The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-11-25
CLAIMS CUT HALF A MILLION.
Work of Dispensary Commission
About Finished.

Columbia, Nov. 17.-Over a half
million dollars represents the saving
to the State Of South Carolina by
scalings from dispensary claims over
judgments against firms doing busi-
ness with the old state dispensary
The work of the winding up commits
sion was practically concluded to-
night and judgments rendered in all
claims before it save that Of the New
York and Kentucky company, which
will be considered further tomorrow.
A history of the old state dispen-
sary system with that tale of graft
now matter of general knowledge, is
included in the commissions final re-
port. That the whiskey firms failed
to comply with the laws of the state
in regard to the sale of whiskey, that
various devices were used to prevent
competition, that the board of direc-
tors of the dispensary failed to adver-
tise for bids, that prices were exor-
bitant, and that commissions and re-
bates were paid, are few Of the
many charges brought and substan-
tiated by the commissions findings.
The firms that fought the state in
the litigation in the Federal courts
are taxed costs amounting to $21,-
526. The net amount Of claims con-
sidered at this sitting Of the commits
sion was $430,000 and the deduc-
tions amounted to s226,000. This
does not include the overjudgments
and the DEGREES formerly rendered.
The original fund was $630,000.
OF considerable local interest and
of much interest also throughout the
State is the claim of the Carolina
Glass Company, a Columbia concern.
The amount claimed to be owed this
firm by the State was S23,031, rs
which is completely wiped out by
the commissions finding and an over
Judgment rendered for $28,419.24.
The overcharges found against this
concern are $51, ,432.99 and it is by
deducting the original claim from
this amount that the overjudgment
is found.
The commission issues separate
decree against the Carolina glass to
the old State dispensary. The total
sales of the Carolina Glass company
to the State aggregated $514,329.90
before the year 1905.
A large amount is represented in
the list of overjudgments and mem
bers of the commission and its attor-
neys declare that the firms will be
proceeded against in the courts to
recover the various amounts charged
against them.
Col Fielder stated that the So
called conscience fund had already
reached the $4,000 mark. This is
the money paid back by the firms
not represented in the list Of claim
ants but who were charged with over
charging the State.
One Of the largest claimants, and
one that came in for some scorching
when the original commission met, is
the Anchor Distilling Company and
Ullman & Co., two firms and classed
by the commission as one concern.
An overjudgment of $30,621.55 is
found against this combination, this
including a proportionate share $4,-
500 of the costs in the courts.
William Lanahan & Sons are
charged up with $23,563.46 although
their claim against the State was
only $5,916.54. The commission
went back of the dates represented
by this firms accounts in the claims
against the State as did the COM
mission in a number of other cases.
Fleishman and Company and the
Gerson-Seligman Company are treat
ed as one concern and the $4,000
claim is reduced to $45,645.30. This
company admitted overcharges in af-
fidavits. Clark Bros. and Company,
another large claimant, is given $685.
1906 on a claim of s66,383.71.