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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-03

other person, firm, or corpora
ton, except as hereinafter pro.
vided.
Sec 2. That any person, 6rm,
corporation or company wishing
to- order from any point without
the State any bev erage contain
ing more than one per cent of
ialcohol, must receive written
permit from the Clerk of the
Court of the county in which he
resides, to order not exceeding
one C) gallon. Said permit shall
be in the following form: .'State
of South Carolina ..of
lis hereby permitted
to receive by common carrier,
shipped from (here give name
and address of slippery intoxi-
eating liquors or beverages, to
wit Gnsert kind and guam tity,
not exceeding one gallon.) This
permit is void and no delivery
can be made Hereunder after
thirty days from date of issue.
Dated day off,. ....
49,. Clerk of Court" Not more
than one such permit shall be is.
sued to the same applicant with
in one calendar month, and no
such permit shall be issued to.
any person or persons under the
age Of twenty. one years.
Sec 8. A permit issued as
above, when attached to and
plainly affixed in a conspicuous
place on a package or parcel
containing any intoxicating iq-
uors or beverages, as above de-
fined, transported from a place
without this State to a point
within this State, shall author
lie any common carrier within
this State to transport the pack
age or parcel to which said per-
NIT is attached or affixed, and to
deliver the same in person to
the person whose name is set
out in the permit. Provided,
Said package does not contain
more than one gallon of said
beverage, and: Provided. It con-
tains nothing else except such
liquors.
Sec 4. The Clerk of the Court,
in 2 book to be furnished by the
County Commissioners, S h ii
copy all such permits in the or
der in which they are fled in his
Office, which said book shall be
open for inspection to any officer
or citizen of the State. any time
during business hours, and for
his services in issuing such per-
NIT and recording same the
Clerk shall receive fee of
twenty-five cents, to be paid by
the person to whom the permit
IS issued, and such Clerk shall
not issue any such permit when
objection in writing shall be
lied with him by the wife, hus-
oand, parent, child or guardian
If such applicant.
Sec 5. It shall be unlawful for
my railroad company, express
corporation or other
common carrier to deliver any
package containing Intoxicating
liquors or beverages containing
more than one per cent. of slco-
lol to any person other than the
Continued on Local Page.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-03

