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THE WHISKY LAWTfc« Dratk mt tk« OM mm* Birtk mt Ihf *timw Ltqicr System. | wFor • while ft! lesftt the liquor Mlooo tJ in South Csrolius will here to he nuua- , he red with the thing* of the past. Thesame power which la wed them out of; existence la wed the State in; so that at ‘ . present ooijr the Sute has the right and power to sell intoxicating beverages within its bound*. By this act hundreds si of shops and business houses have been forced to close their doors and go out of j o trade, while perhaps a thousand or more g persons have been thrown out of etn-!ploy men t. l4There were Cve places at which Hq- wuors were sold in Aiken, namely, Klat-atc’s, Jeffcoftt’s, Kmvuecker's, Uastou’e .. and Blaylock A Wl^'s. These paid a '1 revenud into ttie city treasury of $2.5nO *aiiim ill v. T’hev ;»li clos'd «m Friday ,and three oi the five Mill prohibit leave ® the State and re-enter the whisky bust- IS ness, having had ainuie time to eteai off tlieir *tlt;»cks here. Blaj 1**lt;*k lt;1 Wise and | 3 j Emenecker sob! out completely ; fta*foo iiKlatte and Jeffooat had only -mad bil-auces 1* ft on their bunds. Instead of i - . w- rr- 2 |weeping and w ailing and gni-hiug their ■ teeth, the iiquor men look things go**d rlt; naturerily, while the closing hour was marked by a parade and the firing of a s I cannon. At 12 o’clock the last liar room pj ii*d clana the oil-abused saloon bsystem was ended.Charleston is very generally reported ;o have laid in a six mouths’ private j1 supply of liquors, and that city repudi- * ated the dispensary. Not so here; andthe lew who purchased for future usebought sparingly, as the nearness of the p Augusta market removes any difficulty t of getting supplies. 1I Friday, July 1, the State went into the I whisky business, the Aiken dispensary J loeated in the store formerly occupied * by Courtney A Co.. in Palmetto block, *with Mr. Jason V. George as dispenser. **| He ha- a stock worth nearly $lt;**, con--i-tiug of rye whisky. g'«. and beer, in ( quart, pint ami half pint bottle- and one R, and two gallon jugs. He expects to add ,j i corn whisky, brandies and wines, which were included in his original order. The j tir-t day sixty applications wheie tilled * j and $20 taken in. The next business I day (Monday ami also saleday) a lietter s \ business w as done. The white people appear to be very little concerned, but the z darkies do not fancy the new order ot Lthings. It is not so easy lor them to get • j a dram now, and old topers are supposed ! not to get one at all. VVe are informed that several well known drunkards were I refused outright on Saturday. Hoc Me-, * llryde am! old man 1’hinlzy threaten to lt;leave the State at once, because theycannot get their drink- as fogmerlv.| There is considerable opposition to the . j new law, and whether it vs ill succeed, ' a- its advocate* hope, remain* to Ik* seen. Augusta being accessible to all parts ot tin- county, the di»peu.-ary i- not lik*d to succeed here a- well, perhaps, a4 in ‘ Mime of the more interior counties. But • we shall -ec vvliat we shall see.
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Aiken Journal and Review
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Wed, Jul 05, 1893
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