The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 01, 1909, Page THREE, Image 3

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THE( At RESO Loans and discoun Furniture and fixtL Overdrafts . .1 Cash on hand an Banks . . 4 0 JNO. M. KINARD, Presiden DISTILLING COMPANY MAKES RESTITUTION WILL REFUND $30,000 TO THIS STATE. Although the Winding-Up Commis sion Has No Claim of Over Charges Against the Oom pany. News and Courier. -Columbia, September 27.-Follow mg a .eonference last week between the winding-up commission of the old State dispensary and the repre sentatives of the Bernheim Distilling Com.pany, of Louisville. Ky., the comn pany tv-day announced that it will refunfd toc the State overcharges on liquor amounting .to .$30.000. The company, which was represented be fore the old State hoard of control,by James S. Farnum, acquitted Satur day of bribing Jos. B. Wylie, then a member of the purchasing board. .to give t:he concerns represented by Faraum the preference in purchas ing liquors, admits the overcharges and says it is willing to make good this much of the State's loss. The refund is voluntary oil the nart of t.he company. as the old State dispensary board of 'control had ef feeted a complete settlement with the concern before the winding-up comn mission took charge of the affairs of the dispensary when that institution was legisla-ted out of existence, and the company never has put in a claim for money due it for the liquors sold to the dispenisary. as has beeni done by many of the othe~r houses, which had been awarded contracts for li quors. Attorney General Lyou was asked about the matter to-night. He said that the facts in the case were that the Bernheim Distilling company had offered to the dispensary commission 30,000, and tha-t the money is on1 deposit in the Louisville banks. The fact, that this company wisked to turn over this large sum of me ay came over the telephone to-day from the Atlanta firm of Anderson. Felder. Rountree and Wilson. It is under stod. though not obtained officially. That Lhe. Atlanta firm secured the set lement, but it also appears that thle mneyh comes voluntarily. The mat ter is settled now, and the money be lons to the State of South Carolina. The remarkable part of the whole transaction is that the Berheimn tirm had no claim against the State of Sutlh Caroli'na. The money that th'e State owed this firm had been previously paid up and the books were closed. To oJffer-$:3. 100, and then to turn the mloney over s clearly an admission that there were overcharges. Although there hlad been a general undestanding that some of the whis key firnms might possibly "'cough up' this traulsaction is a new* one inl its nature. It is known that .James S. Farnum represented t he Berheim tim here during the days of the State dispensary. in the reent trial of Mr. Farnum it was menn on~ed im the tesimonsiy t hat this was oue oft 11h tirmis that lhe represented. The pay met of .:30.000) to the Stam& is taker 3' 8an adisi4on1 that the St ate w3 o vrchaged at leastthsmhan -:~ re..ams were paid. This is th<i 1896 EPORT OF THE wOMME OF NEWB the Close of Busine ,ondensed from Report U RCES. ts. . $395,980.38 res . 3,1 16.93 5,625.40 d with 67,173.65 $471,896.36 Lid on Sai J. Y. McI t. only difference that can be drawn. Aside from the fact that the money has been tendered the State, it was very difficult to obtain any official in formation. It was known recently that tbere was a secret meeting of the dispen sary commission, and very probably ithis matter came up at the time. There is speculation as to what effect that $30,000 "moiiey' tander will have upon the alleged graft trials. The effect upon the other Farnum cases cannot be forecaisted. It cn easily be guessed, though, that no immunity is guaranteed when the cmnmission~ accepts the $30.00'). It might be added. however. that an other goodl guess is that one, of the Bernheim peop)le would he prosecuted. The )prooitio-al they adv.ance is fair enough on its face. a return to the State of .930.000, when