The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-02-19

es That His House Paid Commis-
sions to Secure Business From It,
and to That Extent Helped to fake
it Corrupt and Disgusting Insti-
tuition.
Attorney General Lyon has been
given certain Information as to
whom the commissions were paid,
said Col Anthony J. Carroll of Louis
vile Tuesday afternoon at the con-
clusion Of his statement to the dis
pensary commission. The State says
he has showed the transactions
which appeared on the books and
stated to the commission that the
other information had been asked for
by the attorney general and had been
given ~ him in conference with
Col. Fielder.
''The attorney general has charge
of the graft part Of the matter and
We are probing in-o the manner OF
the transactions, remarked Capt. c.
K. Henderson pleasantly.
This evoked a spirited rejoinder
from Col Carroll, the handsome son
of the Blue Grass State who has been
speaker Of the house Of representa-
tiyes over there and also managing
editor of Col. Henry Watterson,s pa
per, the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Not graft if you please, sir. The
Paul Jones company which I repre-
sent will leave South Carolina with
a loss on every sale made here even
If you should decide to pay my claim
with all sorts Of reductions. We will
quit net loser, even then, and your
proposition is that you refund the
commissions that We had to pay to
get this business.
''I repel with as good grace as
possible the imputation that graft
is fit term to be applied to our
side Of the transactions with the
State dispensary. We have ade
nothing out of the business, and the
graft was on the part Of the people
in South Carolina with whom we had
to deal. We paid commissions but
no graft This graft in the dis
pensary was the inevitable result Of
a system which I asure you we did
not wish to create, nor did we seek
to foster or to build it up"
The commission then went into eI-
ecutive session. It was not made
public what was the nature Of the
information which Col. Carroll had
given 20 Attorney General Lyon, but
it must have been something worth
while, for Mr.. Lyon came into the
meeting as Col. Carroll was conclud-
ing and made a statement to the
commission in executive session.
This Information was IL part il
Col. Felder's possession whon Col.
Carroll appeared before the COM
mission recently, but Col. Se!der
could not communicate even to the
commission what he knew at that
time and Col. Carroll had to return
to Louisville and get released from
certain obligations so that the COM
mission could be put in possession OF
information which could not go upon
the record as it will be used in the
prosecutions.
When Col. Carroll was here some
time ago, Mr. Avery Patton objected
to paying the claim Of Paul Jones &
Co.. on the ground that the state
ments fled by Col. Carroll gave a
transcript of their books no further
back than 1908.
eve paid no commissions Tor
South Carolina business before the
year 1908" said Col. Carroll IN a
most matter Of fact manner, and the
commission smiled for the implication
was strong that after 1903 it had
cost the Paul Jones concern little
something to get orders from South
Carolina.
When in the course Of human
events it is found that the commls-
sion is to pay the Paul Jones cIalm'
the Louisville people will probably
bid a glad goodbye to this State. AS
a matter Of bookkeeping, it was put
on record yesterday that there were
400 cases on the books at the dis
Deosary which had been left OF the
books of the liquor house entirely
This was found by Col. Carroll,
Mr.. Malvern Hill and Mr.. J. G. l..
Thrope. When in checking ul the
invoices and bills Of lading to IND
a discrepancy which was evidenced ID
the totals, they observed that there
was shipment Of 800 cases on the
18th Of April, 1904, and a shipment
of 200 cases on the 11th Of Septem-
Der, same year, which had not been
recorded on the books at Louisville
as a part of the dispensary business
Mr.. Carroll made a brief supple
mental statement on Paul Jones &
Co. His figures and those Of the
State dispensary books tally to a
cent. There had been an apparent
discrepancy of 200 cases in Septem-
Der, 1904, but he explained this 10
the entire satisfaction Of the comnls-
sion. The two items had been put on
the cash books in Louisville, but not
carried over on the regular dlspen-
sary account as they had been remit
ted for promptly.
With the addition OF these 400
eases the net shipment of Paul
Jones to the South Carolina olspen-
sary was 2,737 cases. The gross sales
from 1902 to the close Of the dlspen-
sary were $3.50 cases, but the dis
pensary at it's close Of business re-
turned 3l5 cases. The amount OF
t:'n claim is s21, ,149, but Col. Car
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