Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-02-20

Providing for the time county, Of 3
fcers terms shall begin:
STATE DISPENSARY dies
The Vote in the Senate Ratifes the
Action Of the House. The Amend
ments Are Not Such That They
Will Cause Any Disagre cement Be-
tweent the Two Branches of the
General Assembly.
On the motion to pass the Carey
Cothran bill to third reading the vote
in the senate was as follows
Yeas-Appelt, Bates, Biyins, Rrice,
Brooks, Carlisle, Carpenter, Crouch,
Sullivan, Talbert, Toole, Williams
Total 81.
Noys-Black, B.ease, Clifton,
Earle, Efrd, Hough, Johnson, Kelly,
Laney, Raysor, Stackhouse, Walker,
Wells, Weston.-Total Is.
Senator Christensen was pared
with Senator Griffin. If Senator
Griffin had been present she would
have voted ssnay'' and; Senator
Christensen would have.yoted nyea. y
Senator McKeithan was paired with
Senator Townsend Had MIR. Town
send been present he would have rot-
cd "nay" and Senator McKeithan
would have voted "yea.
Senator Bass, who has; been Ill at
his home in Williamsburg, was not
present. Had he been present he
would nave voted faye
The real strength Of the senate,
counting the pairs and absentees,y
would have been aye %, nay IL, a
majority of seven against the State
dispensaly
Tue Two houses have now passed
the bill. The following is The. correct
vote in the house or representatives,
there having been an error in the for
r.erly pull lished list with reference
lc the names Of DR.. Miller and Mess.
Banks and Wimberly:
Those who voted for The Carey
Cothran bill are: Speaker Whaley
Mess. Arnold, AulI, Ballentine, Banks
Bcattie, a. G. Brice, Bryan, Carey
Carrigan, Clary, Clinkseales, Cos
groves, Cothran, Courtney, Cox,
Croft, DeVore, Doar, J.FB. Dodd, j.
II, Dodd, Dowline, Fraser, Frost,
Cause, j. P. Gibson, W. J. Gibson,
Greer, Hall, Harley Harman, Harri-
son, Hemphill, Johstone, Kellahan,
Kershaw, Lawson, Legare, McArthsr,
McKeown. McMaster, Mann, Mar
shall, Miller, Morrell, Nash, .Nesbitt,
Nichols, Nicolson, Niver, Parker, Pat
terson, Reaves, Richardson, Rucker,
Saye, Scarborough, Sellers, Shipp,
Kurtz, P. Smith, Spiver, Thomas,
Todd, Vanderhorst, Werner, Von-
Kolnitz, Wade; Walker, Wallace,
White, Virgins, Wimberly, You,
mans.-73.
Those who voted against 1T are:
Messrs. Aver, Bailey, Bethune, Brat
Hey, T. S. Brice, Cannon, Carson, Car
vile, Cutler, Derham, Dick, Dingle,1
Dixon, Douglass, sEpps; Epting, Gar.
ris,f Gary, Glassc ock. GOOD dWin, G yles,
Harris; Hinton, ghes, Hydriek,
Jones; Kiirven Lane /; ESTER Leitner,.
Little, licC oft, NJ ley, Richards, Rob-
I,inson, Sawyer, Scrug Sharpe,
i,Slaughter, D. l.: Smith, f.. Smith,
Stillwell, Stubbs, Tatum, Tompkins,
Wingard, Woods, Wyche, Yeldell.-
40.
Voted Quietly.
By a vote of 81 to l5, "a majority
of Z, the South Carolina senate Sat-
urday passed the Carey-Cothran
local option bill, which carries with it
the abolishment of the State dispen-
sary system. There was no speech
making, no words against the meas
ure from the friends of the present
system. Amendments were present.
ed and adopted with scarcely word
being spoken on either side.
After the regular order Of business
had been dispensed with, such as
reading new bills, reports of commit
tees, etc., Senator Otis, who has coll
Quoted the fight on the floor Of the
senate for the local option forces,
called for the special order, the Ca
rey- Cochran bill A number of addl-
tional amendments were offered, all
save one, which was introduced by
Senator Rogers, being adopted. No
objection was made to any other
amendment presented except one Of
fered by Senator Earle providing for
the use of request blanks. After
some discussion this was adopted.
No 2 1-2 Cent Fares.
There will be no IL cent railroad
fare in South Carolina for a year at
least. The Tooie bill seeking that
change met its death in the Senate
by a vote of 25 to II. The House
had passed such. a bill by large ma
iority. The senate did not reach
vote on sending the Carey-Cothran
bill back to The House with amend
ments, there being some confusion
about some Of the amendments.
Bills Which Have Been on the Cal
endar For Years Given Favorable
Action This Session.
Necessarily the most important
thing done in the senate the past