The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-06-20
DlSPENsARY INVESTIGATION.
cANrEY,s SALARY WAS $500 PER
MONTH FOR ADVERTISING"

). NJ. Cantey Makes Statement to
Committee His Connection With
FIeischn1an & Co., Was During
Time T.. w. Boykin Was on the
Board.
Columbia, June 13.-At the dispen-
sary Investigating committees session
yesterday afternoon two witnesses
were put on the stand. These were
Mr.. ]. NJ Cantey, a brother-ia -law
OF Mr.. /. w. Bo.5l,ta, former mem
Der of the board and Mr. Chas. Co
hen beer dispeass1 g: Beaufort. Mr.
Cantey's name was brought into he
investigation a few days ago in the
evidence Of Mr.. = Parker. ies-
te-day Mr.. Cantsy admitted in very
frank manner ,hsa. he had represent
ed Fleischman &s Co., OF Cinc1nn II
the makers Of the Congress Hall liq-
nor which has been showed up on
former occasions during the investiga-
ton to be inferior in quality and in
other ways.
Mr.. cantey testified that his duties
were merely to see that advertising
matter was kept fresh on bill boards,
and for this he received a. salary Of
$500 month, at a rate higher than
fbe salary of the governor of the
State and nearly twice as large as the
average state officer.
Mr.. Cohen's testimony was pro-
duced to show that the dispensary,
while buying Anheuser Busch beer
from ]. S. Farnum, required Cohen
to order it from Columbia, although
it cost him s2.12 per cask more and
did not save the State anything. He
is not now required to order from the
State dispensary direct, but from the
agency at Savannah and he. saves the
additional cost.
AT the conclusion Of this testimony
Mr.. Lyon moved to adjourn, as ma
terial witness had not showed up and
there were some witnesses with whom
he wished to confer. Mr.. T. P. Goth
ran OF Greenville, Mr.. B. A. Morgan
AMI Mr.. L. J. Browning, all members
of the house Of representatives, had
been summoned here, but for what
purpose was not brought out yester-
day The subcommittee examined
these witnesses yesterday afternoon
The committee meets again at 10 a.
20. today and will hear statements
from members Of the former State
board if they care to go on the stand.
The work Of the investigating COM
uittee was delayed yesterday because
of the fact that there was no official
stenographer. Mr. Deal, who had been
the stenographer for several months,
had resigned, and as there are but
few more days Of the session 1t has
been impossible to find a free lance
stenographer who could undertake
the work. The court stenogrphers are
al busy. Yesterday afternoon Mr. W.
H. Macfeat fllea the breach.
Mr.. r. S. Welch of Bellinger &
Welch, asked to make statement to
the committee. He represented mem
bers Of the old board who had been
invited to be present at the meeting
and make statement if they wished
to co so. He wished to say that he
had not yet been able sto reach a final
conclusion with the members he rep
resented, but would let the COMMITTEE
know definitely in the morning wheth-
er his clients, former members Of the
board, would accept the invitation or
not or whether they would appear in
cour, at the proper time. He said
ehat he would reach conclusion just
IS soon as possible.
Chairman Hay said he wished it un-
derstood that the members Of the for
mer board had been invited to be
present and make such statement as
they cared to, but they would not be
required to appear in view of the re-
cent turn. It was entirely discretion
ary whether they appeared Or not.
The committee was unable to take
any testimony at the morning session,
although there were a number Of wit
nesses present ana the subcommittee
seemed cooked and prin1ed for work.
Columbia, June l3:-The members
Of the old board Of control will not ac-
cept the invitation of the investigating
committee ana appear. They prefer
to wait an inquiry by the courts, if one
is ever had. Messrs. John Bell Towill
and l. W. Boykin are represented by
Bellinger & Welch. This afternoon