The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 25, 1906, Image 3
THOSE DISPENSARY CLAIMS.
SPOKE WITHOUT KXOWL
EDGE OF THE FACTS.
Ko Favoritism Whatever Will Be
Shown, Says Director Wylie-State?
ment of Payments Published is By
<Xo Means Complete-Others Have
Been Made.
- /
Columbia, July IS.-Mr. Jos. B.
Wylie/a member of the state board
of dispensary directors, was in the
City this morning and was asked if he
.wished to make any reply to Idr. J.
.Srtaser Lyon's attack upon the board
?or its method of payment of the ac?
counts of the State dispensary which
vhad been suspended by the investi
fgating committee and payment of
which had recently been permitted by
that body.
Mr. Wylie did not seem disposed to
Attach much importance to Mr. Lyon's
Criticism, which he seemed to regard
&s purely political. Mr. Lyon seems
?ux?ous about the non-payment of
?same accounts which will never be
paid, as the pWties to whom those ac?
counts appear to be due will be com?
pelled to take back their whiskies,
which|bave proven unsalable, and this
Will discharge" the accounts without
any cash payn ont Mr. Wylie seemed
to want to know if it was Mr. Lyon's
" desire to force the dispensary to ac?
cept and pay for such whiskey.
Among other . things. Mr. Wylie
said: "One trouble is that Mr. Lyon
and papers which make the same crit?
icism are talking without knowing
what they are talking about. No state?
ment as, to these payments* has been
^ivea out by the state hoard, its clerk
x>c the commissioner. They have tak?
en the position that they do not care
to make a statement each time a par?
tial payment was made, as ?his might
create wrong impressions. It is ex?
pected to dispose of all these claims
within the?'next thirty days, when a
complete, official and authoritative
statement will be given out at the
dispensary of what claims have been
paid and which have been settled by
the wrhiskey being taken back by the
houses. Wherever the papers got the
statement they published and' on
which Mr. Lyon's criticism was based
'.it is not complete. For instance, Mr.
.Lyon makes criticism that no pay?
ment has been made to Grabfelder or
Catherwood, when as a matter of fact
Orabfelder lias been paid $25,000 and
verwood has been paid $2.500.
Other payments have been made
which are not shown in the list pub
isi -1. Ii ti possible this list was com
: at the State treasurer's office. A
r of dispensary war-rants have
bee. sue i in payment of portions of
the accounts which were suspended
that hav. - >i yet been . esented at
the state treasurer's office for pay-",
"fcaent, so no ai . . of ! hem could be
obtained there.
The board will phiy no favorites,
but will do the right and square thing
fey every firm which the dispensary is
.due money. As stated above some of
these accounts will be settled by re?
turn of whiskey, which has proven un
. salable and the balance will be set?
tled as rapidly as the accounts are
passed upon. In some cases, the
"whiskies represented by those ?c
.counts is still in stock in either state
*o-r county dispensaries. The board is
handling this matter as rapidly as it
'can and so as to dc justice to a.l of
"the claimants." -:
-Mr. Lyon having laid stress on the
payment to the Richland Distilling
Company, Mr. Wylie explained how
proper that payment was. Most of
the whiskey bought from the ? neera
.is the cheaper grades, where ~e mar
?gin of profit is very small. On every
gallon of whiskey furnished the State
dispensary, the distillery has first to
p*y the United States government the
internal revenue tax of $1.10 a gal?
ion. All the whiskey this concern had
?sold the dispensary and payment for
"Which had been hekl up by the in?
vestigating committee had been soid
*nd the State dispensary had gotten
the money for it, yet the distillery had
&ot gotten a cent. It had paid nearly
il hundred thousand dollars of internal
taxes on this whiskey which the dis?
pensary' had sold and had received
payment for. The distillery was be?
ing kept out of this money by or
vl^rs of the investigating committee
.and was losing several thousand dol?
lars a year interest upon the large
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, sum of money it had put out to tax
! pay this whiskey. Payments are be
I ing made right along on the accounts
! which were suspended and shortly
j complete statement of the transaction
? will be officially made. Any criticism
I in the meantime is a case of going off
i
, half-cocked.
A Tragic Finish.
*A watchman's neglect permitted a
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! which a child's finger could have stop?
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vastating an entire province of Hol?
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little cold to go unnoticed until a
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"Three doctors gave me up to die of
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FAVORITISM SHOWN*.
Mr. Lyon Makes a Statement Concern
in Liquor Houses:-Payment of
Claims.
Florence, July 17.-J. Fraser Lyon,
member 'of the dispensary investigat?
ing committee, commenting last night
upon the liquor claims recently paid
by the board of directors of the dis?
pensary, said it loked to him like a
game of favoritism.
