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I NN -G,
OUR LAWMAK EiS
THE 7 WO HOUSES GETS DCWN TO
SUS:NESS AT ONCE.
The Sertiment is for a Sho. t Ses,:on-The
Heuse Passes a Bill to Extend the Time
icr the Par ment cf Ts es.
Both houses of t're Legislature ss
aembled in Cclumn'tia cn Tucsday,
Jan 11. When Li;ut. Governor Mc
Swte ty.i:1 his gorgeo.s purp:e gown
of cilice. called t.e senate to order at
ncCn. the un of voices cessed and
the aeratcrs hostered to their seats.
There were r spectatcs eitir in the
gallery cr en the floor, and v ithout a I
hitch the bcdy settled down into its
routine groove
The prcc edin;s of the cay opened
with prayer by the chaplain, the Rev.
Mr. Wilioughby, Rho atked that the
divine spirit wculd make all the sena
tors to realize that they were the rep
resentatives cf the whgle people.
"Give them largeness of wisdom,
largeness of hesr, sy mpathy and a
liberality of spirit," he besought.
The roll call stowei Senators Alex
ander, Archer, Brown, Baist, Cornor,
Dean, Denns, Douglass, DuBose,
Gaines, Grffitb. Hay, Henderson,
s Love, Mauldin, McCalla, McDaniel,
Miller, Moses, Mower, O'Dell, Petti
grew, Ragsdale. Scarborcugh, Sican,
Stackhouse, Suddatb, Turrer, Walker,
Wallace and Williams tresent. The
only absentees were Senators Norris,
Sanders and Talbird.
At the cot clusion of the roll call,
Lieut. Governor McSweeney made a
short speech of welcome, in which he
said:
Senators: After a parting of nearly
a Sear we meet again to discharge the
duties of this co-ordinate branch of the
legislature of the State of South Caro
lina. I feel assured that we have, one
and all, come to this session with the
full determination to perform those
duties in such a manner as to merit;
and obtain the approbation of those
who sent us here; whose welfare we
have at heart, and whose inters <s we
are bound to subserve.
So far as in me lies, I shall endeavor
to discharge to the best of my ability
the duties devoling upon me as the
president of this senate. In the dis
charge of these duties I depend for
success less upon my own ability than
I do upon the kindness and cour.esy
which you hav2 hitherto show.a me
as your presiding oficer.
I trust that all our deliberations will
be attended with peace and harm ,ny.
Whether Reformers or Conservatives,
.. we are all Democrats. The grand test
of our political creed is patriotism
aloine, and we are all here laboring
for the good and the welfare of our
common mother, South Carolina. Our
sole aim and object is to see that such
laws are enacted as will tend to the
benefit of the people, redound to the
honor of the State and secure to the
citizens of South Carolina that happi
ness and prosperity which should al
ways attend "a government of the
people, for the people and by the peo
ple."
Greeting you with my heartfelt
wishes for a profitable, a pleasant and
a harmonious session on your reas
aembling once more, I now announce
that the senate of South Carolina has
convened in general assembly and is,
ready to prcceed to the discharge of
business.
Having cot c~uded his speech the
president, according to the order of
procedure, instructed the sergeant at
arms to escort the new senators- to the
front of the stand to receive the oath
of cffice. Seo ators S. G. May field,
now of the new county of Bamberg;
Win. T. Jeifries of Cherokee, C. A.
C. Wailer of Greenwood, J. H. Les
esne of Clarendon and T. O. Mc.lha
Fney o~f Dorchester all qualified.
Senator Brown moved that the chair
appoint a committee of three to notify
& the governor that the senate was or
ganized and ready for business. On
this committee the president appoint
ed Senators Brown, Dean and Moses.
They returned and report[ed that the
governor, ethrough his private secre -
tary, would soon commumicate with
the senate
On motion of Senator Sloan, the
clerk of the senate notified the house
that the upper branch was ready for
business. L~TEHUE
The House assemble d at 12 o'clock.
' The roll call all the members present
except twenty-four.
When the roll had been called, the
chaplain, Dr. M. M. Kinar d cffered a
fervent though brief prayer, in which
he expressed the hope that the body
would accomplish ihat which was best
% for the good of the country and the
State.
Speaker Frank B. Gary then tock
the chair and addressed th a members
as follows:
Gentlemen of the House of Rep
resentatives: We have again assemn
bled as the agents of the people of
South Carolina to enact such laws as
in our judgement are useful. Coin
ing as -we do from all sections of they
State and representing as we do all
classes and conditions of our people,
it must tbe known to us all that the
past year nas been one of unprece
dented hardships upon the masses;
that there are many to whom the taxts
1o run the government are pesitively
a burden, asd that they are looking t>
ato lighten those bur dens as far as
wecan. It behooves us to do so. Int.
us dispatch the business before us a~s
expeditiously and as e:-onomically as
is consistent with efficiency.
