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

stated that he did not recollect say
ing t!lat the newspaper 1und mad oeen
raised to pay fer his trouble.
Mr.. Lyon asked if he didn't re-
member tha, he was asked when the
affidavit was taken if il was ior ed1-
torials. and that the witness answer
ed yes.
Witness said: No. Not ior edi-
torials. We had nothing to do with
editorials in any way. Il was an
open space to advertise il we wanted
to advertise anything" Witness
said that if he stated it in his a1f-
davit that it was to pay for editorials
he "sure was wrong.
Mr.. Lyon then asked him II he
did not remember that when the af1l-
| davit was taken HE was asked II they
got him to write editorials OCCASION
ally. and that witness answered, Yes,
sir. He is dispensary man. He
ALWAYS stands for the dispensary and
! ALWAYS looks out for the dispensary.
Witness said he did not remember,
that if he did so, now he did not
mean in that way; that they did not
get anything from Mr.. Henry, eN-
cep1 an open space. Witness said
he must 1have misunderstood when
the affidavit was taken. He said that
Mr.. Ladshaw, a civil engineer, had
written one letter for the open space.
A Space Purchaser.
He could not recollect who else
wrote any. He said he was one OF
the contributors to the fund. Wit
ness said he had told the truth in his
affidavit so far as he understood.
That he was not a lawyer and there
were lots of words in the kngllsn
LANGUAGE he did not understand. He
was not perfect n the language. and
he might have made "lniS-sllp up.
| Asked how long he had been in Amer
ica. he said since 1869. Mr.. Lyon
closel,. examined the witness on his
affidavit, but witness continued to
hold that the newspaper fund was
simply to buy an open space. he
had forgotten being asked the ques-
ton in his affidavit: 'You were
showing him your appreciation with
some money" and answering, Eyes,
sir" and did not recall the next ques-
ton, being a Christmas present, and
the next answer, "Yes, Sir"
All that he knew about it now, he
said was eve got an open space. "
He was not asked about any OF the
alleged bartering of Offices, as he
has all along kept as close as clam.
Smith, Head Of The Clan.
The next witness was the former
chairman o; the board. Chas. O.
Smith, the Young man who is cred
tied with managing the deals for jobs
and of holding the Spartanburg sit
uation in his palms. He seemed
rather excited. quick in his articula-
ton and worried. He has good face
FIe himself asked to make his state
ment. and, as he is one OF the per-
sons attacked here. his defence is
fully given:
I want to state, in other words.
that newspapers have said a great
deal abort me. While member of
the county board OF contro! and
chairman for something over one
year, I want to acknowledge to vol;
as the committee, that | have not
done my full duty. So far as the IL
nancial part of the business of Spar
tanburg county. so far as the dispen-
sary has anything to do with it, is
concerned. l have looked closely at
ter it the best I could. I know that I
elected Mr. Morris, and the other
members of the board, and after his
election was held, I was looking after
Mr.. Morris. When I found him
found him on Laurens street in
house lying on the kitchen floor
drunk, and afterwards he acknowl-
edged to me that the woman that