The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-15
A-Yes, sir; I know him person

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Al do not think he represented
them while 1 was. I think they en-
ployed him when I resigned.
Q-When did you sever your con-
nection with them9
A-On the first Of February. last
year.
Q-19057
Ayes, sir.
Q-Mr. Cantey, what compensa
ton did Fleischmann & Co., pay YOU
for your services9
A-$300 a month. ...
Q-Did they pay you anything else
besides that7
A-No, sir. ...r
Q-Any expense accountq
A-No, sir.
Q-They gave you no other money
at all?
A-No, sir; none whatever.
Q-The 5000 per month covered
everything you got2
A-Everything; that was our
agreement; he was to pay me that.
ment; he was to pay me that.
Q-What was the brand Of liquor
that it was your special business to
furnishq
A-Congress Hall and FIorer's
Rye.
Q-Those are the brands that are
in the dispensary, and were in the dis
pensary at that time2
A-Were in the dispensary when
he employed me.
Q-Are you connected by blood or
marriage, or were you, with any
member of the board at that time2
Ayes, sir; I am brother-in-law
Of Mr.. Boykin.
Q-Mr. Cantey, how did you hap
pen to make this arrangement with
Fleischmann & Co., or with Mr.. Ear
lyq
Ale sent for me. I went up to
the hotel. He asked me if I could
represent him in that capacity. l
told him I could represent him as
advertising agent, but I could not
represent him il / had to sell the
goods. thought my connection with
one of the members Of the board
would not make. it look exactly right,
and I did not care to sell whiskey in
any shape to anybody.
Q-Have you any idea how Mr..
EARLY learned who you were and your
relation to this member of the board 2
A-No, sir, I do not.
Q-Was he aware : Of that fact
when he called on you9
Al suppose he was, but he did
not mention it or say anything about
it.
Mr.. Charles Cohen, beer dispen-
ser at Beaufort, since July 1900, was
sworn. When he first went in he
bought his beer through the board,
and it was shipped to him from Saw
annah. This was bulk beer. The
board made a distinction between
draught and export beer. After
March, 1902, they allowed him to
handle export beer. After August,
1903, he had to order direct from
Columbia. There was this difference
in prices. He paid $40 50 for No. 3
Budweiser in Savannah, but when it
came through the state dispensary he
paid $12 OF. For No. 2 beer he paid
Sc so in Savannah and afterward 81
to the State dispensary.
Mr.. Lyon put in evidence invoices
proving this.
Mr.. Lyon put in evidence letter
from this firm, dated May, 26, 1904,
to. G.. H. Charles, clerk of, the state
board, quoting the board beer at, ST.
so =. ., ,.-
Mr.. Lyon also put in evidence
resolution Of the State board permit
ting beer dispensers at Beaufort and
Darlington to handle export beer.
Afterwards the board had decided to
let him order from Savannah. He
had been buying from Guckenheimer
& Sons, Of Savannah. =
Mr.. Lyon put in evidence letter
from the State board refusing Mr..
Cohen's request. (Mr. Lyon then
brought it out that the Germania
Brewing Company had been permit
ted to sell beer direct to dispensers,
while other brewcries had to ship via
Columbia.) Witness does not know
who is the agent of the Anheuser-