The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-06-10
GRAF 7 MONEY
Paid Dispensary Officials to Get
Orders.
FOR STATE WHISkEY
State Dispcnsary Directors Rawlin-
son, Black, Wylie and Hub. ~.
Evans Named in Affidavit OF c.
w. Dudley as Having Received

w. Dudley as Having Received
.3ribes.
For the first time since the be-
ginning of the old State dispensary
has there been brought to light
charge which implies directly that
the controlling agents Of the State
dispensary got money for favoTins
certain firms, says the Columbia
State. The State then goes on TO
give the particulars:
Col. C. w. Dudly, who is now very
i'll at Lexington, KY, has made an
affidavit, in the presence OF his at
torney, Col. Anthony ]. Carroll OF
Louisville, KY, that to secure an
order for liquor from the State dis
pensary, Clark Bros. G Co. Of Peoria,
H., had to pay about 10 per cent
commissions or $4,000 or an order
of 100000 delivered and accepted.
The original order was. something
like s150,O0O, made in the last days
of the dispensary, and a great deal
of the stuff was turned back.
Mr.. w. e. Hull, manager of Clarke
Bros. C Co., testified when he was
here recently that he had paid to
C. w. Dudley $4,000 commissions
to secure this business.
Dudley was known to be i'll. AT
torney General Lyon and Col. J.
b. Fielder visited him last week in
Lexington, KY, and later his at
torney, Col. Anthony j. Carroll, q
leading attorney of Kentucky, went
to the hospital and advised him TO
give the affidavits introduced i'll evil
dence a few days ago.
This affidavit, while not admissa-
BILE in court in which a criminal
action is being tried, is said TO be
backed up with corroborative evi-
dence, documentary and sworn tes-
timony.
This is the first time in all the
months of parient prodding that the
direct charge Of bribery has been
made. Col Dudley was O bon vivaDt
well known throughout this State,
and his affidavit, which follows,
shows that of the $4,000 he kept
at least $4,000 for himself. The af-
fidavit is:
State OF Kentucky, County of Fay
cite.
"The alIiant, C. w. Dudley, states
that he represented several liquor
dealers in the State of South Caro-
lima during and for several years
prior TO 1906. for the purpose of pro-
curing orders for liquors for the
State dispensary He states thai
during parts Of said time j. B. Wylie
was a mem ber OF the board of direc-
tors OF the State dispensary.
"Affiant states that about the
month OF October, 1906, through the
efforts and by arrangements with
the said Wylie he procured an order
from said State dispensary for a
quantity of liquor to be sold and
furnished by the Live Cak DistilliDS
Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.
"Ahant states that he paid to tbn
said Wylie the sum OF $1,000 as a
commission for r'ucur,ny the pur-
chase Of cc:'l"in liquors by the Sta'e
dispensary from C:ark bros. & Co., OF
Peoria. III. He states tnat he was
paid as commission for procuring
said order the sum Of $500 by W.
4. 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 MEM
bers of the board of directors OF
the State dispcnsary, to wit: John
Black, J. w. Rawlinson and J. y.
Wylie, as consideration for their
making said purchase. Afiant does
not remember the exact amount paid
them, but Black was paid approx
mately $4,000. Rawlinson $1,000
and Wylie approximately $1,000.
"Affiant states that while II. H.
Evans was member of the board
of directors of the State dispensary
he paid the said H. II. Evans $l,o00
to aid him in his campaign for re-
election to said board OF directors,
this was in 1905, or early in 1906.
"AtIiant states that this was the
only amount he remembers to havf
paid said Evans, but he might have
paid him other sums.
"Afiiant states that he has been
practically confined to his bed for
IS months, having sustained a para
lvtic stroke complicated with other
troubles He states that he suffer
I'd constant pain and is now confined
to his bed in Good Samaritan hospital
at Lexington, KY, under the care o;
a physician and nurses. He states
that he is unable to travel and II
is matter OF imposSibility for him
to go to South Carolina or to 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
ra u cu cfinns with tho mani hers Of