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PUBLI SHED THREE rJ WAI TS LIGHT CoL Felder tails en Gov. Blease to Ton i;i.a More Lig&t BE RETURNS THE CHARGE Felder Says That When Blease Has Explained His Coarse in Senate and .Execu tive Office There Will be 1 Some Further Queries As to His Conduct. ' The State has permission to print ' the following letter from Thomas E. Felder of Atlanta to the Charleston . News and Courier, the same being called forth by an inquiry from the Charleston paper whether Felder had offered Tow?l immunity from prose cution for $5,000. The Atlanta law yer takes the occasion to propound a number of questions to Gov. Blease: Charleston News and Courier, Charleston, S. C. Dear Sim: I received last night the following T. D.: "'Reporte ! you offered Towill im munity from prosecution for $5,000. please wire reply: "News and Courier." To whicli I replied: "Statement that I offered Towill or anybody else immunity from prosecution for 000 or any other prosecution for $5,000 or liny other amount, a base and unmitigated lie." I beg to confirm this answer and to say that the next report, I take it, will .be to the effect tha tTowill de clined my offer on "advice of coun sel," the advice coming from the gen eral counsel of the plunderbund, Cole L. Blease. On yesterday I mailed a communi cation to'you for reproduction In the columns of your paper. Ab I recall, 1 stated in. the article that I wouiu not further trespass upon your space until after the lapse of 30 days. Upon reflection, !t feel that I should with draw this proposition, so that I may give to the people of South Carolina through the columns of your paper some reasons why "His Fraudulen cy," Cole L. Blease, should, approve the joint resolution creating a com mittee to investigate the conduct of the late wmding-up commission and the agents and attorneys thereof, to gether with the conduct of all other persons wlf.o have had relations with the winding up commission of the . late South Carolina dispensary. The people of the State are entitled to know all the facts and the om> possible way for them to acquire this knowledge Is through the medium of this investigating committee, but fearing that the governor might ob ject to the investigating committee turning the .searchlight upon the con duct of Attorney Blease, and that this consideration might impel him to veto the joint resolution, by way oi emu lation of his example in having re course to the public prints, as the proper means for ventilating these matters, I wish to propound to him a few questions which, if they should fail to impress him as being pertinent "and relevant, will doubtless have a contrary eKect upon the public mind. They are as follows: The Questions. 1'. During your incumbency as a State senator, please tell the peopvt of South Carolina what vote you cast against and on what occasion you spoke in opposition to any measuvt, pending in that body, aimed at the regulation or abolishment of the old State dispensary as an institution, or inimical to the interests of those who managed Its affairs? 2. Why did you, as a senator, op pose all measures pending, in that body, having for their object and pur pose the investigation of the conduct of the affairs of said institution and the honestly of the management thereof? 3. Why did you, as a member of the committee, created by joint reso lution, charged with the duty of in vestigating the affairs of the said in stitution and the conduct of the of ficials thereof, use every artful means and cunning device to stifle the inves tigation and thwart the objects there of. 4. Why did you, pending the ses sions of the aforesaid committee, meet daily and nightly during the re cesses of said committee with the dis pensary officials, whose conduct was under investigation, and discuss with them and their friends who attended said caucuses ways and means for se curing for them a whitewash? Is it not true that said caucuses were at tended by divers liquor dealers, who participated in your deliberations; that at said caucuses the course to be pursued by you as senator was agreed upon and followed by you to the let ter? Senator for Grafters? 5. Is i~ not a fact that wnen the resolution was pending carrying au appropriation of $15,000 to be used by the attorney general in the prose cution of grafters, you opposed the passage cf the same by youi >.%te and influence, that in your opposition you spoke frequently against it and re sorted to every parliamentary device to compass the defeat of the same? If you should answer this question in the affirmative, then I would ask if the course you pursued in relation thereto was not the result of au agreement that you made with the representatives of certain liquor houses, who were on the ground re sisting in every way possible the passage of said resolution? Did you TMES A WEEK. SOUND AND GAGGED WHILE HER HOME WAS ROBBED BY A NEGRO ROBBER. The Bandit Enters the Home in the Heart of Charleston in the Early Evening. The Charleston Evening Post '-ays a negro entered, the residence of J. E. Truluck, in Queen street, near Meeting Tuesday night at about 7 o'clock, bound and gagged Mrs. Tru luck, and proceeded to ransack their fist. He got off with two gold nugb, but nothing more, it is reported. Mr. Truluck came home two hoars later, and found his wife