The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 23, 1908, Image 3
INVESTIGATION OF WILL
COUNTY
AUDITOR W. B. WEST AND SOLICITOR U
THE NAnER OF ALLEGED GRAFT
PENSARIES THE I
[Continued tro
(Mr Parker testifying.)
A. 1 think, perhaps. I was not
^4 the chairman or secretary aud they
^ were only sent to tnem.
v Q, I believe you took a trip
North last summer. Went to Norfolk,
Baltimore and New York?
A. No sir, not to Baltimore.
Q. How did you go to Norfolk,
^by boat?
v A. Yes sir, 1 took the Cape
Charles route.
Q. Up to the time you took that
trip you had not bought auy stuff
from Norfolk?
A. I don't recall whether we
had or not.
Q. Had you used any bee? up to
that time?
A. We never did get any beer
from Norfolk.
Q. You never had had any Coast
Line up to that time?
A. I don't know whether before
or after that time.
Q. Since that time you have
bought considerable Coast Line?
A. We haye bought some, I don't
know how much,
Q. Had you bought any stuff
^ from New York up to that time?
A. Yes sir, tl?e greater part of
our business came from New York.
Q. Coast Liue is the stuff Dr
Bass admits he advised the dispensers
to hold upon, as he tnought
there werrf.something between these
? people and a member of the board.
Do you know anything about that?
A. 1 heard him sa? he didn't
like these people. I aoked him if he
had anything against them.
Q. Did you get a bottle of whiskey
out of the dispensary and ask
Air Nelson to charge it to breakage?
A. No sir.
Q. Do you remember a bottle of
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j wiuei/i uaae u?u guwcu vui ui w.o
dispensary and when you were checking
np said something about not
bringing the bottle -hack?
A. I don't remember,but I think
Mr Coward said Pr Bass got something
which he should have credit
for. I thick there wa3 something
said about his letting Dr Bass take
stuff out in that way.
Q. You were present?
A. Yes sir.
Q. It is charged opto him at
consumers' prices?
A. Yes air.
Q. Therefore, if anything was
.gotten out it was charged up to
breakage and nobody was responsible?
A. J doaft remember,but I tbkik
it wis.
Q. Doyot check broken bottles?
A. Yes -air.
Q. Was there anything said about
bringing the bottle back?
# A. No sir.
O. Who was dresent when this
took jsJace?
A. I don't Iruow. Nobodv wae
there bat myself and Mr Coward
and maybe Mr Brown. I don't know
whether he was there or not.
Q. If Mr Nelson would make an
i
affidavit to the effect that you had
gotten wiskey and had it charged to
breakage, would you still deny it?
A. I certainly do. I would not
be surprised at him admitting anything.
Q. What was the price of Stokes
county corn?
A. We reduced it. Awhile we
sold it ac 85-45 and 30c and later
we made the DncesSl. 50e and 25c.
^ Q When did you change the
prices?
A. About Nov. 18, I think.
Q. You are sure the prices were
"^f^foanged Nov. 18?
A. Somewhere along about that
time. I dou't know, it may have
been before that time. I know we
had been asked by the dispensers to
reduce the price.
Q. Why did you reduce it?
A. Because it was not going.
Q. If it wasn't going why did
you buy 300 cases?
A. The half pints I speak of.
They were selhug it at $1.00, It
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lAMSBURG
DISPENSARY BOARD.
f. H. WELLS PROBE THOROUGHLY INTO
IN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY DISJFFICIAL
REPORT.
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was entirely out of proportion. O.ir
attention was called to the untter
and we reduced ;t making the prices
$1, 50c and 25c. ,
Q. Then you bought 300 cases
more?
A. We awarded 300 cases. We
did not say we were under auy obligations
for any more than we purchased,
as we always put on our
award that it was to be ordered out
as the demand required.
Q. Did you ever hear I)r Bass
give his opinion, in the early pari
of his administration, as to Bluthenthal
& Bickert and Big CreekDistilling
Co?
A. I believe I have heard him
speak of them a3 not being reliable
people.
