The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 26, 1909, Image 7
DISPENSARY GRAFT GASES.
lHSfMNSAKY COMMISSION WILL
bkchik xo n inuu:? i>ei*ays.
lie fig to be Tnk'.Mi In the Imm-i',,
m?u I ntll June N, and the < U IM
( * 11* I Irm* V t Kepi.mi .1
T1?e Heating Will be Adjusted as
11* Commlsvdon See? tit.
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Columbia. May 20.?The attitude of
?flee dispensary wlndlng-up commis?
sion as set forth In a resolution adopt
*fjsj today Is that there will be no fur?
ther delay's In the work, and that un
(;laas the whiskey house j oroduce th
bookn an i dies require-1 by the com
mission, their elnim? will be adjudi?
cated accord Ins to the Information
now before the commission. The date
set for the nest meeting of the com
aUtastoa after an adjournment Is tak?
es at this ?itthag I* June S. sn?1 nt
that time all witnesses, all hooks re?
SStred to be trought here, and any
other ln*orm?t!on and data mist he
oa lassd. The situation is that cas>
.Stfter ease has been called st this sit?
ting and do representstlves of the
firms were present, nor were books
brought to this city for examination
act ording to the mandate of the com
ml ??Jon. "Tee," said a member of
' the commission today, "we are tired
of this dilly-dallying. We must wind
up this business, yet we do not feel I
like rendering Judgment In any case
wlthou. gtvlng the whiskey mouses a
ehaace to have a full hearing before
< us. But we will stand for no foolish'
th nesa. The mandate of the commls
^ st?n must he obeyed."
At this session of tile commission
there has been but one hearing In
open meeting, sad thu: was the case
of the K. A. Sounders Company, which
was set for continuance this after
l noon. The only witnes* who has been
P placed on the stand In open sessions
r* Mr. Chambers, of this company,
whose eyes were opencl to the trans?
actions between representatives of his
?P company and the liquor agents in
this State. There, were two executive
I sessions of the commission, and atone
p of these there was pretient a witness
for Clarke Brothers % Co. There have
been no settlement of c aims or Judg?
ments in say of them us yet. Some
Members of the commlnslon have ex?
pressed thehr regret thst things have
ed Sfoag ?o slowry tit this session,
sddltion to the fact, that book*
leave, aot been produced by the whts
louses ss required by the com
us: t'oi. Fe.de has already
er'dence rt'tfsrdlog the
l - '. he :<;?.? ? :
salon on the civil side. But,
hsdrcHted I y Attorney General Ld
em at yesterday's session there Is an?
other side to thit mntttr. This was
evident ,when Mr. Lyon wished th*
representatives of the !rm of New
D Turk and Kentucky Co. to admit
that Jhere had been over-charges.
Mf. Lyon wished either for this ad?
mission to Is mad' or that the c Im
sh? uld be settle 1 only alter tbo testi?
mony had been gone into. Mr. Feld?
er aas sided the commission on both
eV S des .of the question, and eeenm to
b* willing to go even further. Hehns
ortsented In every csse for the set?
tlement of claim* t> be postponed
where fwSfS was a chance of securing
additional evidence and testimony.
There was an interesting side Issue
^ la the dispensary commission's ?en?
gten yesterday. The objtct of these
sessions Is to give liquor houses the
sjgjgasftaalty to say whether or not
their Cltilms rire In every respect Just.
They all assert this m > i positively
_ aad all deny "rebating." giving
* "greft.' comm'sslons, etc.
The giving of. "graft" would be a
georal lniu .it>. if no worse, but the
eommlsaloa. through MstSrS. Polder.
Hill and other*, has Iteen able t i
peeve th tt thle "graft" was fraudu
I lent beesi se It came out of the \> ck
' ets of the people of Bouth Carolina.
This was the case of Ullinan 4s Co..
and oth?r- r*? .ron.-nteq I y M. A.
Cood in. who nw >re repoite l'.y and
trisno'v thst he had never, no sever,
done ?e*h \ thine?and tl en he was
confronted with one >?( his own letter
I contradicting everything h- ha I said.
