The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-15

e success, though not SPerfect,
e RcourseE butft is attracting attentio
gl from The world.
p Mr. Stevenson hsd considered tn
tfquestion with uncertainty. have lii
Q tened in vAinsf0r some measure to
n introduced which will give us Stat
\, control. | prefer to go into oyster
e OF free saloons rather than to continu
q as 1T Is without State constables. Me
S had come into the State, as he ha
: predicted, and were operating with n
n license and practically no restriction,
Y AS soon as the mandate OF the Unite
states supreme court Is given out
South Caroline will egain be humil
a lated. Why was not some bill intro
, duced which would get around the in
evitable decision OF the court. Wha
, better system for blind tigers prevail
than the one now in operation In Soutl
} Carolina ?
The gentleman from Marlboro Offer
} the only solution whicn aholishes th,
iroe liquor traffic. 1t is sad reelection
, upon the State to say that the citizens
: are derelict in their duty to execute
the dispensary law. His reason 70,
} supporting Mr.. Livingston's amend
ment is that it is the only measure in
troduced which will evade the United
States courts.
Mr.. Efird could net refrain from giy
Ing utterance to one thought. He is q
Carolinian. and he knows that the peo
pie OF Carolina will give up to no power
stand to your cOlors. When you &c
down, go down standing firm. Why is
1t that when the liquor question is agi.
tated that we see ministers and liquor
men locked arms against the law ?
The ministers were sincere. The liuuor
men worked against the dispensary be-
cause they know that il prohibition is
carried, that the liquor men will come
out on top eventually. Just as long as
grain is raised and appetites are in
mans bosom, SO long will liquor b.
drank. We are here to legislate for
the best interests of the State
His people had said repeatedly they
never wanted high license again. if
we adopt prohibition, we will be driven
wishes OF the people. We ought to
| repeal that clause in the constitution
which devotes the dispensary profits to
common schools. Let the reveue be
turned over the general purpose Of the
| government. Then in ten years the
dispensary would run the government.
1t is claimed that prohibition had once
carried the State. The liquor men had
worked as hard for prohibition as had
the ministers, and even If the election
had been carried for prohibition, the
dlspensary has since gained friends
MIR. enderson was compelled to vote
against these bills and wants to give
his reasons. When the Legislature
attempts to legislate moral sense into
people, it had better go SLOW. The
dispensary has accomplished Two good
objects. One is doing away with the
barrooms example. Prohibition is a
fine sentiment, but we must enact laws
which will be practical. There is
heredity in intemperance and we can
not correct the evil in short time, but
1t should be accomplished in system
attic manner. The Legislature cannot
throats OF the people.
Mr.. Werner: When man gets up
and says that preachers and women are
locked arms with the liquor men, /
hurl the imputation in his teeth. The
dispensary wants to take liquor mems
place in the combination. His county
had sent a petition asking that the dis
pensary be taken from them. We have
already had standing army to carry
out dispensary law. Two hundred
dollars worth of liquor was sold in
Seneca the first year of the law and
$lO, QUO worth the second year. To-day
Do'pi Oai oilud III SldIlle anu Lne
ministers are trying to cover her
shame. He depicted the debauchery
of Belshaz-ar until "the throne of JUS
tice tired OF the scene" had sent the
hand writing on the wall. South Caro-
lima Is debauched, and sho had better
turn from 1T before it is too late. Stand
ing at his desk last year he had pre-
dicted that the dispensary would die
and go to hell where it ought to be and
he prayed that his prediction would yet
be fulfilled.
Mr.. Childs: The gentleman from
Abbeville is the first man who ever
que STONED my prohibition principles,
ana have been fighting the liquor
question since 1889. This bill has been
formulated upon prohibitory measures
In other States. Prohibition has been
the core of my heart for many years
The United States Supreme Court viii
| not permit prohibition for medicinal
use. Ii you pass the amendment of
Mr.. Livingston, what assurance have
you that it will be enforced 1t is un-
constitutional.
| Mr.. Rogers cannot hope to see the
liquor question settled satisfactorily by
legislation. BETTER to bear the ills
we have than fly to others we know not
Of" Temperance has been promoted
|
My county has had temperance 4O
years, and since the dispensary law
there has been no change noticeable
there, although the State is better off
saw more drunken men in my town
yesterday than | have on the streets OF
Columbia. Full half dozen promis.
ing young men have gone to their
graves In the last twelve months. In g
certain portion three men came to sud
den and violent death from use of blind
tiger whskey.
Mr.. Livingston stated that Mr.
Childs was mistaken in saying that his
MIR. Livingston's) ame odment was un
constitutional. Under the "Wilsor
act 1t was entirely in conformity with
the Constitution.
The following Is the vote on Mr.
Ltvingston's amendment
Yeas-Ashley, Breeland, Carraway
Q. M. Davis, DeLoach, Fox, Gage
Gasque, Horace E. job nson, Henry j
Kinard, Livingston, Mauldin, Mehr
tens, Joel Ell. Miller, Mccullough, Net
ties, Patton, Pollock, Pyatt, Reynolds
Robinson, Russell. Sinkler, S. w
!, Smith, Stevenson, Werner, Whisonant
Wilson and Wingo.-30.
Nays-All, Asbill, Austell, Bailey
Banks, Bedon, Bethune, Blythe, Car
) son. Caughman, Childs, Crum, G. w
Davis, w. @. Davis, Debruhl, Dukes
Edwards. Efird, Epps, Fairey, Gadsden
Garris, FL. p. Goodwin, O. p. Good win
!, Graham, Hamilton, Harvey, Hazelder
Henderson, Hiott, Hollis, Humphrey
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