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REBATES GIVEN -DISPENSARY. a Abe Hamberger So Stated to Mr. A. A. Bristow Does not Remember Positively Name of Firm. The State. It miay never be possible inl the I course of hum111ani eveits to prove that c rebates were ever paid by whiskey t houses to (lispenlsary officiails. It s may never be possible under the rules h of evidencee guarded jealously by a q large retinue of lawyers an(I passed t upon in jud:ent by a eoiimittee t which is acelustoiell to tle strictest t adhierence to the technical inl rules V of evidenlee. Blut vlile it may Iever Ile possible s to prove the fact, there are cases 41f %i circumlstanlt ial evidlencee which will < make tlie g-enleral publie arrive at e such a conclhusiml despile the di ffi- 1 culty presented by legal technicali ties. t One of the most signlificiant pieces of evidence Yet proluce(l before the investigating committee was the tes ttimony yesterday of Mr. A. A. Bris tow of Greenville. president of the board of trade of that city and a business man who is well known in the state. Without any fuss or feathers lie testified on the stand yesterday that a liquor (Iruimmer 1amed Ahe H11amnberger had told Mr. Bristow on two different occasions 0 that he, Hamberger. had paid $8.000 in rebates to get an order of $68. 000 front t lie dispensary. Further- I more hamberger's statement carries out the evidenice produced last week to show that the shibboleth of I ''chemically pure'' is all a fake. Haimberger told Mr. Bristow once, and later in the presence of a wit- f ness. that the shipment of liquor had to be adulterated so that the I house would not lose its commissions 1 in paying the rebate. The house had used adultei-ants so freely in the first shipment that they feared t hat the l.t would be returnedl to them. hat they received a cheek f4ir $10. 000 in p"I.ym1eit tlerellf nand iade the sev"n1l hijimell t - u1n a 4*1111 c iI I I :'t t l1141 1i| e,ir I.r 1in ter hlimwv!t q-Xpr1-:w'd enri-sity toI, knww hi,w in the worl1d pe,-ple4 culd drink it. Mir. Bristiw sail that wa. the -ily1 sale the h11ue niu1le to tlie dispen sary. Ten per cent. rebates is pret ty heavy. In lirder that the people of the state may he advised of the difficulty which the sub-comnmittee has experiellee'l in getting inifor'ma tion. the entire examination of Mr. Br'istw is given from the notes of the clerk o.f the c-1minimittee. Mr. A. A. Bristw being exaimnle(I hv Mr. Lyon: Now. %ir. ( 'hairman. I want tow notify tle e4ntmittee before this witness testifies that the testi Inony that lie has is in the natuore of a cnfessi'n tif a member (t the lllia Or house inl re'.zared to giving rebates. Now. that is thle prposition that is here andl as I uniderst and i't t hat is all t here is ini it. The commit tee, of eonurse. can role upon thle relevancy of testimny ofv ct'hat k i nd-thle ec n fessie'n of thait kiind. Mr'. Fraser: Was lhe dealing with. t he d ispensary ? Mr'. Lven: .\s T uniderstand this party was also dealing withI the dis ptensaiy. Mr. Fraser': Does lie know lie name of the mani Mir. Lyon: lie ceritainily does. Mr'. Gaston : I think if' the state mtent was made to this man by the mtan htimsel f who eon fessed to be a party to the tirantsaction it would lbe c'mpetent. Mr'. Lyon: In order t hat we may not run amutck again, was it a joke. Mr. Bristowi' Witness: I D)o not think so. Q-Yoti do not think so. Now, Mr. Br istow. wtill you state whlethier you ev er had a conv'ersattion w'ithi a man interested in a liqutor' house that was sellinig the dlispenisaryv in which lie made any statement in i'egard to giving rebates or anythiung of that sort to the dispensary dowit here ? A-You wuanit me just to make thr statements? Q-Yes, make the statemeint .' ou gave here this morning.. A--I shall be glad to tell you all I know about it. A Mr. Abe H1am berger of Baltimore, who was con . neoted