The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-08
GIVEN A CHANCE
County Dispensary Bill Gives
Way to Prohibition Bill.
now 1T CAME ABOUT.
State Dlspensary Advocates Prefer Pro.
hlbltlon to County Dlspensarles and
Vote With Some True Blue Pro.
hlbltionists to Put Whole
State on Water Wagon.

uIUitIUnBkb " Tut WHOIC
State on Water Wagon.
The friends of tho State Dlsponsary
In the House Of Representative put
i gomo Of the Prohibitionists In a role
last week. At the opening Of the
gession Mr.. Nash, of Spartanburg, In
troduGed prohibition bill pure and
ample, but when 1t came up In the
form Of an amendment to the County
Dlspensary bill he voted squarely
against his own bin, because the dis,
penHary people went over In q body
and supported it, Olhor Prohibition.
iatB also voted against prohibition
when they saw that there was some
chance OF 1t being passed by the
House. 1t seems thai the State dis.
pensary folks preferred straight pro,
hihition to the county dispensary bill
which had been introduced In the
Houae week or more ago, and when
the time came voted for tile prOhibi.
tiop bill.
The position Of the dispensary peo.
pie was revealed when at the morning
session Of the House on Tuesday OF
last week tho Oothran Carey County
Dlsponaery bill came up for conaidera.
tlon. Mr.. Richards moved to strike
out the onaoting words Of the bill,
which was voted down easily. Then
Mr.. d. T.. Smith offered his prohibi-
tion bill as an amendment to the title
OF the Oothran. Darcy County Dlspen-
sary bill. 1t came Buddenly and the
members had little time to debate 1t
and on an ayo and nay vote decided
not to table tho amendment. The
vote WAS as follows:
The following members voted to kill
Mr.. Smiths prohibition amendment
TO the Carey. .Cothran County Diapen.
isary bin: Speaker Whaley and Messrs
Beahtie, "A, G. Bfice, Bryan, Carey,
& 0Aeri gan, Olarv, OlinkBcales, Cos.
goysS Gothran, Courtney, Croft, Cox,
sysS Hs Dodd, Bowling, fraser, EroaG,
ss lapBe, i, Hall "a llinr by { III Harm2n. Harfl.
han j tshpatoi Il. I'll 4 Il X Il. /,
& Lawson, Legare, McAfthur, MoMas
q tef. Mann, Msrshall, Miller, N,sl
Nich6las Nioholson, Patterson, r ayes,
Riohagdson, Rucker, Saye, Sosrbor
ough, Sellers, Shipp, X. p. Smith,
Thomas, Todd, Vanoerhorst, Won
Kolnitz, Wallace, White, Youmans
Total 81.
The following mombers voted fol
Mr.. Smiths prohibition amendment
TO the Darcy. Oothran County Dlspen
safy bill: MsssIs. Arnold, Aull, Aver,
Bailey, Ballentine, Banks, Bethune,
Boyd, Il. S. Brioe, Brantley, Cannon,
Carson. Oarwile, Dsrham, D Voie,
Dick, Dingle, Dixon, Doar, j. B..
Dodd, Douglass, Epps, EptiDg, Gar,
ris, Gary, j. p, Gibson, Glss' cock
Goodwin, Gyles. Harris, II nton,
Hughes, Hydrick, Jones, Kirven,
Lane, Loster, Leitner, Little, htcOoll,
NC Keown, Mlley, Morrell, Niver,
Parker, Richards, Robinson, Sawyer,
Boruggs, Sharpe. Slaughter, ID. T..
Smith, j. &c. Smith, Spivey, Stillwell,
Stubbs. Tatum, Tompklns, Virgins,
Wimberly, WinRard, Woods, Wyche,
Yeldell. Total Ga.
Those not SoLing were Cutler, w.
j. Giba0n, Hemphill, Greer. Nasbitt,
Norton, Werner, Wade, Walker. 8 In
all.
Mr.. Smiths amendment was read
after the vote WaB announced. 1t pro.
, pOaeB to abolish the State dispeusary,
turning tho stock over to q commis.
sion to be sold 40 once, pay all the
debts and turn over tho remainder TO
tho State Bchool fund. The reading
Wa8 listened to with closest atten.
tlon. The vote was like the busting
OF bombBhell In the ranks Of the
county diepensary advocates. 1t show
ed very plainly that the State dlspon.
aary advocates would force prof ibition
on the State rather have county dis
,ponsaries.
After the bill was read Mr.. Smith
explained his amendment. He offered
Ii because ho thought 1t the best 30.
lntion. He had personally solved the
problem two and one.hal ye1fs ago.
lie thought tho people wanted prohi.
bttion. He wanted to 60 on +, cord al
doing South Carolina one BetVico be-
fore he died. He urged the support
OF tho members Of the house tor the
measure and promised that they
would noYer regret this act for theil
State.
When the Ilouse adjourned or
Tuesday night the several disrenaary
bills were pending, and the House
had refused to lay On the tlblo ar
amendment to the county diBponsary
bill declaring for prohibition.
After u debate OF nearly thre hours
and one OF the most exciting contests
In recent years, the House Wednesday
tabled tho amendment for prohibition
introduced by Mr.. ID. L Smith, passed
10 tnird reaoiDg the Carey. G 1thrar
bill and killed tho Richards bill. thu,
4. completely routing the dispepaar,
f9oroes and making the suppoI terra OF
that institution lose heart com pletely
There were times in the fight wher
the vote was CLOSE,
The vote wan first taken on the mo
tion to adopt the Smith amendment
as aoon as It's dofeat was aDnounoet
the clincher was put on by motion 0
Mr. Ruoker.
The Il leation then reverted to tn
original DILL Mr.. Aver had an amend
ment Tor high license through count
boards. 1t WAS voted down
Mr.. RIoharda moved to indsGnitel
postpone tho passage of the bin Il
third reading. Mr.. Garris moved &
adjourn, which motion has precedcnc