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

work with them on this Blshop oeaI
for this dispensary, he went to MI.
Scrueps, Mr.. Smith did, so Mr..
scruggs told me, and told that II
got my commission before this elec-
ton would vote against Mr.. Morrls'
and Mr.. Scruggs being Trend OF MI.
Morris OF course wanted to hold up
INV commission. Mr.. Smith told him
Mat if he would write to Columbia to
Mr.. Evans, OF the board, rather, and
ask them not to accept his resigna-
tion and to hold up my COMMISSION
until after this election he would vote
for Mr.. Morris. And / wanted to say,
also. that while I had been on the
board as chairman I haven't been rec
osnized at all as member, have
had no choice whatever in dispensers
or clerks and have been ignored in
everything which has come up. VI
oourse 7 have been on there; and MT.
Evans, / have written to him on one
or two matters and have never re-
ceived a reply from him. And 1t is
customary for the chairman OF the
county boards to ger a duplicate OF
these orders from the county dlspen-
sers. so as to check them up, but ne
has never sent me one, and conse-
quently don't know whether the dis
pensar;es are straight OF not. l just
nav, nv commission, and that is all.
! also want to state that the county
board, if everything everywhere else
is like it is in this county, is COM
plete humbug. In the first place, they
20 and sign the blanks when there are
no figures on it all. That is the
monthly report"
O. That is paper like this? pre-
senting paper)
A. Yes, sir, they go and sign theSe
oaoers. and I myself. before l had
anv instructions or found out any
thing about the workings, signed 1t.
o. This blank here contains the
consumers profit, gross profits, ex-
penses and net prohets?
A. Yes, sir, and stock on hand.
o. And all Of your expense &C
count, the whole business Of the dis
pensary?
A. Yes, sir.
O. And at the bottom you are re-
CURED to sign This certificate: Ger
t;fv that I was present and actually
assisted in taking the stock OF this
dispensary the last of this month and
st amounted to so many dollars, what
ever you found it to be. and then
YOU are required to put the itemzed
expense account of the dispensary on
the back of it. and that goes to the
state dispenser to show that the dis
pensary is correct: you say the Sign
ed this up in bland just like this?
A Yes, sir.
Q. Do you know these signatures:
A. Yes, sir.
0. Who's are they?
A. Mr.. W. n. .Avant and Z. H. Lam
ford.
0. Are they on the board?
A. Yes, sir, I have never received
any duplicates of these orders and
could not tell whether they were
straight or not
The following report in the News
and Courier gives the testimony OF
Mr.. L. Reibling and Mr.. c. 0.
Smith. who were one the stand on
Friday morning:
Spartanburg. August 11.-Beiore
the morning session was called to Or
Ger Mr.. Blease referred to THE affllc-
t;on which had befallen Mr.. Horace
/. Bomar, a member OF Spartan
burg's bar and an ex-member OF the
house of representatives, in the death
of his wife. whose funeral was TO
occur this morning at 10 o'clock.
Some of the members of the commit
tee and some of the attorneys pres
ent. he said would like to show their
sympathy with Mr.. Bon1ar and their