The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-08-16

q
ent to the Christensen. Lyon com
ittee.
Fifteenth That the dispensary lie
'lling fyes, which means short
'easures. Fives 10 quarts means that
We quart bottles are sold for gallon
'hen the consumer thinks he is buy.
ng full quart. Witnesses testified |
hnt lIrnter's Three Feathers, Old |
Dixie. Haun,s and other brnn Is we've
ives.
Six' ernth Tnmt untiI rec c.ntiy ~
quest books hnv.. not been usud. The
plea III defence of tho non use being
that the dlNpenNa'i"s have not gotten
the bo 'ks and h,v,. not had the time
to fill them "nt
Srvenleeth. That the dispensers
have been advise Il to C argu all th
breaknge to the county, and that the
county loses from its lr, fit accuu.t
ali br. uL age, nnd 1t is not divided be.
tween stat. und c,,unty.
Eighteenth Tn"t Dispenser It"-c
man Is "lleSt Il to h">r said That II,
paid rs much rs FIX In. urch .l,Ilur,
for vote ard then didn't ge, it,
Nineteenth. Thul Charlie y Smlth
was reappointei on the board upon
the rcccommcndation of the deIuga-
ton, although It hna buon Called IT,
the attention Of members Of the dele.
legation, not all, that he was asking
money Tor positions.
Twentieth. That the appointment
Of the pr eeent men bcrs Of the county
board VAS held up until after the
Morris election was over. The com
mission had been issued long before
the election.
Twenty first. That liquor agents
have been coming to the dispensaries
to urge tho pushing Of their goods.
Twenty. second. That goods that
were not ordered, other than introduc
tory, were shipped to tho lispsn-
saries.
Twenty-third. That the tic W of
the decision of the state supreme
court as to tho force and Effect of the
concurrent resolution, under which
the committee is working is most ON.
berrassing hnr'fp. Witnesses, get.
ting 10 believe that the committee
had no legal rights, are disposed to
refuse to answer questions, and the
whole situation is ciouded and in
doubt because of the unsettled coudl
ton as to the status of tho law.
Twenty fourth. That three Of the
most important witnesses could not
be found III the city today W rrants
have been placed in the hands of tho
sheriff for these recalcitrant witnesses
and they are expected to morrow
Should they not appear, statements
are on hand from them, but their
evidence is desired.
MIR. Cole Bleaso grew quite mad to.
dny about what he Thought were re.
Elections on him and made personal
I statement, and insisted that Mossrs
Christensen and Lyon were bis pnlit
ical enemies and were fighting him
politically, and insisted that any one
who suggested that he had not done
his full duty was beautiful liar.
Twenty,six. That tho committee
is getting pretty nearly an itemized
list of contributions to the fund for
the Spartanburg Journal. 1t was
shown that the local dispensers each
contributed $25, and that tho clerks
gave SIS. Mr.. Huseman beer dis.
penser, is said to have gone to Colum.
bia to secure aid to this newspaper
fund The evidence indicated that
$400 was to have been raised for this
and about $500 had been
raised. One of the chief dispensers
lere insists that ne made con tract
20 uso the space as regular advertis.
ng spnce, and that he had articles
written for publication in this space.
The arrangement was for II column
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