The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-01

stated to the board, which ia printed
above, Major Black said that he had
/ never heard anything about the allie.
,atitn that he said Evans had at
tempted to brlbe q representative from
| Collector. He said he was incensed AT
Mr.. Lyon because 1t appeared to him
| Mr.. Lyon was attempting to hound
| nim down and blacken hts personal
| character, because be had refused to
allow NJ. Lyon to run tho State dis
pensary to suit himself. When he
went to the d%ispensary he found the
institution q half million dollars In
lebt for whiskey for which it had no
use. He had wiped cut q large
amount Of this debt by forcing a mum
Der of houses to take back thler un
salable whiskey and had done this
against the protest OF Lyon and Chris
tensen, which they telegraphed from
the West. They wanted the whiskey
kept TO suit thier COL violence. They al.
80 had been unable 10 force him to buy
1t a loss to the State, from firms they
favored He had blocked their little
game to force the board to GUY from
their henchmen and let them usurp
the powers the Legislature had given
to the State board.
When they found 1t impossible to
get anythil & against his Lfl Sial rec.
,rd, to crafty their spite, they en-,
lea vored to blacken his personal char
.cter. He had a copy Of the taking
If testimony In Cincinnati. In which
this attempt was made and In whicn
they attempted to blacken Supreme
Court Justices and Circuit Judges
Of this State by asking IL they had
received presents OF whiskey or other
things from g. house he had moe rep
resented In a CT rical way. Maj r
Black said he had always tried to live
a clean life and his i'll Jial record as
sheri II, mayor and In other capacities
would show he had never done any
5hiug dishonest In his life. His char
acter was his proudest possession and
che best thing he could hand down to
his children was a clean name. He had
no intention Of permitting anybody to
olacken 1t TO graf II their personal
spite.
Major Black said the letter referred
TO was from his brother, FL. w. Black
Jr., Of WATERFORD, in which he said:
Il am told Friday morning that Lyon,
Of the investig atinR committee, was
here Saturday last. From what | can
learn he is trying to find out some
thing about a conversation Walker
had with his wife ever the long dis
lance phone the night Of your cleo
lion" That conversation was a per
fectly private conversation between a
man and his wife, In which the for
elected, as he was his friend and hao
nelped him and would help him with
MIA personal influence in case he ran for
solicitor. Major Black said this was a
purely personal and private converse
tiOn, In which he had no part and
when he heard that Lyon was In
curing into such matters 1t confirm
cd his belief that Lyon was willing To
20 any length to try and find some
mud to put on his personal character
Nj II Black says he was perfectly
willing for fullest Investigation Of his
record as a public servant, but would
never submit to an attempt to
besmirch his private character. AS a
member tf the State board he had not
cried TO please Lyon, but to do wha,
was right, and Chairman Hay and
Governor Hayward could both testify
chat he had consulted them aud was
earnest Ia his eDdeavor to know and
30 the right thing. Mr.. Mobley, the
clerk. had been sent TO see Chairman
BAY about ONE OF tine problems Of
the State board, and his advice had
been taken.
Major Black said the board was
willing to do anything for the invest.
igating committee as q whole, but
Jhey were eli cted to run the State
aispensary and we're not going to turn
,ver the running Of the institution so
either the whole Investigating CON
mittee or a part of it.. Finally, Major
b ack said: When my personal
cnaro c er liz asaailed | am willing TO
iie by IL. | would rather 80 home to
my family dad than go homo alive,
nut robbed Of my character"
Tried to Esosp.
A dispa Gu from Greensboro, N. O.,
says j ohm b. Mcmillan, 25 years old,
who wac convicted In that city for
forgery and sentenced TO two years
imprisonment on the county roads
was shot to death near there early
Thursday morning, while making q
sensational daeh for liberty MCMILLAN
with four other c)nvicts got away
from the guards, who opened fire
upon them killing Jesse Thomas, a
ncgro, Instantly, and mortally wound
ing MI Millan. Tne latter was taken
20 the hospital at High Point, where
he died several hours later. Before
his death he admitted that his right
name was not Nj MILAN but Brent A
Morey, the son OF g. irJminent citizer
OF Lexington, Ky.
Co p , Is tor pnIow.
At Jackson, Ky, Bal G:'m1, a
negro, shot Dr.. Strong, another negro
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