The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-22
PROBING DEEP.
Commission Trying to Corner Ger
tain DIspsnsaTy GTaf$srs.
The PROOF OF GUILT

aasS B kaGgG SG GgaEa
Is Getting Stronger in the Case OF
Certain People Involved in the Dis
pensary ScandaIs-Morton 4. Good
man, Liquor Drummer, Was on
the Witness Stand. Some Tell Tale
Letters Read.
The old dispensary scandals are be-
ing ventilated again by the commits
sion appointed to wind the institu-
ton up. Morton A. Goodman, once
a liquor salesman drawing nominally
$, 5000 a year with an unlimited ex-
pense account was placed in arrest
Thursday at the instigation of At
torney General Lyon and the special
attorneys representing the commits
sion for the winding up of the af-
fairs Of the State dispensary. The
charge is conspiracy to defraud the
State. He subsequently offered q
cash bond of $4,000. The commits
sion examined only one witness Thurs
day. He came voluntarily to estab-
l;sh his claim but left a prisoner.
GooDMAN's TESTIMONY.
After being sworn, Goodman said
he had been representative Of Ull-
man & Co. He declared that his &C.
count against the dispensary is just
and is still due and no amount Of it
! 1ad beed paid. He said that J. A.
Braun, who was present, is a book
keeper for Ullman & Co., and had
brought the sales books for exami,
nation. GoodDcoa was then examin-
ed by Mr.. relder special attorney
Of the commission and interesting
statements were brought out by his
replies.
| Witness said that he had covered
Ohio and a number Of other States
sor Ullman, including South Caro-.
lima. Had been with Ullman since
1904. Was formerly with the Com.
raonwealth Dist;lling company as
manager and president. Elected
president in 1902. It's Office was il
Louisville, KY. The capitol stock
vas s250,000 or 100000.
Mr.. Fielder insisted that Goodman
should say where he made sales fo,
the Commonwealth company outside
Of South Carolina: Witness said he
could not remember. except the Say
annah Grocery company, and did no.
remember why he sold that company
Did not sell it Henrietta rye. Coulc
not say if he sold any one else Hen
rietta. Did not remember if he sole
Henrietta outside Of South Carolina
He was asked if ne knew Mr.. B
Ehrlich. and he replied that EhrIicl
did business in Atlanta.
| In August. 1904, Goodman chang
led his base of operations from ths
Commonwealth company Of Louis
vile to the Ullnan company Of Gin
cinnati. He admitted that he hat
| been given his new position through
the agency Of Ben Ehrlich, with
whom he established q partnership
It was brought out that the Common
wealth company existed largely upo1
letter heads and that its sales were
made from a warehouse in Louis
vile, although it claimed to be i,
| the distilling business at Lexington
In the interim there was grea
trouble brought to the heart of Good
man. He wrote to his friend ant
partner, Goodman explaining tha
the Commonwealth people would no
release him from his contract Will
them and the awarding Of purchase
: at the South Carolina dispensar!
was to take place before he could ge
on his job with the Ullman house. HI
iwrote Ullman a letter urging tha
the dispensary board be prevailed
upon through John Black, not then
member Of the board, to postpone
the matter of purchases until Sep
|tember as the Ullman bids were
!"yery poor.
! The board for some reason or 9th
er did this very same thing. No pur
chases were made in August. In thu
meantime, the Ulman company pro
|posed q new bid. in which the price.
on certain goods were raised. From
the time that Goodman went with