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

the lie was passed to and from the
wl:res stand
During the morning session Mr..
Morris told Mr.. Smith that he was a
liar with reference TO a certain state
ment that Mr.. Smith had made about
MorEis's relations with a woman
Turning on Morris. Mr.. Smith in
sisted that Morris was doing the ly-
ing and that if he did not like what
he was saying that he would see him
outside and settle it. and he seemed
anxious to ger busy without further
delay.
At the afternoon session, Mr.. Ship
pey told Mr.. Ferguson that he was
an Infamous liar, if he denied telling
him he had placed complimentary
case goods on his shelves and sold it.
During dinner recess Mr.. Landrum.
the present chairman Of the board Of
control. and Mr.. Jesse Mahaffey. who
does not mind boasting of his drink
ing capacity, came near having a
hitch. but fortuna; ;ely the day passed
without any encounter, although there
seemed 20 be consid cradle prepara
ton for such thing.
One OF the most interest witnesses
of the whole day. and in fact. Of the
whole session, was Mr.. B. G. Lam
drum, who has recently been elected
chairman OF the county board of con-
troll.
He was on the stand for just about
ii. ~~, minutes before dinner recess
and in that time he said he thought
that his commission had been deliber-
ately held up after his appointment,
SO that certain deals could be made in
connection with the Morris-B Bishop
dispensary and that he had been alb
solutely ignored in dispensary af-
fairs. That he had written to Chair
man Evans upon important dispen-
sary matters. and had never received
a reply from him, that ne had never
been supplied with a statement of the
goods shipped to the county dispen-
sary as has been the custom, and
what is necessary to secure perfect
check on the local dispenSaries and
he thought the county boards hum
bug anyway.
Avant's Admissions.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Avant.
who is a member of the present board
of control, stated that Mr.. Landrum
had made proposition for a division
OF the dispensaries in Spartanburg,
and that each of the three members
elected his own friend TO each OF the
d:zpensarieS as may be assigned to
him.
This proposition. he said, Ihe reject
ed. Mr.. .Avant admitted that he had
done wrong in signing certificates and
settlement blanks. but said that he
thought that it was all right as it
seemed to have been the custom 70
do so.
Promised Money.
Mr.. Perry Wall. who is former
member Of the board, and refused to
appear before the committee is here.
This is where the committee hould
have exercised its authority and fore
ed Mr.. Wall to attend, but fortunate-
ly the committee had all affidavit
signed by Messrs. Lyon and Chris
tensen. in which Mr.. Wall stated that
Mr.. Smitr had offered him $500 if he
would vote for Thackston. He stated
that about dispensary elections times
he had money offered to him and in
tinations made that if he would vote
for certain people he could get money.
and that upon one occasion Mr.: Nc
Abee offered him SI5o to vote for GER
tain candidate. He stated that he had
never received any money from any
one on account OF any election con-
nected with The diSpensary
Mr.. Gill Barnett. another obdurate
witness refused to appear before the