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VgBfip'm'mhered l'iat iv il:,(l ^^^)lirlicli with tho federal courts. 1 Goodman had denied having had a ^^P^ritten contract with anybody, but |jj|l|bis memory was refreshed with the ^J_^^^^resen tat ion of a copy. Mr. Folder called attention to the rfiil^00' ^00<^nan il,u' Hraun had v $jgBj^?nght here only the sales hooks f?<l not the expense account books, g tf$jSy?ut from the sales hooks Hie com^l|?f^"SS,v'on 'uu^ st>oie*s ?f entries show^eIL "va^ ",e of South Carolina 1 ^V}'lmffor son,? reason or other had paid $2 \^a case more on some orders than t41|jpRuiall dealers had received. There H* W!ls n ^l0n' deal of conclusive evidonee along this line. i flw When Mr. Mordeeai appeared, ' ; Mr. Ft Her conferred with Mr. Lyon f and turned Goodman over in arro-i t \|lf' '? ^ie marshal of the commit loo. Mr. F. S. 'Strickland. Subsequently an I f indictment charging conspiracy was J served upon (Soodman, v.ho gave a! i suTety bond of $25,000 covered by I I cash. I (. Cheated Out of $63,000. X?ws and oCurier. '] Columbia, January 17.?Instead of I M having a claim against Iho State of ii South Carolina for $3!),026.78, i! is \ \ found by the commission to wind up ' '* the State dispensary thai the two firms of Tillman & Co. and the Anjj eh or Distilling company are indebted to tho Stoit'e in the sum of $31,1 300.72. ?j This is the folding of the comrais| sion, unanimously agreed to today by all tbe members present, Mr. Ar|i tliur being absent. Tho amount due the State is arrived at by calculatt, ing the overcharges made against the St'ate by these two concerns during !] the time they did business with the dispensary, and then offsetting the1 J| charges with tho claim as adjusted j fi from tho books of tho dispensary. | Tn going to tno bottom of (his sort j of business the commission thinks it j will arrive at many of the fnots in ! regard to the conduct of the State] 1 dispensary, and will ascertain what ? amount' the State paid for liquor in 9 excess of the price's charged otirer H customers. Jj Tt is also staled in llio finding Ilia! & the Anchor Distilling company and Bj the TTllman concern are one and the )JS same, which was very evident from ? fhe testimony of Goodman yesterday. m Tt is a violation of a dispensary law tv for one concern to put in two bids, p'~' but by running one house under two tM! names the ow.nors were able to get business from two sources. The Commission's Finding. ^ Tho finding of Die commission in j| full is as follows: C'llman & Co. vs. tho State of South Carolina. Claims on account of sales In the State dispensary. Antchor Distilling Company vs. the State of South Carolina. The foregoing matters coining on fwjpfor trial before thr? duly constituted %m\Pommission created lo investigate Inland make disposition of all matters Afend things concerning the South CarIWlina dispensary, and by consent of 1 'vwiijounsel represennting the parties at "interest, the two claims above stat haiving been heard together; and afto r hearing the evidence submitted %\t0 the Court and counsel for all parities having waived the right to make ^1 ?i?umont, we, the commission, find M from the evidence lxefore us as folP*l. That the Anchor Distilling Comfftny and TTllman & Co are one and le same firm, composed of A. T* 11and L. C. Straus. That tho balanco of accounts, ^fe'wniclj from tho books of the dispe.i'itt^ry it would appear stand open in 'I^W^or ^"mnn ^ ^ ? 's $35,018.47, ,.'(?jfcnd in favor of Anchor Distilling * ;'%^0mpany is $1,014.31, or a total of *6,926.78. 