The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-13
PLAIN TALK.
Senator TiIIman Wants State
Board of Control to Resign.
SPEAKS AT TIRZAH.
The Senior Senator Calls Upon the Gov.
ernor to Exercise His Power, and
Remove the State Board. See.
ator Brice Agreed With
Senator TiIlmaH.
SPEAKS AT TIRZAH.
The Senior Senator Calls Upon the Gov

The State says Tirzsh, the scene o1
many and glorious tits in this politi
Cal arena, was again the battle-ground
Toursday, ard fully 2, 500 people were
gathered to witness the combat. a
giant picnic, TIE kind that has made
Ti,z2h famous, had been arranged and
peffect Hea sher, with the excellent
Gold Hill band, made the occasion a
success. In response to a nunerously
signed invitation to talk d!spensary
and reply to charges made at recent
prohibition meeting IN Yorkville, Sen
ator Tillman was present. Senator
Brice was OF hand to represent the
.nti. dispenssry side Of the question.
Senator Tillman was in fae form and
spoke for two hours. Senator Br:ce
made Vigor. speech. Inquiry among
representative men in the audience
failed to show that sentiment againts
the dispensary had been changed, the
general opinion being that the county
would vote the institution oat.
Senator Tiunan made much the
sane speech that he has made else
where, the only new feature OF i'm.
portanee being demand that the
governor exercise his power and re-
move the members Of the State dis.
pensary beard at once. 4 hands up
vote being called for, it was seen that
the crowd was with him on that pro-
position.
Senator Brice was, under the ar
rsngement, the first speaker. He Wig
crously denounced the whole dispen-
sary system, maintaining that it was
undemocratic, that it makes every Cit
izen whether be will or nor partner
in the liquor business, that it digni-
fcs the sale OF liquor and makes it
popular, respectable and reputable,
that it attempts to make the sale and
bringing OF liquor permanent and
fixed institution by fastening it on to
one OF our ncst cherished institutions,
our public school system, that It h-s
Increased murder 10 per cent. and as
ssult and battery 40 per cent, that it
is a common caeat and swindle, a
snare, 3elusion, and fraud, and a
vast lake OF pitch that deiles and
blackens every one who touches 1t. 1t
is deadly vampire that hoVerS with
it's black and helliSh wings over every
home in South Carolina. It is whit
ed sepulchre, beautiful without but
full OF dead mems bones and all un
cleanness. Mr. Brice stated that the
dispensary system could never ce
cleansed. He said: II shall never vote
as your senator to purify any sach
black law as the dispensarV, and [ will
fight it to the last ditch The only law
will support is one to kill" HIS
speeca was we'll received. he spoke for
an hour. At its conclusion Chairman
Wilborn adjourned the meeting for
dinner.
Senator Tillman spoke for two
hours, dsvoting much Of his time to
Mr.. Brics, the Yorkville Enquirer and
Others whom he alleged had impugn-
ed his character. His line OF argument
vas that the sale OF liquor cannot be
stopped, that men will have it in spite
OF prohibitory law, that its illegal
sale would mean more harm than its
sale lawfully, and that as long as it
could not be kept out it should bs sold
in the least harmful way. He declar-
ed he was as much OF an advocate Cf
the dispensary as ever, and that be
would always stand for the system as
protected and hedged about when he
approved it as governor and undertook
to enforce 1t. he said as originally
designed it decreased drunkenness and
gave no opportunity for stealing. The
legislature had later so changed the
law and put such men in charge as to
give thisves every chance. The legis-
lauure was directly responsible. II the
dispensary law had been carried out
in good faith by 8 goVernor-and l
won't say legislature, for God have
mercy on any la rs the legislature en-
acts-if supported by that large ele.
nent believing it wrong to sell liquor
atau, coupled with honest administra-
tion by the executive officers, by this
time the whole State might have gone
into prohibition. He said be had only
Is months in which to administer the
dispensary law and look out for
tnieves. God knows / did not know
South Carolina had such brood OF
them, but who put them there?"
He spoke OF the effect cf the Brice
law in cutting out 80, 900 votes by set.
Ting the matter by qualified voters
and declared it fair t1at every man
have a chance to vote. He wanted TO
see a race next year between a prohi.
biulonist, clean dispensary man aud
possibly a blind tiger man for COVER
nor. Pour blind tiger men had already
nominated candidate bu5 three cut
OF the four had been in the Uaitsd
States courts. The 6ght is to be On
Liquor or no lleu1r and be deprecated
hurrying the vUts before next year
when the whole people could express
their opinions.
Speaking Of the election about to
!. come Of in York couEty Senator TIL
man said be hoped the dispense
would be voted out. The people woul )
then get taste Of the evils OF pro
, nibition which would drive them
: sooner or later to ask for old methocs
! OF handling the liquor question. S@na,
: ter Tillnan averred that no man hac
q right to criticise bis motives. H
] would answer to bis God for his Chris
e tianitY. BE had been assailed fol
! stating that be could find two a:lu
E siors IN the Bible speaking favo-aoly
q Of liquor to one against it. He drew
j. out three typewriter pages OF such
4 verses and asked that The Enquirer
4 print them after examining their cor.
rectness. He criticised Senator Brice