no ebimi outstanding. and this in comparison with a figuring upon01 ithe alleged1 re bate schedule that would look some thing like $40.000 for' allegied over eharges. That looks pret-ty good for South Carolina. IThis case that is brought to-night is but one of the many matt'ers that the State (dispensary investigation has arught about. What the moral ef-1 feet will be can not be estimated. but nhe State of South Carolina is $30, 000 to the good. As brought out be fore thle dispensary winding-up comn-I mission the Berheimi Company was oe of the trio including also the Big Four people. and one other concern.| all of whieh -the commission was dis posed to elass as one concern. In the present taranisaction a conference of attorneys was held. and many other letils which probably will be broght Out later. Bulk Will Goto Schools. Columbia. September 2i.--4Thirty thousandl dollars is a pret y good size bnel~ of money. It is almost a hosand dollars to each countyv. It 1s as imuchl moiney as most folks ae eumulate in a lifetime. That is the size of 1.be wad that is offered the. State in settlemeut oft its claim for overcharges from a single liquor firm. There hai ve beeni rum~ors of such set tleent for some little while. but to will go( direct to the winiding-up comn mission. ot whieb IDr. W. J. Murray is ebairilman, and the hulk of it will 0 to the schools of the State. Attor e (General Lyon has beeni workihig on this and other such matters day seeingt t h.e reward for his work. Thie idea of the overcharges appears to have been suggested by Atitorney Tout F elder. and it has beend pushedl in season an 11(om11 of season by the wittily-up commtlI55iO1i- Mr. Steven son, anld At t orey General L.yon. The oter to settle fort .4:10.00) came fromi the liquorI house. CThe moue11y has not1 ye:. heen paid, but D)r. Murray. chairmant of the -ommion, says that the commission had an oter of~ the :30.000. He did not care to1 disens55 the matter in any of its phlases andtl nusiK:d t hat he was not the talking~i pariy. It is just modety oiln his part as lie has lbeen w oking2 htard, but1 does not wanit to lake *lredit to hoin5Plf. Thie comlmission1 an'' ItS attorneys. w mh-at c--in h umderstood 1has -1909 CONDITION C RCIAL ERRY, S. C 5s, September 8, 19 to State Bank Examiner LIABILI Caital . . . Undivided profits BAls payable . Dividends unpaid Cashier's Checks Due to Banks Individual deposits tings Det MALL, C Cashier. been working on various firms for some time to collect what it claims were overeharges. Suits have been threatened, and in fthe case of this particular firm after various confer ences and ups and downs the com mission has an offer of $30,000 to settle whatever claim the State may have for overcharges. When the old State dispensary went to the wall there was nothing due Bernheim and the understanding' is that this offer to pay the State thirty thousand dollars is a result of the investigation of old accounts. The comm'ission had no claim of the firm for balance due. Dr. Murray to-night suggested that the commis vion had high hopes of getting this money on the basis of the offer, and tha.t in addition there are other firms that did their full share of overcharg i. and it was hoped that they would see the situation in the same light and -thiey could return the money to the State anid charge it up to "'con sience money.'' or whatever else thev wish. The winding-up comnmissui has not paid the liquor houses a cent sinee they were taken into the Federal Courts and rt.e fund is growi g,andl the schools will get a good nest egg. Patton Declines to Talk. Greenville. September 27.