The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-24

session unless the proponents Of
the measure agreed to allow a
special provision to exempt Ger.
tain counties from it's operation;
this was agreed to, he then with
drew his opposition and perm it.
ted the bill to go to final dcterm-
ination with the several counties
exempted. Personally the SEN
ator had no interest in this bill,
but his constituency did object
seriously, and it was for them
that he interposed.
Take it all and all the session
will go down in history as one
Of the best IN a decade, and es-
pecially so, when it is consider
ed it followed heated campaign
in which some of the questions
enacted into law was not pre-
sented on the hustings. The
referendum proposition was not
an issue stressed, and the
candidate did venture to
advocate such a proposition, did
not receive the peoples endorse
ment, nevertheless it went
through with but little opposi-
tion; the main opposition was
not directed to prevent the refer
endum, but to have the general
assembly give it's permission for
the whole matter touching the
liquor question to be acted upon
by the people. A rather peculiar
situation came about during the
pendency Of liquor legislation.
The bill to conform to the Webb
Act was attempted to be amend
ed, not by an opponent of prohi-
bition, but by a Prohibitionist,
one who persistently and con-
sistently supported the prohibi.
ton referendum bill; he sought
to strike out the provision which
permits individuals to order
''one gallon of liquor a month, !"
and thereby make prohibition in
fact, and not merely a skeleton;
strange to say the Prohibitionists
imagined they saw a Trojan
horse, and they fought this
amendment vigorously, while
the anti-prohibitionists saw the
sincerely of the proposition, they
took the. position, If the people
really wanted prohibition they
should haveit without loop,holes
of escape, and they voted with
Senator Banks of Calhoun to
have real prohibition; arguing,
they wanted to see the theory of
prohibition given a fair chance
by forbidding the Importation Of
liquor into the State, and then,
if they found it would really
prohibit they would be convert.
ed to what they now believe is a
humbug. but no, Mr.. Prohibi-
ton was afraid of this, or he
does not really want prohibition,
be only wants a propaganda
that will give MIN material TOR
political agitation. However, the
the bill adopted permits individ-
uals to order as much as one
gallon per month, and they need
not go to an official for a permit,
all they will need is to establish
a credit in Richmond or Jack.
sonville, or have the price TO get
all of the booze they need under
so-called prohibition. Further
more, when campaign opens up,
which will be soon, if it has not
already done so, the expenses
Of those who are to go over the
State to picture the ''desolate
home caused by the use of liquor"
will haye to be raised. and un
less the coin is forthcoming it
will impede the movements of
promoters OF an unopposed
cause, we say unopposed, by
this we mean that we know of
no organized effort to resist the
the movement. There are thous'
ands who do not believe in the
principle, but they realize the
futility of trying to resist a
ground swell, created by appeal
ing to religious sentiment, hav.
ingas it's sponsors. the practi-
cal endorsement of the women
and the ministry-there are
some ministers however, who
haye the courage OF the faith
that is in them, that, when ask
ed for an expression, do not hes
itate to say they take no stock