Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-29

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individuals referred to county dispen-
sers."
Sept. Z: Arrangements for confer
ence in Columbia between the firms
representatives, White and Lezen-
ski and Nixon and members Of the
board"
Sept. Is: Party we wanted to see
was here yesterday. Sorry we didn't
see B. and T. In regard to the case
left at hotel told Mr.. Evans he could
have It. Will send B. and T. case each.
AS to j.. w. Harmon dispenser at
Spartanburg) have alrt ady sent him
two cases and regard his request as a
gouge but will ship"
Oct. 10. white saw our friend In
Atlanta and fixed things up with him."
| Letter from Col. d. Cardwell, divi-
sion freight agent Of the Southern. re-
porting on traces Of case shipped to
Director Towill, says case Of mineral
water" at Batesburg for him and
water, In sarcastic manner, to South
Carolina state officers violating the
law by having whisky shipped them
as mineral water"
Nov. 2: Ready and waiting for
order of 10th. (Mr Gaaton: You will
note the firm anticipates orders not
yet made).
Nov. 7: "By 18th will be ready to
make carload shipment when order
arrives. Writing to Evans also"
Nov. ls: First car on road and
large car to follow in few days"
Dec. 5: Completed shipment Of the
!, 500 cases. Hope for another good
order at next meeting"
Afternoon Session.
Gen. Willie Jones, cashier Of the Car
olina National Bank. and chairman OF
the state board In its early history and
again connected with 1t with H. H.
Evans last year. was pug on the stand.
He testified to the methods used at the
two periods. He surprised Chairman
Fraser by asserting that, though whis-
XIV may be chemically pure" 1t may
be unfit to drink-may not be palata-
BILE.
He admitted that when he was chair
man In 1896 Lanahan G Son made
deposit Of $4,000 In his bank but said
this was promptly withdrawn at his
(JonesO request General Jones said
that In the old days ar high as $4,000
was turned In to the state In one year
on rebates, although the business then
was one third what 1t is now.
He could not explain why rebates
were not secured to the state now.
He thought the measure In which the
present board advertised for bids ask
ing for bids on one Xrye at mot less
than $3.50" was unbusiness-like.
Trouble In Getting Drafts Paid.
w. w. Harris, formerly clerk OF the
constabulary department, but until
recently the state representative OF the
Mallard whisky house, was the next
witness. He adnPitted his house re-
Gently had much trouble getting two
drafts paid. Until a resolution OF the
board stopped the practice, his house
paid county dispensers 25 cents each
for empty Mallard boxes returned and
added Is cents IL these boxes were
filled with empty Mallard Bottles. He
said the Bleuthenthal g. Beckett peo-
pie got around the resolution by haV-
ing the dispensers ship to tx. Y. a.,
Atlanta, Ca"
Witness admitted working with the
board to get the salary of the Sumter
dispenser raised.
Representative CASTOR: "Is there any
other statement you wish to make, Mr..
Harris?"
Mr.. Harris: "Yes: I want to say to
Chief FAINT or any other man says
solicited or accepted any money from
any constable to get oc try to get him
a place on the force that he lied"
Evidence will be introduced tomor-
row to show that the purchases award
ed the Lanahan people. who are said
to have tried to bribe Col. Nixon. have
enormously increased lately. The
awards in the last five years total
$543, ,S0099 and last year the Richland
distillery people alone sold the state
dispensary over s1,000.000 worth of
goods. Mr.. S. ]. Lanaran is a direc-
tor in the company.
There was a slight show Of feeling
between the subcommittee, compos-
ed on the one side Of Messrs. Lyon
and Christensen, and on the other Of
Messrs. CASTOR and Spivey.
Mr.. CASTOR was about to openly
complain Of Messrs. Lyon and Christ
ensen "butting in" on their witness,
Mr.. w. w. Harris when Chairman
Fraser saved any unpteasantness by
abruptly excusing the witness.
Both Attorney General Gunter and
Lawyer William MCGOWAN deny any
connection with or knowledge of the
alleged machine. Chief Constable FAINT
testified they were running to turn
out consta abuiary jobs at a profit for
themselves. Mr.. Gunter's denial was
published today and Mr.. MCGOWAN
made denial today. He says he never
about securing appointments on the
constabulary force In his life, except
probably one time, which was about
four months ago. All of his dealings
with the dispensary people had been
those of an attorney.
Commission Adjourns.
The present session of the diSpen-
sary investigation committee was ad-
journed sine die tonight. But the
work of the commission is by no means
over There will be several other ses-
sions and the revelations to come are
expected to be of greater Importance
than those already made.
- Southern Visitor: Several colonies
will soon be brought 10 South Caro-
lima and settled in different parts Of
the state-a colony of Scandinavians