prohibition or the referendum
were not endorsed at the polls,
but that the candidate who
stood for local option on every
stump was endorsed and elected.
Now as to the petitions. I am
in this position with regard to
this question, I have said time
and again that I am not a prohi-
bitionist, but if the people of
this county sign petition ask
ing their delegation to vote for a
prohibition bill, or to submit the
question to, special election. I
shall respect their wishes-will
regard it as an instruction from
them and will so vote or resign.
What has become of the peti.
tiors circulated in this county?
I have not seen them nor was I
given "a opportunity to know
how many did sign or whether
or not the same persons signed
more than one petition. I am
personally opposed to this legis-
lation and unless the petitions
are presented showing the peo.
pie want me to so vote, I shall
vote against it.
There is too much of this at.
tempt to get legislation in the
name of the people. when in
fact, the people have not been
consulted. It is easy enough
for few persons favoring a
proposition to get up, and circu-
late petition among a certain
number and then come to the
legislature claiming they have
the signatures of the people.
Bluff, to coerce the members to
vote in the hope of not offending
the electorate. There is great
difference in legislator yield
ing his individual opinion at the
request of his constituents than
trimming to what he conceives
to be popular will, and I am, un-
less instructed otherwise by the
majority whose commission I
bear, going to vote as my own
judgment dictates, regardless of
the future criticism Of those who
think I should take my instruc-
tions from them. They have
been given an opportunity to
have me instructed, and If they
have not availed themselves of
it they are alone to blame for
their neglect.
The bills favorably reported
on this question are, in my
opinion, so drastic they cannot
receive the endorsement of the
masses when fully explained.
Section 6, of the referendum
provides as follows: The words
"alcoholic liquors or beverages"
';as used herein, slai! be con-
sidered to be any liquor, beer,
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general and special elections
shall be applicable to and cover
the manner of conducting this
election, and ascertaining the
result thereof.
Sec 8. If the majority Of the
ballots so cast be For the man.
ufacture and sale of alcoholic
liquors and beverages IN South
Carolina" " any laws existing and
of force at the time of such cleo
tion shall be and remain in full
force and effect.
Sec 4. Should the majority Of
the ballots so cast be against
the manufacture and sale of al
cohollc liquors and beverages in
South Carolina, then the man
facture and sale Of alcoholic liq-
uors and beverages in this State
shall be unlawful, except here
matter vested with the control
of dispensaries, where dispen-
saries for the sale Of alcoholic
liquors are now operating under
existing laws, shall proceed to
wind up the affairs of such dis
pensaries and shall close the
same on or before the first day
Of December, nineteen hundred
and fifteen, and no liquor shall
be bought or contracted for or
received by any County Dispen.
sary Board after the result of
said election is declared by the
State Board of Canvassers,
Sec 5. The manufacture and
sale of alcohol shall be allowed
and permitted as now provided
by law.
Sec 6. The words "alcoholic
liquors or beverages" as used
herein, shall be considered to be
any liquor. beer, beverage or
compound, whether distilled,
ferlnented or otherwise, by what
soever name known or called,
which will produce~intoxication,
or which contains in excess Of
one per centum Of alcohol.
Sec Z. All Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent with the pro
visions Of this Act be. and the
same are hereby, repealed: Pro-
vided, Nothing in this Act con-
tained shall be constituted to re-
peal any Jaw defining the offense
and any penalty, fine or provis
ion for the enforcement of law
not inconsistent herewith, but
such provisions, penalties and |
fines shall remain in full force
and effect.
AMENDMENT BY MAJORITY OF
COMMITTEE.
Amend Senate Bill No. 80 by
another section, to be
known as Section 5.
Sec s. Shall the General AS
sembly at its session IN 1916 be
requested to submit to the vote
If the qualified electors of the
State, as provided by law, the
following amendment to Article
;, Section 2, which is as follows:
Sec s. Alcoholic Liquor and
Beverages.-In the exercise of
;he police power the General AS
sembly shall have the right to
prohibit the manufacture and
sale and retail of alcoholic liq
lors and beverages within the
State. The general Assembly (
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erty by the clerk of court and
sheriff, and the notices of the
judge of probate, together with
the quarterly statement of the
banks must be published in the
two newspapers to be a valid
advertisement, but the charge
therefor will be. the same as
heretofore charged by one. This
does not include the county
printing, which has been award.
ed to The Times by contract for
q fat sum, less than the rates
allowed by law.
Next week the principal gen
eral legislation will be taken up,
including the prohibition refer
endum. compulsory school at
tendance medical inspection, etc
The cotton acreage reduction
Act requiring a two-thirds re-
duction Of the cotton planting
acreage was repealed. I did not
favor it's repeal, and I believe
yet the legislature made in re-
pealing it, and the farmers will
see that the spectators will
take advantage of this action to
aepress the price of cotton.
They will magnify the effect
and claim there wall be as large
an acreage this year as hereto
fore, whether there will be or
not. they will endeavor to make
the buying world think so, and
this will prevent active buying,
hence it will have a depressing
effect, in my opinion, however,
the Act is repealed. but my ad.
vice to my readers is to be con.
servative with their cotton oper-
ations this year, for I am GER
tain that a normal crop this
year will be ruinous to the cot
ton growing industry.
I was present at the hearing
for the prohibition bills, and I
heard some very good speeches,
by both sides. DR.. Burts Of
Columbia for the Prohibs made
a splendid argument, free from
the usual Wild charges and in
situations, and Mayor Grace for
the opposition so far as 1t affects
Charleston also made a magnif.
cient appeal in behalf of his city
urging that provision be made
to also refer the question of
license to the people. The ar
guments were in good humor,
courteous and educating. Sena-
tor Clifton Of Sumter WAS pres.
ent, and as a citizen made the
point by asking. Where is the
demand for the referendum?
Where are the petitions from the
people? He went on to show
that the candidates for gov
ernor in the primary advocating
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-03