There ace an unusually large numn
boer of elections to be hela by this gen
~Xeral assembly. My observation has
oeen that this house never setths
down to systematic work until these
elections have been disposed of. If
then we would not have this session
protracted to an unstemly length, we
should dispose of this work at the
earhest day possible. .
Since our last adjournment I have
by virtue of the power given me as'
4speaker, issued :cur writs of elec:.ion
one to fill a vs cancy ccea'ioned by the~
resignation o' Hon. T. A. Graham, a
memter from Abbeville; one to fihl a
vacarncy eccasie'ned by tue resignation
of Hon. D. M. Miies, a member from
"Spartan burg ; one to fill a vacancy oc
casioned by the resignation of Hon.
C. A. Barry, also a member from Spar
tanburg, ana orne to fii a vacancy oc
casioned by the untimely death of
Hon. L. K. Armstrong, a m~ember
from York.
The several boards of commissioners
of election have made their returns to
me, wherein they de clare that the fol
lowing named gentlemen have re
ceivced a maiority oe the votes in the
ovei-al court es: In AIbeville, M,
P. DeBruhi; Yo.rk, Horace E. John
son:Spaaninrg D. E. Hydrick and
F. C. We't
Elosing, gentlemen, that the result
of ;our labors may be a blessing to
South Carolins. and that harmony
and 0ccd felowship may continue to
characterize sour labors, I Low com
mend you to the work before ycu.
At the conclusion of the speaker's
remarks the four new members named
therein appeared at the bar of the'
house and were sworn in.
On motion of Mr. Bacot a maisage
was sent to the senate nctifying that
body that the house had crganized
and was ready for buiiness. Imne.
diately afterward the clerk of the sen-l
ate arrived and annour ced tbat the
upper house was likewise resdy for
business.
At this juncture a committee con
sisting of Messrs. Magill, McCulk ugh
and Gadsden was appeointed to wait on
the governor and notify him that the
house was ready for business.
At this juncture the governor's mes
sage arrived, being presented by his
private secretary. It was immediately
read, the members received their cop
.es a few moments sfter the reading
had commenced. Close attention was
given the message. it will be found
elsewnere.
On Wednesday ths joint resolution
to extend the time for the payment of
taxes to February 20 being reached.
Mr. Wyche moved to indefinitely
postpor.e the bill.
Mr. Rains!ord favored the measure.
In his county a large number are be -
hind with their taxes. They will not
be able to pay until they borrow
money for current expenses. it is
necessary now, because of the low
price of products.
Mr. Simkins emphasizvd what Mr.
Rainsford said. A great many citizens
are behind.
Mr. Sturkey spoke of the hardships
of the past year from a financial
standnoint and hoped the resolution
would pass.
Mr, Efird opposed the resolution.
The treasurer of Lexington says that
taxes in that county are nearly paid.
It wculd be an injustice to taxpayers
who had paid to extend the time to
others.
Mr. Limehouse, of Dorchester. said
a great many citizens of that county
had rot paid because the very existence
of the county was in litigation. His
people would be ruined if the penalty
was imposed.
Mr. Ashley favored the bill. In An
derson 2,000 have not paid taxes. The
state would lose nothing by extending
the time.
Mr. Wyche said that he had hopd
never to hear of extending taxes Men
have a whole year in which to prepare
for payment. It is a pernicious ana
injurious habit to extend. It forces
the state to borrow money. The prin
ciple ought to be established once and
fcrever that taxes must be paid by
January 1, and people would prepare
to do so. He said that be had tasked
with Governor Eilerbe and he was 2p
psed to the extension.
Mr. Skinner said that the gentleman
from Elgefield had expressed the
condition of affairs in Barnwell. On
the roll call the resolution was adopt
ed by a vote of 69 to 37.
The House on Thursday passed the
Reynold's bill letting the public print
ing out to the lowest bidder and the
Senate held memorial services in
honor of Gen, Jchnson Hagood. A
great many bills has been introduced
in both houses and the indications are
tat the members while talking saior
session is preparir g to spend at least a
month or two in Columbia.
Bow 1t Is Done.
To be or not to be vaccinated isa
question that is now agitating
the minds of many good people all
over the State. They do not desire to
go through the sore arm ordeal un
necessarily, ncr do they wish to runi
risk of smallpox, if vaccination will
prevent having it. The New York
Times publishes a statement about the
the dilution of vaccine lymph with
glycerine, in Europe, which relieves
the experience of being vaccinated of
much of its unpleasantness, and en
ables the same amount of vaccine mat
ter to sErve from 20 to 50 times as
many patients. Tne Times says:
"Vaccine lymph that has been ster
ilized by mixture with glycerine is
rapidly coming into use all over Eu
rope, and with it the last arguments of
the anti vaccinationists are disappear
i2g, The rare accidents that nave
hitherto given them an excase for
calling the 3Jennerian coeration dan
gerous no longer take place, and even
the 'sore arm,' which some people
have found so objectionable, has been
reduced to a hardly appreciable annoy
ance. "-Augusta Chronicle.
smanl Fox at Giree.