To illustrate, he said, take up a few
of the claims. The books of Rosskam,
Gerstley & Co., show that "Old Sara?
toga" is sold to some of their custom?
ers at a price 20 per cent, lower
than to the dispensary, and that there
are several different grades put up
under the same label. This concern
was paid about 40 per cent of its
claim. The Bernheim Distilling Co.
refused to allow the investigating
commiteee to inspect their books or
to submit to examination. They are
represented by J. S. Farnum, who re?
ceives as much as $2.50 commissions
per case on some of their goods sold
to the -dispensary. The account of
this concern was $ 5 9,7 7 8. C 2, and they
were paid $40,000. The Richland Dis- j
tilling Company's claim was $128,
186.08. J. S. Farnum is a stockholder
in this company^ and $90,000 was paid
on its claim. Old Federal Distilling
Company is supposed to be practically
the same concern as, or controlled by
.."he Bernheim Distilling Company,
which is represented by J. S. Farnum
and was paid $1,000 on its claims of
$7,340.88. Gallagher and Burton,
represented by J. S. Farr.um, received
$1,000 on their claim of $2,920.71.
Ullman & Co., and the Anchor Dis?
tilling company of Cincinnati are one
and the same concern, doing business
under two names. The accounts of
this concern amounted to $144,195,
and a payment was made on them of
$85,000. John Black, at a short time
prior to his election as a member of
the board of directors of the dispen?
sary, was the representative of this
concern. It is interesting to note that
the houses now or formerly represent?
ed by J. S. Farnum and John Black
received all of the money first paid on
these claims except $6,000, which
amount was paid to Rosskam, Gerst?
ley & Co., and J. W. Kelly & Co. It
is not known who represents these
two concerns.
Cook & Bernheimer gave the inves?
tigating committee access to their
books, and submitted to examination.
They clearly showed that they sold
Mt. Vernon rye at two per cent, less
to the dispensary than to jther large
customers, besides the chemists' an?
alysis showed that this was a pure
distilled liquor. Nothing was paid on
this claim. S. Grabfelder & Co. re?
ceded nothing on their claim of $62,
222, notwithstanding they submitted
to an inspection of their books and
an examination under oaths of mem?
bers of the firm. It was clearly shown
that they sold the dispensary cheaper
than to other customers, besides they
furnished prices and samples of labels
made by Nivision, Weiskopf & Co.,
which showed that this concern had
charged exorbitant prices for those
furnished to the dispensary. The Wil?
son Distilling Co. gave the committee
an arfidavit aond prices on labels and
allowed an inspection of their books,
but they shared a similar fate. The
New York and Kentucky company an?
swer'-"! under oath all questions pro?
pounded t<> thom, referred to a prop?
osition t<> conduct a shady business
with the dispensary, which they re?
fused and gav?- the committee tia- fa?
mous Allsbrook arri Bamberg letters.
Their claim was for $50.117-nothing
was paid on it. The Eagle Rock Pis
tilling company submitted to ex?
amination by the committee. Nothing
improper was foun l and they i- ceived
nothing. It appears clearly that the
houses now represented by Farnum
and the one heretofore represented ;
hy Pla ck have been especially favor- ?
ed while '.hose who co-operated with j
the investigating committee have f
not beeri favored w?1 h evin a
saia1! payment on their claims.
Mi-. Peon declares it looks iike giving i
rewards to th - ??hfu! and punish?
ment to rhose who helped the com?
mittee.-The Sta:-.
That Stolen Game in Sumter.
The Manning Times in its attempt
to make good its charge that the
Manning baseball team was robbed
by the umpire when it played in Sum?
ter last week publishes the following
article under the above caption:
The Sumter Daily Item of the 13th
inst., undertakes to defend the um?
pire who it is alleged robbed Manning
out of Tuesday's game played in thai
city, bu: admits that "on Monday
there was a great deal of dissatisfac
.tion expressed on the grandstand and
bleachers with the decisions of the
umpire, both Manning and Sumter
people asserting that wrong decisions
were made."
The complaint against the umpire
reached Manning through disinterested
parities, first, then through Manning
gentlemen, who would not be gailty
of misstating the facts, these, the dis?
interested as well as the interested
j gentlemen agree that on Monday' the
! umpire was wrong in a number of his
decisions against Manning, but on
Tuesday his decisions were so fla?
grantly wrong that it was clear to the
spectators, he made his foul decisions
deliberately, premeditate!}*, with mal?
ice aforethought with the intent and
purpose to steal the game. This, ac?
cording to reliable information was so
far conceded by fair-minded people,
that citizens' of Sumter to show their
utter disapproval of "dirty ball" and"
"rotten decisions," that they not only
expressed to the Manning team their
disgust at the umpire, but they went
further md presented George Odiorne
with a handsome merschaum pipe for
"hitting his umps."
