Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-11
DISPBNSARY
ROTTENNBSS,
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fey in behalf Of H. H. Evans, and w.
| A. Foster, clerk in Ferguson's dispen-
sary, gave a lot Of information how
Dispenser Ferguson got graft from
whisky houses In the shape Of extra
bottles Of whisky, which he drank or
sold, fountain pens and other things.
Foster testified that Ferguson drank
whisky in the dispensary as much as
he liked, treated his friends. and slept
off his drunks In a big chair In the
back room. There was also testimony
that c. o. Smith. former chairman Of
the county board Of control sold jobs
to both whisky and beer dispensers and
got graft in various other ways.
Because Mahaffey was not present
the day before Morris did not like to
tell all he knew He wanted Mahaffey
present. It was intimated that Mahaf-
fey would be on hand Wednesday; but
he wasn't. He had gotten sick Tues
day afternoon and was obliged to go to
Glenn Springs to recuperate.
But easily the most important devel-
opment of the day, was the jumping
Of Mr.. Cole L. Blease. 1t was known
that as the result Of Tuesdays pro-
ceedings several witnesses had skipped
out, and Mr.. L. E. Farley, a bailiff was
called to the stand to give such infor-
nation as he had upon the subject.
Among the witnesses whose presence
was especially desired was Mr. Cath
cart. Mr.. Farley said that he had seen
Mr.. Cathcart the night before, and Mr..
Cathcart told him that the committee
could not force him to attend. He
was sure of this for he had already
talked to Mr.. Blease. At this point
Mr.. Blease jumped up and made
statement. He said:
| I have heard my name brought into
this matter In this manner for mali
cious political reasons until l am tired
of II. Toland had no conversation al
all with me about this committee or
It's examinations. Mr.. Toland came to
me at the hotel yesterday and said:
Where Is Charley SmithT said, ]
don't know, sir haven't got any
thing to do with Charley Smith, He
said IL Charley Smith will give me 500
I will not appear before this commit
tee' I said, I have nothing to do with
Charley Smith or you, and don't care
to have anything to do with you He
said, neither do want to have a God
damned thing to do with YOU turned
and walked into the Argyle hotel and
that Is every word Mr.. Toland has
spoken to me in the past four or five
years.
while am on my feet want to
make a statement in regard to the
Morris matter. The two gentlemen
who are conducting this division OF
this investigation are political enemies
of the deepest sort, of mine"
Mr.. Lyon: IT wish to most smphat-
ically deny that statement"
Mr.. Blease: Il can prove 1t by the
records Of the house and senate"
Mr.. Lyon: There Is absolutely no
foundation for It, My relations with
him have been pleasant and / have
held him in very great esteem until /
found out about his conduct In Spar
tanburg and since that time my opin-
ion has changed very materially"
Mr.. Blease: ANY man who says that
my conduct wasn't that Of gentleman
is liar and am willing to take care
Of myself"
Mr.. Christensen: II presume that
while we were in the senate together
we didn't vote alike on all bills or take
the same position on all questions
that does not mean any political en-
nifty" ...s.. '-sF
Mr.. Blease: II can prove what I say
by the record. The Endorsements CIV
en- me by the people of my own conn
ty are sufficient for my reputation
without getting 1t from that class OF
people. I came to Spartanburg to the
May Festival 1 stopped, as have al
ways been doing since Mr.. Hester has
been running the Argyle with him.
Sometime during the week, do not
remember the day, JEFF Dunwoody came
into the hotel nearly or fully crying.
met him in the office. I said, hello,
JEFF, what is the matterT I saw he was
very much worked up about something.
He said, I have never been treated as
badly In my life as was q while ago.
was cursed and run out OF place of
business down here by man named
Norris I had never seen Mr.. Morris
nor heard Of him before. The next
morning Mr.. Dunwoody came into my
room. He said, Mr.. Blease, will you go
here and make q settlement with thi
man Morris for me as my attorneyT
I said, yes, sir. I will asked him, Of
course, what the situation was and he
explained 1t to me. / went down to
Mr.. Morris place Of business. had
never seen him In my life. There was
young gentleman In there clerking
for him and Mr.. Farley, think, was
sitting at a desk, or came In shortly
after asked him II Mr.. Morris was
in. He said he was up stairs. He had
not come down. presumed from that
that Mr. Morris was living over his
place Of business. / waited a while
and directly Mr.. Morris came In or the
man who was said to be Mr.. Morris.
/ was introduced to him as Mr.. Nor
ris. I said to him that I came there
as the attorney for the Atlanta Brew
| ing and Ice company to have a set
tlement with him. He told me he was
glad to meet me and invited me to go
back and take bottle Of beer with
him, which we did, and went in the
back Of his place and drank bottle
Of beer and think Mr.. Farley Joined
us. / would like to have one now
Then we talked over this business I
said to Mr.. Morris, I have got the
money here to pay your bill and we
will pass receipts and have no more
trouble about this matter He said,
what about the $125 that JEFF Dun
woody gave to build the ice box" /
said, let that go. Let's you and set
tie our business He said all right.
He said to me, I don't want to sign
any paper until see my attorney.