A special to the C-olumbia Register
from Greers, S. C., says rumor of
smallpox in that section have been
ripe, but no credence was placed ia
them until Thursday, when Dr. Fred,
James pronounced the disease ot
James Lynn the genuine article. This
is the first appearance of the plague
among the whites, and every body is
being vaccinated. This case can be
traced to Greenvilie, and almost di
rectly to the Stenhouse house.
Opposed to Webster.
A special dispatch to the Columbia
Register says. Senator McLaurin,
now ill, has requested the finance
committee, in charge of Iuternal Rev
en ue Collector Webster's nomination,
to take no action in regard to the mat
ter till he can be heard, which will be
done. Off course, the implication is
that he will oppose the confirmation,
It is also ascertained th-at Mr. Webs
ter has opposition from within the
ranks of his own party.
A wa-.hington Dirnar Party !
"John," enquired the wife of a seni
ator from Nevada, on his return from
his first Washington dinner party.
" What d id the ladies have on at din
ner to day." With much confusion he
replied. "Liza Jane, they did not
have on maca of anything above the
table, and yoa know, deatr, I was too
mdest to go under it.''
Thoy D~on' Fay.
The Columnbia Register says another
oriinal package establishment is to
go out of business in the state. Conm
missioner Vance Thursday received a
request for shipment tags from F~eif
fer oo Co., of Cincinnati, who will
clse up their place at N wenerry. Only
last week another establishment was
closed in the same city, for the lack of
business.
Destroyed by an rta'
An otlicial dispatch from Batavia
announces that the Capital of A
bona, one of the Moluncas Islands,
has been completely demolished by an
earthquake. Fifty persons were killed
THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
AVERY SOBER NOT TO SAY SOMBRF.
PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
The Pec p'e not :o be Corgratulated on the
Corditten of AiTire W2ithin the State
The Finances c: ths 8Stats in a Very Un.
2ntisfactory Condition.
The following is the message oef
Governor Ellerbe read in both house=
of the General Assembly lat Wedss
to the Gentlemen or the General
Assembly: In this first annual _ e:
sage I regret that I cannot congrata
late vcu and the people of the State
upon the condition of affairs :ahat
faces you today. But while we have
no: had the predicted r turn of pros
perity, we should recali with thank
fulness the good health, peace and
banpines: we have been permitted to
enjoy. Without further preliminsry
I proceed to discharge one of the most
important duties imposed upon tne
Chief Executive by the Constitution.
Thu fnances of the State are in a
very unsatisfactory condition. Daring
the session of the General A smbly.
for 1S96, a levy of four and a hal.
mil's was laid to meet t-e current ex
uenscs of the fiscal year, beginrig
January 1. 1897, and c nding Dec m
her 31, 1597. The sum raised by this
levy proved insutlicient to meeL the
exoenses; and we have, therdore, a
deficit of $1u0,000 to be provideaL for.
By using every dollar from every
available source and by everdrawin.
small amounts upon banks in whic:
large sums of the S:ate's funds have
been deposited, we have met promptly
all current obligations without bor
rowing a dollar. The books were optn
ed for the collection of taxes October
15, ana since that time we have used
money thus collected to pay current
expenses. This money now being col
lected, however, belongs legitimatelv
to the current app:opria-ion for 1Snd
By refusing to borrow $t00,000, as is
often d,;ne, tbough I have not savedj
the State any great amount in the may
of intete.,t charges, I have refusrd to
sanction what appears to me to be a
bad policy-the policy of borrowi;,~
money at interest.
The levy for State purposes will be
high, but you must remember that we
have a deficit of $100,000-not of your
making-to be provided for, and that
the State will no longer receive any
revenue for current expenses from dis
pensary protits, for under the provis
ions of the Constitution all profits
from the dispensary must hereafter go
to the school fund. Daring the past
year the general fund has been aug
mented by $92,000 receiver from the
dispensary; the yeas prev-ous this aug
mentation amounted to S L00.000. Tne
Governor then takes up the uispensary
and what he :e' about the matter is
fully reported elsewhere. c
TBE STATES EDUCATION SYsTEM.
