The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 08, 1907, Image 6
BEEB BOTTLERS' GRAFT.
>*?&ariestoii Beer Mea Made Cat's
Paws of Their Enemies--Funny
Story of Section 36.
Section 36, about the most in?
nocent saunding passage in the leg?
islative abortion known as the Carey
Cothran law, bids fair to make laugh?
ingstocks of the two astu'e lawyers
whose hypenated names the mon?
strosity bears.
Despite all the vigilance of these
two veteran practitioners and o?
some thousand alleged lawyers-ail
watchful lest the bold, bad beer bot?
tlers do something to the embryo act,
that would cause it to die a-borning, J
or at the least amount to its emas- j
culation; despite, moreover, the con?
stant warnings of the people who
really wanted a straight local option
law, that would stand the test of the
courts, and the solemn abjurations
of the two most blatant organs of
the co^ng dispensary system, the
?bottlers, led by the wily James S.
Farnum, succeeded in slipping into
the bill this harmless-looking little
"joker," which caused the legislative
enemies of the old dispensary system
to hand over to Farnum ^.nd the oth?
er beer bottlers, in Charleston county
alone, the sum of ,$22,891.75 of the
people's money. In other words, un?
der the old system. Mr. Farnum and
the other bottlers in Charleston would
have had to pay that much more for
the privilege of doing business.
It is safe to say that very few of
the men who voted for the passage
of the bill with the section 36 amend?
ment knew the true inwardness of
this se?tion, and that those who did
know refrained most carefully from
pointing out, to their more dense col?
leagues, the fact that its insertion in
the measure would mean the han?
ding of all that money to Farnum,
aetc, on a silver plate, as it were.
Some of the bamboozled states?
men haven't awakened / yet; but
those who had been fighting the bot?
tlers and had permitted themselves a
little complaisant pride over the part
they thought they had played, in
farther restricting the operations kt
these manufacturers, and who >-.&ve
aow had their eyes opened to the
fact that they really were duped into
making the business vastly more pro?
fitable to the bottlers, are suffering
considerable chagrin and humiliation.
Sere is the situation:
Under the old system bottlers
paid on each crate of beer bottled a
Toyalty to the State of 10 cents; to
the city of 10 cents and to the county
of 10 cents.
.-Under the new system J. S. Far
nam, for instance, the Anheuser
Busch Brewing association's agent in
Charleston, pays $3,000 a year tax
on a forty-barrel privilege. Under
the old system, he would have had
to pay $120 a day for the privilege of
bottling this much beer a day. All
that he has to pay now, to bottle beer
to the limit cf his privilege, is $9.60
?a day. The average daily payment
of the Farnum concern in royalties
last year amounted to $53.17.
The Germania Brewing company,
through its dispenser, Jas, R. Cant?
well, paid last year, under the old
system. $3,607.25 in royalties to the
city and county of C*i"rleston, for
, "beer bottled and sold. ?e cost ' of
the bottling privilege t_>%ihe Germa?
nia brewery under the Carey-Cothran
abortion is $1.60 a day. Under the
old law the concern averaged about ]
$11.52 a day in royalties. This is a
saving to them and a loss- to the city
and county of nearly $10 a day. Be?
sides this gain, the brewing company
saves the salaries of Dispensers Cant?
well, $100; Sarvis, $100; McManus.
$100, and Scarpa, $75. Should the
Germania company handle the same |
amount of business it did last vear. !
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the difference in income would be !
$3.107.25 less tax on the bottling j
privilege and. $375 saved on salaries j
to dispensar:/ officials, making a total ?
increased income of $3,482.25. These j
figures will probably be greatly in?
creased this year, as the Germania rs
turning out a much higher grade of j
beer, and their product has greatly in- j
creased in popularity; and with in- j
creased sales naturally the size of the j
donation will increase.
The Schlitz beer bottling establish- i
ment, through it* representative, Mr.
JRobert Graham, paid $6,643.25 in
royalties last year. This year Mr.
Graham will pay $500, a donation bi?
section 36 from the public purse of
?6,143.25.
While the taxpayers of the city
and county of Charleston are Irking
nearly $23,000 a year on the beer tax,
the bottlers are retailing beer at the j
same rate they charged when they j
had to pay a royalty of 30 cents on !
the case, two dozen bottles.
The figures used in the compari- j
sons as given are authentic, having j
been obtained from the records of re- j
turns made by the different bottling j
establishments. These figures are for j
royalties to the city and county and
do not include the 10 cents on the
case paid to the State.
The honor of drafting Section 36 is j
ascribed to Mr. T. Moultrie MdTdecai, ?
of the Charleston law firm of Mor
decal, Gadsden, Rutledge & Hagood, ?
vho are the legal repesentatives of
Mr. Farnum. Mr. Mordecai spent
several days around the State house
while the Carey-Cothran bill was in
the mill, and, it is claimed in certain
quarters, drew up the amendment
changing Section 36 so as to reduce
the cost of bottling and presented it
to Representative Donald McK. Frost.
of Charleston, who introduced it ana
had it included in the bill as pasar?.
