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DISPENSARY INQUIRY BEGUN. Winding-Up Commission Held Short Session Monday-Very Little Was Done. Colum1bia. 'A'ay 1.-The reopen1in of several jadzments in the claim of whiskey uses. the post ponemeni of lie case of fliselonann & ( un til Thursday aniiid t1he ainouneemeiit o: threc e a-ze.; io be lfezitd uioiliuv mornin. woie the matters seItled ai the short session of the winding-ur eommission of the old State dispen sary this afternoon. Today's sessioi was the calm before the storm, as tht commIssion will get down to business in the morning, when the following three cases will be considered: E. A. Saunders & Co., Richmond: Big Springs Distilling Company. Savan nah; Strauss, Pritz & Co.. Cincinnati. Col. Felder, of counsel for the State asked that these three claims be con sidered together, and also that, along with the Fleischmann claim, the fol lowing be postponed until Thursday: Gerson-Seligman Co., Cincirnati; Richards & Co., Washington; Belair Distilling Company, Baltimore. It was stated that it was desired that these cases be heard together. All the members of the commission were present and a number of repre sentatives of the various interests. Of the well known Atlanta firm there were present Messrs. Felder, Hill and Anderson. As there were two new members of the commission present, Messrs. Wood and Brice, the claims, as rostered, were not considered this afternoon, as these gentlemen wished to acquaint themselves with the de tails of the commission's former work in this connection. When the Fleisch man case was called, it was announced by Mr. Graydon, of Maxwell & Gray don. Cincinnati, that his firm had at the last moment been asked to repre sent Fleischmann and more time was requested to look into the case. This was granted upon request of Col. Fel der and upon motion of Mr. Brice, of the commission. Chairman Murray stated that the cases -had been put down as the commission wished them heard, and Col. Felder pointed out that the wiskey concerns had full no tice to present tooks. etc. Upon the granting of the postponement in the Fleischmann case, Col. Felder stated that, because of ,their relationship, the other cases mentioned above should also be postponed. Although t:he eases were not set for today, Mr. Aycck, of the firm of Weston & Ayeoek,,was allowed to of fer motions for reopening of judg ments in several -cases, which were granted as follows: New York and Kentucky Company, (there was no judgment in this case before;) Clark & Brothers Co.; Arthur Lehmna & Co. But when the case of William Lan ahan & Co., Baltimore, was called, Col. Felder stated that he objeeted to this being reopened, as the case was eonsidered thoroughly and a judgment rendered. Both sides will -be heard later on this case to deter mine whether it shall be reopened or not. The original amount of -the Lan ahan claim was $5,916.54. Attnorneys were present represent ing A. Saunders & Co., Big Springs Distilling Company and Strauss, Pritz Company, and these cases will be taken up at 8:30 o'clock tomor row morning when ithe commission meets again. Mr. A. J. Carroll, former speaker of the house of Kentucky, was one of the attorneys present. (Reference to records of the session of the com mission last year shows that th-e judg ment of the commission was that the Belair concern. whose case comes up tomorrow, was indebted to the State in the sum of .$10,492, instead of be ing owed .$6,386 by the State.) It was further shown that the ad dress of Richards & Co. and the Be lair concern were one and the same. Also that the president of these two concer-ns was the same man, J. S. Riehard. These are two of the three concerns which will be consider~ed to gether as to claims. It -will be recalled thatt he commis sion was interrupted by .Judze? Pritch -ard's assuming jurisdiction, and there were no judgments in a number of the claims. The Graft Hunt Yet Going on. Columbia State. 20t-h. The commission winding up the af fairs of the late lamented State ais pensary had apparently a desnitory day yesterday, but those who are on the inside say that its effects will be noted later. In brief the commission went on record as insisting upon its mandates 'being obeyed and the books of original entry being presented as demanded. There was a good deal of talk by counsel and more or less skirmishing which seemed unnecessary, but the co,mmission finally r-uled that if whis key houses really wish to get their claims adjudicated. they must present their books--or take their chances. This was brought about by discus sion of the -elaim of the New York and 1entucky comjany. Tliis fie same Concern which tiuried (ver to Messrs. Lyon and Christensen a num - ber of celebrated epistles, one being from a conity dispenser who asked for consideration at the hands of this company on the ground that his (e trine was "whose bread I eat. his song I sing." I had ben believed that the innl actions