The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-08

law about ltteen years ago ana gen
tieman can no lorger obtain SatlSfac
tion for an insult, Iou know [ an
not afraid OF you.
Butler: That is all hight; but sa,
that you have perpetrated del!bera't
fraud and lie and that l am ready t
settle with you personally
Cal Caughman became wild at thl
point and shouted: He is liar, c.
d-n him." and made motion toward
his nip pccked. Caughman had beer
talking boisterousIy for several min
utes and Conductor DawkiDs had tol(
him to cease. When Caughman broke
loose with his profanity Conducto
Dawkins and General Ellerbee seiZet
him and hustled him cut. He did no
return until the trouble was over
Butler continued oy telling Tillm Al
that he had INDUCED in personalltie
and by GOD he did not propose to stan(
any more Of them. Il could tell you,
he said, 'of what have heard how yol
paid off a $4,000 mortgage"
Tillman: Then why don't you do it
You know it is lie. You cannot sep
arate my public record from my pri
vate character for honesty.
Butler: Il want TO repeat to you no
to presume on my age or inllrmitle:
and tell you that will meet you an,
place or any time
The Governor told Butler that h
was tired of his insinua:ions that ht
had stolen money.
Butler: Il have not insinuated any
such thing. Why don't you deny wha
| charged and not 60 into personalities
When you want to fight, Cd id it
say so and We will have it,
Governor Tillman acted very pIu
1ently during all this. He talked with
out break and tremor in his voice
Once or twice he and Butler had thei!
fingers IN each others faces. Senator
Butler repeated his remarks severa
times, each time appearing to grow
more excited. Once he said, "Wher
you ever have anything personal come
to me. Don't put those Cd d-n
hoodlumS on me-"
TiDman: "You know that is not Sc
and l didn't put anybody on you"
Butler: 81 am going to have tree
speech or am going to fight for it"
Tlllmar: when ever you insinuaue
that l have been stealing l am going tc
resent it.
Butler: "There is no use to talk any
further when you have any thing per
sonal say it to me-"
Conductor Dawkins had for some
time been trying to put a stop to the
row. He at last said that it must stop
as sladies were complaining. TIE affair
was dropped by Senator Butler walking
out and Governor Iillman who Lao
been standing up sitting down.
The train rolled into Spartanburg TO-
night without further incident. Every
body is looking for trouble here tomor.
row. Senator Butler is getting desper'
ate. Political feeling Is running high
tonight and understand coatingents
of Butler men are expected here from
Columbia and elsewhere to back up
whatever the Senator says and does.
Two thousand people will be here
lhere were other incidents at Union
today. Mr.. Minnegerode, the popular
agent for Church L Co., soda meD, who
has been folio wing the campaign dis
tributing samples of his house was ar
rested for oostructing the streets and
fined heavily. Mr.. Minnegerooe has
never interfered with the speaking or
with anybody and his house will bring
suit for false imprisonment.
THE SPEAKING.
All the above occurred after the
speaking was over, and after the party
had left Union fur Spartanburg. W.
will not report the speeches of any can.
didates but Tillman and Butler's,as the
others made about the same speeches
that they have made at other places.
After several candidates for State otii-
ces and Railroad Commissioners had
spoken, Governor Tillmaa wss intro
duced.
TILLMAN'S SPEECH.
He said that before be began his dis
cussion of issues he would pay his re-
spects to Senator Butler. He said that
Butler is allowing his mouth to be
used as a sewer through which other
people squirt fifth at him Gilman
He reviewed Buffers various charges
against him. Now there appears IN the
News and Courier psrt OF what is al
legged to have been a speech of Butler' 5
at Laurens. Butler did not deliver any
such speech. The article referred to is
as follows, and was intended to have
been spoken by Butler at Lsurens:
l have already during the campaign
referred to the management of the
State Dispensary and asked Governor
Tillman what had become OF the
cents per gallon rebate the State was
entitled to on his liquor purchasers 10
reply he stated that he did not get this
rebate because he did not conline his
purchases to the trust. l was net
thoroughly posted then but have since
had the benefit of Commissioner TraX-
ler's report from July 1St, 1893, to Jan
uary 1st, 1894, and in looking over 1t
find that Governor Tillman is in error
in saying that the State was not entl-
tied to this rebate as none OF his pur-
chases as published in this report re-
leased the Mill Creek Distilling Com
pany from payment Of not only of this
Z cents per gallon, but as l Will show
you of a much greater amount. ard II
it has not been paid steps should be
taken tc have IL collected IS the tax.
payers Of the State are entitled to it.
In Commissioner TraNler's report We
are informed that the first purchases
for the State were made on May y
1898, from the Mill Creek Distilllng
Company. who are in the trust, and
amounted to about sixty-oae thousand,
three hundred gallons at a cost OF
about $S4,300 OF this purchase AL
except about 1850 gallons were entitled
to rebate of : cents per gallon, but
also two cents per gallon more for
cash. The 1850 gallons Of high priced
whiskey was entitled to a discount OF
4 per cent. for cash. Further review
ing this purchase, l find that the State
paid the Mill Creek Distilling Com
pany 81 30 per gallon for 1885 gallons
of single Y rye, which was only worth
on that day S1.20 per gallon, They also
paid the Mill Creek DistillIng Com
pany ou the same date Sl.26 per gallon
for IS 5Sl gallons single Y Bourbon
the market price OF which On that day
was S1.20 per gallon; so in this single
purchase we find the taXpa1erS Of the