The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-10

Smith. II. f.; Smith, w. c.; Sprott,
Stokes, Stribling Sullivan, Taylor,
Tillman, b. r.; Tillman, G. D.; Tim
norman, vonKolnitz, Waters, Wells,
White, S. e.; Wiggins, Wilson, w. B.;
Winkler.-Total 102.
Nays-Bowman, Breazeale, Buist,
Byrd, Cantey, Clayton, Connor, Cum
ningham, Ellerbe, Hamel, Henderson,
d. S.; Houser, McCalla, McCaslan, Nc
Gown, McWhite, Meares, Montgomery,
j. d.; Montgomery w. j.; Moore. Nor
rison, Parrot, Perritte, Russell,
Smalls, Smoak, Stackhouse, Talbert,
Watson, Wigg, Wilson, Stanyarne !:
| Woodward. Total-32.
Mr.. George Johnstone offered an
amendment to strike out in the report
pensary method. He said that he felt
| that he would not be doing his duty
unless he should submit this PROPOSE
| tlon, although he we'll knew the tenn
| per OF the convention. 1t was tabled
on motion Of Senator Tillman, four
noes being heard.
Senator Tillman then offered his
amendment as follows: provided,
That no license shall be granted to sell
| alcoholic beverages in less quantities
than one-half pint, or to sell them
between sundown and sunrise, or to
sell them to be- drunk on the promises ;
general assembly shall not delegate
tho power to isEue licenses to sell the
same to any municipal corporation"
1t was put to the house, but the vote
being closed, a division was demanded.
1t was allowed and the amendment
was adopted by a vote of 81 to rs, Mr..
Clayton being among those voting for
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 Till man.
Mr.. Bellinger got an amendment
through after much argument to allow
municipal as we'll as State and county
officers to buy and sell in the name of
tho State with the restrictions pre-
scribed.
Mr.. Wilson offered an amendment
that was in substance the ssme as Mr..
Clayton's. Senator Tillman. he said,
was afraid Of tho United Status SUI
prone court. He was not. He wanted
barrOoms blOtted out Of the State for
ever.
l.
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 Us it stood would produce the re-
suits of the dispensary law. We've had
the effect of the dispens ary in Marlboro
for 40 years, and under that, as under
the dispensary, there was always an
| ample supply of liquor.
This brought on little tilt between
Mr.. Rogers and Tillman, causing MIR.
Rogers to tell Tillman to constrain
| himself for a whilo.
MIR. 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
siml py tho 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 we're pro-
pounded to nim, Senator Tillman head
ing the procession of examiners.
Mr.. 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 Il. Hemphill then cffored
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 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-
stltutlon, and there were others thoro
in like condition.
After some talk the roll was called
on u motion to table Mr.. Johnstone's
amendment, and tho vote resulted as
follows
Yeas-Alexander Ashe, Atkinson.
Barry, Barton, Bates, Bellinger,
Berry, Bobo, Bowen, Bowman. Brea-
zcale, Brice, II. W.; Buist, Byrd, Can
tey, Carver, Clayton, ConnOr, Cunning
ham, DoHay, Dennis, Douglass, Doyle,
Dudley, Eilerbe, 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, VIM; Hiers, Hodges, Hou-
ser, Hutson, !rby, johnson. r.. e.;
Jones, Willie {; Keitt, Kennedy, J. W.,
Lowman, McCalla, McCaslan, McCown,
McDermotto, McKagen, McMakin, Nc
White, Matthew's, Meares, Miller,
Montgomery, j. d; Montgomery, w.
j.; Moore, Morrison, Nicholson. OTIS,
Parler, Parrott, Patterson, Peake,
Porritto, Prince, Ragsdale, Redfearn,
Rogers, Rowland, Russell, Sheppard,
Sloan, Smith, A. j.; Smith, jeremiah
Smith, WI c.; Smoak, Sprott, Stack
house, Stokos. Strbling, Sullivan, Tai
bert, Taylor, Tillman, b. r.; Thinner
man, Wat.rs, Watson, Wells, Whar-
ton, White, "a. H.; Wiggins, Wilson,
Stanyarnc: wilson, w. b.: Winkler-
l05.
Nays-Aldrich. Anderson, Brice, j.
S.; Farrow, Fitch, Cage, Gilland, Ho-
woll, Jervcy, tombstone, George