Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-08
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

John ]. Ansel a brother of Gov
ernor AnseL, died in Walhalla last
Saturday, aged 81 years.
- Hal Norris, the ten-year- old son Of
Mr. and Mrs. r. B. Norris Of Green
vile, was desperately wounded last
Saturday by a parlor rifle in the hands
Il playmate.
- Columbia special of Tuesday to
Charlotte Observer: The race for the
speakership Is an absorbing subject OF
comment and speculation here on the
eve of the convening Of the legisla-
ture. 1t Is eck-and-neck between j.
W. Nash of Spartanburg; R. 8. Wha-
ley of Charleston, and e. e. McColl OF
Bennettsville. The first two are anti-
disDensary men and the latter Is q dis
pensary advocate. The fight will be
fought according to this. Nash Is an
up-country man, the other two being
down. country men. Eugene Gary viii
be reelected associate justice Of the
supreme court. r. r. Hemphill will
be opposed by Editor DeCamp Of the
Gaffney Ledger. for clerk Of the sem
ate.
- Columbia special of yesterday to
Charlotte Observer: What Will the
general assembly do with the dispen-
sary? Is the question asked daily, as
1t is a foregone conclusion that the
house will almost without discussion,
except for political purposes, pass q
bill along the lines advocated by Mr..
Ansel in his candidacy for governor
that of abolishing the state dispen-
sary and Of giving each county the
right to have either prohibition or
county dispensaries. A bill along this
line passed the house last year. but
the senate saved the institution by a
margin of two votes. This year both
bodies are new, the people have elect
ed an anti-state dispensary man and
yet the vote, 1t Is predicted, Will be
about as IL was last year. In county
politics the personal popularity of q
man counts for something and this Is
probably the reason that so many
state dispensary supporters were
elected. For instance, In Richland,
where it was admitted that the dis
pensary element had a late, the peo-
pie smashed the combination and
elected only one of the four who were
put out. This man was personally
popular and he was voted for because
of this and the knowledge that he was
an honest, conscientious man. The
election Of state senator In this
county is another example; dispen-
sary man was elected, but 1t was In
spite of his views on that question.
The anti dispensary people claim that
there are members of the senate who
are not bound to stand by II through
thick and thin, and when these men
see the overwhelming vote In the house
against it they will change their votes.
This may be true. Some OF the dis
pensary people, however, as filibus-
ter measure, or In order to mix issues,
will introduce a bill to abolish the
state board Of control. This was along
the line Of the message sent in by the
governor last year. He wanted a COM
plete reorganization Of the whole af-
fair and one of the main points In
his argument was the necessity for
public sessions Of the committee or
board that was to do the purchasing.
The Raysor- Manning bill, which also
contained the handiwork Of Senator
Tillman, was similar, but 1t was so
amended that the house absolutely re-
fused to have anything to do with 1t
and sent back instead the county dis
pensary bill. or course, this deadlock
ed things and postponed final action
another year.