| S@AN VoS &AAo A@e'1OOA AOoS0O3 Hh>
they have the approval of those
good women, who are really
trying to uplift humanity, the
Womans' Christian Temperance
Union, but a reading of these
proposed measures must con
vince even them that the people
of this state are not ready tc
subject themselves to these IN.
reasonable requirements, even
tho il is claimed to be in the
name of morality.
I do not believe there is an
educated minister who, after his
attention is directed to the sew
eral features Of The bill can con-
scientiously endorse them, I am
not referring to the element who
are taking advantage of this
agitation for political purposes,
I mean sincere Prohibitionists
who endorse and advocate the
principle from the viewpoint of
morality aud religion. Just to
let my readers see and know for
themselves what these would, be
monitors of other peoples morals
propose I am reproducing the
two bills together with the T.
cense feature the minority Of the
committee recommend.
"A BILL.
To Submit to the Qualified Elec.
tors of the State of South Caro-
lima the Question of the Pro
hibition of the Manufacture
and sale ef Alcoholic Liquors
and Beverages in the State,
and to Provide for the carry
rying of These Provisions In
to Effect.
Sec l. That on Tuesday, the
fourteenth day of September,
nineteen hundred and fifteen, an
election shall be held, pursuant
to law, submitting to the quail
fed electors of the State Of
South Carolina the question as
to whether the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic liquors and bev-
erages shdll be prohibited or
continued in this State, as now
provided. by law. And such
election shall be held and con-
Quoted under the laws and in
the manner now prescribed for
regular elections.
Sec 2. Each person favoring
the manufacture and sale of al
coholic liquors and beverages in
South Carolina, and voting on
this question, shall cast his bal
lot For the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic liquors and
beverages in South Carolina"
and each person opposing the
sale and manufacture alcoholic
liquors and beverages IN South
Carolina, and voting on this
question, shall cast his ballot
"Against the manufacture and |
sale of alcoholic liquors and bev
erages in South Carolina" One
ballot box at each precinct shall
be provided, and all the provis-
ions of law Of force in regard to
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| mdy llCSIISH pSfSOliS VI corpora
tions to manufacture and sci
and retail alcoholic liquors ans
beverages within the State url
der such rules and restriction.
as it deems prop r; or the Gen
eral Assembly may prohibit the
manufacture and sale and retail
of alcoholic liquors and bever
ages within the State, and may
authorize and empower State
county and municipal officers
all or either, under the author
ity and in the name of the State
to buy in any market and retail
within the State, liquors and
beverages in such packages ano
quantities under such rules and
regulations as it deems exped
lent: Provided, That no license
shall be granted to sell alcoholic
beverages in less quantities than
one.half pint, or to sell them be,
tween sundown and sunrise, or
to sell them to be drunk on the
premises. And, provided furth-
er, That the General Assembly
shall not delegate to any mum.
cipal corporation the power to
issue licenses to. sell the same:
Provided, That cities and towns
in the State having a population
according to the y. S. census of
1910, of over fifty 100000 thous-
and shall have the authority to
grant licenses for the sale of in
toxicatiug liquors in such guam
titles and under such conditions
and restrictions that the General
Assembly shall from time to
time establish. In case the ma
jority Of the votes cast in said
election is in favor of such
amendment. then, in that event,
the statutes in force in the coun:
ties affected thereby regulating
or prohibiting the sale of intox-
icating liquors shall remain in
effect until after the adjourn
ment of the General Assembly
in 1917, anything to this Act to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
HUGER SINKLER,
For Minority of Committee.
PLEASE BOSS HERE'S MY QUAR-
TER.
To Regulate the Ship ment of
Spurious, Vinous, Fermented
or Malt Liquors or Beverages
Into This State, to Provide for
the Filing of Permits or State
ments for Such Shipments,
and to Provide Penalties for
the Violation of This Act.
Sec /. That it shall be unlaW-
full for any person, firm, corpor
alton or company to ship, trans
port or convey any intoxicating
liquors from a point without
This State into this State, or
from one point to another in this
State, for the purpose of deliv-
cry, or to deliver the same to
my person, firm. corporation or
within this State, or
or any person, firm, corporation
,r company to receive or to be
n possession of any spurious,
-inous, fermented or malt liq.
lors or beverages containing !
more than one per cent. of alco-
loI. for his, hers. it's or their
'wn use, or for the use of any
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-03

