blanks shall not] e returned or accounted for before cons ther blanks are issued to such county ture ispensers- pou. PAINS AND PENALTIES. h Section 13. On or before the tenth ay of each month, each county dis enser shall make full returns to the to >unty auditor of all requests filled by thov im and his clerks during the preceding psaa ionth, upon blanks to be furnished by piu 1e State board of control for the pur Dse, and accompany the same with an pn Isth, duly taken and subscribed before Act, ie county auditor or a notary public, ure hich shall be in the following form,th wit: I, --, being duly sworn, state That m oath that the requests for liquorsTh erewith returned are all that were re- coun~ ived and filled at my place of busi- pon ass, under my permit,.- during theprf onthi of--, 18-; that I have care- by t Ily preserved the same, and that they are filled up, signed andi attested at ay e date shown thereon, as provided any i law; that said requests were filled any] delivering the quantity and kind of At tuors required, and that no liquors parem ve been sold or dispensed under m,y proce rmnit during said month except as po own by the requests herewith re- mill rned, and that I have faithfully ob-thr 'ved and complied with the provi- ntJe ins of my bond, and oath taken by a, thereon endorsed, and with all the moe vs relating to my duties in the prem- nost e six m CASH FOR R. T. COCKTAIES. Se 3ection 14. Upon failure of any coun- or hi dispenser to make the returns to touch auditor herein required it shall sworn the duty of said auditor to report Act, t ~h failure to the county -board of convi< trol, and the county board of vided trol shall immediately summon ty dis I delinquent county dispenser chase appear before them ad show quors ise- why his permit should not be comm oked, and if the cause shall not be to the wn to the satisfaction ot the coun- quest board of control, they shall imme- sale,: tely annul said permit andmiv d;eme public notice thereof ;'and the soliciti shall proceed to enforce the penalti prescribed in this Act for such viol tion against said county dispenser the next succeeding term of court the county in which such permit held, and any county dispenser wl; shall sell or dispeuse any intox sating liquors after his permit sha iave been revok a ,u riction tnereo be fined not less th ive hunr zd dollars and be impr oned in the county jail for six monti Section 1. Every county dispens shall keep a strict account of all lique received by him from the State cot issioner in a book kept for that pa pose, which shall be subject at s times to the inspection of the circ olicitor, any peace officer or grar ury of the county, or of any citizei nd such book shall show the amout nd kinds of liquors procured, tb late of- receipt and amount sold, an ,heamount on hand of each kind fc ach month. Such book shall be pr( laced by the party keeping the sam: o be used as evidence on trial of an Prosecution against him, on notic uly served that the same will be re uired as evidence. Section f6. The payment of t4 Tnited States special tax as a lique -ller, or notice of any kind in an iNee of resort, or in any store or shop idicating that intoxicating liquor re there sold, kept or given awa3 3all be held to be prima facie evi ence that the person or persons pay ig said tax and the parties display ig said notices are sellers of intoxi iting liquors, and unless said persona parties are selling under permit a, escribed by this Act they shall be inished as provided for by this Act. OLD SPIRITCS FEEMENTI. Section 17. Licensed druggists con icting drug stores and not holding rmits, and manufacturers of proprie ry medicines, are hereby authorized purchase of county dispensers of the unties of their residence intoxicating luors (not including malt) forthe pur se of compounding medicines, tine res and extracts that cannot be used a beverage. Such permit-holders all not charge such licensed drug it over 10 per cent net profits for uors so sold. Such purchaser shall p a record of the uses to which the ne are devoted, giving the kind and antity so used, and on or before the ith of each calendar month they Il make and file with the county litor, and with the county board of itrol, sworn,reports of the preceding eudar month, giving a full and e statement of the quantity I kinds of such liquors pur ised and used, the uses to which same have been devoted, and giv the names of county dispenser rn whom the same waspuchased, I the dates and quantities so pur sed, together with an invoice of Li kind still in stock and kept for Licompoundings. If said licensed ggist sell, barter, give away or ex nge, or in any manner dispose of liquors, or use the same for any pose other than authorized in - this ion, he shall, upon conviction be any Court of General Sessions, sit his license and be liable to all alties, prosecutions and proceed at 'law and in equity provided nst persons selling without permit, upon such conviction the clerk of rt shall, within ten days after such ~ment or order, transmit to the d of pharmaceutical examiners certified record thereof, upon re t of which the said board shall e the name of the said druggist ithe list of pharmacists and can his certificate: Provided, That ing herein contained shall be trued to authorize