The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
FIRMS NAMED
That Are Under Suspicion of I'm.
proper Dealing.
WITH nI>PkNSARY.

ElrmS Win WHICH tES U!ESS'
tors Are Advised Not to
Do Business.
Senator Christensen and Represent
ative Lyon CT the dispensary inVesti
gating committee Wednesday recon-
men6ed that the State toa1d OF dis
pensary directors discontinue doirg
business with number Of firms that
have been previously selling supplies
to the dispensary. The reccmmenda-
tion was made as 8 result Of 8 para.
graph appearing in The State Wea-
nesday morning, as follows:
THE new board received q Letter
from Chairman Hay OF the dispersal:
investigating committee as follows:
8 The committee is not now in pos
session CT evl6' ce casting suspicion
on any = II key "aler. The position
and c 4t;, Of Lae bosrd is to be con-
gratuiatsu.
This is an answs. to resolution
adopted at the frs5 meeting OF the
board, IS follows.
- Having no knowledge OF the evil
dencs the legislative com nnsttee mas N
its possession, we he eby instruct the
clerk to ask the committee through its
chairman, Hoc j. T. Hay, whether
OF not there Is sGy evidences IN their
possession castlLs Suspicion on any
whiskey dealers CT any other person OF
persons dealing with the State dispen
sary Of any unfair dealings with the
the State II SO, 10 tonor Us with the
names Of sucn person or persons SO
that We can hold up their bids until
they have nade satisfactory showing
TO the said committee.
Messrs. Christensen and Lyon felt
that this might oe misunderstood and,
knowing that Chairman hay was not
familiar with all the facts in their pos
session, thought thst it would De well
to let the board know that they con
sidereI several firms had not ceait
properly with the dispensary. Among
the firms mentioned in the letter to
the board are the Richland DisIiiling
con- pany and the Csrolina Glass com.
psny, both OF this city, and J. S. Far
mum OF Charleston.
Wednesday morning the sat-oon-
mittee held q conferei.ce with the
bard in regard TO the resolution AID
as q result the following addltiona:
resolution was adopted and the Latter
below seLt to The committee:
In view " the fact that since TIT
board addressed q letter to Senator
Hay asking him TO give the names
Of any liquor houses Of other concerns
who were under suspicion OF the dis
renssry in estigat1ng committee ano
having received his reply in the mega
tive anG 1t having happened that Sen
aror Christensen and representative
Lyon have just returned from the
North after examining csrtsin creoi-
tors OF the 6ispensary and being in
formed that Senator Cnristetsen ana
Representative Lyon have not ha7
time to consult with Senator Hay since
their return.
"Bs it resolved: That the clerk
address q letter to S. Eator Cfrls
tensen and Representative =. en- ASK
ing them to give the names OF any
concerns, persons or corporations &C.
ing business with the dispensary which
they suspect Of irres u!ar or improper
dealing with the disfenssry and which
have not been reported to the chalI-
man,
The letter to Msssrs. Lyon and
Christensen Is as follows:
Hcn. n. Christensen, Jr., and J. Fra
zer Lyon, City.
Gentlemen: Upon resolution OF the
State beard Of directors I an instruct
ed to ask you to give the names OF any
concerns, persons or corporations DC
trg business with the dispensary which
yCu suspect ct irregular CT improper
dealings with the dispensary and
which have not been reported to the
chairman Of your commlttee.
an very respectfully,
N. q. Mooley, Clerk.
AS soon as this letter was receiVee
Msssrs. Christensen and Lyon sent
the following reply.
Messrs. Rawlinson, v ylie and BLACK
Board OF Directors, S. c. Dnpen
sary, Columbia, S. G.
Gentlemen: Responding to your let
ter ct even date will say that, while
We have not evidence in the case o:
each Of the concerns mentioned beloR
that would establish the fact thai
they lave been dealing Improperly O.
in sn irregular manner with the dis
pensary, still we will say that we sus
pscs that the firms hereinafter men
toned may at some future hearing
be shown tc have been guilty CT SOM
irregular dealings Herewith. We thinl
that the evidence brought out at
recent public session Of cur conmitte'
shows conclusively thst the Carolini
Glass company and the c. L. F:accl
Glass company have been guilty 0
grave irregularities in their transac
tiors with the dispensary.
In addition to the glass coDpanie
aboys mentioned and the Novison
Weiskopf company, the irregularitie
OF woich were called to your attentio
N Chairman Hays communication
we think you would, under the tenn
Of your resolution, be justified II di'
continuing business for the presen
with the following houses or t'ns:
Messrs. 81. and 81. W. CatherWoor
Philadelphls.
Jsck Cranston company, Augusta.
Fieischmar s. Co., Cincinnatt!.
Gallagher s. Burton, Philadelphia
Garrett & Co., Norfolk.
Hirsn s Schofeid, New York.
w. Kelley & Co., Chattanooga.
Wm. Lanahan & Son, Baltimore.
Meyer, Pitts s. Co., Baluinore.
Rosskan, Gers5ley s. Co., Phiiaoe
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