helplessly bound. Fortunately she was not injured by the intruder, who seems to have had only robbery as a motive for his visit. Detective Brennan was sent to the residence of (Mr. Truluck as soon as call for help was sent to the police, and he obtained a description of the negro. No arrest had been man* Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Truluck was lighting a lamp in her flat, when the burglar suddenly seized her from behind, bound a handkerchief over her mouth, r?nd tied her hands viith a necktie. Her feet were BPCifsd with a small chain, and she wa<i un able either to cry out or leave thh room. Meanwhile the intruder proceeded to search for valuables, and was frightened off by a door beinfc slammed in Dr. Rutledge's. office on the floor below. He left Mrs. Tiu luck bound and helpless, and she was found in this state, almost overcome with fright, but physically uninjured. The police are confident that they can find the burglar who committed this outrageous robbery, and hope to land him in jail soon. The boldness of this robbery makes it a remarkable incident. The flat j? cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Truluck Is at the northeast corner of Meetlrg anu Queen street, in the midst of a busy portion of the city, near the St John Hotel, the fire station, and nest to several residences. Had Mrs. Tru luck been able to call for belr 'she would have been speedily aided at such an early hour in the evening. not receive adequate compennatioE. for your efforts in this behalf? 6. Is it not rue that between tno date of your election to the governor ship and the date of your messsuge in which you recommended the rvdsinc of the joint committee you had sev eral caucuses with your criminal as uociates whom you were under obli gation to protect, when and where a conspiracy was hatched to thwart the efforts making for the punishment of your clients who had plundered the State, and is it not true that in order to effectuate the object of this con spiracy it was agreed that you Hhould do certain things, which you have since done? Coming from generali ties to specifics, I will enumerate them: To Control the Bench? (a) Did you not agree that no spe cial judge should be appointed to pre side over any of the courts of the State where the grafters were under Indictment except of your own selec tion: that you could afford to take no chance of getting another j' dge to try your clients like the one who presided in Chester? (b) Did you not agree, in these caucuses, to pardon any cltteen of South Carolina who might be convict ed under pending or future Indict ments, and that you would issue no requisitions for foreigners? (c) That you would dismiss the wlnding-up commissica so that they could not, under authority reposed In that .body by the act creating it, con tinue their investigations, and in dis missing these commissioners were you or not influenced by the .turtnei* consideration that they had issued a subpoena for one of your political lieutenants in the State; that he had ignored the same and they had issued a rule nisi requiring him to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt? (d) In these several caucuses, when the difficulty in obtaining the approval of the prison commission of your State to the course to be pur-j sued was under discussion, did you' not advise your confederates that you had at hand the means for overcorn-i ing this difficulty, to-wit: ignoring; the prison commission? On Horseback. (e) Did you, or any of those wno! were in caucus with you, suggest that, on the theory that "the end justified ! the means," in effectuating the ob ject of this conspiracy, you could: with safety resort to any means, from , character assassination to personal assa^'ination; that after so long a time you "had the whip handle," or wer 'in the saddle," or some phrase of sinilar or substantial imv-ort? 7. What compensation did you re-! ccive from the liquor dealers and what "rake off" did you get from the dispeisary officials when you wre "senator at law?" The Campaign Fund. S. While perhaps not so p"rtinent, I consider the following relevant: What campaign fund did you have at your command when you were a can didate for governor? How much wa>., raised before the first primary and how much between the first and sec ond primaries? What liquor houses or dealers, corporations or the agents i of corporations, contributed tnis, money? If you should answer' (which I do not think you will, be cause it is the truth) that very large sums of money were raised, kindly' to_ OKANGrEBT JUST FELT GOOD Goy. Blease Granted Several Pardons to to Hake Others Fed Good, PARDONS ALWAYS READY Oar Genial, Good Feeling Governor Says He Thinks Everybody Should be Happy, and He Wants Only a Reason From a Convict and He Will Make Him Happy. "I felt so good wlten I came down town this morning that I decided to grant three pardons." This state ment was made Wednesday morning by the chief executive and be later extended clemency in two other cascb. Since January 17 he has extended his power of pardon to over three score prisoners. He says he likes to make people happy and that If a pris oner can show any kind of a reason tl at he will be pardoned. Gov. Blease said Wednesday that he would dismiss the members of the State board of pardons but for tu*, fact that it might