The Constituti :nal thre- mill tax for
school purposes yields on tbe preseint
assessed value of property someihin
over $500,000. This is a large sum to
collect from a tax-burdened people, I
and this money should be so expended
as to secure the best possible results. t
With this increased exoenditure of
money on the public schools the peo ,
ple have the right to expect better re- i
sults than have heretofore been secur
ed. In the cities and in a majority of ,
the towns the schools are well sustain1
ed and meet the demands upon them;
but in the country the results are gen
erally very unsatisfactory. With bet 4
ter school houses and better equip-nenti
and better teachers, boys and girls
could be prepared for college at the
common schools in the country with
out needing to take a course in fitting
schools preparatory to entering col
lege. The State's educational sy stem,
including all schools, high and low. [
primary, secondary and collegiate I
looks to one end and aim-to correctt
illiteracy, to dispel ignorance, to train
inteligent and patriotic citizens. It<
is sustained by public appropriations, -
gathered by taxation from every class 4
of citizens. It exists for the benefi. of
all the people of the commonwealth, I
and all are interested in its econ.omi- '
cal and efficient administration. -
The system is a body composed ofi
various capacities and functions, to bet
exercised. not independently, but each
in conj unction with the others; with 4
constatnt reference to a common nur
pose, and upon a common plan. Har
mot ious co-operation is necessary and
hs implies organization, embracing <
in well balanced order, every part -a.
the system and supervised by intelli
gent and efficient oflitiers. At presentt
such organizatior. and supervision are 2
wanting ; and the whole sysemn is split <
into departments working each to
wards the supposed co-uimon end, buti
with no clear understaniding cr appre
ciation of each other's needs, nmethcds
and aims. There is, therefore, an un
intentional but inevitable lack of sym
pathy and understanding, which
makes a separate system cf each
branch of the State's educational plant,
and stands in the way of ttiat unity'1
and co-operation which are the prere
quisites of economy and efliciency.
There is no headship, no leaderst ip,
no intelligent policy, no common par
pose. Necessarily, the result is a d
plication of work, a lack of connec
tion, an uneconomical, b::cause uns:,s
tematic, expenditu~e of funds a in-2
excusablie waste of energy, and, above!
all, an unsatisfactory effort to for ward
tne cause ot popular education. An
ideal plan would be the coimbination
of all nigher State institutions into s
sin,.le co educational unmversity, but
at present this is not practible, and th~e
next best measure is the organiziin
of these now diverse elements into one
systen, properly directed by compe
ent c111::i:1. who should be, as far as
possible, separated fromn politictl en
tanglements and whose duties and re
sponsibilities should be carefully de
ined by statute. The common coun
try schools, the more llo-urishing town
schools auu the various S.ate college
should be so related that no gap should
occur in the succession of grade
through which the pupli psses, fru
rudiment-ary to post-graduate studi-.
~Every step should imply the prc:
ing step,'- every adv~i.ce ins ca~e
should be anatural seq ezce of ante
cdent preparation; so that the us
who enters the lowest gra. i-th
lowest rural school, mn'Ih t~ m ie to
ward, and without a 'oreak-, toj an A
M. degree in the highest culhge la1.
State. Especially shoul the noia'h'e
institutiots supported by th- m'ate be
brought into co operatie reltons
with each other. There should be r.
dupliction of plants and courses a" d
chairs and appuances that couldps
sibly be avoided. If there are to ce
various State colleges they should fill!
as various fields of educatioa work,
and: in anser~ to a rational demand1
such var ett0 o davam.gcs: more
>ver, each sh'.gid2. be kept strictly to
ts on line of instrucuoo. Farther
:ore there must be no sentimental
esiation in rEducinrg he State's bign
" educational systrn to the basis in
licat-d by the p-ople's actual needs,
et and prosp Ctive iLuer edu
nian should press ahead of popular
tms:ud aid s-k to draw the people
i to a full realizition of their necei
.ies in this fine of education and cul
ure. Iht the higher educatinl may,
or the urt _-' at leas , he content to
Beet etr eici:i the' immcrediate Cie
nand. From w: hat ryas been said above
e au ay .sily ir -er that the prime
ece-sitv fr the hi 'her educuloa in
;outo Carolina is that all the Sate
c!eees be brought u-ider the control
>* a i-ple boar.1 o. trustes wlO shail
Sthat ech is sup;): rte..d expand
a according as the needs of the peo
l sall in'Oicte. No one of these
ho.uid 'e allo- t: trench uon tih
rovnce of 'lip othe, or to t:.ke from
he necspary fiaanicial suport of the
)thers. At present eac'i Stat^ college
ias its own indepndent board who
onsider tnemselves responsioie only
or its support and for its sa:crss; and
voo are aturall; not concerned. save
a sntirental way, with the pros
'rity or ilter: ts of the other Stat"
ostitiu ios. The c :tru: of the S.a:e's
ca :istii.m-3 is now in the
ar.;e of seaarate b art of truszee:,
or ach coll divid-d "s follows:
-th Carolin C 11-ge, 17; Clemson
ilege, 1J; S'ouh . C.ro'inia Mditar ;"
cadeny, 11; Wi'h rcn le, 14;
Cuth Carolina Stae Colored Normal
cd Industrial Colige, 7.
