The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-08

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In anything that 1 was the head of I
would be the only n that knew It.
Q. You cannot remember any of
those Joke?
A. No, sir.
O.. Now, Mr.. Cailds, this ia a vary
Important matter that I an q ,est.on
NC you about.
A.. Yes, I think 1t ia. II I knew
tnything that would assist you I'm the
natter l would be glad to give It to
7Ou.
O.. Especially this matter Of the
Carolina Glass company. L wish to
understand the matter fully and free.
ly, and Ii | understand you, you know
nothing about any stock being held In
trust for anybody elsC?
A. No.
Q. That you have mover been a
party to any such?
A. No, sir.
@. That you have not transferred
any stock for any one2
A. Yes.
.. You deny that Without any
mental reservation?
A. Yes.
y. Ihat you have stated everything
FULLY and freely Without any reserya
ti0nP
A. Yes.
. Now, did Mr.. Lanahan ever dis
$ With you the matter OF graf and
rebates and so onp
A. No, sir.
q. He never mado any statement
to you In reference to matters of that
klndP
A. J, sir.
Q, Mr.. Ohilds, how many miles are
you president Of in South Carolina?
A. Seventy.ave.
Q. Seventy tvcp
A. Yes, sir.
Q How many miles of railroad has
the Southern In the state OF South
Car, lima?
a. On, | have no idea.
y. wen, sir, you have q rough idea?
a. l think five or six or seven hun.
dred. l have never figured it out. or
course l could d, it.
. low many has the Atlantic Coast
Lin,?.
A., oh, l should think three or four
Ivy OC hOIS.
y we'll, sir; what about the Sea
board?
A, Well, the Seab2a rd has about
three hundred or four hundred; about
three hundred and fifty miles | would
say.
q Now, Mr.. Childs, you keep up,
presume, with the freights that pass
over these llDeS, you have a genetal
knowledge on that subject of the
freiRhts that come into the state OF
South Carolina?
a. L have a general Knowledge Of
what comes In on my road. l do not
know alb ut anybody else.
q What percentage Of the dispen.
say Guinness do you handle?
a. | haven't the slightest idea.
9. Have you any id,a abouh what
your .nad handles at al ?
a. No, that would ba a matter for
the auditing de apartment. H, G uld
lgure 1T up for you without any trou.
BILE
., 1t Is not a matter Of belief that
y ur o handles the larger part of
81 Q freight that comes into the dis
p nsar}?
A [ think we ought to.
y You think you ought to-
A. Yes.
@ Why?
a Because we are the only TIL
mantle 70 I'd n 6hs e. WI, and f. i, 81
Ttllmanite institu lion, and whom the
dispensary was started every road
ooyc 1ttcd 1t. When the Darlington
riot came the other roads cut it. I
vent right up to Governor T!llman
n stood right by the administration
n the Z. N. and l.. stood right up
10 IT and Senator Tiilman and myself
are personal friends, and we have been
getting a big part and ought to have
d hig part.
y Are you sure you are acc lrate In
6nose statements you have made?
A. Yes.
9 Are you positive OF 1t?
a. am. You nev.r he ard OF any
car being shipped ten or twelve miles
out OF town on the @ N. ana l. and
blind tigers unloading the wIskey
from IT..
. Explain the situation.
a.. II you read the papers you you'd
have seen where a man got killed
sending his wife up on that road.
Q Did you see that?
A. | read it in the papers.
q SO that Ia hear.ayP
a.. Yes; but you are making me give
you hear9ay.
Q Wont yon give us hcarsay on
thus" Dkes?
A. NO; that Is too serious; | would
not tell a joke that would eif,ct the
'~harac6cr of somebody else.
q Don't you regard that as serious
this man getting killed?
a. That Is his own fault.
Z Wen, he got shot downP
A. He wasn't shot down; the train
IAN Over lin and killed him. am
pose tho courts will will adjudIc,t c
hat.
Q DJn't you know that the Saa.
road paid those taxes along
the same time that you paid
A Yes and did IL at my,suggestion {
because | was very close along With
hem.
g supposed you said that you paid
ours first?
A They didn't do 1t until | got {
hem to do IL. | wanted them to bring
bat Western whiskey in here.
Z thought you said they protest {
A. The seaboard did protest at first