Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-10
JUDGE PRITcHARo IN CHARGE.
Affairs of Dispsnsafy In Hands Of
Windins-Up Commission.
News and Courier

News ana COURIER.
Asheville, March 7.-Following the
appointment Of temporary receivers as
announced last night, Judge Pritcnard
today named as permanent receivers
of the fund Of $500, 900 in assets left by
| the late dispensary Of South Carolina,
Joseph A. Mccullough Of Greenville; G.
| K. Henderson of Aiken, and b. F. Ar
thur of Union. In the same order the
receivers were directed to take charge
Of all the personal property now IN
charge Of the commission appointed py
the state to wind up the dispensary al
fairs, including the money in banks,
and to give bond In the sum or $25,0Oo
each. The members of the commission
were directed to turn over such proper
ty to the receivers and all persons were
restrained from bringing any suits TO
enforce claims or in any way to inter-
| fere with the possession of the courts
IagentS.
Following this formal action came
the formal notice by D. w. Rountree OF
Atlanta, of counsel for the commission,
that it's members would refuse to de-
liver the property to the court and an
nouncing that 1t was desired to appear
the question of the courts jurisdiction
| to the supreme court or the Onltea
States as quickly as possible. He ex-
pressed his willingness that the court
should. on such failure to obey, attach
some offending members, expressing
his willingness to waive all preliminary
writs in order that a writ OF haDeas
corpus might issue from the highest
court. This offer did not, however, ap-
peal to counsel for creditors, and they
objected to skipping any Of the legal
stems and also claimed that as impris-
onment for contempt was crlmlnai
matter, counsel could not waive his
clients to Jail. Mr.. Rountree stated
that there would be refusal to obey
the courts order, with all personal res
pect to the judge. in order to raise the
issue Of Jurisdiction, whereupon Judge
Pritchard remarked that he would, If 1t
would convenience counsel, go to CO.
lumbia to hear the matter.
Prior to appointing the receivers the
court consolidated the Wilson company
case and the F'leischmann company
case, and later directed that each should
give 81 900 injunction bond, $500 OF TINS
having already been given by the VIII
son company. In case OF appear on
writ Of error by the commission an ap-
peal bond of $1,000 is to be furnished
by the defendants.
Messrs. Henderson and Arthur, two
of the commissioners who were named
as temporary receivers by the court
Friday evening, stated that they would
accent. while Messrs. w. j. Murray,
chairman, and Mr.. John McSween, de-
clined to accept, and no reply was had
from the fifth member, Mr.. Avery
Patton.
These statements indicate the status
of the dispensary case this evening,
and unless there is action on the part
of the state or commissioners it will be
unchanged until the 9Th of April when
the defendants will make answer and
the court will appoint the special mas
ters who will take evidence to support
the claim of the cOmplainants that
money is justly owing them, and that
there is a scheme to delay payment in
order that banks which hold the cash,
and in which some Of the commission
ers are interested, may profit by the
use of the money. and also the claim
that there are deep and dark schemes
involved. The masters will also hear
the counter charges of the commission
that complainants and others have
swindled the state out OF hundreds of
thousands of dollars by over-charges
and by conspiracies with members of
the old commission, and that on ac-
count Of such frauds the whisky men