with a whiskey house, whom I have known qutite a long time The Chairman (Senator Hay): Which whiskey liouse? A-That I am afraid I cannot give ;yotu definitely. My impression is *',that,it-was Kahn, Belton & Co. That Ido not state positively. In conver NsAtion with him regarding the dispen Iy asked him If he had ever done 1 aiybushtiess with them. He remark *hat hie had sold them one lot, ~i~ oi-der. I asked him how much w . ie said sixty- ven thous dollars (07,000).' -ow, whtatI ~ I1 oit iay for" it? Eight thousand S4Uru - ($8,000). IHow did you pay t? nnoney. To whotk That is different question i cannot answe fow could you afford to take ive that much commission on a riler of t hat' size? By taking it 'ot f the goods. I said I did not kno hat you could do that. Oh. yes; y< o not know much about the liqw usiness; you can make it of chen ails. I said do you make it pur (es it retain its purity? His a1 wer was that it was not poisonot ut that it was a very easy Tnatter i lctor whiskev. He said furth( hat the first shipment was about t< hoiusand dollacs ($10,000) and the rembled in their boots for fear: VoUld come back, but it didn't com n1d wheit the check came the ne: hipmeit was worse. What they di rith it or how they got rid of it anmiot imagine. lie declined. ho ver, to give any name to whom I ad .iven rebates. The Dhairman: Did he give yo, he date? Witness: No. he didn't. This coi ersation took place about 18 montli go and was repeated last August .Ir. Lyon: Where was it repeated Witness: III Baltimore in ti ouse for which I travel. The coi ersation took place there in th ffice both times. Q-Did the repeating of this coT ersation take place in the presene f any one from this State? A-Yes, sir. Q-Will you give the name of thi arty? A-Jesse R. Smith. Q-What was the occasion of th eing repeated? A-The statement, Mr. Lyon, wii o astouln(ling to Ime that I siipl elt that I would like for some oi Ise from the state to hear that stato ient and I asked young Mr. Har ertrer to repeat the statement I mde to me. which lie did. Q-T'hat conversation took pla< n1 Baltimore as I understand? A-Yes, sir. Q-What house was it. you sa jr.. Brist ow ? .\--That i caninot Swear to Q,-Yu saidl tile con11versatin ' are where ! .\- u herer Inis. & C'. 'r-.\nd M. I1,amher-er. as I II ertn,was a memliber of tie fir I' this liquor house that sold to til 'tate ? A-Yes. sir. Q-Now, you say that lie made tl tateient that this first shipme ras very poor liquor? A-Yes. sii. Q-And that he expected it to 1 -et unied hv the dispenis'Ary ofi ils? A-Yes. sir. Q-But it Wasn 'I it ? A-Yes. sir. Q-Anid having receivel his pa lis next shipment down here w, )""rer than tlie first and it wasn urned down? A-Yes. sir. Q-Anad he advisedl you not Irink any dispensary liqulor? A-Itf I drank ainy at all. Thhe Chairman : WVhat business a :u in. Mr. Bristo'w ? A-I ami in lie clot hiing buisines Q-You are not an expert on 1ig ir then? A-Not mach. Mr. Lyon : Mr. Hiamberger was ti *xper't on liquor? A-He seems to be, yes. Q-Now. Mr. Britow, did he' lea' he impression or did lie make tl *tatement-I do not care for the d oils myself in this matter-but d me leave thle impression on vou th he whiskey that was shipped to il hispensary was unusually poor stui no'e so than that th-a. was sold lie commion saloonsui on the corne 1 tlie streets? A -Yes. Q--He (lid do that ? A -Yes. Q-WVheni was this stateme A-The date I could not give ye t was in February or' April, 19( md the tatter statement in Augr rm Sept emb)er of the same year. m there a portion of those montl Q-You stay ini Baltimore a gre heal? A-Not a great deal. I am in Bn imiore about t wiee a year. Q-Now, Mr. Bristow, has N1 [lamberger told you of any of I' >thier experiences here dealing south Carolina?f A-Nothing, not specially. Q-Did lie tell you when tii ransaction took place? A-No, he did not. Q-Now, Mr. Bristow, is the anything else t.hat