The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-06-15
OF Graft Made Against Tx.Chair'
man Evans BY a
NEWBERRY WITNESS
lie Says Evans Told Him lie Got Cash
from Whlakey Drrmmers, and that
Evans Saw TowilI and Boykln
Accept Bribe. Other
Testimony.


of Columbia and Of the O., N. and L..
railroad, won . complete victory In
tho contempt case against him befoee
the dispensary Investigating commit'
tee last week. He was unanimously
excused on making apology for swe ar
ing before the committee, and all but
Mr.. Lyon voted to relieve him Of re-
peatinR the rumors ard jokes he said
would upjustly re efl?ct upon dispen-
Rary Officials even In executive session.
Mr.. Lyons suggestion that Mr.
Childs be heard about these jokes iD
executive session SO that the commit
tee could be the Judge OF their relevan
oy was unanimously voted down by the
other members Of the commit tee, who
took the position that he sic uld not
committee that WIS not TO go TO the
public, the legislature having provid-
ed that these earrings should be pub.
lie.
USED A BRlBE.
Mr.. Lyon then put up A. A. Brls.
tow, we'll known travelling man and
member Of the Greenville clothing
firm Of Smith s. Bristow, who testi
fed that 18 months ago be had con.
versation with q whiskey drummer
named Abe Ham berger, Of BAH iD1ore,
In which Hamburger told him that he
had gotten an order for S67 900 worth
of whiskey from the state dispensary,
and had to pay SO 900 to member Of
the board Of control for 1t. Hsmber.
ger would not give the name Of the
dispensary tnl ,ial and did not say
when the order was obtained. Hs
said this was the only order he ever
got from the dispepsary. Han bcr.
ger last August repeated this 8 ate
ment In Baltimore in the presence of
Mr.. BristoW's partner, Jesse r.
smith. Hamburger told them he got
the bride back by dootoripg the whis-
key, which was 80 mean he feared 1t
would be shipped bavk. He said he
sspa,a the bribe In cash, 1T is q pity
Hamberger did not give the name OF
I the member Of the board he bribed.
AHOT TRAIL.
The Dispensary Investigating com
Y.
Mr.. Lewis w. Parker, who manages
one eighth OF the spnoles In 'outh
carolina was put on the stand to tell
OF something which the committee
belle ged that he knew. He declined
10 talk and was arrested on motion OF
Mr.. Lyon. Habeas corpus proceed
ings were Instituted and at special
meeting CT the supreme court thit
afternoon, the witness was placed en-
tirely In the custt dy of the commit
tee.
When III was put up to hin, to talk
or to go to jail he told the hot test evi.
derce that has been put up yet. He
stated that as president OF the O.ym
pia mills of this city he had had con
sultations with S. j. Lanham, OF
baltimore, and thai in four occasions,
Mr.. Lanham bad mplained to hiu
that notwithstanding bis business In.
tere8ts In South Carolina, bis firm hac
received very little tu.iness and be
limited to Mr.. Parker to suggest the
name Of an agent In this state, whc
would be influential with the board
Lsnham had stated that he had
thought that he had had everything
arranged once when ne had secured
the services OF Mr.. L. w. Boykin,
then member OF the beard, bu,
later Mr.. Boykin had told him that
another whiskey house was doing well
by Mr.. Boykin's brotherin-law, Mr.
j. nj. Cantey. Mr.. Lanham had ex.
planned TO II. III. Evans and the latter
had sworn that Mr.. Boykin would
have to stick to his proposition, as
the board had everything & arranged.
Mr.. Lanham had made statemer ts OF
this nature to Mr. Ellison Smith OF
Pelzer and &C. w. Robertson Of Co.
lumbia and they had declined to give
him any advice in the matter Of Sc
curing middle man.
Mr.. Parker stated that on one &C
casion when Mr.. Lanham was com.
planning OF the bad treatmenb which
he had received he declared the board
had secured at least IS 900 at that
meeting The committee declined tC
back Mr.. Lyon up In his Ii qliry as &c
the name OF the man secu cd by Mr.
Lanham, after he had been turned
down by Mr.. Boykin. Mr.. parke,
stated that the salary was S2 900 {
year for this middle man. There wa,
amusing twisting and turning by th.
members Of the committee as Mr.
Lyon pushed the ques1On, for 1t ii
suspected that the party 10 membe
OF the legislature. Mr.. Parker ad
mitted that he is some kind Of ar
officer holder.
Mr.. E. W. Robertson, president O
the National Loan d E,chanp,
Bank and Of q number OF other Co
lumbia enterprises and Interested Al
director In o number OF cotton MIL
throughout the State, coroboratet et
the testimony Of l.. w. Parker ma +,
Samuel D. Lanahan having D.recto
Boykin as his State mi6dlyman, bu
there was q decided difference az +
what Lanahan said about hsvln,
middleman now who Is o State Cnica ;
but not connected with the dlsper
sary, Mr.. Parker said NJ. Lana
hans statement was made in No,
York In the presence OF Mr. r. R)bert
son, but Mr.. Robertson did not re
member this and thought Mr.. Parl
or must have heen mistaken as TO iili
point
STARTLING REVELATIONS.
The most startling rcvclatio tina
have yet characterized the d9pensar
Investigation were 1iao iOpPd ThuYada