the man ufac or sale of any preparation or com d, under any name, form or de which may be used as a beverage bh is intoxicating in its character. IT COMES HIGH. TION 18. That the sum of fifty sand dollars, if so much be nece is hereby appropriated for the se of purchasing and of supplying urs to be distributed to county dis-1 ris under the provisions of this to be expended by the State Treas upon the requisition of the State missioner, with the approval ofi tate board of control: Provided,* the amounts advanced to eachi by dispenser shall be considered to be refunded out of the first I s derived from the sales of liquors j e county dispensers therein. tion 19. If any person shall make t dlse or fictitious signature, or sign n ame other than his or her own to L uaper required to be signed by this p iithout being authorized so to do, c ike any false statement in any u: ,request or application signed to J re liquors under this Act, the per. A ooffending shall be guilty of a ti meanor, and upon conviction 13 br shall be punished by a fine ofjt, s than one hundred dollars nor b: than five hundred dollars and ii )f prosecution, or be imprisoned 0; is than thirty days nor more than p. nths. - ion 20. I f any county dispenserc clerk shall make false oath jin ng any matter required to be sc to under the provisions of this ;ai be person so offending shall upon a s ~tion therefor be punished as pro-' b by law for perjury. If any coun-: thc penser, under the law, shall par- jte> -'r procure any intoxicating li-i su from other person than the State fo issioner, or make any false return nlu county auditor, or use any re- la ~for liquors for more than one la ~n any such case he shall be ty ci guilty of a misdemeanor, and mi r upon conviction punished by a fine es not less than one hundred dollars ni a- more than five hundred dollars, an it ilpprisoned in the county jail for ni of less than ninety days nor more tha is one year for each offence. DowN WITH THE CLUB COCKTAIL. Section 21. Every person who shal directly or indirectly, keep or maih ,b himseif or by associating o ~c combining~ afo,rrers-ord -- is. in any manner aid, assist or abet i er keeping or maintaining any club roo] rs or other place - in which any into a- eating liquors are received or kept f r- the purpose of barter or sale as a bet M erage, or for distribution or divisio i among the members of any club ( d association, by any means whateve; 2 and every person who shall barte: it sell or assist, or abet another in bartei e ing or selling any intoxicating liquoi d so received or kept, shall be deeme guilty of a misdemeanor, and upoi conviction thereof be punished by fine of not lees than one hundred do] ' lars nor more than five hundred do] e lars, and by imprisonment in th county jail not less than ninety day nor more than one year. Section 22. All places where intoxi r eating liquors are sold, bartered of given away in violation of this Act, of where persons are permitted to resorl for the purpose of drinking intoxicat. Ing liquors as a beverage, or where in. toxicating liquors are kept for sale, barter or delivery in violation of thh Act, are hereby declared to be common nuisances; and if the existence of such nuisance be established, either in a criminal or equitable action, upon the judgment of a Court, or Judge having jurisdiction, finding such place to be a nuisance, 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 possession thereof, if he has not already done so, under the provisions of this Act; and by taking possession of all such intoxicating liquors found therein, together with .all signs, screens, bars, bottles, glasses and other property used in keeping and maintaining such nuisance; and such personal property so taken pos session of shall, after judgment against said defendant, be forthwith confis cated 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 punished 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 of fence be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a period not ex ceeding two years nor less than one year. SPOTTEfS. Section 23. The Attorney-General, his assistant, the circuit solicitor, or any citizen of the county where such nuisance exists or is kept or main tained, may maintain an action in the name of the State to abate and perpet ually enjoin the same. The injunction shall be granted at -the commencement of the action in the usual manner of granting injunctions, except that the affidavit or complaint, or both, may be made by the Attorney-General, his as sistant, or the solicitor of the circuit, upon information or belief, and no bond shall be required; and if an affi davit shall be presented to the Court or Judge, stating or showing that in toxicating liquors, particularly de scribinig the same, are kept for sale, or ire sold, bartered or given away on the premises, describing the same, where such nuisance is. located, sontrary to law, the Court or .Tudge shall at the time of granting -the in unction issue his orders, command ng the offBeer serving the writ .of in-1 unction, at the time of such service, liligently to search the premises and ~arefully to invoice all the articles pound therein, used in or about the ~arrying on of the unlawful business, or which search and invoicing said of icer shall