The wo k of the s veral boards
nid b- better done and at considera
>1v less expense to the State by a
oaid of save : comp t.:ut members
'he truse s of the various in'itutions
.e. at uresit, plac-d in an attitude
)f partisa shl, & their own int rests
:iu% of initffer-ce, arsountingalmost
o host lity, to ine ether State calie
;es. Tni, eat str i-g to Iake
.r o itself sl ', is by that effort
rouOght into comn etition vi h the oth
rs instead of -orking wia them and
iridine wit~hthem. Thiis breedsselfish
ess. dis::utt and antazonism among
nstituiocns that iicu::is h only by
voriug in harmior;y. My belief in
he necessity of S ate higher education
s my warrant for candily pointing
sut what seems to me the only ration
J and ec~nomical arrangement of its
ticient administration.
He then devotes some attention to
he State colleges, the penal and
naritable instiutions, out as we have
Llready published full reports of these
astitutions we omit that part of the
nessage.
PHOSPII %T IND1STRY.
O.iy 147C0 25 have been paid dur
ag the year into the S:ate treasury
ro:n the pnosphate mining industry.
.nis amount under the law must be
leoted to the sinking fund for the re
iemption of State bonds. You may
xceet a still smaller revenue from
his source rext year. Competition
vih Algiers and Florida has so re
;uced the price of phosphate rock
hat some of our miners have been
orced to suspend operations. Those
oho are engaged in the business are
nining at a loss. -not withstanding the
att that the board of phosphate com
nissioners redu:ced the royalty from
iLty to t weaty live cents per ton. On
he first day of April, 1897, the phos
h e comnisioners met at Eaufort
o inspect the phosphate territory.
Ehe poosphate miners were inviied to
>e present aan they wrere all represent
d at the meeting. After thorough
nyestigation the board adopted the
ollowitig resolution:
"R-solved. Tnat on and after April
1897, the royalty to be paid to the
kmo' South Carolina by all persons,
:rpratimns or compantts mining
a schate rock or phesphdte deposits
rom tue beds of navigable streams
Ld waters 0; the Stato and marshes
aereof, shall be, an-i the same is
ie by fixed, at the rate of twventy uive
~en s per ton of dried E:ck, so long as
he price of said ph-isphate rock, free
yn board to the said miners at their
evral mines shall be three dollars per
,an~ or undr r; b-ut in case there shall
> any increase ia suach price over atnd
Love thre dollars per ton, then and.
n every stuh case, there shall br paid
o the State an additionai royalty per
on equal to one halt of such increas
d price over and above turee dollars
e:' ton, 'ree on board. Provided,
*at all phosphate reek dug. miu~ed
ad unshipped on hand on the first
ay of April, A. D. 1S37. shal! tirst be
ccoun'.ed for at the royalty fixed bj
he Act of the General Assembly, enti
ed 'An Act relating to the ghosphte
ndustry of the Sta e," aoproved D e
ember 22, A. D. 193. Provided,
arte:er, t a: all co p nies sh ul pgy
nto the state treasuryv the royalty
ipon all ni~n Nt ade pr'or to the
ist day at April, A D 1897"
Sx'u after tue aJ ption o: this reso
ution citizens of B aufort tiled with
he board o: pnosphate coarmissioners
ptition prayi'ig th-at the royalty
n rock already mined be also reduced
* twenty five ceu:s p-er ton. On th
.st of January, 1897, the phoaae
ciners had on hand abut 45,000 toas
> rock, which was subject 0o royal:
.nd on the 1st of Aprii, 1S97, about
~9,30 tons A'Ser due consideratioo,
aution referred t-> was ref ased. Th
)ard held thait the roalty Of fify
~ets per ton tix d by t e AVs of 1893
hould be pal en all rock on hand on~
.ne irst day of April, 1897
The board tock ihe vieW tat the
ihoshate miners were boaud J y tui
:outract conta'-d i n t e Act of 1893S,
.o pay there ad n. byo the said Au
intlit waisci- curd b. authori y oftre
1eneral Ascemuy T~ hey further be d
nat theyv ha' o uthority, nor did
ney deem i --ight to Inske tne miners
present of $1O,000 tien due the
ate.
The Famers *iniog Cariy rail
d in Oatucer. 187 being iude bted to
~e Sete to tu munt of $10 3S1 for
,ylyon rock Tais amoutat Las
aut yet benen c"llected. The waytter
areen referredi to the Attorne:y Gens
rali and he i ing proper edlorts to
ae :, tae -oney clue tha State.