There have been a number of peo?
ple from Sumter in Manning, and we
have ye: to hear of any one of them
who will defend Sumter's umpire, or
even give him credit for making an .
honest mistake. All agree that he
"stole the game. We do not know
Umpire Burroughs, but his reputation
for a 'square deal" is away below
par in haseball circles.
The Item says "neither of the edi?
tors of the Manning papers witnessed
the games and their charges are, we
presume, based on hearsay." Yes, so
far as we are concerned, our charge
of unfairness was based upon "hear?
say," but our informants were such
persons whose charactercs are so
clear, and sense of honor so high, that
we would rather take their judgment
than risk our own, because, we admit
being a partisan, and might be blind?
ed to s)me things which may affect
the Manning team, but when we hear
our owr. people's complaint confirmed
by citizens of Sumter, and when
Sumter's citizens present a merschaum
pipe as a mark of endorsement for
"hitting his umps" the proof is fixed.
The Item can defend until it is
black in the face, it cannot succeed
in wiping out the black spot on Sum?
ter's'honor put there by a man who
was trusted to decide honestly.
As ar: evidence of Manning's idea
for fair treatment, we even reproduce
The Item's effort to wipe out the in?
justice, without even an intimation of
Umpire Burrough's attempting to run
when he struck at Odiorne.
The Item has neither the time nor
the inclination to chew the rag with
the Manning Times over a disputed
ball game. The facts were stated by
The Item last week, and there is noth?
ing more to be said. The Times should
explain, however, how it happened
that Manager Dwyer of Manning in?
sisted that Mr. Burroughs umpire the
game on Tuesday, if his (Burroughs')
reputation for a "square deal was way
below par in baseball circles? An
explantion of the withdrawal by Man?
ning of the protest against that said
"stolen game" is also in order, if they
had so strong a case against the um?
pire.
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system. 25 cents at Sibert's Drug
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One niau was killed at Enoree and
another at Woodruff. Spartanburg
county, Wednesday by lightning.
*It is always well to have a box of
salve in the house. Sunburn, cuts,
bruises, piles and boils yield to De?
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keep a box on hand at all times to
providi for emergencies. For years
the standard, but followed by many
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The Presbyterians of Bishopville
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UMPIRE GILLESPIE'S TROUBLES.
Was Badly Abused in Camden Be?
cause of His Residence in Sum?
ter.
From tue Daily Item July I.s.
Umpire S. W. Gillespie, who was
sent to Camden by President Baird to
officiate at the Camden-Manning
games, was outrageously treated by
some of the Camden players. He
was seen by an Item reporter this
morning, and said that from the be?
ginning of the game the grand stand
opened up on him. and said that he
had come from Sumter to rob them.
All kinds of disparaging references
were made to his residence in Sum?
ter.
Hogue first up for Manning hit
near the third base line: the ball was
called foul, and the decision provok?
ed so much unwarranted kicking and
misconduct by the batter that Gillespie
was forced to bench him. Then if
seemed as if the whole Camden team
had it in for his umps.
Constant kicking characterized each
decision. Finally Weatherly, too well
known in Sumter to require further
comment, came to the bat. A strike
was called, which was not in accord?
ance with his swatsmanship's concep?
tion of what a strike should be, and
he rushed tb the center of the dia?
mond to attack the umpire. At this
juncture, Hogue, who had been nurs?
ing his wrath on the bench, rushed
towards the umpire to join in the fray.
It was really he who attempted the
assault.
Policemen then rushed in and put
a stop to the difficulty, and Umpire
Gillespie left the g?me.
Such outrageous conduct will sure?
ly not meet with the approval of
President Baird, who is an upholder
of clean and decent ball playing, and
there is no doubt but that he will
severely punish the offenders.
AX AWTKWARD MISTAKE.
A Lawyer Discarged From Custody
After Wrongful Imprisonment.
New^ York, July 19-Justice Blanch?
ard of the Supreme court today dis?
charged from custody Burton W. Gib?
son, the lawyer who was held by the
coroner Tuesday night at conclusion
of the inquest into the death of Mrs.
Alice Kinnin, who was found murder?
ed on the porch of her residence in
the Bronx on the night of June 8th
last. Assistant District Attorney
Train in addressing the jury said that
an error had been made and he had
no objection to the prisoner being dis?
charged.
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*As a dressing for old chronic sores
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which this salve is especially valuable.
For sale by all druggists.
Rembert R. F. D.
Congressman Lever has been noti?
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General DeGraw that a rural mai'
route has been ordered established
from Rembert, with one carrier, tc
commence September 1st.
Isarc Knight, the negro who as?
saulted Mrs. L. S. Chopin at her home
in Aiken county has been captured at
Bartow, Ga., and taken back to Aiken.
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Xo danger of Bright's disease or dia?
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