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INVESTIGATION OF WILL COUNTY AUDITOR W. B. WEST AND SOLICITOR U THE NAnER OF ALLEGED GRAFT PENSARIES THE I [Continued tro (Mr Parker testifying.) A. 1 think, perhaps. I was not ^4 the chairman or secretary aud they ^ were only sent to tnem. v Q, I believe you took a trip North last summer. Went to Norfolk, Baltimore and New York? A. No sir, not to Baltimore. Q. How did you go to Norfolk, ^by boat? v A. Yes sir, 1 took the Cape Charles route. Q. Up to the time you took that trip you had not bought auy stuff from Norfolk? A. I don't recall whether we had or not. Q. Had you used any bee? up to that time? A. We never did get any beer from Norfolk. Q. You never had had any Coast Line up to that time? A. I don't know whether before or after that time. Q. Since that time you have bought considerable Coast Line? A. We haye bought some, I don't know how much, Q. Had you bought any stuff ^ from New York up to that time? A. Yes sir, tl?e greater part of our business came from New York. Q. Coast Liue is the stuff Dr Bass admits he advised the dispensers to hold upon, as he tnought there werrf.something between these ? people and a member of the board. Do you know anything about that? A. 1 heard him sa? he didn't like these people. I aoked him if he had anything against them. Q. Did you get a bottle of whiskey out of the dispensary and ask Air Nelson to charge it to breakage? A. No sir. Q. Do you remember a bottle of * T) L ,l i j wiuei/i uaae u?u guwcu vui ui w.o dispensary and when you were checking np said something about not bringing the bottle -hack? A. I don't remember,but I think Mr Coward said Pr Bass got something which he should have credit for. I thick there wa3 something said about his letting Dr Bass take stuff out in that way. Q. You were present? A. Yes sir. Q. It is charged opto him at consumers' prices? A. Yes air. Q. Therefore, if anything was .gotten out it was charged up to breakage and nobody was responsible? A. J doaft remember,but I tbkik it wis. Q. Doyot check broken bottles? A. Yes -air. Q. Was there anything said about bringing the bottle back? # A. No sir. O. Who was dresent when this took jsJace? A. I don't Iruow. Nobodv wae there bat myself and Mr Coward and maybe Mr Brown. I don't know whether he was there or not. Q. If Mr Nelson would make an i affidavit to the effect that you had gotten wiskey and had it charged to breakage, would you still deny it? A. I certainly do. I would not be surprised at him admitting anything. Q. What was the price of Stokes county corn? A. We reduced it. Awhile we sold it ac 85-45 and 30c and later we made the DncesSl. 50e and 25c. ^ Q When did you change the prices? A. About Nov. 18, I think. Q. You are sure the prices were "^f^foanged Nov. 18? A. Somewhere along about that time. I dou't know, it may have been before that time. I know we had been asked by the dispensers to reduce the price. Q. Why did you reduce it? A. Because it was not going. Q. If it wasn't going why did you buy 300 cases? A. The half pints I speak of. They were selhug it at $1.00, It 9 \ '" I lAMSBURG DISPENSARY BOARD. f. H. WELLS PROBE THOROUGHLY INTO IN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY DISJFFICIAL REPORT. I m last week.] i was entirely out of proportion. O.ir attention was called to the untter and we reduced ;t making the prices $1, 50c and 25c. , Q. Then you bought 300 cases more? A. We awarded 300 cases. We did not say we were under auy obligations for any more than we purchased, as we always put on our award that it was to be ordered out as the demand required. Q. Did you ever hear I)r Bass give his opinion, in the early pari of his administration, as to Bluthenthal & Bickert and Big CreekDistilling Co? A. I believe I have heard him speak of them a3 not being reliable people. Q. And after that he joined in with yon in buying this big amount of stuff from them. Was any peronaoiAn "On/P Tll/I UOll HQfi DUOOIV/II UOV.U. X/IU JVU MWV ??ij A. Xo sir, I had nothiug to do with that. Q. And you think your explanation as to why you bought lower proof at higher prices is satisfactory? A. I don't know. Q. If Old Joe was 90 and Si)ver Brook 100 proof in bulk, when they were bottled would they not hold their same proof? A. Yes sir. Q. Theu why did you pay higher prices for inferior