The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

the Palmetto tree on it. These & ody,
goc6y people, many # them advocates
Of liceosa. have gone on tir t and stat
ed il was a disgrace 10 have tie States
emblem on the bottle. There was no
chance for the lCcal dispenser to nake
money, as the bottles were all alike.
but tney charge now that the agents
Of these several firms go around to the
local dl<peasarieS and say, every tine
YOU sell case Of our goo?s we will give
you fifty cents. so they charge that
local dispensers are being bought by
salesman. II they used the four Sta.e's
brands. you could see once more that
all wbisAey would oe as much alike as
black dried peas and that would pre-
vent any local dispenser from being
corrupted. y u so toto dispensary.
you viii ind fifty brands Of whiskey.
Some tie dispenserS will push II he IS
getting a commission. We can st1p 1t.
| have pointed out how it Sholld oe
done. We can stop any reoaTes or com,
missions to any State board OF conOSol
VITO will make al annual CONTRACT -
order is out as taey naed 1t ana nav
leg nothing more than the four y 5.
II the board cannot Serd out any incl
yidual brand and al wblSkeys are SOLO
as an Y, it would 5ein possible for the
local dispenser to push a certain
brand.
The money coming from the dispen
sary I think it is just as clean as any
money l differ with Scme people, sv;n
have my opinion. l believe the State
ciSpensary can be put under such con
rrol as will Inspire confidence in the
honesty of it's administration. We have
toe right to govern ourselves and we
will give ourselves just as good gov
ernment as we have sense enough to
do. You are highest OF all political
power in South Carolina, and if you
don't chose good, clean men you are
responsible and the blame is on you
Now | want to apologize for having
trespaSsed so long, but it is a great
subject; it is one which cannot be dis
cus<ed lightly or tl:ppan2lv, but fair
and square, clean acd truthful, and il
| have given you any light aln glad
of it.
Mr.. Otts: 'What about the beer
diSpensaries?'
Senator Tillnan: Il have never
seen any law for a beer dispenSary. l
never had any beer dispeosary when l
controlled it. I DO MT see any law
70! running beer G;spenSariss as they
do. Any ether questions? | may
have left out something"
Mr.. OTIS: If you reduce tae price
Of LIQUOR ons- half would thai not re-
duce the pr; h5>:"
Senator T;linan: Il told you l
did not advocate the dlseen>arv Sys
t, N for the money in il and | kao"
il the State took the monopoly, out
of IL the State would make money and
make its p, op!e mere sober. That IS
why I advocated it, but here I have
got to let this ministsr Che Rev. F.
c. HickSon. Ba pits: minister) talk. !
will say, if you sell liQuJr at cost it
will be two quarts Instead of one foI
dollar, aud chat much more drink
/! ins and drunkenn"ss i"
The use OF request tooks which
have oeen allowed TO fall into disuse
| by the State bo4rd are very inpor'
tant part Of the dispsnsary machin'
cry. They serve as check to pre-
vent the dispenser from selling liquor
to PERSONS VINO caunot lawfully buy it,
habitual drunkards, miuors, etc, and
they also prevent the sale OF relied
bottles. Every package shipped to a
local GiSperSary must be accounted
for to the inspectors, and if sales have
been made to any perSou without hiS
having signed the request, the de-
spenSer is liable under the law to dis
uissal. IL is astonishing that the
grand juries in the various counties
have taken no ruJs Of this palpable
dis9bedience Of the law. Aad it is
equally astonishing that the State
board has allowed it. They have IN.
screwed the thing from one end to the
ether and mighty near turned it loose:
in some counties they have request
books and in others they have not.
Il thank you, fellow citizens, for
your courtesiss. II l have done you
any good I an glad. II have done
you any harm, l an sorry
The Rev. F. c. Hickson: I hope
you al will net go. !"
Senator Tillman: I gave it to
him and let him give it 20 me-"
Rev. Mr.. Hickson: | do not know
of any set OF honest men who are will
ing to handle liquor. / don't believe
these men can be found, as be said.
You take things as they are and not
as you wish. l nave founa, as a natter
Of fact, that the very bzso people in
South Carolina are not willing to en-
gage in the whiskey business. Mr..
HickSon referred to the board buying
So OOO,OC worth Of whiskcy.
Senator Tillman: II the people
want to buy IS, 600, ,0oo worth of whis.
key, how are you going to keep them
from buying it,"
Mr.. Hickson suggested ttat honest
men were hard to ird who would mix
up with the 0isrensary.
Senator Tillmau: Is not that as
sertirg great deal Of authority and
morality FOR you to say that outside
of your ranks Of prohibitionists there
is no man who Is honest encught to
hold the job OF commissioner"
The Rev. Mr.. Hickson FOR half an
hour replied TO the arguments Of
Senator Til!man, and then the meet
ing adjourned.
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