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DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION. CANTEY'S SALARY WAS $300 PER MONTH FOR "ADVERTISING." . J. M. Camey Makes Statement to Committee -His Connection With Fleischman & Co., Was Daring Time L. W. Boykin Was on the Board. Columbia, June 13.-At the dispen? sary investigating committee's session yesterday. afternoon two witnesses were put on the stand. These were Mr. J. M. Camey, a brother-in-law of Mr. TX W. Boolan, a former me?n ber of the board, and Mr. Cha-?. Co? hen beer dispenser at: Beaufort. Mr. Cant ey's name was brc-ught into 'he investigation a few days ago in the evidence of Mr. J? Parker. Yes? terday Mr. Canter admitted in a vry frank manner chat he had represent? ed Fleischman & Co., of CincinniM the makers of the Congress Hall liq ! nor which has been showed up on j former occasions during the investiga? tion to te inferior in quality and in other ways. Mr. Cantey testified that his duties were merely to see that advertising matter was kept fresh on bill boards, and for this he received a salary of I $300 a month, at a rate higher than j the salary of the governor of the j State and nearly twice as large as the average state officer. Mr. Cohan's testimony was pro? duced to show that the dispensary, while buying Anheuser Busch ' beer *from J. S. Farnum, required Cohen to order it from Columbia, although j it cost him $2.12 per cask more and ; did not save the State anything. He j is not now required to order from the ! State dispensary direct, but from, the j agenfey at Savannah and he saves the j additional cost. At the conclusion of this testimony Mr. Lyon moved to adjourn, as a ma? terial witness had not showed up and there were some witnesses with whom he wished to confer. Mr. T. P. Coth razi of Greenville, Mr. B. A. Morgan an.l Mr. L. J. Browning, all members of the house of representatives, had been summoned here, but for what purpose was not brought out yester? day The sub-committee examined these witnesses yesterday afternoon. The committee meets again at 10 a, m. today and will hear statements from members of the former State board if they care to go on the stand. The work of the investigating com? mittee was delayed yesterday because of the fact that there was no official stenographer. Mr. Deal, who had been the stenographer for several months, had resigned, and as there are but a few more days of the session it has been impossible to find a free lance stenographer who could undertake the work. The court stenogrphers are al* busy. Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. H. Macfeat filled the breach. Mr. Pw. S. Welch of Bellinger & j Welch, asked to make a statement to the committee. He r?presented mem? bers of the old board who had been invited to be present at the meeting and make a statement if they wished to do so. He wished to say that he had not yet been able *to reach a final conclusion with the members he rep? resented, but would let the committte know definitely in the morning wheth? er his clients, former members of the board, would accept the invitation or not or whether they would appear > in coun at the proper time. He said 'hat he would reach a conclusion just as soon as possible. Chairman Hay said he wished it un? derstood that the members of the for? mer 'board had been invited to be present and make such statement as they cared to, but they would not be required to appear in view of the re? cent turn. It was entirely discretion? ary whether they appeared or not. The commitee was unable to take any testimony at the morning session, although there were a number of wit? nesses present and the sub-committee seemed cocked and primed for work. Columbia, June 13.-The members of the old board of control will no: ac? cept the invitation of the investigating committee and appear. They prefer to wait an inquiry by the courts, if one is ever had. Messrs. John Bel! Towill and L. W. Boykin are represented by Bellinger & Welch. This afternoon this letter was presented on the part of Mr. L. W. Boykin and Mr. Towill. The language of the two letters is identical: June 13, 1906. Hon. J. T. Hay, Chairman and other members of the committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the State dispensary-Gentlemen: In response to your invitation, if so chose, to ap? pear be fore your committee today for the purpose of making any statement that I desire to make concerning: my former connection with the State dis? pensary, I beg- to say that I prefer your investigation should proceed un? influenced by any statement that I might make. The more thorough and searching: the investigation is made, the more will the correctness of my conduct be demonstrated. I am not only anxious to see the investigation proceed in the most rigid manner, but I should be much disappointed if it did not do so, humiliating as it might be. I challenge the closest scrutiny of my conduct before any tribunal be- ' fore which ,it can be made. I have no fear that those who know me will believe that I have done any ! thing that has been either illegal or immoral. Instances in which honor? able men might differ with me in judgment maj*, and perhaps will, be discovered, wrong cannot be. for it does not exist. While I have keenly felt the injus? tice and the cruelty of some of the suggestions which have been made in relation to my former connection with the' dispensary, I am confident that when the scrutiny has been made complete even those who do not know me will reach a like conclusion with those who do. At a future day, and when it can have no influence, upon the action of your committee, it is my purpose to send you a written statement covering the matters that I deem of conse