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sufficieit to run the state dispensary.
We find that this overstocking has
been going oin both. under the old
board of directors andt(] under the new
board.
3. We further find that in the pur
chase of liquors for thieeanrspsdy
cha of liquors for the dispensary,
the law has not been observed in a
number of instances, and that liquors
have been bought contrary to the rule
established by the board itself for the
purchase of liquor.
4. We find that the present board
of directom passed a rule on or about
the 8th day of March, 1906, that all
(orders for the purchase of liquors
must be signed by at least two nem
bers of tile board of directors, but
said order was subsequently modifi
ed so as to allow the clerk of the
board to order the bulk goods.
5. We f ind that Mr. John Black, a
Ieiber ot the board of directors,
)urelhilsed a large ainotnt. of' liqtior
amloinitill, to aboll 1,6(00 barrels,
from h lark Bros. & Sons of Peoria,
Ill., sanidt Iflack mnaking said purchiase
in Per.s1n1 in ll'oria, 111. We also find
that al tile saimle itme anld place hie
Ilnale a plin-base fro-m L.chinan #& Co.,
ite 1111141111t If whiichi we have been
tinable it) ascertainl, bilt, 300 barrels
were sihijiwid (t and received by tle
state dispens;a-y. We al- 1'inld tlat
Mr. llack m:1.ale a piucsel1. ill persi
inl Cinlcinnat'li, Ohlil, ft 600 caises of
liiqtuor Irii M1)yse tros. Tliese tiree
lots of' liqullr thuil pur-chased by Mr.
Bilack anmol if) aboul. $125,000.
(. We find froi tie testiiony Iliat.
tile [ t s purchase'd by Mr.
Black Crlt ua-k lr1s. & sonls, at
$1.50 it) $1.75 per sllon, i a very
inlf,erimr pualiY f ot lifilt'r. beilg' what
is kiltmw I. high wili, alld is not
worth more1.11m $1.:33 to$.:cet
per -alllml, a1l 11n11 lit h uoibt ill the
mlarkt' at that price.
7. W e f'inid FrI n11 thI1 te4St ilMo1Ny that
Mr. Ihiek is tl o11f tile stale. and Awe
are illfnil. ii 1th0it he is sick, anlt
hienee it was ilim sSibile for11 thle (141m
mi6ttve t1) 1_el hlis t tm n, butl a let
t S .4 W t Ili il laIit' t )Si iti I at k
terlie hiisi in rebai it t t said Clak
amlo 1 11m1ni purvIhase., is inl evi,lece,
Ita Ioi-i , a1tenti-.n1 is3 valtI 11 to(l tIe
sta tel1ell t hervin 4.1,11t.inled.
S. W e i 'l l ii r1,. t Ile I ot iiil , v ti111
teipreset1hmd i d' ir ct has
cotanS t subIlistu t ted o'.e I)th4er -oods to
b.; shlipped 411t III thle conn111y dispenl
sa ieli phlire ()f the ird nered
by thie eonty disp'enlesr, .and thaM thle
goods sf) subilstituted Were not satis
factory to tile co(nty dlispensers, or
to the pe'ople, and tlat they were
shipped over lthe protest of' tle Cotlm
ty dispenisers, anld over tihe protest
of the state eoimlilissioier.
9. We further find that the board
of directors failed or1 refused to buy
in suflicient quantities X corn, X gill
aid X rye. al(though there wa's a big
demliantd fth11. Ois class of gooids, anldl
frequei re<put- Ilade to tihe board
to orter that cliss of goods, and
thait 1Ite hmu-di iclaims Ithat certtain
firmlis refu'isedi to shilp ot 1his~ elas of1
offeinig Ii ti'iurish these gtoods.
10. We Itther lindi that the boatrd
of' ireelor3'. limvet puricha sed inarge
inl wh'lich thieret was a very larg.e pro4
fit to It' -.iller'is, ini many l instantce'&s
over'1 .00 per 1 cet~i., hut Ithat t hey fail
11a1 cheap~t g oids, ini w~hih tiIhe pro fit
to It' seller was vtery lit tle.
11l. We futither findt t hat a large
parit 4of thle toverst oek in thle sI ta i dis
po1'5irlr t'ionsists o (f case goodis f'or
wich therlie is litt'e 01r til demandit,
and~ wh ich wats bhtl IIoer thle pro-t
te'st- ot' 1the tomisionerJtli'i atnd the
county dispen'seirs.
