The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03

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cents. All the issues, except the dis
pcnsary, would settle themselves, be-
cause all the men who were seeking
election would work for the best in
terest of their county.
The dispensary issues would not
down. He honored on honest prohibi-
ZIONIST, but he was for State dispcn-
sany Straightout. He was no straddlcr.
There were all kinds Of rumors
about II. II. Evans. In the first place
he didn't have time to 90 into all
the details of this matter, and in
the second place he was not ready,
but he would go into details before
the campaign was over. He had been
lied on and slandered and dirty little
newspapers throughout the State had
copied articles with headlines from
the dailies not because they hated
Hub Evans but because they hated
Ben Tillman and the dispensary.
IT he went to the legislature he
would do his best for his people, but
he would do everything honest and
legitimate to save the State dispen-
sary. He would say this, and under
the advice of his attorneys would 90
no further.
"rhe testimony given by c. G..
Davis, before tho investigating COM
mttcc Is the most incarnate lie that
ever bclched from the mouth Of an
! internal Scoundrcl and sIandcrcd. IF
| was what the pares said was-in
slnnated I was, for they never said
Hub Evans was a thief-they are too
! cowardly to come out and say, You
arc thief. Now, 7 dare any one Of
| them to come out and say so. Meet
me square. That is all I ask. Meet me
! square,"
Mr.. Evans, continuing said: If they
have any evidence against II. II.
Evans, Why didn't they produce it7
When B. r. Tillman went before the
people last summer and asked Govern
or ID. c. Hayward to remove the for
mer board of directors of the South
Carolina dispcnsary for mismanage-
ment and corruption, right then and
there j. Fraser Lyon had in his vest
pocket the evidence Of i. w. Parker,
having got it in August. Right then
he had the testimony Of G. G.. Davis,
having got it in the midnight hours
by the dirtiest, low,pimp detectives
that was ever on Gods green earth
a dective from the south end of
Chicago-no detective, but common
policeman. Why didn't he walk up
and say something? What did Gov
ernor Hayward do then? Hc issued
a request to the investigating commit
tee. If you have evidence as to cor
ruption or mismanagemcnt in the
state dispensary. hand it in, and will
remove them. Right then i. Fraser
Lyon had in his pocket Parker's and
Calm Davis $ testimony. Why didn'
he hand it in to the governor He
knew it wasn't so. He didn't be-
lieve it himself. He was holding it
back for campaign thunder, backed
by ncary every newspaper in the
State of South Carolina. He was
after the graftcE- and he had TO get
up publicly before his own committee,
and tell them that he had no evidence
to convict. Yet he stands convicted
today before the public Of receiving
double pay'
Mr.. Evans said he didn't mean to
say the South Carolina dispcnsary was
a Sunday school, but 50 far as his
own knowledge was concerned Of any
Of its members or officers, he didn u
know of any corruption. Anybody
who got up and said that the state
dispensary was corrupt through II. II.
Evans was liar, he said, and he was
here to make good. He had been con-
nected with the dispcnsary for six
years and he seen no corruption.
"Who is Niels Christensen 2" he
asked. "a running mate with dirty
detective and with J. Fraser Lyon.
[ tell to you who he is. IF there are
any old soldiers in this audience who
fought through the war, 7 want you
to hear it. lie is the descendant, n
son, from the Christensen who was
captain Of negro company during
the Confcdcracy. and bore arms
against thn old Confnrnrafo soldinr.