Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-06
Tuesday, February 6, 1905

ord. The bill as it passed the house
provides that counties which still re-
tain dispensaries may vote on the
proposition Of conducting them under
county auspices or having prohibition
This applies to all the dispensary
counties except Charleston and Rich
land. Charleston and Richland will be
allowed to vote on three options-pro- D
hibition, county dispensary or high IL
cense. Counties that have already
voted out dispensaries under the Brice
law will not be called upon to vote
again except upon petition OF a ma
jority of the electors. The bill pro-
vides for the closing Of dispensaries If
after a trial, 1t has been found that
they are unsatisfactory.
The dispensary investigating COM
mittee developed some remarkably in
teresting information last Saturday
about the famous label deal Of Messrs.
Boykin and Towill. 1t will be remem-
bered that during last spring 1t devel-
oped that Messrs. Boykin and Towtll
had gone to Cincinnati and purchased
21,OO0,O 900 labels for $36,677. OF course
everybody knew that that was too
many labels-more than the state
would likely use for several years;
and everybody felt that there was
ter; but nobody had the facts. The
dispensary committee got on the trail
of the matter quite warmly some time
back, and among the witnesses put up
last Friday were Messrs. A. E. Con-
zales of the. Columbia State, and Mr..
w. II. CoggswSell, Of the Walker, Evans
& Coggswen company. The commit
tee had given each Of these gentlemen
samples of the labels bought in Gin
cinnati and asked them to submit
bids on which they would be able to
give bond and duplicate the Cincinnati
order. 1t developed that neither print
ing establishment was prepared to fur
nish labels Of the quality desired, or
In the desired quantity; but each
got into communication with large
concerns that make specially or Ia
bells. Mr.. Coggswell with the Brandon
Printing company of Nashville, and
Mr.. Gonzales with the American Color
Printing company Of Baltimore. Mr..
Coggswell offered to furnish the labels
for $9,1S5, and Mr.. Gonzales offered to
furnish them for $500. Mr. Coggs-
well said he had added $4,000 to the
price of the Nashville people for his
own profit and Mr.. Gonzales said he
was to get 10 per cent off the quota
ton made by the Maryland company,
Both men testified that so far as they
were concerned the entire transaction
was In good faith; that neither had
been advised that the whole thing was
merely a matter Of getting information
and that the houses with which they
eorresponded were both very anxious
to get the order. The Nashville con-
Germ sent a man to Charleston to see
Mr., Coggswell, and to help him with
such political influence an might be
necessary to land the job. The Balti-
more concern did practically the same
thing In the case of Mr.. Gonzales. But
still more to the point probably was
the evidence Of Mr.. Siebels OF the
glass works. Mr.. Boykin had asked
him to submit bids before the purchase
was made Mr.. Siebels made bids
ranging from so cents per thousand for
plain labels to 81 per thousand for
embossed labels. For these same la
bells Boykin and Towill afterward
paid from $3.50 to $3.50 per thousand.
The amount paid the Cincinnati con-
Germ in excess OF the amount for which
the labels could have been purchased
(if 1t was really paid the Cincinnati
concern) was $4,000, 1t developed
that the Cincinnati order was approved
by Boykin and Towill only. 1t does
not appear that Evans was mixed UP
in the deal,