The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-26
WILL We GET STATE WIDE?
MITCH SPECULATION AS TO AC-
TION OF NEXT LEGISLATURE.

Generally Believed That South Caro-
lima Will Have Prohibition After
January.
Columbia, August 1S.-Now that
onlv few counties in the State re-
tain the dispensary system there is
much speculation already as to what
the next legislature will do in regard
to the prohibition question. AS pre-
viously pointed out, there is no doubt
but that a prohibition bill will be IN
troduced at the next session. Wheth-
er this bill will pass depends upon
tho votes of the representatives from
those counties of the State which
have Just voted out the dispensarles.
With the votes from the now dry ter
ritory in the State there is an aDso-
lute certainty that the bill can be
passed. But the question is: will
the representatives from the now dry
territory vote a Statewide bill follow
ing upon the recent election?' Many
think this would be breaking 1alth
with the local optionists. On the oth-
er hand some prohibitionists say that
they are not bound to any tacit un-
derstanding because they opposed
the submitting to the people of the
question of dispensary or no dispen-
sary.
The vote in the house last session
on the straight prohibition measure
was:
For rohibition-Joshua w. Ash
ley, Bodie, Bowers, Boyd, Brlce,
Brown, w. D. Bryan, Bunch, Can't
rell, Carey, Carrigan, Daniel, Dingle,
F. C. Edwards, Gasque, J. P. Gibson,
Glasscock, Graham, Greer, Hall,
Hamer, Harmon, Harris, Horger,
Kibler, League, Lee, McEachern, Nc
Keown, Mann, Mauldin, Mobley,
Moseley, Nesbit, Niver, Richards,
Ridgill, G. NJ. Riley, Robertson, Roes-
sler, D. C. Sanders, Scarborough, B.
A. Shuler, C. T. Shuler, Jared D. Sui
livan, P. P. Sullivan, Utsey, Vaughan,
Way, Whatley, Wingo, Wyche-52.
For dispensary-Amick, Melvin
Ashley, Bowman, Browning, F. NJ.
Bryan, Bush, Carter, Cosgrove, Goth
ran, Dixon, Doar, Duvall, Isaac Ed
wards, Foster, Fultz, Harris, W. j.
Gibson, Griffin, J. R. Harrison,
Hughs, Hydrick, Irby, Jackson, Nc
Mahan, Nunnery, Patterson, Paul
ling, Sawyer, Simkins, Singleton,
Wade, Wells, Virgins, Williams, W.
B. Wilson, Jr.-35.
Pairs-K. P. Smith (prohibition)
and Brown (dispensary), Seibels
(dispensary) and Carter (prohibi-
tom, Charles Smith (prohibition)
and Wander Horst (dispensary), Hol-
lis (prohibition) and O. D. A. Wilson
(dispensary), Hines (prohibition)
and Tobias (dispensary), NJ. L.
Smith (prohibition) and Rucker
(dispensary), Fraser (dispensary)
and McColl (prohibition), W. L.
Riley (prohibition) and Hughes
edispensary), Spears (prohibi-
don) and Dick (dispensarD,
Lawson (prohibition) and Spears
(dispensary), Suydam (prohibitien)
and Leland (dispensary), Nicholson
(prohibition) and Wright (dispen-
sary).
I'm giving the above vote 'prohibi-
ton is to be taken to mean those
voting for the bill while ''dispensary'
means those voting against the same.
When it came down to the vote for
the compromise (the elections ap-
pended to the original prohibition
bilD the vote was closer. The house
accepted the senate's amendments by
the close vote of As to Al. The at
titude at the next legislature Of those
prohibitionists who voted for the pro-
hibition bill and later on for the COM
promise will be watched with inter-
est. Did the acceptance of the COM
promise bind them to the result of
the election?