The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-25
THOSE DISPENSARy CLAIMS.
EXON SPOKE WITHOUT KNoWL-
EDGE OF THE FACTS.
10 Favoritism Whatever VIII Be
shown. Says Director Wylie-State-
ment of Payments Published is BY
No Means Conplete-Others Have
Been Made.


Columbia, July 1S.-Mr. JOS. B.
Wylie, a member OF the state board
OF aispensary directors. was in the
city this morning and was asked if he
wished TO make any reply to Mr.. j.
fraser Lyons attack upon the board
Cor It's method Of payment Of the ac-
counts Of the State dispensary which
had been suspended by the investl-
eating committee and payment of
which had recently been permitted by
chat body.
Mr. Wylie did not seem disposed to
attach much importance to Mr.. Lyons
criticism, which he seemed to regard
as purely political. Mr. Lyon seems
a:.xious about the non-payment Of
same accounts which will never be
paid, as the parties to whom those ac-
counts appear to be due will be COM
oelled to. take back their whiskies,
which have proven unstable, and this
viii discharge the accounts without
any cash payn ent Mr.. Wylie seemed
to want to know if it was Mr.. Lyons,
desire TO force the dispensary to ac-
cept and pay for such whiskey.
Among other things. Mr.. Wylie
said: zone trouble is that Mr.. Lyon
and papers which make the same crit
scism are talking without knowing
what they are talking about. No state
snent as. to these payments has been
given out by the state board, its clerk
oc the commissioner. They have TAX
ea the position that they do not care
TO make a. statement each time par
Ual payment was made, as this might
create wrong impressions. 1t is ex-
pected to dispose of all these claims
within the next thirty days, when a,
Complete, official and authoritative
statement will be given out at the
dispensary Of what claims have been
paid and which have been settled by
the whiskey being taken back by the
houses. Wherever the papers got the
statement they published and on
which Mr.. Lyons criticism was based
it is not complete. For instance, Mr..
lyon makes criticism that go pay
ment has been made to Grabfelder or
Catherwood, when as matter Of fact
Grabfelder has been paid $4,000 and
has been paid s2.5Io.
Other payments have been made
w:lich are not shown in the list pno-
zisaeG. It Is possible this list was COM
e.se6 at the state treasurer's Office. A
s.ur1oer OF dispensary warrants have
bee issped "a payment of portions Of
the accounts which were suspended
that have not Yet been resented at
the state treasurer's Office for pay
snent, SO no account o them could be
obtained there.
The board will pay no favorites,
but will do the right and square thing
by every firm which the dispensary IS
due money. AS stated above some of
shess accounts will be settled by re-
turn of wtiskey, which has proven I'M
saIable and the balance will be set
tIed as RAPIDLY as the accounts are
passed upon. In some cases, the
whiskies represented by those ac-
counts is still in stock in either state
or county dispensaries The board is
handing this matter as rapidly as it
can and so as to de justice to al OF
the claimants
aIr. Lyon having laid stress on the
payment to the Richland Distilling
Company, Mr. Wylie explained how
proper that payment was. Most Of
ehe whiskey bought from the ncern
IS the cheaper grades, where ue mar
gin of profit is very small. On every
gallon of whiskey furnished the State
the distillery has first to
pay the United States government the
SNterQal revenue tax Of $110 gal
soa. All the whiskey this concern had
sold the dispensary and payment for
which had been held up by the in
Sestigating committee had been sold
and the State dispensary had gotten
che money for it, yet the distillery had
not gotten cent. 1t had paid nearly
a. hundred thousand dollars Of internal
taxes on this whiskey which the dis
aeusary had sold and had received
for. The distillery was be-
srg kept out of this money by or
Gers of the investigating committee
and was losing several thousand dol
Ears year interest upon the large
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