The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 09, 1908, Image 2
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INVESTIGATION OF WILLI
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AUDITOR W. B. WEST AND SOLICITOR W
THE NATTER OF ALLEGED GRAFT
PENSARIES?THE 0
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Q. Dr Bass, have vou ever
.1
; written a lelter to Mr Blank in;
reference to that visit of his?
A. No st,nothing to Mr Blank.
I wrote to the house aod asked
. where was Mr Blank. Asked them
to let me know where was Mr Blank, i
Q. What did yon want to know : i
about Mr Blank? '' ;i
. / A. I was suspicious and I want- J
ed to know if be knew anything 11
about it. 1 wrote to the United ;i
Distilling Co. and aatad them if he [ j
was still in Charleston*
Q. If you had found out that m
be was still in Charleston what J
would have been your next move?
A. I don't know, I suppose I {
would have watched him. 1
Q. Did they answer yonr letter?
A. Yes sir, they said he was {
still in Charleston.
Q. Their representee? A.
Yes sir.
Q. Hate tou the letter you re- ,
ceiled from the United Distilling [ 1
Co? M
A. No sir, I don't know where j
it is. It was in the office. I put;*
it on file. {
Solicitor Wells:
Q. Where did you see this man
Blank?
A. He came to my nouse.
Q. On February 19 of this year *
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in tlie presence oi air v^owaru ?uu Mr
Brown in the disp^isary office,
did you say you had written them 1
probably three months afterwards (
for the reason that he might kick ^
up some devilment around the State, }
referring to Blank? *
A. I don't remember that I ever
mentioned it to them. . ,
Q. Do you deuy it?
A. I don't remember. There is 1
nothing to deny about it if I had 1
said it. I never wrote Mr Blank *
and 60 stated.
Q? About two weeks ago did 3
you see Garrett's wine man? *
A. 1 did not.
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y. xie tuun i uum- uuwu iunc
ami want to buy any barrels frem
you?
A. No sir. *
Q_ Did you get a quart bottle of ?
wine at the dispensary but afterwards
when they went to check Up ^
in the presence of Mr Brown and
Parker tell them to charge it to the 1
breakage account, and Mr Parker
^ U kwAoha.YO QAAAtllit ?
UiU il> IV uimnugv uvwuu?.
A. Some time ago they got in
Bome wine they could not sell and I
went in there and got a bottle to
see what the trouble was.
Q? Did you pay for it?
A. I do not know whether it is
charged to breakage account or not.
1 do not remember whether I paid
for it or not. They said it was no
good, was spoiled,and I got it to see
whether it was or not. Did not
think it was necessary to pay for it.
Q. Did you tell them that you
intended to bnng the bottle back so
that it could be put iD as breakage?
A. I don't remember charging
it. i did not think it necessary.
Q. Suppose Mr Brown or Mr
Coward would make a statement to
that effect?
A. Well, it might have been. I
took it out to see whether the wine <
was spoiled or not. Got the bottle i
in the presence of all of them. Do
not remember what I said to them.
It is for medicinal purposes and not
for drinking purposes. But what I
did with it I do not remember. I
did not think it of any importance.
Q. In the latter part of the old
administration did you say in the
presence of Mr Coward in the dispensary
something that Mr Gilland
has 8tated:that you said thatBluthenthal&Bickert
were a rotten set of
Jew6 and also spoke in bad terms
of the Big Springs Distilling Co?
A. I do not know that I spoke
of Bluthenthal&Bickert, but spoke
of Big Springs Distilling Co., and
also of Richland Distilling Co. . <
Q. Why did you buy so freeh'
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AMSBURG !
DISPENSARY BOARD.
. H. WELLS PROBE THOROUGHLY INTO
IN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY DISFFIC1AL
REPORT.
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from them?
A. There was no body else to j
buy from. All of them are Jewsj
but they gave us the best prices on ;
things.
Q. In the dispensary last September
in the presence of Mr Brown
the clerk and Mr Coward did you
tell them not to sell Coast Line
From W P Ives & Co., that you had
reasons to believe there was some- ,
thing wrong between these people
ind Mr Paiker?
A. 1 don't know that 1 said between
them and Parker. I told
them not to push their goods.
Q. How could you be suspicious
)f them without being suspicious of
some member of the board?
A. I did not call any name, I
ion't tnink.
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Q. You were not suspicious or
Mr Snowden?
A. *ir.I
Q Well,then,if yoa had no suspicions
of bim you must have been i
raspicious of them and Mr Parker?
A. I do not think I mentioned i
:hat. I told them not to create a
lemand for it
Q. But there has been a lot of ,
whiskey bought from W P Ives i
fc (Jo since that time?
A. Yes sir. I did not suspicion <
hem after that time, had no occason
to. <
Q. .Did you tell Mr B.-own in ,
he dispensary that Mr Parker
leeined'to stick to the Big Springs
Distilling Co and seemed not to |
vant to buy any thing from any t
>ody else? i
A." I do not remember.
Q. Yon do not deny it? <
A. I do not think I could have ,
nade any such statement Not to i
hem, I confined my suspicions to j
jilland and said very little outside.
Q. Your last statement that
ou confined your suspicions to Mr i
jilland?didn't it strike you as be
*? ? ol ""ilu. fliol- fnn triiaterl 1
us VC1 y OJU^UiOi VUMV J VU kA UklVVV I I
iim with going to Savannah? [
A. I did not send him there. {
Q. You agreed to it and told ^
iim you thought it would be a very
;ood thing? 1
A. I did not tell him to go. He j
vent of bis own accord.
