The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-18
SOUTH GAR0LINA'S
n HISKEY SCANDAL.
Ex-Bookkeeper Makes Some
Sweeping Charges.

The following is the continuation
of the book of revelations being
issned from the pen of X.Bookkeeper
d S g. Ouzts, being the next sec.
ton of his open letter TO the State
board of control. a part of which
was Published yesterday. The writer
of the bordereau announces that
there viii be several other sections
before the. publication of the open
letter included This chapter may
be very appropriately termed the
HsseldeE chapter of the bordereau
D Sachs & Sons of Louisville,
KY frs. had John T. CASTOR, ex.
acting State commissioner, as State
striker, striking the board for orders
for them. Don't think CASTOR was
employed directly by them. but by
their drummer. He was paid for one
q two purchases and their regular
drummer, Mr. Mickle discharged
Gsston during meeting of the
board. CASTOR told me that he I'M
medietely left Mikes room in the Je,
rome hotel aud went to the board
room and called Mr.. NJ R. Cooper,
8 member Of the State board. out of
the room and told him es his treat
ment; that Cooper went back into
the board room and had the board to
countermand the order for 25 barrels
of whiskey which had been given to
q Sachs & Sons. The next move
Sachs & Sons or their drummer,
made with local strikers was with
young Eyans, from Marion, cousin
sof. ) Dudley Kaselden. then the
cnairman Of the board This young
man Was scarcely q years old. and
never sold wniskey before. and knows
Just about as much about travelling
for a wniskey house as the average
country youth, and they know moth
ing about trade and commerce He
could never have cotton the job if
he had not been related to the
CHAIRMAN. The strength of his pull
and the amount of his and Gaston's
orders amour. to $16,5S0 9S; these
figures are from the books in the dis
penssry. The amount may be larger
than .his, because all, invoices may not
hare been posted when this amount
was taken from the books Hasei
den begged the board ike he had
been Sachs & Sons attorney to
get hem to buy. The clerk of the
board seems to have leaned 10 that
direction also. for he entered or gave
out to the newspapers list of puf.
chases containing Is cases Cape May
whiskey a. the May meeting, 1899,
which the board bad not bought 70
get him out of hole and keep down
hard feelings, the board decided to
buy the 25 cases, which we're not
needed, for there was plenty in stock,
as proved by the fact that there was
no occasion to order this purchase
untii September and there was
enough IN stock TO last two months
Being bought. it had to be shipped.
SO young Evans could get his pay.
These statements are from records in
IN the State dispensary and cannot
De denied
Another evidence of the man with
q pull is shown by the orders given
TO Friedman, Keller & Co ofPaducah,
Ky whofadmit.ed to she board of
control that he had tough: the dis.
pensary in the courts and with origi-
nal package houses in Charleston
shat ne bad contributed from $500 to
$3.50 TO kelp break down the dispen
sary law and did not succeed ; since
then be found the dispensary law q
good law, and wanted to do business
With the institution The board.
through Cooper, Baselden and Miles
voting in tneir favor, gave that house
It's first order They were aided In
the sale of their liquor by the dispen.
ser-J II. Stelling- in Charleston,
OF, rather, his partner in business,
Mr.. Matthies. who said they could
sell more of Friedman, Keller &
Cos, goods than others they hav-
log been, believe, their original
package agents 1t has been as
serted that Stelling was given job
as dispenser in Charleston because
NJ. r. Cooper needed his in
fuence in the city to help bim
10 his race for secretary of state
j. D. Percival was also given dis
penser's job in Charleston about the
same time Stelling was finally al
lowed to run dispenssry against
the vote of MIR. Doushit and Mr.
Williams, and shey had held him up
for 80 days and tried to prevent
Steliing from running a wholesale