The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-03-19
rs AIRY B oARD BUSY
ing With the Matter Of
Iarke Bros. Of Peoria,
Purchase the Whole
ply Of Whiskey at
Ie State / Dispen- !.
sary.

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md Courier. @
& mbia, March l4.-The dispen-
mmission is still wrestling with
Ter Of claims against the state
ary, and it will probably be
days before the commission
any conclusion as to these
eEs. The commissions attorney,
T.. Stevenson, has been de.
Ms8 at his home in Cheraw by the
NAl illness Of his wife, and for
: 1eason the commission has been
, hNRhat delayed. Attorney Gener-
yon went to Cheraw tonight to
Ssult with Mr.. Stevenson about
= tain matters before The commits
pnsiderable surprise has been
sEFyn that the commission seemed to
VkBs consideration to the offer Of one
the whiskey houses to buy the
hole stock Of whiskey at the state
Apensary. 1t was thought to be
lain that the offer would be just the
ing to suit the whiskey houses, es-
A8cially those whose dealings with the
$$4spensary are under question:. If
.(@hole stock could be purchased
3 ofie concern the entire transactions
sk the dispensary in the past would be
RRnceforth a closed matter, and pro-
s9bly all the whislSey houses which
lave done business with the institu-
HniE would rejoice.
The house which made the PROPOSE
ssan, Clark Bros, of Peoria, ILL.,, is
house which made the celebrated
2Ale Of Mr.. Black, on the strength of
fhich the General Assembly demand
E of the Governor the removal Of
hea entire dispensaiy board. This IL
nor, or large portion of it, has been
Esld up since the first of January,
I'D the Clark concern, therefore, has
against the state for 4 con-
Herable sum of which of course,
would be settled if the proposition to
1uN the whole stock were put there.
sas is understood that the Clark con-
sefn another proposition, which is to
selI to the commission the whiskey
which was rejected just before the
state dispensary was shut down. This
sYfisslSey was said to have been pur-
ahased by the board Of directors con-
ary to law and was held up by the
directors themselves, and then by the
committee. But it is now
Mgued that the dispensaries recently
are in need Of this class of
eaods, and that there is no way to
supply the need unless the commits
si0il takes over this stuff and resells
ItSto the county dispensaries.
0n the other hand, it is argued that
The commission has no concern with
tlie needs Of the county dispensarics,
aild 1T is none of the commission 5
hAsiness whether the county dispen-
|.Aries are stocked up or not. The
eommission is instructed to wind up
che affairs Of the state dispensary,
&tidsgit was not the intention of the
legislature to have this commission
make any further purchases of any
Sort whatever. The commission
Qonbtless understands this matter and
Will reject any and all such PROPOSE
lions coming from the shrewd repres-
initiatives of the whiskey houses, as
it is easy to see that if charges Of
ssraft arose from the original pur-
ehase on these grounds, the same or
slmilar intimations would be made
against this commission in any deal
IIgs with the same houses on similar
EAsms for the same goods.
THE whiskeN houses, however, are
veil represented in Columbia just
anw. Not only their smartest men
com the home concerns, but local at
f9rneys have been employed to pres
cut their cases to the commission, but
the business men who compose that
ebmnlission are not to be diverted
from the main issue, which is to
SIpse out the state dispensary and re-
lent any claims that are found to be
sed on fraudulent transactions.
What Rules the World.
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