The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-18
To Be Investigated by a Legislative
Committee.
INVITATIONS MADE IN DEBATE
Coon C:arn, Old and Mellow" En-
hibitetl in the Senate Cham
ber. No Drinking on
the Premises.

NuS ldkCI vi l!iC llllUl vi UilS SlIdiIipS!
with prominent perSonageS, among
; whom We're the governor and Mrs,
Hayward.
When Mr.. Hood'S joint resolution
''to appoint committee to inveSti,
gate the management OF the diSpen-
sary" was called. Mr.. Manning moved
: to strike cut the enacting clause and
declared tie regular committee was
empowered TO make all necessary IN
, vestigations He regarded this pro-
posed investigation a useless eHpendi-
ture Of money.
This brought Mr. Staniand TO his
feet. He requested that he be allowed
to address the Senate from The re-
porter'S table in front OF the preSi-
dents desk. His request being grant
ed Mr. StanlanG came forward bear
ing in his arms Il box with the name
of a well-known patent medicine
plainly branded on the four sides, ana
proceeded at once to display it's con-
tents which were four different kinds
OF Whistles contained IN bottles Of
different sizes,
Senator: Are you extending invita-
tionS?'
| Another senator: "Have you enough
i to 20 around?"
The presidents gavel stopped any
further jesting remarks, but could not
prevent the majority Of the members
from gazing longingly and anxiouSly
at the tempting spread before them.
They wondered what would come
next.
Mr.. Stanland prefaced his remarks
with the statement that he is not op-
posed to the dispensary, has always
advocated it, but his purpose was to
pay his respects to the Richland Dis
tilling company. He said that not
many weeks ago he saw the advertise
ment in daily newspaper where this
company was Offering special brand
of whiskey called Coon Corn--Old
and Mellow" 1t made him smile
when he thought Of this SINE %his-
key distilled one day, rectited the
next, sold to the diSpensary the third
and the fourth day the people were
drinking this Coon Corn-Old and
Mellow" Mr.. Stanland went on to
say that the Richland Distilling Com
paay made one Y and two y corn
whiskey. gin, rum, apple and peach
brandy, all out of the same product.
And he thought that it had become
an annex of the diSpensary; or rather
the diSpenSary an annex OF the diStll-
lery. He exhibited the various sam
pies an alleged that certain products
were bought by the dispensary from
the distillery and resold at a profit Of
only five cents a bottle, on which dis
tilleries in other States had to allow
the dispensary larger margin of
profit besides paying the freight.
From this Mr.. Stanland argued that
the profits accruing to the State were
dissipated and wrongfully diverted and
given to the Richland Distilling COM
pany.
County dispensers had told him that
they could not get what they ordered.
New and untried brands were shipped
them instead Picking up one Of the
bottles from the table he read the
name of the liable, Cream of Carroll
| na.n Its real name" said Mr. Stan
land, Il cannot mention in this cham
Der, bat l have written it on slip of
paper and hand it to the reporter.
On the slip of paper were written
+ho ,,orSc GU Ero
Mr.. Stanland asserted that the last
general assembly had instructed the
management Of the dispensary to re-
duce their stock to 100000 but in
stead they had increased it nearly
ss3, 900. The very fact that the man
agement is fighting this investigation
is proof conclusive that something is
wrong.
He charged that the dispensary H.
quors are adulteratcd by water and if
the investigation is ordered he prom
ised to produce all the necessary doc
uments and testimony. The regular
committee has no AUTHORITY to go into
the internal management OF the con-
cern, which handles business
amounting to s3,000,O0o a year. and
he did not think the small salary of
S4O0 a sufficient amount to pay to
each of the members of the board in
compensation Of their services.
Mr.. Aldrich opposed the resolution
and said there was nothing brought
before the committee, nor in Mr.. STAN
lands statements except the board
was discriminating In their purchases
in favor Of the Richland distillery.
The legislature in its wisdom had
granted them discretion in their deal
ings with distilleries within the State
and with foreign concerns, and he saw
no wrong in what they had been ac-
cused OF doing.
Mr.. Sharpe asserted that the dis
pensary is alright The people"
said he, are satisfied that it is the
best solution of the whiskey question,
and it is only the dissatisfied outs
that are making all this fuss" The
only trouble that exists rests in the
minds Of those who are hostile to the
institution and are based upon a
newspaper article signed by Mr.. Dou-
thit. who at one time was connected
with the GiSpensary.
Mr.. Hood said that the national
government keeps close watch on all
it's employees and there is nothing
wrong in the State doing the same. II
nothing is wrong the friends OF the
institution have nothing to fear and
the moral effect would more than
compensate the cost of the investga-
tion.
Mr.. Mayield opposed the resolution
at length and said that as financial
success the institution has done better
each year Of it's existence. In 1899
the dispensary's net profit to the State
was s4l4, 900: in 19o0 SAL, 900: in
1901. S545, 900, and last year s566, 600.
He asserted that the people are salts