Mr. Frost is nov/ being criticized to
some extent by people who had no
idea what the section would mean. The
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question in their minds is whether
Mr. Frost knew the true inwardness
of the hamless-looking amendment,
or was himself duped by the wily
Farnum and his astute attorney.
Columbia Record.
NEW TUBS IX BEER FIGHT.
Columbia Bottler Begins to Sell Di?
rect to Consumers on Lexington
County Orders.
Columbia. May 1.-The contest
over the sale of beer in this county
took a new turn today, when Mr. J.
Best Letton began to sell beer direct
to the consumer on orders through
the board of control of Lexington
county. Schlitz beer is now being sold
by Mr. Letton at 75 cents per dozen
bottles. The price charged by the
beer dispensaries is ten cents per bot?
tle or $1.20 per dozen.
Mr. Letton is one of the beer bot?
tlers whose license was recognized
and continued in force by the Carey
Cothran act, and he has been a party
to the fight made to shut out Charles
Xeary, whose license under that act
was also recognized by the Richland
county board. These beer bottlers
under the law. have the right to sell
to any county board in the State, not
being confined to the county in which
their plant is located or their license
issued. The county boards also
have the right to sell in any county,
Section 6 of the Carey-Cothran act,
reading as follows: "The members o?
the county dispensary board are
hereby declared to be county officers,
and are hereby authorized and em?
powered under the authority and in
the name of this State to buy in any
market and retail within the State li?
quors and beverages as provided
herein."
Having filed his bid with the Lex?
ington county board for Schlitz beer,
and the bid having been accepted by
that board, Mr. Letton is now au?
thorized by the board to fill, orders
in Columbia. Regular request blanks,
such as are used in the Lexington
county dispensary, are provided, to j
be signed by the applicant for beer,
and they will be countersigned by a
clerk of the Lexington county boaTd j
in this city. Mr. Letter proposes to
put his wagons on the streets and
supply the trade. He began busi?
ness today and is said to have done
a good trade, although it was not
known generally during the day that
this arrangement had been made.
Meanwhile the Richland county
board today- began the operation of
the bottling plant which it leased
from Mr. L. L. Bultman, formerly
beer bottler, and is now bottling a
supply of Augusta beer. The board
has announced the purchase of 700
barrels of Schlitz beer, direct from
the brewery, and 700 barrels of Au?
gusta beer, besides a large purchase
of bottled beer. In case the county
board's supply runs short before
these orders can be filled, the scheme
of Mr. Letton means a picnic for him.
The sales of beer in Columbia amount
to almost $500 per day.
?nd then the right of the county
board to bottle its own beer will
doubtless be contested in due time,
though no intimation of what course
will be pursued on the line has been
given by Mr. Letton. Whether or not
Mr. Letton's right to sell beer as the
representative of the Lexington board
will in turn be contested is not
known. Mr. Letton has evidently
acted only after seeking legal advice
as to the rights and powers of himself
and of th.- Lexigton county board.
Messrs. Bellinger & Welch have act?
ed as his attorneys all through this
matter.
It may be said that the clause in
section 6 of the Carey-Cothran act
which makes the county boards
agents of the State instead of the
counties, was so worded and framed
because of the constitutional inhibi?
tion on the sale of whiskey except
by the State or individuals licensed by
the general assembly. The Morgan
bill made the county boards agents
of the counties, but this was consid?
ered defective and in framing the Ca?
rey-Cothran law the authors were
careful to make the county boards
agents of the State, so that the law
might be free fr?'m attack as to it?
constitutionality on this point.-News
and Courier.
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A DELIBERATE SUICIDE.
From thc Daily Item May 6.
Charles C. Hawkins. ;t white man,
about 4 5 years old, who was employ?
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ted suicide this morning about 7.30
o'clock by placing his head on the
railway track and permitting a box
car tb be backed over him. His head
was crushed to a shapeless pulp, and
death was instantaneous. Xo one
saw him when he,placed his head on
.the .track, but his dead body was dis?
covered soon after the box car passed,
and he was seen by'several persons a
.short time before.
The suicide was due to domestic 1
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troubles, and he had remarked to ?
several men around the mill last
night and this morning, when talking
of his troubles, that he did not 'care
to live. However, he made no
threats to take his own life, and those
to whom he talked received no such
impression from what he said. Haw?
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! Coroner Flowers held an inquest
j this morning and he and the jury
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MARINE BAND CAN'T COME.
Gov. Ansel Informed That President
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Columbia, May 6.-A letter re
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' forms Gov. Ansel that the president
? cannot grant the request for the Ma
I rine band to attend the unveiling of
the Gen. Sumter monument at State
burg on August 14, because the band
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
One to Be Held in Sumter on May 22
for Positions in the Post/office.
.": e United States civil service
commission announces that on May
22i in the Court House an examina?
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clerk and carrier in the postoffice ser?
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Age limit, all positions, IS to 45
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Male applicants must be at least
five feet four inches in height in bare
feet, and weigh not less than 125
pounds.
For application blanks, instructions
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application should be made to the lo?
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No application will be accepted un?
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district secretary, Atlanta. Ga., before
the hour of closing business on May
15. 1007.
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ANOTHER KILLING IN COLUMBIA
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and around this city, being a case of
che "unwritten law" among negroes.
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