OSf fSIdSS VI Cou pouuu. WuGtllel
distilled, fermented or otherwise
by whatsoever name known or
called, which will produce intox.
ication, or which contains in
excess of one per centum alco
hol." Read this and digest it
with reason and it will. make a
criminal OF every housekeeper.
If a home has in it a vial of es-
sence of lemon for cooking ppr-
poses, it is in violation of this
proposed law, if a medicine chest
in a family bedroom has in it o
vial of paregoric or soothing
syrupit is a criminal act and
liable to punishment, no COM
pound containing over one per
cent alcohol can be sold or used
or kept in possession. cannot
vote for such a silly an .unrea.
sonable encroachment upon my
personal rights, and will not do
so.
Then 100, is the companion
bill to regulate the shipment Of
liquor into the state. Section 2,
provides as follows: "rhat any
person, firm, corporation or COM
pany wishing to order from any
point without the state any bev-
erage containing more than one
per centum of alcohol, must re-
ceive a written permit from the
clerk of the court of the county
in which lie resides. to order not
exceeding one Q) gallon. The
permit to be on a prescribed
form, and section 4 of the bill
provides that for this permit the
applicant must pay the clerk of
the court 25 cents.
In my opinion, the bill practi-
cally makes of the clerk of the
court a county dispenser. Talk
about a graft scheme this is a
dandy, 25 cents for every appli-
cation to order liquor, why the
clerk of court would have to
have at least one man or woman
to supply the demand for per-
mits, and the income of the
Office would be a sinecure sure
enough. Under this bill not one
cent goes into the treasury, but
the entire fee goes to the officer,
in other words. every time he
issues permit for the privilege
Of ordering liquor he makes a
profit of Is cents, the price of a
half pint of good whiskey. What
do you think Of this from the
standpoint of good morals? Do
the people of Clarendon want
their Senator to subscribe to
such a legislative buncoe game?
I do not know who drew these
bills, but l understand they are
endorsed by the gentlemen rep
resenting the Prohibition League
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-02-03
TOLL OF 1000 A DAY.

According to Doctor Demme. who
studied ten temperate families" and
ten intemperate families" for II years
in the same class of society, the deathe
Of children under five In the latter
group were five times as many as in
the former group-25 against flve.
Since the deaths below the age of I'VE
comprise 80 per cent. Of all the deaths,
1t Is evidently more than conservative
to take the comparison Of adult males
given above as a measure Of the raw
ages of alcohol for the total popula.
ton, says Richmond P. Hobson, in AL
cohol and the Government" II we
were a nation of total abstainers we
would die off at the rate of $50 per
$1,000 of the population, whereas we
are actually dying off at a rate Of
1000 per $1,000. In other words, alco-
hol causes the premature death Of
40 citizens out Of every $1,000 OF the
population every year, which means
that alcohol kills about 700, 900 Ameri.
can citizens every year. about 1000 q
day every day the sun rises.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-02-03
TWO DISEASES OF POTATOES
powdery Scab Of Tubers Often Gained
Much Roadway by Being Confused
With Common Scab.
nv w. 7. MORSE.)

by W. J. MORSE.)
No doubt the chief reason that
powdery scab was not recognized ear
Her by the potato growers in the Sec
lions where 1t is now known to occur
is that they failed to distinguish the
disease from the ordinary scab which
has been common and widely distrib-
uted for many years. In comparing
the two, 1t may be said in the first
place that the LESSONS produced by the
common scab are, on the average,
much larger. They are apt to be more
irregular in size and shape and never
appear as distinct warts or pustules.
containing brownish powder. They
never produce browning Of the sur
rounding skin resembling decay, nor
pronounced shEfnkage Of the tubers.
and never form large, deep. eroded
pits or cankered areas in the tissues.
II affected potatoes are wet and
carefully washed to remove super
fuous dirt, another distinct charac-
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-02-03
TWO SCENES.

