The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Senator TiIIman Renews the Al
legation He Made at Batesburg.
ABOUT STATE BOARD
Not Beiog Definite In their Advestise'
ments Calling for Bids, to Supply
the State With Whiskey. News
papers Asked to Print
this Article.
this Article.

To the Editor Of The News aud C1u'
rier: A. the Bstesburg meeting Satuc-
Cay, September %, I nsde the ssste,
ment that the State board OF control
OF the dispersary has violated sshe Law
and bsen cerelics, IS they cid not por-
chase liquor undsr 3 &C mpetitive sys-
TEN Of buying as required by the sta.
tute. fursher 6ec.ared that the sys-
ten followed made 1t possible to sell
to the S5sse NX rye anc NIX rye
out Of the same barrel that tbs bosro
on it's advertisement did not describe
what X, NN or NXN rye meant, ana
that the State was LETT st the mercy
of the bidders to deliver anything IN
the shape CT whisksy wish 40 suacan-
tee whssever IS to - goods coming
up to tie sample, f., TIE reason mat
the chemist himself ,asss >reo Shst ne
could detect adul-erstio but that ne
could not tell anytAiaX about the
grade or ouslity.
The hon. Joho Bell T - very ex-
citedly declared that my statement
was mot so," and, according to some
of the newspaper reports, said posi-.
lively sit was 1c'se." Qaise q beatec
coll Guy ersn.' goeliug 50 sure OF
my ground, fo1 e {, 9esd the aover
tisemen5 the wesk 90, hac not
armed myself with ,ee p'aof, oud L
requested the reporter ( .ae Stsse
newspaper, in whose CO.. ans l naS
read the advertisement, to send . copy
of it to each Of the Lexington and Sa-
luds pspars with the request bias they
publish it in order that the people OF
the two counties represented at the
meeting might see toT themselves
whether Mr.. Towill bad sny right t.
dispute ny word as be did. For somS
reason this hss not been oons: aac As
the widest publicity has been given se
the Issue O.: veracity between MI
Towil and myself 7 ask you to pub
lish as much OF the enclosed advertise
ments as I have marked IN pencil,
and it will be seen that had Wasran,
for every word I said, and Mr.. TowAi
Is convicted Of dence ignorance OF
what bis own board is doing, to say
the least Of it.
(The part Of advertisement referred
to fonows:)
NOTICE TO LIQUOR DEALERS.
Office of St7te SaaCd of: Directors OF
the South C .cli !. . spenSsry, Colun
bia, sc. Augu:s Il. 1905.
TO Distillers ana Liquor Dealers:
You are hereby requested TO submit
bids and samples, in accordance with
the serns Of the dispensary law, upon
the various kinds and grades OF lq
uors produced or handled by you, Tor
suppl yiug the South Carolins oispen-
sary for the quartersending November
30th, 1925. It is to be understood
that the directors OF the oispeDsary
shall have the right TO accept any
quantity OF any article bid upon to be
ordered shipped at our pleasure, with
the right to supplement- such orders
any tne during quarter. according to
the needs OF the Gispers2rg, she oil
rectorS retaining the right to re];c0
all OF any part Of any bid.
AS Il is necessary to e.5aol!sh unt-
forrity IN values OF grsoss dononin-
.ated as KS, the tollosing sesls must
be observed by bidders: Tne acsual
minimum Of intrinsic value OF