Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26

etc., were opposed to the sale Of IL
quor and yet were willing to take that
county's share Of public school funds
from liquor profits.
Mr.. de Loach answered that the dis
pensary is a state and not a local in
stitution. This bill Is prompted by no
noble motive. 1t is an outrageous en-
deavor to force upon the people Of
York and other counties the adoption
of an obnoxious system by holding out
the tempting bait Of profit. He eulo-
gized the people Of York as progress
| i've and noble people.
Mr.. Prince wanted to know If the
people of York were all that Mr.. de
Loach had pictured them-fghting the
awful liquor traffic-why should they
touch the filthy lucre coming from its
sale? He warmly refuted the charge
of ignoble motive. (Mr. de Loach dis
claimed using the word ignoble). Mr..
Prince then declared broadly that he
was not the man to force the sale of
| liquor upon any people. But, if this
traffic is to be kept up should not those
counties which debauch themselves, If
debauchery 1t be, receive the price of
the fathers debauchery to build up the
characters Of their children? Ander-
son county had for years been pouring
money into the dispensary Golfers,
merely to see it parceled among coun-
ties which contributed nothing. He
agreed with Mr.. Croft that those coun-
ties which are put to the trouble and
expense of policing the dispensary sys-
tenn should get the lions share.
The bill, with all the committee
amendments, then passed second read
ing.
The bill provides that on and after
April 1st, 1901, 2 per cent. Of said net
profits are to go to the state to be dis
tributed as now provided by law; As
per cent. Of the said net profits to go
to the several towns and cities in
which the dispensaries are located, and
SO per cent. 10 go to the counties In
which the dispensaries are located
The county commissioners in each OF
the various counties in which dispen-
net profits coming to each county, as
provided by this act, in the following
manner: That not less than 10 per
cent. Of said profits to be applied to
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the remainder of said profits to be dis
tributed for the uses and benefits of
said county, as the county board OF
commissioners thereof may see fit.
IN THE SENATE.
| Tuesday, Senator Henderson's bill to
make township assessors, equalizers as
well, was passed.
The committee on agriculture made
favorable report on bill to regulate
the width of wagon tires.
IN THE HOUSE.
The house of representatives, Thurs
day, by an overwhelming vote, refused
to extend to cotton factory operatives
rights of "fellow servants" guaranteed
railroad employees.
There were two of these bills on the
calendar. One by Mr.. Webb, Of Aiken,
and the other by Mr.. John McMaster,
of Columbia. The first was Indefinite
ly postponed on motion Of Mr.. Webb's
colleague, Mr.. Craft, by large major
lity. Mr.. McMaster's bill was then ta-
ken up and emasculated, so that, al
though it passed second reading, 1t
was the mere ghost of it's former self.
The effective argument seemed to be
that the common law is sufficient to
protect the operatives. The purport OF
the bill was that if an operative is in
jured through the carelessness Of fell
low employe, or by defective 'machin-
cry, the mill should be responsible for
pecuniary damages. The bills include
street railway companies and telegraph
companies as well, and the provisions
as to these companies were adopted.
IN TIE SENATE.
In the senate, Thursday, the commit
tee on commerce and manufactures,
which was to have made a report on
| the child labor BILL stated that 1t would
be unable to report until Friday. The
members of the committee refused to
give the slightest information as to
what the report would be.
When the Charleston exposition bill
was taken up for it's second reading,
Senator Graydon moved to strike out
the enacting words. He said that pos
sibly he was the only senator oppos-
ing the bill, and that he did not know
that anything he would say would
change anybodys opinion: but he felt
it was a duty he owed himself and to
his constituents to fight the appropria-
ton. On motion the bill was made the
special order for today.
Mr.. Sheppard's bill to create state
board of entomology passed its third
reading without discussion with a
slight amendment as to the personnel
of the board. The bill as passed pro-
vides that the board shall consist of
the professor of agriculture of Clemson
college, one horticulturist and one far
mer, who shall receive the same per
diem and mileage as are allowed the
trustees of Clemson college.
.
l/ThE KING IS PRoCLAIMED.-The OFF,
cial proclamation, announcing Edward
VII had become king Of Great Britain
and Ireland and emperor Of India, was
read at st. James palace, London, at
o'clock, Thursday morning, by Will