The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-08-14
COL. MIXSON
TO MR.. HUBBELL.
HE MAKES A STATEMENT ABOUT
THE REBATE MATTER.
Re-iterates the Statement That Hub
bell Offered the Rebates. a
Little More Inside History
ofthe Dispensary.

charged with Offering Col. Nilsson
$562.50 a carload in whiskcy rebates
for purchasing his y y y goods Mr..
Hubbelps card was full Of plain
English and was flat denial of the
charge.
Now Col. Nilsson comes to the front
and makes n statement in regard to
the matter III which he throws some
more light on the inside workings of
the dispensary. He intimates, too,
that Mr.. Hnbbell is "a liar" if ho
means what he says. He tells of
good deal OF money that was wasted
before ne took charge and states that
nearly all the whiskcy used before his
advent was purchased from t&o Mill
Creek people. But here is Col. Mix
sons card % speak for itself:
CoLrMEGA, S. c., Aug. 6. 1856.
To the Editor of The State: In your
issue of today you have card signed
Mill Greek Distilling Co., Geo. Hub
bell, secretary. in which no concludes
as follows: "If Commissioner Mixson
says / ever offered him, directly or in
directly, q dollar in any shape what
ever he states what isnbsolutely false.
have been drawn into this very re-
luctantly and had hoped that the mat
ter had blown over and | would not
be required to say anything, but as a
man who is jealous of his honor and
one who IS uot afraid to resent IN in
suit, | am forced to make the follow
ing statement of facts:
1 have been connected with the dis
Al
the scheme and was in charge under
Senator Tillmans direction when the
building was being put in fix for bot
ting, Mr. TraXler, then the commits
sioner, being Mt his home in Timmons-
vile, quite Ill with typhoid fever. At
ter Mr.. TraXler's recovery ana return,
was retained in the capacity of su-
perintendent, which position | held
until Mr.. TrnXlcr resigned, and was
honored with tho appointment
During ny term ns superintendent
naturally discovered TINT the bulk Of
the whiskics bottled by us was pur-
chased from Mill Creek through Mr..
Geo. HubbCil, who was frequently
down here. also discovered that in
making these purchases Mr.. Hubbell,
or Mill Creek, [ should say, was re-
quiring and being paid au interest on
them after 30 days, cachj0 days calling
for more or bigger interest.
On being appointed commissioner in
January, lS2j, and being in possession
of these incts Of interest bearing ac-
counts, aud not intending relieving
Mr.. TRAILER till February lst, com
menced to look around and see if
could not 90 something hcttcr for the
State and save, Mt least, the thousands
and thousands Of dollars being paid ia
interest to Mil! Greek. About Jan.
20, some ten days or perhaps more be-
fore / took charge, Mr.. Hubbell
showed up ami was anxious TO ascer-
tain il l intended to continue the trade
with him. Ny reply wns That de.
pends." He asked: "Dcpends on
what?' | replied, "On you; / want
the same whiskies or better, Mt the
same prices or less, with ) per cent.
of as discount or rebate" He seemed
TO he utterly dumbfounded and cx-
claimed: ''Do YOU want the carth?"
replied, NO, but this | waut and
this intend to have. He went on to
say that my proposition was one that
he nor no one else could entertain, and
wanted to know if | had calculated the
5 per cent. of. He inquired when
would be III the market for purchases,
and upon being told that it would take
several days after Feb lst to make the
transfer, he asked me again for the
purchases, if | should need anything
before he returned in February. |
told him, 'Only on my terms.
On assuming the duties, Feb. !, I
very soon discovered that | needed
some Bourbon whiskics and wired him:
"Same whiskrv. same price, ) of: send
me y aud XX Bourbon" | received
wire in reply "Wil ship at once. "
A few days after this received II letter
saying: ~ our t"lcgram ordering Bour-
bon received, and knowing from It's
beng II wire TINT YOU were in need, we
hast"n to mnh" shiumrut, hut We can
not give yOn "a" trIu's. &c. !m:nc-
Glat"!v wired hm. ''DT,;vr cans lnci;:
won't receive tn",n o:.!r on my terms
In II few hours | Received u wire. Gears
too far advance! tu order back; receive
them on your terms" In due course
the cars arrived and were received.
Bill for same came IN VITA , per cent.
on and WAS paid.
do not recoI!crt when nor how
often Mr.. l!ubbyil came TO see me III
the few months that followed before
the following occurred
He asked ne to take him into the
sample room and show HIM the XXX
rye that | was purchasing. did so,
and while III there alone, he and /. he
offered Inc his xxx rye at the same
Pricc he had formerly sold it to the dis
pcnsary with tha interest nr r,r tL