The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
Kill THE Bill
Gov. Blease Vaoes Act Passed at his
Request To Prebe Dispensary.
HE WANTS HIS FRIENDS

liz WANlS M fMENDS
To Look Into and Investigate His
Acts in Connection With the Dis
pensaSy-The Old Commission
Welcomes the Work and Wants
the Light to Shine on Their Acts.
The new dispensary commission
will do the work that the legislative
investigation committee was to do
and will save the State that much
money"
Making this statement Gov. Blease
vetoed the measure passed by the last
general assembly providing for a
commission to Investigate the acts
and affairs of the old State dispen-
sary commission, which act was re-
quested BY himself.
II have turned over all papers In
my possession to the new commis-
sion," said the governor. with the
instructions to Investigate all Of the
affairs Of the old State dispensary
and those connected with the wind
ing up Of it. I Instructed the mem
bers to spare no one.
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commission are all friends Of mine
and personal supporters, I have
asked that they make rigid inVes-
tigation Of all Of my acts as State
senator, private citizen and governor
of the State. / want everything to
come out.
"Tte new commission will sub
pcena T. B. Fielder Of Atlanta and
REQUIRE him to tell everything that
be knows about my record as a mem
Der of the State senate, as governor
and private citizen. This is the way
Gov. Blease commented upon the
work of the new commission.
The members OF the new dispeE-
sary commission which met Monday
in the Office Of Gov. Blease are: John
". Wallace, Charleston; Thomas +.
Brantley. Orangeburg; Fred H. Dom
Iinick, Newberry; B. F. Kelly, Bishop
vile, and James Stackhouse, Marion.
These are the members that Gov.
Blease has ordered to make an In
vestigation Of the affairs Of the old
State dispensary and pass sentence
upon the old members Of the com.
mission.
Just when and where the work
will commence has not been an.
nounced. The new commission held
its first meeting Monday, when an
organization was perfected oy the
election Of James Stackhouse a.
chairman. 3. F. Kelly Of Bishop
Vile was elected secretary. The com
mission received all, of the papers
held by the old commission which
was dismissed by the governor sew
eral days ago and will take charge o.
the final winding up OF the affairs .o'
the olo State dispensary.
Gov. Blease said that he wouie
turn all Of his papers over to the
commission to be used in the inVes
tigation. Several days ago the gov
ernor said that he had "mountair
of testimony" that he would produc.
at the proper time. He said that al
of his evidence would be used by th'
new commission in Its work.
The members Of the old dispen
Isary commission who are to be In
vestigated by the new commission
are: Dr.. ". 7. Murray, chairman
Columbia: John Acsween, Timmons
Vile; A. y. Wood, Gaffney; J. Steel'
| Brice, Yorkville, and Avery Patton
Greenville.
These members served the State o
South Carolina for four years ant
! saved from the wreck approximate!
ls50O,000, which has been turned
over to the State treasurer. The.
Invited Investigation.
Shortly after taking the oath o
Office Gov. Blease sent message t
the general assembly intimatint
"crookedness" on the part Of th'
members Of the dispensary commis
sion. He requested that commits
sion be named to make thorough
investigation OF all of the acts ant
affairs of the commission Upon tn
request Of the governor the genera
assembly passed an Investigating act
There were to be three members frol
the senate and three from the house
series of letters, all OF which hav
Smith named Senator'S Carlisle o
ISpartanburg, Clifton of Sumter an'
Sullivan Of Anderson as the commit
tee from the senate.
Mendel L. Smith, speaker Of tn
house, refused to name his commit
tee until the act had been approved
Gov. Blease upon hearing of tn
names of the senate members re
fused for the time to sign the act
He gave as his reason, "Oh, tha
mine adversary would write book.
stating that all Of the senate mem
bers of the committee had writer
books about him He then asked /
any one thought that he would lie
men like the senate's commltte
make an investigation of the dis
pensary commission and himself.
Several days ago Gov. Blease sait
that he was making little investi
cation himself and that when he go
through an Investigating committe
would not be needed. Following Chi
he announced the alleged Felde
earios nf letters all of Mhim hay