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VOL XLIII. NO. 11. NEWBERRY. S. C. TUESDAY. TEBRUAPLY . 190'. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR
INYESTIGATION OF
DISPENSARY AFFAIRS
THE INVESTIGATION COMMIT
TEE IN SESSION.
Sessions Held Last Week and Will
Coutinue This Week-Interest
ing Matters Brought Out.
Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia, February 5.-The dis
pensary investigation committee was
in session during three afternoons last
week. 'he first session after the com
mittee received the additional powers
eonferrt'upon it by the present legis
lature, to compel the attendance of
witnesses and to punish for contempt,
was hela on Wednesday afternoon,
and the sessions were continued
Thursday afternoon and Friday after
noon. No session was held on Satur
day a11u1noon for the reason that
several of the members had gone
home to spend Sunday, the legisla
ture having adjourned, and there was
not a quorum present. The next
meeting will be held tomorow after
noon.
Newberry Witnesses Summoned.
Several gentlemen from Newberry
bave been summoned to appear befoii
the committee at its session tomorrow.
Am,)ng these have been mention-ed
Mr. L. W. Floyd; Dr. James McIn
tosh, president of the Savings bank:
Postmaster Charles J. Purcell; Presi
dent John M. Kinard of the Com
mercial bank; Auditor W. W. Cromer
and Clerk of Coui-t John C. Goggans.
Meetings Last Week.
The. sessions of the- committee last
week were held in the supreme court
room. tach afternoon there were a
Nmrnber of peopfe present */ho gave
close> .fttention to the proceedings.
Hn. . H. Evans, chairman of the
state board ,of directors, was present
for a while di-ing. each session, and
Hon. Jno. Bell Towill, a member of
the board, was p.resent at the mneetin~g
en Friday afternyon.
. Matter (of Labels.
Probably the nmost interesting ses
sion 'of the comniittee was that held
on Friday afterno.4n,.when it was de
veloped that thg dispensary paid
$36,677 to a Cin ir 1ati house for 21,
000,000 labels, iihl it was testified
.could have b n furnished for less
than $8000. eethinoc
*The labels -eebought,.h noc
showed, fro' the Nevison Weiskoff
company, o incinnati, the bill being
approved ~y Messrs. Boykin and
Twill, of te .state board,.n
Si.W. {. Cogswell, president an
general manager of the~ W-11ker. Evans
& Cogswell company, printers, lith
ographers and stationers, of Charles
Ion. testified that he had secured pri
Kees from the Brandon Printing compa
ny, of Nashville, on these labels furn
ished by the Cincinnati house, and
that the Brandon company had offered
to furnish the labels. f. o. b. Nashville
for $7,185. The samples on which
Mr. Cogswell secured prices were giv
en to him by Senator Christensen, of
(the committee and Senator Christen
sen testified that he had secured them
from the state dispensary and he was
sostisfied that they were the labels fur
- ished by the Cincinnati house. i\[r.
-Cogswell 's offer to the committee was
to furnish the labels for $9,185, add
ing $2,000 to the price of the Nash
ville house.
Mr. Ambrose E. Gonzales, president
of the State Printing company, had
secured bids on these same labels from
the Maryland Color Printing company
of Baltimore, and this concern had of
fered to furnish the 21,000,000 labels
for $7,700. which price include~d 10
per cent commission to the State com
pany.
These prices sub)mit.ted byV Messrs.
Cogswell and Gonzales were secured
the committee after the investiga
was begn. and for the purposes
he investirtieU. Neither the
State company nor Walker, Evans &
Cogswell had sbmitted a bid to the
state board.
Mr. John J. Seibels, of Columbia,
president of the Columbia Glass
Works, however testified that on the
invitation of Mr. Boykin he had sub
mitted bids to the state board, and
the prices were about one-fourth the
price paid for the labels in the Cin
cinnati house.
The Carolina Field.
Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr., was one
of the witnesses on Friday afternoon.
Mr. Rice was editor of the Carolina,
Field, a newspaper published at
Georgetown, and when he was put on
the stand he was asked directly if any
member of the state board of direc
tors had ever taken any stock in the
Carolina Field. Mr. Rice asserted pos
itively that no member of the state
board had taken stock in his paper.
A letter.signed by Mr. Rice was pro
duced, directed to J. S. Farnum, and
dated April 30, 1905, in which Mr.
Rice stated: "I may tell you that our
friends of the board promised to do
the right thing- by you and by me,
and especially the two that we thought
possibly against us. They have . sub
scribed rather liberally, and if you
will take one thousand dollars of the
stock the thing is done." Mr. Rice
maintained, however, that no member
of the state board of directors had at
any time had any stock in his paper.