3. That the gross: amount of sales iiadfe/By said TTllman & Co. and Anliby^is't illing Company to the South Gftfrpjiiria dispenserv between September 15, 1904, and the abolition of the dispensaiy by enactment of tho ?ialftiure of Iho Slate of South Carina, nmounlcfl in lire aggregate in V Sum of $325,000. That- beginning shorliy prior lo j^tircftinse made by the Stat? ) directors of Iho South CarMpl'ttisponsary :il its September I he year 1004. and con'^w^ffitfaas long as purchases were aaid board of directors from (ii&'tnilfran & Co., and Anchor Disv^p|wnpnnv. their agents and reand tho majority of g inomhors of said board of direc,0^ j the South Carolina dispen-1 Conspiracy to cheat and deState of South Carolina deputy, and in pursugiUf and during the said porclaimants by and willi ffl |ipliid assistance of said board or a majority thereof did defraud said Slate of a <r|nit*5 dispensary bv , |?p|AV^ngKanvl collecting from South Caiolin.t nsjiry price-. ,,>t ; food's sold to said dispensary win wore largely in excess of the mark value thereof, which overeliarg* agreement between said conspiraloi made and used lor tlio pttri?ose corruptin?- and bribing Mm oflieiii and agents of (lie said State of Sou Carolina to t ho end that the boa of directors of the South Carolii dispensary might he induced to pu chase the floods of said claimants preference to the goods of other dot ers in like goods of equal or bett quality at cheaper prices, and by re son thereof said hoard of directo were induced to buy the goods said claimants at said excess prict and the difference between the fa mailed value of the goods so sold 1 ' Knants to said South Carolina di pi's.-ary ami tlie prices at which sa go ils so purchased from sa claimants by said board of di recto was IVandule illy and unlawfullv ei pin.Md by said claimants in bribii and corrupt i nv the officials at agents of said Stale as aforesaid, lhal the sa:d Stale of South Carolii mid ils dispensary was cheated o "I' I he sum of $(>:t.<)U(). flic . immissimi furl her fin Ihiil said cbtimanls did 1 < > comp with the law of the State'of Sou Carolina relative in sales to ai j purchases by the state boar,I of < rectors of the South Carolina di pensary in that: (a) They failed to comply with t provisions ol said law requiring lb only one. bid shall be made by at <nre for the said C'llman & Co. ai Anchor Distilling Company, being I act one and the same firm, d fraudulently and deceitfully pretei that they were separate firms, at did frequently make two or mo bids at I lie same time to the I reasn er of the Slate of South Carolina !' consideration by the state board directors ..I ilu- South Carolina di pensa ry. (')) I iiey I a: 'v.! to accompai llieir bids or any of them with eh tnieal analysis of the liquor of fen for sale. (< ) I hey failed to furnish at i bo id or bonds to insure the comp I aiice by them with the terms of ll contracts of purchase and sale 1) ' ween 1 hem and said State dispe I sary. (d) That they violated said law that they constantly bad agents, re resentatives and solicitors in t State tor (he purpose of soliciting I purchase of their goods by sa South Carolina dispensary, and di through their said agents and re j resent at ives, solicit bu-lness 1Y< | said board of directors. V, hereupon, it is ordered and a j judged that the said Cllman & C and Anchor Distilling Company j indebted to the State of South Cr olina ami ils dispensary in I lie pri | cipal sum of $(>.'{.000 and inlerr thereon February 1(5. III07, the da ol I he abolil ion of the South Cai lina Slate dispensary by the legisl lure ol the State in the sum of $ d 1.7,1)0. That this sum be credited dale Fcibruary 1(5, 1907, with the n grebate amounts standing open on t books of said dispensary in favor said claimants, to wit: The. sum $3(5,920.7S, and thai after making 1 credit aforesaid the 1 balance duo said claimants* on said date, to w February 16, 1907, is the sum of $3 300.72. W. J. Murray. Averv Pat ton. John Mc.Swcen. C. K. Henderson. This January 17. 1908. The Commission Adjourns. 