by this com epany were a near ly straight as possible under the old Siate dispensary. and the claim was about to be paid when Mr. Lyon ask ed for the matter to be ield in sus pense, for he is developing certain lin - es of information which are Norlh money to the State of South Carolina. Mr. Cturiel. the manager of the New York office, and others were present, as was Mr. MeClain, his general coun sel and law partner of Congressman Perkins of New York. It was finally decided to put Mr. Curiel under bond to appear here and to require the pre sentation of his books. Some remon strance had been made that it would require a freight car to bring all of the books, but Col. Felder ridiculed this idea. These people had not been paid $22,500 which they claimed. The attorneys for the State figured out that $6,733.44 should be deducted as the amount of graft in the case. This cha-rge of graft was iepudiated by the lawyers on the other side. How. ever, they admitted overcharges and claimed that th'.s was dne in part to t! e freight being included. Col. Felder 1 , a verv adroit ar gument, sustaining Mr. Lyon's posi tion. Both gentlemen declared that the claim is filled with overeharges and they would not accept the offer by attorreys to accept the reduction and withdraw from the State. It is expected that today the Fleischmann case will come up, also that of Saunders & Son of Richmond. Nelson. the sales agent of the latter house, may be here today. Fleisch mann was the mayor of Cincinnati. It was his attorney that started all this fight. The case of the Green River Distill ing company of Kentucky was submit ted by the attorney, Mr. A. J. Car roll. This company admitted "over charges," about $2,500. "I can do nothing for you.'' DISPENSARY HEARING. Alleged Letter M. A. Goodman;' Offer ing Him a Commission of $5 Per Barrel. Colmbia, May 18.-Working up to a climax in the manner that has caused him to be feared by represen tatives of whiskey houses in days gone by, Col. T. B. Felder this morning at the session of the winding-up commis sion of the old State dispensary sprang the first sensation of the re newed investigation by producing from his pocket a letter from George T. Nelson. agent of E. A. Saunders & Co.. of Richmond. to M. A. Goodman, now under indictment in the alleged dispensary graft case, the letter set ting forth the detai4~ of the transae tion by which Goodman was to be paid a large conmmmi:m 1' get .usina.s for Nelson 's firm in this :State. The dis closure was made during the examina tion of the only witness before the commission this morning, Mr. M. H. Chambers, secretary and treasurer of the E. A. Saunders Company, who avowed that until the moment that the letter was shown him he never knew of any such transaction. "My ees are opened,'' declared Mr. Chami bers, "I shall not be surprised at anything that you may show me now.'" Mr. Chambers underwent a .lose examination on the stand for about three hours today, and many interesting facts came out during tire course of his remarks. Under the fire of questioning by Col. Felder. Mr. Chambers admitted that he had not examined his letter files for any letter to or from Good man. as required by the mandate of the commission sent out recenitly when it was decided to give the whiskey houses another <-hance to produce their books, letter files and any pa pers which might enlighten the com mission as to the transactions during the old dispensary regime. The let ters brought by Mr. Chambers were for the most p)art correspondence be tween his firm and that of the Big Srings DJistilling Company, of Sa - vannah, with whom the State through its at tornevs will show the Saunders Company worked in conjunction in the business done in this State, at least in so far as the claims now un der consideration are concerned. Those who have followed this dis pensary matter are acquainted with the method of the whiskey houses and their agents. All of this--in partI as to details--eame out at today 's ses sio aa-ain. And Mr. Chambers stat ed that save in a conversation he had had he never heard of M. A. (Good man, who us said to have been the -ivider ' o buisieniss, according to Ithe evidence brought out by the com mission and in the investigation. Gooman ha dalings with Nelson.~ Your Friends will always enjoy your playing if you have a Piano of Fine Tone Qualitu. No matter how well you may be able to play, an instrument inferior in musi cal qualities is a handicap. Do justice to yourself, therefore, by getting a Worthy Piano. Our collection gives you an opportunity to choose from MANY STYLES AT VA RIOUS PRICES, and we invite you to pass your critical judgment on the merits. Cable Piano Co. EVERYTHING KNOWN IN MUSIC ~abe Building J. V. WALLACE, Manager Charleston, S. C. First and Finest on thie Line Your wash witi be the first andi the finest on the line woolens will be soft like new and won't shrink, colored goods won't fade, and dirt will dis appear without the usual tiring, e . tearing rubbing-if you use Lavadura "It Softens the Waer Your hands won't get red, rough and cracked -and you'll need only half as much soap. Same when you put Lavadura in the dishwater-everything is sweeter, cleaner, brighter-and it actually benefits your hands. Lavadura can be used in hot or cold water with the same wonderfully helpful results. Perfectly harmless. A 5c package will show you how much it can accomplish for you. Ask for it at Grocers an Draggists. You can't really enjoy a bath in hard water. Soften it with Lavadura and see how much better you feel. Removes perspiration odors, cures dandruff and preserves the hair. LAVADURA CHEMICAL CO., Savannah, Ga. e L. A. Saunders Company's agent. sary dealings it is, of course, admitted : was Goodman, who gave to this that tile difference in these two ompany the $40.000 contract, whichi amounts might have been the commis tis now trying to recover from the sions that were paid those interested state. Mr. Clhambers says that lie ~in the dispensary business. 1ough1t-ntil the letter from Nelson I was shown him today-that his comn- Could Lose Anytbhing. aarv got the contract for this $40.- Philadelphia Record. 0 worth of whiskey by means of A newvly elected senator trom the e regular printed b>id, which was west was on his way to Washington. et. out in those days by the State He wvas thinking great things, when ispensary officials. tire conductor came into the car with The letter which opened the eves of his characteristic, "Have your tick 1r. Chambers, and which Col. Felder ets ready.'' The senator began to ;aid nothing about until he had ques- jumble in one pocket, then another. ioned Mr. Chambers very closely as When the conductor came to him he >o the correspondence between Good- was still looking f'or his ticket. an and his comp)any, set forth that ''Did you have it when you got 3iodan was to b)e p)aid $5 p)er bar- on?'' inq(uired thre conductor, some rel on bulk goods as 'his commhTission. what ihupa)tienitly. \et Mr. ('inChmer had but a fewv mo- "Of courlse I did. This isn't my en! before declared that lhe would fi:st trip.' nsder s1.50 per harel a very g)ood "Then you ciouldn't have lost it ' umissilon. Where did this comnds- (Couldn 't have lost it ? '' replhed ion go? In the light of developments the irate politician. 'k-, I lost a I, IF iT'S 4 'I Good to EatJ' AND YOU WANT . THE BEST, YOU WIL FIND IT AT. I ONES'GRCOERY1 e2 * + 'PHONE No.212+ 0 Bethel School house on the 28th day ThNE SNNo0 of May, 1909, at 4 p. m. of the pa trons of the school for the pu.rpose of PIE$O~ electing a teacher for the ensuing year. Salary forty dollars per month. All applieations send to the undersigned trustees. J. C. S. Brown, John S. Ruff, I S. J. D. Price, Trustees. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR HOMESTEAD. tx parte, Ti rtn ahn Cleora G. Speers, Leland Co.ppock isG dEoufo Speers, Lucy K. Speers and HiramAnboy L. Speers, Estae0f . Spers,Petitioners. IVSIAE I EstteofL.M. Ser,deceased. Notice is hereby given that the 6 .RBNO,Aet above named petitioners, Cleora G. Speers, widow, and Leland Coppock Speers, Lucy K. Speers and Hiram ________________ L. Speers. eihidren of L. M. Speers, ANALMTIG deceased, have filed with me an ap plication to assign and set apart to TestchlrsoteFams them, as required by law, the home-OiMllwlhldhiranlmet stead to whic'h they are entitled un- i"i h l or os t1 der the laws of this State in the realo'lcontehrdWneaybe and personal property of which the igte1t fMy said L. M. Speers died seized and pos- Alsokodr r re ob sessed.prsnastemeigwlbeo Hi. H. Rikard, piaineet Master for Newberry County. W .Bon STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, _______ COUNTY or NEWBERRY. IN PROBATE COURT. Wnho olg E. A. Griffin, as Administrator of SHLRHPadETAC the Estate of Ben Dember, deceased, EAIAIN and in his own right, Plaintiff, Against Mary Dember, Lawson Dember, Teeaiainfrteaado Henry Dember, British & Americanvantchorhipin itrp Mortgage Company, Limited, E. A. Cleeadfrteamsino e Griffin and B. F. Griffin, partners suet ilb hl tteCut doing business under the firm name CutHue nFia,Jl ,a of E. A. Griffin & Company, and 9a .Apiat utntb Ert-4erry Company, Defendants. ls hn1 er fae hn I Notice. It is ordered, That all and singularthywlbe.addtohoemk *the creditors of the estate of Benigthhgesavreathiex Dember, deceased, be and they axe iain rvddte ettecn hereby require'd t orender in and es- dt~sgvr4gte wr.Api hereby required to rnder in and es- atfrSclrhpshodwie in the above stated case, on or be-toPeintJhonbfrtee fore the 20th day of May, 1909; and aiainfrShlrhpeaia that all and singular the said credi- to lns tors b)e enjoined and restrained from Scoasisrewth$0an enforcing their demands elsewherefretionThnetssonwl than in the above entitled action. opnStebr1.90.Frf F. M. Schumpert, hrifrainadatlgea *Judge Probate for Newberry Co.drsPesD.BJonn,RcHil * 420-'O9tdhe S.WS C..