TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4513, 2 September 1893, Page 3

TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

State Control in South Carolina. South Carolina began her experiment with the liquor business on the let uf July, Under the provisions of the new State law all the bar rooms of the State were closed absolutely at midnight on Friday, and in their place the State dispensaries opened for business on Saturday. Opposition to the law will develop on two linesone of legal questions and the other of lawless notation, The Governor, who is committed to this, his pet scheme, is a man of great determination, and he declares that he will uso all the power of the State to suppress " blind tigers,' 1 , as the illicit saloons aro called, Tho Governor says that the State will make a clear profit of £IO,OOO a year out of the business, The puce oi'liquorshas been advanced, Tho sales are made in sealed bottles, and no drinking on tho premises is allowed, As the dispensers are salaried office iAie State and under close BuperviMj it will bs for their interest to observe tho law carefully. Of course, this is an experiment, and will be watched with the keenest interest by other States and by the tempi nnce thinkers and Hgitators. Its results may have much to do in shaping the future of temperance leigislalion in this and other countries,