The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-17
Made Against Farnum in Connec.
ton With Certain Letter,
WEIGH Is PRINTED
Below. And Which Involves High Dispen.
sary Officials, the R.ch!and Dl.,ill. :
cry and Prominent MeH ID
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tain Newspaper.
The Columbia State says quite
sensation was created Wednesday
morning when Senator Niels Chris.
tensen OF Beaufort, member OF. the
tispensarY Investigating committee,
submitted an aG lavit in which he
preferred serious charge against J.
5. Farnun. It will be recalled that
when Senator Christensen read the
communication few days ago he re-
marked that it vas somewhat like an
expurgatsd edition. he observed the
ABSENCE OF documents to which he had
called attention in bis fl iaYit last
summer.
Wednesday through Senator Hay
and Mr.. J. Fraser Lyon, the following
fl saVit vas eff sred to the supreme
court: =; -
TIE State OF South Carolina, County
OF, Charleston-In the supreme
court. The State ex rel. ]. T. Hay
ct al, petitioners, plaintiffs, against
J. S. F .rnum, respondent, dsfen-
dant. Mandamus. -
Seu5h Carolina, Ricaland County.
Before me personally appeared n Ellis
Christensen, Jr.. wHo being dulv sworn
says: Tnat the letters delivered by the
court to the petitioners ara not all OF
the letters contained In dispensary
No. IL in the city Of Charleston and
20 wHich petitioners consider them
selves entitled under the proceedings
herein. -
That the deponent saw In the Gus. Z
today Of the said J., S. Farnum in
said dispeasary No. ~, a letter Of
woi,h the Glowing is copy:
Richland D:ssillery Company,
Macon, Ca, April %, 1905.
M. J. S Farnun, Columb biz, S. C.
Dear Sir: In reference to letter Of
Introduction forwarded to NE from
Seibles, beg tc state that On the ad-
vics OF ssveral OF my friends I was
persuaded to take $500 worth of st. cz
in this paper edited by James Henry
Rice, Jr., Mr.. Se!oles also agreed to
take a similar amount. tt vas under
stood that Evans, Ta5un, Towiil, and
Boykin were also to take stock in this
paper and several other parties who
felt an Interest in the welfare OF the
dtspenssry. For this reason I c)nsent-
ed to take the stock as stated above.
Besides believe that Mr.. R'c.i is a
power in South Carolina and can bs
Of much help to us and also to the.
.dispensary.
Trusting that I have explained the
matter thoroughly to you, and tina it
meets with your approval.
Yours truly,
The R.chland Distillery Company,
n. NJ. Biaak,
President.
P. S.-Beg to inclose you the letter.
Selbles taken this amount out Of stock
and paid for 1t.
N. M. B.
That dep1nent is OF the opinion
that said Letter is pertinent to the
matters to be Investigated by the COM
mittee. Ne;ls Christensen, il.
Sworn to before me this 9Th day OF
January, 1906 B. A. Morgan,
Notary Public, South Carolina.
This is indeed a grave charge and
it may mean imprisonment for Far.
nun. A great many people Wednes-
day expected that it weuid mean i'm.
mediate 1ro-:b!e FOR the accused. The
court "Wednesday afternoon In tie
consulting room deli5erated ovsf the
mater and passed the following order:
ION rss6ing tie at1dayIt herein OF
Neils CnriStsu-co, Jr., dated the 9th
NJ January, 1906;
"On nation o; J:,T. Eay and j. F.
Lyon, attorneys for petitioners:
III is further ord,red, 5hst:said ;.
S. Flrnum do show cause before tais
court at Columbia, S. c., at 10 O'clock
q. q. On the l5ih day OF January,
1905, why be should no1 b. attached
for contempt OF this court for failure
to aeliVer tbs letter described In the
affidavit OF Neils Christensen. Jr., as
required by previous orders herein.
1t Is further ordered, that q copy
OF thjs order and also OF said aft }aTit :
OF Neils Christensen, Jr., be served on
said J. S. F4rnuu.' z
"Y. J. Pope,
Chief Justics.
January 10, 1906"