j quence. which I shall ask you to ' regadl as part of this comnrunica ! tion, and which I shall ask you to file ! as part of your report Very respectfully, (Signed) L. W. Boykin. The committee has heard nothing directly from Mr. Evans and he, too, evidently does not expect to accept the invitation of the Committee. The sub-committee did a good day's work today in the investigation cf the dispensary, but the sub-committee is evidently getting weary and worn, and the end if the fine work appears near at hand, for the presen? at least. To? day wa'5 full of matters of interest. There was a great deal more testimo? ny today than has usually been taken on one day, and it was very interest? ing. It told of how the whiskey drummers kept open house here, how they had whiskey and champagne, and even money in plenty, for the members of the board of control, and how open rooms were kept for the friends of the dispensary, which in? cluded members of the General As? sembly. A former chief constable, Mr. Bahr, told of how he saw rolls of money left I r *ound for members of the Tr oard of control to gather in. -His eye-sight ailed him when it came to indemnify? ing exactlv which member got the money, but he seemed positive that this was the purpose of the money. An affidavit was presented from Mr. Brevard Miller, who was interested in the Carolina Glass Company, in its preliminary stages. He insists that it was the purpose of the organizers of this company to give as a gift a block of stock to Mr. H. H. Evans and to Mr. L. J. Williams, both at that time members of the board, and that in consideration the Carolina Glass Company was not to have competi? tion to amount to anything. Mr. Mil? ler says he became disgusted and re? tired from the company, and if the purpose of carrying out the plan of giving gratuitous stock to members of the board was carried out, it was af? ter he had left the company and he ; has no positive knowledge on this | score. ! Mr. J. B. Douthitt, who was on the ' board of control and at one time was commissioner, showed from the rec? ords that the dispensary has been selling some of its goods at less than actual cost, including the outgoing freight. It was plain from the evi? dence of Mr. Douthitt, thai his idea was that the goods of Lanahan, the Richland Distillery and Bluenthal & Bickert were sold to the county dis? pensaries by the State dispensary at less than actual cost, and then by the county dispensaries at less than com? petitive goods. This, he indicated, gave such firms the advantage in .he sale of their goods, and meanwhile the State and the school fund was actually losing money by the sales. Mr. Douthitt also indicated that a liquor drummer told him that a form? er member of the board had directly suggested to him that he had better get a representative on the board, and suggested an appointment at his room that afternoon, and after that the firm of Rossfcam, Gersxler & Co. did get good business. ? Mr. Lyon took a few turns cut of the new board of control today, and to say the least, brought out that the new board is a bit Jax. This does net mean wrong-doing, or that anything criminally wrong was suggested or de? veloped. He brought out or indicated that the new board was buying from what ho thought were .'dummy" houses Or firms, representing firms that had been placed on the black list. Mr. Rawlinson, who spoke for the board, stated that the board bought on samples and bids, and that as bonds were required the board has not been inquiring into the hcu.-e.---. but that now it has arranged to do so. Mr. Lyon suggested that one of the firms from which the board was buy? ing has gone into bankruptcy, and that others were gotten up to avoid the embargo against buying from cer? tain houses while they were on the "blacklist." Mr. Lyon insisted that the new board did not pay proper regard to *If your stomach troubles you do not conclude that there is no cure, for i great many have been permanently cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet?. Try them, they are certain to prove beneficial. They only cost a quarter. Sold by a^l druggists. i the Legislative instructions relative to I getting bids for the glassware, and Mr. Rawlinson insisted that the board ?bought from where it thought it j could ge*: the best and cheapest con ! tracts, and that it did not worry about the back contracts or past ar ! rangements, although Mr. Lyon thought some of the old contracts ! were foi less than the new prices. ?Mr. Rawlinson, said that the board did not, as far as he knew, make any actual comparison between the sam plts by which liquors were bought, and the goods after their arrival. He i said that the idea seemed to be to wait ; for complaints. There was considerable controyversy ?with regard to the declination of the new board to give the Christensen Lyon committee copies of the lists of purchases. Mr. Rawlinson urged that the board was ready and anxious to supply all posible information, but ?that the board preferred -to know ex? actly whet was wanted. ? Mr. Lyon presented Mr. Jesse Vance, who conducts a brokerage business in Newberry, to show what he knew about the claim of Mr. H. H. Evans that he made a lot of money in cotton futures. Mr. Vance declined to know or say anything. He did say that he could tell something if he had his books, but he declined to produce his books, and with the usual good luck the majority of the committte declined to order that he present his J bc oks to show whether Mr. Evans ! had m?:de or lost money on cotton futures in his place. Mr. j^yon said he thought in this way he could show what merit there was in the claim of Mr. Evans that he had gre wn rich on cotton futures. The committee thought it ought first to be i shown that Mr. Evans has the money, and that the cotton future phase would simply be a defence. Mr. W. W. Starr, the general man? ager of the Savannah Brewery, testi? fied that the disptnsary has been pay? ing mere for Xo. 2 beer than it had been offered at. Analysis were pre? sented by the committee, without the knowledge of Mr. Starr, to show that j the Savannah beer was better than I that i?or which the dispensary paid more money. Dispenser Corey, of Fort Fremont, complained of the price of Acme beer, and the result of his correspondence j was that he was advised that he must i have been buying it cheaper from the dispensary than it had been priced at. ! At the very round-off of the testi j mcny this afternoon Mr. Lyon pre ! sented an affidavit from S. Grabfelder !