Tr r*gity no- a ad the S:ate by
i, and- 1 beh"ve int rather than
ma rete c -mes '-n it woulbe
str nf im opc-ations oni t:e
a' a:ights be I,'ccictnunued. It seLm
.: ,s ira n b isis 1enh pati
lepoits w.:le prices are so ionan
jias is so deprssed. O socaut
>t the Creat quaiy mined~ th pic
Aree s o u-ow the cost of pro
'uetc. Tne supply of rcck s ex
'austible, saala a fewv years the de
ia-d in probably be treater than
.he uppl; :neu we mzay esm
ininnga apofit bonh to the miners
THE PISPENSAR.
WHAT GOVERNOR ELLERBE HAS TO
SAY ABOUT IT.
-t
Hi Thinks That We Mast Either ii:ne
Prohibition or Continue *he Present Lnw
Without the Profit FAntare.
The following is the part of Gover
nor Ellerbe's message regarding the
dispensarv: The most dif cult prob
em that confro:its you is the re ula
tion C' the liq-or traiE-and it is
your daty, as the ti usteJ representa
;i-:es of the peonle, to use your best
ffjrts in1 satisfactorily soivi':g this
q ueistionl.
In my i.- ural address I asked
thea; n> m: il ch:ange be made iii
the dispensary law until it could be j'
given a fair trig:. Lis it had nover
had. Uon my recommenda:;on
the lw remaind as it w.as with
the exception of a fcw unimport.
ant amenmen's. Oa assu-ning the
duties 0- governor I undertook the
nnforcement of the la-, adeavoring
to do so with as ?::tie friction as possi
ble. At first my rFf '3ts were encour
gingiy sucssf l, but this success
was niendereci b:: dsagre'mentsamotL
the members of the State brard of con
trol. The Insgement in the State
dispensary and the bickerings and dis
set.sious in tae Sto.e board disgusted
some of the warmest suoporters of tree
la a, and caui d a gr=at many to io:e
:t it the system. But by rcergen
Lz~oa of the force this mismanage-,
rniennt was corrected and the board nas
eince worked in harmony. Be it said
to their credit, the dis;ens ry is nu
condtcted in a more business like way
than ever before. lHd it not been for ,
the intervention of the Federal Court s
I do not hesitate to s'iy that the dis
pensur; woud t day have very little
~oppasilion. 'and would have niready I
pro.e, both tinancia y antid morally,
a great succ- ss.
The Federal Omris ha-e greatly
cripoled the law :uu rend"red futile
all my Efforts for its e :forn-ment, by
hold n in the ctse of Donauld vs Scat:
Sthat :, zensf the State have a ri"tnt
to imnrt whiskey for personal use.1
A great many wao were engagcd in
the iii cit tra:Iic i: whiskey took ad
vajtage of this d-cisioa to import I
whiskey for sale; it thus became very
dilleuh for the State constables to tell
wea it was imported for personal
use only. The State constables, under '
my instructions, seized quantities off!
whiskey where there were suspicious
circumstances connected with its im
pertation; but upon applicathon to
Judge Simonton nearly all the whis
key seized was released.
Bezinning with this decision, the
State has been involve- in continuous'
zlitigatin. In the case of es parts
Loe Judge Simonton held that agen's
of liaour dealers outside the State
muight come into the State, take orders
for liquors and ship them to citizens of
the State. Encouraged by the above
d'ciit'ns, the liquor men applied to
the United States Circuit Court for'
greater privileges and in the Vander.
cook cscisionL were granted all they
desired. In this case the same Judge
held that ci zens of another State
might import, store away, and sell
liquors in original unbroken rickages
of all sizes not less than one holf pint.
This led to the opening, in the State,
of handreds of private liquor hous~s
Iand tlaoded the whole of South Caro
lina with whiskey.
IBlind tigers, !urnished by "original
package" dIealers. byan tne sale ofl
woiskey in quiet, peaceful communi-!
ties where liquor had neyer been sold.
ln my efforts to en force the dispn
sary la w as modifid by the Judges
decisions I met with .:reat difli:uttes.j
At one time Judge Simonton seemed!
to assume the combined prerogatives
of the Chief Excecative an~d the Legis
lature of Sout.h Carolina, and unb r
took~ theamendment of thle diepensary
law by injunction. The Goverrnr,
the ceonstabtes, and all plrsoas con
rnected with the enfo.e.mencf the,
law, were erj ;iaed from interferin
in arny way with the "original pace
age" dealers, and a law enactei~b
the rep-esentaiP es of a sovEre In
State ns prac.ically repaled bya
Federal Judge.