'The commission to wind up t folate dispensary, having finished t case of IJllman & Co., will not mv again unli'l January 30th. At th time fite other creditors of the Stfl dispensary will be expected to ha taeir books present for examinati with persons who are competent swear to the accuracy and 'signi cance of the entries. This is I condition, which lire commission h laid down as precedent lo paying a of |he claims against the dispensat . Believeing thai I here are overcbart! j involved in the sales made |o Ibe d , pensary, the commission has a | Monnced lhal il desires lo see Ibe o I giiial books of entry so lhal il can <] (ermine whether the prices paid Ibe Slate of South Carolina wo higher than prices paid by oilier ci loniers of the same whiskey hous< fn the ease of TJllman & Co., whi has been under investigation tire In two days, this has been proved to true, the overcharge being at lea 20 per cent. The other houses which had be i notified to be present at litis lit I 11a\ e not sent their books or reprr | eutalives, and as some of them clai that lli'ir notices had not been t cei\ed. il was decided to send liir | notices by registered mail, so the mi- hl. be no mistake. Mr. Goodman, who proved so i I <-.v.. ;. v -vx.. " 1-5.' ' >%<Y . i.'- :'.x' l .l ^ Wi.s ? ; ().a SCIONH KW.(>3 a I ""??'? ^ I crest iu?; ii witness yesterday, did not V present himself ihis morning' when J* I he comm'ission was called to order, lc and til*1; attorney lor I'Dinan & Co., 11 .Mr. I'. II. Nelson, had to content 1( himself with waiving Mlu* rit'lit to l( cross-examine this wi;..* . T.ic '>:u- k1" Keeper. Mr. Brann. was md present m> ci;h'<r. I?u-s i!i ? l>o>k{ shewed for 1 j themselves and were examined hy the I commission. Mr. I'Vlder j <ii:?t i11ont where other eiisionieis of I'lhnan iV hv Co. received llie same tirade ol' _!?????Is (l_ at lower prices and also vol discounts L'(' which the dispensary did not vet. Major Black Arrested. Columbia, January 17.--The warrani sworn ont last nijht lor Major I John Black, chariiitiv: him with conII spiraey to cheat and defraud the State of South Carolina, was served 1,1 on Major I Mack this inor.iin^. Mr. P"" ltlack at onci' went hel'ore the maifis'10 trate and asked for bond, which was itranted in the sum of $1(1,000. Hond was furnishetl hy his wife, M r>. Lena kl? R. Black, and Mr. William F. CalilV, I'" of l)entnark. Major Black i> n<.t hy any means .j ilie only one against whom :i warrant , lias heen sworn out, and it is prcsum.] ed that the other warrants will he served todav on those parlies named | * who live in Ihis Stale. All the war. rante are sworn out bv Mr. Av.rv vst . ^ 1'atton. meniher of the dispensary commission, and were taken mil bei fore Magistrate Kowles, of this city. They charge conspiracy to defraud 'p the Stale. Mr. M. A. (loodinan, who was arrested yesterday afternoon after his ()j' testimony before the commission and 0f later released on $2."),000 surety Ixuid, ],0 was still in the city lliis mnrnintr, hut |jy did not ? <? to the meeting of the cuiii*,j mission. v Walk. Remember, however, to walk right. Slouching alone* any old way "will not do. Walk erect Klevate your chest Take deep hreaths as you ?n aUmg. Walk as vigorously as your strenvtIi will permit. Walk in llie country a.5 much as possible. (>o 1o the sunshine, the lields and the flowers. Walk, on ct windy days, on the side of the street lftt from which the wind 'blows. By doite jnjr this you avoid the dust of the street. on At first, walking may tire you rnp1? idly. Be careful. Take short walks at '1_ lirs',. until you learn how far you can h*1 walk without ibecoiriimr tired. Avoid iis fatigue as you would a pestilence. Tt "V takes Jays to recover the ground lost '> | hy fatigue, Remember thai \ oil have, ~''s i i i your past, u-ed the stivet ears on ,s" evi r\ possible occasion and that, as a e?Mist (jii.'uee. yon are hardly in coii,l" dition jut- yet. 1'ossihly this fact l('" may make walking abhorrent to you, by |,,,| persist. You will like ii. And !,v when recovery has come keep oil ,s~ walking. Don't go right back to hie street ears. Tl is a shame to'see an ^ able bodied man lake a street ear for 13' ii tea or fifteen minute walk. A ')0 shame. A crime against his person Many of you would have been entirely well today if you had walked to and from youv shops, stores or ofne flees. Be alive. Kill any incipient. '*>- tendency towards laziness. 