The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
The STATE DRY
For Fifteen Days, During Which
Time the Great
WHlSKEY QUESTION.

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VIII Be Settled by the Wet CounGe
to Suit ThemseIyes-Local Option
lists and Prohibitionists Reach a.
Agreement Upon 8 Referendum
Measure Upon Sale Of Whiskey.
Columbia, Feb. 26.-Refusing By
vote Of % to to adopt State
wide prohibition bill, and by q vote
OF 81 10 II to pass Statewide ref
szeRdum bill, the Senate today pass
ea the prohibition measure with the
Christensen and Williams amend-
meat, after lengthy discussion as
TO what was really the agreement of
the evening before. During the dis
cnssioa Senator OTIS, the prohibition
leader, charged practically that there
had been a breach Of faith among
those who had reached this compact,
and asked the prohibitionists to con-
slider where they were in the mat
ter.
The bill, as finally passed in the
Senate to third reading, provides for
Statewide prohibition in the coun-
ties Of the State from the first Tues
day in August until the third Tues
day in August, when an election
shall be held in the counties now
wet. This election is to determine
the policies Of the wet counties as
to whether they shall retain the
sale Of whiskey. The right is re-
served to the dry counties, as under
the Carey-Cothran Act, to vote upon
the question once every four years.
The Christensen amendment as
adopted provides:
The Christensen Amendment.
Section II. This Act shall take
effect on the first Tuesday in Au-
gust, 1909: Provided, that in the
counties then having dispensaries an
election shall be held on the third
Tuesday in August, 1909, for the
purpose Of determining whether the
dispensaries located therein shall be
reopened, and such election in each
OF said counties shall be held and
conducted by the same officers and
under the rules and regulations pro-
vided by law for general elections.
Section Is. At such election the
the election commissioners for such
county shall atNeaeh voting precinct
therein provide one ballot box, IN
which the ballots must be cast, Any
person who is qualified elector Of
such county may vote in said elec-
ton. Every voter who may be in
favor Of the sale Of liquors and bev-
erages in such counties shall cast a
ballot in the box provided therefor,
on which shall be printed the words,
esFor Sale and Manufacture Of AL
coholic Drinks and Beverages" and
every voter opposed shall cast bal
lot upon which shall be printed the
words, Against Sale, Etc" If a.
majority Of the ballots cast in such
election be etFor Sale, Etc." it shall
be lawful for such liquors and bev-
erages to be sold in said county as
hereinafter provided. Provided, that
the expense Of these elections shall
be borne by the State.
Section Is. IN case an election
as herein provided shall result in
favor Of the sale Of liquors and bev-
erages the dispensaries in each coun-
ty so voting shall be reopened and
conducted under the provisions OF
an Act entitled. San Act to declare
the manufacture, sale, use, consump-
tion, possession, transportation and
disposition of alcoholic liquors and
beverages, within the State, and to
police the same" approved the 18th
day of February, 1907, and Acts
amendatory thereof: Provided, that
all of the provisions and limitations
Of tho said Act not inconsistent with
this Act shall remain il full force
azd effect in all Of the counties Of
the State: Provided further, that
In counties which shall reopen dis
pensaries therein, the county dispen-
sary board and dispensers in Office
on August 2. 1909, shall continue
to discharge their several duties as
If such dispensary or dispensaries
had not been closed.
The Williams amendment,
which oecasioned a great deal of dis
dission, finally being adopted pro-
yi6es:
Dry Counties Can Vote.
Provided, that in counties which
have heretofore voted upon the Ques.
ton Of dispeRsary or no dispensary
under existing or previous laws, anc
have no dispensary at this time, shall
have the right at any time after the
expiration Of four years from the
last election on the liquor question
TO hold an election upon the question
Of dispensary or no dispensary al
provided for in can Act to declare
the law in reference to and to resu
late the manufacture, sale, use ant
consumption, possession, transporta
ton and disposition of alcohol
LIQUORS and beverages within tn
State, and to police the same, az
proved the 18th day Of February
1907
This would give, unquestionabl!
the right to the dry counties to vot
upon the whiskey question, which
seemed that the Christensen amend
ment did not clearly and expressl
provide for. The motion to tab
the Williams amendment resulted