The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-03
ed to the board Of trustees Of said
Clemson College.

ed to the board of trustees Of said
Clemson College.
Section 3. That from and after the
approval Of this Act the treasurer Of
this State shall first pay from the funo
arising from the privilege tax on fer
tilizers sixteen thousand, six hundred
and seventy-one dollars and 81 cents
(S16.67I.o4) Accumulated balance) on
the order Of the board of trustees OF
Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical
College of South Carolina. and shall
then pay annually upon the order of
said board of trustees out of said fund
of seventy-hve thousand dollars
and shall then pay out annually any
balance remaining in his hands on the
order of the board Of trustees of Win
throp Normal and Industrial College
of South Carolina.
Section T. That this Act shall go
into effect Immediately on its APPROX
al, and all Acts and parts of Acts in
conflict are hereby repealed.
On the motion to kill the
original bill Messrs. Earhardt, Hig-
gins and Taylor voted in the negative.
The Dispensary Discussion.
When Senator Brice's local option
measure was taken up in the senate
yesterday morning, Senator Brice i'm
mediately secured the floor and made
an extended argument in favor of his
measure. 1t had been introduced by
him, he said, for the purpose of wip-
ing out the dispensary, root and
b. anch. He wanted it left to the peo-
pie to say whether or not they wanted
dispensary. His bill was practical
ly similar to his local option measure
of 1904, except that it has no taxation
provision. The original bill last year
had no taxation provision, that being
added 70 the bill against Senator
Brice's wish. In every county where
the fight against the dispensary has
been determined and open, he said. it
had been successful. The tax feature
would not scare the counties which
really wished to be rid of the dispen-
sary. as evidenced by the fact that
Cherokee had voted out the dispen-
sary. But under the operation of the
tax feature the counties were preJudg-
ed, he said; they were deemed guilty.
He pleaded for what he considered
local self-government.
Last night Senator c. l. Blease, of
Newberry. who moved to kill the bill,
was the first speaker The following
report of Senator Blease's remarks
is taken from the Columbia State Of
this morning:
''Senator Blease said that he be-
lieved that the senator from York
was sincere in his views on the dis
pensary law, and in fact believed that
he was at one time in sympathy with
it. He alluded to ths fact that the
Prohibitionists had advocated the dis
pensary law after the Childs bill was
defeated in 1892 If the prohibition
lists had helped the anti-prohibltlon1sts
the dispensary law would never have
been passed. If stone had been
given when bread was asked for. it
was the prohibitionists who had done
it.
The argument had been made that
the dispensary would have been over
thrown if the people had ever had the
opportunity. Senator Blease cited the
candidates. of c. c. Featherstone and
James A. Hoyt, who had both been
defeated, and in passing paid tribute
to both. It is now a disgrace for the
State to sell whiskey, and yet the pro-
hibition ticket had recommended IT..
What matter if it was "for medicinal
purposes" the effect is the same.
IN giving the advantages OF the
dispensary law, the speaker cited the
depravity of barrooms, the stringent
regulations on dispensers as to selling
to minors. keeping open after hours.