The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-05

SOUTH CAROLINA
VARIOUS LAWS HAVE BEEN
PASSED IN THIS STATE FOR u.
PROHIBITION q !.
Columbia, January 1.-The ques-
ton of the abolition of the whiskey
traffic in South Carolina, began to
be agitated soon after the redemp-
ton of the State under Gen. Hamp-
ton in 1876, but this early agita-
tion was for local option in a few
scattered counties. Special acts of
the General Assembly. were intro
duced and passed permitting "wet"
and "dry" elections for Anderson,
Orangeburg, Laurens and other
counties. The contest between the
prohibitionists and license men in
some of these counties was heated.
In none of them which Succeeded IN
voting out the licensed saloons was
prohibition successfully enforced m
those days and after; ~ few years
saJ Gss ss1aon ~ snen aste. 70 'ehe itceh
T T. ' the sg;s1a g?sL t,,.a g 30 1ooaSsf LII
for e+a+aw;Je ,rnh;h;f;a,,: S, T., d,,a..a "a
hu 1ata r n rS;1as se y sSssIias.s t5sIsss;
Gorntn ,.. d.ua,onaJ stL s.s,, i.
] .rroT,i, u fs;lad :. 4asS. inaS
Narrowly ma, tS daiaea oI hassae 8; 81: ns taas
J;u;s;nn Tn ; between % ~ IN ssST
% and tha CO.; r;sI,,, ,s ,;tss,ss9 te 3,
Snts sao+;e .,,..,as a..s ~
" Dv 20 s Loth 1i. 4, psss ~
~ ' Ms;th i, s, .sssI; .sJl
% ...;,,; ~ III. q. te..sS s.ISs, Y,
was Wnis W CaHs Sc asi saal sislls5ss
sue sn VI .ae qeeselol:s y zs WEI N'sss
tween te S p TT T;li,a s.as Yah,, ssss st
cS e%een D; N ienlnaAr g ana 1enH siI1 .ssf ss|
onepparo, sne asaee gs!n9Statis 9s y. ess rs
ooL oo;ma4 sasets So! ~ ~ IA -
asn a,lnS !sSpas w sao.,1e ~ -. :
D pa.eu m wnicn w people 90 ,p' sne
pIny eteI!.cl nisnt xote as De-
sMesh prgMipitloh III anu Hcenseo sa-
looms. Inc 1otal vote cast Tor gov
sInor at an enis eiection was little
tess tnan ee,ooo, ana tne vote on the
:wHhiskeys question totaled little
more than 20, 600. The prohibi-
tionists won in the referendum by
about 10. .0o0, the vote for license be-
ingtabopt 80, 090 and that for prohi-
,bi2on about AZ, ,00o hen the re-
suit became known y vast ken for
granted that the 1seg1sla would
enact the Chlids bslt oTs one similar y 70 2.
II. MI. Chiids V nd alot Tetslrn 40
the Legislature and ttls tohibis
non Dill was INTRO g csd 9 An eosss s.eE
~ -, = Me- 49, ~,
n- % s 49,, ,., b. 4 & =,
;or;t;as i hotts ,,Issas ~ & H;i9ts
Leaders ~ tha;r I faction ssaaTs .f@a;S III
of .nrnI,;b;+;on TSsSs ] a,nsa,, ~ ss,s a,aaJ IA
th,t j. n,;sht 70 enactsd coi,sa 81, 4,
oas ~ = sSs S4I - ~ =,
divide the ~ ' T;11naon 4 fnrcas e osTl M npys pn
sS.IG h;,, Ine 1.s hnaa +i,l ne d.
pSf pS w uA We Mas, nu~esel, py az psss
Gu ~ tne t;1a Huass. :. ~ NE 90 Sena:s sI. .
ia., ts tsa@a 81 Ds ,ran. ;ntrnoad ~ @ Ia Tn 20
ny E = tsen az -
one .as ',,J :. S1Ieu 90 s..nsJ ggsM 4Sa. .
cS SaJu thst ~o no is,,;sI.tin- IL SJ ga,,Id e
s,,,t UU' GO Gonnrnar az T;i,,non oIraad,, bad
49,, ~ nn.;t;;,,, ~ 49, [ 9, 1 srsSts .,s 20
tao f sa,onns t pon nh;ch @ S;thsrte ~ bsd so,,a
sn+;ra1r I - ;nto +Sa +n,,, +rsa 80 s,,r;a Sgass =
shnnld ha I Ji1;Jsd III III tbe co1.nt;es
GO that the rn,aS ssct;o,s Ia ~; no;s5t = shars
s 4Las, w Meslt : ~ s.S.a = It, ~ I ts;s
~. ~ sns. ..ua, ie a...tna ~ I
o de,, "as as aj;, go = W. MaI Satsas,, s. @
e. nS sua ~ = = -, =, !, = Y &c ~,
Soa;, s ee - @ go a.! e a,,i,,. - =, Il
Deei oiie " W. ,, ~ Ss'.. - ~,
Gothenbqrg System. 4.
AS the END OF the session OF the
General Assembly aFproached: the
dispensary bill was antrodnced by
Senator John GarysSvans, then, me ~ OF
Aiken. The dlspensary system, mo
deled upon the Gothenburg system
OF Norway, was already IN operation
in Athens, Ga. % Larry Can't,
then editor OF the Columbia Register,
had lately come to ! South carolina
from AtnenS ana lt was sald Inat