The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-15

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Smith. who was chairman OF the
county board. as advised, and to this
he stuck. He had given an affidavit
that he had rot given Smith any mon
ey for an office. and he urged that this
was Technically correct. as the mon
ey had been given 10 HuSeman to give
Smith and Smith did get it from
Husenlan. The watch was a direct
gift.
Second: Toland said that he bid
as high as $3.50 for beer dispensary,
but he did not get the position for
his candidate
Third: Mr.. D. NJ. Miles developed
into an unexpected witness. He went
on tl,e stand to clear his record,
which is entirely good. and TO refute
certain charges about his using liquor
in an election 1t was while on the
stand he threw some sidelight on the
dispensary management OF ten years
ago. For instance he said that he
voluntarily quit the board Of control,
to which he had been twice unan-
mously elected, because the general
impression was that it was not an
honest place, and for fear that some
people might suspect him of dishon-
esty he thought ii best to quit
He went on 70 say: | saw things
I could not afford to say anything
about because | could not say wheth-
er they were so or not. Then ne went
on to say that he cav things he sup
posed were not right, but did not
know it. He was satisfied there were
then some honest as we'll as some dis
honest people about the dispensary.
When pressed for specific information
he would always fall back, and say
that he was prepared to answer any
legal question, but he would not
volunteer any evidence for fear Of
doing some one a possible injury.
He went on to say that if the dis
pensary had been run by rhe same
kind of men as it was in his day, it
would not be in the trouble it now was
Of one thing Mr.. Miles was positive.
and that he willingly testified, and
that was that some one in the dispelI-
sary in his day and time supplied
liquor to blind tigers and he doubted
very much if the money for it ever
went to the state He thought that
the board was all right, but he said
that in his day and time on the
board the outside influences were
bad, and that orders were worked
for by outsiders. but he was free to
say that things were not to his liking
in the dispensary itself. and that he
quit and came home to be elected
county supervisor, which Office he
now holds
Third. There was another scene
between Messrs. Christensen and
Lyon and Mr.. Blease. In connection
with Mr.. Toland's testimony. it was
developed that Mr.. Toland had sworn
that Mr.. Blease. member OF the in
ves.iyating committee. had told him
that the committee was just going
around smoothing matters over and
upholding the dispensary law. That
Mr.. Blease mad asked him why in
the dickens he (Toland) had not
gone off and had nothing to say
about the matter That he had told
Toland that he was not obliged to
testify. and that the general tendency
Of the investigating committee was to
smooth matters over and uphold the
dispensary.
Mr.. Blease reiterated that he had
never done anything to interfere with
the work OF the committee, that he is
doing all he can to help it along and
that he has never offered advice or
money TO impede the work Of the
committee. He asked the people
whether they would believe Mr.. To-
land or himself on the issue involved
Fourth. MessrS. Christensen and
Lyon. OF the subcommittee. unequiv-