The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 21, 1908, Page THREE, Image 3
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
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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
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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
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. ; 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.