& Co., large dealers, bought labels ! from Nivission & Weiskopf, the very ! firm from which the famous label or? der was got, at $1.50 ' per thousand, that were thought to be fully as handsome embossed and all, as those bought ly the dispensary at $3.50. These labels bought from Navisson & Weiskopf were used on Glen Lily whiskey and are considered as hand? some as any bought by the dispensary, and were bought by Grabftlder for less than half. Some pretty labels were presented that were bought from the Louisville Courier Journal people, at 40 cents per thousand. These were body labels and had no neck piece. Mr. Lyon thinks that this shows very conclusively that the State paid more than twice too much for its big lot ol labels as it ought to have paid. -News and Courier. Deadly Serpent Bites *Are as common in India as are stom? ach and liver disorders with us. For the latter, however, there is a sure remedy: Electric Bitters, the great restorative medicine, of which S. A. Brov.-n, of Bennettsville, S. C., says: "They restored my wife to perfect hea':h after years of suffering with dyspepsia and a chronically torpid liver." Electric Bitters cure chills and fever, malaria, biliousness, lame back, kidney troubles and bladder dis? orders. Sold on guarantee by Sibert's Drug Store. Price 50c. NATURE TELLS YOU. As Many a Sumter Reader Knows Too s Well. When the kidneys are sick. Nature tells you all about it. i The urine is nature's calendar. Influent or too frequent action; Any urinary trouble tells of kidney ills. Loan's Kidney Pills cure ali kidney ills. i J. L. Soil's, residing at ?11 Cheeves street. Florence. S. C.. says: "Doan's Kidney Pills wbi :h I used for kidney -md bladder troubles have greatly beneStted me. I was very bad? ly hurt on the railroad a number of years aso had my back injured and I think my kidneys Wf>re badly hurt at the san:'- time, ."ly back pot well enough for nie to get ?aro .ind. but being paral y/.ed from my hips down I aro unable to walk. I have suffered greatly with backache during tin- past eight or ten years. The secretions from the kid? neys were in a bad condition, very dark col? ored, full of sediment and accompanied with burain? pain. T used numberless remedies, bul none of them did me any ?roed until I read about Doan's Kidney ['ills and sentto a dn-store for them. They gave m.- relief. I b<5 kidney secretions cleared up. the burn? ing s< nsatfon Left and I do not suffer from the terrible oack aches. I attribute these satis : factory results entirely to the use of Doan's kinney i':!.?.. You are welcome u> '.:-*>. mv Dame as an endorser of the claims made for t h? rc. Plenty more proof like This from Sumter peopie. Call at Dr. A. .!. China's dins store and ask what his customers report. For sale by all dealers; pr;.-.-:.i> cents. Fos ter-Milburn Co.. l?uffalo, N. v.. sole agents for the I nited states. Remember the naiue-Doan's -and take no other PROSPEROUS PUDDING SWAMP. Go to whatever section of our country you please and you will find plenty of hustle and progress. Our people are wide awake, quick to un? derstand and ready to take hold cf whatever looks to increased effic? iency and better welfare Nowhere in the whole country has there been more progress or greater edevlop ment, improvement than in the Pud? ding Swamp country contiguous tb Shiloh, where a few years ago the land, much of which was in ponds, bays and flats could have been bought for from $1 to $5 per acre, but none of which can now be purchased foi several times the last named amount. About the year of 1894 Robert R and "Lige" Tomlinson, two brothers, introduced into that country the cul? ture of tobacco, which for the next decade, was to play an important part in redeeming the country from debt and setting it upon its feet. At that time even the roads were few and inferior, the lands, much of them, poor and neglected, the churches in keeping with %their surroundings and the .schools very ordinary, little atten? tion being paid to education. But the introduction of tobacco, little of which is planted today in the same territory, was the beginning of a new era, the dawn of a new day. Go there now and how changed are the surround? ings-on every hand are the evi? dences of wealth, ease and comfort, and still the end is not yet.- As in Sumter, it is the people; they make ! ere place; clever aimost to a fault, wide awake, full of energy, they have not hesitated to take hold and push matters, anything that looked to the advancement of their fine country, to build good roads, some undertakings sufficient to stagger stout hearts, splendid churches, good and well equipped academies, where the best talent in the land was employed in the instruction of the youth, so that in a few short years Pudding Swamp finds itself almost, if not fully, abreast from every point of view with any other rural district of our great com? monwealth. Hagood. 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