The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-13

tent man for tho place he knew Of
LasG year there was business Of over
~ ,O0O,OO0 aud in all that only o slight
mistake of 50 cents had been discov.
cred in Mr.. Scruggs' books. The stub
was ali right, but in transcribing it to
| the books the error occurred, He said
that be know OF no man who could
take the books OF SO vast u business
ana keep them as correctly and plainly
rs they are now. Because OF his ability
10 conCuct the business Colonel Jones
Says he sticks" to him and he cannot
help what some people may think
about it.
WOOD MAKES y STATEMENT.
Mr.. |. Q. j. Wood, who was the
bearer Of tho "Dcar Clark" letter to
Atlanta, has made tho following state
meat
Ga the Sunday boforo [ went to Al
lanta, S. w. Soruggs and II. Larry
CAN'T drove up in front Of Trimmicr's
bookstore in Spartnnburg aud asked
for me. | went out and went up at
their invitation to the Piedmont Head
light Office, and while in the Office
they wrote two letters, one addressed
to Clark HOWELL Atlanta, which they
gave to me sealed. | did not known
what were the contents. Ono other
letter written with pencil by Scruggs,
which was copied by CAN'T on the type.
writer. don't know who this one was
addressed to. They knew | WAS going
to Atlanta on the following Tuesday.
! had also IN my possession an cnvcl.
opc which was written on tho back
with pencil 10y S. w. Scruggs, certain
questions for me to ask Blumenthal Il
Bickart, OF Atlanta. They desired
Blumenthal q Bjckart to acknowledge
that QUITS had made a proposition to
them to the eject that he would ship
out their liquors provided that they,
Blumcnthal Il Bicltart, would pay him
SO much per case. MIR. Bckart said
tnat Il am 100 honest a man to 90
such thing, and | can't do it. Mr.
OnZ'5 never made me any such Il prop
osition. | am the man who made the
proposition"
am in no way responsible for the
"Dear Clarke contidc ntial letter reach
ing South Carolina, nor for it being in
the hands Of the press.
| make this statement in Justice to
Mr.. QUITS since | have been used in an
attempt to injurc him.
|. O. j. WOOD.
LARRY GANTT WROTE IT,
Il he publication Of the unsigned let
ter brought forth very promptly the
following communication to The Reg
lister, in which MIR. CAN'T makes Il full
statement Of his como ctiOn with the
matter
SPARrANBURCi, S. c., May 1.
Editor Register In your Charleston
correspondence Of to-day you publish Il
letter that wrote to Hon. Clark How
ell, the editor Of the Atlanta GonstiIu-
tion. After the last meeting OF the
State Board | heard that this letter
was made public. n friend in Colunl-
bia having notified me Of the fact, and
skiing its contents, and to which re-
piled by giving the substance Of tn,
letter. | also saw Il reference to the
same in daily paper, and wrote Il;
once to the Columb bia correspondent to
call on the gentleman in Culum bia. to
whom | had written, and get my reply
for publication. If that party ever re-
ceivcd my letter he did not respond.
My letter was certainly mailed and
stamped.
Now, in regard to the Howell letter
penned every word Of it, and have
nOthing to retract or apologize for. 1t
was my intention, SO soon as the Board
had held its present meeting, to try
and get a copy and have it published
Information has reached my ears
that Mr.. Bi1kart, of the liquor house
of Blumenthal & Bickart, Atlanta. had
been blacklistcd by the State Board Of
Control for Offering Shipping Clerk
OutzS % cents per case for sending out
his goods in preference to the liquors
sold by other firms, and which had been
ordered by the County Dispensers
that MIR. OutZS had first consented to
this proposition, but afterwards Bick-
arr came to him and stated that he
could only pay but 10 cents per case, as
he found the profits too close. It was
then that Mr.. OulZs went to Mr.. l.. J.
Williams and complained that Bickart
was trying to bribc him. Mr.. Bickart
was summoned before the Board and
stated that he had made tho proposi-
tion to pay Outzs. Whcrcupon his firm
was blacklisted. My informant then
went on to say that Mr.. Bickart, after
he found out that his house could not
sell the State any more goods, stated
that he wanted to supplement his first
testimony, and insinuutcd that Oulzs
TO receive the bribc Of %
cents, but had only "blowcd on him"
when hc reduced the proposition to 10
cents.
WI. i''Shdib Cttulc W dDpVar before
the Board, but one Of the members Ga
friend 10 MIR. Outzs) objected to his be-
ing heard. Now the Inference drawn
WAS that had not Mr.. Oa,zs first
consented to take the % cents per case,
why did Mr.. Bickart come a second
time to make a lower offer? As per-
haps every County Dispenser in the
State will testify. it is, or has been
tho hardest work to get their or
dcrs for whIshey filed, as sent in, for
other brands arC shipped in place OF
those wanted. | believe that perhaps
THIS Blckart mattnr would unravel the
IN Jstcry, and so determined to try and
il.
Just at that time | was trying to get
Mr.. |. O. j. Wood, Of this city, and who
had always been one OF my warmcs,
friends, II position. He had lost his
place in the Dispensary in Spartan
burg, and | knew he needed work and
had family to support. 1t occurred
to me that | could secure Mr.. Wood a
position with Blumcnthal 81 Bickart,
and, also, unravcl that report about the