The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 16, 1908, Image 2
INVESTIGATION OF WILLI]
COUNTY
4
AUDITOR W. 6. WEST AND SOLICITOR W.
THE MATTER OF ALLEGED GRAFT II
PESSARIES THE OF
I Continued lrotr
(Mr Parker testifying )
- Q Dou'i you think prices like y
thai were calculated to freeze out E
Silver Brook? p
A. 1 think you will see there h
was more bought of Silver Brook
than Old Joe. w
Q. Did I not understand you to ^
say it was on account of the popu- j
larity of Old Joe and yet you say gj
Silver Brook has a greater sale even ^
at a higher price?
A Thp nints w?re less than (Jld !
- X ? n
Joe- :b
Q. The records sh^w you made ^
ao order for 75 diurus of Mobile
Buck Gin to Blutheuthal & Bick- ^
ert.
A. Yes sir. tj
Q.. 1 find nothing on the bid to
indicate what proof that was to be.
Do you know whether or not any ^
/ proof was guaranteed!' e
A. I do not think there was.
o
Q. Do you know that no proof
was guaranteed with Mobile Buck
?in? a,
A. I know that we sent some for
analysis. I don't think Mobile was
one of them.
Q. At that time there was a bid
on file from Big Springs Distilling I gl
Co of Savannah offering you XX XX j
, Gin for $30 all round and you paid ( ^
$3*2 $33 and $34 by ihe award given 1
to Bluthentbal & Bickert? ' ^
A. Yes sir.
Q. Explain please why you gave'
this to Blutheuthal & Bickert. 1 n
U
A. Why, we have no call for,
XXXX Gin" and it did not come in j
ae neat package as the other. Pos- tj.
sibly it was for that reason. It is;
very hard to tell in full here what I
did it for, but reasons can be ^
shown.
) '
Q. Suppose it was broken up.:
Did you not have access to t he rail- jt
road company for damages'r y
A. I mean the labels were not I ^
? a t? ?
a6 well gotten upas me uiueis. iar
Q. So you were sellmg looks'
rather than goods?
A. No, but it taken better. A fJl
good many look just as much on
the outside as on the inside.
Q. This gin quoted by H Rosenthal
& Son, have you ever tried j ^
any of that? _
A. No sir.
Q. Have yap used this XXXX i jt
gut put up by Big Spring Distilling ; cc
Co?
i
A. Cannot say. |g
Q. How did you kuow Mobile f
Buck gin was better than H Kosej-!c]
thai & Son's gin?
A. Do not know. g0
Q. Well, there is a difference of at
13 per drum with H Roseuthal & I
Sou's gin. You knew you could get <p<
90 per cent proof and with Blntheu- g?
thai & Bickert you did not get any ju
proof and yet you thought it wise to cc
pay the price to Bluthenthal &
Bickert. Will you explain why? gt
A. Cannot do it. Just simply
a matter of business to get business.
m* ?or# inaf lnnliiior for something
Y* V WViV J?wv n
at 25c* gp
Q. Then you went on the supposition
that the highest priced ^
stuff was always the better stuff?
A, Undoubtedly. t
Q. Seventy-five drums of Royal
Arch rye were awarded to Bluthen- g,
thai & Bickert at $35-$36 and $37 ^
for qts, pts and half pts, respectively,
and at the same time there were
quotations from the I Trager Co. jj
l)o vou consider the I Trager Co a t]
nf ?
responsible house? jr
A. Yes sir.
Q. There is uo proof with Blu- ^
thenthal & Bickert's; there is a guar- e)
antee of 90 per cent with the I ^
Trager Co. Now for Blu then thai }j
& Bickert's you paid $35, $36 and
$37 without analysis, when you p
could have bought at $32-$33 and n
$34 with analysis. You gave
them the award at $35-$36 and $37,
when other people offered you at ^
$32. You regarded these people as a
responsible, did you?
