The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-02
DISPENSER BRODIE
MAKES STATEMENT AS TO TEE
SPRINGFIELD DISPENsaEY

SPRINGFIELD DIsPENSAEY
In Reply to Charges About Recent
Fire which 7 Destroyed Building
and Contents
Having published an article respect
ing the destruction Of the Springfield
dispensary recently by fire in Justice !,
to Dispenser Brodie we publish TIE
article below:
springf cid, s. O., Dec. 20, 1906 |
Editor Tines and Democrat:
I beg that you will give me space In
your valuable paper TO state the plain
unvarnished facts as they are in re-
gard to the folio ing communication,
which appeared In your columls q
few weeks agc headed Tho Burning
OF D:spensary." That communication
stated that a serious condition pre-
walls In Springfield on account OF the
warning factions into which the town
has been drawn On account Of Ghe dis
penssry. When in fact and In truth
the factions have existed for five OF
six years on account OF personal and
political offerings, n which the dele
CATION which went to Colun bis to see
che governor and which delegation
gave the bureau Its information al
ways got the worst OF 1t, as the records
sill fully snos, and chadng unde,
This, they have setz,d this opportu
nifty to destroy me and the dispsnsary
and the friends Of the same.
There were q number Of fires In
Springfield and number Of buildings
were destroyed, among them the
building in which the dispenssry was
kept, and 1nsinuations that the dis.
pensary people knew or had anything
TO do with it has never been made ex
cept by these enemies OF mine. The
feeling has been so high against me
on account OF the reasons given above
that I have regularly hired man to
sleep IN the d1spenssfy at night for
it's protection. AS to sDy threats o:
shooting any one by the dlspsnssry
paople, 81 h at ute nent is nti1ely IN.
founded, Lut on tle Contrary the
brother and grandson Of the in.endsnt
have been on the Streets on the Ssb
bath night vita thelr snos guns. In
regard to the statement that the
mayor and t e better elsmant vii
have a cl:sh With the dispenser ane
bis triends, i desire to ssy thai there
is an element Of gccd people In AMI
arou1d Spr .nsdsld. but THAT they are
hands Of, regarding the matter as q
personal ore.
That tce1c Vas delegation head:d
by the m-.7or js an eyror, Ii Was in
fact headed by usn who has no:
| been Admitted TO the bsr, but as
sumes to pesbifeg Ia s"d around
Springfield, sad II the good people de-
sire to kno3 anything about his prac
tics they may ask the Norris.Coon
Company, ci C--,,unbia, aud Numerous
others, who have ha5 dealings with
him. In Ie5ald to tie diepeasary
liquor that was sold q. "tiger" liquor,
there was Q car load Of liquor shipped
to the dispenser, and stored in the de.
pot. and the negro porter and others
stole s45.25 worth OF 1t, and some
of the delegation who want to the
governor purchased some Of the H.
quor from the negro for the purpose
If drinking it, when they knew full
well 1t was stolen, and the negro Is
now In the county jail al Orangeburg
awaiting trial for the same, and 9th
ers going free. Some OF the crowd
against the dispsnsary went into the
depot, opened The cases and filed their
pockets with the dispensary y hiskey.
This same delegation which went
to the governor or part OF it, inform.
ed Chief State Constable Hammett,
and had ny premises searched by nve
constables, the result OF which the
public can get from these gentlemen,
The purpose was to ref sct, on me, but
they did ma favor.
The county board OF control through
one Of its members demanded Of the
intendsnt that they prefer charges
against me and appear before the
county board at Orangeburg and they
refused to appear. The county board,
which Is an excellent one, desired the
iLY sstigatlon, saying they would know
no one in the discharge Of q public
duty, but still they refused and 60
to the governor and into the news.
papers to attempt to blscksn my char
acter: rather than meet the issus
squa1ely, whsn they knew that no
tribunal would for o moment conad.
er their slandeIous charges. They
have appealed to Caesar, by Cessar l,
am willing to be judged, but I feel it
lst to say that there were two high.
ly respected gentlemen from Spring
field who wens to Columbia the same
day, but I am informed that they
went on other business, business con.
nected with bank. I have never had
any experience with newspapers In my
life and but for the unjust ftngs at
me from my enemies ! would not ha se
appeared at this time and only that
the public may have the facts as they
are. I nave bean dispenser for ten
ears and have been regularly check.
cd up and have always passed mus
ter" With malice toward none, with
charity for all, with dfnness in the
rjgn, as God gives me to see the
right, shall do my duty as 3 public
official. Very respectfully,
Jos. A. BRODIE,
Dispenser,
The Biggest Drns Store.
The greatest drug store In the world |