Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-24

after a conference with Mr.. Jones and
Mr.. Stevens, the other directors Of the
company.
The Cross. Examination.
Mr.. Mellow, who so successfully had
prevented Colonel Springs from telling
anything" undertook the cross exam
nation of the witness. ...,...,.
His first line of questions had to dc
with the cool relations between himself
and the defendant and he wanted to
know when these relations first began
The spring of 1920 was fixed by Colonel
Springs as the time when he lost con-
fidence in Mr.. Jones.
Colonel Springs was then asked II ne
had not, in the fall of 1919, made state
ments to Charlotte Observer reporter
about the defendants alleged shortages
and other alleged bad or illegal prac-
tices, and he said that he had not.
He was then asked how much OF the
Lancaster Mercantile company he own
ed and stated that he owned 400 shares,
that Jones owned 100 shares and that
Stevens owned $50 shares and that
$4,000 was treasury stock.
He replied to question from coun-
sci. asking II he had ever bought any
cotton for the mercantile company
without the knowledge and consent OF
Jones and Stevens, that he. had not
that he did not consider that he had a
right to do without their knowledge
and consent, even though he did own
the controlling stock Of the Lancaster
Mercantile company. '.. .r
"y On Jones' Advice.
He said that he bought the 500 bales
referred to by the defendant, with the
knowledge, and upon the advice Of Mr..
Jones, and that Mr.. Stevens also had
knowledge and gave consent to the
transaction.
He said that he had discussed Boyds
audit with both Stevens and Jones, ana
said that this was when his suspicious
were first aroused because Mr.. Jones
objected to the audit"
He was asked how many times ne
had been north in connection with the
present case and replied that he mad
not gone north on the case, but that
frequently when he was up north ne
had handled matters connected with IT,
He was called upon to give the names
OF the attorneys he had employed In the
case.
He explained his presence in the Of
fee of the comptroller of the currency
In Washington by stating that he want
ed information about those two checks
around which the present case reVo.Ves,
that the defendants bank wouldn't
supply the information and that Bank
Examiner Schechter would not give
him the information and that he had to
go to the only place where. he could get
1t, to the comptroller of the currency
Bank Examined.
He stated that as a result of this trip
two men from the department of justice
came to examine the First National
bank.
'rWho is going to pay the expenses OF
Schechter down here?" asked Mr.. NC
Dow.
"Why, I suppose Mr.. Stevens and l,
Just like I've got to pay lot OF other
things connected with this thing was
the reply. The crowd waited expect
antly for him to go on, but Mr.. McDow
stopped the witness and did not ask
what the other things" were?
The witness had previously been de-
MED the right to explain how much ne
was then endorser for, for the Lancas-
ter Mercantile company, which counse'
for the state had attempted to bring
out to no avail.
O. He again was called upon to deny
that he had given out any statements
to a Charlotte Observer reporter and
that he had nothing to do with Asso-
ciated Press dispatches broadcasting
the affair. '.
The witness denied that he had talk
ed to Sid Alexander of Charlotte, about
keeping the defendant out of the Char
lotte Country club. He said he would
have voted against Jones il he had had
a vote, but that Jones was elected a
member before knew it,"
Have you not sought to discredit
the defendant financially, socially and
otherwise asked Mr.. McDow.
Il have not hesitated to. tell the
TRUTH" replied the witness, whenever
it was asked me-
You told what you believed to be the
truth, you mean, Colonel Springs said
the attorney.
II told what knew to be the truth"
was the reply. ..
Redirect Examination.
On redirect examination Mr.. Robin
son asked something about the petition
for a receiver and about several other
matters which were brought out in con-
nection with the action and which had
been touched upon by the counsel in the
cross examination. They were more or
less of an explanatory nature and had
no serious bearing upon the case at
bar, apparently.
Colonel Springs was now allowed to
a.