The Dispensary System in South Carolina.-The Lords
Proprietors of South Carolina Passed a Dispensary Act
in 1711.-An Unusually Drastic Law Passed before the
Civil War.-Special Acts Passed by Different Localities.
-In 1891 Prohibition Enforced in Five Counties and
more than Sixty Towns and Villages.-Mr. Childs' Pro-
hibition Bill.-Representative E. C. Roper Champions
the Bill.-The Bill Amended by Senator John Gary