The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-09-17

know whore and | am not us wall or
as when ! started. VII
NOW, let me beg you to suppress tho
iacts as much US possible for the thing
| Is done now and no good can come from
publicity. IT was IL fault of the brain
ard not Of the heart.
Very respectfully. w. Nj.
This letter ! also showed Governor
Evans, who advised me TO DESTROY lT.
Colonel Tompkins, as u member of
the State board, and l., Us tho State
commissioner, had done our whole
duty when reporting tho matter to the
governor and chairman Of the board,
VINO, IN his Official capacity, requested
1he mattcr held back, saying, she
would take action at the rirht time y
Does he consider that after holding it
80 iohg, only to those to whom he gave
~ DIS a slander against me, and now,
a niIer having failed Il nomination in the
nrSt primary, the right tinc to give
~ 10 the public is late into the nirht.
Juat ,Deioro his second race--too late to
Set IN Il statement from the other side
-; GoVornor Evans had been cndcavor
snsn soy 10 get me out of his way for
tbis lime, and now thinking
thnt % inc opportunity, he proposed
was SO humiliatcd over thn n.y.. iIsG IT. !
! cohsehted to do so, but after m,tn""
ueiloeration, [ determined thnt t,'"i +" 10
au Wou'a DC TO acknowledge NV unilt
"'illp r l had done no wrong, and ! 70,
,uscd TO DO so. Governor Evnns s.'.,
ne hld no proof against me. '"''
2otne time IN the fall or earlv wintcr
., o,;, 10, Governor Evans again mentioned
t Mll1 creek to me and said Hubbcll had
noon 10 sue nun and left prices. re-
vn, v"r'e9 oy saying 'Why does he come to
who can buy whisl1ics ~ lie I cndeav' Ilr:,o
orHa TO force me to buy from uubbrl)
oy ordering me to do SO, rs his nrirrs
we're less than we werc paying. told
nm | would suffer removal brfnrn
would do SO. Sec below compnrjsnn IF
prices a. given by Governor Evans tn.
Day except the one marked dispcnsarv
prices with per cent of | cannot
get TO the invoices, but will have to
taNc governor Evans prices as correct.
Evans statement of prices:
Hubbcll Prices. Dispcnsarv pri,os
\ Bourbon. 81 81 Y Bourbon. ITO
AN Bourbon. ,53 Xxx Bourbon. i -
\ RNc........l.Il y Rye .lu
M Rye. Ice Xxx Rye. .Gti
ANA I\Sc' '..'-.lO NNN kyc. -. 20
Comparison with dispcnsary prices
as given by Evans with ) per cent. off
which was demanded and obtained in
each and every instance on above
grades:
bourbon. 81 Y Bourbon. ,33
M Bourbon. Lob Xxx Bourbon lIy Is
Rye. ILL y Rye. l.33
NN Rye. .l.G2 Xxx Rye. IL 10 05
MN ltye.,...2lO NNN Rye. , oS
In the matter Of the new dispcnsarv
law ut The last session, did oppose it
on business grounds, but when the Gov
ctnor asked me To Withdraw my oppo-
Sltlon as it was an administration
measure ! did so and published in NV
card to Dir. Bates, that had opposr1
the passage Of the now law because il
was impractlcablc and unbusincss like.
put at The request Of the Governor
'iau "lthura"n my opposition, but |
coh'lnued to fight his going on the
board. as 10 the Governor suvinm to
me that if did not stop nv opuosition
ne would Indicate TO the I.crislaturr
zoe prooanIc cause Of my opposition" "
TpVCrDOr Evans knows that he never
lhtimat"d such thing TO me.
Inc boVcrnor says the meeting OF
Inc Legislature came and in the all
scncc OF proof direct against Miyson
l. decided to drop the matter hui 1o
IaN1 away from him any chance OF
'hPIaClUh auu recommend the entire
cohtrOl TO be taken from his hands
&C Inc Governor had probably for
oIIcn when he wrote this that he srpI
MS ulapcnSary message recommending
new dispcnsary law to the I.evi,;Iu
Iurc on the l0th day of February, and
told him OF Scruggs' trip on the niuh1
o, the l'th Of February, seven d:,v.
ai'cr MS message had bcCn read TO tho
| GcEcraL Assembly.
W mist my boy did get some money
| i'"''' OHc Live OAK people, never GOT
cchtoi ttand knew nothing Of it until
VAc money had all been suuandcred
| anu nave never received a cent sinrr
| nave O2cn IN the State dispcnsarv
| """cr Ihan my salary. And now since
| 'oNc'hof Evans accuses me so lavishlv
"l EetClng the public money, will he
C9'' us now he ran up his expense nc
count against the dispensary under the
| oiio"lnG circumstances: in March,
lo"'' ne was going to Washington.
SaFc MN some papers to go before the
| internal revenue collector to have
twenty barrels Of whiskoy released
"hlch had been seized by the United
! otatcS government. On his rcturn bc
made an expense account Of $lJO, an
proved 1T himself and received war;
| rant Tor same. The records in the dis
pcnsary shows this. II. Nj. MIXSON.
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| \ Dandy Thing to Sell,