%
IMSBURG i1
DISPENSARY BOARD."
i
_ : <
H. WELLS PROBE THOROUGHLY INTO !1
N WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY DISFICIAL
REPORT. ji
l last week. I
1 i
A. Yes sir. ii
Q. It appears very straDge that'
ou bought Ikoyal Archive from]
Hnetlienthai & Bickert with liuj
roof guaranteed and you could,
ave gotten a 90 per cent guaran-!
?e at $3*3 round. Can you explain
hv?
A. This was in drums. They,,
id not ship in drums. We gavel,
hemau order for drums and they
tvpped in cases making the prices
ery much higher. i
Q. Mr Parker, here is before ]
ie I Trager & Co's bid dated Octo- ]
er 23, '07, in which he quoted
idgemont at $32.50 round.
A. We did not award any to I |
'rager & Co.
Q. Why didn't you give it to
UCUi . j
A. We never used Edgemont. i
Q. What was your reason for
iving Bluthenthal & Bickert this
rder at so much higher price with- 1
ut any proof? I
.A. Why, it is very hard to an- <
werthatin particular. We simply
ccepted the bid at that price.
Q. I do not understand that. <
A. We didn't use Epgemont.
Q. Well, they were reliable?
A. Yes sir, 1 regard them as (
ich. ' <
Q. Why didn't you buy from
lem?
A. Why, as 1 say, other goods 1
ad been established here. <
Q. What goods?
A. Goods you are speaking of. 1
Id Joe and others had been sold all c
rer the county and were known. i
Q. Why did you buy from Blulenthal
& Bickert? s
A. I cannot answer that. As I
y we simply ordered the goods and a
i mi shed dispensers what they I
anted. e
Q. Will you explain to me how
is that in making your awards on v
ovember 18 to Meyer Pitts & Co
le award was made at $S-$8.50
id $9 when the bid or a copy of (
leir bid which has been sent your
iard had the same class of stuff
ioted at ou-su ana ??y.ou.
A. I cannot explain that. We
id the bid and analysis.
Q. It is alleged there was no
d 011 tile.
A. There was a bid positively, b
Q. Will yon explain to me why
is that your award is in exact ac rdance
with the old bid? b
A. I cannot, sir. Possibly in ^
itting out the award there might J
*ve been a mistake made bv the y
erk. t
Q. The original is on file and alo
on/1 linhK tKoQA ftllrttP fttTlff
$8.50 $9 and $9.50. On the old
d it was quoted at $8 $8.50 and
). It is hard for me to under- r
and why it is in this particular
stance the award is in exact acirdance
with the old bid? (
A. The only way I can under- (
and it is that possibly an error in
le clerk in getting it down.
Q. That is your explanation ?
A. Yes sir, possibly. I cannot
c anything else. n
Q. Did you ever see the bid afr
the award was made?
A. No sir. I never looked af- I
x that. Mr Gilland did.
tj. Don't vou think it rather t
ngular that your bid would be exitly
like the old bid and not like a
le new one?
a. :>ot wicd tne oiu missing,
t might havti been done right in a
le office there a-id we known nothig
about it.
Q. You have bad Old Joe tested t
y Dr Parker. He shows it to test- ]
3 80.8. Suppose that stufi had
?sted 50-9 what redress would you
ave had? *
A. Could you have held up the t
rice. And we advertised for noth- <
ig below seventy.
Q. Suppose it had been 71?
A. We supposed that grade of
whiskey that cost that would grade
boat 85.
Q. On what grounds conld you ]
V.
lave held the shipper?
A. We supposed it would grade,
$5. I
Q. It doesn't make any differ?nce
what you supposed, how could
von have held the shipper responsible.
He didn't guarantee anything ^
Don't you think the State of South
Uaroliua would have been responsible
for that debt?
A. We presumed it was thrsame
as it used to be.
Q. 1 am not asking that. What i
*?A11 Uoro VlQ/1 if tVlPV
ICU1C35 WUUIU JUU liatg liuu i ft twv,
had shipped the stuff and it had
beeu unsalable?
A. We would have held up what;
we owed them.
Q. Suppose they hail come back
at you and said the stuff was shipped
as bought?