humiliate them. "The members of the board are of no use to me," he said, "but If they will resign I will appoint another board and I will submit cases to the men I will appoint. For the purpose of restoring his citizenship Gov. Blease Wednesaa> pardoned T. D. Mitchell, who was convicted some time ago in Lexing ton county on the charge of conspir ing to defraud in a municipal elec tion held in New Brookland. A fine of $75 was imposed on Mitchell. The pardon was granted upon a let ter addressed to Gov. Blease by Mitchell, which read: "I was convicted in Lexington county several years ago for conspir ing to defraud at a municipal elec tion in the town of Brooklana ana was fined $75 for thin offense, which fine I paid. I now have the honor to petition your excellency that you do grant me a pardon in order that my citizenship might be restored to me." Charles Holloway, a negro, serving a life sentence from Edgefield after conviction on the charge of murder, was paroled during good behavior. The negro was recently transferred rrom the State penitentiary to tnt Edgefield county chaingang because of his health. He was convicted lt? 1905 with his brother, Arthur Hollo way, for killing Alex Barnes, another negro, at a church row. Arthur Hol loway was pardoned by Gov. Ansel and died soon after leaving the pen itentiary. S. McG. Slmpkins of Edge field appeared in behalf of the negro. George Robinson,1 serving a five year sentence from Marlboro for manslaughter, having been convictea in 1909, was paroled during gooo i>c bavior by the governor. Geo. Robinson killed Sam Purvis. Robinson's wife bad left him and had gone to the home of Purvis, who had married a sister of Mrs. Robinson. It appeared on the trial that Robinson had been convicted In Chesterfield county for larceny of live stock from a woman and had served his time. IM. S. Taylor, serving a sentence of five years from Spartanburg, having been convicted in 190S on the charge of assault and battery, was paroled during good behalor. A pardon was refused to George Moody, serving a life sentence from Darlington county on the charge of murder. He was convicted in 1S09 for killing Henry Jones in a general fight on the public highway. The crime occurred in 1892, Moody escap ing. He afterward returned to the State, gave up, was tried and convict ed of murder with recommence, nv. to mercy. The death sentence imposed upon JacksoD Cunningham by the Green wood county court was commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. Blease. The commutation for the negro was granted upon the recommendation of the jury and well-known citizens of Greenwood county. state whether or not it was us'.d to debauch the electorate of your state. In conclusion: You honored the State of Georgia recently by paying her an official visit. What ex-dispen sary officials and liquor dealers en tertained you in the city of Atlanta and in the city of Augusta? What conferences, if any, did you have with them with reference to your future official conduct? Lastly, why don't you approve that joint resolution that you demanded? I understand that you say that the senators appointed on the part of the senate as members of the committee are not satisfactory to you. Wouid you be willing to approve that reso lution if the names of all the 3eua tors and all the members of the house should be put into a hat or box and shaken up and the names for mem bership on the committee be drawn therefrom? When you have answered the above and foregoing, T have a few more ?;uestions to submit for your consid eration. Yours very truly, t. b. Felder. Refused to Make Statement.. H. H. Evans of Newberry, former chairman of the old State dispensary board, was in Columbia yesterday, but refused to make any comment on the Felder-Blease controversy. u? said that later be might have another statement to give cut. JBG, 8. C. ?A1UKDAY. M HORRORS OF PLAGUE rHB FANTASY OF THE ORIENT ALS HELP SCOURGE. Missionary Describes Ravages of Dis ease and Crude Superstitions Brought Out to Combat It. Oriental fantasy that evolves weird cures In the face of the mystery of. sickness, holiday migration and sheer Ignorance are given a& causes for the spread of the plague in China by Rev. Charles A. Leonard, a Baptist missionary of Louisville, Ky., with headquarters at Laichow Fu, China, in a letter which he has. written to friends here. Mr. Leonard's letter, posted Feb ruary 8, at the height of the plague's spread throughout Manchuria and northern China, reviews the progress of the deadly disease, then sets forth a proclamation by a Chinese official In which is contained Imperial advice for balking the malady. Here is one of the choice recipes for avoiding lethal sickness at plague time in that part of the Orient: "After the opening of spring, boil turnip juice and any kind of creep ing bean vine. It is recommended that all the family, large and small, drink It when It Is warm. Thus the plague will be avoided." Here is rule No. 3 of the official list of preventives: "Take one piece of horse bone, wrap It in red cloth, put In small bag and wear it on the side of the body, men on the left and women on the right." It is to be supposed from the tone of receipt No. 5 that the plague has no chance at all. It follows: "Use of the thunder pill. Ingredi ents: Take rhubarb, gold leaf flakes, cinibar and