The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-08-13
ABOUT THE REBATES ON sWHISEI
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AN EMPHATIC sTATESf fsf #

Ho Answers the Gard of5AIr.s ysss5sss E
H"bbeII, Kepresentattse 81 8is
Mill Creek DistiIlery. N S;1 sss
Columbia Register.
"A short card from Georges flubbeli
secretary OF tho Mill Creek }Dlsti I 40,
Company, has been published. I'll X syf II I 4, ,i ~
ne concludes as follows sfsIf Corr S,Sas
sioner Mlxson says over offered Shi q, s.
| directly or indirectly, asdollaf in sitvs
shape, whatever he states what js H Issk
| solutely fal O." M ss@S
In which he says: :z f,sIss
[ have been drawn into this vaertt ,.s,
luctantly and had hoped thatitheS maj ,,,isS
ter had blown over and / would rof. f,s,
required to say anything, but as a Stiia affS
who is Jealous OF his honor ana loha
who Is not afraid to resent an insS1 Isl
am forced to make the folloWiiIa
statement Of facts ,I~
nave been connected with the dies
pcnsary since the first conception of tiTeE
s"Ic,nS I'm; ana was In charge under SenaaS&
tor Tillman's direction when the hn;iS4 S4
ing was being put in fix for boftlinSss s3t
mr. IraNicr, then the commandments
hclng AT his home in Timmonsv,i III sSs 81
quite Ill with typhoid fever. HNAfts,,f B
Mr' IraNlc-'s recovery and return. "a q
was retained in the capacity of sii,Iarss
,1lcnaent, which position held until:
Nr. IraXlcr resigned, and was honaES
orcd with the appointment. I.gEs1eSssS3
nurlne my term as superintendent ISS
naturaliy discovered that the bulk tof =
the whiskies bottled by us was nnr.S
chased from Mill Creek through MI. N
George Hubbell, who was fren,ia,,fJ I,
down here. also discovered thaT a.
making these purchases Mr.. HnhhafiNg
or Mill Creek, | should say, was Tassl
curing and being paid an interest l3r n
'hem after 80 days, each 80 DAYS caIiAS
'nS 'or more on bigger interest. s
On being appointed commissioners iiiNS
'anuary' 1919, ana being in possessionts
OF these facts Of interest -bearinp3ai,.ss
counts, aud not intending reliovinSy Ns,S
IraN Ter till February lst, comnenns,B
ed 10 look around and sec If could nor
40 something better for the Stats' amti VI
save, at least, the thousands and thoms.5l
anCs OF dollars being paid in intaTastF:
TO Mill Greek. About january 30 &
some ten days or perhaps more before
TOOK charge, MIR. Huboell showed u.s.
ana was anxious to ascertain IL I3fn2H
tended TO continue tho trade with htnI.SS
My reply was, "Thut depends, % >, ,t'HaS t
asked, "Depcnds on what? r. re-8
p!led, ON you; | want tho same whis-sS
klcs or better at the same price or less
WIN per cent OF as discount or Iraaa5
bate He seemed to be utterly dumb
founded and exclaimed "Do yoll, want
the earth; replied, mo, but this fs
want, ana this intend to have ~ He
Ihch wcnton TO say that my propositionSS
was one that he nor no one elso co,,idE
entertain and wanted to know if fiiad
calculated the per cent Off. He inuuirs,
cd when | would be in the markell for
purchases, and upon being told that it
would take several days after February
lst to make the transfer, he asked 11is,
again for the purchases, If | shoiid.
need anything before he returned IN,
February. told him, "Only on my
terms" fgE'I
On assuming the duties, Feb. |, r.
very soon discovered that l needed
some Bourbon whiskics and wired him:
'Same whiskcy, same price off,
send me and Xxx Bourbon" re-
coived wire in reply: "Will ship at
once a few days after this | recefyeSl1
II letter saying. Your telegram DR.
dcring Bourbon received, and knowing
from It's being a wire that you were Id
need, we hasten to make shipments
| put we cannot give you tho terms, &c..p
n | Immediately wired him "Order
: cars back; won't received them only,
n CciVcd T. wire Gears too far advanced
:, to order back receive them on syour
q terms" In due course the cars ar
l. rived and were received. Bill for
d same camc in with 5 per cent off and
y. was paid. ,@ M.
- do not recollcct when nor how Often
o. Mr.. Hubbcll came to SEQ me in the few
v months that followed before the fol-
H lowing occurred ~ iS$s.
g He asked me to take him into the
=. sample room and show him the XXX.
= rye that was purchasing. / did so,l
= and while in there alone, he and L, he
+ offered me his xxx rye1 at Ftha same
: price he had 'ormerly sold 1t to the
t DIspcnsary with the interest on, for
the same price per gallon, 1O.per cent.
discount; and, If my memory serves
me correctly, he made the following
calculation thefo and them: C6st S2,&
per gal; 10 per cent. or, makes 22I.2
cents per gal; SO gallons to a barrel
ma kcs 81 .25 and SO BARRELS TO- 81 scaf !
makes 1862. | said, "SWilljs yoii 4 a3nt
, this discount on the invpices and let III
show up regularly ?" FIG replied that
nc could not do SO thatih was a. mem Z
Der Of the trust, but .fof ME to pay the
invoices at the regular price ;of I fS2 Ok
pcr gallon and hc wouldfTeturn ile q the
10 per cent off in cash: RAis i refused
|" DO and no purchase has BEEN Sia adj 81
from him by mo. a Is
These arc the. facts in the ScsIs,fs 81 lsS,ti
includes all have Said as to8 Ifs sifi I1sS
BELLS offer to me. If he says an Dir
Of it is untrue he is o liars q az
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