The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-16
GRAFT MONEY
Paid Dispenrary Officials to Get
Orders.
FOR STATE WHlSKEY


State DispensaEy Directors Ra11l2.
! soa, Black, Wy1le and Hub. e.
Evans Named ia Affidavit o4 c,
v. Dudley as Having Received
Brides.
ror the first tine since the be-
ginning Of the Old State dispensar7
has there been brought to light a
charge which implies directly that
the controlling agents Of the Stats
dispensary got money for faTortns
certain firms, says the Columbia
State. The State then goes on to
! give the particulars:
| Col. C. ". Dudly, who Is now very
Ill at Lexington, Ky, has made an
affidavit, in the presence Of h!s at
torney, Col. Anthony J. Carroll Of
Louisville, KY, that to secure an
| order for liquor from the State dis
pensary, Clark Bros. & Co. OF Peoria.
H., had to pay about 10 per cent
commissions or $500 OF an orde,
Of 100000 delivered and accepted.
! The original order was something
like s150,o00, made IN the last days
Of the dispensary. and great dea,
of the stuff was turned back.
Mr.. ". E. Hull, manager OF Clarke
Bros. & Co., testified when be was
here recently that he had paid to
c. ". Dudley $500 Commissions"
to secure this business.
Dudley was known TO be Ill. At
torney General Lyon and Col. T.
B. Fielder visited him last week IN
Lexington, Ky; and later his at
torney, Col. Anthony ]. Carroll. q
leading attorney Of Kentucky. went
70 the hospital and advised MIN to
give the afhdavits introduced in egt-
dence a few days ago.
This affidavit, while not adntssa-
BILE in a court in which q criminal
action Is being tried, Is said to be
backed up with corroborattye eTi-
deuce, documentary and sworn, tes-
timony.
This is the first tine in all the
months OF patient prodding that the
direct charge Of bribery has been
made. Col. Dudley was bon viTant
we'll known throughout this State.
and his affidavit, which follows,
shows that Of the $500 be Kept
at least $4,000 for himself. The az
idavit IS:
state Of Kentucky. County Of FAY
ette.
"The aahant, G. ". Dudley, states
that he represented several liquor
dealers In the State Of South Caro-
lima during and for several years
pho, to 1905. for the purpose Of pro-
curing orders for liquors for the
State dispensary. He states that
during parts OF said time J. B. Wyne
was member Of the board Of diree-
tors of the State dispensary.
"Afiant states that about the
month Of October. 1905, through the
efforts and by arrangements With
the said W'ylie he procured an order
from said State dispensary TOR q
quantity of liquor to be sold and
furnished by the Live oak Disttlling
Company Of Cincinnati, Ohio.
"A6ant states that he paid to the
said Wylie the sum Of $1,000 as q
commission for procuring the pur-
chase OF certain liquors by the State
dispensary from Clark BROS. & Co., OF
Peoria, III. He states that he was
paid ss commission for procuring
said order the sum Of $500 BY ".
e. Hull, that being the total amount
Of commissions paid him on account
Of the goods so purchased, and which
were retained By the commission
He states that he divided his said
commissions With the three meu-
| bers OF the board Of directors OF
the State dispensary, to wit: John
Black, J. ". Rawlinson and ]. B.
| Wylie, as a consideration for their
making said purchase. AAaot does
not remember the exact amount PAID
| them. but Black was paid approx
mately s2,2oo.. Rawlinson $1,000
! and Wyl.e approximately $1,000.
"Afiant states that while H. e..
! Evans was member of the board
of directors Of the State dispensay
he paid the said H. II. Evans $1,000
to aid him in his campaign for re-
election to said board Of directors.
! this was in 1905, or early in 1905.
"Af1ant states that this was the
only amount he remembers to have
paid said Evans, but be might have
| paid him other sums.
"Aflant states that he has been
practically confined to his bed for
IS months, having sustained a para
lytic stroke complicated with other
troubles. He states that he suffer-
ed constant pain and Is now confined
to his bed in Good Samaritan hospital
at Lexington, KY. under the care OF
physician and nurses. He states
/ that ne Is unable to travel and II
! is a matter Of impossibility for him
to go to South Carolina OF % take
any trip whatever. That he was able
with great difficulty to come to Lex
! ington from Chicago and Is now
worse and unable to leave his bed.
"Affiant states that he had other
transactions with the members o!
the board of the State dispensary, bu,
he Is now unable to recall the de-
tails of same.
&C. ". DUDLEY,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
:! by C.. ~. Dudley this 4th day o'
June, 1909, ". Worthinston. n