Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-06-07
SENDS STIFF REPLY 10 LYON.
ifispensary Commission Charges Hos
uHty Against Attorney General.

pen 5ary commission. He will pre-
side over the approaching sessions
of that body. James Stackhouse still
remains the chairman nominally and
officially, but he will not be here
for some Of the meetings; on such
occasions Mr.. Wallace will preside.
Mr.. Stackhouse stated that he has
matters at home that claim his at
tentien, and he will come here when
ever he can.
; Next Tuesday the commission
meets and will summon before it the |
members Of the old ~dispensary cofh-
mission. This follows the decision
by the Supreme Court last evening.
Lyon Scored.
To-day widened the breach be-
tween Attorney General Lyon and
the new dispensary commission.
hi letter Of the commission IL re-
ply to Attorney General Lyons let
ter Directing to the employment Of
counsel Is as follows:
Columbia, S. c., June /, 1911.
INC Hon. j. Fraser Lyon, Attorney
Nener@l, Columbia, S. C.-Dear Sir:
20 Nply to our letter of yesterday
re reg TO say that we have employ
@H TIE services of W.. A. Holman, of
>>t,hHrtc@ton, 10 aid this commission
ih ne Investigation If the affairs Of
the MState d~isponsary and to facili-
tate oVT laho's IN accordance with
the acts of t>e General Assembly Of
this State No such case made and
provided.
Your attitude toWards this COM
mission has been so u%nfriendly and
antagonistic that it appears to us we
cannot rely upon your Judgment or
upon your legal services in the fur
Their progress Of our labor, and it is
absolutely necessary and essential
for the best interests of the State
that we should have the services of
counsel, and this we propose to have
for the benefit Of the State.
Charges Hostility.
Your attitude in the Murray mat
ter was %unfriendly and antagonistic
and hostile to the position Of this
commission, and your position in
'ne Richland distillery case is unsat-
factory and hostile. You are the
&itorney General Of this State and
sh ould be in possession o. III the
'G:ts and circumstancce uding
Lis case, or any Other matter per-
lining to tn puoIic welfare 81 in
%~onnection Win ,Na state dtspen-
e"rvi bul ll our u~uwNrRateJ Zeal
nntn"1d}.ncS6 you raw ut to say
,hio Commission t'...t you would
a"rulo the case ii they would fur
. y"u witt. proper evidence. This
20 "t tha proper business Of the com
" ION to furnish you with facts, but
$ your duty to, furnish the com
Un1as1on with facts in Its behalf and
ID I'll other public matters connected
F!th their business.
Called "Partisan'' OF Fielder.
We are satisfied that your rela-
tons with one Thomas B. Fielder are
such as to make you a partisan with
him and that you could not be re-
lied upon to prosecute a man with
whom you have been 80 intimately
associated and whose conduct you
Will not investigate If you are re-
CURED to do so. We base this opin-
ion n this conclusion upon your
attitude towards this commission
and on Information of your relations
towards Thomas B. Fielder. He was
your employee, or rather you ap-
proved his employment, and he re-
celVed large sums Of money from the
State-We understand something
over 500, 000-and now when we
want to employ an attorney at a
moderate and modest sum to aid US
in the further investigation Of the
~dispensary o interpose, or attempt
to interpose, your official position and
to cut off this commission from the
aid and advice Of counsel.
As to Employing Counsel.
We are satisfied that in employing
w. A. Holman we are acting fairly
within our rights. The act gives the
commission broad powers to employ
any person to aid them in the inves-
LEGATION of the affairs OF the dispen-
sary, as will be shown by reference
to the act of the Legislature, which
gives to the commission the right to
employ ANY other person or per-
sons the commission may deem nee
essary for the ascertainment Of n
Goat ~r conI.