'm Write i| on the wall. Make up your mind to walk hereafter at every ,n opporl unity. Breathe deeply! Walk! Walk some more! Cheer up!?Kred (i. Kacssn mann. ,1 ACT THUMB, "Til K COUNTY CI I,/ THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN. j : To Be Presented at Tho Opera House, Thursday, January 23. i The ('dimly Chairman to the can-1 didau "The .lay alter ihe election the qui >ii<m is not .lid you make a clean ami diunitied race, but did you win.'" I ladder to Wheeler? "You're only lite eamlulale your pob is to lay low am! follow instructions?" On Wheeler informing llackler, the chairman that he is going to give up the race on account of *?; iu.u* in love witii itis opponent's daughter, llackler says: "A woman, if n- is any good. never I'alls in 1 .with a <|iii.ter." Wheeler?-''What <lo you know about love, you case hardened old bachelor?" i llock'er?-liaolielois arc the ones that know all about it, I hey know what it is l'or the other I'd low to go lilio girl.'' Sassafras, the local touch of color I "What's liii' use of being- free if yo uliave to work all the time." llackler "Ami when tho frost is on the pumpkin, as Bill (Shakespear) says." i Wheeler?"No, no, that oin't Hill, thai's ihiit young fellow Wiley, over in Indiana." Ilncivler? "Weil I knew it was ;i:ine good man that said it." Wheeler?" When informed that lie can win I lie elect ion by proving thai Wigby used money not belonging to him, says: "That's a nice prospect, go out and denounce my future | father-in-law nx a tliirf," llackler?"You are not marrying the whole family, arc you?" 1 Tackier?"This campaign will make an ordinary Indian massacre look liko a quilting party, and there is no uso fighting with boxing gloves when the other fellow is using ii meat ax.'' Wlreeler?"We can't overcome ;mve hundred majority in this eoun; ty." llackler?Tliat's no way for a can1 didate to talk?claim everything." i f , BROADDUS & RUFF have just <>p, | e:;c(i up a pretty line of Glass i wa-e. any thing in the hit f n inc. i i npiecc. i"??ww 'niini mitiiii ma 11 if in i mm HI MM* I Plant WoodC^ ! (I Garden Seeds u I (j FOR supewor \jl:Q?. j TABLES <x FLOWEKS. i j Our bmine-s, hofh in (;.-).?<len | 1 j ami Kant) N o:i(, (,| j.,,. ij largest i:i tins er-ui'.lry, rci-ult |! j due to tho fact that U QuaKity is always our rJ) p first consideration, q We are headquarters for ; Grass and Clover Seeds, Good Ij Oats, Seed Potatoes, Cow Pear., Sola Bean.- and other Farm Seeds. I| J Wood'r> De seriptlwc Cnljilojjiio ij i Ii the best niut nio>l |ii'R<>(*c?l <ii :,cc<i '! I ; Cfttr.toBi:(i>:. An li|< (' Ci. <; ro jl 4 cognized authority on nil Hindi ', // i and I<'ar in cr>>) :. ('<itotoj;;i-- inui'cl /I I ' free on reijiiot. \\ rilo foi )?., IJ i \ t. w. mm & sons, / ! ^ SEEDSMEH, - , Richmond, Ya 1 i \ - - - - . >' , - .. ifg % -' ' ' - V .-X..;:,- ' -V . ' :> '.: :;. ... '. % ' rajjitj Jt, VIRMAiN," OPERA 1IOUSK, THURfi Advertised Letters. Loiters remaining in t iro post office i\(. Newberry, S. C., for week ending January 11th, 1008. I#?-A star Hare, A. N. Hums, 1)?Miss Lucy Davis, Air. L. (!.; Dulton. (i Mrs. Joicy (Irahain. Mr. Ninnvl (! losy. 1, Miss Burda Long. M -Mrs. Lizzie At i ?. Miss Kai lie Montgomery. Charlie 1\ Myers. ("ol o ii c 1 I'ottle. K Mrs. Aurelia Itook. S Mr. 11 arson Suber. W Miss Sarah Wilson. Mrs. Bessie Walker. ('lias. .1. I'ureotl. I'. 1\1. EATON HURLBUTS paper at :i.">c.. inc., n box at Broaddus & Buff's Mind Yonr Business! It" yon don't nobody will. It is yonr business to keep out of all the. trouble yon can and you can and will keep out of liver and bowel trouble if you take l>r. Kind's New l/ife Pills. Tliey keep biliousness, malaria and jaundice out of your system. 'Me. at W. K. 1'elha.m and Son's dru;? store. 10,000! Agents wanted at once, previous experience is not essential, write, soon if yon wish to make money faster than you ever did before. Address ?J. V. ('lark, Conway. Ark. LICENSE TAX DUE. Notice is hereby given that city ' licenses for the year 11)08 are now I due and must be paid at once. By order of city council. J. J. Langford, j Kugene S. Werts, Mayor. Clerk and Treasurer. Change of Schedules, F.ft'ecl ivij 12.01 ;i. m. Sunday .Ian. fill), 1!)0S, i lie following is the time of departure of all passenger trains leaving Newberry Union station: Southern Railway: I No. 15 for (jreenville .. . .ft.57a.ni, ! No. Jft for Columbia .. ..1.2ft p.m. i No. 31 for (Jreenville .. ..4.17 p.m No. 1() for Columbia ft.'17 p.m C., N. & L. Ry. No. Sf? fur Laurens .H? a.in No. 22 for Columbia . ...8.17 a.in N . 