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RO.Pi'S STIFF UPLY TO LYON. Itostlity Cliarged Against Attorney General by Dispensary Winding U) Commission. John V. Wallace. of Cahrleston, iwas on Thursday elected chairman, pro tempore of the dispensary com-' mission. Mr. James Stackhouse still Tenains the chairman nominally and officially. but he will not be in Colum hia for some of the meetings; on such occasions Mr. Wallace will preside. Mr. Stackhouse stated that lie has anatters at home that claim his atten tion. and he will come here whenever le can. Tuesday the commission meets and will summon before it the members of the old dispensary commission. This follows the decision by the supreme court last evening. Among other things in a letter to the attorney g'en-eral Thursday after noon the commission says: Lyon Scored. "We are satisfied that your rela tions with one Thomas B. Felder are such as to make you a partisan with him and that you could not be relied upon to prosecute a man with whom you have been so intimately associat ed and whose conduct you will not in Testigate if you are required to do so." The letter of the commission in re ply to Attorney General Lyon's letter objecting to the employment of coun sel is as follows: Commission's Letter. Columbia, S. C., June 1, 1911. The Hon. J. Fraser Lyon, Attorney] General, Columbia, S. C.-Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of yesterday 1 we beg to say that we have employed the services of Mr. W. A. Holman, of Charleston, to aid this commission in the investigation of the affairs of the State dispensary and to facilitate our labors in accordance with the acts of1 the general assembly of this State in such case made and provided. Your attitude towards this commis sion has been so unfriendly and anta gonistic that it appears to us we can not rely upon your judgment or upon your legal, services in the further progress of' our labor, and 'it is ab solutely necessary and :essential for1 the best interests of the State that we should have the services of coun sel, and -his we propose to have for the benefit of the State. Charges Hostility. Your attitude in the Murray matter was unfriendly and antago.nistic and hostile to the position of this commis sion, and your position in the Rich Tand distillery case is unsatisfactory> and hostile. You are the attorney general of this State and should be in~ possession of all the facts and circum-< stances, surrounding this case, or any other matter pertaining to the public< welfare or in connection with the .State dispensary; but in your unwar-< ranted' zeal and unfriendliness you< saw fit to say to this commission that you ,would prosecute the case if they would furnish you with proper evi dence. This is not the proper busi-1 ness of the commission to furnish youi 'with facts, but it is your duty to fur-< mish the commission with facts in this Dehialf and in all other public matters] connected with their business. Called "Partisan" of Felder. We are satisfied that your relations with one Thomas B. Felder are such: as to make you a partisan with him ( and that you could not be relied upon to prosecute a man with whom you siave so intimately associated andt whose conduct you will not investigate if you are required to do so. We base i dis opinion and this conclusion upon ] your attitude towards this commission and on information of your relationsi towards Thomas B. Felder. He was your employee, or rather you approv-; ed his employment, and he received large sums of money from the State we understand something over $100, 000-and now when we want to em ploy an attorney at a moderate and modest sum to aid us in the further investigation of the dispensary you interpose, or attempt to interpose, your cfficial position and to cut off this commission from the aid and ad vice of counsel. As to Employing Counsel. We are satisfied that in employing Mr. W. A. Holman we are acting fair Ty within our rights. The act gives. de commission broad powers to em BToy any person to aid them in the in-1 vestigation of the affairs of the dis j.enisary, as will be shown by refer ene to the act of the legislature, w:hich gives to the commission the riaht to 'employ "any other person or persons the commission may deem; necessary for the ascertainment of any fact or facts connected with said State dispensary and its management er control at any time in the past," and we have, with this end In view and for this purpose, employed Mr. Holman and engaged his services in eoaformity with the act to aid us in eur labors as aforesaid. We bave thus made our position with you -Plaln and we expect to ad bere