When it vn reportsd to me that
Varn, 23yrd 6; Co, "original pickage'
dealers at Bamberg, were ceilung wois
key to drunkards, I immeiiately or
d':red the coastsbles to seize their li
gqaors a nd arrcs: them fcr maintainirg.
a nuisa.ce. This w:.s done, 'cut they
ayphied to Jude Sionton to tav
tuie stock of liquors returned at once,
and asked that the constables and all
porsons acting under th.em, or by vr
:.ue of authority from them, ie 2e
si:-ained from further imermeddlin'
withi the saiid prepm:ty. This reque
nesses svwore that inev had seen the
sen who bougat .:quor at er aboutl
cue time of tue sale, au'd LtuaL ie w s
dru.s:k The JuJne held thiat, to be'
~uiltv of the offence of seihng toa
drusjkurd, the party selling mun
either know Cr must htave subs~a:i~al
reasonl to believe mat the party buying
was arurnk at tne tin.
A gain,iu tae esse of E. J O'Cjonno
vsx G eeS.t.1IuJav:, e: aler .
Lrureus ounty, no :memthat fou
Au-ut f or wmnarey and tha' o-' thei
wa oy to Las hr received lifr
mation 1j.1. tue dirivors were drau
aciU bist 'rous and were selling -.ai
s~ey from tice .v-Jns I ord 'red the
stou an lig1ors seizLe. as soon ase
E, J OmoorLi. e?i a ll or. -
oAzint it ,te U i?e- StatesCrct
aut pm a'?., i"r prpud inu':c
tijx restraliling the. ce.L'aats fo
"ae ziglquLsO of te complai 'aut.
Up.'- this bill -eg iled J ade di ~
m-'~ g''i ransed a rak ags .the
defe :t .ts, reqiry them'''~' to sh~
tien? should rot oe granted; ..rnd at the
same ime he' made- a resraming Cr
der to the fo'llwi- e, 'o wit:
Enjoit~iug tiie defendant from seizing
or attemp ing to- :.z', ic :a-sit or
arrria, or 0other ie carrliag
aw~ay or c inuuisctig or .?et:ang a nyj
of th vq *r, wnes or be rinpr
or sent t he 8a:b a oe~~
to :he p as-- ~ u anc. enl2of thj
some of thA diCi i~e tha Vave c an
; rjliteA .neminl tait 1 enoC-mAt oft
d isper.arylaw. "U 'ginal packa'
deca:ers b.;o bVen sise to eJ
drunkuedi. :'r.d fom w "o"us on puo-I
n:auet the caiinu .maid hastn
to Judge dSmnn, w-ho seemed t al
tmes ;Lady and willing~ to lena'
heling hands to acth apuolns.
vere cmarged he ec for c.mnt
hedi.spensary 'a:7 So com;p&ely de
noral.zed the State co:s bes tha:
.ev were of iittl ue, and bcame l
n.ost .? dead f. a to0 the Sec The
oat of maintain-; ae cou..,s w.r
bc'ut 40per :"o-t. 'h e
ira id S eize lqurfor fear Ir Fed
ra! Jud 1 r ouid j:il them :C.
empt. Whena they did ^.' aE: s .
ire i wa, wh - c :
eas:d and t
a h :d n:r=scticaly paralyz.ed thle e-:
tabaiary. I dis-hiss-:d th frin
clae resp t ioility for t'-e cal.o:e.
:Len_ ofti:e L , in theC I._ orra:a
o '"es n ci: yb0n t en i
:ity and toa authori ies. I ra d
e 7 d c..ves to s p ress
.iers" in ".e ce stry
leC baveC little or - r- .-:i
.ipensary c ae : ed
State beard o' contro to
ecir sa re of pro'.; c' the discass
ton an y ton or y wc
tuthcritts do not enforce 1-.
50 far the prois. ave been
rom the town of S
typoi1td a cons.a^e, to ce p 'i ne
if the wu's sha f e JrauS, t3 S'
hat t-an las v is en free there.
W p"1h.ve, thenit, .". ;' t.
'":ociition of a Circui: Jug U ' : e
eld througcut t.:e S.:e, in to
untry as wel as .ii h aibl
Ss, and min ::.c- c e ms f
Te Te righsof a sove rein i .._
c police a--d reglate the liquor tr.
li to its own wvav ISnuid a
r ampled under f,ot. The Act o
Jon ,rss o' Jui S 1S90, has been, s
ar as Su:h i roitua is c -ee
-e ii:, and we ar told that the ; n
.taent Ot prohi? moa. 3ot e '-:
.:.J ."e right to erlc'ud: --o . :..V
n cka e" deaers, un ,s .e pa .