12. We furtithler tinid thait theire has
been paidl on1 thte (lark purchelase the
11um of1 .$30,000, aind thaIt the chleeks
for' sametl were' couteltrsig ned by Ctom
mullisionier Taitumi, ailtight he had
been iniformned of1 the facts cotcer'n
inig said p)ur'chase.
13. 'We find thlat since tile mleetinlg
of the general assembly, the board of
directom~ has ladopted a resolutionl
that all o'der's from liquor must be
countersignled by Commissioner Ta
tumn.
14. In addition to the stock on hand
we find thlat all of the December pur
; chases have been ordered held up by
the board-that is, orders issued not
to ship the goods-eXcept the Clark
and IOLehrm purchases, which were
-held up -by Mr. M. H. Mobley, clerk,
which action was confirmed by Mr.
$,15 We have not been able to as
tam the number of ears of hiquor
de4traoly in the city or en
'~ '~ t6thOdiApensary at any ptarti.
Tatumr stated in his
;~ ~i~ot1~t i4 was informed by
totae that on a cer
4~ Ath~~i*~ ekin January
~ ~ the tracks
'~j' '% ~that he
V ~<1jt ~ or four
days later and'found 12 cars on thl
tracks,' some of which was glass.
Under the authority vested in you
committee, we have instructed th,
dispen'sary officials not to pay an;
more money to Clark Bros. or to Leh
man, and we submit the, matter t
your honorable body for such actioi
as in your opinion may be necessary
N. C. Christensen, Jr.,
W. N. Graydon,
On the Part of the Senate;
E. M. Rucker,
J. P. Carey,
J. G. Richards,
On the Part of the House.
LARGE OVERSTOOK.
Commissioner Tatum Testifies Befor4
Investigating Committee About
The Purchases.
The State, 20th.
The r-eport of tle special commit.
tee consisting of Senators Christen
sen ad (1 ydon and Repr-esentativet
Iiitlards, Micker and Carey, appoint.
ed .10 days ago to examine into tl(
eliar,es made concerning the over.
stockinlg of tihe dispelsary, contain,
mu1eh iiteresting ieading along ti(
linles br-oughlt out unlderl thle r-esolu
tionl iltiodiced in the senate by Mr,
Chrlistenlsenl.
The repoit. is accoipaniiled by sten
ogr-aJhl ic r-epor.t. of tile testimony of
a number of witnesses, all of whom
ire oflleial., connected with Ihe state
dispensary. The principal one is Mr.
W. 0. Tatiumi, the dispensary comiis
iionei. Mr. Tatim produced and
testified to several letters which he
hlad wr1if(lln to the board Iotestiing
against their policy of laying in
heavy slovks of new goods. le also
plr)duced a letteri which le had sent
out t) ll tle cotntV dispen!strz ask
in hirOvl opiliin as to this policy
:n1l their re lies to this letter. which
i h:al u rned over to the boarid. 'Thie
ho:ndI tn-uon v atreed to stop
-i ut tes ods. lIn Septomi
1.-c r. T: 1on .1:!i appearedl beforec
. : -d w;:h a ':u'.1oment tat the
k it aml ured0 them to
di -.:aine inint Iauet8ry -ods. No
oaI 4 w'e aderled at that time. In
' lh a'-ain made a statement
il' aww gs prvhased and the
anwrmi a io -ds nsit liand. This state
ment was put in evidence. In making
tle Octobe piur'chases the boarid cut
(tat the good., to which Tatum object
ed. Tie order was inti'oduced as ex
hibit C.
At the November meeting Tatum
secured fioni the clerk a list of the
goods o'dei'ed and in a letter dated
Nov. 17 objected to 3,000 cases of
this liquor. The board agi'ed to cut
these out. A few days later the clerk
said lie had another list of purchases
and in this list Tatum found 2,400
va.es of objectionable goods. Hc
could also have objected to others on
tile list as overstock. In reply to hi
letter' each memiiber' of the board
wrote itistruct ing thle clerk to cancel
the order's to which Tat um objected.
At thle l)ecemher' meet iing the boardi
request ed Tatumn to hiave the ship'
piing t'crk maiuke a list at what hec
needed, w~hich list was furniished by
'Taton11 iln perison. This called for' 18,.
000i cases of v'arious bi'ands, whieli
were wanltedi fori thle Chriistmtas triade
a n thle dlematids of thle couniiity (is'
l)entsers. Tt'on li's inext inform'iat ion
abm out D ecembher' oridters was that thei
u3aods wereI' p)ouingi in anid cars were
biel an detnmrrage. lHe asked (lerk
Mobley: form a statemntt of the goodt
evidence anti mar'ked exhibit Fa. It
shiowt-dl that mainy tof the goods Ta
11um1 had asked foi' had beeni str'ickenu
out and atimrts subst it uted. On Jan
nary 1 Air. C'abellI, r'epresenting the
Car Set'vi'te association, called on Mr.
