The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-11

they said: oh. we can't get the
Herald, and doubted if they could
get Henry. but if I would give it. l
would be elected again
Mr.. Lyon. continuing the affidavit:
"Shortly after ] agreed TO Mr.. Har-
mons proposition to pay the Journal
$500. Mr.. Husenann and Mr.. Reib-
ling. beer dispensers. came to me and
said: Let's get Henry. the newspa-
per man OF the Evening Journal. that
he would take up the fight for $500.
| asked the reason Of the increase,
as Mr.. Harmon Gtad just said that
5000 was rfe price. They said ;hat
Henry had gone up: that he had said
5000 was not enough: as he would
lose subscribers to his paper and his
influence. as he had been fighting on
ttAe other side"
Whiskey Houses Asked to Contribute.
Mr.. Lyon, continuing affidavit:
"Husemacn and Reibling told ME my
part would be $50. but I declined to
give this much. Mr.. Harmon came
back and said SIS was enough for
me to pay; that they would try and
the balance from the whiskey houses.
Representing the combined dispen-
saries mere and as secretary for c. 0.
Smith. James P. McGarty, dispenser.
wrote letters to Mriskey houses for
Smith to get contributions to pay the
Journal. I saw McGarty writing
some of the letters at Smiths dicta-
ton. The letters referred 70 the
movement to abolish the dispensary
and asked for aid to resist it. I
recollect that the Richland Distilling
company was mentioned as subscrib-
ing one of the largest amounts to this
fund. think Ullman was another
and Mallard's Distilling company,
and J. W. Kelley & CO. | SO rarely
saw the list that ] forget the names.
That is part Of them. It was Shown
to me in McGarty's whisky dispensary.
Smith and McGarty went over it and
said Joe went over If. don't know
how much the amounts were. c. O.
Smith said Hub Evans would also
contribute. I believe he had already
contributed.
Money and Election.
Mr.. Lyon then called Mr. Morris
attention to another affidavit which
he had made as follows:
Q. Did H. H. Evans tell you and
Mr. Mahaffey some time about las:
August to put UP 5000 Or $500 on
the election of legislators in favor
OF the dispensary and he would make
it good himself?'
A. Eyes, sir
Q. Did you do it?'
A. Il did all could in that direc-
ton, which cost me whole lot OF
money. did everything l could for the
men he said were his men. He said
that anybody who was in favor OF
the dispensary he wanted elected. and
those who were not he didn't if he
could help it, and he also told Jess
Mahaffey, You remember what you
did for me in Columbia and will not
forget it.
0. did Mr.. Mahaffey tell you
what he did for him I'M Columbian
A. He said THAT when he was
wanting to be elected as chairman Of
the state board he had in his room
nearly as much whiskey as there is
in a whiskey dispensary and he said
he would just invite people in there
to take drinks and he said he stuffed
several SEQ bills in his (Mah'afey's)
pockets
Q. What do you suppose Mr.
Mahaffey did with those $50 bills?
A. II don't know. sir. unless he got
drunk on them.''
Q. Did Mr.. AIal1affey tell you he
was pretending to be opposed to Mr.
| Evans"
A. Yes sir. 'h'e said the way he
worked it. he went on to brag, he
said that he would get in with ;