 Heath and Kinnard (1980) analyzes the background and motivation of the prohibitionists in South Carolina and the five referenda on prohibition between 1892 and 1940.After the prohibitionists won the 1892 referendum, Ben Tillman convinced the state legislature to adopt the dispensary system, whereby the state received the profits from the sale of liquor and tightly controlled it at the same time.Although the prohibition forces won subsequent referendums, the state was reluctant to close down the dispensary system because of the revenue it generated.