The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-13

hNcu' MR. OarflS SILL insisted upon
an agreement as TO price SO that he
nc had no intelligent idea Of the worth
or the trunk, and had no time then to
ascertain the worth OF The trunk, us the
Board was at that moment in session
ana he had to get back to the meeting
to attend to business; that he tolu Mr.,
Garris that he would send him the bill
Tor the trunk rs soon rs tho price was
hXcd or That he could pay for il on his
next visit to Columbia He replied al
Will call in the next time | come to CO.
| iumDla and pay for it - that he report
cd the sale OF the trunk to the Stat(,
Board Of Control That the day upon
whlch commissioner GuStOn, MIR. Car
flS ana ucponcnt went to the cOntra-
| nand room to deliver the trunk was the
first time he had any know ledge OF tho
| contents Of the trunk TO tho best Of his
recollcctioD; but ono thing he is posi-
1--WE about-that up TO that time he had
never taken amy part OF the contents Of
| the trunk, aud at that time all he saw
| IN the trunk were IL few partially filled
BOXES Of cigars and two or three cans
oi peaches, but scattered on the ll0or
were six or eight empty cigar boxes
1T on that day in the presence OF
GaSton and Garris the dcpOncnt took Il
handful OF these cigars. Garris took Il
| handful and CASTOR took Il handful and
II" Jokingiy twittcd Judge CASTOR with
the remark that he coul, now account
ior the cigars which he (Gaston) and
Harry had been sm0k ing for several
| weeks; that cigars which dcponcnt
took he carried into the State Board
| ro I'm and gave MIR. Williams and MIR.
Douthlt some ct them, and told thcm
| nc had gotten them out of the cOutra-
band room and would got them some
| IN )rC, which ho intended TO do bcfor,
| the ;d journmcnt OF the Board and be-
| fore they left the city, but in the mul-
| t.nllclty OF his duties il escaped his at
| tCuton.
That Il few days after this he went
| into the board room and got the key
OF the contrahand room which belonged
| to the State board OF control, and
| which was in the custody Of dcpOnrnt
as clerk OF the board, and with Charles
| Lynch, a clerk in his Office, and got
four boxes OF cigars partially filled, rs
| he remembers, and four cans Of peaches
and instructed Lynch 60 take them in
| TO the Olli1c, and the boys in tho Office
could eat the peaches, and he would
divide the cigars with them; that these
| four boxes OF cigars and cans Of pouches
were utterly valuclcss TO the State, as
| the cigars were very cheap cigars, and
he does not believe they could have
| been disposed Of for any consideration:
| that dcpOncnt also discovered several
bottles Of domestic wine the day he
took Lynch in for cigars and peaches
ana iumOrOueiy remarked; I've will
, get that wine, too, before some one
takes ill., but as II matter Of fact. did
not mean to take it ut the time Of max
ing the remark, as it was not serious Y
made, and he did rot take the wine,
and Commissioner CASTOR told him he
had taken charge Of the wine; that he
seldom entered the contra band ROOM
aud never unless upon urgent business.
as Colonel Jones and the Attorney
Generals Office will bear me out, there
was IL great deal OF trouble with con
| trhband seizures made by the con
stables, as many threatening letters
were Received from parties about
liquors shipped 10 them for personal
| use; that Colonel Castor did not attcna
10 these matters As promptly as Chair
man Jones Thought he should and COL
Jones told him he and dcpOncnt would
nave TO take this matter in hand, ana
with the Attorney General, would have
" look after the return of contraband
liquors, and the only occasions on
which he went into the contraband was
to refer to the rcc0r.,s supposed to ne
contained in the receiving contrahand
book; that on several occasions, with
the consent OF Chairman Jones, he Dur-
chased dcmi johns Of corn whiskcy
which HAD been seized and forfeited to
the State, and paid therefor at the rate
OF $l.1O per gallon, which the records
in his uIiicc will show, whilst the price
tie State board paid for some goods
was from 81 30 to 81 .35 per gallon: that
further than herein stated. he has
never taken single article from tho
contrahand room; that in taking these
lour boxes OF cigars and cans OF peaches |
he was only following ont Il custom
which has Lccn in vogue ever since his |
connection with the State dspensary:
that on divers occasions such articles
as brandy peaches, brandy cherries
cigars and other articles other than
wines and whiskica have been placed
in Gus ody OF the commissioner and he
has often given him some OF such
articles and also given them to others;
and to show that dcp0ncnt did not sup
pose he WAS committing an act which
would make him liable to ccnsurc, he
gave to two members OF the board
some OF these very cigars and told them
where he had gotten them; that he did
lay to Lynch TO say not hing to Blake
lc.' because Blakelry ! was his mortal
cncI. 'or some "-hsOn he knows not
why, and I,,. u,u not wish any istOrtiOn
bI inc IaclS, ana lnlS was tDC reason he
TIA him TO say nothing to I}!akrlcy
about cigars or peaches: that he had
no ohj jcctiOn TO MIR. I}lakc!oy knowing
he took the cigars and peaches to the
clerks in his Office, provided a friendly
and legitimate construction upon what
he did was placed thereon; that when
+. NJ. MiXsOn was commissioner in 800,
MIR. Biakcioy checked ur all contra
band, and he as well as lcpOncnt on
divers occasions has been the recipient
Of these little cOurtcsicS through the
good oiliccsS Of CommiSsOnc' MiXson.
S. w. SCRUG,.S.
LYNCH GOES FOR SCRUGGS
! Mr.. Cnarlca j. Lynch, assistant book
! nl"pcr in the dispcnsary, made some
dumac ny statements in his testimony
rs TO the conduct Of Mr.. Scruggs. He
| dcpOscd as follows:
| tnhui hn hon hnnnn La Ln