yooi know of th tould throw any light on this inv< igation that you could toll us? A-I think not, Mr. Lyon. Senator Blease: You say they o y bought one lot from thee Witness: That wps his statenmer ir. / Mr~ Lyon: When you asked hi r. the question how this money was o paid. whether it was a cheek or i draft or something of that kind, how it did he say that was done? kv Witnes: Yes, I asked him that u question. He said, yes, in money; or they don't consider anything else. - Q-Nothing else but money? A-That was the repl.y. - - Q-That was what-it was repre s sented to you as being graft to these 0 officials down here? r A-1 assume that that was the i meaning of it. FIRST PRIMARY ELEOTION Dt I Oregon Voting for a Senator-Repub T licans in a Mess. C Washington. June 5.-A practical test of an election of a United States u1 Senator by the people will be made in Oregon today. It will be the first - experiment in a western state of the is primary system as applied to the selection of a Senator. The Situa ? tion in Oregon has attracted parti C cular attention here and both Sen - ators and Representatives are await e ing the result of the election with deep interest. The political situation in Oregon is unique. The state is overwhelm ingly Republican, but the anomalous co(ition is presented of the likeli hood of the popular choice of a Uni ted States Senator falling to a Democrat. The two candidates for Senator are John M. Gearin, who t now is serving as United States Sen ator by appointment of the Governor, and Jonathan M. Bourne. Gearin succeeded Senator Mitchell, who died c after his conviction of complicity in the Oregon land frauds, and while his case was pending on appeal be e fore the United States Supreme Court. He is a man of irreproach e able character and eminent ability and is popular with the people. Mr. Bourne also is a popular and able man. aside fruomn his political associa tilms. is not re.-artle(l as so stron. a hi'. oppewient. Both11 of the candi iatesz are resi(lents of I"ortland. The hepubliean) party inl Oregi4,n is practicallv dismantled. so far as m-raiization is eonc eIned. The pr, secution of the land fraud cases has upset completely the normal political conditions. One member of the Na tional House of Representatives from Oregon. Mr. Williamison, is - tder sentence of six moniths in jail en a charge of having illegally got ten possession of government lands. iThe other Representative from the state. Bingiel Herman, is under in dietment here for destroying public reci"is when le was Commissioner of the Public Land Office; and has several indictments pending against him in Oregon for conspiracy in the land eases. Senator Fulton stands unscathed as the real Republican laeofthe state. The Oregon Legislature numbers Oabout one hundred. That the result of hte senatorial p)rimary election may be carried into effect, candi d teforn theLeiatrhvebn asked to sign a pledlge to vote for the the seniatorial candidate who shall receive, the largest number of votes at the primary. Some of them have signed the pledge and others have not. The chances are, however, that the Legislature will carry out the will of the peop)le as expressed at the election. . Among political observers here dwho have kept in touch with the at Oregon situation, the belief is held ethat Senator Gearin has at least an even chance of succeeding himself. oIt is conceded even by Gearin 's rs friends, that, on national issues or at a national election, a Democrat would have a poor chance of success in the state;: but it is known that Gearin is very strong personally and, ton account of the disorgalnization of ithe Republicans, lhe is likely to be successful. t ~*Already sp)eculation is rife as t the effect of his success in the sena torial contest. It is not regarded s* generally however, that the eletion p)olitically on presidential politics. I- P. H. McGOWAN. r. Behavior. is