The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-15
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! lioIll VII. CIlllS. uSNiOCN llldl liiS
! investigation was to be wide open,
! that information and facts were want
ed and that the orthodox rules of
! testimony were not to be enforced.
Sixtlr That most OF the tardy wit
nesseS have appeared before the COM
nlittee. and only one witness refuses
to answer the summons of the COM
mittee The committee has an affi-
davit from him.
Seventh. Jesse Mahaffey, the men,
Der of the house who is quoted as
having said that Herbert H. Evans
gave him all the whiskey he wanted
and stuffed $50 bills in his pockets
while he (Evans) was candidate for
reelection on the board. utterly de-
MED any such and all such charges.
He insisted that Mr.. Evans was
generous and open-hearted, but ne
mas never given him whiskey nor had
he ever given him any money in one
way or another, and the report must
have statred from a joke, because he
made no such statments seriously.
Eighth. That Jeff Dunwoody is
credited with telling Toland that he
was paid S1oo for writing letter to
Mr. H. H. Evans for one of the repre-
sentatives of Bluthenthal and Bickart
Ninth. That members of the county
board of control made habit Of bor-
rowing money from dispensers and
of not returning the money.
Ten1h That the members OF the
board Of control would get all the
free liquor they wanted, and that they
had practice OF suggesting that they
would like certain presents Of get
ting them in the end from ''iinnie"
70 a shot gun.
Eleventh. That one of the Lam
ford family held the positions of bot
tie buyer and a drayage manager Of
the dispensary at one and the same
time.
Twelfth, That Mr.. Cathcart was
another of the BIackwood type Of
boosters for the county boards, in
that he was induced to file his appli-
cation simply to force the market
price Of jobs up.
Thirteenth. That two clerks in one
of the dispensaries here kept tab and
found that the chief dispenser con-
sumed more than $50 worth Of Ii
Quor a month.
Fourteenth. That one OF the clerks
when he left the dspensary was pre-
sented with champagne as an evidence
OF good WILL
Fifteenth. That a tip seems to
have gotten mere and that in conse-
quence the dispensers made way with
such papers as they did not want to
get into the hands OF the investiga-
ting committee.
Sixteenth. That Mr. Mr.. Huseman
went to Columbia with letter Of at
thorty, a sort OF credel..ial signed by
the dispensers here. which he was to
use in his canvass for funds for the
fight against prohibition in. this couEi-
ty. and 70 Use ior the Journal cam
paign.
Seventeenth. That the charge that
Supervisor Miles used dispensary IL
quor samples. in his campaign. fell
father fiat
Eighteenth. That beer was used
here for election purposes and that
a general bill was sent H. H. Evans
for the beer because there was an in
timaton that the beer would be paid
for.
Chairman of County Board.
Following is the sensational Iestl-
mony Of Mr.. B. c. Landrunl, who was
recently elected chairman Of the
county board OF control Of Spartan
burg:
Examination by Lyon:
Q. Relate 10 the committee those
matters I asked you about this morn
ing without my questioning you.
\. In the first place, | want to
make myself straight in regard to