The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-08
HOW THEY VOTED
Line Up Of the House on 3tile
Liquor Question.
DISPEIlNlISARY MEN

A5ollsliss the State DlsrensarYS
and Establishes County
Dlspensarles.
The vots on the digpensRry bills
"wednesday WAS surprlse. The pro.
hibitionists with few exceptions voted
against Prohibitionist Smith's amend.
mont providing for prohibition. The
real test vote WAS on the Carey
Cothran County Dlspenaary bill, and
out Of the 1913 members OF the house,
only 40 favored the retention OF the
State dispensary.
Those who voted for Prohibitioniat
Smiths amendment wore: Messrs.
Aver, Bailey, Bethune, Boyd, II. 8.
Brjce, Cannon, Carson, Carwile, Oul.
ler, Derham, Dick, Dingle, Dixon, j.
B. Dodd. Douglass, Epps, Epting,
Garris, Gary, j. p. Gibson, Glasscock,
Goodwin, Gyles, Harmon, Harris,
Hinton, Hughes. Hvdriok, Jones,
Kirven. Lane, Lestor, Loitnes, Little,
McOoll, McKeown, Miley, Morrell,
Reavo8, Richards, Robinson, Sawyer,
ScruggB Sharpe, Slaughter, d. r.
Smith, j. E. Smith, Stilwell, Stubbs,
Tatum, TompkinS, Wingard, Woods,
Wyche, Yeldell 55.
The 6S who voted down the Smith
proposition were: Speaker Whaley
and messrs. Arnold, Aull, Bsllentine,
Banks, Beattie, Brantley, A. G..
Brioe, Bryan, Darcy, Osrrigan, DIARY,
Olinksoales, Cosgrove, Cothran, Court.
ney, COX, Croft, DeVore. Doar, J. H.,
Dodd, D)wling, Fraser, Frost, Cause
w. j. Gibson, Greer, Hall, Harley.
Harrison, Hempnill, Johnstono, Kella,
han, Kershaw, Lswson, Legare, Mo.
Arthur, Nom sster, Mann, Marshall. !!
Miller, Nash, Nesbitt, Nichols!
Nioholaon, Niver, Parker, P&ttotaon,
Richardson, Rucker, Ssye, Soar
borough, Sellers, Shipp, Kurtz p
Smith, Spivey, Thomas, Todd, Van.
derhorst, Werner, VonKolnitz. Wade
Walker, Wallace, White, Wiggins,
Wimberly, Youmans- 68.
So the amendment was rejaoted, !,
The only absentee was Mr.. James
Norton,
dsuaEe ( moved tie oiin6nEU,
Whioh WAS agreed to-. N
The following reasons for voting
were sent to the desk:
II vote aye on the pending Smith
substitute, for the reasons: (o) That
| prefer 1t to the Carey. Cothran bill;
(b) that the continued reports of grafs
going on In tho management Of the
State dispensarY causes me to seek
the needed relief through the prohi.
bition bill. Howell Morrell."
II vote aye on the Smith substi.
tuto, for the reason that prefer that
to the Carey. Oothrsn meaaure, hav-
ing determined, from an investigation
of some county diapensarios. that
they are very corrupt, and 1 do not
wish to sec corrupt county dispanaar-
les al over South Carolina.
Herbert E. GyleB."
Il voted for the Smith amendment
as preferable to local option, though
l represent q constituency favorable
to the State dispensary, provided 1t
could ba purified
W. w. SoruggB."
II vote against the proposed sub.
stitute for the following reasons:~
wrote the original Of that substitute.
/ introduced 1t in the house, 80 that
| and other prohibitionihts might
have an honest and fair opportunity
to express ourselves and go upon re.
cord. Soon thereafter I became
satisfied In my own mind that ad,
vooates Of the State dispenssry In
tended voting for 1t, with the view OF
dividing tho anti. diBpensary foroes
and saving the State dispensary. I
became satisfied the bill could not
pass the sopate. The bill was then
held In the committee, at my sugges-
tion, until suoh time as 1t might not
Interfere with snti-dispensary 'egis.
latlon. II believed the bill could
pass the senate, | would support 1t
heart and soul.
1T comes in today with new
father, and honestly believe the
effect OF It's passage by the house
would be to hold the State dispenssry
In this State another year. l believe
1t Ia my patriotic duty to help defeat
suoh result under these oiroum.
stances. l must refuse to be used
aB oatspaw to draw diBpensary
ohastnuta out Of the fire.
u. Wright Nash"
II vote no on this bill and ask that
my reason be Incorporated In the
Journal. Having bee elected to this
house on State dispensery issue,
and finding that am in y minority
| accepted prohibition measure 10
good faith, as preferable to county
dispanBary. L. A. Carson"
Mr. Corey offered the following
amendment, which was ageed to:
Amend section 4 by adding at ond:
"The term manufacture, wherever
used In this act, shall include bottl
Ing establishments for malt liquors. "
Mr.. Richards moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill and demanded the
3eas and nays, which wole taken, re.
sulting as folloWa:
Yeas 40; nays 70.
Those who voted In the Affirmative
are:
Mesars. Aver, Bailey, Bethuno,
Brantley, Il. s. Brice, Cannon, Oar.
son, Oarwilo, OG!'Qy, Derham, Dick,
Dingle, Dixon, Douglass, Epps, Ept.
ing, Garrls, Gary, Glasscook, Good.
win, Gyles Harris, Hinton, Hughes