The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
he GREW INDIGNANT

ia opSoh!hS VI tho laSihGoitohS
of the Committeeman, All of
Which He Says Are Vile
and False.
Senator B. r. Tillman was seen e.
G1eenVille one Cay last week By q req
.esentative ct Tie State as the sena-
tor was en- his way from Washington
10 CleEsol college to attend an im,
portant meeting Of the board Of trus-
tees. he was asked il he had any.
thing 20 say in reply to ths letter Of
Mr.. J. FisssE LJon, published il T.-s
State Saturday. TIE ssDatvr had 1ct
seen the letter ,and when copy OF il
was handed to him, he read it sl0
grew wrathy as he read. Being under
the impression thai the publication
shown him was only sn outline OF Mr
Lvc-'s letter, be vas al first d!sil
;.lEeu to say much, but when he be-
came satisfied that he was n possess
ion OF complete copy Ct the letter,
be threw cf the si.s1ce and talsec
with Characteristic freedom. dentua-
eibg tls le55sr as sneaSins aad NJ.
Lyons reference to tie runor that 8
whissey house had presented Senator
TiliGan with piano, as q cIrcy COW
arGly i1siCuaticn."
The ssoator 9as first approached b!
tie ness paper MAI as he Sat in tae
dew passenger station at ChaI!Stte
scanning a large numb OF South Car
5lina neWspap psrS ai5h which niS traV
cling bag was .cSsd. The i;.servisS
continued interTup ptedly or bard tie
Souunorr South western Limited as far
as Greenvijle.
GREW INDIGNANT
After reading the letter, Senator
Iillnan vas indignant and grew More
so es be tailed.
II am surprised" he said, that
gentleman such as I thought Mc
LION to DO would go in tbs papers il
Suco a sneakiCg wsy IS this. Even
the name Of a lawyer to whom be
wrote is rot given, but whether hea
rhor:z.d its publicity or not, I assume
it to be authentic.
II have GOT attacked the iIveStigs-
ting com muittee; I only warned 1t il e
friendly spirit. And why? Either the
800 900 worth Of claims against the
State b ard are valid and binoing CT
they are So5. I say they are not, be
cause the Whiskey vas bought COZ
sTary to law and the State is not le.
gally bound fer pay ment.
The Gem nittee knows this BOW as
well as it will ever know 1t. Messrs.
Lyon arG Christensen have blscklistea
Ger ,ein firms; the presumption is they
have discovered evidences OF r. I'D. II
h. Sc firms have acted dishonesty the
old board caDnot be clean; but leav
irg MeSsrs. Lon ana Christensen
20 tGnt for proofs, to which dc
not object again ask: Why the de-
ay?
Whether fraud is prcyel OF rot,
10 decent lawyer will contend that
these large purchases OF wEiskey are
lcga?; Firss, because there was not
compst:ttvs bidding, as the law re
eaires; second because tie law express
~ limits TIE aEcunt 5tst rasJ be cD
uand to s4o0 600 and instead Of dick
erirg with lawyers employed to col
lect the money, it Is the investigating
committees plsin GUY to repIdia5v
the whole trankaction, IBID the new
board &c pay for any l:Q !or and thu.
have en- end to It. MesSrs. Lyon sn0
Christensen will be re:ponsible 10 tE;e
taxpayers Of the STATE If they o. K
sy single purchase that vas iilesally
bought.
"wEAT ABOUT TEE PIANo?'
"Was5 40 5uJ 51s piaao?" Senator
T.!iman was asked.
We'll, be replied, + have hesro
it said II ycu 5a1os rock in the oarE
and q Cog hoWls you may swear be j.
nit.
81 have not s2ught.to disc-edit the
Investigating connittee, the senator
continued, but 10 wacr 1t and wnen
NJ. Lyon, wi.nous proVocatioa, nazes
pubic It's dirty and cowsrGiy insinua-
lions that a whiskey 6rn gave ME 8
piano, it Is pretty clear to my mino
snat he bowls because be is lit. 1t
was easy enough for him to have
found ous al sbout the piaco. Mr..
Malone, the mustc dealer il C1lun 0:a,
knows to whom be sold it aId who
paid tor it and he knows when it was
) bought.
II note also Mr. Lyons pTatext fo-
delay Is that he may lock icto the re-
cords OF the Mil Greek DjstilliDg cen
pany to see whether there are any
credits" }"
Senator Ti;lman's reference to
: credits" applied to tha5 part Ct
MI. Lyon's letter which rescs as fol-
lows:
We wish 70 fad the credits oa the
DOCKS Ct sne cisGil!sfy showing ths
:, amount OF rebaces which Senator Till.
aan said he returned as z gift fer she
gratitude he felt to tie liquor concsrz
csedit!1g the S-ate Ct South Carolina
Besides this there had come to ny esr>
runos-a1e soufcss OF which think
should be looked into-that Senator
i, Tillman when governor wSs presented
with piano by a ljq7or concern.
1T may be that receipts may oe
sho wn for the rebates which may have
0 been received as was ruaorsd to bs
. she satisfactory explanation in the
: c.se OF the Tow,ll horse natter
Mr.. L9on heard my testimony II
E Colunhia and be knows said roth
E ing shout returning any money, for
r reCa~ raco:vaS orv - said SeE:tO