The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-02-05
THE HOUSE.

Prohibition is new the sole topic OF
discussion In the house. The substi-
tute bill. sent In by minority cf she
dispcnsary committee. was brought up
yesterday as an adjourned debate
measure by Mr. Nash and some argu-
mont was made by the advocates OF
prohibition. 1t is the intention Of that
side TO continue the consideration of
the measure until L is disposed OF
either by rejection or adoption ana 1t
is probable that vote viii b. reached
today. as It is thu opinion of al, thar
tho members have made up thei,
minds on The matter and the speeches
will hardly change them
Tho prohibitionists. few in them
selves. have becn REINFORCED ny num-
ber Of the state dispensary friends, in
cluding the leader OF that faction. Mr..
John c. Richards. Jr.. who said yes
terday that he would support tho Nash
bill or the substitute. ff
I'm the othsr had, the supporters
CT the Carey Cothrai law predict that
there will be NO change. with Inc ex-
ception Of a few miner amendments
now before the dispensary con.mitec,
which will satisfy many c( those who
DO not HE the present law. 9hc sut-
s,itute hill, which was printed
yesterday morning In full, has
AN amendment to the original prohi-
tition bill allowing wholesale drug
eists to sell to retail druggists alcohol
Tor medicinal Or mechanical purposes
tnd,in allowing ,he purchase OF wine
for sacramcntal. purposes.
When the hill was called at naon.
according to previous resolution, Mr
Nash stated that nc believed thar a
vcte could &c takcn with vdry lisue
debate, However, he explained ,the
awehdments cftered by the minority
&C the COMMITTEES as outlined Mr.
Nash then vigorously deDcunccd Tho
liquor traffic. seating that no man had
ever BEEN able to handle the stuff
without becoming splatterc1 In somo
way with shame. South Carolina. ho
said. had larger territory of iq,oi
selling prcpor,i'nately than unv 9TH
CT Southern Stua and the wave OF
lrohibit;on how swecping Yer tho
south Was a sign that the right mipd-
ed people are beginning to lcok upon
d"aling in LIQUOR ~ a crime. He g,vo
some ncu,es as TO the decrease I'm
crime In his county. Spartanhurg. ard
icad extracts frpin testimony given
by the rcople' OF atlanta on the sue
cess OF prohibition. In Spartanburs
a session of criminal cnur. now lasted
ctiut four days. formerly II lasted
two weeks. " was up to tho peoplc
Of South Carolina 10 blot out the cvi!
Columbia, Jan. 30.-Thc Nash bill
to provide for State prohibition was
killed by tho house today, the vote be-
Ing 62 to 81, The friends Of the bill
had been strongly In hopes of its pass
age. and the vote was expected to be
close.
During the progress OF debate on
the bill delegation Of w. G. Il. U.
members appeared In the gallery and
took seats. They had open hymn
| books In their hards and II was evil
dent that they were prepared to sing
hymns at the psychological oment.
The attention Of Mr.. Nash was called
to their presence. and at. his request
the Rev A. w. Brunson, of the Main
Street M, E. church. of Columbia,
went to The gallery AMI suggested that
1t would be better not to make any
demonstration.
| Meanwhile Speaker Whaley had in
structed the seargeant-at-arms to
strictly enforce the rule and suppress
any emonatration at once. The Ia
dies, however, acceded to the sugegs-
ton Of the prohibitionists on tn. llo6r
and there was no expression whatev-
or.
The vote On the motion to striko
out the cnacting words was as follows,
the ayes being opposed to the Nash
prohibition bill and the nays in favor
of il:
Ayes--Whaley. Aver. Ballentine,
Banks. Beattie. Bethune. Boyd. Brant-
ley. Brice. A. c.. Bryan, F. NJ, Cam
non, Carey, Carson. Carwyle, Co.'S
grove. Ccburn. Cox. Croft. Cutler, DE
Wore. Dick. Dixon. Doar, Dowling.