He. could not recall the circumstances
uider which the letter was written,
and said possibly if he had time to
look over his correspondence he might
be able to give the committee the con
nection.
Mr. Gunter Exonerated.
One of the features of the sessions
of last week was the complete exoner
ation of Attorney General U. X. 4un
ter, Jr. The tendency of some of the
testimony appeared to be to connect
Mr. Gunter with dealing's in which
money had been paid by people to se
cure positions on the constabularv
force. Several of the witnesses testi
fied that t hey had paid Capt. William
McGowan, of Spartanburg, money to
g:et them p)osit ions on the force. Mr.
McGowan is a law partner of General
Gunter and hzenee the connection.
Capt. McGowan took the stand and
stated positively that the money he
had received for this work was sim
ply as an attorney. and that General
Gunter had never received one cent of
it. and knew nothing of it; that he
would not have dared to.aproach Gen
e:al Gunter in connection with the
matter. because General Guntergheld
a state officee. Capt. McGowan paid
a very pretty tribute to General Gun
ter,. saying he was one of the purest
me he had ever known.
SPrices Paid For Liquor.
Teltimony has been adduced by the
committee to the effect that the dis
pensay has paid more for certain
brands of liquor than these same
brands were b)ought for elsewhere.
Mr. I. Trager, of Cincinnati, who is a
'member of the concern which makes
Cream of Kentucky whiskey, was on
the witness stand. and said that the
dispensary was charged more for
Cream of Kentucky whiskey than
Paul Heyman, in Augusta, paid, be
ause the dispensary was furnished
better whiskey. The committee pro
duced the analysis of the state chem
ist, of Georgia, which showdd the li
quors practically to be the same, and
Mr. Trager said that an analysis of
that kind didn't show the flavor and
the aroma which came with age, and
that an analysis wouldn 't differenti
ate young liquor from old liquor. He
was given several samples of whis
key to taste. not knowing what the
samples were. He said he wasn 't an
exert judge of liquors by taste. but
the pract i(a1 result of the experimen t,
so far as his judgmnent was concerned,
was that the liquors wvere all about
the same. One of the sanliples. which
he said might be a little better than
tke *ttar was thes Paul Ieman li
qimr. and the dispensary liquor was in
some of the other glassees.
Sevenl witnesses who have been on
the stand have told of work clone by
I state eonstables for candidates foi
hoverinor and other ofiees. Governor
M.1weeney and Col. Talbert have
)een-inentionod as among those fol
whom con stables worked.
J. K. A.
St. Paul's Items.
St. PaulFs. February 5. 1906.
Pastor Sligh has a very sick child
with measles. There has been a plague
I of measles in this community. tour
correspondent has been confined with
the measles.. but thank God we are
out again.
The graveyard association met yes
terday and decided to enlarge the
graveyard. The following commit
tee has been elee.ted to solicit funds:
L. I. Epting. W. H. Kibler, J. W.
Richardson, J. D. Sheely, J. B. Beden
baugh. All who are interested will
please give something for this pur
pose.
There is no farming work going on.
There will be a lot of spring oats
sOwn if the weather is favorable. E.
Easy To See.
Cleveland Leader.
The Lady--You'll excuse me. but
YOU don't travel on this car line of
ten do you, sir?''
The Gentleman-No. Madam. H9w
do you know?
The Lady-You gave me yoiur seat.
The Gentleman-And you don't
travel on this line often yourself.
The Lady---What makes you think
so.
The Gentleman-You thanked iue.
His Error.
Cleveland Leader.
Bdss-Yot'll. find when you get
your check, Mr. Pennick, that I have
added four dllars a month to your
salary. I believe you didn't make
a single mistake in your figures dur
ing the entire year.
Bookkeeper--Yes, I did-just one.
Boss-What was th.at?
Bookkeeper-I figured on a bigger
r'alse.
So far tha.legislature has, done but
little of practical good to the state.
Sp)eech making and dilatory tacties,
seem to be the order of things and
much valuable time and opportunity
are waste&. There seems to be a
lack of courage-~each member seems
afraid of his shadow and as a con
sequence very little work of a bene
ficial nature is accomplished. Would
that we had a bold strong leader-one
that could rise above the fog in pub
lie duty and in private thinking, one
that could read the handwriting on
the vjalJ and do what the people have
soplainly expressed as their wishes.
One of the leading officials in the
United St.ates bureau of printing and
engraving had a somewhat peculiar
experience while on a recent viseit to
New York.