TWO SCENES.
Excerpt from one OF Mrs L. M. N.
Stevens Annual Addresses.)
A young society woman, total alb
stainer, remarked that 1t was very
hard to make a strong argument in
favor of total abstinence when there
were so many moderate drinkers In
her circle who were successful In
business and happy In their home
life. To this we say, in your circle
you see but one section at one stage
Of action. Let us shift the scene .
little.
A temperance specialist was per.
mitted to sit in the Office Of certain
sanitarium while the patients came
filing in with barred arms to take their
semi-daily treatment When the last
one had passed out the doctor said,
I'm that line were representatives Of
many business enterprises, Of educa.
tional institutions, Of every profess
sion; men who are still possessors OF
large wealth, and others who have
wasted their fortunes and are now
trying to get we'll that they may be-
gin life anew"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-02-03

Under the most favorable conoluons
incubator chicks are never equal In
general vitality to the normal hen
Matched chick. They are less resis.
tant and more subject to disease. We
have not yet mastered natures secrets
either with the lower organisms OF
with our own species. and for this rea-
son We can well AFFORD to draw les
sons from the experience acquired in
the various hatcheries. The founda-
ton of good health is good air and
good food. Food to the nursing moth.
er bears the same relation as lamp
heat to the incubator, and II there is
a deficiency in any degree in either
case the developing life is certain to
pay the penalty in lowered vitality;
while If we take an excess of deficient
foodstuffs we must likewise pay a
penalty.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-02-03
MONEY TO RUN COUNTRY.

where will you get the money to
run the country If you cut out the sale
Of liquor?" asks the liquor advocate.
1.-THE best answer we know Of" says
the North American of Philadelphia,
rs the action of Russia, England,
France and Germany, which at q time
when every cent that can be got is
urgently needed for the conduct of the
war, find 1t more profitable to reduce
this revenue than to run the risks in
cidental upon the general use Of alco-
holic drinks among the soldiers and,
as in Russia, the general public,
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-02-03
LIQUOR BUSINESS A PARASITE.
CBy LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAL
LACE of California;

CBy LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAL
LACE of California;
Business is an exchange of COM
modities. 1t is buying and selling.
and there must be advantage or gain
in the barter For continued COM
merce the gain must extend to both
parties to the transaction. II the re-
sultant advantage Of a business deal
inures to the benefit of one party only,
there Is an economic defect. The buy
or must benefit by his purchase as
truly as the seller by his sale. The
buyer gets from the grocer flour, from
the hardwareman nails, from the lum-
herman lumber, and in each case buy
err and seller are benefited. The same
buyer goes to the saloon to get wine
or beer or whisky. The dealer makes
a profit on the goods sold. But here
is a break in our business principle.
The buyer makes no gain. He parts
with his share Of the barter, and gets
nothing valuable in return. At every
other counter there was gain on both
sides; here the gain was on one side
only. The transaction limps; 1t is
false to business principles. 1t repre-
sents economic waste.
The economic waste becomes a null.
tiplied factor when the argument 10
extended to liquors effect on the pur>
chaser who consumes it. The liquor
traffic is parasite. Any business
blood that 1t has is sucked from the
vigorous body of healthful business.
It contributes nothing, but draws
heavily If town or city prospers
where traffic N liquor is allowed, it's
prosperity is less than 1t should be
by just so much as liquor takes. II
gives nothing, and what 1t takes Is 80
much subtracted from the general
gain.