The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-02-05
LIQUOR LAW PASSES.
GIVES CHARLESTON RIGHT TO
Sell LICENSES
Under CERTAIN RULES.

UNDER CERTAIN RULES
Conditions in Charleston Are Re.
viewed, Which Shows That Pres.
emit Law Has Never Been Enforced
and Points Out the Benefits Under
Plan Proposed in Bill
By q vote Of 6e to IS, the House
Thursday night passed to third read
Ing Nr. Rittenberg's bill to provide
q liquor license system for the city
OF Charleston. The message was tax
en- up Thursday morning and mt.
Rittenberg spoke earnestly in favor
Of his bill. He asserted that It was
purely a local matter and that all
other methods Of dealing with the II
euor question In Charleston had fail
Cd to accomplish the desired results.
Other members Of the House took
the opposite view and held that It
was not q local question, and that
the evil effects Of the license system
In Charleston would spread to 9TH
er counties. Further debate on the
question was postponed until Thurs
day night by the arrival Of the hour
to consider Mr.. Rember:'s bill.
When debate was resumed Thurs
day night on Mr.. R:ttenbers's bill,
Mr. Barnwell made the opening arsu-
nent. which was clear-cut and efec-
tive. He asserted emphatically that
the contemplated law will relieve
conditions which have become intol-
erabie. The situation demands re-
Lief, he said, and Charleston is try
ing to work out her own salvations
Mr.. Whaley discussed Charleston's
unique position In the State, both as
to its citizenship, which Is cosmcpol-
itan, and as to typographical and geo
graphical location. It is impossible
to stop shipping Of Illicit liquor into
that city, he said. Mr.. Whaley ar
gued strongly that the 1alwbreakers
of Charleston are getting rich under
the present regime and that the dis
pensary is an absolute failure.
Taking up the question Of lawless-
ness, MIR. Whaley said that II the
law was enforced by the Governor
o. Dy the Mayor or BY the juraes OF
Charleston, they would not have
blind tigers, but neither or these Of
feIals has done It and Charleston has
suffered. He argued that II licenses
at $1,000 each were issued to nfty
liquor dealers they would act az de-
tectives and would see that no one
engaged in the sale Of liquor With
out a license.
The blind tigers Of Charleston are
fighting the bill. was information
which he had received, and members
had been told that the tigers would
not let the bill pass the House. This
made him all the more eager to show
that the Charleston tigers did not
run things. He said the bill could
hurt no one and ought 70 pass.
The question was on Mr.. Eiott's
motion to strike out the enacting
words Of the Rittenberg bill, which,
with amendments, had been accept
sd By the delegation. The result
was es to As against killing the bill.
This is real, modern miracle. q
majority voting to give Charleston a
license system, or at least against
killing the pending bill Those who
voted for the motion to strike out
enactins words were IS follows:
J. W. Ashley, Atkinson, 3askin,
Belser. Bethea, Bowers, Boyd,
Browning, Brice, W. z. Laughter
Epps, Evans, Friday, Fripp, Gasque.
Greer, Haynesworth, Hiott, Hunter,
Hutchinson, Hutson, Irby, Jones,
Kib,er, Mecravey, Mcdonald, Nc
Queen, Malpass, Means, Mower, Mel
son, Nicholson, Pegues. Ready, Rid
die, Riley, w. u. Scott, W. w. Scott,
Sherwood, Shirley, White, White
head, wyche, Youmans and Speaker
Smith. Total-45.
The nays were as follows: Addy,
Ashley, u. J., Barnwell, Blackwell,
Busbee, Clowney. Creech, Cross
Daniel, Dick, Fortnor. Goodwin,
Gray, Halle, Hsll, Hardin, Har.el-
son, Harvey. Holley, James, ". A.,
James, W. E., Johnston. Kelley. Kir-
BY, Kirk, Lee, Lunpkin, Lybrand.
Mcmillan, Massey. Melf. Miller, Nit
chau, Mixson, Moore. Mosely, Mu-
raw. Odom, O'ouinn. Pyatt, Remhert.
Rittenbecg. Robertson. Robinson
Rogers, L.. Rogers, w. S. Jr.. Sapp.
SHREDDER, Senseney, Smiley. Stanley.
Strickland. Sturk,e. Thompson. Tin
dal. vanderhorst. Walker, Warner.
Warren, Welsh. Whaley, W!louro'
Williams, Wyche. Total-sS.
The full text Of the bill was pub
lished In The News and Courier on
the 18th, the chief amendments are
to provide for a license for brewers
and bottlers, at $4,000 and gradual
ed down, reducing the salary for the
license commissioners from $500
to $1,000 each: the wholesale ID
eense Is to be $4,000 and retail IL
cense $1,000 each. No liquor Is 70
be shipped outside Charleston; nc
liquor can be sold by licensed dealers
in less than half pints. There was
a question about allowing the right
to manufacture liquor or beer until
It was shown that this right is now
given. The amendment provides fot
publication Of names OF all appd'
carts for licenses and no application
can be granted until duly adVeros'