The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-10-08

That no license shall be granted to sci
alcoholic beverages in less quantitie
than one half pint, or to sell then
between sundown and sunrise, or +
sell them to be drunk on the premises
, and, provided, further, that tn
= general assembly shall not delegat,
the power to iscue licenses to sell th
same to any municipal corporation"
1t was put to the house, but the vot,
: being closed, division was demanded
: 1t was allowed and the amendmen
was adopted by vote of 81 to 26, Mr.
} Clayton being among those voting fo
it,
The word intoxicating" was strick
en- out wherever it occurred in the sec
tion as amended, and the word "alco
holic" was substituted. This was done
on motion Of Senator Tillman.
Mr.. Bellinger got an amendmen,
municipal as we'll as State and county
officers to buy and sell in the name o
the State with the restrictions pre-
scribed.
Mr.. Wilson offered an amendment
that was in substance the same as Mr.
Clayton's. Senator Tillman. he said,
was afraid Of the United States su.
preme court. He was not. He wanted
barrooms blotted out Of the State for
ever.
Senator Tillman said his friend was
a good lawyer and he was not. He
told exactly what his amendments
meant. All that they had to do was
to close barrooms without tying their
hands.
Mr.. Rogers said that any one of the
/ three things provided for in the resolu-
tion as it stood would produce the re-
suits Of the dispensary law. We've had
the effect OF the dispensary in Marlboro
for 40 years, and under that, as under
the dispensary, there was always an
ample supply of liquor.
Mr.. Rogers and Tillman, causing Mr.
Rogers to tell Tillman to constrain
himself for while.
Mr.. Parrot rose and the convention
smiled. He made quite speech on the
matter, saying that they should not
dodge the issue.
Mr.. Prince stated that this was
simlpy the Clayton proposition over
again.
Mr.. Wilson said the other was not a
clear-cut vote.
Mr.. Wilson then tried to speak, but
every moment questions were pro-
pounded to him, Senator Tillman head.
ing the procession of examiners.
MIR. Henderson moved to table the
Wilson amendment and this was done
by an overwhelming vote.
Mr.. Connor offered an amendment,
which was tabled, that dispensers could
be elected by the people, or by the
General Assembly.
A verbal amendment offered by Mr..
Gary was adopted.
MIR. Robert r. Hemphill then offered
the following amendment, which was
read amid a roar of laughter AID killed
SO quickly that he scarcely realized it.
" And the General Assembly shall en-
act u law making the drinking of in
toxicating liquors a misdemeanor."
Mr.. FarrOw, when the section was
about to be put tooa final vote, moved
to reconsider the vote whereby the
amendment of Mr.. Johnstone had been
tabled. He said that his desire was
to have his vote recorded as against
letting the dispensary go into the con-
stitutiOn, and there were others there
in like condition.
After some talk the roll was called
on motion to table Mr.. Johnstone's
amendment, and the vote resulted as
follows:
Yeas-Alexander Ashe, Atkinson,
Barry, Barton, Bates, Bellinger,
Berry, Bobo, Bowen. Bowman, Brea-
zsale, Brice, Il. W.; Buist, Byrd, Can
tey, Carver, Clayton, Connor, Cunning
ham, DELAY, Dennis, Douglass, Doyle,
Dudley, Elerbe, Evans, w. D.; Field,
Floyd, Fraser, Garris, Gary, Glenn, j.
L.; Glenn, j. p; Gooding, Graham,
Gary, Hamel, Harris, Hay, Hayns-
worth, Hemphill, Henderson, d. S.;
Henderson, Wm.; HERS, Hodges, Hou-
ser, Hqtson, Irby, Johnson. 7. E.;
Jones, Willie; Keitt, Kennedy, j. W.,
Lowman, McCalla, McCaslan, McCown,
McDermotte, McKagen, McMakin, Nc
White, Matthews, Meares, Miller,
Montgomery, j. d.; Montgomery, w.
j.; Moore, Morrison, Nicholson, Otis,
Parler, Parrott, Patterson, Peake,
Perritte, Prince, Ragsdale, Redfearn,
Rogers, Rowland, Russell, Sheppard,
Sloan, Smith, A. j.; Smith, jeremiah !;
Smith, W. c.; Smoak, Sprott, Stack
house, Stokes. Str,bling, Sullivan, Tai
bert, Taylor, Tillman, b. r.; Thinner
man, Wat-rs, Watson, Wells, Whar-
Stanyarne; Wilson, w. b.; Winkler-
los,
Nays-Aldrich, Anderson, Brice, j.
S.; Farrow, Fitch, Gage, Gilland, Ho-
we'll, Jervcy, Iohnstone, George /;
Klugh, Lee, MCGOWAN, Mitchell, Ma
thans, Oliver, Patton, Smalls, Smith,
r. b.; Tillman, G.. D.; VonKolnitz,
Whipper, White, S. B.; Wigg PA.
Mr.. Doyle offered an amendment to
decide the question whether the State
| sell liquor for profit or not. A roll call
was secured after much trouble, and a
lively running debate. The vote re-
suited as follows, being taken on the
! direct question
Yeas-Alexander Anderson, Ashe,
, Atkinson, Barton, Berry, Brice, j. S.;
Buist, Connor, Doyle, Ellerbe, Fsrrow,
| Fitch, Fraser, Gage, Glenn. j. L.; Hen
derson, ID. S.; Houser, Hutson, Jervey,
Johnson, II. b.; Johnstone, George ;
Lee, Montgomery, w. j.; Nathans,
Oliver, OFT, Peak, Ragsdale, Smalls
Smith, Jeremiah; Smith, r. F.; Smoak
Stackhouse, Stribling, Tillman, G.. D..
Watson, Wells, Whipper, White, A
H.; White. S. E.; Wigg, Virgins, Will
son, w. B.-Total-45.
| Nays-Aldrich, Barry, Bates, Bellin
ger, Bobo, Bowen, Bowman, Breazeale
Byrd, Cantey, Carver, Clayton, Cooper
Cunningham, DELAY, Dennis, Doug
lass, Dudley, Evans, w. D.; Field, Gar
ris, Gary, Glenn, j. p: Gooding, Gray
Harris, Harrison, Hay, Haynswortb
Hemphill, Henderson, VIM; Henry
Hiers, Hodges, Howell, 1rby, Jones
Willie; Keitt, Kennedy, j. W.; Klugb
Lowman, McCalla, McCaslan, McCown
McDermotte, MCGOWAN, McKagen, Nc
Maxim, McWhite, Matthews, Meares
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