Old Uncle Ben, lhe says, says lhe: mi "My 'hiavior allus carries me. I 's been a-livin' all my days is'Round proper folks, wif proper ways. lI allus knows exactly how To lif' my hat or make a bow. I finds folks 'bligin.' as kin be, re Because my 'havior carries me." 4- A swift salution thuns lie finds To problems hard for abler minds. The little cotirtesies of life a- Protect him against all vulgar strife. In truth, there's no denyin' that Lt, The mian must be a diplomat To live from rude dissensions free, m And say: "My 'havior carries me." STATE PARMERS' UNION. Election of Officers-Work of the Or.- Sch ganization to be PusUed. - admi The first meeting of the South Caro- *. HiM division of the Farmers Educa- year, tional and Co-operation Union held ing i in Anderson last week. The Ander- a son Mail says that the greater part of S*l the session was behind closed doors. -cr About 10 delegates were in atten- Fot 6 dance, representing twelve counties P1'0 and at total membership of about 6, 000. The organization of the State Union was perfected by the adoption of a constitution and by-laws and tihe election of the following oficers: 0. P. Goodwyn, Laureis, President. T. T. Wakefleld. Anderson, Vice- ; President. TI B. F. Earle. Anderson, Secretary 00 and Treasurer. apm M.A. Mahaffey. Belton, State Or- prod Now. A. B. Black, Taylors, Chaplain. BEV W. R. Holiday, Laurenis, Conduc- I whioa J. D. Williams, Greenwood, Door- noto keeper. G. E. Putman, Greenville, Sergeant- 11*' at-Arms. 0h The following executive committee uve was elected: J. T. Boggs, Liberty; J. B. Pickett, Oconce; W. F. Kennedy, Abbeville; W. L. Anderson, Green wood; C. Sims Brown, Newberry. It was decided to push the work of orgaiization in the various counties in the state in which there are no umnions, and organizers will be put in the field at once. A resolution was adopted endors ing the warehouse system for control lhing the price of cotton, the w%are- C I houses to be owned and operated by the farmers. an The following resolutions were adopted : B( "Resolved, That we the State Far llers Inionl tenlder to the city anld the eitizenls of Anderson county our hearty thanks for their warm wel c4me anld ospitable treatiment dur- B inl z om- stay in their voiuity. "Resolved. 'I'lat tht(le (han1ks of tle D State F Faners Inioi be retilrIed t" r Ihe dailv andl weeklY papers of th le 1 -tate fir tle uohmu1nn devoted to 1he bureau of illforiationl edited by. J. C. ties Stribling of Iendleton. ing "Resolved, That we tender our righ thanks to Bro. R. F. Dueworth for ply his able and efficient services in the organization of the State Farmers, you Union. and Resolved. That we teider our Fort thniks to the different railroads for don' their ellivient service and reduced rates to the Ineetin-, of the State U ion. "Resolved. That we the State Far mers Union ask the State Agricultur al anld 'Mechanical Society of South Carolina to give us a Farmers Union Day at tle State Fair in Columbia during the fall of 1906. Of 1 "'Whereas. Clemson college has (cen- the diered (lhe Farmers Un.iion a (lay onl thie regular p)rogram dlurinig the an nual session of tihe Farmers Institute La to he held at Clemson college on Au- Over gust 13 to1 17, therefore be it resolved Durr that the State Farmers Union accept Cure the kind invitation of said institu- urrv tion andh namies as its speaker on the Sihe accasion Hion. R. F. DueworthI, presi- Ce dent of the National Farmers Educa tional andl Co-operative Union of Be America.'' bein edge SHAW'S PURE MALT is only sold in the original bottling, and the S hole in thie center of the label is pat ented-always insist on ''the label. with the hole.'' For salo at the j. Dispensary. E GE Real Estate and Insuirance. - Do you have Real Estate to sell or rent which you do not care to have advertised to thme general putblie? if so, place it in our hands and we will give it