The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-29
he DENIES II.
Repudiates Articles Published IN
The State Enquirer
ONE DAY LAST WEEK
Pugportirg to Give Substance OF conver'
saton With York County Candidate
on Train. Called Up The Rec.
ord to Make Instant De.

ord to Make Instant De.
nial.
Di5 Major Wylie, Of the board o
directors OF the state dispeusa-y, ssl
that the other members OF the bcart
are corrupt; that he is only one maj
against two, and csanot help himself
but was able recently to compel ta'
others, by threats, to return good
purchased over his prot So
In 5 long distance telephone con
versstion Thursday morning WED 8
Columbia Record man, whom he cali
ed up, Msjor Wylis denied the silegs
ton that be had made such state
ments, and authorized the nswspape'
man to .ose him IS strongly II oe'
nisl as his command Of the languag;
would permit. Major Wylie's state,
nent to The R.ccrd was by wsy o.
reply to the following article, whief:
appeared Thursday morning In Ghf
CLumoia Ssste sld credited to th'
Yorkville E2Quirer:
Mr.. WyNe, Of the state soard O
6lsRensar7 directors, was on Ghe 9. <
n. W. train Wednesday morning, &C
ing toward Gastonia; and betwee'
YOrkville snd Glover he said in the
presence CT d.. E Massey and MI
E. P. Mccain, who were going to Clo
yer with the county csmps'gn party
that the state dispenssry has Away
been corrupt and it is as corrupt as i
has ever been. He ssid that the STATE
board is corrupt; but be Is only ons
man again two and cannot help him
self. He cised raat recently, over ni
protest, the o5hec two members OF th
board has purchased two thoussnt
cases OF so.cslle6 case vhiskey. Upo'
the arrival OF ths whiskey be, Wylle
insisted OF having it aaaiyzso. IL
analysis showed . per cent. OF alcoao
and the balance WIS various KINDS 0:
chemicals. as g result OF the alaiy
sis, and Nj. Wylie's threatening t
make fuss, the liquor was sent back
Dr.. Massey and Mr.. McCSin both re
peate5 Mr.. Wylie's statement to theD
in their speeches st Glover. "
In commenting on the E@Qurler''
article the Colunbis State said: tn
shove statement is confirmed by :
special to The State from Yorkville
which gives the same report OF Di
rector Wylie's conversation witt
Messrs. Massey and Mccain. ~
Stste endeavored Wednesday to OBJ
tain statements concerning the matte
from Mr.. W7le and Messrs Mssse,
and Mccain. It was found that MI
Wyle, whose home is in Rchourg
CHESTER county, is at CleVelan;
Springs, N. Q. A telegram was sen
to him there asking him for state
ment By telegraph. No reply was re
csi7ed, it being possible that MI
Wylie was unable to reply Thursds!
night. Msssrs. M.sssy and McCaiE
were both away from nome Weones
day in attendance upon the York
county campaign meeting at som
point in the county and neither @,
them could be reached Wednesday.
Msior Wylie contrs5icts The Stat
snd the E. qairer IN what he Says be
low:
st was on the train on the da.
mentioned and in company with Dr.
Massey and Mr.. Mccain. but the gen
tleman oloted by the Eaquirer posi-
bly, misun1 ersucod me or did not cate:
my exact words.
In discussing the dispenssry, Dr.
NJ asssy said that be |snted to keeI
is c!ean and with that idsa be hsc
voted for me- in the legislature.
II told him that I thought as Ions
as the whiskey houses kept putting
CT mean liquor on rs, it would De I'm
possible to keep down talk, and tina
in my opinion county oispensarie:
would be no better. l vent on to sa!!
further, that my attention had beer
called to the quality OF some goods we
had bought, and I got some sample
ard csrrted them to Columbia myself;
intending to have them analy zee; bu'
wen I got to Columbis, l found that
Commissioner Tasun had alread-
given samples OF these goods to ths
chemist to be analysed; that the chem
ist hsd reported unrsyrsbly upon thsn
SAYING that the goods we're OF Low
grade in alcohol percentage and ever!
othsc way, and thst the dispensar1
force had been instructed by the com
missioner to return them.
my. Mccain then asked me how
much we were going to return. re
piled, Something like 1000 gallon
in cases and barrels. The barrel good:
were some Of the old boards pur
chsses.
''I never have said that the othe:
members OF the board we're corrupt;
nor have T dreamed OF saying that j
had to make threats to inducs tht
commissioner to return this liquor.
On the csher hand, as I have jus,
stated, when I suspected the quality
of the LIQUOR and started to Columbi:
to have It ana!yzed I found that tn
commissioner had already ascertainec
that it was unit for use and ordered
II returncd.
II told the gentlemen that eve,
since 7 had bean on the board l hao
been in favor, OF better Thiskey, ane
that tie board had put into eject 6
resolution to buy good, pure Whiskle;
from bond and blend ano bottle then
at the dispensary, thus making sur.
OF their purity.
Somebody started discussion o
prohibition. l stated that :. had 81
ways been g prohibitionist, on princi
pls, and that whenever I should be-
come convinced that we Can hsye pro
h:bltion, / will be heartily in favor o.
ii; but il it is simply question OF
state dispensaries or county dispen
sarias, 7 will take the former every