Hlis business being to study and
compare certain engravings made by
metropolitan engravers by order of
the bureau the official never left or
returned to his hotel without a hand
bag, which he was careful never got
ou of his possession. On requesting
and receiving his bill at the end of
several days he tendered in payment
a b)rand new $'20 silver certificate.
The clerk looked at it and then passed
it back.
"What's the matter '' inquired
the guest.
"f can 't take that,'' replied the
clerk coldly. "I don't think it's
zood.''
"Not good I''~exclaimed the official.
"Not good! Why, man, it's good. I
Imade it myself!"
"Yes.'' said thse clerk. "se I
NOT QUITE TWO MORE
WEEKS OF SESSION
MORGAN BILL HAS PASSED
THE HOUSE.
Synopsis of the Appropriation Bill,
Which Will Be Introduced In
House Today.
Columbia, February 5.-The pres
1 ent legislature has not quite two
weeks, that is the time for which the
members. will receive pay, and it is not
probable that it will extend beyond
that date. The final adjournment
will be oil Saturday, the 18th.
The retord will soon be writ and on
that the-members will have to return
to their constituents to give an ac
count of their stewardship.
*' * *
A great many things of vast import
ance to the people of the state re
main yet. to have attention. The dis
pensary question has overshadowed
everything else and it remains yet to
be threshed out in the senate.
Some fifty or sixty new laws have
passed both houses and have been
enrolled A1or1 ratification. The house
will devote some of its time this week
to the disussion of the appropriation
bill whiel will be presented tomorrow.
The pa*t week has been taken up
almost elitirely by the house in the
discussioj of the dispensary question.
There we quite a number of speech
es on botfw'des. A vote was reached
on Friday on the Morgan bill which
provides for the abolition of the
state dispensary and leaves it to the
counties to choose between county dis
pensaries and prohibition. The vote
was 63 to 47 in favor of the Morgan
bill.
Mr. Higgins voted for the dispen
sary and against the Morgan bill.
Messrs. Earhardt and Taylor voted
for the Morgan bill and against t'
sta e dispensary.
* *
Then began the amendment of the
bill and it is doubtful if the author
will recognize it when it reaches the
senate. The amendments were all to
be printed in the Journal and when
the house meets tomorow they will be
considered again and the bill passed
to a third reading as amended.
The bill provides for the closing
up of the state dispensary by the first
of A.ugust. It is in effect a state pro
hibition law with the privilege to
each county to vote on the question of
establishing a county dispensary, and
in that event provides the machinery
for operating it. There is an amend
ment making provision for Charleston
to have a license system.
The main question decided is that
the sentiment of the house is decided
ly against the state dispensary.
What the senate will do is the ques
tion now that every one is asking. It
is claimed by the adherents of the
sate dispensary idea that the senate
will kill the Morgan bill by about six
votes while those in 'favor of abolish
ing the state institution claim a ma
jority in the senate of several votes.
The situiation in the senate is just
about as stated a couple of weeks
ago in this correspondence. Neither
the extreme dispensary advocates nor
the extreme element opposed to the
system has a majority, but those hold
ing the balance of power favor the
dispensary system if properly man
aged and they believe that by amend
ing the law it can be properly manag
ed. They are advocating the Raysor
Manning bill which attempts to throw
restrict ions around the purchasing
and ordering of the stuff. It is not
I nhive the k.nse will agree t. any
amending of the state dispensary and
therefore if anything is done it will
have to be brought about in the sen
ate by the conservative dispensary ad
vocates who believe in the system
properly managed. This I believe will
be the result and that the Morgan bill
in some shape will pass the senate.
The bill cannot reach the senate be
fore Wednesday.
By a very close vote the house re
fuses to pass a compulsory education
law again at this session. Very
strange and peculiar were some of the
arguments of statesmen in this legis
lature against this proposition. They
talk about the rights of the parents
to control the child and the negro be
ing forced to school, but they seem to
forget that the child has rights which
even the parent cannot take away and
the parent should not be permitted to
throw any obstacles in the way of the
exercise and use of those rights by
the children.
* * *
Senator Blease has introduced a
bill in the senate to provide for the
building of a new court house. This
bill should go through. Under its pro
visions the cost of the court house is
run through a number of years and
the additional cost will not be felt
by any one.
** *
The ways and means committee has
practically agreed upon the general
appropriation bill and will present it 1
to the house tomorrow. Some of the
items will have to be changed in or
der to conform to specisl acts which <
may be passed by the present legisla
ture. For instance, in a great' many
of the counties the salaries of the au- i
ditors and treasurers are being in
creased and the appropriation for
that purpose wi'l have to be increased
to meet these.
