The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-18

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bought from them, and in order to
assist in getting out Of the State dis
pensary, so there would be none on
hand at the next meeting of the
board, and more would nave to be
bought, the house Friedman. Keller
& Co issued circular letter and sent
to all the dispensaries, telling them
they would send them silver bottle,
with Newport whiskey in it, when
they had ordered as much as FIVE
cases of oflNewport- Grand scheme J!
Ninety one dispensaries in the State !;
five times 81 are 455 cases quite
lot to place over the State had ali the
dispensaries been taken in Some OF
the dispensers wanted the silver bot
ties aud ordered five cases, not caring
in what sizes-one-half pints, pints
or quarts-were sent. just so they
got the FIVE cases, which would en-
title them to the silver bottles. In
three or four meetings of the board
Masthies became so paaseatlng to
them that Friedman, Keller & Go.
cot no more orders Matthies was
kept in Charleston, and things not
coming Friedman, Keller & Cos
way fast enough, Mr. Keller stayed
away a meeting or two The last
meeting he was here before he ap-
pointed w. E Blue of Marion coun.
ty, another cousin of j. Dudley
Raselden, chairman, he said be
would get in and get orders from the
board if he had to spend $500 |
heard him make this statement Mr.
Blue was said to be general southern
agent, yet be only represented Fried
man, Keller & Co. in South Carolina
until the board of control decided to
stop buying from houses having
local strikers. Mr.. Blue succeeded
in getting some good orders, aud the
amount of his pull and that Of Mat
thies with J. Dudley Haselden,
chairman, advocating orders for him,
amounts to s19,419, in orders given.
After the board passed resolutions
excluding local strikers, Blue was
turned down by Friedman, Keller &
Co, and j. Dudley Haselden decided
that their liquor was not as good as
1t was while Blue was with them
At least he gave up advocating pur-
chasing from Friedman, Keller & Co,
and they have gotten no more orders
since
One would think two cousins from
the same county was enough for one
member of the board of control to
take care of, but not 50 for j Dud-
ley Haseiden, who, although not
chairman now. wants to retain his
pull, as shown by the fact of another
cousin entering the field This one
is W. Boyd Evans, X,private secre-
tary to Gov. Eilerbe Just after the
death of Gov. Ellerbe and about the
time Evans was leaving his Office, a
drummer by the name of Sprinkle
came to Columbia to a meeting of the
board. Sprinkle represented the
Reidsvilie IN. C Liquor Co :, and
was corraIled at the first meeting he
attended by ". Boyd Evans. who
got job with MIN, and upon Sprin-
kle's going before the board with
Evans and telling them be had en-
ployed Evans to travel North and
South Carolina. an order was given
the Reidsvi'le Liquor Go. They got
such a large order that they had
some difficulty in filing it; did not
fill it in time to get another at the
next board meeting, but have been
given orders at every meeting since.
If Evans ever travelled farther fer
them than from Marion here to Co.
lumb:a it has never been heard Of.
Boyd Evans pull amounts to $S.S66 /.
0s in orders given, besides Septem,
ber purchases
So mucb for taking care Of cousins
Now, What about self? j. Dudley
HaseEdeo, did you ever make this
remark that you had liquidated Slo.-
900 10 debts since 700 had been q
member of the board Z? Your salary,
according 90 the published report of the
board. was not $1,000. You seem to
condema selling corsrabsod at the State
dispensary 80 strongly now. Why did
you not stop it while chairman You
said you tried, and went so far as to
threaten to discharge somebody if it
vas nos stopped this you will not
deny a. the same time. we're you not
buying contraband yourself? viz: l..
W. Harper, whiskey at $1.OS per
quart. the same price charged to county
dispensers. and thus the town and
county losiog their profits. and not
paying cash. but having it charged to
YOUR account When you would draw
your pay for attendance here as CHAIR
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