Q. And after that he joined in
with yon in buying this big amount
of stuff from them. Was any peronaoiAn
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A. Xo sir, I had nothiug to do
with that.
Q. And you think your explanation
as to why you bought lower
proof at higher prices is satisfactory?
A. I don't know.
Q. If Old Joe was 90 and Si)ver
Brook 100 proof in bulk, when
they were bottled would they not
hold their same proof?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Theu why did you pay higher
prices for inferior stuff?
.A. We did it on acconut of demand.
And yet you take less for it.
Won id ift it appear that you were
trying to p?sh Old Joe iu preference
to Silver Brook?
A. I don't knew how it looks.
Q. Bon't you think it wonld appear
that way to auy responsible
?" i e._ ti. i 1a.
man, ai ycu paiu more iot it <iuu it
was poorer whiskey, don't it appear
that you tried to push Okl Joe?
A. i don't think so to those who
were not suspicious.
Mr W E Suowdea being duly
sworn -testifies as follows;
[By Solicitor Wells)
Q. MrSnowden, when did you
first get any intimation that any
wrong-doing was connected with
anybody connected with the Wil1
lom^knyrr oAnnfr /9aaru*y? cortr Knu r/1^
g WUUVj MltO^VUWUt J WWk W<
A. Why, it was -about the time I
received the copies of the letters Mr
Gilland wrote.
Q. About January 5?
A. That was the postmark.
Q. Mr Snowden, had Jtfr Parker
ever told you previous to that time
that <he suspicioned Mr Gllland of
Uigitiaeate transactionsi'
A. Yes sir.
Q. What did he base his suspicions
on?
A. On a communication that he
said he picked up in the office that
Mr Gillaud had addressed to a certain
liquor house.
Q. Was the hoose Bkthenthal
& Bicaert?
A. I won't state positively, but I
Jam under the impression it was that
ihouse.
Q. Are you under the impression
that it was Bluthenthal & Bickert?
A. I am, for this reason: He said
he would write to the house for copies
of the letters and a few after
that 1 received these letters from
Bluthenthal & Bickert, mailed at
Orangeburg,dated January 5.
Q. Was there time between the
time you received these letters and
the time he made that statement for |1
him to have written them and received
a reply? How many days elaps- 1
ed?
A. I can not say for certain; it <
was sent to me in the country, about
ten miles, but I rather think it had
time to get there and back here. I
When the matter was mentioned to
me 1 didn't pay much attention to
it J
Q. And that is the first intimation
you had that there was anything
wrong? 1
A. That is the first. ;
Q. You say Mr Parker said he i
found the letter on the floor? , t
A. He said he found it in the
office.
Q. Do jou know ; \ether the
letter was similar to the le we had
here?
A. If I could eee the letter I
think I could tell.
(Being shown the letter.)
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that is similar to 'he letter he found
ou the floor?
A. I think it is. It was a letter
from Bluthenthal & Bickert, I think.
1 Jo not know that he found it at
all, but granting he did.
Q. Do you know whether Bluthenthal
& Bickert have a representative
in this State? ?
A. I do not.
Q. Have you ever heard of any
representative being here? ^
A. I don't know.
Q. Have you seen any representative
of liquor houses since you be-,
came i member of the board?
A. No sir.
Q. Have you had very much to
do with the purchasing by this
uuaiu.
A. No sir.
Q. Were yoa present May 16
when the purchases were made?
A. Yes sir, I was present.
Q. Did you know anything
about whiskey then?
A. No sir, it was new to me.
Q. Were you present August 16?
A. No sir, I was not present.
Q. Nov. 18, were you present?
A. Nost.
Q. Why were you not present?
A. I had a case of typhoid fever
in August and on November 18 I
was very unwell and it was raining
and I didn't go.
Q. So you were not present at
the time of that purchase?
A. No sir.
Q. When were you able to come
back to the office?
A. 1 think I got back the lat
er part of September.
Q. Did the other two members
make themselves free in consulting
your opinion aHoutthese purchases?
A. They did not seem to keep
anythiug from me. I will state
that, when I was present at the making
of these purchases I was not familiar
with whiskeys and. I left the
matter to the other members of the
board. Mr Parker was familiar.
