The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-02-06
INVESTIGATION OF
DISPENSARY AFFAIRS
THE INVESTIGATION COMMIT
TEE IN SESSION.
Sessions Held Last Week and Will
Continue This Week-Interest-
ing Matters Brought Out.
Special to The Herald and News.

ing Matters Brought Out.
Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia, February 5.-The dis
pensary Investigation committee was
in session during three afternoons last
week. The first session after the COM
mittee received the additional powers
conferred upon it by the present legis-
lature, TO compel the attendance Of
witnesses and to punish for contempt,
was held on Wednesday afternoon,
and the sessions were continued
Thursday afternoon and Friday after
noon. No session was held on Satur-
day afternoon for the reason that
several of the members had gone
home to spend Sunday, the legisla-
ture having adjourned, and there was
not a quorum present. The next
meeting will be held tomorrow after
noon.
Newberry Witnesses Summoned.
Several gentlemen from Newberry
have been summoned to appear befol"
the committee at it's session tomorrow.
-Anasng these have been mentioned
Mr.. L. ". Floyd; DR.. James Mc1n-
tosh, president of the Savings bank:
Postmaster Charles J. Purcell; Presi-
dent John NJ. Kinard Of the Com
mercial bank; Auditor W ". Cromer
and Clerk Of Court John c. Goggans.
Meetings Last Week.
The sessions of the committee last
week were held in the supreme court
room. Each afternoon there were a
>nurnber Of people present who gave
close attention to the proceedings.
Hon. H. 3. Evans, chairman of the
state board of directors, was present
for a while during: each session, and
Hon. Jno. Bell Towill, a member of
the board, was present at the meeting
on Friday afternoon. |
Matter of Labels. ..
Probably the most interesting ses-
sion of the committee was that held
on Friday afternoo IN, when it was de-
veloped that the dispensary paid
$36,677 to CINCINNATI house for 21,-
ooo, 900 labels, ehish it was testified
could have been furnished for less
than $4,000. !
The labels }were bought, the invoice
showed, from the Nevison Weiskotf
company, Of Cincinnati, the bill being
approved BY Messrs. Boykin and
Towill, of the state board.
Nj. ". Il. Cogsvell, president and
general manager of the Walker, Evans
& Cogswell company. printers, llth-
osraphers and stationers, Of Charles
ton. testified that he had secured prl-
ces from the Brandon Printing compa-
nv. Of Nashville, OF these labels furn-
ished by the Cincinnati house, and
that the Brandon company had offered
70 furnish the labels, f. 0. b. Nashville
for s7,1S5. The samples on which
Mr.. Cogswell secured prices were CIV
en- to him by Senator Christensen, OF
the committee and Senator Chrlsten-
sen testified that he had secured them
from the state dispensary and he was
satisfied that they were the labels fur
nished by the Cincinnati house. Mr..
Cogswell's s offer to the committee was
r., furnish the labels for $9,185, add
ING $4,000 to the price of the Nash
Vile house.
Mr.. Ambrose E. Gonzales, president
of the State Printing company, had
secured bids on these same labels from
the Maryland Color Printing company
Of Baltimore, and this concern had Of
fered to furnish the 21,000,00O labels
for s7,70O. which price included 10
nor cent commission to the State COM
pany.
These prices submitted by Messrs.
Cogswell and Gonzales were secured
Dr. the committee after the investlga-
Aa was begua. and for the purposes
w., :.,4;nai;nm NejtANr the