stuff? .A. We did it on acconut of demand. And yet you take less for it. Won id ift it appear that you were trying to p?sh Old Joe iu preference to Silver Brook? A. I don't knew how it looks. Q. Bon't you think it wonld appear that way to auy responsible ?" i e._ ti. i 1a. man, ai ycu paiu more iot it <iuu it was poorer whiskey, don't it appear that you tried to push Okl Joe? A. i don't think so to those who were not suspicious. Mr W E Suowdea being duly sworn -testifies as follows; [By Solicitor Wells) Q. MrSnowden, when did you first get any intimation that any wrong-doing was connected with anybody connected with the Wil1 lom^knyrr oAnnfr /9aaru*y? cortr Knu r/1^ g WUUVj MltO^VUWUt J WWk W< A. Why, it was -about the time I received the copies of the letters Mr Gilland wrote. Q. About January 5? A. That was the postmark. Q. Mr Snowden, had Jtfr Parker ever told you previous to that time that <he suspicioned Mr Gllland of Uigitiaeate transactionsi' A. Yes sir. Q. What did he base his suspicions on? A. On a communication that he said he picked up in the office that Mr Gillaud had addressed to a certain liquor house. Q. Was the hoose Bkthenthal & Bicaert? A. I won't state positively, but I Jam under the impression it was that ihouse. Q. Are you under the impression that it was Bluthenthal & Bickert? A. I am, for this reason: He said he would write to the house for copies of the letters and a few after that 1 received these letters from Bluthenthal & Bickert, mailed at Orangeburg,dated January 5. Q. Was there time between the time you received these letters and the time he made that statement for |1 him to have written them and received a reply? How many days elaps- 1 ed? A. I can not say for certain; it < was sent to me in the country, about ten miles, but I rather think it had time to get there and back here. I When the matter was mentioned to me 1 didn't pay much attention to it J Q. And that is the first intimation you had that there was anything wrong? 1 A. That is the first. ; Q. You say Mr Parker said he i found the letter on the floor? , t A. He said he found it in the office. Q. Do jou know ; \ether the letter was similar to the le we had here? A. If I could eee the letter I think I could tell. (Being shown the letter.) ^ ^ Uft.fA ?AooAn fn Knl incn V^. jJU yuu Utttc iraouu w vv.1 IV.V that is similar to 'he letter he found ou the floor? A. I think it is. It was a letter from Bluthenthal & Bickert, I think. 1 Jo not know that he found it at all, but granting he did. Q. Do you know whether Bluthenthal & Bickert have a representative in this State? ? A. I do not. Q. Have you ever heard of any representative being here? ^ A. I don't know. Q. Have you seen any representative of liquor houses since you be-, came i member of the board? A. No sir. Q. Have you had very much to do with the purchasing by this uuaiu. A. No sir. Q. Were yoa present May 16 when the purchases were made? A. Yes sir, I was present. Q. Did you know anything about whiskey then? A. No sir, it was new to me. Q. Were you present August 16? A. No sir, I was not present. Q. Nov. 18, were you present? A. Nost. Q. Why were you not present? A. I had a case of typhoid fever in August and on November 18 I was very unwell and it was raining and I didn't go. Q. So you were not present at the time of that purchase? A. No sir. Q. When were you able to come back to the office? A. 1 think I got back the lat er part of September. Q. Did the other two members make themselves free in consulting your opinion aHoutthese purchases? A. They did not seem to keep anythiug from me. I will state that, when I was present at the making of these purchases I was not familiar with whiskeys and. I left the matter to the other members of the board. Mr Parker was familiar. Q. When copies of these letters written by Mr Gilland to Bluthen thai & Bickert were received by-yot did you call his attention to it? " A. Who? Mr Gilland? Q. Yes. A. Yes sir. Q. How soon after? A. I suppose some little time. Q. What was Mr GlHand's attitude? A. I went into the office and told him that I had a communicatior with which he was connected, anc showed it to him. He read it anc said he did not deity it and that h( had a purpose. Q. Did he state what that purpose was? A T1 ! J _ 1.1 L l. A1 A. ne saiu ae tnougat mere was some misdoing amoDg some ol the