The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02

that it has the advantage over any
other scheme Of handling Whiskey.
The greed Of humanity and the desire
to make money without regard to con-
st Quences, or Of the women and chill
dren who are made miserable by
the sale Of the stuff, encourages
them to sell to minors and after
dark. They talk today about the State
being disgraced and that the
dispensary money is b'ood money.
When the State permitted license to
be issued and to receive money there.
for, when your town got it's bar room
licenses, it was as much an immortality
as it is to have the Dispensary. There
is 90 difference in the morals OF the
Dispensary and the license system.
There is one feature which the dis
pensary system has which the bar
room has not. 1t has absolutely des-
t:oyed the habit of treating, a man
saying come on Bill OF John and get
a drink. And they would all get a
drink at one mans expense, and they
would sit around and talk about crops
aad ons man would say, we have
traok that mans whiskey, let have
another, and all would take another
drink and before they left the larger
part Of them you'd be drunk. Treat
ing has been done away with by the
DiSpenSary law and the man now who
wants t, give his friend a drink has
to 90 around back Of the stable and IL
doesn't taste as good as it would IN
one Of those little cut glass tumblers.
But say what you please, treating has
been killed practically by the Dis zen
sary system. When the law is honest
ly administered, there is no incentive
to sell after nightfall as there was for
a barkeepec to do. These three are
enough.
I recognize the right Of newspapers
to itic;zs me I don't set myself up as
being above it, but I do object tc
people putting words in my mouth
which l never said and whaling me
over the head for having said them.
About two months ago, happened
TO be going from Clemson College to
Washington to get an officer detailed
to Clemson, newspaper man ran up
to me at Spartanburg and asked me
what about the Bryce Bill. have
never been afraid to say my say about
aaybody's bill or anybody. l said 1t
seemed to me to be an attempt to as
sassinate thedispensary law. l did say,
| did not see how any honest man
could vote for the Bryce bill. For thi>
| have been severely criticized. II /
can make myself understood, l do not
think anybody can accuse me OF haV'
ing insulted a large lot Of people who
believed In it. I have been taught
that dishonesty is getting something
for nothing, to take something that
doesn't belong to you. What did the
original Bryce Bill provide? Simply
that the Dtsrensary may be voted out
and no way is provided for enforcing
the Dispensary law 10 that county out
of that county's funds. I will tell you
the truth straight and from the
shoulder I say when a county wants a
Dispensary kicked out it is their
riyht, but still when the dispensarls
in the other unties that have dis
pensaries, have to send constables into
that county andimake the other coun-
ty defray the expenses OF enforcing
the law, I said it was dishonest and
believe it was dishonest and l stick tc
it.
Well, I have very briefly given you
an outline Of some of the fundamental
principles involved and I have also
endeavored to point out the reason
why the Dispensary law Is the best
system for handling WhiSkey.
The Senator then made some re-
ference to the TACT that be was often
misQuoted, to which one OF the editors
present said that he never misrepre-
sented the Senator but would print
his exact words.
Senator Tillman: You tell me you
are going to print what say just
pain aud fair. I have a gentleman
there WHO will furnish you with an
exact copy and I almost agree to set
up the type or pay some one else 1or
doing it, as I want everybody to see
how much there is to your great blow
ing on this subject.
Senator Tillman then said he mao
asked the city clerk for figures and
had been advised that the ci'y re-
caiyed So, $50 from dispensary profits,
and in reply to his inquiry as to the
tax levy be was advised, See tax or
dinanca,' and as to the city's expendi-
lures be was told, ''See supply bill" "
Senator Tillman was a bit sarcastic
saying the clerk had not given him
any supply bill or statement. He SAID
he had asked for information VIII ca
should be accessible to any citizen and
that is what he got, and therefore he
ct u!d not say anything as to what
will be result if the city OF Gafney
have this SO, $50 in revenue cut OF.
A Voice: I can tell you what the
receipts are from the dspensary. 1t
is IS 900.
S. nator T!liman: I have got that.
You don't get but SO, $50 from the
dispensaries according to this state
ment, from October 1st 1903 to Octo-
Der lSt 1904. I got it from your
county treasurer. He was good
enough to prepare for me a clear
statement In regard to the county. /
tried to get information from your
city off ;ials as to the total amount o.
expenditures and taxes paid, etc., but
this is what got: In effect nothing,
but a reference to the supply till"
and the city statement. "
The county treasurers statement
show that the taxable property Of the
county is So, $780, ,4s5, and that the
county profits amounted to S5, l1e or
one and a half mills on all the taxable
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