The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-18


10 state that the bill provided for the
repeal of the charter of that company
| without any process Of law, which was
a proposition for which I felt that
could not stand, inasmuch as such an
action would be entirely Illegal and
unjust and would destroy property
rights in an unconstitutional manner
and would be a violation OF my oath
In explanation Of the authorship Of
the Raysor-NIanning bill, Senator
Manning directed the attention Of the
pbolic to the following statement
from Senator Raysor:
Senator Raysor's Statement.
To the Editor of The State:
In your report of the campaign
meeting held here yesterday, it ap-
pears I assented to q, statement that
the bill offered by the senate dispen-
sary committee, as a substitute for the
Raysor- Manning dill, should be call
ed the Raysor-Tillman bill. This is a
mistake and it was not my intention
to convey any such impression. While
the committees substitute contained
most Of the provisions Of the Raysor-
Manning bill, for which Senator Man
ming, should be given more credit than
I, it also incorporated the views OF
Senator Tillman as to purchasing
whiskey from government bonded
warehouses. 1t was really the COM
mittee bill, introduced by the COM
mittee as a substitute for the Raysor-
Manning bill. The bill, a most excel
lent one as a whole, did not in all its
particulars meet my approval, and 1
proposed amendments changing en-
tirely some Of it's most important pro-
visions The mere fact that I Of
fered amendments to it while on
it's passage does not give me the right
to lay claim to its authorship. This
may be unimportant, but I have no
desire to be credited for that to which
7 am not entitled, and in justice to
those who labored so earnestly to
safeguard the dispensary from NAL
administration, it is we'll to keep the
record straight. T. M. Raysor.
Orangeburg, July II.
John J. McMahan. He comes out
as an absolutely free lance, not the
representative Of any particular or
ganization, to give the people Of the
State an opportunity Of knowing his
views. All the candidates favor pop
ular education, but none have devised
the ways or means. He believes that
all men in South Carolina should be
made to respect the law. 1t was his
idea, upon which he had already
spoken not less than twice, which was
today advanced by Mr.. Blease in ref
erence to an appropriation for the
annual Confederate reunion in Co
lumbia. He is opposed to local option,
TO prohibition and favors properly
conducted State dispensary. Unalter-
ably opposed to county dispensaries.
To say that the people Of South Caro-
lima cannot put honest men in charge
of the State dispensary is to bring
shame upon the the name and citi-
zenship Of the State.
Messrs. J. B. Morrison, L. N. Ragin
and r. NJ. McCown announced their
candidacy for Secretary Of State in
five minute speeches.
Mr.. J. Fraser Lyon Of Abbeville,
candidate for attorney general said,
the burning issue before the people
today is the dispensary. He is op-
posed to it, because he believes it
corrupt and rotten to the core. He
said that Mr.. Douthit testified before
the investigating committee that liq-
uor was Bought from the Richland
Distilling CO and from Biuthen-
thai & Bickert and sold at cost with
out one cent going TO the school fund
in order to swell the sales Of these
goods. The school fund is only the
sugar-coating Of an unpalatable pill.
Mr.. Lyon threw boquets at both Of his
opponents during the course OF his re-
marks.
]. w. Ragsdale, of Florence, candi-
date for attorney general next ad-
dressed the assemblage. Mr.. Ragsdale
made one Of the most vigorous and
telling speeches of the meeting. He
wanted it distinctly understood that
he was running for the office Of attor-
nerney general solely on his personal
integrity and his ability and qualifi-
cations as a lawyer and a gentleman.
Although he thought it was time that