members of the board. Q. Did he mention the names oi the members? A. 1 don't recall that he did. ] asked him if he would make this statement before the board, and he said he would. Q. Did he accuse you of any wrong doing? A. Not directly. Q What was Dr Bass' and Mr Parker's attitude when they were confronted with this; did they resent it? A. I don't think Dr Bass said anythiug. There was no resentment. They made some remarks about the matter and asked Mr Gillaml if Vio mpanf opoiibp fViP Vinar/1 iMUVA 1* UV "IVMUV W MUVMWV VUV VVW1 U of any misdoing, j,nd he said he did. Mr J W Coward being duly sworn says: Mr West: Q. Mr Coward, how long have you been dispenser here? A. Seven years, Q. During that time have you oandled Silverbrook and old Joe? A. Yessir. Q. Which do you consider the nost popular? A. The people say Silver Brook 8 the be3t liqu>r; when you put hem at the same price the people prefer it. Q. But when you sell Silver Brook at thirty and Old Joe at twenty-five? A. Old Joe will lead. Q. Which costs most, do you know? A. Not of my own knowledge. Q. What have you to say about this man Blank, Dr Bass said his name was? Did he not tell you in the presence of yourself and Mr Dodgers that he, Dr Bass, had written this party, referring to Blank, for the reason that he might kick up some trouble? A. Dr Bass said he wrote the house and asked if this man was still in its employment and asked if "he could be located. Q. What did he want to locate him for? A. Well, he said he was afraid he might be up to some scheme and he wanted to locate him. Q. Do you remember seeing Garrett's wine man here about two or three weeks ago? A. Yes sir, he was here." Q. Did he call at the dispensary? A. Yes sir, 'Q. What did he wan:? A. Said he wanted to see the county board. Q. Did yon tell him where they were? A. Yes sir. Q. Did' you tell him where Mr Snowden was? A. No sir, Q. Where did he say he was go ing? p A. Going to Lake City from here. Q. How did he say he was going? A. Said he was going on the "shoo-fly." Q. Do you remember a man named Clark of the People's Distilling Co. beinn here about four months ago? A. Yea sir. [Continued next week.] Read the Farmers k Merchant Bank's ad. this Issue. A Handicap of tha Sea. A hale middle aged English sea 1 captain, commanding a big sailing vessel given to long voyages, drop5 ped anchor in New York harbor recently and came ashore to look* up a friend or two. One of these, a^x1 ions to uo what he could for tiio visitor, sougLt his company for ;ui ai-j-.ni->(T in o fiT-nilr TintOWTl. I m j -r The curtain declined. "IV : *!:o to go in a rev," said he, "but I'll tell yon ho'.v it is. my boy. I'm re little ashore that upon my wore1, i do:i*t k: ??\v how to act Then . I get into a lumily circle at least I feel that way. I'm uncouiforta, ble all the time for fear of saying or doing tl.e Trong tiling. Yon see, I 1 never carry passengers, and as I ?* i i *1 1! ?_1! i nave to ram main strict discipline I aboard ship I'm pretty much alone ? for months at a time."?New York Globe. Lcr-e and Small Matters. Mr. Nocash?My neighbor, Mr. Slimpurse. has built his fence six E inches over the line. Lawyer?A small matter, which can be amicably arranged. Agree : with him to let the fence stay where it is until necessary to rebuild and then have it put where it belongs. Five dollars, please. Thanks. Good 1 day, 6ir. ' Mr. Golde-Bullion?Good morning! My neighbor, Mr. Fatpurse, has built his fence four inches over the line. Lawyer?He has, eh? We'll fix him. Yes, sir, I'll win that case for vnn if T linvp tn pnrrv it tn thp sn J ~ mmJ -- ~ ~ preme court jesi sir. Exchange. SPECIAL NOTICES Transient Notices will be Published In This Column at the Rate of One Cent a Word for Each Issue. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. For Sale One two story house and one and one-half (1 1-2) acre lot in Kingstree, S C, apply, 3-19-6t Box 454, Dillon, S C. Wanted Stiictly temperate husting man over 21 to deliver and collect for The Chicago Portrait Co. Man with his own horse and buggy preferred. Good opening for right party. Address W W Jones, Box 294 Columbia S C. 4-23-lt Wanted By a retail hardware concern in the interior of this State a young man fully competent to keep books and make himself generally useful. In replying state age and expesience. Address "Hardware," in care of The Record. 