The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-16

asked the reason OF the increase, a.
Mr.. Harmon had just said that $780,
was the price. They said that Henr.
| had gone up, that he had said s30(
was not enough, as he would lose sub
scribers to his paper and his influence
as he had been Il yhting IN the othe'
side" Witness said that was wha'
they told him.
Mr.. Lyon continuing affidavit
''Huseman and Reibling told me my
part would be $50, but l declined tx
give this much. Mr.. Harmon came
back and said s25 was enough for nee
to pay. That they would try and get
talance from whiskey houses.
Representing the combined dis
psrsaries here and as secretary for G.
o. Smith, as. P. McGorty, dispenser.
wrote letters to whiskey houses fol
Saith to get contributions to pay Toe
Journal. I saw McGorty writing
some OF the letters at Smiths dlcta'
tion. The letters referred to the
movement to abolish the d!spensary,
and asked for aid to resist it. I rec
ollect that the Richland Distilling
company was mentioned as subscrib,
ing one Of the largest amounts to this
fund. I think 3 Imam was anoShsr,
and Mallsrd's DiStilling company and
). W. Kelly & Co."
Witness: II really saw the list but
I forgot the names That is the part
OF them. It was shown to me in Nc
Gosty's wiskey dispensary. Smith
and McGorty went over it and SAID
Joe went over it. I don't know how
much the amounts were"
Lyon continuing affidavit: &C. O..
Smith said Hub Evans would also
contribute"
Witness: II believe be said he had
already contributed. -
Mr.. Lyon continuing affidavit: I
have seen c. o. Smith druak on the
street and in my place several times.
One time I saw him try to cut Harry
Thompson with my meat knife while
he was drunk, but / took the knife
from him. Smith Is notoriously
disorderly person and gets drunk fre-
quently."
Witness: Mr.. Huseman saw him
too when be had the knife after Har-
~ Thompson"
REFUSED TO PAY.
Mr.. Lyon continuing affidavit: Rs
ferring again to my reelection as dis
penser, c. o. Smith told me that [
must put up bonus OF $3.50 cash, be-
sides what be could get from the
brewery, which he said would be 5000,
making $3.50, the same amount paid
by Thacksson and Reibling each for
their privileges"
Witness: The same man who sold
stale beer to me-"
Mr.. Lyon continuing affidavit: He
then said to arrange the matter with
Dunwoo6y; to let him charge 81 extra
on each barrel Of beer and pay it over
to him &C. o. SMITH as the beer was
ordered I refused to do this"
Q. 'Are these statements coreect?'
A. Yes, sir, correct"
Mr.. Lyon then read number OF
letters from Dunwoody to I. c. Black
wood, Morris and others. The first
letter was to Mr.. Blackwood in March
OF last year In reference to the estab.
lishment Of the beer dispensary for
which Morris was afterwards elected
dispenser. Dunwcody told that he
would assist Morris to get the job If
the latter would use Dunwoody IS beer.
Mr.. Blackwood is q former member OF
the legislature and appeared as one OF
G. o. Smiths attorneys.
At the conclusion OF the reading OF
these letters, Nj. Lyon resd to the
witness an affidavit given several
weeks after the first one. What hap
pened between the time Of the giving
OF the two afidavits related to the
matter between Morris and Senator
Biease, the author OF the resolution
causing the investigation and mem
DER Of the commission. The following
are extracts from that affidavit.
@. "Mr. Morris, since Mr.. Chris.
teDsen and myself were here the last
time, were you consulted about the
dispensary situation by Senator Blease
OF Newberry?"
A. "Yes, sir. He came to see me
about settlement between the At
lanta Brewing company and myself. "
O Who did Senator BleaSe rep
resent?'
A. II thought the Atlanta Brew
ing company, from the way be talked.
He did not say who be represented,
but from the start took it that he
represented the Atlanta Brewing 60.
or Dunwoody."
G.. Did he have bill?'
A. no, ne did not have a bill, /
had the bill and he asked me for it,
Mr.. BLEAsE COMES IN.
The witness then stated in the afi
davit that he gave his bill to B!esse,
who carried it ever to the Argyle no
tel to get Dunwbody to receipt it.
Morris declined to accept the settle.
ment when Blease came back
with the receipted bill until ne could
see his attorney, Stanyarne Wilson.
Accordingly in the presence OF Mr..
Wilson and Mr.. Howard Carlisle,
B!eaSe rendered SIS to Morris in pay.
ment Of the bill for sl3 35. The rur
pose O: this testimony was to SHOW
that Senator B:ease a month after
having heen appointed on the investi.
gatin commission had acted for Dun
woody. The receipt, in Bleae'S hand
writing, was placed in evidence as
was q note which Blease wrote wher
Morris had complained Of having beer
forced to contribute s25 to the Spar
tanburg newspaper fund and that Mr.
B!eaee offered to try AID get hi;
money returned, OF to go and get i
himself, and that he voluntarily wrote
an order and suggested that Mr.. Nor
ris send it to Mr.. Harmon. The FOL
lowing is a copy Of ordsr signed o,