The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-21

Carolina diSr"nsary prices Gov IT,,
goods sold 10 said diSpcnsary which
were largely in excess Of the market
value thereof, which overcharycs,
agreement between said conspirators.
made and used for the purpose of
corrupting and bribing tho officials
and agents of the said State Of South
Carolina to the end that the board
Of directors Of the South Carolina
dispeasary might be induced to pu:-
chase the goods Of said claimants in
preference to the goods Of other deal
crs in like goods Of equal or better
quality at cheaper prices, and by rca-
son thereof said board Of directors
were induced to buy the goods of
said claimants at said excess prices,
and The difference between the fair
market value Of the goods SO sold by
t".ran!s to said South Carolina dis
prh:Hry AND the prices at which said
go@,l$ %'rr SO purchased from said
claimants by said board Of directors
was Iraudul"ntly and unlawfulv en-
pl"Ncd by said claimants in bribing
aml corrurt!n" the officials and
agents of SAID State as aforesaid. so
THAT the said State Of South Carolina
and its diSpcnSary WAS cheated out
Of the sum Of $4,000.
). The commission further finds
that said claimants did no, comply
with the law of the State Of South
Carolina relative to sales to and
purchases by the state board OF di-
rcctorS of the South Carolina dis
pcnsary in that:
(O They failed to comply with tire
provisions Of said law requiring thai
only one bid shaE be made by any
one for the said Ullman e. Co. and
Anchor Distillin% Company. being in
fact one. AID the same firm, did
fraudulently and deceitfully pretend
that they were separate firms, and
did frequently make two or more
bids at fac same time to the trCasur-
or of the State Of South Carolina for
consideration by The state board Of
directors Of the South Carolina dis
pcnSarN.
(b) They failed 10 accompany
their bids or amy Of them with che
mical anal lysis Of the liquor offered
for sale.
(c) They failed to furnish amy
bnnd or bonds 10 insure the compli-
ancc by them with the terms of the
contracts Of purchase and sale be-
tween them and said State dispcn-
Sary
CD That they violated said law in
that they constantly had agents, rep
resentatives and solicitors in the
State for the purpose Of soliciting the
purchase Of their goods by said
South Carolina dispcnsary, and did,
through their said agents and rep
rcsentatives, solicit u>fncss, from
said board of directors.
Whrrcupun. it. is ordered and adj
judged that the said Ullman & Co.
and Anchor Distilling Company is
indebted TO the State Of South Car
nlina and lis dispeHsary in inc prin-
cipal sum Of $4,000 and interest
thereon February Is. 1907, the date
Of the abolition Of the South Caro-
lima State dispenSary by the legiSla-
turc of the State in the sum Of $5,-
3l7.50. Tlrat this sum he credited of
date February 16, 1907, with the ag-
gregate amounts standing open on the
books of said dispcnsary in favor of
said claimants. to wit: The sum Of
$36 6,926.7S. and that after making the
credit aforesaid the balance due by
said claimants on said date, to wit,
February 16, 1907, is the sum Of $751;
390.72.
w. J. Murray.
Avery Patton.
John McSween.
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