4-23-tf A I YOU AI iuu nave me monej YOU put it whefe yo "We hav< We wis! FARMERS & MEF LAKE CIT RESOURCES $110,000.( A Card. ' I Editor County Record: My office will not be open Saturday. 25th inst.as I wish to attend a meeting at Greeleyvilie called for the purpose of considering means for the improvement of their educational facilities. My office will be open the Monday following. j. G. McCullough, It to Supt Ed. T eacher s'E xamination The next regular teachers' examination will takeplace in Kingsfcree, May 15, beginging at 10 o'clock a m j. G. McCullough. 4-16-3t Co Supt Ed. Read the Farmer^ & Merchants Bank's ad. this Issae. doxiwl 1c hem 1ng .machines *u- * "* "Vm/w If von i I DCS! on mg uurtct I'l >uc u.VUvJ. .. wan t a high grade machine at a low |.rice c^all on L. C. nontjromery, at Kennedy-Montgomery Co's. KINGSTREE. S. C. A Guarantee! ' JOHN BRADEN, the Handsome,, Standard-1 bred Stallion, is now to be found at the stables of J. M. TRULUCK, Tmrniii - - - $ 2o^oo Lake City Horse Go., LAKE CITF, 8. 4-16-tf ) SECOND SERIES. 5 KINQSTREE BUILDING AND LOAN 5 ASSOCIATION. I % Subscription books are | now open, of office of ; Sec. & Treas., W II Carr. for second series Kings- , tree Building and Loan Ass'n, said series to con- ( sist of not less than 200 ' shares or to exceed 250 ; shares. First payment I on second series to begin the first Tuesday in May, 1908. By order of Board of Directors. < W. H. CARR, < $ SEC. AND TREAS. i =1 I I STD US. I Ju wish.M * the place to keep it. ti your account tCHANTS BANK, Y, S. C. )0. -jM AN APPEAL 1 To the Veterans' Sods and Daughters,. Grandsons and Granddaughters. We are making a grand effort to develop the amount in anticipation of raising a monument to perpetuate the memory of those grand old heroes who gave their lives for the cause. Their bones now bleach on the battle fields of our Southern soil, while some are sleeping in Northern soil. Shall we be less patriotic than our rxormern men, wm? through the halls of the senate at Washington, have ordered that every Confederate grave be marked with a tomb. There was one left out of 300 Spartans defending the pass of Thermopylae to go tell it at Lacodaemon that these died in defence of their Lacedaemon country. What shall we say? "Let the stranger give?" No, no, HO; a thousand times. no. Let Williamsburg rally and with a heart * full of patriotism and sympathy open wide our hearts and our pocket books will open too. We have $1,100 on hand and we TT~~. | Wiint c-iuu mure, auw uj^cuhj * and patiently the men haye worked. Your highly esteemed chapter of daughters is nowworking to raise this amount. Now all hands and hearts gether and we will soon r^ach^, the goal. Bring your money with you when you come to the . reunion in May and help to com- > memorate a people and a causei that Will l?St as long as^thfc world lasts, Vety kimtly yours, > J-J Brown, Sr. Clerk's Sale. *" ! otatp catttu m \ i?rvr r-vr ? OJ.aj.ii vr wuiiJ vj.iiiuiJiixa Williamsburg Counly Court of Common Pleas. 8 VV McKnight, Plaintiff, Agiinst W P Cooper, Defendant. Under and by virtue a Decree ? Foreclosuie and sale reudeied in the Court of Common Pleas on the 26th day of March, 1909, I will sell at public auction, before the court house door in Kingstive, SC, on the first Monday in May, 1908. between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the fallowing described lot of land to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying, being and situate in the town of Cades, county of Williamsburg and State of South Carolina, containing one-half (1.2) acre and bounded on the North by the Indiantown public road, on the East by lands of Wilson Bros, on the South by lot of J H Pearce and on the West by the North Eastern railroad. H O Britton, C C C Pand G S Williamsburg Co* 4-15-3t NoticeOn May 13, 1908, at 12 m., the countycommissioners will meet at Pudding Swamp branch for the purpose of letting contract to lowest responsible bidder for cause-way of said swamp. Commissioners reserve the right Co reject any and all bids. S J SlNGLETARY, A 1? 9* NoticeNotice is hereby given that the :ounty commissioners will meet on Friday, May 1, 1908, instead of the irst Monday in said month. All claims nust be presented previous to this late. S J SlNGLETARY, 4-l6-3t County Supervisor.