The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-11
NO. Al.
he DENIES |
Lanahan Says He Did Not Tell
What Was Quoted on
THE WITNESS STAND

By Parker and Robertson in the Dispen.
sary Investigation About His Buy.
ing Boykin. Says 8 Those
Gentlemen misunderstood
What III. Said.
Mr.. Wn. 81. Lyles, Appointment
lawyer OF Columbia, appeared before
the dispensary Investigating eommitr
tee while it was in session last week
and made the following statement:
Gust as I came in on the train, .
paper was handed me by William
Lsnahan with the request that J
make the statement to the committee
that they would be glad to have any
OF their matters investigated shortly.
That they had expected same to be
Investigated, but the subcommittee
while in Baltimore had not called
upon them and they would be glad to
make any showing that was wanted. !"
| Mr. Lyon made the following Ak.
PLANTATION why Lanahan s. Sons were
not investigated:
L would like to explain why the
subc omnittee did not call on sLana:
han & Sons. The list of creditors
that we had that had been furnished
Senator Christensen at Colunbia had
Lanahan s. Sons down for 5000. !
knew thai $500 vas no inducsmert to
Lanahan, and 1t was reported to :us
chat ne said he would prefer to lose
that than submit to an investigation.
We have heard since that uime that
ais claims were somewhere between
$40, 900 and sl2, 000-that the stste-
meat furnished Us was not correct. I
selephoned Mr.. Tatum this morning:
20 send it up, and I presume he Will
send it up some time this evening""
MI. B. H. Ws.ch, another lawyer,
who was present, arose and made the
iOuOWluS StaGouout:
T wish to introduce the affidavit
Of Mr.. Hanahan in the matter Of the,
testimony CT Lewis W. Parker and e.
w. Robertson. wish to Introduce 1T
as a part Of tina record. I cannot pro-
duce Mr. Lshahan and this is the
| best can do. Affidavits have bean
accepted under similar circumstances
oefore and l 60 not ssa how 1t can be
refused
II will be remembered that MI.
Parker testified to Mr.. Lanahan's en-
tire dissatisfaction with conditions. at
the STATE 6lspensary, as Laaaaan had 5
thousands OF do lars invested In South
Carolina. This was corroboraIea by
Mr.. E. W. Robertson, and Mr. Wa.
CLARK testified to other conversations
Of like Eature which he had had
with Mr.. Lanahan.
Mr.. Parker went more into dstaiis
and aesIi1ed shat Mr.. Lanahan wish
Ing to rensdy the situation had en-
pIoyed Mr.. L. W. Boykin to repre-.
sent him on the board, OF at least 1T
vas testified that Mr.. Lanahan had
so stated. Furthermore be had be-
come dissatisfied with Mr.. Boykin's
services aud had employed another
agent whose name has never been
made public.
Now, in reply to this testimony,
MI. Wslcn, representing Mr.. L. W.
Boykin, presented the following
afa1avir from Nj. Lanahan:
State Of Maryland, County Of Rich.
land.
Personally came before me S. J.
Lanahan who, upon oath, deposes and
says that with reference to lhe testi-
nony OF Mr.. Lewis W. Parker before
che dispensary Investigating commit.
tee at Colum oia, S. c., on tne 6ah day
Of June, 1906, be makes the following
statements:
Mr. L. W. Boykin was employedby
the firm Of William Lanahan &tSon
as a salesman, but tnis was months
prior to his election as 8 msmoer ct
the board OF directors Of the State
dspensary; that Mr.. Boykin had
severed bis connection with said firm
IS said salesman and otherwise about
yea1 before his Said election. While
Mr. Bo5kln was il our employ as ssid
salesman he was paid a salary, OF
course, but this sslary ceased the mo-
menu he severed his connection with
the firm as salesman. Hs has never
been In our employ since nor have l
or any member OF our firm paid nm
| one dollar or oGherw1s since ne sever
ed his connection as above stated WITH
our business. I never told MI. Pafk-
er anything Different from this. from
what Mr. Parker has testified to oe-
fore the committee he has evidently
ei5ner entirely misunderstood Wnat !
aaye said and meant OF. mis- recollse.
lion OF Whist was said Is absolutely
erroneous. never meant by any.
uning unat was said to convey the Inn
-ression that while Mr.. Boykn was .
menbsr OF the board he represented
ma CT my firm or that we were paying
MIN one cent. Samuel J. LanahaH
Eat Candles.
A dispatch from London says after
being imprisoned six days in a flooded
csrsdoc7ale Of the Wales Colliery, two
n;ne1s Of the six originally imprtson.
&c were rescued alive Wednesday
morning and three bodies we're
Drought out by tine rescue party. Two
men rescued we're discovered in the
old workings, having subststed for a
week On few candles. Oae OF them
was able to walk and the other was
deliricus during the last part OF bis
imprisonment.
Says Wife Killed Him.
A dispatch from Charleston, W.
i Va, says William Jarvis, IS years
old, a prominent farmer was shot and
killed at his home on Cooper's Greek
WaGres5sV NIGHT. There were no