The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-03-23

AS TO THE LIQUOR DEAL

Hub Evans Says Correspondence Re.
fers to Attorney and Says Eugene
DIease Eas Letters and il Willing
to Verify Statements Made by Gov.
ernor Blcase.
"My first grain of sand out of a
mountain That is the way, says
Joe Sparks wrltiny from Newberry
Gov Blease characterized the letter
which he claims to have in. possession
and which it is alleged to have been
written by T. B. Fielder, the Atlanta
attorney, to II. H. Evans, former
member and chairman Of the dispen'
sary board Of control, now under in
dictme ent for receiving rebates. The
letter alleged a $50O,O00 deal. Gov
Blcase meant by the, first grain o.
sand" the evidence, he says. he has
in his possession tc su5Stan:iatc his
side Of the situation.
II. II. Evans said Monday that he
had known all along what sort ol
man Fielder was. He added: Il have
just waited for two years to let hin
rob the State. lie could not do it in
an underhanded method, SO l just lei
him do so from legal standpoint.
When seen today Mr.. Evans said
that he did not wish at this time tc
give any more correspondence, bU'
that Everything will come out al tho
proper time He said that he die
not have any official statement te
make and that any statement made
should come from Eugene B!eass
his attorney.
III. H. Evans is a former member o.
the old State dispensary board of d.
rectors and at one time. was the
chairman. His attorney is Eugene
Bleas, half-brother of Gov. Blease
H. H. Evans said today that his at
torney, Eugene Blease, had had the
much-discussed correspondence with
Tom Fielder locked up in his private
desk for two years.
The other day when Gov. Blease
announced his first shot on the dis
pensary situation he stated positively
that he knew the letters had beer
written to H. H. Evans by 7. Z. Eel
der offering to frame up this alleged
deal and that he: had been working
and praying" for two years to get thu
one letter that was printed in Tht
State on Sunday morning.
Gov. Blease is q strong friend o.
H. H. Evans. He made mention sew
eral days ago of his warm admiration
for the Newberry man. He alst
praised several qualities possessed b!
H. H. Evans.
Hub Evans is confident that h'
will not go to the State penitentiar!
or pay a fine. The most that can b.
imposed under the present indict
ment is fine of $1,000. Taking th'
friendship of the two men into con
sideration and the position OF GOV
Blease with reference to the dlspen
sary situation, most persons believe
the pardon power vested in the COVE
rnor of South Carolina would be eX
ercised if there were conviction.
While Gov. Blease has stated tina
he has "a mountain of testim ony' OF
the dispensary situation is it. proba
Bile most of his ammunition is thu
correspondence between H. II. Evans
and certain persons in connection
with his work as chairman OF tht
State dispensary board.
Mr.. Evans stated that Hull, TIT
general manager Of Clark Bros. &
Co., the whiskey firm, had never Wis
tied Newberry with T. B. Fielder.
"You must write to John Bel
Towill and Boykin. They received
similar proposition from Fielder,
said Mr.. Evans.
H. H. Evans talking Monday salt
and again vehemently reiterated tha
the letter printed in The State las
Sunday was written to him by T. b
Fielder, the Atlanta attorney, AM
that he had many others from Fielder
He said that they. were signed IT
B." and Fielder" and that they OF
fered to go into all kinds of deals.
Handwriting experts have testi
fed that the letter signed "T. b. /
in the same handwriting as "Ton
Fielder" This statement was mad
by Mr.. Evans.
He denounced T. B. Fielder in vic
lent language and said he was
CRATER. He said that Fielder ha'
visited him in Newberry and talke
over the proposed deal whereby Eel
der said the two would clean u
$4,000 each. He said that Felde
was "a liar" if he had stated that h
had never been in Newberry to con
fer with him. why" he said, "
have living witnesses that Tom Fel
der came here to see me-
"You must write to John Bel
Towill and Boykin. They received
similar proposition from Fielder,
said Mr.. Evans.