Seminar paper discussing legislative history and involvement of various activists and factions prior to passage of law that allowed S.C. restaurants to sell shots of liquor in "mini-bottles" but which ended the tradition of "brown bagging," a practice that allowed consumers to carry their own alcoholic beverages into restaurants and bars. Consisting of 24 sheets plus 42 "exhibits" (printed pamphlets, tables, clippings, press releases, correspondence, etc.) documenting materials mailed to legislators, "grass roots lobbying" efforts targeting the public; "intergroup lobbying", and involvement of political and religious organizations; includes correspondence and publications of Ben R. Morris (1922-2005), founder and chairman of the Foundation for Modern Liquor Regulations and Controls in Columbia, S.C.; Morris served as president and publisher of The State newspaper from 1972 to 1988. Exhibits include text of the bill as finally adopted (exhibit 40); a recap documenting voting results of referendum from each county re mini-bottle legislation (exhibit 42); comments from various Baptist organizations; endorsements from the NAACP, S.C. Chamber of Commerce, Young Republicans, and others; and a letter, 7 Feb. 1972, sent to minsters in Greenville, S.C., from the Foundation for Modern Liquor Regulations.
