The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-16
c.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 16. 1905

it was matter Of dollars and cents
to get the office, and after they got
the office that they could easily take
it back.
Fourteenth. That one of the star
witnesses who is now absent, told
Mr.. Blease, a member of the COM
mission, that for 500 he would not
be a witness, having previously made
a statement to the Christensen-Lyon
committee.
Fifteenth. That the dispensary is
selling fves, which means short meas
ures. Fives in quarts means that
five quart bottles are sold for a gal
lon, when the consumer thinks he is
buying full quart. Witnesses test :.
flied that Hunters Three Feathers,
Old Dixie, Hannis and other brands
were fves.
Sixteenth. That until recently re-
quest books have not been used. The
plea in defense of the non-use being
that the dispensaries have not got
ten the books and have not had the
time to fill them out.
Seventeenth. That the dispensers
have been advised to charge all break
age to the county, and that the
county loses from its profit account
all breakage, and it is not divided be-
tween State and county.
Eighteenth. That Dispenser Huse-
man is alleged to have said that he
paid as much as $500 for a vote and
then did not get it.
Nineteenth. That Charles O..
Smith was reappointed on the board
upor the recommendation Of the DEL
egation, although it had been called
to the attention of members Of the
delegation, not all, that he was ask
ing money for positions.
Twentieth. That the appointment
of the present members Of the coun-
ty board was held up until after the
Morris election was over. The COM
mission had been issued long before
the election.
Twenty-frst That liquor agents
have been coming to the dispensaries
to urge the pushing Of their goods.
Twenty-second. That goods that
were not ordered, other than intro
ductory, were shipped to the dispen-
saries.
Twenty-third That the tie-up OF
the decision of the State supreme
court as to the force and effect Of
the concurrent resolution, under
which the committee is working, is
most embarrassing and hurtful. Wit
nesses, getting to believe that the
committee had no legal rights, are
disposed to refuse to answer queS-
tons, and the whole situation is
clouded and in doubt because Of the
unsettled condition as to the status of
the law
Twenty-fourth. That three Of the
most important witnesses could not
be found in the city today. War
rants have been placed in the hands
Of the sheriff for these recalcitrant
witnesses, and they are expected to-
morrow Should they not appear,
statements are on hand from them,
but their evidence is desired.
Mr.. Cole Blease grew quite mad
today about what he thought were
reflections on him and made a person.
al statement, and insisted that Messrs.
Christensen and Lyon were his politi-
cal enemies and were fighting him
politically, and insisted that any one
who suggested that he had not done
his full duty was a beautiful liar.
Twenty-sixth. That the committee
is getting pretty nearly an itemized
list of the contributors to the fund for
the Spartanburg Journal. Today it
was shown that the local dispensers
each contributed $25, and that the
clerks gave IS. Mr.. Huseman, a beer
dispenser, is said to have gone to
Columbia to secure aid to this news
paper fund. The evidence today indi-
Gated that $400 was to have been
raised for this purpose, and that about
$500 has been raised. One Of the
chief dispensers here insists that he
made contract to use the space as
regular advertising space, and that
he had articles written for publication
in this space. The arrangement was
for a column day-August Kohr
in News and Courier.
Spartanbu. Aug 10.-The evi