Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-13
STARTLING REVELATIONS
Thursdays Session of South Carolina
Dispensary Investigating Commit
tee Brought Forth Some Sensation
al Incidents Relative to the New
herrv Situation.

berry Situation.
Columbia, Special.-The most Staff
ling revelations that have yet eharac-.
terized the dispensary Investigation
were made when the much-talked OF
Newberry situation was entered upon
for the first time III really aggres-
slve manner. Bribery direct aid. hs-
grant is charged against ex-Directors
Evans, Boykin and Towill.
C. {. Dafis; q Newberrs contrac-
tor who had worked on eNcCllailman
II. III. Evans fine new house in New
berry, i'll cool aud somewhat reluc-
tant manner. told OF Evans admitting
10 him, thai; Til .alldis occasions, he
had been getting presents Of various
kinds and great wads of money from
tue whiskey houses he took care of
IN the dispeuSari' purchasing board.
Evans showed him; OH several occas-
ions, big bunches of greenbacks OF
all sorts of denominations; bills as
high. more than one time, as 81 1000
and several Of these iii each bunch
On one occasion when witness told
Evans a certain door in the house
had better be moved; Evans pointed
Ito bpavet hat sjttilio o,i the floor
full Of greenbacks Of large denomi-
nations, and asked if he did not think
that would move it. Evans never
did call it rebates or graft. but adj
mittet! lie got the cash as we'll as
the presents and said they were in
consideration Of his services OH the
board to these luusea, AHtoljg the
presents was handsome suit Of fur
niture with $500 poker table among
the pieces, which EVANS admitted get
ting as e present from Bluthcnthal &
Bickert, of Atlanta. Witness denied
that Evans told him lie bought the
big Kinard plantation III NewberrY
with dispcl.saiy graft, aud also denied
that Evans said he used poker play
ing as blind, denied that Evans told
him that on one occasion he won
$4,000 in a poker gnnis with souse
whiskey dlulnmers. A wllislley man,
Jonah Loeb, told him that, i'll order
to get showing, he paid Evans So
case on several thousand cases.
4 Direct Case of Bribery.
The most important part Of Davis
Testimony was perhaps that involving
direct case of bribery against Evans
associates on The board, lohn Bell
Towill aid L. ". Boykin. Witness
said Evans told him that Evans was
not getting tue proper showing for.
his friends i'll the purchases and he
and Bridge Wilson; OF the Richland
Distilleiy here, laid a trap in which.
they caught Towill and BoSkin.:
Evans whiskey friends got ToWill'
and 5Boykin in "a shote sro ON here and.
Evans and :, WILSON, ]iialiEs Sd
table il the Railways, i saw the other:
two directors paid the money y5S7;.e, s.:e.
Parkers:: Statements Corroborated.
L. w. Robertson, president Of the
National Loan & Exchange Bank and
of number of other Columbia enter
prises and Interested as lltect6ii iii a
number III cotton mills throughout
the Slate, was on The stand. He cor
rotated the testimony Of l.. w. Par
ker. as TO Samuel J. Lanahan having
Director BoyEin as his State middle.
man, but there was d tiecided differ
ence as 10 What Lanahan said about
having a middleman now who is a
State officer but not connected with
the dispensars. Mr.. Parker said Mr..
Lanahan's statement was made in
New York in the presence Of Mr.
Robertson, but Mr.. Robertson did not
repember this and though Mr.. Parker
milst have been mistaken as to this
l&int. The committee did.not insist
OF Mr.. Parker giving the maine, al.
though the Supreme Court had just
rlled that lie could be compelled to
answer questions.
Evans Says He Bought Newberry Del
{ egation.
Contractor Davis went back on the
stand. He testified that ex-Chairman
Evans told him that the NewbeTy
delegation of his reelection but that
he "hxed" them all, and bought 'em
mighty cheap. Evans said ne bought
Senator Blease by employing him as
his attorney and that lie paid for the
balance and got 'em at bargain prices
DR.. Mcintosh, Of the Newberry Saw
ings Bank, was on the stand but he
had poor memory and Mr. Lyon
did not get much out of him. He
said Evans never did have cent on
deposit in his bank in his own name
and he was not asked as to whose
name he did have deposits nor the
amounts. Mr.. Lyhn reminded DR..
Mcintosh that lie had said Evans told
him he got the horseshoe Diamond era
vat pin he wore from whiskey man,
but the doctor could not remember
having told Mr.. Lyon that. However
if he did tell lin it was SO.
Secretary Wicker of the Farmers
go. at Newberry, Of which Ev-
llsss tcsti6ed that Evans
VII Arfrrs'sss!sI slsszs.s $50 900 for
ans is presidef4ss Raesasnd
had negotiated a loaIi 9R -
u IL Tue mill at five per cent. from a. S