to t. (Copy.) James Stackhouse, Chairman. B. F. Kelley, Secretary. Secretary Kelley, of the dispensar: commission, stated that "soon ther will be something too warm to handle in connection with dispensary mat ters. Liquor Funds Distributed. The dispensary commission ordere the funds, about $25.000, now on de posit in a Columbia bank, transferre to other banks in the State. The commission passed the follow ing resolution: "Whereas, the moneys on deposit t the credit of the State dispensary comu mission are deposited in the Nationa Loan and Exchange bank, of Colum bia. without interest; and "Whereas, it has come to the know! dge of the commission that the sam ,an be deposited in other -banks at rate of interest of not less than 4 pe ,ent. per annum, subject to call; an, "Whereas, this commission is of th pinion that the said funds should b leposited upon interest. Therefore b t "Resolved, That out of the funds u: leposit, as aforesaid, the sum of $5, )00 be deposited according to law i: the Enterprise bank, of Charleston 55,000 in the Bank of Mullins; $5,00 in the Bank of Bishopville; $5,000 i: ,he Farmers' Union Bank and Trus 30ompany, of Orangeburg, and $5,00 in the Newberry Savings bank, 0 Newberry, as required by law, sai leposits to be made upon the condi tion that interest will be paid at th rate of 4 per cent. per annum, an that the said funds be subject to call. Murray Case Aftermath. The aftermath of the contempt prc :eedings against Dr. W. J. Murray i the call upon the members of the ol 0mmission to appear Tuesday wit' the vouchers sought by the new cor mission. The vouchers will be consid ired from meeting to meeting until th matter is disposed of by the commis d1on. Intimations, by the commissior gathered from questions asked, is tha the Atlanta firm will come in for som investigation as to amount of mone: paid out by the former commission t the firm for services. The commission states that it wil aot accept any order drawn by Attor aey Stevenson, to be signed as the or ler coming from the supreme cour in the discharge of the Murray con tempt proceedings. The court had in structed that the proper order b Erawn. It would appear from th statement of Secretary Kelley, for th 3mmission, that the commission wi] sk the court itself to make out th >rder, as there is a difference of opin on as to just what the order shoul 3ontain under the court's ruling. Th :ourt met Monday. Lyon Defends His P'osition. Columbia, June 2.-4Cate tonight At :orney General Lyon gave out a let :er directed to the ne w .spensar: :ommission, in which matters tha ave arisen recently are discussed lspecially is the arrest of Dr. Mur -ay touched on, and the contract witi r. B. Felder is taken up by Mr. Lyon he letter follows: "June 2, 1911, State Dispensar: 'ommission... Celum.bia. S. C.-Gentle nen: Your letter informing me tha rou have employed an attorney fo he commission without my approva s at hand. It is not necessary a :his time, ad~ can serve no usefu urpose, tG point out all your erro'i ~ous statements in regard .to my posi :ion and attitude towards your com nission. "Whenever you have called upoi ne and you have done so several tim as. I have freely given such inrorma ion as I possessed and stood read: to advise you upon any qaestion c law upon which you might desire ad vice. On several occasions I hay personally offered you my official ser vices; indeed I have gone so far as t state that it would give me very grea personal pleasure to assist you to in vestigate and probe any matter i connection with the late State disper sary. "Why you should think tne fact the I approved the employment of th Hon. T. B. Felder. by your predeces ors in office, shoul.d disqualify me fc performing my official .duties, c should be a sufficient reason for yc to disregard the law as to empioyin counsel, is difficult to perceive. e: pecially as you have indicated yoi willingness to employ Messrs. Abnf & Stevenson. who were the immedia: associates of, and employed by, M~ Felder. "Whether it was wise or not to er ploy Mr. Felder can scarcely affe the question of the wisdom or unwi donm of employing Mr. Holman at th time, for even a small fee. In th connection I will say, however, th the State dispensary, regarded from "I Am lad" writes Mrs. Ethel Newlin, of Liberty Center, Ind., 'that I began to take Car dui, for it has cured me, and I will never forget it. "I cannot praise Cardui too highly for what it did for me. Before I began tor take it, I was very bad color, suffered great pain and weighed only 105 pounds. Now f have a good color, do not suffer and weigh 125 lbs." 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