Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-06
The APPLET BILL
10 Impose a Tax of $4,000 on
Liquor Drummers.
fasses' tho Senate by Large Ma
Jority-It Win Exclude Whis-
KEY Drummers From the State.

key Drummcrs From the State.
AT the night session of the senate
Thursday Mr.. Appelt's bill providing
for license tax upon LIQUOR drum-
mers passed third reading and was
ordered sent to the house. but NOT
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
mead 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 (to~ kill the bilD-Bass.
Black, Clifton, Earle. Hough, Laney.
Raysor. Stackhouse and Williams.
Nays (for the bilD-Appelt.
bIease Brice. Brooks, Carlisle, Car
penter, Crouch, Gibson, Griffin, Har-
din, Harvey, Holiday. Johnson.
Mauldin. MCGOWAN, McKeithan, Otis.
Sinkler, Smith. Sullivan, Talbert,
Toole, Townsend
Mr.. Rogers wanted no $1,000 Ii
cense issued in any prohibition coun-
ty He did not want to license drum
mers because they may be debarred
by federal legislation.
Mr.. Appelt fought this and wanted
his bill kept intact
Sanntnr Cro.ol ,,,.z
his support OF the bill 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 fay-
ored the bill.
Mr. Rogers amendment to prohibit
licenses in prohibition n counties was
killed
Mr.. Courch had the license fixed
at $4,000 per county for soliciting
liquor orders, which is deemed alb
solutely prohibitive.
Mr. Rogers was persistent and
wanted Marlboro county excluded
from the bill No license to sell IL
quor has ever been issued in that
county for SO years, and he seriously
opposed any and every license sys-
tenn
Mr.. Brice said a drummer could
now solicit liquor orders in dry
counties and as he saw 1t the prop
osition was simply to collect a ii.
cense from outside drummers who
now solicit orders without paying n
cent and he felt the $4,000 license
would keep drummers out Of the
dry counties
Dr. Black was opposed to any sor:
of license; he was not in favol of
these drummers coming here at all!
He felt that this license would give
the semblance of authority to solic-
from the State.
Mr. Rogers amendment exempting
Marlboro county from the provisions
OF the bill was adopted by vote Of
20 to II. The bill was amen &c so
as not to apply to Lancaster as we'll.
Mr.. Raysor offered an amendment
TO make it criminal offense to silic-
it orders. That he urged would
avoid the objections as TO license
system.
Mr. Otis thought this would not
stand the tests of the courts. The
Raysor amendment was killed.
The bill was finally ordered sent
to the house providing for a $1,000
license for drummers soliciting H.
quor orders for interstate shipment
This license Is applicable in each
county in which such interstate ship
ment may be solicited. Senator Az
pelt thinks his bill will do mach to
kill the promiscuous soliciting of IL
quor orders. which he declared had
become a nuisance in his section. t