The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-11-28
4. 4. EVANS
ON THE DISPENSARY
READY FOR THE FIREW WORKS
SAYS CHAIRMAN OF BOARD.
Reason for Not Talking-Says He
Was Restrained by His Lawyers
AS to Purchases and Help
Employed.

Employed.
The Columbia correspondent of the
AUGUSTA Chronicle sends the follow
ing to his paper:
There is no escape from the conclu-.
sion that Chairman Hub Evans is
1nisiudged by those who are constru-
ing his present silence under the ava
lanche of charges and insinuations and
influences that have been brought
against him by Senator Tillman, by
the newspapers, by the dispensary IN
vestigating commission and by the
public generally as manifestation OF
any "yellow streak" in the bluff New
berrian's makeup, do not know their
man. His silence, and the silence OF
the other members of the board, have
been wondered at, but those who
know Mr.. Evans know that whatever
other fault may be found with him
that he is game, that he comes from
game stock, that his nerve has been
tested in eight or ten deadly COM
bats, and that his loyalty to friend
: has never been questioned.
Il have been keeping quiet while all
these dirty lies have been flying
{ through the air against me, but it has
been because my attorneys have COM
manded me to do so-and have some
s good lawyers. But my time is COM
ing, and you are going to hear from
7 Club" in no mistakable tone of voice.
4 The investigating commissions be.
5s i don't care how many Investigations
thev have, the more the, merrler.
They can't find any stain on Hub
Il Evans, because there is no stain there,
8 and defy the world, the flesh and the
devil to discover one there. When
& my time comes am going before that
4 investigating commission and tell
everything I know, fully, freely and
without reservation or equlvocatlon.
But they have got to come at Hub
{ with the understanding that Hub is
a man and a gentleman: I won't stand
& for any dirty insinuations or inuen-
does
Purchases Of Whiskey.
~. Mr.. Evans was particularly bitter re-
garding the report which appeared in
3 this correspondence few days ago to
The effect that friends of Commission
er Tatun were giving the commis-
s. sioner credit for holding the board
down in the matter Of purchases, that
the commissioner accomplished this
through threats to make the cores
pondence between himself and the
Z board on this subject public.
s'You say to any man who tells you
Z fairy tale of this kind, that Hub
Evans says he lies in his teeth, lies
, in his heart, lies in his soul. AS "a
matter of fact, the board has made no
purchases in eight months except on
#the order of the commissioner, and
this was done on Our initiative, and
was due not in the remotest way to
3 any pressure from any source.''
Help at Headquarters.
Chairman Evans was reminded that
ruraors were being persistently clrcu-
& lated from dispensary headquarters
that the stock on hand was piling up,
and that in spite of the fact that near
!. 4y half the state was now dry the force
5 of hands had been Increased to about
15o. whereas less than 100 had been
found to be sufficient heretofore. He
denied that the stock was increasing
8 and said that the force Of hands bad
been slightly increased. He added
= that the stock-taklng was now in pro-
!. gress, and that exact figures as to
this and as to profits and the like
would be available and given out for
publication the last of this month.
"But the sales are increasing in
spite of the operation of the Brice
act he added. 1T has amazed me.
We shipped out $4,000 worth of stuff
one day last week, the biggest single
;dav sales in the history of the insti-
tution.''