The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-02-05
The APPELT BILL
To Impose a Tax Of $4,000 on
Liquor Dfummers,
Passes. the Senate by Large Ma
jority-It VIII Exclude Whis-
key Drumnaers From the State.

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At the night session of the senate
Thursday MIR. Appelt's bill providing
for a license tax upon liquor drum
mers passed third reading and was
ordered sent to the house, but moi
until 1t was amended by providing
that the tax shall be $1,000 instead
Of $1,000 as proposed in the original
bill.
The bill was taken up under the
head Of special orders shortly after
the night session was convened. Be.
fore there was any debate, Senator
Graydon moved to strike out the en-
acting words, the vote on that
motion being as follows:
Yeas Ito kill the bill)-Bass,
Black, Clifton, Earle, Hough, Laney,
Raysor, Stackhouse and Williams.
Nays (for the bil)-Appelt,
Blease Brice, Brooks, Carlisle, Car
penter, Crouch, Gibson, Griffin, Har-
din, Harvey, Holiday, Johnson,
Mauldin, MCGOWAN, McKeithan, Otis,
Stnkler, Smith, Sullivan, Talbert,
Toole, Townsend
Mr.. Rogers wanted no $1,000 Il
cense issued in any prohibition coun-
ty He did not want to license drum
mers because they may be debarred
by federal legislation.
Mr.. Applet fought this and wanted
his bill kept intact.
Senator Crouch vas strenuous In
his support of the Gil and favored
a $4,000 license.
Mr.. Carlisle said the courts have
held that a license fee will stand
the tests Of the courts and he fav-
ored the bill.
Mr. Rogers amendment to prohibit
licenses in prohibition counties was
killed
Mr.. Courch had the license fixed
at $4,000 per county for soliciting
liquor orders, which is deemed ab-
solutely prohibitiye.
Mr. Rogers was persistent and
wanted Marlboro county excluded
from the bill No license to sell Ii
quor has ever been issued in thai
county for so years, and he seriously
opposed any and every license sys-
TEN
Mr.. Brice said a drummer could
now solicit liquor orders in dry
counties and as ne saw it the prop
osition was simply to collect a il
cense from outside drummers who
now solicit orders without paying =
cent and be felt the $4,000 license
would keep drummers out Of the
dry counties
DR.. Black was opposed to any sort.
Of license; he was not in favor of
these drummers coming here at al!
He felt that this license would give
the semblance of authority to solic-
it business. He wanted them barrel
from the State.
Mr. Rogers amendment exemptlnS
Marlboro county from the provisions
Of the bill was adopted b a vote OF
20 to II. The bill was anenfel so
as not to apply to Lancaster as we'll.
Mr.. Raysor offered an amendment
to make it a criminal offense to silic-
il orders. That he urged would
avoid the objections as 10 license
system.
Mr. Otis thought this would not
stand the tests of the COURTS. The
Raysor amendment was killed.
The bill was finally orderel sert
to the house providing for $4,000
license for drummers soliciting IL
ouor orders for interstate shiI,usent
This license is applicable IN each
county in which such interstate ship
ment may be solicited. Senator AZ
Delt thinks his bill will do n,2ch to
kill the promiscuous soliciting OF Il
ouor orders, which he declared had
become a nuisance in his section. t