The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-02-06

State company nor Walker, Evans &
, Coeswell had submitted bid to the
state board.
Mr.. John J. SeibelS, Of Columbia,
president of the Columbia Glass
Works, however testified that Oh the
invitation Of Mr.. Boykin he had sub
mitted bids to the state board, and
! the prices were about one-fourth the
; price paid for the labels in the Gin
/ cinnati house.
; The Carolina Field.
Mr.. James Henry Rice, Jr.. was one
Of the witnesses on Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Rice was editor Of the Carolina
Field, a newspaper published at
Georgetown, and when he was put on
the stand he was asked directly if any
member of the state board Of direc-
tors had ever taken any stock in the
Carolina Field. Mr.. Rice asserted pos
itively that no member Of the state
board had taken stock in his paper.
A letter signed by Mr.. Rice was pro-
duced, directed to J. S. Farnum, and
dated April 80, 1905, in which Mr..
Rice stated: ''I may tell you that our
friends of the board promised to do
the right thing by you and by me,
and especially the two that we thought
possibly against us. They have sub
scribed rather literally, and if you
will take one thousand dollars Of the
stock the thing is done" Mr.. Rice
maintained, however, that no member
of the state board of directors had at
any time had any stock in his paper.
He. could not recall the circumstances
under which the letter was written,
and said possibly if he had time to
look over his correspondence he might
be able to give the committee the con-
nection.
MIR. Gunter Exonerated.
One Of the features Of the sessions
of last week was the complete exoner-
alton of Attorney General u. <. Gun
ter, yr. The tendency Of some Of the
testimony appeared to be to connect
Mr.. Gunter with dealings in which
money had been paid by people to Sc
cure positions on the constabulary
force. Several of the witnesses testl-
fed that they had paid Capt. William
McGowan, of Spartanburg, money to
get them positions on the force. Mr..
MCGOWAN is law partner Of General
Gunter and hence the connection.
Capt. MCGOWAN took the stand and
stated positively that the money he
had received for this work was SIM
ply as IN attorney. and that General
Gunter had never received one cent Of
it. and knew nothing Of it; that he
would not have dared to approach Cen
e.-al Gunter in connection with the
matter. because General Guntersheld
state office. Capt. MCGOWAN paid
& very pretty tribute to General Gun
ter, saying he was one Of the purest
men he had ever known.
Prices Paid For Liquor.
Testimony has been adduced by the
committee to the effect that the dis
pensal:y has paid more for certain
brands of liquor than these same
brands were bought for elsewhere.
Mr.. T. Trager. Of Cincinnati. who is a
member of the concern which makes
Cream of Kentucky whiskey, was Oh
the witness stand, and said that the
dispensary was charged more for
Cream of Kentucky whiskey than
Paul Heyman, in Augusta, paid, be-
cause the dispensa1y was furnished
better whiskey. The committee pro-
duced the analysis Of the state chem
! ist, of Georgia, which showed the IL
quors practically to be the same, and
Mr.. Trager said that an analysis of
that kind didn't show the favor and
the aroma which came with age, and
that an analysis wouldn't differenti-
ate voune linuor from old LIQUOR. He