our personal study and atten-. tion. We have standintg buyers for cer tain kinds of land. Do you want to bny Real Estate? If you mean~ business come to see us F for we have some property for sale that might greatly surprise you as well as interest you. if you don't mean business come to see us anyway and we will tell you all we know about the- weather. We undertake to sell no property before we havel inspected it and ap proved the price. Loans negotiated on approved security. Rents and accounts collected. We are agents for the Aetna Life It1surance Company. It will pay you to see what this old reliable and con servative company has to offer before placing your Insurance. More and more men are beginning to understand what this statement means. Office over the Commereial Bank. W. K. sLuG & COMPAN Winthrop College larship and Entrance Examination exatliatilot for the award of vacan arships in, '%iuth op Cpollege and for thi ;slou of.new students will te held t tit ,y Court House on Friday, julK ith at Applicatfn must not be less tfa Aftee of age.. When scholarships* are vacate, luly 6, they will ",e awarded to those mat die highest average at tis examinatio Aed theieytttt onditions guverulug th 1. A pplicante ftyholarship should wrrit oident, jobusbu bir,. the examination fo krdiriapliclation biAOks. olarstipsare worth $:oo ani free tuittot eXt Ss&iaoni will open Septemuber toth 'tgo( Arthet information and catp loguep a3drei D. B Johnson Rock 1111, 8 . "=A' REVIVO RESTORES VITALI, Made a Well Man sof Me. sees the aboyswleI80d&It11 fullymndquioWCuewhlalotrsel men:will rega 4 their, lost 3snnhoo.an 6 wiln rover their Ylgor bys" IVO. It quloklyandmly ta eN ory O hw o 037t9 as0 e Oad. blod bi U =A1 NO OrtnsMIDUOU. t u . IIeDlGECO., e .n.Mft GILDER & WoKS. 19th Aaking Nineteen H 101CE TENNESSEI d While it Lasts to )st Patent $5.( 3st half Pat. $4 .st Meal 80c. I 3st Grits $1.75 on't pay any more, don't be s g. save money and buy from u ur immense stock of spring goi and fancy goods and staples, c novelties in millinery. Comlei t thing in prices, style, quality cannot beat us, we don't mal up on balance, people getti looking out more for No. i. I y years experience counts soj t you forget it, PROSPEF STATI he condition of the Exchai close of business May 4 RESOURCES. s and discounts .. . $127,779.52 drafts.... .. .. .. 3800.93 iture and Fixtures. 3,363.15 from Banks & bankers 10,881.48 ency .. .. .. ....4,217 00 r, Nickles and pennies 1,748.34 ks and cash items . . 6,031.85 $186,822.27 fore me came M. L. Spearman duly sworn says that the above st and belief. orn to and subscribed before me t Dorrect attest: D. Davenport,) Lw. R. Hipp, '- iecos o. B. Cromer, rctos Spe r the 11e 50Thi Straigi T $4.00 p S.S. BI HAVE YOUR WATC Repaired Rihtf. e e I. jewler Is -now in The le N ad and New4 6ffice whef't.he W1w do youYwork promt1' -dnder GUAAN G e him atIf. CAR' undred Barrels of that FLOUR Just Received Go at )O Every bbl. .40 guaranteed. )ushel. Sack. wvitched off by argument, come right >ds arriving embracing all the novel. ur Mrs. Moseley in the North select. nd see us, we are prepared to do the &c., for an all round bill you sim ,e a cut price on one thing and burn ng educated and opening their eyes ,ome and see us and be convinced. nething, we will treat you right and skWOO. IITY, S. C. MENT. ige Bank of Newberry, S. C., at th, 1906. LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in . . .$50,000.00 Undivided profits less ex penses and taxes pid . 4,605.89 Due to l3anks and bankers 698.51 Individual deposits subject to checks. . - - -. 71,441.87 Cashier's checks.-.-.-.-.-76.00 Bills payable.-.-.-..-.-.-3000000 $156,822.27 Cashier of The Exchange Bank, who atement is correct to the best of his knowi M. L. Spearman, Cashier. bis the 12th day of May, 1906. W. B. Wallace, N. P. for S C. Cial! (I Ten Dads )FFER irreIs F:: it Flour ER BARREL rge' Co.