Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-08-16

these cases were complimentary to
the dispenser that they were sold as
regular stock goods and no acco unit
made of such sale to the State or
the county, but this was to the gain
of the dispenser.
Z. That, in addition to gratuitous
liquor, the dispensers received free
umbrellas, smoking sets, fountain
pens, match boxes, wines and even
suits of clothes.
8. That at least one dispenser here
is charged with the habit of chang
ing the labels of liquor and selling as
two x goods that which was sent
him as one x goods, and that this
same dispenser has accumulated
thousands within his few years of
service.
9. 1t was developed that the Rich
land Distilling Company, and Blu
thenthsl & Bickart have been pay
ing rs cents for empty cases which
contained their goods. This
is supposed to have been method of
boosting the sales. One witness tes.
titled that Rock Castle cases were
paid for at 25 cents each, without
bottles, and that they were not re-
turned. 1t was shown that these
empty cases, other than those sold to
the shipping houses, were sold locally
to drug houses for not more than
five cents and often for less.
10. That dispensers have written
to liquor houses for gratuitous liquor
to help them make up shortages.
IL. That empty cases were run in
the stock account and were counted
as stock on hand, when they were
entirely empty.
IL. That two members of the
county board of control signed GER
tificates that they had actually wit
messed the checking of the stocks in
dispensaries, signed and approved
the expense accounts and breakage
accounts and left them with dispen.
sers to use as they saw fit. Several
of these certificates on which the
dispensers were to make up their ao-
counts were exhibited, signed in
blank, with official approval to stock
taking, expenses and the like, that
were to happen months ahead.
13. That in Spartanburg Mr..
Blackwood, in particular, was used
as buffet to bull the market. He
was promised time and again posi-
tion and asked to file an application
and he now thinks this was done
simply to get the other fellow to raise
his price to the county board, two of
the members telling him plainly that
it was matter of dollars and cents
to get the Office, and after they got
the office that they could easily take
it back.
Ia. That one of the star witnesses
who is absent, told Mr.. Blease, a
member of the commission, that for
500 he could net he witness,
having previously made statement
to the Christensen. Lyon committee.
Is. That the dispensary is selling
fives, which means short measures.
Elves in quarts means that five quart
bottles are sold for a gallon, when
the consumer thinks he is buying a
full quart. Witnesses testified that
Hunters Three Feathers, Old Dixie,
Hannis and other brands were fives.
16. That until recently request
books have not been used. The
plea in defence of the non-use being
that the dispensaries have not gotten
the books and have not had the time
to fill them out.
II. That the dispensers have been
advised to charge all the breakage to
the county, and that the county
loses from its profit account all
breakage, and it is not divided be.
tween State and county.
18. That Dispenser Huseman is al
legged to have said that he paid as
much as six hundred dollars for vote
and then did not get it.
10. That Charlie O. Smith was re.