alum in about equal quantity, all ground fine and made into pills. Take with water. Dose, one-fifth of an ounce." During the reign of Kien-Lun (this was in 1850), the plague devil was driven out by thunder pills Into hid ing in Klangsu and Chow-Fu, dur ing the Chu Pu's magistracy. An who gave the prescription were able to avoid the plague and those who lived by it were beyond numbering. Mr. Leonard mentions these re cipes, among others, apparently in qualification of his declaration that "officials are bound down by heathen religion, superstltltlons and customs until they are wiiolly unprepareu, spiritually and Intellectually, to cope with such a crisis as is now on." Mr. Leonard's assertion of the seriousness of the plague and the pit ifully inadequate measures resorted to as a means of checking it might be taken to indicate danger to Euro peans and Americans in north China and Manchuria. The missionary goes on to tell, however, that all missions which are surrounded by walls have set up a rigorous quarantine and that danger to Occidentals has been re duced to a minimum. Mr. Leonard in his letter says that the plague began its ravages in north western Manchuria. The germs took up their abode in the fur of a small animal, much like the marmot. Toe disease was passed on to the Chinese and Russians. Just at this stage of its development there came the ex tensive traveling from working place to him, incident to the Chinese new year, and by this means the plague spread with remarkable celerity. The letter describes deplorable conditions. It tells of hundreds of corpses piled in indescribable con fusion in innumerable towns and cities. The plague's fleadliness Is ap parently pictured in the statement that all hospitals were quarantined against It. GIRL KILLED BY MULE TEAM. I Took Fright From an Engine and Ran Away in Columbia. The State pays struck by a runa way team Wednesday in the western I section of Columbia, Annie May Har iris, a negro girl, 12 years of aye, was ! killed. Jule Robinson, a negro driv ? er for the Palmetto Fertilizer com pany, left a two-horse team steading 'in front of the fertilizer mills In j charge of his son, Moses Robinson, i The animals became frightened at a ! passing railway engine and ran away. The girl was in the road and i the team ran over her, breaking her neck. The negroes were taken to the i police station, but Tuesday night the ! desk sergeant declared that they were . not locked up. This probably means Itheir release, as it was brought out I that the boy tried to stop the team and was not to blame, according to Coroner Walker. Postofficc Dynamiters. Bloodhounds from Lancaster wen early taken to Gahanna, Ohio. Tues day morning to attempt to trace the five robbers who early Tuesday dyna mited the postoflice safe and secured a small amount of money and seven ty-five dollars' worth of stamps. No trace of blood was seen Tuesday fol lowing the battle with a posse of cit izens during which it was thought one of the robbers was wounded. Further Experiments. The further experiments to be made with the ship will be confined to attacks on the armor belt and tur rets No effort will lie made to raise the San Marcos. It would cost sev eral hundred thousand dollars to float the ship and restore her to her orig inal condition and she is not worth it. [AUCH 25, 1911. WRONGJIGHTED Ao Old Veteran's Petition Tamed Down and Brand, d as False. WANTS HIS PENSION A. S. Salley, Jr., State Historian, Writes an Article in Which He Cites His Unbcanded Faith in the Honor of the Gallant Old Confed erate Soldiers. Confederate veterans .ought to be chary indeed about disputing claims made for pensions by others, more especially when their only reliance fer such action is upon their mem ories, after the lapse of nearly half a centur; So thinks Secretary A. S. Salley, Jr., of the State historical commission, who cites a recent n stance where the State board of pen sions, guided wholly by the personal recollections of a member, disap proved an application for a pension, when examination of the records showed the applicant to have made a statement entirely truthful, even to have undervalued his own military service; for he did not mention in his papers the fact that he was cap tured and kept for several months in a Federal military prison. The applicant was Private J. W. Crook, now living near St. George, who claimed that he served In Com pany H, 11th South Carolina Volun teers. After his application had been disapproved, a member of the boaid who served In the 11th regiment hav ing declared he remembered no such man in that command, Mr. Salley wrote to Washington for informa tion and was advised that such a person had been a member of the company and regiment as stated In the application. In reference to the pension contro versy, the following signed article has been given the preBS by Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr.: As the Confederate records of this State are in my custody as secretary of the historical commission of South Carolina, and as I am engaged in working them Into shape for practi cal use, I feel that I should have something to say in the matter of the controversy now going on in the newspapers, over the condition of the pension rolls. It has been alleged that there are men drawing pensions I who did not render service in the