The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-18
addition to this w. II. Lanford told

about $3.50 for his beer privilege to q.
.. Smith, chairman OF county board,
| (Oojection by Mr.. Sims,) Toland and
Landlord told mo that the s275 men.
tloned above was deposited In the safe
OF J. W. Huseman, beer dispenser
there. These are few of the reasons
had for supposing that would have
to pay some Of the members of county
board for my privilege to sell beer.
Later upon asking for q book of in
structions for running my dispensary,
Mr.. Smith said, Don't mind instruc.
tions, make every dollar you can, you
will need 1t for your next election. :
About the middle Of March last, short
ly before my time for reelection, O.
0. Smith came to my place Of bust
ness, and asked me II l wished to be
reelected. 1 said did. He said I had
better get busy and 20 to Atlanta
with him and make trade with JEFF
DInwoodY. II did not, the other fel.
low would. Dunwoody Is the gentle
man who represents the Atlanta Brew
Ing Company.
DUNwooDY COMES IN.
In August, or previous to that, in
July, l received car Of stale beer, and
had q lot OF it sent back on me, and
a lot OF my customers quit me, and
| told Charlie Smith, and he said l
would have to handle that or none. He
said, You know JEFF Dunwoody gave
you s125 to help you build your ice
box l said, I will just pay him 1926
and buy from somebody else, l can't
sell that. Smith says, You can sell
that or nothing That was previous
to March, in August or July. l prefer
red to 60, that If 1T took that to get
the beer dispensary did not want it.
Smith came back to me week later
and said that he could have the brew.
cry to pay enough to satisfy himself
and Mr.. w. M. Avant, without my
having to pay anything, If would go
to Atlanta with him and obligate N.Y.
self to handle their beer"
q THAT was that stale beer?"
A. Yes, sir, when obligatc myself
would have to handle anything they
put on me-"
Mr.. Lyon, continuing amdavits:
We did not go to Atlanta and saw
Dunwoody. Dunwoody came to me
and said that he (Dunwoody) had been
told that If l were reelected beer dis.
penSer that he would have to come to
Spartanburg and get busy If any of
his beer were sold there. Dunwoody
told me that would have tr give 81
a keg so l would satisfy the boys"
There was more Of this kind of evi.
dence In the aflldavit, all going to
show that Morris, while dispenser, was
told that O. o. Smith was master of
the situation In Spartanburg county,
and that member Of the State board
had told jeff Dunwoody that Smith
would remain on the county board un-
til after the election of beer dispen.
sers.
The aia1avit continues: THE result
OF the whole matter was that / lost my
position. j aG6ribute tbiS % my rss:
fusal to follow Dunwoody's and Smiths
advice. No charges were preferred
against me. and called this matter
to the attention Of MIR. II. H. Evans
in a letter which l had Mr.. @. P
Sanders write for me, but have never
received response from Mr.. Evans. "
A letter was read from Mr. Morris
to Chairman II. II. Evans OF the State
board, protesting against his removal
without cause. He asked Mr.. Evans
to have his removal investigated and
for fair play. To this letter he stated
he received no reply. There was moth
Ing special In tire letter, except re-
quest for fair play.
TIE NEWSPAPER FUND.
Mr.. Lyon continuing an lavit: IRE
Gently petition was put In clrcula.
tion here for the purpose Of having ar
election on tle dispensary for this
county. When the petition for election
was circulated j. w. Harmon dispen.
ser, came to me and said that The
Evening Journal would take up oul
fight for $500 and that my part Of this
would be $25. l gave Mr.. Hammond
a check on the Merchants and Farm
ers bank for $25. Before sub cribinp
this [ saw q. o. Smith and w. N.
Avant about 1T, and they said it would
be all right to give 1T. These men
were members Of the county board.
Afterwards Smith came to me and
said to keep quiet, that Dunwoody y
would give $50 for this purpose, an6
that Joe IIouseman had collected from
representatives Of whiskey houses ir
Columbia about $285, after House
mans expenses had been taken out
and that he, Smith, had received ;
check from Fleischman for 825."
q. Did Q. 0. Smith represen
Flcischman q Go. as selling agents a
that time? ?"
A. II thing Mr.. Smith represent
cd them at that time; won't be pos
itive. Probably Mr.. McGordy coulC
tell you all about that, because h
seemed to act as Mr.. Smiths privat
Secr retary at that time"
Mr.. Lyon continuing andavit: {"
saw this check. 1t was PAYABLE to @
0 Smith. He said this check was t.
go to Dispenser McGordy, part of tn
money ID be paid to The Journal.n
Witness: "As for Mr.. Hcury, neve
saw him In my life as know Of, ar
whether 1T was to 90 direct to him O
not, l don't know. paid 1t tc .G1l
Harmon, told him $25 WIS all
would give and after Mr. Harmon tol
me that S25 wo!y % enough Huse
ID man ADD 3u.DlinR, beer dispensers
! came down and said Mr.. Henry sal
+ we had better give more"
, q What was the object In giyln
' The Journal this money?"
!. THEY ALL CAME ACROSS.
4 a. They said all the rest OF ther
" were giving them money to fight TIN
y prohibition movement and wanted 10
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