Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-29
FRIDAY. OCTOBER ae, 1909.

he, bowling in a mocking way to Mr..
Clark, this eminent citizen, Col.
Clark, has the effrontery, the audaci-
ty, to come in here and ask the state
to pay these immaculate clients OF his
this last little $1,000 claim, after these
clients have been robbing the state OF
hundreds Of thousands" Mr.. Clark
Chairman and gentlemen Of this COM
mission, this line Of argument must
cease. Mr.. Fielder must confine him
self to the record and not 60 out Of
his way to insult me-" At the sugges-
ton of Chairman Murray and other
members Of the commission, Mr.. Fell
der modified his remarks with refer
cnce to Mr.. Clark, saying 1t was not
his intention to insult him. He added
that it was his deliberate opinion that
had Mr.. Clark known as much Of the
|rottenness Of the Lanahan firm before
he came to defend them as he must
know by this time Mr.. Clark would
not now be representing them.
= Columbia, October 81: The dis
pensary winding up commission after
a delay Of several days got down to
business today and 1t LOOKS as IL the
work in charge of the commission Will
be wound up at this sitting. All Of
the members Of the commission, Mes
sers Murray, McSween, Patton, Brice
and Wood were present when the ses-
sion was called to order today. At
torneys Fielder and Anderson were
about 100000 in hands. In many
Instances the claims will be scaled
down and thus the state will very
probably save large sum. In pre-
liminary argument before the regular
business Of the afternoon was started,
when the question of the price of
whisky was being discussed, Col. Fel-
der made a very strong statement In
which he charged that the county
dispensaries, which were operated
now, were being overcharged for wnis-
ed in the county dispensary system as
In the old state dispensary. This
statement was made in the nature Of
comment, when one Of the whisky
men was explaining the prices that he
made on certain stuff to the old state
|dispensary, and stating the prices that
the county dispensaries were now pay
ing. In an affidavit, portions OF
which were put in evidence this after
noon before the Dispensary Winding
up Commission, Joseph B. Wylie, for
mer dispensary director, stated that
James s. Farnum Of Charleston, paid
him on one occasion 5000 In commits
sions on Lanahan whiskies. The
amount of goods was 900 cases and
the rebate was 81 per case, which
corresponds to the rebate schedule.
There were other transactions men,
toned in the affidavit Of q like nature,
1t being set out that the division was
81 for the member Of the board and
81 for the agent. Much Of the mat
ter in the affidavit has already been
1I, fv, ~ hn
pensary alleged graft trials. The in
terest in the Lanahan rebate Is in
creased by the fact that one Of the
members Of the firms stated on the
stand before the commission that no
rebates had been paid by his firm. The
firm is William Lanahan & Sons, OF
Baltimore, and the brand that was so
much discussed before the commission
was Hunters Rye" Seeking TO es-
tablish that there were transactions,
through the local bank whose cashier
was put on the stand today, OF an ir-
regularity, in that warrants from the
old state dispensary were divided by
those who had charge Of the division
Of the spoils" at the bank by means OF
obtaining two exchanges for one war
rant, Col. Fielder further questioned
Mr.. Matthews this afternoon as to
certain details in connection with the
old dispensary system. The feature
Of Mr.. Matthews replies was his deni-
al Of any knowledge Of rebates being
paid or that there was a custom In
the bank Of deducting the commissions
for the local agents, or any members
of the state board. But the witness
did admit that on one occasion he
was instructed by w. w. johnson to
pay w. Boyd Evans q sum out Of the
amount on deposit to their credit.