The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-03-19

barkeeper for the reason that they
were prominent socially and didn't
want it known that their names were
connected with the liquor house; that
they and T. B. Fielder, with whom he
was friendly" said to him, you ought
to do something for us down IN tnat
country" that he told them II tnelr
whiskey came up to the standard ana
prices were the same as others, ne
didn't see why they couldn't get some
of the business; that T. ]. Fielder ana
Dndlev didn't think they we're getting
enough business from the State dis
pensary and they sent T. B. Fielder 10
see him at Newberry, which was some
IS months before he went out OF OF
fee: that T. B. Fielder came to see MIN
several times about the matter, for
.svou know Tom is a fellow who never
lets up" said Evans.
The Drinks Located.
Finally Hub said that T. B. Eel
dor came to see him and told him that
he had bought out the Sydney Lucas"
company and that Fielder spent the
dav in Newberry. He said that he in
troduced Fielder to E. H. Aull, CharHe
Purcell and others about town; tnaI
,oo who Iilzo5 his dram
and he said, Cant you take US 10
some place where we can get a drink
He said he told him he thought ne
could and Fielder said, "lead me to II;
that he took them up in Cole. l..
Bleases Office, introduced Fielder to
Please and the latter pulled out the
whiskey and they had their drink. he
said that Fielder first mentioned the
COMPANY to him in Atlanta and after
wards came to Newberry to see hlm'
IN the occasion mentioned, but he was
too busy and then Fielder wrote MIN
~ October, he said that he would eX-
nlain the whole scheme where we
could get rick quick.
ct. b. Letters.
He referred to the ct. B." letters
given out last year by Governor Blease
which ALLEGED that Fielder tried to get
Club" Evans to go into company on
"frame-up' to sell the dispensary,
and which Evans turned down. Wit
ness said he never intended the letters
to be printed; that they were stolen
from his desk and read and that ne
gave them to Governor Blease When
the latter asked him for them; said he
didn't tell the Lyon-Christensen COM
mi+tee about the Fielder letters because
thew didn't ask him for them. He said
that after the investigation started he
was in Atlanta talking to Fielder and
asked him, ''Tom suppose those letters
would fall into Lyons hands," and
that Fielder replied, 81 am too smart
for them TO eaten u4e.
Says Called Fielder Liar.
He related an incident that lawyer
named W. NJ. Hough, "the one that
made Taft say what whiskey was" said
Evans. representing A. L. Dunn, Grab
fe1der's man, to whom Evans had CIV
en- an affidavit that he had never PAID
any rebates. was told by Fielder IN
Washington that Evans had turned
States evidence and all he had to 40
was to see him and he would tell him
to advise Grabfelder to pay over SoO'-
ooo IN Felder. and that he denounced
Fielder as liar in his Office IN tne
nresence of Dunn and Hough. GRAB
felder's was a house which had been
Judged guilty by the Ansel commission
Of oyercharges and Fielder was trying
to collect the money out of them.
REGRETS Connection with DiSpensary.
while I honestly regret ever haV-
ing had anything to do Win IT, salu
Evans, referring to the old State dis
pcnsary and the criticism of the same,
"yet the liquor houses which were
said to have paid graft under the old
State dispensary are today selling IL
ouor to the county dispensaries at a
higher price than the cid State dis
:.enssry paid
The witness offered to assist the
committee any way that he could and
promised to ask Governor Blease for
the .T B.' letters for the committee
to ins2ect, the letters to be returned
to Evans by the committee. He said