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State Saloons Take Over Liquor Trade In South Carolina
Collected dispatch traces how South Carolina’s Evans dispensary law, effective July 1, replaces saloons with state run "official dispensers." Describes governance, financing, plant capacity at Columbia facilities, and the shift in Prohibition movement dynamics, noting Tillman administration’s support and opposition from prohibitionists.
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South Carolina
Evans
General Assembly
Commonwealth
Palmetto
Ben Tillman
L. D. Childs
Columbia
Childs
State Democratic Executive Committee
House
Senate
Tillman
Athens
Larry Gantt
Columbia Register
Tillman Organ
Gov. Tillman
Gary Evans
Aiken
Agricultural Hall
State House
D. H. Traxler
Timmonsville
R. E. Hill
Abbeville
State Board of Control
County Board of Control
United States