A. I don't know.
Q. Have you ever had auy rea-j
to suspect your bookkeeper Mr Gil- j
land with attempting to profit by
his position?
A. in an indirect way 1 have.
Q. Did you know anything of
his going to Savannah?
A. Not until recently.
Q. Did you know anything of
his suspicioning you of illegitimate i
trausactions?
A. No sir.
Q. Do you know whether or not!
he had made any complaint as to1
that before the receipt of the copies ,
rf his letters?
A. No sir, I do not.
Q. Have you had any communixihnn
oritK jinw whiak^v drummers? j
A. No sir.
Q. With any whiskey houses ;
)ther than through your book keep- i
;r?
A. No sir.
Q. Have you been approached
jy any representatives of any whisk- f
?y houses?
A. At first I was but I don't
.now whether I had qualified then
>r not, a whiskey man came to j
Scran ton and I had a talk with him. I
Q. Did he make you any proportion?
i i
A. None at all. He was down
,t my store when I came in and
told him soliciting was not allow- : t
d.
Q. Have you seen Garrett & Co's j <
nne men here?
A. No sir.
Q. Mr Coward did not tell you j
Jarrett's man was here?
A. No sir, I don't recollect it.
Q. Have you sold any barrels?
A. No sir. j
Q. Have you any barrels to sell?;
A. No sir. ^
Q. You don't empty any barrels?
A. No sir, we buy no goods in
ulk.
By Mr Wells: ,1
Q. A few days after you had j _
teen appointed and when you and y
lr Coward were on your way to see
dr Kirk, did you tell Mr Coward
ou could not afford to work for
hirty dollars?
A. No sir.
Q
O Ynn denv that?
A Yes sir, I deny it i
Q You say you did not see Gar- f
ett's wine man?
A. No sir.
Q, Did you see a fellow named
Jlark from the People's Distilling
;o?
A. No sir.
Q. You know him?
A. No sir.
Q. He said he knew you. He is
uistakea then?
A. He sure is.
Q. You say you did not know ,
)r Bass auspicione d you?
A. No sir, didn't know it until
his week. ]
Q. Did you have any occasion to ?
uspect Dr Bass and Mr Snowden?
i "V/i oir
*! V OA A
Q. Did not suspicion them at
ill, neither one of them?
A. No sir. i
Q. Do you know anything about 1
,hese letters mailed at Orangeburg?
low is it you didn't get a copy?
A. I don't know.
Q. Don't you think the infer?ce
would be that you had mailed
;hem and didu't think it necessary
;o send yourself a copy?
J
| Continued next week.]
Read the Farmers & .Merebaits
Balk's ad. this issie.
New Irate Schedule.
The following- schedule of the
new train from Lane to Florence,
which went into effect Monday,
December 17, has been furnished
us by Mr J P Taylor, the
courteous and efficient agent of
the Atlantic t oast Line railroad
at Kintrslree:
North Bound Arrives
No. SO 7:37 A. M,
? i 1 J a A AT
->0. 40 J I:? A. .VI.
No. 50 6:36 P. M.
8outh Bound Arrives
No. 89 9:18 P. M
No. 47 5:40 P. M.
No. 51 10:52 A.M.
# Daily Except Sunday.
WealfRidneys
Weak Kldneye. rarely point to weak tidney
Harm. The kidneys, like the iHeart. s id the
Btomach, And their weakness, not in tb^ onss
heelf. butte the nerres that control an' fuide
and strengthen them. Dr. 8hoop's Restorative is
a medicine specifically prepared to reach these
controlling nerres. To doctor the Kidneys alone,
is futile. It is a waste of time, and of money as
11 your hack aebes or is weak. if the erica
Maids, or is dark and strong. if you bars symptoms
caB right* or other distressing or dangerass kidney
disease, try Dr. Bhoop's Restoratives month?
fkclets or Liquid?and see what it eaa and will
4a for yon. Druggist recommend and sell
Dr. Stoop'*
Restorative
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The Largest and Most C ^mplete
PijtoKtiahmotif Dmitri
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Moulding and Building Material,
Sash Weights and Cords
CHARLESTON, S C.
rwm ens I
R. E. & E. N. B EATY
ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTOR?
r? ^ c r
jeorgeiuwn, - - 47. v.