receive the fees now allowed y law for serving an injunction. If uch officer upon search shall find upon uch premises any intoxicating liquor, t 'r liquors of any kind, in quantity go- , og to show it was for the purpose of ale or barter, he shall take the samee oto his custody and deliver the same o the county sheriff, who shall secure-k y hold the same to abide the final 2dgment (the expenses for holding to e taxed as part of the costs of such ac ion); and sach officer shall also take ossession of all personal property per-A dining to such business feund on such t remises. The finding ot such intoxi iting liquors on such premises, with itisfactory evidence that the same 'as being disposed of contrary to this i et, shall be prima facie evidence of me nuisance cemplained of. Liquors ized as hereinbefore provided, and me vessels containing them, shall not r taken from the custody of the offBcer possession of the same by any writ in replevin or other process while the oceedings herein providedi are pend g; and final judgment i such pro- Is edings in favor of the plantiff shall, all cases, be abar to all sutsagaint a ch officer or officers for recovery of w~ iy liquors seized or the value of the to me, or for damages alleged to arise hi reason of the seizure and detention G ereof. Any person violating the Th rms of any injunction granted in pol ch proceedings shall be punished 0 contempt, for the first offence, by a all e of not less thari two hundred dol- eni s nor more than one thousand dol- pa' s, and by impriso ment in the coun- a jail not less than nincty daa nor blc tre than one year. n eae jndg >f ment be rendered in favor of plaint >r in any action brought under the p d visions of this section, the Court >t Judge rendering the same shall aI n render judgment for a reasonable s torney's fee in such action In favor the plaintiff, and against the defen ants therein, which attorney's f shall be taxed and collected as t r other costs therein, and when collectE paid to the attorne or attorneys ofti pn P I mr' -. rovi D attorney be the State's attorn or solicitor, such attorney's : shall be paid into the county treasui In contempt proceedings-arising c of the violations of any injuncti granted under the provisions of tb Act, the Court, or, in vacation, t Judge thereof, shall have the power try summarily and punish the par ' or parties guilty, as required by la The affidavits upon which the attac ment for contempt issues shall make prima facie case for the State.' T accused may plead in the same ma ner as to an indictment in so far as tl same Is applicable. Evidence may I oral, or in the form of affidavits, . both; the defendant may be require to make answers to interrogatorle either written or oral, as in the disera tion of the Court or Judge may seen proper; the defendant shall not neces sarily be discharged upon his denial a the facts stated in the moving papers The Clerk of the Court shall, upon th application of either party, issue sub paenas for witnesses, and except a above set forth the practice in suc] .contempt proceedings shall conform a nearly as may to the practice -in th Court of Common Pleas. LIKEWISE BOUNCEnS. Section 24. It shall be the duty o the sheriffk, deputy sheriffs, or consta bles having notice of the violation o any of the provisions of this Act to no tif~y-the circuit solicitor of the factoa ench 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 Ave hundred dollars; and such conviction shall be a forfeiture of the office held by such person; and the Court before whom such conviction is had shall, in addition to the imposi tion of the fine aforesaid, order and ad judge the forfeiture of his said office. GOOD-BYE, OLD BOURBON. Section 25. No person shall know ingly bring into this Itate,-or knowing ly transport from place to place within this State, by wagon, cart or other ve hicle, or by any other means or mede of. carriage, any intoxicating liquors with the intent to sell the same in this State in violation of law, or with intent that the same shall be sold by any other person or to aid any other person in such sale, under a penalty of five hundred dollars, and costs for each of fence, and In addition thereto shall be Imprisoned In the county fail for one year. In default of payment of said fine and costs the party shall suftr1U idditional imprisonment of one year. Any -agent, servant or employee of any railroad corporation, or of any express :ompany, or of any persons, corpora tions or associations doing business in this State as common carriers, who shall remove any intoxicating liquors 'rom any railroad car, vessel or other rehicle of transportation, at any place ther than the usual and established itations, wharves, depots or places of >usiness of such common carriers with n some incorporated city or town, rhere there Is a dispensary, or who hall aid in or consent to such removal, hall be subject to a penalty of fifty dol ars and imprisonment for thirty days or every such offence: Provided, that aid penalty shall not apply to any Iquor in transit when changed from ar to car to facilitate transportation. Lii such liquors Intended for unlawful sie In this State may be seized in tran It and proceeded against as if It were nlawfully kept and deposited in any lace. And any