Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-16

Blaekwood, in particular, was used as
buffet to bull the market. He was
promised time and again a position
and asked to file an application, and
he now thinks this was done simply 10
get the other fellow to raise his price
to the county board, two of the mem
bers telling him plainly that 1t 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..
Blesse, a member of the commission.
tnat for S100 he would not be {. wit
ness, having previously made a STATE,
ment to the -Christensen-Lyon COM
mittce.
Fifteenth. That the dispensary is
selling fves, which means that five
quart bottles arc sold for gallon,
when the consumer thinks he is buy
ing full quart. Witnesses testified
that Hunters Three Feathers, Old
Dixie, .Hannis and other brands we're
| fiyeS.
Sixteenth. That until recently re-
quest books have not been use. The
plea in defence of the non-use being
that the dispensaries have not gotten
the books and have not had the time
to fill them out
Seventeenth. That the dispensarles
have been advised to charge all break
age to the county. and that the county
loses from its profit account all break
age, and it is not divided between
State and county.
Eighteenth. That Dispenser Huse-
nan is alleged to have said that ne
paid as much as six hundred dollars
| fer a vote and then did not get it,
Nineteenth. That Charles o. Smith
was re-appcinted on the board upon
tentio1 of members of the delegation
although it had been called to the at,
.enticn o fmembers' of the delegation
! net all, that he was asking money Tor
positions.
Twentieth. That the appointment OF
tic present members of the county
beard was held up until after the Nor
ris election was ever. The commission
had been issued long before the cleo
ton.
Twenty-hrst. That liquor agents
have been coming to the dispensaries
to urge the pushing of their goods.
Twcnty-seccnd.s That goods that
wee not ordered, ether than introduc
sory, were shipped to the dispense
:ies.
Twcnty-third. That the tie-up Of the
decision OF the State Supreme Cour
as to the force and effect OF the con
current resolution, under which the
committee is working, is most embar
RAISING and hurtful. Witnesses, get
ting to believe that the committee hac
no legal rights, are disposed to refuse
to answer questions, and the whole sit
uation 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. Warrants have beer
placed in the hands of the sheriff fol
| these recalcitrant witnesses, and thej
are expected later. Should they mo-
appear. statements are on hand iron
them, bu.. their evidence is desired.
Mr.. Cole Blease grew quite mad
about what he thought were rehectlons
on him and made a personal state
ment, and insisted that Messrs Chris
tensen and Lyon were his political en-
emies and were fighting him political
ly. and insisted that any one who sug
! eestel that he had not done his ful
.duty was a beautiful liar
Twerty.ffth. That the committee !:
getting pretty nearly an itemized lis
Of the contributors to the fund for Inc
spartanburg Journal, it was show
that the local dispensers contribute
SIS, and that the clerks gave SO. MI
Huseman, a beer dispenser, is SAID I
have gone to Columbia to secure al