The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-02-09
NEWBERRY AFFAIRS
WERE NOT DISCUSSED
COMMITTEE OVERRULED LYON
AND CHRISTENSEN.
Sub b-Committee Submitted but lndi-
Gated That It Will Not Stop
it's Work.


The dispensary investigating COM
mittee on Wednesday overruled the
motion OF the sub committee which
had been examining into the financial
standing of members Of the state
board of directors says the Columbia
State. Messrs. Christensen and Lyon
announced that they were ready to
proceed along this line, but the COM
mittee as whole overruled them.
It was rather tense situation. The
air was charged with electricity and
a thunder cloud might have appeared
at ANY moment. Mr.. II. H. Evans,
the chairman Of the board, had an
announced to his friends that he was
willing to be investigated, that he
would 90 on the stand at any time,
but he protested firmly against the
committee going into what he consld-
cred to be his private affairs. Evl-
deutly the majority of the committee
felt the same way about @lt, and
Senator J. T. Hay, the chairman,
made the announcement.
However. as the line Of demarcatlon
between private and public matters IS
not so easily distinguished, Mr.. Lyon
announced that the subcommittee
would be unwilling for the Newberry
witnesses to be excused Wednesday
afternoon.
i. Mr.. O. L. Schumpert, one of the at
torneys in the case. asked for one Of
the witnesses in the case to be ex-
cused. MI. Lyon moved that the wit
ness be excused if he would make
affidavit that he was called home by
necessity. This was done.
The supreme court room was crowd:
ed. There was quite crowd OF wit
nesses from Newberry and it was eX-
pected that there would be some live
IL talk. But the committee, the en-
tire committee. deliberated for some
10 minutes or longer, and then the
announcement was made. Messrs.
Christensen and Lyon appeared to
take the ruling of the committee
without protest, although their de-
clining to excuse the Newbery wit
nesses indicated that there might be
some plan of theirs yet to be un-
folded. The subsequent proceed
ings Of the investigation were along
the line of the ''labels' transaction.
Following is a stenographic' tran
script OF what transpired when the
committee was publicly convened:
Mr.. Lvon-Mr. Chairman, in the
course OF our inquiries as your sub
committee we have been endeavorlng
to find out the amount Of property
owned by the various members OF the
board Of dispensary directors. We
have witnesses here to go into that
matter and to show to this committee
Just what we have discovered along
that line, and we would ask the COM
mittee to give us all Indication as to
it's pleasure in regard to this matter.
The witnesses are here and we are
ready to submit their testimony. =
Mr.. Bellinger-Mr. Chairman, we
understood that the label question was
up and that the testimony would be
introduced: on that question. We-have
"a good many witnesses from a great
distance. and we simply want TO put
~onr*desire before you. >.
Chairman Haydn the transactions
that this committee has had from time
to time of the matters they have had
in charge certain Investigations were
directed to be made by Mr. Lyon and
Mr.: Christensen, constituting sub
committee. The committee requested
them to make Investigations along
certain lines. Those Investigations
have been made and the witnesses
have been summoned who, these gen.
tlemen, think, would establish the
matters to which this investigation