Civil Engineering
Land Surveying
Railroad Surveys
and Construction
'rompt attention to out ot Town Work.
3-19-tf
1V. L. Bass A. C. Hinds
BASS & HINDS,
Attorneys-at-law
KNGSTREE, S. C.
^20-tf.
i iff lis
Lake City, S. C
;rown and Bridge Work a Specialty.
ALL WORK
Guaranteed as Represented.
W. L. BASS
Attorney at Law
LAKE CITY, S. C.
Dr BJ McCabe
Dentist
mTOR'PQFR - 3. c.
J. D. MOUZON'S
BARBER SHOP
?in the?
Via Kearei Hotel
is equipped with up-to-date appliances.
Polite Service. ? ompetent
workmen.
5?8-08.
W. P TENNENT
A R C H I T [ C T
General Contractor and Builder
Solicits your business. Estimates
cheerfully furnished on all
: : kinds of work. : :
126 Evans 'Phone 1962
FLORENCE, S. C.
Supervisor of construction New School
Building and Superintendent of work
on U. S. Post Office and of John McSween
Co, stores Timmonsville and
Beulah and residence at National
Cemetery. : : : : :
Free from j
Alcohol
Since May, 1906, Ayer's Sarsaparilla
has been entirely free
from alcohol. If you are in j
poor health, weak, pale, nervous,
ask your doctor about taking
this non-alcoholic tonic and
alterative. If he has a better
medicine, take his. Get the best
always. This is our advice.
A W? publish our formula*
/I m Ws banish alcohol
XnB f rrom our msajoic??
/ I 1IPTQ w# urf* yon to I
A AliLI ?3 consult your I
^ *J y V doctor g
A sluggish lirer means a coated tongue,
a bad breath, and constipated bowels.
The question is,4< What is the best thing
to do under such circumstances?" Asl
your doctor if this is not a good answer:
"Take laxative doses of Ayer'a Pilla."
?Mod* by the J. C. Aycr Co.. lowU, Mm.- ? ,
COTTONi
?A.\D THE PRIM!
TOBii
There will be a number of sut
Fall and we are ready to serve
splendid crop prospect we are rep
enlarge our floor space, and ratbei
Queen Stoves and Ranges from ws
price
2? Fez
We have just received a carlo;
?ai?o/1 of o lnw r?ri r a R Am pm Hpr t
min Moore & Co's Paint. Also, v
Cutlery and Razors. The Robeso
predate our friends' patronage an
trnued confidence.
Lake City H
LAKE Cr
"A dollar
is a doll;
There is no better way t
dealing with
J. L. Stuckey, the ol<
man.
I have a splendid lineol
Rums Warn
JJUggiUU, IT UgUU
that in view of the hard times
above cost.
A nice bunch of HORSES
at prices to suit.
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BANK OFKI
Kinpstree. Sou
CAPITAL. 8 30.000
I DIRECT'
f
Jas F Cooper
D C Scott
^ A-? - J* nMmnflv
IVOUCCI1UII9 mauv piv
LOANS, large or small, mad
jHEADQUAI
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For Busies and W
Whips, Lap Robes,
every thing- in the ha
The Famous Oliver
and repair parts for
A Wood Disc Harro'v
Clark's Stock Food, ]
Instant Louse Killei
ders and Worm Powc
stock and poultry fa
health by using- only;
of Dr Hess &C lark's {
ders. Yours to pleas
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Ki ogsfree & Crtelyville,
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them. In anticipation of the
airinp our warehonse so as to
r than remove the stock of O.K.
ir#?hnns#? we have Ireduced the
Ceaat. . M
ad of Wire Fence, which is of- * %
ve are headquarters for Benja*
?e offer exceptional values in
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0 save your dollars than by
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and MULES always on hand
key, Lake City, S. C.
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