The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-09-12
FURTHER REVELATIONS
INTO TIE DISPENSARY
q VOLUME OF TESTIMONY DO
INGS OF DISPENSARY.
The Committee Wanted to Hear
Mayor Rhett But He Was Ao-
sent-Members of State Board
At one Time Had "Opening
Nights says Capt.
Farley.


" between the lines, in the evidence
brought out at the dispensary hearing
here TODAY. It touched in the high
spots, as the small boy woul say
Today concluded the hearing at
Sumter. The committee was exceed
ingly anxious to hear from Mayor
Rhett. of Charleston, and Cnle1
Holmes and Others were here to testl-
" after he had been heard, but no re-
NV had been received from the tele-
gram Chairman Hay sent to Fiat
Rock, N c., where it was understood
Mavor Rhett was at this time. he
will be heard later.
The committee adjourned suo)ect
70 the call of the chairman, and 1t Will
likely be several weeks before the
committee can reassemble
The particular desire is to have an
exo1ession from the supreme court IN
the Farnun case before the commit
tee meets again, so that the commit
tee will know definitely what us
-iohts are Wheuher it mas the right
to inprison for contempt. The mem
hers of the committee think that at
the next hearing, at which severai
oarties have been asked to be hearo''
there may be occasion to ask some
embarrassing questions: and that IN
the. event OF a refusal to reply, 1t IS
hest for all hands to know exactly
what the law is and what rights the
witness and the committee have.
F D. Smith-not he OF cotton
fame but former dispenser at Mays
vi11e-testified that, while Mr.. L. W.
Bovkin was dispensary Inspector ne
represented and sought business 1or
Ullman, Boykin & Co., the Acme
Rrewing company and Garrett & Co.,
u, ~ whom sold to the dispensary.
A Most Amazing Statement
-, Mr. Smith was that Mr.: Boykln
told him that he ought to buy hoeral-
" Of Acme beer because the Acme
Brewing company OF Macon, expected
- or+ no $1,000 in the interest OF the
e1ac1;on Of Mr.. Leon J. Williams, then
member OF the state board, and pros
nective candidate for governor. MI
5Nindham. of the Sumter dlspensary'
said unequivocally that Mr.. BoySln
made him no such overtures ana lld'
while he did talk to him about the
Acme heer he certainly said morning
about this company putting up 5000
for Mr. Williams's election. he went
on further to say that while Nj. Boy
kin represented liquor firms 1t was
not while he was an inspector nor ulu
he have any connection with rhe o''-
pcnsary. IT, .;+
Mr.. J. B. Blanding was on the W.T.
ness stand for moment or t"o' l1e
told Of an agent who came here try
mo to place Wideman's beer, OF New
port, Ky. and he told Mr.. b!ano,nS
tba+ he could not get his beer into MS
s+s+e although it was wanted, be
.,,,sa +he state> board .
Wanted Too Much Rake-Ott'
Can't L. E. D. Farley tola tha'
u,,e, Mr. Miles was chairman OF the
s+ate board he made frequent VlSl's
70 Columbia. as newspaper mainland
that he often sold liquor to the BOARD
ae matter of friendship to certain
houses. He gave graphic picture
of what he called the ;'opening nights
that the members of the board OF con-
troll would have for their frlenoS'
From his descriptions it would ap-
near that these *opening nights
would be nothing more than
Drinking Feasts And Debauches'
He said that liquor drummers sup
o1;ed the liquor, and that the mem
hers would have open rooms at the
hotels and invite their friends. At
one OF these frolics he told OF mem
her Of the board being paralyzed
from what he called 'alcohollc pols-
oning.' He declined TO name the