The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-12-20

That iie had 400 acres six miles from
there. Ashley remarked that no wonder
he favored the bill
sg MI II eldell, !, Of Edgefeld, was the.
leader OF the forces for the new county.
The vote was, 65 to 81. a motion to call
the county Mart Gary mas lost, as was
one toi1nb it Gilman.
& The MetrDpoli Titan II Police bill is hanging
FIRE, and it noW appears as if tho refor-
lmers will not follow the Governor this
far isss:. Sc
when the dispensary law came up in
the SeiiSte son its second reading last
Thursday morning 1t looked as it} IT
would meet with strong opposition from
several sources among the l1iimanites.i
Evans, 5DY Mari boro, Brown, OF Marion
SFnilar, Fof LaureDs. and even Mr.. Hemp.
hill declared that they would not sup-
port the bill ia its tlsen ahape. The Marl-
sboro Senator was anything but pleased
with the propositi tion to max q his County,
which has been dry by special act Tor
syears, thick with whiskey shops all
though OF 4 the improved and strictly
moral ret6rmp desert ription. Fullerii;
Is I'M iatense prohi bitionist, showed.
fight when it was suggested to remove
the local option feature OF. the law as 1t
now stands, and want SO far as to declare
that the operation Of the system since it
commenced has been to drive prob lb1-
!tian sentiment from the State. Brown
Objected stranuously to the idea of tax:
ling3 the edry' Counties to maintafn g.
9constabufary, and announced that he be-
;Iieyed high license to be the best solution
of the Whiskey question. AT first ohm
Cary Evans. did not appear to have the.
greatest comic idence in the passage OF his
bill, and did not pursue his usually ag-
.gressiyef tactics. e However, when the
nightisossion convened 1t was very evi-:
dent thRt "a change had come over the
morning spirit of Einsubprdinat alton, and
The aiken Senator was no longer elnaf--
igic in manner or action. After. 9 hot de-.
bate, in which Smythe made Evans, OF
Marlboro, sing very small, the. bill was
forced through its second reading with
only oues or two amendmentsof of conse-
.nuence. One ct the latter prevents con-
stables from searching private resid deDees
for Homer without warrants, and another
.pcrmits persons to bring In from another
State as much as one gallon OF liquor as
baggage. Wilson, Of Spartanbnrg, had
an smendment Incorporated making the
1se OF; abusive language towards cons Ia
:bles punisha bile with fine and impriscn-
mant. and ;H1bseq nently another amend
itnent, offered by Smythe, king the use;
Of abusive language by such officers pun-
ishable in the Rame way was adOpse
4 By sar the most Important change in
she law is that which empowers County
Boards of Control to establish dispense
ries al such points as they think proper.
Its effect is sure to boa vast multipllca-
ton OF dispensaries in all parts Of the
State, with a. probable increase lin the
revenues. wv hiskeN. IL seems, will be
sold in hundreds Of little towns which
have heretofore been strangers to bar
rooms, and The law even permits the To-;
cation OF d!spensaries in the country.
In the course of the debate Senator
Finley, or York boldly predicted that
the system would result in the fur-;
,rnation OF g corrupt whiskey ring, which
might gain tho mastery Of the State gov
ernnent. He told the prohibitionists
that the passage Of the dispensary law
last year had lost to them ground that
they would be unable to regain within
the next twenty Years.
n One of the sensational Incidents OF the
debate was when Senator Smythe ex-
claimed that there was mate in the Anglo
Saxon breast an aversion to spies and In
formers. Evans resented tho sentiment
he defended tfla oopstables as performing
q noble and self s-sacrifi ficinE duty in up
holding the law, and rebuked Senator
Smythe, saying that the expression was
of him. Senator Smythe and
MoWerof offered mum bers of amendments,
nearly all Of which were voted down
Just as rapidly as Evans wonldla Indicate
Ills dissent,
81 Not the least urgent of the itreforniso
which the present General Assembly has
had to deal with was the contrivsnce Of a
method to relieve the necessities of the
Columbia Register. That paper has the
contract fer the public printing, or its
proprietor has, which is the same thing,
hut this winter new contract for; the
next two years has to be made. Now 1t
came to be o matter Of common rumor
here. that q rival tablishment had put
in a bid before the committee, which
makes the award, which the Register
people could not well meet and at the
same time reap such financial harvest
al Is necessary Iof the support OF the
paper. Twas, therefore, no surprise to
any body WREN bill was introduced by
the committee on printing providing for
the election by the General Assembly OF
public printer with whom contract for
the8printing shonld be made to be good
two years. The bill said nothing about
bids to bs submitted and 1t is plain that
the printer, after his election, could die
tate pretty much any terms he pleased
that we're not scand ndalously exorbitant.
The bill passed Its second reading in the
Senate Saturday, but an amendment was
adopted stipulating that all candidates for
the Office should, at least four days pre-
vious to the election, submit estimates Of
the terms on which they were willing to
undertake the contract, and that these
estimates should be printed and put on
the desks t,f the mem bars two days before
the election. The amendment, though,
stands a very good chance to be defeated
in the lower House. It is openly charged
hsre that the editor of the Register ap-
peared before the committee in advocacy
OF this bill; and that he has been persist
9 ssW. = W. B. /
COLUMBIA, s. c., Dec. 10.
The billred ducing fees of certain Coun-
ty officers in Anderson was amended in
Tie House 30 as to apply to the State, but
It has not yet passed that body. 1t will |
not get through unless there is !
an extra session. An extra session, or |
% be more accurate, an after Christmas |
session, appears very probable, whether
or not The House persists in reading the
mi. - no,on 1o ho1lu hnhiud- opd