This letter showed that the'liquor
houses paid the rebates to middle
aaea, and not directly t- ai > one < m*
"taroted with the .Mat.- ko\# rammt.
The case yesterday w.i? that of
aatundeis A Bons of \. soaa, \ i,
These peopb? I? - ?d roput.i
Mas th??t nome members <>' the com?
mission to Might an Investigation i?
perflotje. But by some Shsaoa -
Fidd*r cam* Int ? ;-?., s a.. ,,r ,% n
ttr Ir m thU h'?u^e to M. A. Coo 1
Seen, ?fferfng him for a term of f >ur
years a e ?mmisoon of %'> jot ban
on all or l? rs he should receive.
Mr. M. A. Chambers, tiie sseretsr]
end treasurer of the company app? a:?
ed here Wedaasday and ? I? ? ? nn I with
eri.|itoi<*N thit I- ? ?! -I rwt U a ov ;ito.
thing shout '{"udman. When con?
fronted with this letter he explains I
that he was shocked end mortified:
thst It wss siuned by one Nelson, n
salesman and that he. Otsafl SSfa had
never heard of It before.
Later on, und*r Col. Felder's dig?
ging, his memory was refreshed to
the extent that he recalled having I
heard of Go.?dman; In foot, he had i
beard of n spat between Goodman
and Nelson. He was apj arently very
much vexed that an employ *? of his
house shouM d.> such a thing t Nel
- o; bin!, and h - wir? .I thai pev? >n t >
come to Columbia at cue.
Nelson appeared yesterday. And
the record shows that be hnd f >ur
times iworn batOff Commissioner Av
er>' Patten on n former oeesslon that
he had never offered any rebates or
mmmjMlom tCJ anybody. To this hi?
own letter gave eontradietlon. Nelson
N.stcday attempt.d to qualify by
iayl If that h<- understood Mr. PattOtl
' no'ilre about commissions to State
er?. The stenographic record,
however. shows that Mr. Pntton did
not so restrict his questions.
Nelson yesterday admitted that he
hnd heard that lt? was Impossible to
set business In South Carolina with?
out paying rebates or commissions.
Tid he had paid Gooilman $300 ond
I. e Solomans $4 00. He had paid
nothing, however, to any State pftV
clal and denied knowing what Good?
man did with the money. Tn order
to get hack his money on such heavy
? ?mmlsslons he had been forced to
?eil tne State an Inferior brand cf
whiskey, a brand net unmixed with
turpentine spirits, etc. This is where
'lie Sfte v. as d.?frau b-d?the same
eld system proved by the legislative
Investigating committee four years
ago.
Nelson's testimony w II taken in
executive session, but tne commlv
doners say that he did n t act with
mtlre frankness and they beVS evi?
dence to prove that Nelson knows
even more than he told.
t the conclusion el this matter Mr,
a on called attention '.o the fact that
the Carolina Gla?s Company hnd n
? laim oC 122.000. on which J 3.600 was
to te deducted as overcharges on the
unfinished Flaccus contract. He de?
clared that If the commission should
Inquire a little more deeply It might
he found that there were other over?
charges which might offset the whole
claim. On motion of Mr. Price It was
decided to reopen this caes antlrel]
at the June meeting.
The Saunde.s rase v 111 not bo dc
ld< 1 until then.
Columbia, May 21.?The prosecu
Uan'fl effort In t]\e dispensary inves
tion today wan to fortify the state?
ment of Lewis IT. Parker. V". A
irko an 1 other prominent Caro'in
lens, who swore some time ago that
Mnm; Lanahan, of the Baltimore Lana
i liqucr firm, told them he had to
f $2 a case rebate to the purohas
: ooard and fifty cents a case to ! >
I dispensers to do business In thi *
c'tate. and that Od. C. L. Please was
the Lanahan agent In this State.
> 11am Lanahan, sole survivor 01
' nn. w:t.? .?n the -tand t.rday. 11
v.-?s satisfied that his brother mad ?
au such statement even if his own at?
torney. Yv*. A. Clarke. Mr. Parker and
thou did swear to It. He said that
Titdthe; the name of Please nor Bt y
kin appeared on the b^oks.