Tautumii an aiiusked that the cars be
mov)~ed from the tracks. Mr. Tatum
was infotrmed by Capt. Chaffy that
thier'e was iio i'oom to store thiese
goods atnd 'Tatuim told Camnbell he
wou1ld r'athiei' pay demnurrage thain
unload goods on the street. On Jan,
9 Tatum wrote another letter to the
board in which he stated that there
had -been ordered to be shipped aftem
Decembei' 1, 9,000 eases, most of
which was now goods, all of whieb~
he had protested against and whieb
were afterwards cut out of the order,
Ho called the board's attention to
the fact that at one time he aslied
the board to cut out about 5,500
oases from one order, wvhiich was
agreed to and later on, on Nov. 17,
finding the board had prepared an
other batch of order's, lie went ovei
the orders and wrote eh member a
letter asking them to cut out certai
orders amounting to about 2,000 01
2,400 cases and in reply received e
Jetter from each member agreeing
to .do so. Ho -was very much sur.
prised to find that these goods hadi
been ordered shipped, after the agree.
mont with him. Under written in
struotions the shippinig cler-k .at that
time had been subetituting new'oode
foi' those which were noded aud
which were not in stock, Mr;.Aria6m
said: "This has caused so iu dis.
satisfaction to the public, to .tipdis
pensary and myself that I liave reach
r ed the conclusion. thai it will be
necessary to cut that policy 6ut'-ur
ing November and December lone
we had ordets for upwards of 1 00ooo
eases and 12,000 gallons -we
could not fil), for the season wh t we
did not have these goods in stock.'"
Last Month's Shipments.
Through Mr. Tatum's testimony, it
was shown that the gooJs ordered
to h shipped from the whiskey
houses to the dispensary after Dec. 1,
aniounted to .32,000 cases besides
bulk goods. All of the goods to
which Tatum had objected were in
cluded in this list. Tatum declared
that the stock on hand at present
was as large as he ever knew it to
be. Statement marked exhibit J,
made up by the bookkeeper, was put
in evidence, show ing the stock on
hand to be about $600,000 worth.
Questioned as to class of goods need
ed which he was not able to get, lie
said they were cheap grades of gin,
corn and rye. Asked about the rec
tifying policy, he said the plant had
been put in and the expert hired and
(Continued on page 0.)
Pianos
AND
Organs
At Factory Prices.
Write us at once for our special plan
of payments on a Piano or Qrgan
If you buy either instrument through
us, you get a standard make, one
that will last a life-time. Write
Malone Music House
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
For Catalogues, Terms, Etc.
ALL KINDS
Of Plumbing
Done on
Short Notice
J. W. WHITE.
VALENTINES!
I have a full line of
Card Valentines. I alsc
sortment of Comic and
My price I to 5 cents e~
my new card greeting
Post Card Albums lOc.
SMAYES' Be
Through Pullma
on All Thro
Convenient Sc]
Local'
Tickets are now on Sal
For Full Information as
consult Nearest Souther~
Gee. B1 Allen F
Asat. Gerl(. Pass. Agent,
Feed and 'Sale Sfakle
-:- AT -:
NEW BARN
-:- OF .:
A. T. Brown on Cadwelf St.
f0Wi A 00.
Brown 00Co
NOTICE.
Before letting
the contract for
your new build
ing see W. T. Liv
ingston. B e s t
Work. Lowest
prices.
Lock Box No. 59.,
Newberry, S. C
S. B. JONES'
RESTAURANT
IS THE PLACE TO GET
Good Things to Eat
ON SHORT NOTICE AND
AT MODERATE PRICES.
Oysters on Half Shela. Oysters any
Style.. Fish, Game, Steak, in' fact
Evorything that the market affords.
Patronage of Lad"es Solicited.
Opposite Newberiy Hotel Office and
Next Dour to Pool Room.
LOOK FOR THE SIGN
S. B. JONES'
RESTAURANT
VALENTINES!
Comic, Lace and Post
hatve a very large as
Local View Post Cards.
ach. Don't fail to see
from Newberry, S. C.
to 60c. each.
OK STORE.
nSleeping Cars
ugh Trains.
bedules on All
fral ns.
e to.all Winter Resorts.
to Rates, Routes, Etc.,
ai Railway Ticket Agent
I.W. Hunt
Division Pass. Agent.