steamboat, sailing yes el, railroad or express company, or ther corporation, knowingly trans orting or bringing such liquors into ie State, shall be punished upon con iction by a fine of five hundred dol trs and costs for each offence. Knoerl Ige on the part of any authorized gent of such company shall be deemed nowledge of the company. Section 26. The Governor shall have ithority to appoint one or more State >nstables at a salary of $2-per day and 4 Epenses when on duty to see that this et is enforced, the same to be charged the expense account of the State mmissioners. Section 27. No law now in effect pro biting the sale of intoxicating liquors any counties or towns of this btate 's repealed by this Act. Section 28. All Acts and parts of Actst consistent with this i~t are hereby I pealed rhbe new law will no doubt be tested r the Supreme Court. e Beal Kerit the characteristic of Hood's Sarsa- a Fills, and it is manifested ever day d the remarkable cures this meifine p a botle 's Sarsparil a new customer we are sure to see a back in a few weeks after more, >roving that the good results from a P :l bottle warrant continuing Its use.p is positive merit Hood's8Sarsaparilla msses by virtne of the Peculiar y mnbination, Proportion and -ProcessT dl 'n its preparation, and by which the remedial value of the ingredi a used is retained. Hood's Earsa -lila i thus Pesnlfar to Itself and olutely unequalled In its power as ae od purifier, and seatonIc for build- tb pthe weak and weamy,andgnivig ent ngh FI E- AT C-O MIL or Three stores 'Burned Insaraap S B toiu gs steks of Spcaltxe Satej d. Caos. 0I D,cty - broke out In the store of Swain & Co. last gh a which quickly -conumed the 1e and" its entir contents:;Cns gro ceries, forty barrels of ey -da e Geo. B. Anderson's and y on each side of MSw a!s ut were consumed, but:most.of >n were saved -being carred Is was accidental. No.iac&aa ze on any of the tores r to the heroie efforf of the cis = y other houses would have e ' . The' cotton on the depol _5. i- caught several times. a + ip -UP JUDEP TOWN Ag eo The. First Ees=It oeh St . t V l'"Lw in-Caesl. r- - d [Special to Th tate3 ! CAMDEN, 8. 0. Dec.7 . Penary bill has been -the Camden's city fathers L of 8 mills for 1893, as f revenaehad beenderived t 10licenses e Notwithstanding this the Legislature, at least onea a Camden will be run the entre -er; 1 The constituionaliq of tei is thought, besucessfuly & Hall's Hair Renewer ;ti natural food and color-matter_ . hair, and mdiclinalberbsf f urig grayness, baldness,; % and scalp seres. THE s BaLEBa30X W. C. T. U. satied-Cha e . ight it. - ISpecial to The State.) CSA r.rSTON, December .2't--l : 8. F. Chapin said in an-inter inr day that the W.:C. T. .U a ttesieed with the State it was not exactly what theaytwa but it would do. There is no doubt no tha the tire businesomnityof will fight. the law .through all' th courts when the tim come Colds, coughs, bron throat and- lung diseases are treated with Ayer To neglect the use of for these alments to is ndise e z saumption, which is cae4x 4.e the- mortai tyin all J ivindo i. WEIL GOES TO TUE WALL . Fanare of Largeot0"C. [Specil to The State.. 'GREENvirr, De.2f.-Isase~j-? for.manyyar a large clothing -eli of this city, to-day assignedto Bosenthalfor the beneHt of lisedl. tors. A meeting of creditors wlg eld Jan. 4. -'Thes liabIitIes ar sufficient to pay fifty lar. The largest creditor is the lIf~ Strauss Bros., of Baltimore, abo BY NIS OWNTrg~ Mayer Ficken of Charleston Rednes s' *-n saiary. -- [Specal~T to The State.] CzAarsToN Dec 2/.----Aanmet ing of the city concil to-nighthere4 was a lively discussion over the bill offered by Mayor Ficken reducing'his. own say $500. It was:finoalli passed by the slight majority of one,'the vote of the mayor himself. CHICAGo, December 27.--At a meet-. ng to-day ofthe Board o Tsee of the University of Chicago a letter was read from John D. Roekefeller, which made the annoucement that he gives mnother $1,000,000 to the universIty. This makes a .total sum of PAO,60 0 which has been givea to this lnstitu tion by Mr. Rockefeller. Wim the C., C.-aa A. Shops Go to Ca lette? [Charlotte Observer. Postal Cletk 3. W. Gordon, wh awe in off his run to Augusta las ight, reports that the railroad.men at Ioumbia are full of talk about the re noval of the shops of the Charlotte, jolumbia and Augusta railroad fron hat city to Charlotte.' The -railroad ~eople are filled with ind2ignation' n ecount -of the passage by the South 'arohina Legislature of the raifroad' coercion bill," and the removal of bops from the State is discussed as a et of retaliation. Certainly Charlotte would 'i o dese shops, and the railroad men ed ot be told thatin Norh CaroHna 'we ave a legislature-and a~ralroad comn. nission which, while .seeingiithat the gbts of the pbile are proteeare lually regarafat of the~rightsii the silroads. Editor Davis .of Philadelhia, who scompanied Mr. Clevean.on the uck shooting trip, says that the resident-elect tiredthemaHlouttramp g. _ _ _ -rhe 's-n iaa Iblished on behalf of Hood' Sars Lrilla are. as reliable and sorthy >ur confidence, as If they:cam.lr6mim iur beet and most trustedneighiboW -C - iey state only th.elmple facts anen rd to what -Hood's Ra ng-m ne, alwa.ys within truth ard rea o. Dnst -io ad allI~ b& i~