Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-08
hearing from Mr.. Abney fixed his fee
tentatively at $4,000 instead Of $1O,-

S"'oiy @e @obVVV alhSledui VI $lU,-
900, as rendered. subsequently on
December 8, Mr.. Abney wrote a let.
ter to the commission, copy OF
which Is hereto attached and marked
Exhibit 'iC,"' which letter states his
position fully. On further consider
alton the commission acceded to his
request, reconsldered the matter and
allowed his bill for $4,000, which
was paid In full. In settling with the
firms and corporations who had
claims against the State, who had
prosecuted and participated in that
litigation, the commission; with the
consent Of the attorneys represent
Ing said liquor houses, assessed the
sum Of $21 1,526.11, costs, attorneys
fees and expenses against these IL
quor houses, deducted it from their
claims and applied it upon these fees
and the other expenses Of the litiga-
tion. This left only small amount
that the State was called upon to pay
as expenses Of the litigation.
Fourth. AS to the itemized state
ments Of moneys received and dis
bursed, the commission begs leave to
state that pursuant to the provisions
of the act creating said commission,
and the various acts continuing the
same, they have regularly rendered
reports to the Governor Of South Car
olina, all Of which are on file in the
Governors office, and which were
printed, and they attach printed
copy Of the report up to the first day
Of January, 1910, in which every
item received and every item dis
bursed UP to that date is set forth
the same being hereto attached and
marked Exhibit 3D."
Printed Copy Only.
This report purports to be cor
rectly printed copy, but it is submit
ted as printed copy only Of the cor
rect report, which was filed in the
Governors office subject to errors, If
any, OF the printer. 1t may be veri-
fed by comparison with the original
report on file in the Governors Office.
They also attach hereto printed
copy Of report rendered to the Gov
ernor. (marked Exhibit "E"), of
their doings up to January /, 1911
and subsequent to January /, 1910,
ana ask reference thereto, making
the same statement as to it's correct
ness and the same suggestions as to
Its being compared with the original
which was filed in the Governors Of
flee, as Is made In reference to the
first mentioned printed report. They
attach hereto statement of the
transactions had from the first day
OF January, 1911, up to this date
the same being marked Exhibit "F.'
This commission would state as to
the matter Of attorneys fees that
final settlement, In so far as the COM
mission was concerned, was made
with Messrs. Abney and Stevenson on
or about January /, 1910, and that
they have had no expenses for coun-
sci fees since such date, except such
fees as accrued to the firm Of Ander-
son, Fielder, Rountree & Wilson un-
der their contract entered into with
Anderson, Fielder, Rountree & Will
son did not obligate that firm to rep
resent the State or the commission In
the litigation had in the Federal
courts; nevertheless, that firm assist
ed In the argument Of the cases In
the Circuit Court, the Circuit Court
OF Appeals and the United States Su-
preme Court, and bore all their ex-
penses incident thereto, and received
no compensation for their services
and expenses in this particular from
any source whatsoever.
Fifth. Replying to that part of
your letter which asks us to state
"why the law has not been complied
with in regard to the winding-up of
this matter, as provided in Act at the
earliest date practicable" the com
mission submits that it Is complying
with the provisions Of the act re-
ferred to as expeditiously as the hest
interests of the State will permit.
That subsequently to the act from
which you quote, the General Assem-
bly, passed acts in 1908 and 1909 and
1910, each Of which provided other
and further duties for this commits
sion to perform. That the act OF
1910 among other things directed this
commission to proceed to ascertain
the amount OF any claim Of the State
against any liquor dealers growing
out of transactions with the State