The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-16

never will consent by my vote and in
tlGence to aid the reestablishmart Of
saloons in any county in South Caro-
lima.
failed to give you Lawrence,
Mass, experience, where they have a
high license OF 50, 500 for the privilege
OF the N )nopoly Of some barkeeper TO
sell whiskey in Lawrence, Mass. LIS
population in 1900 was 62 0OC; ao5a!
number OF arrests, 2,397; arrests Tor
drunkenness, 32l.
The sentiment against the dispen-
sary is running SO high l outlined 1t
in q latter which ] wrote some time
ago. and with one exception the news
p.pers in nay own county nave not
published it, they have not given you
an opportunity to read it, but their
news columns and editorial columns
teen with down with the damnaole
dispensary.
have that faith in the intelligence
and manhood Of the citizens OF Edge,
fed to faei and know that you are
your ogn masters and will study thi:
question for yourselves, make up your
oIn minds and vote as freemen. l
have always tried to lead you, have
never undertaken to drive you, and
you know it.
Lsts cone down to common serse,
some good, evsry dag bacon ana
greens. They tell you to vuce out the
dispensary, and lets have prohibition.
I hav3 no objection to Others having
their opinions let me have mine. Pso
pie need not throw rocks at me anc
not expect me to throw brick bats
back. have got car load OF them.
Let's see what will be the effect at
home. Aside from any moral religious
OF temperance idea. l have shown you
that you will have drunkenness. Now,
we have less Drunkenness in South
Carolina than anywhere else.
THE PROFIT FEATURE.
IN Elgs6eld in the days of barroons
what did you country pumpkins, Wno
nave been appealed 10 so elQQuently TO-
day, what did you get from the liquor
traffic? Nothing except the drunken
ness and except the misery and power.
ty which came to you as Individuals
for indulging in the stuff. Under the
dispensary system the county schools
Including the ttwn OF Elge6eld and
Johnston get SIS, 800 from the dispen-
sary and tie free schools are now run
ming and have been running five to
seven months a year. Take this So
500 away ard unless vtu put your
hands 10 you. pockets and supple
ment it by taxes your schools Will
drop to four months or less. Il that
amt blood noney out CT the innocent
children who are to he brought up 10
idleoess and Ignorance, ard God have
mercy on the preacher who sees and
says otherwise. Cheers,
Talk about blood money. They Of
fer as sacrifice the ignorance OF the
poor little country boyS and girls that
now have some CHANCES to geS an ecu
cation, because they have found a
new religion which declares that the
use OF liquor is sin.
I have some written notes am &c
ing to read. Wien I want to be
peculiarly mean, OF as my enemies
say, when I want to be "Venonous, y
l write it cut, because I can distil]
neil fire into it with my pea. Naugh.
ter and cheers
INVESTIGATE THE DI-T1LLERY.
I want this committee which the
legislature has appointed to investi-
gate. I have not heard anything, but
I Just smell something up the creek.
Naughter) I want it to investigate
the Ricaland Distillery company, find
out hoa it came to be organized, who
were the original stockholders, ho"
much stock they took, and all about
it.
A voice: You will play the devil
if you 60 that.
| TilImar: I an in the humor to
play the devil with any thisf THAT !
can catch, big, little, old or young,
(Laugnter and cneerS
| Let this committee find out that
stink up the creek, and quit talking
abaut it so much. Do you knoW how
much the State is credited with en-
the books Of the commissioner as hav-
lrg in possession, over $500, 900 worth
G: wh1skey, s40o. 900 scattered all over
the State and $4,000 in Columbia.
What DO they want with so much.
They are on a cash basis, they Can
order liquor from any source they
choose by the car load, get it here
and bottle it and distribute it IN 80
days. Then l hear, I don't know how
true it is, but I want this committee
TO tell Us who is responsible for such
9 stock OF unsaleable stuff I notice
that they have what they c>ll live
stock" and dead tick, )" stock they
can sell and stock they cannot sell.
Who bought any dead wnissey, and
what sort Of whiSkey is it that nobody
Rill buy it.
Senator Til,man here took up the
reading Of his manuscript but he did
rot stick to the text all tee way
through and interpolatsd some re
msrks which were even warmer than
the distilled hell f:e from his psn. y
he said in one side remark that II the
dispensary is selling after sun down,
that is another place where slack
twisted administration has wrought
Decentralization.
He declared that be was not stir
ring up tactioDalisn. I am rot, SO
help me God, but If I must 90 il or
take to the woods, l will take down
the ron tom and sound it,
''Tas man who gets me cut OF ny
position will have to fight for il, SC
help nee God," he said, and the buys
yelled.
Somebody said the State should
make its own Liquor. Tillman reuort-
ed: Then this crowd which is hol-
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