Mr. Felder tried to show that In
.Vrlor liquor was shipped here t-?
make up for the rebates, but Mr.
Lanahan Insisted the bent came here.
This afternof n's session en^p the
mo^tlgatlon unt'l June S, when Mr.
Parit?t will be called to the stand
also Linah arTs sur aervlslng bottler.
Lanahan prom,oes to produce any let
ten he ha< to Pleuse, Poykln or Oth?
Mr. Price, of 4.he committee, ask^l
Mr. Lanahan to tell S/hat Method*, hi
company employed to get back Into
burtasssj with the State dlspenseary r.f
ter the firm hnsl been blacklisted for
sending a lot of I quor Into Chai h -
ton. Mr. Tjunahan rememlu-v? 1 < ing
' d. but cordd no: tell how the
firm got ha-?k to doing business.
Turing his examination Mr. Schlot)"
set lost his temper when btlnfl qnes
tloned rather elostly about not bring?
ing eertaln b. o\ and began t ? slam
-?. iu I ",;.s ab t <>m the d?-*k.
"I am not excited." he said win n !i
'??lied ili'wn, 'but I don't like 10
? ? mad.- out a ?at*."
Kitt??:.: "If you don t l.cep QUiet
y a will be made o it > imethlng else."
Vi v. I \v. WUXI kvsnv s LKT1
?JteV, I, W. Williamson. Hunting' J
ton. IV Vs., v rite?; Thll i.> t> (??;???>
that I used v ? V? Kidney Remedy
for nervosa exhaustion and Irtdney
troul i" ai d am fr? ? to say that It -
dr? u 11 thai you ' lalm for it." Fob y'l
Kidney Ram< ly has restored health
and strength to Igoussndl weaM
ran de.vn pi-oj????. Contains no harm*
ful drugs und i< | h i? ml to take. W.
\V Si < rt
The Ketall Furnfture heals . ' Aa?
so - t ?n of South C;im!!na b in Si
shin in Columbia.
WaNl Migiit n G?ns) I t lend.
?"If ?wr I need t counh nndh lie
ncilfi I know whet to get," deel in s
Mrs. A. U, Alley of Peal.-. Mr., "fo<.
after n>iiu: ten hotths or Hr. King'l
N* w Discovery, and seeing lt'< sxceN
leni resultl la my own famll> and oth
ers. I nm eOnVlnoed It Is |hf best nu d
Icine made f..?- (Miii.'hs. colds and lung
trulde." Bvery <.ro- who tries it fee]
just tb.it wsy, Relief is felt at ones
and Um qulek em .. -ii: p?'is< s you. Kor
bionchitis. asthma, homorrhassi aroup
lagrippe. sore thront? pals Is ones! or
lungs It* supreme. |. ,md $1. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by aibert'i
Drug Store.
LAWYERS : r i \m poor.
Corporation Attorney- Assigned to De
fend Pennlles i Prisoners,
.Now Y<>rk World.
.'u ige Warren \v. Potter is presld
ftig toll month In Fart !. Gene Sil Bot?
?lOht, \ here r!l Uli criminals, rich
and poor that ore eaught within th
confines of this county are Arat arraign
ec* after Imlictmcr.t. T'.eeause of the
hard times in criminal circles at the
present period few of the crooks
caught nowadays have the necessary
means to retain si lawyer, and ask th"
c^urt to a reign counsel to them.
tn olden days .-'am F< Idrnan. Bar*
y Mltnlck. and Capt. C anton, "the
?Of man's lawyers." were always de
tailed to look out for the interest of
the penniless crooks. Not so any
more. ITndcr the present reform
methods instituted by Judge Foster,
the poor crook is defended by learned
and wealthy barristers with paint la i
? I'ice? In Walt street, lawyers who
have grown rieh from heavy retainers
from corporations. Such men ftl
Philip McCook, of K, William street:
Alfred C. Coxe. Jr.. of 2 Rector street;
Theron R. Strong, of 4H Wall street;
QeorgS L. Lewis, of 42 Broadway, and
numerous other- can now be hear'1,
in tbe hull! of the honorabh and an
eient court of General Beeaiong mak?
ing the walls ring with their do?
om nee in defense of the pennileaq
cr.ook, accused perhaps of the larceny
of a tin pail to fill with beer.