52 for (Ireenvill.' .. 12. M! p.m, N? . -ii! for < 'ol nil.bia .. ...'{.in p.m. N. . 21 f<>r Laur.'.i^ 7.25 p.m, i No. ^ I for ( i >111 ii i hi a . . .. s;;o p.m. No'v. v), s:., 21. and 22 run daily ' mm pi Sunday. I'lie :ibo\e schedule is :,-iven only I a> information, is not _?nar;inI . ?! and lis -nhjocl in change without :iotiee. (J. L. Kohinson, Station Master. AUDITORS NOTICE. Assessment of Personal Property For 1908. r. or an authorized agent, will be at the following named places for the purpose of taking relet" ? of personal property for 11)08: At Newberry Jan. 1st, to 10. A! ( happells .Jan. 20. At 1. m/shorc Jan. 21. At Walton Jan. 22. At (Jlymphville Jan 23. At Maybinton Jan ?1 1 I .. "f . ; x * 1D YY JAN. 23. At W.i'iniro Ja'.i. 2;1. A| I'oM'.i'-'n Jan. 27. At, Little Mountain Jan. 28. At O'Neal Is Jan. 2t). At. St. Lukes Jan. *10. At Jolly St root Jan. 31. At Prosperity I'YKhy. A anil 1. And at No wherry until I'Vhruary 201 a, sitter w hi eh time Ihe ;"j() per cent penally will he added aecordin" to law. The law require-. :i t \ on .nl note*;, n? 1'i.iiaws ,-itiil m r..-v. ;i. o an <t:? <iiiir> lax uii litoss incomes of $2f>W0.t)0 an,I i upwards. V capital ion tax of .">11 cents is assessed mi a 11 dogs, the proceeds to Ivo expended lor school purposes. I six pa vers or liieir ;i ? ti t s should ho icaivlul to assess ;i!', dogs and avoid having same listed hy the school trusIces and township assessors. i All male persons between the si.ge jot 21 and till years (except Confed! era to soldiers, or those persons uni able to yarn si support from any cause), are liable to poll tax. , No reinrn will he accepted unless : sworn to hy taxpayer or some person authorized |o make same. Persons changing residence from one 11>\vi ship to smother should so slate to assessor and avoid having I heir names entered in t wo townships. Farmers and others in making returns l<?r I heir hsruls should pay special ) al lention to iliis. Real estate is not assessed this year, hut he careful to not on tax return each Irsin-fer of land or lots | (hoiiL'hl or sold) si nee la-t return. While <>n the rounds throughout the jcou.ily liii* hooks of assessment will ho opened cacli morning at 10 o'clock | and closed a I 4. The office at. Newberry will he open as usual each dav. W. W. Cromer, Auditor Newberry County Seven Years of Proof. "1 have had seven years of" proof lli.-it Dr. Kind's New Discovery is the l best medicine to lake for coiiirlis and i colds ami for every diseased eondijlion i rt l hr< a!. 1 or I'-nvs." says J W. V. Henry, of Pansima. Mo. The. j world has had thirty-ei ! ; \ears ot j proof thai Dr. K rig's Xe\v Discovery is the he-1 remedy for eouuhs jan.l colds, la irrippe. sislltma, hay fevI er. linmcDi! is. hemorrhage of ||j?.? j lungs, and the early slaves of r-oni sumption. Its timely use. silwavs prevents I lie development o) pneumonia. Sold under tru.ara il.-e al W K. I '< I ha in ami Sou '> dnr.' -.Imv ."SO' and .-I.no. Trial hoitl.* free, ! Mrs. Alary Howling of No. 228 8th j Ave., San l-Yiineixoo, recommends a , remedy lor -touiach Ironhle. She ' ''? '?IiI!if!? j,,i- Hi,. \voi:d,-rful j effect ?f |;j | {j| j ,.,v j,, ,,| I '"'ill e j 11, | i r - > 1 i? UI. Iiroinpls 1}: i - le-li. 1 fully Dial I viomacli and liv.-r t roubles l-Jeeis tj|,-. |>,>s| remedv on ",arl<"' N,,ljl.v." This greai lonin and altersil ive medicine invigorates the system, purities the hlood and i< especially helpful in sill forms of female weakness. fiOe. at W. TO. Polham and Son's drug store. Watched Fifteen Years. I'or I i I teen years I have watched the working Of Buckle;.\s Arnica Salve, a id i| |,;,s never failed to cure Sn,v< "leer or hum to which " v;'- ?M?licil. II has saved us nianv ? 'hiclor hill," says A. ]<\ Hardv, of !,<t H'i.lon, Maine. 25c. 'at W. K. I olliam and fc>on's irn|f Btoro.