The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-31
COLUMBIA, JAN 30 SPECIAL

Liquor has consumed the usual a
mount OF time in the two houses OF
the general assembly this week.
though some important matters in
which liquor has no part have been
acted on
The house will likely vote today on
the Nash prohibition bill. The SUBJ
stltnte recommended by the minority
OF the dispeasary committee for Mr..
Nash's original bill Is really the mea-.
sure under consideration. (Notc 10
Editors: You will find this uil ia
The News and Courier and The State
OF Wednesday, THIS substitute Is a
simple but drastic and sweeping pro-
hibition measure as it now stands but
lt has been amended so as to permit a
citizen to keep as much as one gallon
Tor personal use, a provision which
The original substitute did not have.
The fight for the bill has been led of
course by Mr.. Nash, and he has bad
the support of Mr.. ID. l.. Smith who
introduced Mr.. NaSh'S bill all ofas;d
den last year. OF Mr. John G.. Richards
the former STATE diSp eosary leader,
and of other strong men in the house.
The opposition has not SO far debated
the matter at all.
| In the senate the bill of Senator
Appelt. to place a license or 81, 900 on
liquor drummers has been the SUBJ
ject of much discussion. 1t was at -
tackled as unconstitutional, the oppc-
sing senators claiming that it i'm real.
lty licenses the sale Of whiskcy. The
purpose OF the bill of course Is to pre-
vent the operations Of whiskey drum
mers representing houses outside the
state. After livery full discussion.
the bill was amended so as to make
the license $1,000 the bill passed 2l to
III, with Lancaster and Marlboro ex-
cepted
The whiskey question in way was
brought up in each house by the
special message Of Gov. Ansel on
Tuesday suggesting that the general
assembly pass concurrent resolution
declaring that the commission to
wind up the state dispensary is tie
agent of the state and that the inten-
tion OF the legislature was not to
create a trust fund, the purpose o:
this declaration being to make it
plain that the commission is acting as
agent Of the state and in this way to
prevent the interference OF the fed
eral court in the application for re-
ceiver for the dispensary funds argued
at Asheville on Wednesday. The
suggested resolutions were at once in
troduced on the heels of the message
and the house passed the resolution
at once, without division, but i'm the
senate Senator Blea>e objected to inn
mediate consideration and under the
rules the resolutions went over. On
Wednesday Senator Bleasc was again
prepared to fight the resolution and
Senators Raysor, Sinklcr and others
came TO his support. Senator Chris
tenSen, a friend OF the administration.
consented TO have the resolution
amended SO as to eliminate tre en-
dorsement OF the commissions policy
III every particular and i'm the amend
ed shape it was thought the reSolu-
Ilon would pass, .but when it came to
vote the motion to table prevailed by
vote Of 10 TO Is. Senator Blcase had
out generated the friond, If The adj
miniStration + /, uuately the out
come had no lf-cv on the proceedings
at AShCN.Ilt.
L he house had heard good deal
about the dispensary situation i'm
Aiken county. Mir. Croft OF that
county has made an extended state
mcut as to his position in regard to
the establishment OF diSpensary at
North Augusta and on Wednesday the
house passed the DILL Of Mr. Gyles to
permit an election on the dispenslry
in that county in April. Mr. Croft
wanted the el ction in August but
this did not prev H. The bill was
amended so as to < We Cul-eton the