The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-02-28
HOT SENATOR
Charges Extravaganza on Part
of Dispense y Commission.
What He Said, What He Rcitcrates
and irresponsible for What L Say,
Hero and Elsewhere"

There was another personal priv
ilege statement in the State sem
ate Tuesday, ancnt the dispcl.sary
winding up commission and Alto :ney
w. f.. Stevenson, over the irrepr,ssi-
bic Clark purchase. Senator john
o vas the speaker, he said:
MI. President: In my remarks on
Thursday last on bill No. GO, Mr..
Christcnsen's bill. to appropriate the
sum CT $4,000 to enable Mr.. Lyon
to s>cnre counsel to prosecute alleg:
cd graftcrs, l stated In opposition Of
the bill that the Investigating com
mittce had already spent 100000 OF
the peoples money without any re-
suits. That the winding-up commits
sion had spent $4,000 during the
year of their existence, and If state
mcnts and charges In the public
prints were true and to be relied
upon, in refusing to accept an offer
that was said to have been made by
IL firm or corporation outside Of the
state, to take over the entire stock
of liquors, wines, etc, including dead
stock. odds and ends, at their origi-
nal invoice price, and having subsc-
~quently sold the stock at a discount
of 20 per cent. on the dollar, which
resulted in another loss OF $500, 900,
to the people OF South Carolina, ]
did not say how or for what pur-
pose the 100000 was spent, but, |
simply said that it had been spent
by the commission, and any state
mont TN fhn cnnir.,y g., cnl,a I),l
1t now develops. and Is shown by
their own record that ~$59,3S9.56 was
spent by them, instead or $4,000 as
stated In my argument, and .hc $15,-
900, given them by order OF Judge
Pritchard, and the 100000 spent by
the investigating committee, togeth-
er with the $4,000, carried by the
Christensen bill, will mako an ag-
gregate Of the enormous sum of
$4,000 in round numbers OF the
diSpenSary fund hat has bcon got
ten away with in one way or another.
which is over one cigth OF the total
amount Of the entire assets OF the dis
pcnsary,
Nov comes one, w. j.. Steven
son, who is said to be the attorney
Tor the commission, and who claims
that no such offer was ever made OK
ccpt In a j%ocular way, by a Mr.. Bull,
of Peoria, III.
This alleged offer and loss caused
thereby will however, be investigat-
ed, but Mr.. Stevenson says, If such
an offer had been made it could not
have been accepted under the act.
This Is a most remarkable proposi-
ton to come from a MAI who claims
to BE a lawyer, but not altogether
surprising to others I'm view OF the
fact that If an offer had been made.
and accepted, It would have beer fol-
flowed by the loss OF some fat legal
fccs. | do not believe, however, there
Is n real lawyer In South Carolina.
who would read the act creating tile
commission and place any such con
Struction upon II.
Now | have presented the facts
and figures relative to the matter,
Just as they appear, and have repro
duced my remarks upon the subject
Just as they were made, and any
charge or intimation Of unfairncsS on
my part is false and without founda-
ton no matter by whom made.
Will further state that | am rcspon-
siblc for what | say, here or else
where"