Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-15
GLASS coMPANYS GRAFT.
One of the corporators Put the Others
to Explaining.

One of the corporators Put the Others
to Explaining.
Either Brevard D. Miller, q former
Columbian, is very badly mistaken or
others are. Mr.. Miller says it was his
understanding as a corporation that
the Carolina Glass company was to
give a bunch of it's stock to members
of the board of control. Mr.. Miller
says he withdrew from the committee
and therefore whether the stock was
given or not he does not know. He
had knowledge on this score. and when
Mr.. Lyon heard of Mr.. Miller's connec-
ton with the Carolina Glass company
he went to Alabama and got this atf1-
davit:
Personally appeared Brevard D.
Miller, who being duly sworn, deposeth
and sayeth that up to some time In
1902, he was for some time previous
living in the city of Columbia, so, be-
ing at that time connected with Gran
by cotton mills, of that city during the
time of his residence there, and devel-
oped the idea and was one of the pro-
moters in the organization of the Caro-
lima Glass company, being associated
in the organization of this glass COM
pany with John J. Seibels, Thomas
Taylor, Jr., w. G. Childs and e. u.
Seibels. The incorporators Of the Car
olina Glass company, realizing that the
business of the state dispensary would
be an advantage, and insure the sue
cess of the company, approached II. HI
Evans and l.. ]. Williams, then direct
ors of the state dispensary. with the
offer to sell them a certain amount or
stock of the Carolina Glass company,
to be paid for in money at the same
price as the stock was sold to other
parties. 1t was understood at this stage
of the transaction that the Carolina
Glass company was to meet competl-
ton prices. Later it was decided by
the controlling interests OF the Carolina
Glass company to give the said h. n.
Evans and l.. j. Williams a block OF
this stock in return for which the Car
olina Glass company was to be given
all or a part of the state dispensary
glass business. About this time, DUR
ing a conversation between j. j. Sell
bells and H. H. Evans, in my presence,
John Seibels stated that the Carolina
Glass company not being very strong
financially would not be able to stand
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by its competitors, If it should be
made, to which statement II. II. Evans
replied. oh. hell! we are put here to
Judge the glass!' When the policy OF
giving the stock to the directors OF
the state dispensary was decided on L
was not i'm accord with 1t, and object
ed to it. Realizing that l was In the
minority and not at all in accord with
the policy of the incorporators. ana
that l could not prevent this GIFT OF
stock, or such actions as would natur-
ally follow, / withdrew from the COM
pany and my interests were taken by
other parties. 1t was my understand
ing at the time l withdrew that this
gift of stock was to be made to w. G.
Childs as trustee for II. II. Evans ana
L. ]. Williams. 1t was my understand
ing up to the time of my decision TO
withdraw from the Carolina Glass
company that the Carolina Glass COM
pany was to meet competitive prices
and that the directors of the state dis
penSary were to be stockholders on
the same basis as the incorporators,
whereas. this gift of stock to which l
objected would give the inference that
the Carolina Glass company would be
favored by the directors of the state
dispenSary. At a meeting of the incor-
pOratorS of the Carolina Glass COM
pany. at which this gift of stock was
discussed and from which | withdrew,
after resigning my interests, | was re-
quired by John ]. Seibels, to say
nothing of my knowledge of the trans
actions of the Carolina Glass compa-
ny. This / refused to do. 1t has been
several years since the transactions re-
lated above occurred, but the same
is substantially as related above.
BREvARD d. MILLER
This affidavit was rather unexpected
and may open up a new field of in
uuiry as to stock-Columbia special of
"Wednesday to the Greenville News.