The bill as presented by the com
mittee will carry with it a total appro
priation of about -$1,250,000. The
state co2leges have all been given a
slight increase and the necessary ex
penses for maintaining the .state hos
pital are growing larger every year.
The following synopsis will show
for what purposes the apropriations
are made:
Governor's officee, $15,850.
Secretary of State, $5,650.
Comptroller General, $10,450.
State Treasurer, $7,710.
State Superintendent Education,
Adjuantand Inspector General,
$19,910.
Attorney General. $5.525.
Railroad Commissioners, $9,250.
State Librarian. $1,400.V
Two. Watehmen; State House. $1 .200.
T wo Janitors. $280.
Electrician and Engineer of the1
State House, $1.825.
Contingent Fund Keeper of the
State House, $200.
State Geologist. $2,500.
Department 'of Agriculture, Corn
merce and Immigration, $10,750.
The above items include salary and
ontingent expenses for the various
departments and in the case of the
adjutant and insoector general, $15,
000 for the militia.
For the Judicial Department, in
eluding salaries of t.he supreme court
Judges, Circuit judges, Solicitors and
Stenographers, $45,950.
For the Health Department, includ
ing $8,000 for quarantining the state
against contagious and infectious dis
eases, $17,600.
For salaries off County Auditors and'
Treasurers, .$62,683.28.
South Carolina College, $41,919.25.
Winthrop College, $70,784.50.
Iilitary A cademy, $26.750.P
Colored College, $6,300.
Penitentiary. $6.100.
Hospital for the Insane, $176.077.
Deaf. Dumb and Blind Asylum.
$25,400.
Catawba Indians, $3,000.
Fo h a. === of Claims. apprev
ed at the present session, $10,000.
For public printing, $15.440.
Lighting public buildings, $6,000.
Fuel for heating State House, $1,100,
Pensions, $200,000.
For committees to examine tFe vr
rious State offices, about $2,000.
Code Commissioner, $400.
To pay the sinking fund, moneIr
borrowed for the completion of tha
State House, $20,000.
Expenses State Board of Equalizar
tion$2,000.
South Carolina Room, in Confeder-.
ate Museum at Richmond, $100.
Salaries Supervisors of Registr,
tion, $12,300.
Expenses of General Election, $28
500.
Agricultural and Mechanical So-.
iety, $2,500.
For the aid of Publie Rural Libra
ries, $5,000.
Rent of -office Superintendent of
Education, $75.
Insurance Governor's Mansion,
Historical Commission, $4,050..
Repairs and Heating Governor's
kfansion, $750.
Fire Proof Metal cases, office Comp4
troller General, $2,500.
Board of Medical Examiners, $600.
Expenses Committee to Investigate
tate Dispensary, about $10,000.
Artificial limb for J. NL. Miner, $25.
L. W. Jones, for portrait of Judge
)'Neall, $250.
R. L. Freeman, for locating line be-.
;ween North Carolina and South Car-.
)lina, $608.50.
For the Confederate Home School
)f Charleston, S. C., $2,000.
Interest on Public Debt, $290,#0,
In addition to the above amounts
;he expenses of the legislative ses4
ion for the pay of members and at
:aches. about $45,250.
E. . A.
Hated To Give It Up.
Eonkers Statesman.
Patience-It's all off between me
mnd Will.
Patrice-Engagement broken?
"I'm sorry."
"Well, you needn't be. Only I've
'ound out that he 's not a man of his
"Indeed!"
"Yes; why only a week ago he said
ie 'd give up anything for me, and now
:he hateful old thing wants this ring
Hitting Back.
rhicago. Journal.
"Do you see that gentleman in the
>ig black tie and checkered jacket?"
aid the meek little woman, as she
urned the corner. "Well, he is:- an
rtist. I would like so much for you
o have him paint your portrait."
".Indeed." replied the husband who
lways growls at the table; "is he a
rood artist?'"
"Fine. He is known as the best
vild animal painter in the country."
A Ma;ter of Wills.
['it-Bits.
They were discussing things which
ielp a man to obtain success in the
orld, when one young man said:
' There's nothing like force of char
Lter. Now, there's Hunks. He's
ure to make his- way in the world.
fe's a will of his own, you know.''
"But Brown has something bet-'
er in his favor," argued his friend.
"What's that?"
"A will of his uncle's." 4
A self-satisfied man is always con+.
eited.
Strange to say, the speaking like
*ess of a woman goes without saying.
Be sure you are right. hut don't be
too sure that everybody else is
wrong~.
Many an otherwise truthful man
will lie about the faa he hiad while