Q Don't you think it strange i
hat you snspicioned him and then t
ruBted him to goto Savannah?
A. 1 had the utmost confidence t
? 11 r? ti-? fhp tinip 1 oot those 1
,wo letters. I had the utmost confi- 1
leuce in hiin up to that time.
Q. Did any body tell you they
>aw Parker talking with liquor
nen? '
A. No sir, I heard of his being
n Charleston and other places and
[ was snspicious of him on that ac- (
count. But never heard any thing
else.
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Q. Did you ever know of him
communicating with Jim F&rnum?
A. No sir. I had no suspicion 1
cf him except for these parties telling
me thev had seen him on different
occasions and at different
places.
J M Parker being sworn says:
Af, W*ct. 1
iUI IIWV.
Q. Mr Parker,are yon a member
of the Williamsburg county dispensary
board?
A. Yes sir.
Q. What position on this board
have you held?
A. Well, as one of the members.
Q. Were you chairman?
A. No sir, Dr Bass was chairman.
Q. When did you first hear of
rnmors that tlieie was suspicion ot
graft among the members of the
board?
A. I saw some irregularities
about Angust, 1 think.
Q. You suspicioned some then?
A. It looked suspicious.
Q. What did you suspect?
A. I suspected orders were either
being stuffed or duplicated.
Q. What made you think so?
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A. Because the dispensers got a
great deal of goods that they did not
order. But later having Mr Gil* r
land's statement as to why it got in j >
Buch a rush it seemed reasonable to J ]
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me. Inat me dispensers iu uruci-.f
dering goods put in an order first of i c
the week and if he didn't gtt it j t
first of the week would older again : -t
and it is possible that in that way I
the goods kept coming.
Q. Did you examine the records [
to find out after this whether the** j
orders had been padded?
A. There was no special way of
telling whether they were or not.
The clerk explained it in this way
to me. ,
Q. Were you satisfied with his a
explanation? ; I
A. Yes sir. I
Q. Have you ever been connect- j
ed with the old State dispensary of i
South Carolina?
A. Yes sir. *
Q. In what capacity?
A. I was clerk in the dispensary
at Scrantou. .
Q. You are familiar with whis- j
kies? . j
A. Yes sir. i
Q. Please state at what rate .
whiskies are bought as to their re- j
lative commercial values.
A, We buy as a general thing the '
1 rands that are called for oftenest
Q. In purchasing did you ignore
the competitive bids?
A. We didn't alw8T9 buy from
the lowest bid submitted.
Q. In ordering out this *tuff it
appears that sometimes you cut |
clown one award to oue party and in- '
creased the award of another?
A. That is just as the dispensers <
ordered it, that is what they got
r>:A *
V^. ulu yvii CI^I uvwi/? cu.i^.1 uiiers
bad been placed as to wherher \
jr not you were in excess of the ^
award? i
A. We did not regard that as I
a matter of importance, as we re- J
served the right to increase or di- '
minish.
Q. What good could that statute j
loin the law requiring county dispensary
boards to advertise under
pour statement?would it be worth I
anything?
A. I hardly think it would. j _
Q. You simply took the law in j"
pour own hands?
A. 1 simply did as other county j
joards are doing. We advertised i
:or bids and bids were submitted
indweordeied what we thought ^
va3 needed. j \
Q. Was if for the purpose of
ieeping county beards from over- *
stocking?
A. Yes sir, possibly; I thought
:he board ought to keep the goods
;here and keep selling. P
Q. Did you receive a copy of _
:hese letters Mr GillanJ acknow- ^
ledges having written to Blnthenthal
& Bickert?
A. No sir, I did not.
Q. What membere of the board
were present at the time of the Nov- 9
jmber purchases?
A. Dr Bass and myself. I
Q. Do you remember how many Jl
drums of whiskey were awarded to
Bluthenthal & Bickert? ^
A. I do not recall right now.
The award will show.
Q. Do you remember how many drums
of Old Joe were gotten from
them?
A. I think we got about 72. 4
Q. Why did you suppose Old
Joe would be in demand? t
A. Always has. is a good sell- I
er. J
Q. If the prices were the same
between the two, Old Joe and Silver
Brook, which would be the bet- 3
ter seller?
A. I regard Old Joe as such.
Q. Did you have Old Joe ana- I
lvzed?
A. Yes sir, we had recently.
Q. Do you remember what it *
tested? 1
A. Not exactly.
Q. Do you consider Old Joe
with test of 80.9 to be as valuable
compound as Silver Brook which <
would test 100 per cent?
A. I certainly do not.
Q. Did you realize as a member |
of this board that the board had the
right to make any (^pcern furnish <
goods in compliance with the bids?
A. Why in a general way, I did.
[Continued on page 3.]
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New Trait Schedule.
The following- schedule of the
lew train from Lane to Florence,
vhich went into effect Monday,
December 17, has been furnishid
us by Mr J P Taylor, the
:ourteous and efficient agent of
:he Atlantic ( 'oast Line railroad
it Kingstree:
North Bound Arrives
No. 80 7:37 A. M,
No. 46 11:42 A.M.
No. 50 6:36 P. M. '
South Bound Arrives
No. 89 9:18P. M '
No. 47 5:46 P. M.
No. 51 10:52 A.M.
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attorney at Law
LAKE CITY, S. C.
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