The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-01-22
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Gang Cflcnse Meets With Strenuous
Opposition - Charleston Membcr
Prefers Suspended Sentences ia
Ohain Giang-New Hflls introduced.
Columbia, Jan. IA flood of
words ana stream Of oratory con-
spn,sd tho time Of the house yesterday
morning when the Liles' bin making it
= straight chain gang sentence to IL
iicitiy dispose Of intooxicants in South
Carolina came up as q special order.
Another measure. seeking to make the
|capitatten tax On dogs. provoked a
censiderable shower OF eloquence be-
fore the bin was finally showed into
oblivion. The vote was 10 to So in re-
fusal 70 pass It Into third reading.
There was no opposition on third
reading to the -Nunn- Rogers bill
relative to the temperature of cotton
minis. The house Monday night adopt
"a an amendment 30 that the tempera.
'tpre to cotton mills should be regulat-
"a - foilows:
.1That the Inspection called for by
this act shah be made under the rules
And regulations made by the depart
irent Of agriculture"
The committee report on the meas
,re had been unfAyorable as the bill
was ORIGINALLY written.
When the time came for the special
order on the Lilies prohibition bill,
Mr. Graydon started the fireworks in
opposition to the measure by saying
that the bill was simply fonaticism
run mad. He claimed II was ridicu-
ious. that the enactment Of such a
hall will make the prohibition law a
farce. because no jury viii convict q
white man II It means chainKang
offerse. Personally. Mr.. oraydon said,
he favored prohibition. but he wanted
60 be reasonable. q 'f
W, W. Dixon. of Fairneld, asserted
that hs .aw no reason why a 'KuSband'
that beats Ills wife should have diner
snt punishment from the person who
sOld iiauor. 10 % consistent. let the
state make every oftsnss q chaihsaang
Rsnaity. he said. The Fsirneid lesis-
lator, said that he would put every
man who bought liquor oh the chain.
gans; FOR II there we're no buyers
there would be no "blind tigers"
Mr. 1lss. OF Oranseburs, author OF
The bill. said that the people wanted
tsic Ysvss enSotesd ana tNA Was Was %Sy
he had introduced the bill. 1t is the
possibility OK the chaingang that Is
going TO keep many blind tiger
from selling LIQUOR. he claimed.
Mr.. wa6ni5h. Of Onion. was .. satisfied
that the people Of the state wanted
the simon pure" article OF p,ro,hibi-'
tion; that ne was sure. From expe-
rience as mayor OF Union and from
conviction and observation. Mr.. Wag-
non was Of the opinion that the only
way to enforce the prohibition law
adequately ~ to throw such q sai
guard around It as that proposed by
the Lilies bill. He thought that the
passage Of the law would work a radi-
- . - f..f a.
cal change ir the situation in Charles
ton: for there the blind tiger" was
not afraid Of hnes and could AFFORD to
pay the fines &
Mr.. Fromberg, Of Charleston, said
that his people did not want fanati-
cism. rampant; that there was enough
law on prohibition now. He said that
true bill after true bill had been
brought against the Illicit seller of H.
quor In Charleston. and that the peo-
pie Of the coast city would respond if
met with the same spirit displayed by
Judge Mendel I. Smith. when he sus-
pended the sentences. Let us stop
and think and not run headlong into
such crazy legislation" he ab1ured.
Mr.. Searson. OF Barnwell. said that
he thought prohibition was exsggerat-
cd and those who favored that idea
had better let things xemain as they
are At the present tirE
Mr.. Lee. OF Sparts burg. was on.
posed to the measure ut this time be-
cause he thought 1t was going too far.
Further debate on the measure was
suspended because of adjournment Of
the morning session.
When the house met Monday night
Mr.. LeGrand introduced bill which
proposes. as a method of supervising
the warehouse system. that the COM
missioner shall collect fve cents from
every bale OF cotton stored In inde-
pendent warehouses.
Representatives Smith. Dixon and
Wa1kor introduced a t~t,t A. ..~~., A., :