The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-06-13

was some sort of agreement between
members of the board as to- how the
business was to be divided, and that
there was quarrel about Evans's
houses not getting a proper showing.
Witness then proceeded with a
highly entertaing tale to the effect
that Evans and Bridge Wilson laid a
trap for Directors Boykin and Towill
to have them bought off by Evans's
"friends'' at room in the Columbia
hotel. Evans and Wilson witnessing
the bribery by standing on a table
and peeping over the transom.
After that Evans said he got a better
showing:
Secretary Wicker, of the Farmers
Oil mill at Newberry, of which Evans
is president, testified that Evans had
negotiated loan of $4,000 for the
mill at per cent from A. & N. M.
Block, the whiskey men interested in
the Richland distellery and the Brew
ing Company, of Macon, Ga. The
mill Capitalized at $40, 900 stood for
the loan. Interest on the loan is
being regularly paid.
Mr.. Lyon read an affidavit from an
insurance man named Norcum, of
Marietta, Ca, in which Norcum, de-
tailed a conversation he had with
members of the Johnson-C Chamber
lain-DuBose Furniture Co., of Atlanta,
who said Bluthenthal & Bickert, of
Atlanta, and Evans had together
bought the suit of furniture shipped
to Newberry to Evans. The furni
ture people said the deal was a pri-
vate one and would not show him the
bill, but they intimated that the
whiskey concern paid all but $500 of
the bill. The car was valued at
$1,000, the orders being shipped to-
gether.
Answering other questions, Mr..
Davis said several years ago whis-
key man named Jonah Loeb COM
planned that the dispensary graft was
more than he could stand for and he
was going to withdraw from the
state. Loeb said he had on one ccca-
sion paid Evans 81 case for an order
of 800 or 5000, cases, witness could
not remember VIII ether thousand or
hundred.
Mr.. Davis saw car of fine furniture
come to Newberry to Evans, who
said it was presented to him by Blu
thenthal & Bickert, of Atlanta.
Evans never told witness he had on
one occasion dropped S1oO, in cotton
speculation and had cotton enough.
Witness also denied Evans told him
he told of cotton speculation as
blind.
Mr.. Davis had heard of Evans being
interested in the Kinard plantation in
Newbe.ry county, but denied Evans
told him he bought it with dispensary
graft.
Mr.. ". A. Clark, president of the
Carolina National bank of this city
for the last Is years, yesterday stated
before the dispensary investigation
committee that he had heard frequent
complaints made by members of the
firm CT William Lanahan & Son of
Baltimore to the effect that the dis
pensary was not giving out its pur-
chases properly. 1 have heard Mr..
Samuel J. Lanahan, the senior mem
Der Of the firm, criticise in very severe
terms the methods of dealing. He
frequently complained that he was
not getting as large orders as ne
thought his house was entitled to
measured by the magnitude of his
business and the quality of his goods.
And upon one Or more occasions
stated as a reason that the Parties
who dealt with the dispensary were
required to pay to the board Of con-
troll So per case for cased goods and