Ohio business men pass through; Dan Hemingray listed

BUCKEYE BUSINESS

MEN PASS THROUGH

Cincinnati. Capitalists Stop

Over From Inspection

of Frazier Plant.

Will Continue Old Formula

In Making the

Famous Brand.

The Board of Directors of the W. J. Frazier Company, which has been recently organized to take over the business of W. J. Frazier, the distiller of Versailles, passed through this city yesterday afternoon en route to Cincinnati.

The company consists of about forty stockholders; among the number being some of the leading business men of Covington and Cincinnati. The President of the new company is Jacob Krollman, the well-known hotel man of Cincinnati. Mr. O. J. Carpenter is Vice President.

The party came from Cincinnato yesterday and went to Versailles on the 11 o'clock traction car. The day was spent in inspecting the plant and in taking photographs of the surrounding scenery. Those in the party were President Jacob Krollman, Vice President O. J. Carpenter, Messrs. Louis Wagner Arnett, John W. Rolf, Emil Naegele and Christ. Becker. These constitute a majority of the Board of Directors. The members of the board who did not come are Dan Hemingray, F. B. Respess, Emil G. Schmidt, E. R. Bryson and Ferdinand Bader.

The W. J. Frazier distillery will be put in operation by the new owners about the first of next January. It is incorporated under the laws of the State of Kentucky, and is the owner of the W. J. Frazier name, good will and brand. This brand was established in 1857, and was first distilled in Anderson county. The original distillery was sold to Mr. W. H. McBrayer, and in 1860 W. J. Frazier built the distillery on Shryock's creek, five miles west of Versailles, where he has continued to run his distillery ever since. He has always produced the same old-fashioned hand-made whisky, by the same old formula and in the same manner as at the beginning of his career.

The W. J. Frazier brand of whisky is said to be one of the few brands which continues to be made the old way, the mash being made in the small two bushel mash tubs, which were common in the olden times.

Mr. O. J. Carpenter, of Covington, Vice President of the company, said last night: "Of all the popular brands of whisky, none stand higher than the W. J. Frazier brand where it is known, and the only reason the newly formed company could get the property is that W. J. Frazier, the founder, and owner for forty-seven years, is now a man of seventy-nine and has decided to retire from active business."

The party returned to Cincinnati at 7:05 last night after taking dinner at the Leland Hotel.