Q. When copies of these letters
written by Mr Gilland to Bluthen
thai & Bickert were received by-yot
did you call his attention to it? "
A. Who? Mr Gilland?
Q. Yes.
A. Yes sir.
Q. How soon after?
A. I suppose some little time.
Q. What was Mr GlHand's attitude?
A. I went into the office and told
him that I had a communicatior
with which he was connected, anc
showed it to him. He read it anc
said he did not deity it and that h(
had a purpose.
Q. Did he state what that purpose
was?
A T1 ! J _ 1.1 L l. A1
A. ne saiu ae tnougat mere
was some misdoing amoDg some ol
the members of the board.
Q. Did he mention the names oi
the members?
A. 1 don't recall that he did. ]
asked him if he would make this
statement before the board, and he
said he would.
Q. Did he accuse you of any
wrong doing?
A. Not directly.
Q What was Dr Bass' and Mr
Parker's attitude when they were
confronted with this; did they resent
it?
A. I don't think Dr Bass said
anythiug. There was no resentment.
They made some remarks
about the matter and asked Mr Gillaml
if Vio mpanf opoiibp fViP Vinar/1
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of any misdoing, j,nd he said he did.
Mr J W Coward being duly sworn
says:
Mr West:
Q. Mr Coward, how long have
you been dispenser here?
A. Seven years,
Q. During that time have you
oandled Silverbrook and old Joe?
A. Yessir.
Q. Which do you consider the
nost popular?
A. The people say Silver Brook
8 the be3t liqu>r; when you put
hem at the same price the people
prefer it.
Q. But when you sell Silver
Brook at thirty and Old Joe at
twenty-five?
A. Old Joe will lead.
Q. Which costs most, do you
know?
A. Not of my own knowledge.
Q. What have you to say about
this man Blank, Dr Bass said his
name was? Did he not tell you in
the presence of yourself and Mr
Dodgers that he, Dr Bass, had written
this party, referring to Blank,
for the reason that he might kick up
some trouble?
A. Dr Bass said he wrote the
house and asked if this man was
still in its employment and asked if
"he could be located.
Q. What did he want to locate
him for?
A. Well, he said he was afraid
he might be up to some scheme and
he wanted to locate him.
Q. Do you remember seeing Garrett's
wine man here about two or
three weeks ago?
A. Yes sir, he was here."
Q. Did he call at the dispensary?
A. Yes sir,
'Q. What did he wan:?
A. Said he wanted to see the
county board.
Q. Did yon tell him where they
were?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Did' you tell him where Mr
Snowden was?
A. No sir,
Q. Where did he say he was go
ing? p
A. Going to Lake City from
here.
Q. How did he say he was going?
A. Said he was going on the
"shoo-fly."
Q. Do you remember a man
named Clark of the People's Distilling
Co. beinn here about four months
ago?
A. Yea sir.
[Continued next week.]
Read the Farmers k Merchant
Bank's ad. this Issue.
A Handicap of tha Sea.
A hale middle aged English sea
1 captain, commanding a big sailing
vessel given to long voyages, drop5
ped anchor in New York harbor recently
and came ashore to look* up
a friend or two. One of these, a^x1
ions to uo what he could for tiio visitor,
sougLt his company for ;ui
ai-j-.ni->(T in o fiT-nilr TintOWTl.
I m j -r
The curtain declined.
"IV : *!:o to go in a rev," said he,
"but I'll tell yon ho'.v it is. my boy.
I'm re little ashore that upon my
wore1, i do:i*t k: ??\v how to act Then
. I get into a lumily circle at least
I feel that way. I'm uncouiforta,
ble all the time for fear of saying or
doing tl.e Trong tiling. Yon see, I
1 never carry passengers, and as I
?* i i *1 1! ?_1!
i nave to ram main strict discipline
I aboard ship I'm pretty much alone
? for months at a time."?New York
Globe.
Lcr-e and Small Matters.
Mr. Nocash?My neighbor, Mr.
Slimpurse. has built his fence six
E inches over the line.
