The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-28
FIRMS MINED
That Are Under Suspicion OF lm'
proper Dealing.
WITH ~DISPFNSARY.

Christensen and Lyon Naming
Firms With Which The Direc.
tors Are Advised Not to
Do Business.
Senator Christensen and Represent
alive Lyon of the dispensary investi
eating committee Wednesday recon-
manded that the State board OF dis
pensary directors discontinue doing
business with q number Of firms that
have been previously selling supplies
to the dispensary. The recommends
ton was made as q result OF q para
graph appearing in The State Wed
nesday morning, as follows:
FThe new board received q letter
from Chairman Hay OF the dispensary
investigating committee as follows:
THE committee Is not now IN pos
session Of evidence casting suspicion
on aoy whikey dealer. The poaitioi
and caution of the board is to be con-
graduated
This is an answer t; q resolution
adopted. at the hist meetipg OF INT
board, as follows.
:" 'EsYipg no knowledge Of the evil
denea the legislative commit Q has IN
its possession, we he eby inst CT the
eleIktoask the committee Though Its
chairman, Hon. J. z. Hay, whether
or not there ia any evidence In their
possession casting suspicion on any
whiskey dealers or any other person or
persons dealing with tie State dispen
sary Of any unfair desliops with the
the State If 80, to honor w. 18th the
names of such person or Parsons 80
that We can hold up their bids until
they have made q satisfactory showing
20 the said committee
Msssrs. Christensen and Lyon felt
that this might &c misunderstood and,
knowing that Chairman Hay was not
familiar with all the facts In their pos.
session, thought that It would be well
to let the board know that they con
sidered several firms had not dealt
properly with the dispensary. Among
the firms mentioned in the letter to
the board are the Rtchland Distillisg
company and the Carolina Glass com.
pany, both Of this city, and J. 3. Far
mum of Charleston.
Wednesday morning tho sub.con1-
mittea. held g. %conferelce with tho
board In regard to the resolution and
as . result the following additional
resolution was adopted and the letter
below sent to tho committee:
I'm view Of the fact that since the
board addressed q letter to Senator
bay asking him to give. the names
Of any liquor houses Of other concerns
who were under suspicion Of the dis.
pensary In estigattng committee ana
having received his reply in the mega
tive and 1t having happened that Sen.
ssor Christensen and Representative
Lyon have just returned from the
North after examining certain credi-
tors Of the dispensary and being in.
formed that Senator Onristetsen and
Representative Lyon have not had
time to consult with Senator Hay since
their return. .
BE, 1t resolved, That tho clerk
address q letter to Senator Chris
tenssn and Representative Lyon ask
ing them to give the names OF any
concerns, persons OF corporations d.
ing business with the dispensary which
they suspect Of irres ular or im proper
dealing with the dispeBsaJy and which
have not been reported to the chair
man,"
The letter to Messrs. Lyon ane
Christensen Is "a follows:
Hon. N. Christensen, Jr., and ]. Era
ser Lyon, City.
Gentlemen: Upon resolution OF TIT
State board of directors ! am instruct
ed to ask you to give the names OF an!
concerns, persons or corporations d.
ing business with the dispensary which
you suspect of irregular or imprope
dealings with the dtspensAry ant
which have not been reported to tn
chairman Of your committee.
lam very respectfully,
M. b. Mobley, Clerk.
As soon as this letter was receives
Messrs. Christensen and Lyon sSn'
the following reply.
Messrs. Rawlinson, Wy1eand BlaeR
Board OF Directors 8. @. Dispen
sarg, Columbia, 8. G. .,
Gentlemen: Responding to your lot
ter of even date will say that, Will
We have not evidence In the case G
each of the concerns mentioned belo'
that would establish the fact tina
they have been dealing improperly Q
in an irregular manner with the .dii
pensary, stall we will say that we SUI
pect that the firms hereinafter mel
toned may at some future hssrin
be- shown to have been guilty Of som
irregular dealings Herewith. Victim
that the evidence brought out at;
recent public session OF our committee
shows conclusigsly that the Caronn
Glass company and the Q. L. Ftaccu
Glass company have been guilty {
grave Irregularities In their transae
tions with the dfspensary. =,
In addition to the glass companie
above mentioned and the NoVlsor