Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-11
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- ANDERSON, june -. SduuSi DoooS'
a well known and prosperous farmer,
was killed by lightning late yesterday,
while ploughing in a field at his home
near Central, north Of Anderson. The
mule he was working was also struck
by the bolt and instantly killed. Mr.
Boggs was about 35 years old and is
survived by his wife and four children.
The funeral was held at Sharon church
this afternoon.
Greenyille, June 8: The stable OF
DIR. ]. B. Bruce, living at SANDY Fiat,
in the upper part Of Greenville county,
was struck by lightning this afternoon,
during an electric storm, ano was
burned to the ground. Five OF Bruce
horses were burned to death, and the
feed stuff in the barn destroyed; A
horse Of Charlie w. Mitchell Of O'Neal,
was, burned to death also in the barn.
Mitchell was going home from Green
VILE, when the storm met him near Dr.
Bruce's residence. He stopped ana
sheltered the animal, and when the
crash of lightning came and the build
ing was burned to ashes his horse was
burned to death.
Columbia special Of June 8, to the
Charlotte Observer: The dispensary
investigation was unusually entertain
ing today. A new test OF whisky MADE
by the prosecution, and which was ap-
parently a real puzzle to the experts
present, separated the constituent parts
of the liquor, and applied to Hunters
Baltimore rye, selling now to the dis
pensaries at $10.50 case, showing II
to be made Of coloring matter, cologne
spirits and extract of rye, worth ac-
cording to the experts less than $3
case. The test applied to whisky bot
tied in bond showed pure whisky. An
other interesting revelation was that
big orders for liquor signed by Direc-
tors John Black and ]. B. Wylie, and
M. H. Mobley as clerk, were delivered
in person by Jim Farnum, who de-
manded the commissions on them. This
new test, which Colonel Fielder applied
to a bottle of Hunters Baltimore rye,
made by the Lanahan people, and
which Is still being sold to the county
boards throughout the state, is color
less fluid, which Colonel Fielder says
was explained to and furnished him by
a whisky expert. 1t does its work per-
fectly in about two minutes after be-
ing poured into the tube containing the
liquor and shaken bit. The test was
applied to a bottle Of Hunters, which
Colonel Fielder said he bought in
South Carolina dispensary under the
ray, who is a wholesale druggist, was
much interested, as were all the other
members Of the commission and the IL
quor men present. Manager Curiel, OF
the New York and Kentucky company,
was on the stand at the time, and who
has been in the wholesale business for
many years, selling Duffy's malt, among
some 200 other brands all over the coun-
try, testified just before Colonel Fielder
came forward with his trick, that there
was no test known to the trade where
hy liquor could be separated into its
constituent parts, except a chemical
test, which revealed nothing Of i'm
portance. The same test applied to a
bottle of Green River, which Is bot
tied bond whisky, showed no such
separation. This led Colonel Fielder to
tell how his experience and investiga-
tions had satisfied him as to how the
ordinary Fuss X' liquor sold in dis
pensaries Is made. One hundred and
eighty proof alcohol Is reduced by the
addition of an equal amount Of water,
a half pint to the barrel Of what Is
known as extract Of corn Is added, and
to age 1t a ball of potash concentrated
lye) Is added to make II one year old,
two balls to make it two years old, five
balls to make 1t five years old. This
Is as high as the age can be carried,
as a sixth ball produces instant death.
Mr.. Curiel wanted a bottle of the new
concoction to take home and make
some tests with, and Mr.. Fielder told
him that before he got through with
him he would prove that his pure whis-
kies sold to the state were Of similar
makeup as the Baltimore stuff. Mr..
Felder's test afterward applied to the
New York and Kentucky company's
Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky, which is
now selling from the Charleston dis
pensaries and which is selling else
where over the country and advertised
in the religious papers as medicine to
make people live 100 years, showed the
same result as when applied to the
Hunters. Mr.. Curiel promptly said he
believed the test a humbug. Mr.. Fell
der then teased him bit about having
asked for the test and then told him he
would have the expert who furnished
the test later take the stand and prove
the test an absolutely infallible one
recognized as such both by the whis-
ky trust and the Federal government
This was followed by number OF cita-
tions from the New York and Kentucky
company's books to prove that the com
pany had sold liquor it got $10.50 to S1S
a case elsewhere over the country at
from SO to $40 a case, this to show that
the company was selling at the higher
price here in order to be able to pay the
commissions.