The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-03-20

when he was member Of the dis
pensarv board, that the board ire
quently met and adjourned only or
dering little whiskey; that tn
clerk made out orders for whiske,
during the recess and he didn't know
who dictated the orders or the order
for the large shipments. 81 didn'
know much more about it than yol
did" he told Mt. Daniel, who va
questioning him, and 81 wish to Coz
/ hadn't taken as much interest IN j
as ! did," he continued, and statet
that he didn't remember of havin!
signed or read over an order To-
vhiskey in his life while membe,
of the board. Mr.. Cary asked To
will If his position on the board
wasn't what was called honorary
and to this the witness assented.
Got Letter From Fielder
| Questioned by his attorney, Mr.
Asbill, who was present, Towill sait
that Fielder had tried to get him
Hub" Evans and Boykin to form {
ll;quor corporation while he was Z
member of the board. He referred
TO the three letters which he go
from Fielder about that time anc
which he turned over to the Blease
commission and which are printed II
their report. Said he didn't turn
over the letters to the Christensen
Lyon investigating committee on ad
vice Of counsel and only turned them
over to the Blease commission be-
cause they knew Of them and de-
manded them. Said he didn't know
how the Blease commission knew he
had the letters. He said that he
talked over the letters with Fielder
in the Jerome Hotel in the presence
OF Boykin and H. H. Evans; that he
had told several, whom he did not
now remember, about the converse
ton.
Towill was put through grilling
examination and seemed to be ner-
vous all the time he was on the
stand. The committee piled him
with questions as to his conduct on
the board and OF his knowledge OF
the affairs which were carried on. 1t
was lis when the committee fnish-
ed with him and a recess for dinner
was then taken until : O'Clock.
ssHub" Evans the Feature"
The testimony OF Hub" Evans, OF
Newberry, who was at one time
chairman OF the dispensary board OF
control, was decidedly the feature OF
the afternoon session. For three
hours the former chairman told dis
pensary history, particularly concern
ing T. B. Fielder and the latter's al
legged efforts to get "frame-up' to
sell liquor to the dispensary.
Hub" Evans prefaced his testi-
mony with a question Of personal
privilege. He said he would prefer
that T. B. Fielder were present in
person, for he did not like to say
anything behind mans back.
He said that he represented him
self individually. re characterized
as false the assertion made by for
ner Governor John Garv Evans, in
his testimony last week, nat Cover
nor Blease had been his sub's'O
counsel, and said that Blease had
never represented him.
He a,sr. n>i1ed as false ". F. Stew
enson's statement that he had seen
written evidence OF his ("Hub'sO
having received graft in Atlanta, and
also the statement that Fielder is said
to have made to Attorney General
Lyon that Hub was once or twice
on the verge Of turning States eVi-
dence. He dubbed this can Infamous
lie"
Denies Charge by Blease.
He also said that be was never in
conference in Atlanta with Attor-
ney General Lyon, T. B. Fielder and
John Gary Evans, as charged by Gov
ernor Blease. He said that the only
time he had ever seen Lyon in At
lanta was once when he was over
there to see Fielder, and Will in the
latter's Office Mr.. Lyon came In and
he told Fielder to bring him In; that
they talked about I've minutes on
lust ordinary topics; that he didn't
know Mr. Lyon was going TO be IN
Atlanta and that was the only time
he had ever seen him there. He said
that the Attorney General had never
asked him any question relative to
the old dispensary matter.
He said that Governor Blease did
not ask him about any Atlanta con-
ference; that after the Governor sent
his message in which this was chars-
ed he asked him, some time later,
where he got the Information about
any such a conference held, but did
mot state the source OF his inform;--
ton. He said he told Blease there
never was any such conference held.
In reply to a question witness said
he had known Fielder for % years
or more: that the first time he saw
Fielder. after he was elected, was at
Nashville, Tenn; that Felder's cou-
sin, T. J. Fielder, and Dudley, formed
whiskey firm under the name OF
Sydney Lucas" using the name OF
an obscure barkeeper for the reason
that they were prominent socially
and didn't want il known that their
names were connected with the Il
cuor house: that they and T. B. Eel
der, with whom he was friendly,
said to him. "you ought to do some
thing for us down in that country;
that he told them if their whiskeF
came up to the standard and prices
! otharS ha 6i6n I