The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-08

creek. (Laughter.) l want II 10 III
vestigate the Richland Distillery COM
pany, find out how it came to be Or
ganized, who were the original
stockers, how much stock they
took, and all about it.
A voice: You will play the devil
if you do that
Tllman: I am in the humor to
olav the devil with any thief that l
can catch, big, little, old or young
daughter and cheers.)
let this committee find out that
st;nck 10 the creek, and quit talking
about It so much. Do you know how
much the state is credited with on
the books Of the commissioner as
having in possession, over $4,000
worth of whiskey, 100000 scattered
all over the state and 100000 in Co.
su1abia. What do they want with so
much. They are on 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
30 days. Then I hear, I don't know
how true Il is, but I want this COM
m;ttee to tell us who is responsible
Cor such a stock of unsaleable stuff.
7 notice that they have what they
call Give stock" and "dead Stock
stock they can sell and stock they
cannot sell. Who bought any dead
whiskey, and what sort OF whiskey
is it that nobody will buy it.
Senator Tillnan here took up the
reading OF his manuscript but he did
not stick to the text all the way
through and interpolated some re-
marks which were even warmer than
she distilled he'll FIRE from his pen"
He said in one side remark that II
the dispensaey is selling after sun
down, that is another place where
slack twisted administration has
wrought demoralization."
He declared that he was not st1r-
ring up factionaliszn. II am not, SO
help me God, but if I must dc 1t OF
take to the woods, I will take down
the tom tom and sound it."
"The man who gets me out Of my
position will have to fight for it, so
helo me God" he said, and the boys
yelled.
Somebody said the state should
make it's own liquor. Tillraan rotor
ed: Then this crowd which is hol-
lering blood money would go to the
asylum"
At another place lie said that in the
limited time IN which he had pre-
pared the dispensary law r might
have ma i mistakes for 81 wasn't do
;rp any stealing myself and didn't
think of the !tg stature putting men
IN there who would go to stealing.
| don't know that there is any steal
ing" he said na.vely, "but l have
heard that there is something rotten
Up the creek"
Tackles no Legislature.
"God knows what will become OF
This poor old town." he said. lhey
might have better streets than they
have, but the town does not levy any
tax now" J>king;y. he said th1t ne
ought to sue this old .o~n fo1 very
nearly costing the life OF limited
States senator for he was injured
quite serious lately. He recalled
the fact that in 1894 the la" VS. de-
c1ared unconstitutional and the sta:s
had prohibit;oa for four mon;hs and
the blind tige:s broke Out then and
ne took to the woods with the :aw to
kept them from killing it entirely
One blind tiger came out then and
az he went ont Of Office soon after
wards they had nobody to put their
eyes out. He docs not mean to brag'
but his successors perhaps had not
fet that they should do so much
drudeerv H told what ne had done
as qoyerno:. with the assistance OF
his private secretary in keeping track
Of the dispensary constables.