Lawyer?A small matter, which
can be amicably arranged. Agree
: with him to let the fence stay where
it is until necessary to rebuild and
then have it put where it belongs.
Five dollars, please. Thanks. Good
1 day, 6ir.
' Mr. Golde-Bullion?Good morning!
My neighbor, Mr. Fatpurse,
has built his fence four inches over
the line.
Lawyer?He has, eh? We'll fix
him. Yes, sir, I'll win that case for
vnn if T linvp tn pnrrv it tn thp sn
J ~ mmJ -- ~ ~
preme court jesi sir. Exchange.
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I wish to attend a meeting at Greeleyvilie
called for the purpose of considering
means for the improvement of
their educational facilities. My office
will be open the Monday following.
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It to Supt Ed.
T eacher s'E xamination
The next regular teachers' examination
will takeplace in Kingsfcree, May
15, beginging at 10 o'clock a m
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Read the Farmer^ & Merchants
Bank's ad. this Issae.
doxiwl 1c hem 1ng .machines
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wan t a high grade machine at a low |.rice c^all on
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' JOHN BRADEN,
the Handsome,, Standard-1
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for second series Kings- ,
tree Building and Loan
Ass'n, said series to con- (
sist of not less than 200
' shares or to exceed 250
; shares. First payment
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the first Tuesday in May,
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AN APPEAL 1
To the Veterans' Sods and Daughters,.
Grandsons and Granddaughters.
We are making a grand effort
to develop the amount in anticipation
of raising a monument to
perpetuate the memory of those
grand old heroes who gave
their lives for the cause. Their
bones now bleach on the battle
fields of our Southern soil, while
some are sleeping in Northern
soil. Shall we be less patriotic
than our rxormern men, wm?
through the halls of the senate
at Washington, have ordered
that every Confederate grave be
marked with a tomb. There
was one left out of 300 Spartans
defending the pass of Thermopylae
to go tell it at Lacodaemon
that these died in defence
of their Lacedaemon country.
What shall we say? "Let
the stranger give?" No, no, HO;
a thousand times. no. Let Williamsburg
rally and with a heart *
full of patriotism and sympathy
open wide our hearts and our
pocket books will open too.
We have $1,100 on hand and we
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| Wiint c-iuu mure, auw uj^cuhj *
and patiently the men haye
worked. Your highly esteemed
chapter of daughters is nowworking
to raise this amount.
Now all hands and hearts
gether and we will soon r^ach^,
the goal. Bring your money with
you when you come to the .
reunion in May and help to com- >
memorate a people and a causei
that Will l?St as long as^thfc
world lasts,
Vety kimtly yours, >
J-J Brown, Sr.
Clerk's Sale. *"
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Williamsburg Counly
Court of Common Pleas.
8 VV McKnight, Plaintiff,
Agiinst
W P Cooper, Defendant.
Under and by virtue a Decree ?
Foreclosuie and sale reudeied in the
Court of Common Pleas on the 26th
day of March, 1909, I will sell at
public auction, before the court
house door in Kingstive, SC, on the
first Monday in May, 1908. between
the legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, the fallowing
described lot of land to wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or
lot of land lying, being and situate
in the town of Cades, county of Williamsburg
and State of South Carolina,
containing one-half (1.2)
acre and bounded on the North by
the Indiantown public road, on the
East by lands of Wilson Bros, on
the South by lot of J H Pearce and
on the West by the North Eastern
railroad.
H O Britton,
C C C Pand G S Williamsburg Co*
4-15-3t
NoticeOn
May 13, 1908, at 12 m., the countycommissioners
will meet at Pudding
Swamp branch for the purpose of letting
contract to lowest responsible bidder
for cause-way of said swamp.
Commissioners reserve the right Co
reject any and all bids.
S J SlNGLETARY,
A 1? 9*
NoticeNotice
is hereby given that the
:ounty commissioners will meet on
Friday, May 1, 1908, instead of the
irst Monday in said month. All claims
nust be presented previous to this
late. S J SlNGLETARY,
4-l6-3t County Supervisor.