Thomas Thacker. the great corpor?
ation lawyer, of 62 Cedar street,
whive fees are aeldom less than $1,?
QOO a day When he appears in court,
was assigned by Judge Foster to con?
duct the defense of an unfortunate
woman arrested for sh- p'dfting. Her?
bert King Stockton was assigned to
look out for the Interests of a brace
of young East Side toughs indicted for
the larceny of 15 cents, in true hlgh
M ? \ .nan stylo, from a farmer in Gan?
se voort M:iri;e . Mr. Stockton invie
ad several ragged friends of his new
clients to visit him In Iiis office, at
99 Frond way, an othce tvNr is used
daily for thoj meeting of wealthy di?
rectors of big carp orations.
Altogether, Judge Foster has r.s
.s'gned nearly a score of these wealthy
corporation lawyers to defend penni
'c-?s croaks. None of the lawyer as?
signed have refuaed the request, and
h< y apparently i ( aa mreh Interest
'n their penniless ollenta as they do i:
*he cases where they gre paid $ 1.00C
ees.
?If you expect to get the original
?arbplHsed Witch Hasi 1 salve, you
ra s* be sure it is DeWitt's Carbolized
Viic.n Hazel Salve. It ?s good for
cuts, burns and brui. es, and is espe?
cially gOOd for piles. Refuse substi?
tute*. Sold by all druggists.
A Oltiaen of Kershow county ha? I
.'our-legged chicken.
A CARD.
This Is to certify that allv druggist*
ire authorised to refund your mono
f Fo'ey's II mey und Tar falls to cure
your cough or cold. It stops the cough
iicals the lungs and prevents pnett
menis iia*. consumption, Contains m
iplatSS. The genuine Is in a yellov
aaekage. V\*. W. Slbert.
In al!
The World
of Pianos
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You will never find a piano f
just like the artistic Stielt g
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There is an Individuality
about the St'eff piano all Its
own.
That beautiful singing, son?
orous ton ?. wondorous volume
and perfect sotioht place it In
a sphere shore all compari?
son.
Why should any < no buy
an Inferior plsno when they
can buy the artistic Btlsff or
shaw piano direct from Ita
mala 1 s .' The pi lea is. with?
in reach ol the most econo?
mical buy< r Whlhf the grade
is beyond competition.
1 ion'1 take chances of buy*
inu a cheap or medium made
plana Write Btteft.
Chas.. M. Stieff J
Manufacturer of the (,
Artistic Stieff, Shaw and I
Stiefl Selfp^yer Pianos, y
SOUTHERN WAutROOM
5 W. Trade St.
CHARLOTTE, - N. C.
C. H. Wilmoth,
Manager.
(Mention ithis paper.)
THE MESS < r POTT \v..
Rena tor Daniel, of Virglilia, Advo
rates Protection?Bmltli Defends
Democratic Doctrine and 0|>|m e
i inlol.
Washington, May &o,?"i tvarit to
protect the mervari '.'"i t
?la my policy, l don't care what nainol
you call It. i am toj it."
This was the statement with which
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, began b't
speech In the senate In support of a
hah duty cn pus raoh?j which la the
chestnut baVg extract m >d In tanning
and which Is pro^u j3 In hjs State.
The aafiatt pommittee on finance had
reduced the house rate and h< want?
ed the house ?gnre retained,
The Virginia senator's attltu le
aroused especial Interest on the Re*
pi blioan side of the ohaml er and Mr,
Aldrleh gave especlaJ attention t?> his
I remarks.
a voice from the Scuth offsetting
the protective declarations if Senator
Daniel cam- from Senator Smith, of
i
South Carolina, whose theme was the
evil of destroying the forests and wa?
tersheds of the Carolinas and Vir?
giria, I y stripping the bark from the
chestnut tree for the purpose Of man?
ufacturing the quebracho extract.
