The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-16
THEY GOT PAID.
Some Damaging Evidence Against
Certain Dispeusary Officials
WAS BROUGHT OUT.

WAS BROUGHT OUT.
A Former Beer Dispenser at Spartan5ur'
Gives Some Rich and Racy Testi'
mopy Before the Commission
as to How Money Was
Raised for Graft.
On the witness stand in the court
house at Spartsnturg on TUESDAY o.
last week John Henry Morris, former
" beer dispenser, testified that ne hac
lost his lob as beer dispenser because
be com mplaiaed Of the miserable quail
ty o: beer sold by the Atlanta Brew
ing company and because he had re-
fused to pay to c. o. Smith, chairman
of county board, the amount that
Smith demanded. Witness swore fur.
ther that in making final settlement
with Atlanta Brewing company that
concsrn was represented BY Cole L
Blease, who had said, You boys
could have kept from telling so much. y
Referring to the atidavits which
witnesses had given Messrs. Christen.
sen and Lyon, Morris also testiheo
that e. q. Evans had asked him to
'schip i'm $500 to the election OF leg.
islstors in Spartanburg county, prom
ssing to refund it. Witness had never
been reimbursed although he had
spent money on advics q: Jess Mahaff-
ey. former member Q, L g;Slature, who
had told Morris that Evans was COCO
for the amount, as curing the session
OF the legislature Maaafey had mao
500 bills stuffed into his pockets by
Evans during the campaign incident
to Evans reelection. Witness declln-
ed to testify further, as Mabafey was
not present and he wanted to say 1t TO
Mahafey'S face.
Witness also swore that G. 0. Smith,
the former chairman OF the county
board. had told him that he must sell
Atlanta beer or none at all when MOI
ris complained that the beer was stale
and the customers were quitting him.
He testified that he had seen Smith
drunk on several occasions and that
once be saw Smith try to cut e man
with a meat knife. Morris was the
only witness examined, as the hearing
did rot commence until after 5 O'Clock.
sLEAsE's NAME BROUGHT IN.
Senator Hay snd MI. Fraser having
been delayed, Mr.. Lyon stated that
he and Mr.. Christensen, being mem
bers of the SUBJ committee, would not
sit as members Of the commission but
as prosecuting attorneys. be begun
by reading letter from c. &. Henry
and bis reply to that letter. Henry
had asked for permission to reply 70
statements in an affidavit Of which he
had heard. Mr.. Lyon had replied that
Henry would be given free and fuls
hearing. This was approved by the
committee and Henry may appear II
he choses to do so.
On account of the delay, there were
not many people in the court house
but the testimony OF Morris made
cutie s stir. Senator Blease, who was
author OF the resolution looking tc the
dispensary Investigation, was referred
to very pointedly BY the witness out
did not Cross examine hin.
There we're several present who are
interested in the local fight to vote
out the dispensary and they seem to
think that the testimony today Will
have it's weight in that ISSUE, tor the
witness is said to be a reliable man
BE testified that he is a butcher and
has an interest il a grocery store. he
was q willing witness and did not hes
state to declare him-elf. He nad been
elected beer dispenser IN April, 1904,
and was not reelec5ed at the end Of
the year. He had spent $50 to get the
Job, including the attorneys fee. Il
had cost him between 500 and $500
to fix up his place.
OBJECTION RAISED.
Morris swore that the original afh
dayit was correct. When Mr.. Lyor
reached that point in the reading
where the name Of c. 0. Smith va:
mentioned, G. P. Sims, a lawyer O
the Spartanburg bar, arose and askee
to be heard. Morris had stated: g
o. Smith, member OF county board
asked me how much expense | has
been put to Ito secure electior) ant
upon my telling him be said that wa
very cheap, that it would cost M
more than that to be elected again.
Mr. Sims here objected That this com
mission, having been created by
concurrent resolution must stay strict
" within the meaning and words o
the resolution. He contended tha
under tie resolution the COMMITTEE
did not nave the right to come T.
Spartanburg and get Mr.. Smith 0
Nj. Henry or any one else up not con
nected With the State diSpensary.
MI. Lyon ard Senator Hay mad
short work OF MI. Sims objection, /
being stated that the commission ha'
discussed the matter aud with bu
one dissenting vote had decided at
meeting in Sumter in March that b
Estate dispensary" is nsant the dis
pensary as run in the State OF Sout
Carolina and that there is no d1Stin(
tion so far as the law is concerned be
tween county and State dispersaries.
MI. Lyon tried to fad out from MI
Sims how m any clients he represente
in this matter. Mr.. Sims continued
object to the testimony, tut the caal
man, Senator Hay, declared that tn
4, yostipati ticr Is pO5 trial and that