ores of the distnsr su n:d
Ce a'r 'u.'e of Jadre Simont:-n 1
"'a 'aindarcack cre: as :~w
i all a li' ' c 1qu r:;, by o..mi0:
e" -d, are dcared con:rband :
:edt- o c a-mercr, :,: ar
oer. Bat s> or a" e .ir r
ac'.ur ",,prcs, o7 sale, or th-ir
s a bverage in any 'o-a r- a
> ir inayI:i r)r: J, are recognized, they ::.-ong t
:ommerce, and are without the do
nain o the police power." Tae pew
'r to license the sale of liquor, to the
mlusion of these Inter-State corn
nerce dealers in "original paekages,
ias been therefore uestroyed by th
lecision, unless it s-ioaid be raves
>y the Supreme Court. The Attorn-'
eneral OF the State h-s appealed, bu
he appeal will not oe heard unti
March 7, too late fo: you to :no
what the decision will be, in tine t'
ezislate in accordan'ce the rita.
It cannot be dou-:ed that a large n
o:ity of our people favor the dispn
sary law, if it can be socured a -i:.S
.he interforencs of . Fderal Courts
'hree : uccessive G-n r.l AlS 'i0
aave declared in tvor" o the dsp
ary as the best method of d-aia,
with the liquor aquestion. Oar I p
entatives in;Cos:.ss are at voro t
secure additional legislation for ti
protection of the S:ate against ti':r
:erference of the U:.ited States jud:e
Eay. The United Stutes Senate ha
already passed a bili by u animo:
vote kiv:ng the cornpie:.e c'utral u
itoxic n:s to the t d i i
si that the House also wi-l pas- !
But we must n~sve imda e
fromi.n '- resent istcler le c me:
tioais. Fr eliquo:, ':it- a cc>: me
riyini; ac'ea-e o. Grneas
te corstquent inrrease of tri?
rust, at a.'' z-rds, b- gop rid 0<
ecure imnmuanit from tuii Ju.
Simnono has destroyed, a?og i
iue -dispensay, the :ice::se 2'vs.
when run .or uorfit W:., th au,
eft to do? We mustI- eihr ": t 'rc
ioi:ioa or cantinue Le disp n:r
sys'emn witjot t.ne profit fe- ua:
Many-a majoriy, I. b:-lve- n3 J
~hu.ipoibton is -r-c-ieb; a
manyr ba-e oppsd the dsp':t -a
&y-erl b.cause~ o: ta; pr-l e~
We cau certaoly get id ': th- 0.1
~izng~ tratile by coniui th d
:inistered onl'y as a pollee r-'dai"
: control and re uce the liqua.r evi
P~e Fed;eral JuJe .vi hav neth
'-ccsion nor excI'e for his etere
nja:.ctions, i that system sh..' :
nauguarated, un'e's he snai aganr
ves huis cona p.r vous decaiurn. l
;h:he, aipeazs to :si th oes ada
2.it try thA :U oic' or a -ar,
ae. wAter,aermge a.r
ic 'd, or fk -> ac:, and a- t
-ar. na u't a: su s: .
cta ,a..r t , : . q2 - (Id
e W.il or il q f > 1 .-*r s - .
en-do~e ar"ape - torg to
sys-.em 'of i ga entrol' s ' iop
a
asio. Le-.g sm:
:on in i-.' *
don o Crn" ns u
em0 a~ "':c 1 tr.
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ne d~is, sAryL.
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t ' th -::,t ".11
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Tae
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?; .: ~-' _ai te Jn of
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.Lito er c?:.2. t ta:s place is
sv^'kening ai hcrr-' e. b hew -y rain
:oliowedLt t. rr be toraia, and it
wa:s piob. t 20 ~j~ before the'
'CMV a-,,c e th te i~cht a-A3i b,,ea
iv 'tr'd b'y a f cartal :fruity. Thce
ire aa'rtnc-i ;-.s c ?-ouct, and in
leis than ,) mi a~es G:ar:isoa avenue
es.paci.ali n t':e vi;Chirait of taai wreck,
1 asb row.'d :.;th pe ,p' :aad willing
rnd and 1vq.'vri' rr:ea-;.j w o
'sere aflxi ; t r-~c"er :l_ tMe aid that
the e ir ;-. rird. .Tae SC'fl9
-~~r uOf the wrecked
CI tyV was a.r- 71'y r.
J1 [ .,5: and ,c~nn C - in thleir nigh:
C"':efo h ii'irn : ao ises
were seeyiny S71lt r and ca!iing, for
aid fur s j!-, a -ent rnt~>r of the
- amiiy or fr 3~ ho failed :0 escape
y'o of~ w" j-- e ' bu' dings in
'"mhcr the i d ._ '-~nc Men,
ums re C"-s rLed
-c te t ro:-Oc -''"'cilly
a~~; 3.~-tty