Dispensary Corruption Claims Shock Spartanburg
A legislative inquiry in Spartanburg uncovers alleged betting of dispensary jobs for money and endorsements, liquor freebies, falsified stocks, broken labels, and cash for influence. Testimony details 25 points of possible malfeasance including gifts, missing witnesses, and fund contributions to a local newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board
Mahaffey
August Kohn
News and Courier
Legislative Investigating Committee
Spartanburg
H. H. Cunningham
County Board of Control
Mallard Company
Richland Distillery
Bluthenthal
Mikado's Men Want Three Billion
Portsmouth August 10 Japan's peace terms reportedly stagger the Russian envoys. Demands cited include large indemnity, cession of Amur region and Saghalien, surrender of Dalny, loss of rights in Liao Yang peninsula, Port Arthur fortifications, Harbin Port Arthur rail line, Korea influence, Manchuria evacuation, open door policy, interned ships, and a 3 billion dollar war indemnity.
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Portsmouth
Japan
Amur
Siberia
Saghalien Island
Dalny
Liao Yang Peninsula
Russia
Port Arthur
Eastern
Eastern China Railroad From Harbin
Korea
Manchuria
Shanghai
San Francisco
Lazy Microbe Promises Cure for Liver ills Tablets
An eccentric expert claims laziness stems from a germ and endorses Rydale’s Liver Tablets as a cure for constipation and liver disorders. The small chocolate coated tablets are sold by Walhalla Drug Co and Carter’s Pharmacy with a money back guarantee. Meanwhile IL P Armstrong of Fountain Inn was arrested on a defamation warrant related to letters about his daughter Pearl Armstrong and her suitor David Andrews, with bail set at 8500.
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Richland Distilling Company
Bluthenthal & Bickart
Rock Castle
County Board of Control
Spartanburg
Blackwood
County Board
Blease
Commission
Christensen-Lyon
Hunter’s
Three Feathers
Old Dixie
Hannia
Huseman
Charlie O. Smith
Morria
Tydale
Rydale
Walhalla Drug Company
Carter’s Pharmacy
Westminster
Fountain Inn
Greenville County
IL. P. Armstrong
Miss Pearl Armstrong
David Andrews
Whisky and illicit distilling uncovered in Pickens region
Constable Chapman jailed Bud Masters in connection with a ten gallon keg of whiskey from the Table Rock picnic. Dock Pace faced beer sale charges and a young man Will Smith paid fines then challenged the court. In Greenville, Chief Hall exposed an underground distillery beneath a residence and mill owned by McCarter, with a hidden cavern and tunnel system used for illicit whiskey production.
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George Chapman
Bud Masters
Table Rock
Dock Pace
Pickens
Lewis
Pace
United States Court
Harris
Simon
Boggs
Ile
Will Smith
Lewin
Greenville
Hall
Reedy River
Atill
Aliill
McCarter
Hle
Wrecked Church Fire in New York Blamed on Wiring
St Thomas Episcopal church in New York, famed for its rich furnishings, was damaged by a fire last Tuesday. Officials suspect defective electric wiring caused the blaze with losses estimated around $225000.
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St. Thomas Episcopal Church
New York
America
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Gobre Reptace
aYy- Jaynes, Shelor, Smith & Steor
Walhalla, 8. C
State Supreme Court
Cole
Messrs
Christensen
Lyon
Spartanburg Journal
Columbia
Rydale’s Tonic
The
Radical Remedy Company
Hickory
N. C
Mikado
Seneca, S. C
Saya
Piso
J.H. Darby
People's Bank
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