The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-26
Mr., ], D, GILLAND
Makes REPLY
T0THE SIRICTUlES o. The LAKE CITY
CORRESPONDENT OF The FLOR
EECE TINES,

der date of the l4th inst, there ap.
pears in your paper an article f rom
>Yaar correspondent in Lake City in
regard to the dispensary trouble that
has recently arisen IN Williamsburg
county. In reply thereto I would
like to state, in my behalf and as
authentic information to the readers
of your daily, that the article as pub
aished is gross injustice to me,
since the same Is absolutely void of
Seracity and is a dirty, malicious
attempt, on the part Of some in
formant, to deceive the public IN
their first conception of the matter.
In the first paragraph of the ar
sicle, it is asserted, upon informa'
tisa obtained, "from the members
os the county board and of the coun-
ty delegation who are accessible to
the reporter of the Times, that the
stir in the county dispensary mat.
ters is likelv to be nothing more
than tempest IN teapot, and that
the board will come ou. all right -
Such a feeling should be Quite con-
soling to the resident member Of the
board at, Lake City and saso to the,
member Of the county delegation
Who also there resides, yet such ab.
sOluts confidence is not entertained
by the members Of the house, who
are part Of the delegation, and a
certain member of the county board;
for on the contrary they held an en-
tirely different opinion.
In regard to the letter to the
whiskey house in Atlanta claimed to
have been written by the clerk of
the board, the writer begs to inform
your Lake City correspondent that
hereafter be need not allege or claim
the writing of this letter by the
clerk, but that he may state the
same as positive fact, if be will
quote the exact wording of the same
which is as follows: "Bluthenthal &
Bickart, Atlanta, Ga, Gentlemen:
What inducements do you offer
for orders? J ID Gilland." This
letter was incorporated in the re-
port made to the .dispensarY auditor
by the clerk of the Williamsburg
county dispensary board under date
of February 21st. 1t will be diff
cult for some to understand the fore.
going correspondence unless the
conditions and circumstances at.
tendsnt were known, which could
be fully understood you will favor
me with publication of my letter
to the auditor, copy of which |
will gladly forward to you upon re.
quest and the assurance that you
will publish the same.
Yet perhaps those interested may
draw some conclusion when they are
hereby informed that all orders are
made by the board and that on the
18th of November last the Williams
burg county dispensary board, (W E
Snowdsn absent) made an award to
Bluenthal & Bickart for $50 drums
of whiskey, consisting of three
brands only. to be shipped to the
dispensary in Williamsburg county
within three months as by law con-
templated and required and that one
brand, "Old joe" was for 300
drums, at a loss to the county of
5000 and 19.l per cent proof as
compared with other bids on file at
the time, the above purchase was
made.
Your correspondent has errone-
ously stated that l went before the
delegation in Columbia to prefer
charges after being discharged. l
was discharged on March the first. l
went before the delegation, the sen.
ator absent without excuse, on Feb
ruary the 18th. l made my report
to the auditor on February the 21st,
which report is an authentic compi-
jation of statements and statistics,