Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-11-24
OVER A HALF MILhIoN SAVED.
This Represents Scalings from Dis
pensary Claims and Judgments.

Over a half million dollars repre-
sents the saving to the State of
South Carolina by scalings from dis
pensary claims and overjudgments
against firms doing business with the
old State dispensary. The work of
the winding-up commission was prac-
tically completed in Columbia last
Wednesday, night, and Judgments
rendered in all claims before it, save
that Of the New York and Ken
lucky Company.
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
report. That the whiskey firms fail
ed to comply with the laws of the
State in regard to the sale of whis-
key; that various devices were used
to prevent competition; that the
board Of directors of the dispensary
failed to advertise for bids; that
prices were eXhorbitant. and that
commissions and rebates were paid
are few Of the many charges
brought and substantiated 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 COM
mission was $430,000 and the deduc-
tions amounted to $226,O0O. This
does not include the overjudgments
and the DEGREES formerly rendered
The original find was $630.00O.
OF considerable interest through
out the State is the claim Of the Car
o,ina Glass Company of Columbia
The amount claimed to be owed this
firm by the State was S235, 5,031.75,
which is completely wiped out by the
commissions findings, and an over
judgment rendered for $2S,4 ,419.24.
The orercharges 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 issued separate
decree against the Carolina Glass
Company to the old State dispensary
The total sales Of the Carolina Glass
Company to the State aggregated
1880 before the year 1906.
A large amount is represented in
the commission and its attorneys
state that the firms will be proceed
ed against iii the courts to recover
the various amounts charged against
them.
"Conscicnce Fund" Over $50, 900.
Col. Fielder stated that the social
ed conscience fund had already
reached the $4,000 mark. This is
the money paid back by firms not
represented in the list Of claimants,
but who were charged with over
charging the State. One Of the larg-
est claimants, and one that came in
for some scorching when the origi-
nal commission met, are the Anchor
Distilling Company and Ulman e
Co., two firms classed by the COM
mission as one concern. An over
judgment Of $3O,621.55 is found
against this combination, this includ-
ing 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 ac-
counts in the claims against the
State.
Fleischmann & Co. and Gerson, Sc
ligman Company are treated as one
concern, and the $4,000 claims is
reduced to $45, ,546.30. This COM
pany admitted overcharges in affida-
Wits. Clark Brothers & Co., another