The recent disastrous floods, In hi
't?te, he said, resulted from ptrlp] Ini
the uplands and mountains of t. ?
forests. ?
Incidentally Mr. Smith discussed
what he declared were the Inequa?
lei Of the protective tariff system.
Mr. Bimmont retorted in support ol
the principles favored by Mr. Daniel.
ii- denied that forests were being de?
nuded by either the tan I ark extract
industry or by the miking bf wood
pulp.
"When a trea Is ripe and ready to
be cut, What lav of economy pro
hi'-its Us cutting," asko* Mr. S r..
rnons,
Smashes All Rci ordi.
?A| an all-round laxative tonic ?!"a"
htaith-buihb r no other pills C?n com
pare with Dr. Ktn&'.B New Life Pills.
they tone and regulate stomach, llvci
?.ru\ kidneys, purify thejblood, streng?
then the nervesl cute Constipation
Dyspepsie, biliousness, jaundice, ln ad
u he. Chilis? and malaria. Try them.
55c at Blbert't Drug Store.
Darlington is preparing for a big
Fourth of July celebration this yeai
Many events are being planned.
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In charge of my Optical Parlor?
just fit ten up. Have Dr, X. F
Highsraith's instruments and pre?
scriptions. We arc bow ina*po
ution to examine your eyes and
tit you properly t? glasi es, or fill
yotii eyeglass prescriptions.
All work guaranteed to ijivt
entire satisfaction.
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Jeweler and Optician,
Phone 333. 6 S. Main St.
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Because it don't ccst any?
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What Yon Can Buy
Lot on Church St, So x 300 ft.
Lot oh Church St, 75 x 225 ft.
Lot on Oakland Ave, 60 x 200 ft. ? ?
Li t on Calhoun St, 60 x 200 -
Lot on W, Liberty St, 54 x 164, close in,
5 room house and lot W. Liberty St.
8 room hou-e and lot S. Washington St.
11* icre farm, 65 acres cleared, near town, -
yO other farms in Sumter and Clarendon Counties.
N.B-Ilave sums of S500, $I,O0O, Si,200, Sl,5C0, S2,00o and
?2,500 for loans on income producing real estate.
$2,000.00
1,50000
600.CO
60J.00
600.00
3,000.00
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5,700,00
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26% N Main St : : Sumter, S. C.
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YOUR IDLE MONEY AT
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J. L. t?cCAlLuU. Cashier.
We invite you to open an Recount with us, believing h
KS thi r tl ational Ban ing Laws of M
f{ the United State? and t) tder its supervision, offers the best ?
jyj possible security to its patrons. # M
It often depends upon how hard you try as to how well
you succeed.
?*2 FARMERS' BANK AND TRUST
Spares no effort to please its friends. It's increased pat?
ronage is an evidence of this fact.
Volume of Business, April 28th 1905,
The same day 1909,
? . ?662.47
5^95,002.94
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The Bank ?f Sumter
Capitt? and Surplua $132,000.
rhe first consideration of the Officers and Directors
of this bank, is the security of the funds intrusted to our
care by depositors,
Our past record is a guarantee of sound and safe bank?
ing methods, On this evidence of stability and strength,
we respectfully ask for your banking business.
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THE FINISHING TOUCH.
of hnnst' building?vhe desert* in
doors, fiR^U and blinds, are j^art of
oar pro 'nefs, ttttnj S?d varied ab
tbflj Jiff, plain ami fsncj ae fOU like,
hut all at plain prices. Kor sidt b,
i i ?I ii bottom look at ?ur lath, lisse*
cemsot, brick, hair, idaster. sewer
and drain pip< S, etc . ere. Ths kind
dI building matorisli you're looking
lor, the quick delivery vou want
Oi TV.
THE SHMTEI O?CR, SiSH AHD
BL'KB FACTORY.
J. W. McKeiver,
Proprietor.
AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERT I SIS Or
COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULTS.