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Time Certifies
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The Dispensar
Lifted the Li
3 the Rot
Spart
Most of the Witnes:
Testimony Very I
Committee Has
Get Anything
Author ot t!
Resolution A
ney For
Rrpurin/
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Summary of the Proce<
August Kohn ir
TUESDAY'S SUMMARY.
First, that the county board (
control for Spartanburg _ counl
levied a regular assessment c
the dispensary for his election <
re-election.
Second, that the average pri<
paid Charles 0. Smith, chairmE
of the county board, was $5'
and that Morris was expected
pay a similar amount.
Third, that he was asked f
and paid a contribution to tl
Spartanburg Journal for its su
u port of the dispensary. He kne
|T nothing of the details of tl
transaction, whether it was f
advertising space or otherwis
He paid his share. He unde
stood that the original price w
$300, but that more was rais<
and that Dispenser Husemar
raised $285 for this fund in C
lumbia from dispensary ofiicis
and liquor houses.
Fourth, that many months 2
ter commission was appointed 1
i Mr, Cole L. Blease, a member
the commission, came here ai
settled a claim between Morr
the dispenser, rnd the Atlan
Brewing Company, and gave t
receipts. That he undertook
help Morris obtain the return
the money he had contributed
the Journal fund, and that
1 wished to get and examine copi
of letters from the brewing coi
pany, and. that he suggest
that the witnesses had tc
Messrs. Lyon and Christense
of the sub-committee, more th
was necessary. Morris said IV
Blease did not represent IV
Dunwoody, of the Atlanta Bre
ing Company.
Fifth, Mr. Jeff Dunwoody,
Atlanta, writes that he thinks
can fix it so Mr. Morris will
elected beer dispenser on con
tion that he handle his beer, a
that he has taken the matter
with the proper parties and h
spoken to one member of t
State board of control.
Sixth, that Mr. Herbert
Evans suggested to the witm
and Mr. Mahaffey, a forn
.member of the House, to put
$200 or $300 on the election
Legislators in favor of the c
pensary, and he would mak<
good.
Seventh, Mr. Morris furtl
>n & Son, Bankers,
mrt . >u
th, Carolina,
EREST ON
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ites of Deposit. |
NSARY
:STIGATION.
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y Sub-Committee
d and Exposed
tenness in
anburg.
ses Seem to Give TUeir i
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KciuviamiY? 111111 i
to Work Hard to 1
Out of Them? ;
he Investigating
cting as Attor- ^
The Atlanta " . ^ !
) Company. I
1
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i News an Courier.
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testified that Mahaffey told him J
f that Mr. Evans kept his room j
** : stocked with liquors and put .
twenty dollar bills in his pocket
)n4 during the pendency of elections. ?
or Mr. Morris was a bit reserved on j
1 this twenty dollar incident, as (
"e others will no doubt have some- ,
JJ1. thing to say on this.
tO WEDNESDAY'S SUMMARY. 1
. | First. That the positions connected
with the dispensary here (
ae were bartered and sold for mon- "
P"' ey, borrowed money or endorse- ,
w > ments. \
ie | Second. That even $50 clerk- ]
or ships were bartered, and H. H.
; Cunningham was paid $50 cash
**" by the chairman of the county ;
a? board to withdraw lys applicaBCi!
tion for a $50 clerkship.
*n j Third. That the then chairj
man oi the county boardsf con- '
trol sold liquor and traveled from '
town to town, and that he sold
if~ liquor by telling dispensers he
by would have them removed by a
of friend on the state [board if they
?d did not patronize him.
Fourth. That during the ses- 1
ta sion of the Legislature satchels
he full of liquor were taken from
t? the rooms of candidates for
of membership of the board by Mr.
t? MahafTey, a member of the
he House,
Fifth. That all dispensers here
have received case upon case of
eo complimentary liquor from
>hl houses selling to the dispensary
*n? and that most often these comr
an plimentary liquors have been
^r- put on the shelf, and the liquor
sold for personal gain, without
w~ accounting to the state or county.
of Sixth. That the Mallard Cornhe
pany, Richland Distillery, and
be Bluthenthal & Bickart made a
di- uractice until recentlv of nar.kintr
nd one or two extra bottles of liquor
up in each case, and these cases are
ad complimentary to the dispenser;
;he that they were sold as regular
stock goods and no account made
R. of such sale to the state or couness
ty, but this was to the gain of
ler the dispenser.
up Seventh. That, in addition to
of gratuitous liquor, the dispensers
lis- received free umbrellas, .smoking
j it sets, fountain pens,match boxes,
wines and even suits of clothes,
her Eighth. That at least one dis
I penser here is charged with the
habit of changing the labels of
liquor and selling as two X goods
that which was sent him as one
X goods, and that this same dispenser
has accumulated thousands
within his few years of service.
Ninth. It was developed that
the Iiichland Distilling Company
and Bluthenthal & Bickart have
been paying 25 cents for empty
cases which originally contained 1
their gbods. This is supposed to
have been a method of boosting
the sales. One witness testified !
that Rock Castle cases were paid
for at 25 cents each, without
bottles, and that they were not
returned. It was shown that ;
these empty cases, other than I
those sold to the shipping houses 1
were sold locally to drug houses, I
for not more than five cents and
often for less. 1
Tenth. That dispensers have 1
written to liquor houses for grat- !
uitous liquor to help them make
IIn oV>At?fo/vrt?
up oiiui >
Eleventh. That empty cases
were run in the stock account
and were counted as stock on
hand when they were entirely
empty. , .
Twelfth. That two members
af the county board of control
signed certificates that they had !
actually witnessed the checking
af the stocks in dispensaries, 1
signed and approved the expense
accounts and breakage accounts 1
and left them with dispensers to ,
jse as they saw fit. Several of ;
these certificates on which the ;
dispensers were to make up
their accounts were exhibited, ,
signed in blank, with official aporoval
to stock takine*. pxnonspc 1
md the like, that were to happen
months ahead.
Thirteenth. That in Spartanburg
Mr. Blackwood, in particuar,
was used as a buffet to bull
:he market. He was promised
:ime and again a position and
isked to file an application, and
le now thinks this was donedrpnly
to gP*- the nfcW-fftllmv to .
*aise nis price to the county
joard, two of the members tellng
him plainly that it was a
natter of dollars and cents to
?et the office, and after they got
;he office that they could easily
;ake it back.
Fourteenth. That one of the
star witnesses who is now absent
:old Mr. Blease, a member of the
commission, that for $100 he
would not be a witness, having
previously made a statement to
the Christensen-Lyon committee.
Fifteenth. That the dispensary
is selling fives, which means
short measures. Fives in quarts
means that five quart bottles are
sold for a gallon, when the consumer
thinks he is buying a full
:iuart. Witnesses testified that
Hunter's Three Feathers, Old
Dixie, Hannis and other brands
were fives.
Sixteenth. That until recently
request books have not been
used. The plea in the defense .
of the non-use being that the dis- \
pensaries have not gotten the
books and have not had the time '
to fill them out.
Seventeenth. That the dis- (
pensers have been advised to
charge all breakage to the coun- !
ty, and that the county loses ;
from its profit account all breakage,
and it is not divided between
state and county.
Eighteenth. That Dispenser
Huseman is alleged to have said
that he paid as much as six hundred
dollars for a vote and then
did not get it.
Nineteenth. That Charles 0.
Smith was reappointed on the
board upon the recommendation
of the delegation, although it had
been called to the attention of
members of the delegation, not
all, that he was asking money
for positions.
Twentieth. That the appointment
of the present members of
the county board was held up
until after the Morris election
was over. The commission had
been issued long before the election.
Twenty-first. That liquor
agents have been coming to the
dispensaries to urge the pushing
of their goods.
Twenty-second. That goods
that were not ordered, other
than introductory, were shipped
to the dispensaries. *
Twenty-fourth. That three of
the most important witnesses
could npljlbe found in the city
today.' V^VVarrants have been
placet?! the hands of the sheriff
for th?e recalcitrant witnesses,
and twy are expected tomorrow.
Shoulwthey not appear, statemcntabre
on hand from them,
but tmir evidence is desired.
Twenty-sixth. That the committee
is getting pretty nearly
an itimized list of the contributors'
to the fund for the Spartanburg
Journal. Today it was
sfaawn that the local dispensers
contributed $25, and that
^ clerks gave $5. Mr. HuseiStt.
a beer dispenser, is said to
h?T gone to Columbia to secure
a^to this newspaper fund. The '
e\QBence today indicated that t<
54? was to have been raised for r
thm purpose, and that about v
has been raised. One of
the^chief dispensers here insists h
thatf he made a contract to use n
theispace as igular advertising n
3pa$e, and t. t he had articles v
written for publication in this [i
spage. v
MR. MILES.
who* was a member of state ^
board of control in 1895-66-97. .
Q. Suppo.se you tell us about 1
it. y
A. I couldn't do it, for the 9
reason that I couldn't afford to
Lhrow an insinuation on anybody g
jnless I knew it was correct. ^
Q. Suppose you tell us and let
js be the judges of that. ' P.
A. I couldn't do it unless I am "
forced. I couldn't throw an innnuation
on anyone unless I P
?new it was correct.
Q. You do know of things 0]
.here that you thought were not
-ight?
A. Of course I saw things J(
;herej;hat I supposed were not ,
ighf; but 1 don't know it. (1
Q.'jMhppose you give us the
facts;?! connection with that e:
A.J^ybuldn't do it without *v
lammjlfcpar.ties.
QyOStis exactly what we a}
tl
I-OAiiltDi'v ji
night not be true, and I don't vant
to slur any one's character, 01
mless I know it is true.
Q. Don't you know it is true? tl
A. No, s'r; I dm't. ai
Q. You are convinced in your s*
>wn mind that it is, are you not? IT
A. Oh, I am satisfied, yes, sir,
hat there were some little things tl
here that were not right.
Q. Let us have the facts.
A. I am ready to answer any
egal questions. 1
Q. I want you tell me all about ^
;hose things you thought were vv
irooked. ?j
A. I have told you as far as I ti
jan afford to tell, under the cir- .
jumstances. J]
Q. What do you mean you have tl
nlrl ns far as unn pan affnrrl fn h
tell?
A. I mean this, that if there
was a pistol missing in front of "
the court house, and you were n
there, and I saw you walk off, P
and I thought you had it, I would t]
hate to say you had it, unless 0
you did. ?
Q. That sounds very interest- d
ing; a right strong case of circumstantial
evidence. Suppose ('
you give us a concrete instance
_ a _ .L! -J! il i_ 1 .1 i 1 <1
ui a, uung 01 mat Kinu witn tne "
state dispensary.
A. I wouldn't want to do that; s
if you ask any question I will
answer it. J
Q. As I understand it, your a
objection is to naming these par- 0
ties, that you don't want to jj
answer this question? A
A. That is the principal thing. a
While I am throwing that insin- v
uation, I think there were some
as honest men in Columbia as e
ever were anywhere when I was v
on'that board, and if it had been
run with those men it wouldn't
have been in the condition it is *
today.
Q. What created that impres- d
sion on your mind? 2
A. I associated with those fel- _
lows, and had every reason to
believe and know some of those >
men were honest.
Q. You had every reason to J
believe some of them were hon- ?
est? 1
A. Yes, sir. f
Q. Did you have any reason to
believe some of them were dis- ]
honest? '
A. Yes, sir; I told you that
awhile ago.. (
Q. Let's come down to the
matter; you say you don't care 1
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- o-.- iiwi*vO( ouppuac you
elate the circumstances and
/ithhold the names.
A. I don't think that would
ardly be fair to the parties. I
light injure some fellow who
light be innocent. I wouldn't
rant any one to make an asserion
about me if he didn't know
,'hether it was true or not.
Q. Suppose you call them Bill
ones and John Smith.
A. Say Bill Jones was down
here and I saw him retailing
rhiskey or where he worked
ottles would be missed out of
he cases, and when we would
o to account there would be
iveral bottles missing, or somehing
of that sort. It was reorted
that some of the fellows
here were running blind tigers
nth it. For that reason I suposed
Mr. Jones was not honest.
Q. Did Mr. Jones have charge
C the bottiing department?
A. That man didn't; no, sir.
Q. What position did Mr.
ones occupy in the dispensary?
A. He was one of the crowd
own there.
Q. You couldn't tell us the
jcact position he occupied? j
A. I had just as well tell you j
is name as do that.
Q. You think Mr. Jones had
ti arrangement with the blind
gers?
A. I think so.
it of the state'diSfLiAtefij JiQuor
A. Yes, sir; it was stolen from
lere, no doubt. It was missing,
ad then there was a state con;able
that come to me and told
le he had spotted it.
Q. Had spotted Bill Jones and
le tiger?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. What constable was that?
A. I couldn't call his name if
wanted to, but I don't want to
o it, I don't recollect; but anyay
those parties were all turned j
ft*, and I left there about that'
me.
Q. Do you think it would inire
that constable for revealing
le fact that the dispensary was
elping the blind tigers?
A. No, sir; I don't think so.
Q. Did you ever know anyling
about any arrangement
lade with any whiskey house to
ay money or other consideraon
to any member of the board
f control or to a commissioner
r to any other employee ot the
ispensary?
A. No, sir; not for a fact, I
on't.
Q. Tell us what you know
bout it?
A. I don't know that I undertand
what you mean.
Q. Suppose we had Mr. X. Y.
ones, for instance, up there as
member of this board of directrs,
board of control as it was
hen; did you ever suspect that
Jr. Jones received money from
,ny liquor house, or anything of
alue from them?
A. I might, sir; yes, sir. I
xpect I did, but I don't know
whether it was true or not.
Q. Why did you suspect it?
A. I will give you the reason.
saw some people work very
lard for certain houses and I
lidn't see any more in their
foods than anybody's else.
Q. What houses had such
avors as that shown them while
'ou were there?
A. I wouldn't want to name
he houses; it might injure the
louses and it might not be true,
rhe records in the office would
show that.
Q. You think the records in
he office will show they sold
letter or poorer liquor?
A. No, sir; but it show3 the
juantities.
Q. You think where a house
las received orders for large
J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier.
KC E
inters National Bank,
iness at the "Old Stand."
n Vnion.
IIS Of $10 '.IHIO,
L Hunk in Viilon,
nouiitliiK to $300,400,
, interest 011 ill-posits.
lion inspected by nil officer,
lit, h in I S?f?- with Time Iiork,
\Mi the Ihtnks in Vnion combined.
JCIT YOUR BUSINESsJ
quantities of liquor it has somebody
pulling for it on the state
board ?
] A. In some cases it might be,
and some not.
Q. Tell us the cases you know
I of.
| A. I couldn't do that; I might
i be mistaken.
I Q. You had your suspicion
i aroused about some particular
house?
A. It might be that I did.
Q. Suppose we name over
some of them. I don't know that
II feel very careful about those *
i gentlemen. Was it Ivanahan &
| Son?
A. I couldn't afford to exempt
some; I had just as well tell the
names. I think so far as the
members of the state board are
concerned they were all about
j honest when 1 was there; the
work was outside of them.
Q. How was it done?
A. I will give you an idea.
For instance, we will say people
from Spartanburg would come
dowe there, which some of them
I did, and they would go to the
board and insist that they buy
I from certain houses, that it was
the best whiskey, and often
nrftKaKlir '"f 11 *
muueace me Doard to
buy whiskey, and they got pay
for it. The board was innocent
in that matter, but other parties
were not.
The first witness to testify
Thursday morning was Samuel
J. Cathcart, a young man about
25 years of age. He had been
employed as an assistant clerk in
Ferguson's dispensary for 18
months and had clerked in Vlorris'
beer dispensary afterwards.
He had known Ferguson to get
'complimentary cases and had
sold part of the stuff from the
shelves of the dispensary.
Mr. Lyon wanted to know if
Dispenser Harmon is not practically
the overseer of Mr. Ferguson's
dispensary, and if he did
not come around and give Harmon
advice and had made out
Ferguson's statements and reports.
Witness stated "several
times."
Some of this complimentary
I case stutl was given to members
of the county board, he said.
Some times this whiskey was
brought in cases and some times
in baskets and sacks from Ferguson's
house by Charlie Littlejohn.
It had been taken from
express oiiice to Ferguson's
house. Ferguson had received a
good many of these cases. When
lie put stulT on the shelf the reports
went into regular cash
sales. He used some of the
State's whiskey on the shelves
occasionally to drink. Don't remember
all who had sent Ferguson
whiskey, but J. W. Kelly &
Co. was one of them.
Witness corroborated statement
made in affidavit that Ferguson
sometimes drank $30 a
month of liquor. Clerk Foster
had kept account of it one time.
Witness told of the time a dispensary
inspector checked up the
dispenser and found empty cases
which Ferguson had tried to
pass off as full cases. Witness
testified that Ferguson is a
"shrewd, old fellow." Told of
Ferguson's getting presents, silk
umbrella, fountain pen, etc. He
testified that W. F. Landford,
who ran drayage for all the dispensaries,
was a bottle buyer
and clerk in dispensary and is a
son-in-law of Ferguson and
i nephew of the member of the
i county board named Lanford,