~hgrestong $, C
.,I 'K-OF 1
PROSPER11
Gapltal Stok. - -
Undivided profits
Interest allowed at rate of 4 per
Special attention to farmers' i
small. none too large to enlist our be
to meet and greet you. Call in.
G. Y. Hunter, President. J.
J. F. BroWne, CAhier. Hi
Board of Dir4
N. L. Black. A. H. Hawkins.
S. S. Sirgs. J. S. Wheeler.
S. P. Boozer. G. Y. Hunter
T HEF NBWBBRRY S
Newberry,
Capital stock paid in
Surplus . . . .
Deposits . .
We do business on busir
We extend every consi
with safe and sound bank
Four per cent. paid on
Department. Fire
Burglar Proo
JAS. McINTOSH,
President.
Grond Sloug
Before Takir
Commencing Monday, Decembei
our annual fall clearing out sale. F
when we put out an advertisement
not a catchpenny and windy schem
strictly business matter, Ist. To ck
trouble and expense of taking stoc
bargains to many people. We will
or one fourth off of the following goi
All Clothing, Men's, Bo
Colored Winter Dress Goo<
all Ladies' Jackets, Capes
rnere for Men's Pants; Me
dies' Hats and Fascinatorn
Squares; all Trunks.
This sale positively goes into effel
and will end any time we may choo
early and get choice selections. VW
of goods outside of our special sale,
we claim we cannot. be beaten. W
Sewing machines, guarantee unlimi
reliable Domestic Sewing Machine:
For Christias presents don't fail
Our 28th car, making 3000 bai
Flour, has arrived and going rapidly
Best Patent - .
Best Half Patent -
Kill dried Meal .
Kill dried Grits . . .
Every barrel guaranteed. Bette1
may have to pay $6.00 for same flo
vances. We are selling hundreds,
No goods on probation or charge,
PROSPE R IT)
STATEM
Of the Conditio'n of the Comnmereial Bank, Loc
of business recernbei
RE.SOURCIdS.
Loans and discounts,.........$270,010 89 CapI
Demand loans.............. o,84r Sr Undi
Overdrafts secured........... 20,269 o4 -ex
IFurniture and .Fixtures-....-.3,116 93 Due
Due fronm banks and bankers 124,576 94 Due
Currency................1.. 5,330 o Indi,
Gold...... ... . .... .....64o Savc
Checks and esash Items.... to9: 53
'Total....................$456,234 67 '
8'TATFI 01' SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY 01' N)EWBE1RRY.
Beifore mie caine' J. Y. McFa11, 4ho being
*tatespsent is a true condition of said bank, as i
Sworn tp and subscribed bdtore me, this g)
*o~c 4t4
y s. C.
$25s00O,00
- - 12,160.00
:ent. on- time deposits.
tccounts. No account too
st attention. It Is a pleasure
3. Wheeler, Vice-President.
int, Hunt &-Hunter, Attys.
Metor':
P. B. Warner
J. F. Browne
&VIN&GS BANK1
S. C.
.9$ 50,000.00
. . 25,000.00 4
. . 235,000.00
iess principles.
deration consistent
ing.
deposits in Savings
Proof Vault.
f Safe. .1
J. E. NORWOOD,
Cashier
bter Sole
io Stock.
17th, we will commence
'eople have found out that
It means something and is
W to fool the people, but Is a
an out our stock, to save
c and 2nd. To give many
positively give 25 per cent.
>ds:
s' and Youths'; all
Is; all Ladies' Skirts; 4
and Furs; all Cassi
n's Dress Shirts; La
,; all Rugs and Art 4
:t Monday, December 17th,
se to call It off, so come 4
e have an immense stock
and for bargains all around
e have special 'drop head
ted, for $17.93, and new,
$25.00.
to see our selections.
rels of choice Tennessee I
at following prices:
- - - $4.35
- - - - 3.85
.. 75 cents.
r. . $1.75 sack.
buy no,next spring you
.Bybefore price ad
letus ellyou.
i these prices.
r, s. c.
ENT
ated at Newberry, S. C., at the close
20, 2906.
. ,IA BI,ITIEtS,
tal stock paid in,..--$ 50,ooo oo
vi'ded profits, less current
penses and taxes paid. 43,361 72
to banks and. bankers. 5o8 32
unpaid dividends......... 727 00
ridual deposits subject to
eck ..................... 251,148 52
agsdeoste.............210,489 2
Lotal...... ...........45,234 67
:lu1y swotnsy thit the f6roIoh
hown by tie books of, Ale in sai&
3Y. MCFAL ~,Cashier,,
th d yoDcubrri6