The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-14
Bill Passed to a Third Reading
in the House.
HOW MEMBERS VOTED
Uader the Bill Charleston Can Issue
Liquor Licenses and tie Osber
Counties In the State Would
Have to Accept Prohibi.
ton or Establish Dis.
psnsaries.

The Morgan local option bill, which
abolishes the State dispsosary anc
creates county dispsnsaries OF proh
bition, according to how each county
votes, except in Chsrleston, where
they can issue liquor licenses, esGb
lisa dispecsaries or sdops prohibition
passed its second reading In tie
Eouss OF Representatives on Tuesday
Of last week by the same Vose i;
passed it's first residing wssk oefore
last. The bill passed It's third read.
ing on Wednesday and was sent &C
the Senate. Soould it pass that body
and receive the governors approval 1t
will become law at occ:, unless 1t i
attacked In the courts, Wh:chis prob
able, as some good lawyers to:d that
tie provision in the bill giving Char.
lesion the right to issue licenses
makes the bin unconstitutional.
There were efforts made to kill the
bill, then to amend 1t, but Mr.. Ssnd
ers, who was the ioor manager, keps
the bill intact, and Mr.. Wnaley, TO-
getheE with the oth~r members o;
the Charleston delegasioo, kept che
Charleston license clauss iGEact, al
though there was q farce onslaught
on thu license clauss. L was expected
that there SHOULD be g fight on t1s
bill going through. Col. D. 0. Her
bert, OF Orangebu1g. took up the
fight against the till. He ssaeeo
plainly that be was opposed to Char
lesion having high license and nhen
went on to sympath'z. With Charles.
ton wanting something & f9rens from
tine oiher counties. Col. Herbsrt con-
tended that this was wrong in princi
ple as well as unconstitutional. BE
protested against the passage OF this
bill. It has been stated shas under
this bill as it now stands gene-sl pro
hibition can be had. This Is 3 mis-
take. Il the Pcohibitionisss believe
this, they are being deluded. Tais
bill, this thing ct threads and patches,
will not secure prohibition. Under
this bill counties having dispensariea
will have to pay 10 per cent to the
State, whereas Charleston, having
high license, will be exempted from
paying anything to the State. Col,
Herbert said this natser OF county
dispensaries won't 90. Is won't do at
all. BE insisted that it was all wrong.
Every 6ispensary in operation to-day
under this bill became county dis
pensary. Simply changing the name
did no good He voted fcr prohibt'
tion because be thought anything
better than the Morgsn bill. This
Morgan bill would brig a lot OF fes-
tering sores sll over the State.
Capt. Hamel said this was not the
experience OF Georgia and North Caro-
lima.
Col. Herbert said the bill was sbso.
lutely without restrictions. The coun.
ty boards could buy at any old price,
any old liquor, and pledge the credits
OF the county Eiahout limitation. Il
this bill be passed ehe State simply
mu.GplieS by 35 or 80 times the op.
poctuni5ies for stealing. The peopls
ci3 not seem to appreciate the sen-
cuIess Of county dispensaries. TIE
committee bill regulates the purchase
CT Eouor. In this bill there are nc
restrictions OF the county board. The
bill, he thought, vas directly IN con.
dic5 with the Constitution. BE urged
that the Constitution was written In
the distinctive, and neV.r contem'
plsted county aoopsion. There Is NJ
local option In tie Constitution, ano
be did not think there bad ever beer
any argument against county adop
tion.
Capt. Hamel said the county dis.
pensaries were simply the lesser Of
the evils, and the county dispenssries
would certainly gsa rid OF the S5ste
dispsnsa-y.
MI. Csrs pointed cut that the credit
Of the ccoarisS c)uld only be used fol
the first purchase, ard only the first.
Col H=l bert insisted that the ccuc'
ty 6ispeasaries were Unconstitutional
and could COT oe lsgalizsd.
Mr.. Hsmchill took a turn st Col
Herbert, aud showed him some Of ehs
wagon ways il the Gispsnss5y bill.
Mr.. Hamel said that II the dispen
sary advocates had gone with ths
Prohibi1ionists the license question
would never have been an Issue. H'
related how the Piohibi5ionists IN sn'
Constitutional Convention aided th'
disoenssry advocates, sno MADE l
possible TO havs license systen. Tn
Prohiei5,ooists in that Convenslo!
fought against licenses; and the dis
psnsar5 advocates forced the Hcen7
system into the Constitution. tn
ProhibitionistS we're simply trying +
get the best they could and that Wa
why they favored rh, Morgan bill.
Mr. Sanders tten took the floor All
argued that thers 1zs nothing in tn
wor!s IN Col. e H-.oert's position. 81
said there was nothing in the objac
tions made, aud that Charleslo
would have TO pay iss ssme proper
tion to the S5a2e. The Constitatio
was absolutely plain that county di'
pensariss were legal. The Constitr
tion even permits municipal ccntro
and it plainly provides for count
adoption.
The debate Wss warm and TT
State says Col. Herbert roasted" II
hill seyarsly and made number {
thoughtful poin.s aSainst it.
M. Pollock, who was opposed
the bill, wanted to speak, but A
Sanders, wlo bad tie bill In chang
applied the gsg law cy calling 81
previous question. M. Pol * rs.
ted on his right 60 be heard out 1s1en
I the bill Gid not want TO Dave