-Avery Pstton member of the commission which has recently received the start ing news of return of $30,000 from the Bern.heim Distilling Company,. of: Louisville. Ky.. could not, be inter viewed to-night on account of having retired very early, being ill. The news has caused quite a sensation in his city. so far as it is known, and Mr. Patton has been receiving' the eaer' inquiries from city p)eople, hat has given niothing either to the press or to others. it is probable that the 'ietails otf Mr. ~at ton 's knowledge of the affair will' b gotten within a few days. GIRL OUTRAGED AN]) SHOT. Young Lady Dies at Santa Fe as Re sult of Terrible Crime. Sanita Fe'. New Mexico, Sept 7 - As a result of heing' criminally at ta'ked a nd shot last Tuesday,. while oil thie outskirts of thet towni. Gr trude Montgomuery,' who came here from Shreveport, La., where .she tagh,t in F?ie colleg'e for' ficvear's, 1id( ini this c'ity to-day. Mis.'. Monitgomery wa not touind tnt il yesterday, wh'en.. awakening from .her st upor. she tried to crawl to) a1 wat1er hoie to queneih her thirst and was seen by at little girl', whoi gave ale arm. The conr1viets at work on the highway~ inl that vicinity .have b)een Hudson-Fultonl March Free. Next Sunday .the New" York World offers its readers a real miusiepd treat in honor oif the great Hudson1-Fultou) cebration. The World wvill publish Ithe otlicial Hudson-F~ulton Grand Math, mlusi' complete. ex-actly as i-t ~il be played at thle otlicmI grand bali to) be giveni at the Metropolitan Opea House Satur iday". Oc'tober' 2. Thelre will also be alllothc et 0?o It pite hi cors of ll.lUX "onus se I b Wuil. b Arhe n: .N b d c n F BANK D9. T IE S. . $ 50,0 0.00 . 59,469.15 . 20,( 0.00 . 978.00 1,61202 . 88373 . . 338,953 46 $471,896.36 )OSitS. ). B. MAYER, Vice-President. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Oounty of Newberry. By virtue of Delinquent tax execu tions to me directed by John L. Epps, Esq., Treasurer of Newberry County. I will sell on Monday (Salesday) the fourth of October, 1909, at New berry Court House, at pablic sale the following property, viz. for delinquent taxes for the year, 1908: Two lots of land in Township No. 1, containing 13 acres, more or less, assessed Newberry Knitting Company, known now as The Ashley Manufac turing company. bounded by lands of Theo Johinstone, estate T. Q. Boozer, Cadwell road leading from Newberry to Dairy Farm now owned by Geo. W. Summer and by the street on back intersecting said Caldwell Road in front .of Tabor Hill dwelling place and leading into town by lands form rly owned by Win. Langford, also. A tract of land in Reeder township, No. 5. assessed to L. C. .Sheely, eon taining one hundred e nd thirty (130) ires, more or less, bou:aded by lands >f Dorothy Davis, estate W. F. Kelly md Henry Kiniard. ,Ternis of Sale: Cask. Purchaser to pay for papers. M. M. Buford, Sieriff N. C. Sheriff's office, Sept. 1.3, 1909. TEACHERS' EXA MTIATION. Examinations for teachers in the ,ublic schools will be held at the of ce of the county superintendent of education on Friday, Cetober 1, 1909. S~o pay warrant will be approved for my teacher in the public schools, who roes not hold a certificate to teae''n. J. S. Wheeler, County Siupt. Education. 9-14-09- td. NOTICE LAND SALE. We will sell to the highest bidder >n the 25th day of September, 1.'%9, it eleven o'clock a. in., at Little Kfountain. S. C., the Simeon Miller Rome Place; will be sold in two traets. 'ract No. 1 containts 100 acres, more r less. Tract No. 2 contains 90 acres more or less and bounded by lands >f B. L. Minler. L. A. Miller, Win. Mettz and othiers. Land lies about 3-4 mile from Rail Road near Slighs Sta tion. Terms of Sale: One half cash, bal ane in 12 months from day of sale with seven per cent interest, and pur chaser to pay for all papers. For any other information call on B. H. Miller at Little Mountain, S. C. (Signed) B. H. Miller, et al, Little Mountain, S. C. NOTICE. All persons holding claims or de mands against the estate of Cathe rine E. Hendrix, deceased, are hereby notified to presnt same duly attested to me. or my attorneys, Messrs. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter. on or before the 1st day of October. 1909. William E. Hendrix. Administrator of the estate of Catherine E. Hendrix deceased. September 7th, 1909. 9-..14-21-28. ,eep Your Morn We have received a letter from the Sou in which they say: "State in your advertisements that it is return to Newberry for loans or investme the company receives from that locality. pany has done more than this and hopes to < (Signed) A. W. SEE WHAT STATE OFf INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, STATE Mr. W. A. McSwain, Newberry, S. C. Dear Sir: Replying to yours of the 9th ins ern Life & Trust Co., of Greensboro, is licensed by this department and is consid( In all cases where they register their amount of their reserve are deposited wit: tection of their policy holders and are coi pose. Yours very truly, (Signed) INSURA DEPARTMENT, STATE Co Mr. W. A. McSwain, Newberry, S. C. Dear Sir: I should say that the Southern Lif was WORTHY of CONFIDENCE. By the ai ending 1908, now before me, it shows tot: and surplus to policy holders of capita] $130,152.oo. Yours very trul (Signed) Buy your life insurance policies from money in this community, where it is av for our young people and for the develop Our rates are a little lower and divide company operating in this section. If you fail to see us before you close th ance we both lose. - Call at our office, write or 'pbone us. SECURITY LOAN & INVESTE] J. N. McCAUGHRIN, Treas. Whiskey or the should be selected with the greates upn its rich, nutritioUs propertiE Yucan always rely upon Sunnyl! Whiski answering every requirement. It is healthul stiuan nor tonic in the he. Bond is U. S. Government standard (100% the "Green Government Stamp" showing Insist on getting the genuine, SUNNY BROOK DISTILLERY C 4===FLL QU. I * BY EXPRESS I From any of the followiaj Hi. Clarle & 50r.s, laC, . The Philip G. K~elly Go, .ine Lazarus-GOo,dmlan C. . C. Bu o. D. F. & C. P. Long. PaulHevman ...-.-.-.-.-. M. Mar kste. . - - . . 223 Syea -a SHIPPED IN PLAiN BOXES. SEND | NO 6000S SHIPPED Have You a8mwall Farm ier San? \We want to buy at once three tors Mich, small farms: two one-horse farms troub and one two-horse fari. If you"te have what we want, and your price Pills. is reasonable, we can trade. ear-ed HUNTER & SLIGH. cure IW.E Face Massage~tn and all kinds of Facial "1i Work for Ladies, Wed- Elect .n:make nesday and Friday af- ricee ternoons, done at shop wast~ or call at homes. sena peop] HALLMAN, Barber y Shop 906 M ain, St. tric u at Home. them Life & Trust Company, the policy of the company to uts the net premiums which You might say that the com :ontinue to do more than this." AcALISTER, President. iCIALS WRITE: OF NORTH CAROLINA. Raleigh, March ioth, 1909. t., I would say: The South chartered in this State and red SAFE and SOUND. policies the securities to the i this department for the pro ZSIDERED AMPLE for this pur JAMES R. YOUNG, Insurance Commissioner. OF SOUTH CAROLINA. )lumbia, March ioth, 1909. e & Trust Co., of Greensboro, inual statement for the year - i assets of about $675,000-00 $300,000.00 and surplus of Y, F. H. McMASTER, insurance Commissioner. this agency and keep your ilable for use in buying homes nent of our community. nds a little, larger than any e contract for your life insur ff COMPANY, AGENT, W. A. McSWAIN, Sec'y. Siek Room t care, as much depends e and absolute purity. distilled, agdand bot proof and every bottle bears 'he correct age and quantity. iccept no substitute. ). Jlerson Co.. ?1. ~REPA ID DOistritrs: RiC mond, \T 4th S- , Cin,cinnlat ,0. EITTANCE WITH YOUR ORDER. Revolts at Cold Steel. our only hope,'' said three doe o Mrs. M. E. Fisher, Detroit, .suffering from severe rectal le. "lies in an operation," --A I used Dr. King's New Life : 'she writes, ''till wholly ." They prevrent Appendicitis. Constipation. Headaehe. 25e. at .Peham & Son's. The Secret of Long Life.I French scientist has discovered eeret of long life. His method with the blood. But long ago ns of Americans had pro,ved ici Bitters prolongs life and it worth living. It purifies, en and vitalizes the blood, rebuilds d nerve eells, imparts life and o the entire system. It's a god to weak, sick and debilitated e. "Kidney trouble had blighted fe for months," writes W. M. nan, of Cushing, Me.. "but Elec Bitters cured me entirely." 50e.