The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-12
NAMING THE GRAFTERs.
w1aiskey Agent Tells Who Got the
Commissions

vealing of the scandals OF the oil,
State dispensary has there beer
brought to light charge which i'm
plies directly that the controllin,
agents Of the State dispensary go
money for favoring certain firms.
Col c. w. Dudley. who Is nor. very
III ct Lexington. KY. has made an af.
ndavit. In the presence OF his attor.
ney. Col Anthony J. Carroll OF Louis.
VILE. KY. that to secure an order fol
bquor from the State. dispensary
Clsske Bros a Co. OF Peoria, ILL.,, had
90 pay about 20 per cent. commissions
or ts.2oo ON an order OF $4,000 de.
Siveied and accepted. The Original
order was something like $15O.00C
made ir the last days of the dispen.
sary. and a great deal of the stun was
turned back.
Mr.. w. K. Hull. manager of Clarke
Eros- d Co. testified when he was
mere 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 r. b
Fielder visited him last week In Lex
2ngton. KY. and later his attorney,
sca. Anthony J. Carroll. a leading at
'tczney of Kentucky. went to the hos
pital and advised him to give the af
ndavit introduced In evidence yester-
Jay.
This afiidavit, while not adn,issapie
IN n court In which a criminal action
u being tried. Is said to be backed up
with corroborative evidence. docu-
mentary and sworn testimony.
This Is the first time In all the
months of patient prodding that the di.
rect charge of bribery has been made.
fucd Dudley was a bon vivant well
known throughout this State, and his
.afbdsvat. which follows. shows that OF
the ss.2othe kept at least $4,000 for
himself The a5fidavit is:.
''-stase Of Kentucky. County of Fay
cite
~erhe affiant. G. w. Dudley, states
that he represented several liquor
seanlers In the state of South Carolina
'during and for several years prior 20
nsnk Tor the purpose of procuring or
Gers for liquors for the state dispen-
sary. He states that during parts Of
sHad time j. b. wylie was a member
os the board Of directors of the State
fiispensary.
..Afhsnt states that about the
month Of October. 1905. through the
efforts and by arrangements with the
snid wyiie he procured an order from
said state dispensary for a quantity o
iiauor. to be sold and furnished b,
the Live Oak Distii,ing Company O.
Cincinnati. Ohio.
"Affant states that he paid to th'
said wylic the sum OF $1,000 as {
commission for procuring the pur
chase OF said liquors. that amount be
Ing demanded by said Wylie. who wa
at said time a member OF the boar,
OF directors OF the state dlspensary.
'Afisant states that about Decem
ber. 1896. he procured an order 70
the purchase OF certain liquors b.
the state dispensary from Clarl
Bros. Co. of Peoria. III. He state
that he was paid as commission 10
procuring said order the sum of IS,
zoe by w. T.. Hull that being the 10
tsi amount of commissions paid hir
OF account Of the goods SO purchased
nnd 81 hich were retained by the com
rnheiCG. lie states that he divide
his said commissions with the tire
members OF the board of directors c
the state dispensary. TO wit: Jon
Black, j. w. Rawlinson. and ]. J
Wyie. as a consideration for the
making said purchase. Aniant doe
men but Black was paid approx
matc'y S2.2oO. Rawlnson $1,000, an
wyuo approximately $1,000.
"asitnt states that while H. ]
EVuas was 6 r;o:a't~ of the toard {
directors OF the state dispensary /
paid the said III. III. Evans $500 I
nid him In his campaien for reele'
tlon To said board of directors; tn
Was I'm 1906. or early I'm 1906.
"AfIlant states that this was III
only amount he remembers to HAY
paid said Evans. but he might ha\
paid him other sums.
"Afiiant states that he has bee
practically confined To his bed for
Innntha. having ansfnlned a nnrnlYt