The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-30
LABEL CASES
The Shadow Of The Gid State Dispsn'
sray Frauds Loom Up Again.
SAYS THEY WERE PAID

A Witness in the Trial of Boykin,
TowilI and Tatlm, Former Officials
of the Old Stale Dispensary, Testi-
fed That Tr:.y Were All Bribed in
the Label Matter.
In the trial of w. o. Tatum, L. w.
Boykin and John Bell Towiil, charg-
ed with defrauding the State in the
purchase of lot of labels for the use
of the old State Dispensary when it
was in operation, John T. Farley, a
liquor house representative, Thurs
day testified that in the Spring of
1905 he talked with l.. w. Boykin
and ]. B. Towill, dispensary directors,
about the purchase of labels, suggest
ing that il they gave the order to
Mr. Weiskopf of Cincinnati it would
mean money in Earley's pocket.
That subsequently Commissioners
Tatum and Boykin went to Cincinnati
iA company with M. A. Goodman and
Farley met them at the Grand Cen
trail depot; that together they SUBJ
sequently went to the office of Nivis-
son, Wfeiskopf G Co. to discuss the
matter of labels with them, that the
agreement to give the big job of lith-
ographing to the firm was made; that
subsequently Farley received as one
third of the net profit of the deal a
check for S6,534; that Goodman told
him that he had paid Boykin $4,000,
Tatum 5000, somthing to Towill, and
something to w. ]. McCartha, anoth-
el dispensary employe.
Here is the substance of Earleys
testimony:
@. What business are you engag-
ed in, Mr.. Farley? A. At present in
the wholesale liquor business.
@. Salesman for wholesale liquor
business? A. Yes, sir.
@. What liquor house do you sell
for? A. The Fleishmann company.
@. Did you ever have occasion to
sell any liquor to the State dispen-
sary? A. Yes, sir.
@. While you were offering these
liquors for sale, did you ever come to
Columbia to see about it? A. Yes,
sir. '-.~.
@. Mr.. Farley, state whether Or
not you were in the city OF Colum-
bia during the year 1905? A. Yes,
sir.
@. Who was on the board Of di
rectors of the dispensary at that time,
do you recall? A. l think it was
John Bell Towill and Whit Boykin
and Hub Evans.
@. John Bell Towill L. w. Boy
kin and H. H. Evans? A. Yes, sir.
@. Mr.. Farley, while you were Wis
iting Columbia during the year 1905,
did you have any conversation with
Mr.. Towill or Mr.. Boykin, or Mr..
Goodman, any of them, in reference
to purchasing labels? A. Yes, sir;
spoke to him about 1t.
Mr.. Lyon: Well, sir, was the mat
ter of purchasing labels discussed
there? A. l told him that l had
friend who was interested on some
labels, yes, sir.
@. Did you tell him who that
friend was? A. Yes, sir.
c. Who was it? A. NivissonWeis-
kopf company Of Cincinnati.
@. Was Mr.. Goodman also interest
ed in the order? A. Yes, sir.
Mr.. Lyon: Mr.. Farley, were Mr..
Goodman and Mr.. Bowkin and your
self, were you together at any time
for the purpose of discussing this
purchase Of labels? Al. Yes, sir;
we spoke about it together.
@. Was Mr.. Tatum present at any
time that this label matter came up
before you all? A. In Columbia?
@. Well, anywhere else? A. l
could not say positively whether he
entered into any conversation on the
label question at all.
@. Was he present when any COM
versat ton took place? A. could not
say that positively.
n Tat in rin-
cinnati on that occasion? A. Yes,
sir.
@. With Mr.. Boykin and Mr.. Good
man? A. Yes, sir.
@. Were any labels purchased
from Nivisson Weiskopf company on
that occasion? A. Yes, sir.
Mr.. Lyon: Mr.. Farley, state
whether or not you had a CONVERSE
ton with Mr.. Boykin in the city Of
Columbia in regard to this label
transaction? A. Yes, sir.
@. What was the conversation? A..
AS I repeated before, I was interest
ed in selling labels for friend Of
mine who had submitted bid to the
State dispensary, and l would have
liked to see him buy the labels.
@. What else did You tell Mr.. Boy
kin? A. do not remember what else
said to him.
Q. State whether or not you told
him that you could make some mon
ey ont of ito 4 To the best Of nv
knowledge | told him that l could
make some money if they bought
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