Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-03-13
DlspENsARY MATTERS AIRED,
Alleged Threats Against Patton and.
Felder>-TattOn Testifies, S5
(News and Courier.)

commission, that threats had been
made against his life and that or Q.
B. Fielder, tho Atlanta attorney
while he was serving on the comn,is-
sion, was the sensational develop
ment at the hearing before tiie56s-
pensary investigation commltteethis
afternoon. Mr.. Patton stated that
the letters making the threats were
anonymous and bore the EeWbercy
postmark. The statement by Mr.
Patton that the authorship of$ithe
letters was credited to the then Sew
ator Blease was the striking part OF
the testimony. The alleged connec-
tion and the basis for the charge
were not given.
In Blease's Brain.
Ex-Governor John Gary TvansksSsss
Attorney General Lyon denied fMas
phatically, and characterized SsSsss,
without color Of truth" the GhsSgs
conveyed In the message OF the G%
ernor Blease, sent to the Legislature
In 1911, that an agreement bad been
reached at a conference IN htlaula
between Attorney General Lyon, I.
b. Fielder, John Gary Evans and .
II. Evans whereby the lati&r fur.
nished information which was usea
in the graft prosecution Growi.&
out of the old dispensary r.nl,ne ana
in the settlement between ir lipuor
houses and the dispensary windipg.
up commission under Governor An
sell
Both Governor Evans and AttrI>.
ney General Lyon said no gucl COZ.
ference was ever held, an6 hat the
charge was pure fabrication, origi-
mating in the brain of Govern ?
Blease.
Blcase's Reply to Inquiry.
The other feature Of the mectjT
OF the dispensary investigating com-
mittee this morning was the rcpiL OF
Governor Blease to the marshal ul
the committee, when he was sent 10
ask the Governor to lay any infor.
nation he had before the comnis-
sion, that all the communiGat!ali
he had for them was contained ins1i's
letter sent them some time ago; Mat
he had nothing further for them, ana
that he didn't want to be bothered
any more about the matter" Iu
other words the Governor nt,l,ies to
committee that he will have noihlua
10 20 With it
ne legislative committee TO probe
into al matters connected wtth lhe
- - diapcu8ary met to-day pr&M SstW,
at noon in the State Library and H..
gan work. The members wee all
present, except Representative Cary,
who arrived in the afternoon SEN
ator Carlisle, the chairman, p, rssusd
No Kin to Hub"
Governor Evans stated that l, had
no connection with Club" r.Hus
either in business, by blood leIu IcG
or marriage. and that he had mover
been asked to represent him He
said that he could not undcrst5nd
the motives Of Governor Blea%r In
trying to connect his name .ith
Hub Evans or to create toe an.
preston that he had ever hud any
dealings with him. He said B!easo
had been Evans's personal cuunual
and he could have found out the
truth by asking Hub" himself IN
palmer terms, Governor rvana
meant that Governor Blease NnpN
he (John Gary Evans) had naycr
and knew it when he made tho
lharge.
Attorney General Lyon next Lpok
the stand and he, too, stated tn fll2
charge Of a conference with ON,
Gary Evans, ii. II. Evans anu toi-
der, in Atlanta, was false.
Mr.. Lyon stated that all tha ror
and records, not only ir
his Office, but in his apartment pu4
that all his private transactions tn
banks and business concerns wore
open to the inspection of the IIp.
mittec and he would give then ri.
ten permission to this effect. lI.
asked that the probe be made ..ant-
pletc as to him, and he threw ra,,u
cN crything to their inspection
What "iluo" Knows.
Mr.. Lyon added that if j. r.
Evans would go on the stand an tell
everything he knows OF the Cd dia
pcnsary transactions from one end to
the other no would be much inclined