The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-05-11

moio receFeu from partleS aOOu
liquors shipped to them for persona
use; that Colonel CASTOR did not atten;
to these matters as promptly as Chair
man Jones thought he should and Col
!. Jones told him he and deponent would
have to take this matter in hand, ano
with the Attorney General, would have
to look after the return of contraban nd
liquors, and the only occasions on
which he went into the contraband wa,
to refer to the records supposed to be
contained in the receiving contraband
book; that on several occasions, with
the consent of Chairman Jones, he pur.
chased demijohns of corn whiskey
which had been seized and forfeited to
the state, and paid therefor at the rate
| OF Sl.5O per gallon, which the records
In his Office will show, whilst the price
the State board paid for some goods
was from Sl.30 to 81. 30 per gallon; that
further than herein stated, he has
never taken single article from the
| contraband room that in taking these
| lour boxes OF cigars and cans OF peaches
| he was only following out q custom
which has teen in vogue ever since his
connection with the State dispensary;
that on divers occasions such articles
as brandy peaches, brandy cherries,
cigars and other articles other than
vines and whiskies have been placed
In custody OF the commissioner and he
has often given him some of such
articles and also given them to others:
and to show that deponent did not sup
pose he was committing an act which
would make him liable to censure. he
gave to two members of the board
some OF these very cigars and told them
where he had gotten them; that he did
say to Lynch to say nothing to Blake
ley, because Blakeley was his mortal
enemy, for some reason he knows not
why, and ho did not wish any distortion
OF the facts, and this was the reason he
told him to say nothing to Blakeley
about cigars or peaches; that he had
no objection to MIR. Blake!ey knowing
he took the cigars and peaches to the
clerks In bis office, provided q friendly
and legitimate construction upon what
he did was placed thereon; that when
+. Id. Mixson was missioner in 1895,
Mr.. Blakeley checked up all contra
band, and he as well as deponent on
divers occasions has been the recipient
OF these little courtesies through the
good oflicess of Commissioner Mixson.
S. w. SCRUGGS.
LYNCH GOES FOR SCRUGGS.
MIR. Charles j. Lynch, assistant book
keeper In the disponsary, made some
damaging statements in his testimony
as to the conduct of Mr.. Scruggs. He
deposed as follows:
That he has been in the State Dis
pensary since it was first opened, but
was appointed bookkeeper, or assistant
to Mr.. Scruggs in April, 1896, and is
still in the same position.
That some time in February, 1897,
Mr. Scruggs came into tho office, in |
the presence OF Mr.. Mobley and Mr.. |
Charles and himself and said: "Charlie,
iull OF cigars, peaches and wine back |
In the cOntraband room ?" | replied |
that did not Scruggs said Well, |
ne has been walking up and )wn the
street smoking them, and have been
wondering where in the HI he got
the M said No; | did not know
he had them back there" Scrugps
sald ne had and said: Come back
with me and | will show them to you"
Scruggs and | went out of the office to
the contraband room door, and he
LOOK ke y out OF his pocket and stoop-
ed down to unlock the door, and while
fitting the key into the door ho turned
to me and said: Don't tell any body
have got this key" Ro then un-
locked the door and we went in
Scruggs walked over to some empty
cigar boxes scattered about the room,
picked them up and threw them down
and said: 81 will be ID if he has
not smoked the last one" | was near
the door and asked him if he had not
told me that they were in trunk, and
ne said Yes" | then said There
ls the trunk under the table" He
then went to the trunk, lifted the lid
ana moved aside some wine and pulled
out three boxes containing cigars and
handed them to deponent. He then
reached on top OF pigeon holes over
inc trunk ana took down another box
cigars and said Here is
me L had up here when | was here
his morning." and handed them to
1eponent and said "Take the boxes
% the Office" Deponent then asked
him How about the peaches ?" He
'eplied, They are not here in the
'runk.' Deponent then pointed to
cans of peaches on the desk and said
, There they are, over there" Scruggs
hen went over and got them and gave
'hem to him and said Go on to the
,f1Ge with the things" but again said:
walt until ] SEQ If there is any one
n the hall" he opened the door and
ooKed, and said "Thero Is no one
here; go ahead" Deponent then
vent to the telephone room, and as he
tarted into the office Scruggs said
: Let me see II there is any one in
here" He said: "Go ahead there is
10 one In the office take them in and
llde them" Scruggs then started
'ack out OF the door and as he was
eaVing, deponent, facing Mr.. Mobley,
emarked, Mind, did not take these
hings." Deponent then placed them
m his desk and Scruggs came back in
he Office and said {: "Cnarlie, hide
! ose things before Mr.. Blakeley comes
n; don't want him to see them"
)eponent then took them off the desk
md put them in box at his feet
'cruggs came over and said Give
lose one OF the boxes (meaning Mr..
1obley). Deponent reached down and .
rot one OF the boxes and deponent
landed him over and he took it and
nut 1T In the drawer Of his desk. He
hen went into the next room and
|eponent opened one CT the cans of
peaches aud called him and asked him
ne did not want some. He replied | I,
le did not believe he did just then, as
le was going uD street. D1pOnent.
lr. Charles and Mr.. Mobley ate the I
reaches Deponent then opened. a
econd can and took it into the next
Dom whore Mr.. Scruggs was, and
lslng paper cutter, took one of the
caches out on 1t end handed it to Mr..
,cruegs, telling him to try it. He at
hat and deponent handed him another,
which he ate. Deponent then went .
'ack into the Office and Mr.. Scruggs :