commands whlc* they claim on their pension papers io have served in. In every case officers or men who are known to have served in those com mands swear that the applicant did eo serve. Therefore, if the claim Is false the appllrants have perjured themselves. I do not believe thai such is the cas*. No evidence bui the memory of individuals sustains the charge. I have been engaged in historical study now for over tweni> years and for over 12 years historical work has been my chief business oc cupation. . My experience teaches me that the memory of man is a very treacherous thing and that the hu-l man mini rebels at accuracy. An old soldier can not possibly remember a man as being in his own company if that man was not in that company, but if the man was in the company and one of his former comrades does remember him then that feat of rnem-j j ory is a much more reasonable feat | of memory that that of the man who | does not remember any such com-; rade, yet is willing to assert that no such man was in his company or reg- j iment. I have Just done a little In vestigating on a case that came to i j my attention when the pension board! met last week and the result of It is I an excellent illustration of the frail-j ty of the human recollection of such j matters. A member of the pension' [board for whom I have a strong per sonal liking came into my office with an application for a pension from J. W. Crook of Dorchester county, and said to me: "Now, here Is a man from Dorchester county who sayss he was a member of Company H, Elev-, enth regiment, and I will swear that ; there was no such man in that com-' ; pany, for 1 was a member of that re<?-, I iment and I don't remember any such man. Let's look on your rolls and; see if his name (here." T replied: I "My friend, t^ese rolls were com piled from memory after the war by I 'survivors of the various commands, j and the people who handled them before I took charge of them were; untrained in such work and they are,' ; not tq be relied upon." We looked! on the troll of Company M, Eleventh regiment, and, sure enough, Mr. Crook's name was not there. Thai convinced my friend of the pension board that Mr Crook's claim v.as false, but it did not convince me. I pointed out the fact that two men whose names were on the roll in my! office had sworn that Mr. Crook had se rved in their company, but it seems that their sworn statements would not be received against the r.jll in my office, which was compiled froinj memory some j ears after the war, and in which both the elements oi clerical and typographical errors are to be reckoned, as the application Is [marked: "Disapproved. Can't find name in historian's office." here i.; a special act oi our statutes which' gives me the authority to enter upon ; the roll of any company In my office the name of any man when two oth ers known to have been of that com-! pany make affidavits that such man was in their company. Therefore, if iPii DESPITE THREATS SENATOR OWEN SPEAKS IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE. The Senator Declares Time Has Come to Root Out Corruption From Pol itics of Nation. It was given out on Tuesday at Springfield, 111., that United States Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, might be prevented speaking there on the initiative and referendum in the House of Representatives in the State House as it had been announced he would do. Lee O'Neill Browne and others on the Democratic side and a number of Republicans de clared Tuesday they would not coun tenance the appearance of Senator Owen. After what Senator Owen said in Washington about certain members of the House in the Lorimer case, whom he mentioned individually,' said Minority Leader Alschuler, "I can not understand how he expectB courteous treatment here." It is possible that serious clashes will oc cur Wednesday afternoon and that Senator Owen may be subjected to open insult, if not to a personal at tack. 1 Despite these assertions, which have been telegraphed him, Uniteo States Senator Robert L. Owen of Ok lahoma Wednesday delivered a taiiv on the initiative and referendum at a public meeting of the house judici ary committee, at Springfield, 111. Senator Owen was not interrupted during bis address to an auaienc?. which packed the old supreme court room in the State house. He was suffered no open discourt esy, although a number of members of the judiciary committee, mostly friends of Senator Lorimer, refrained from attending the meeting. Tho meeting was held by the com mittee to hear arguments for and against a bill to enact the initiative and referendum In Illinois. Senator Owen delivered a brief eulogy of Abraham Lincoln and then explained that the initiative and referendum was a fight between organized greed and the people. The time had come in this country to put an end to bribery and cor ruption and to machine politics. "We understand the machine poli tician," said Senator Owen. "He Is playing the .game as he sees it and we're playing the game as we see it. I understand the game of machine politics and that is why I am here to advocates these principles. "I call Tammany Hall a band of mercenaries carrying the Democratic flag." Senator Owen said that the great wealth that individuals were acquir ing was leading thousands of families to ruin and decay. He continued that the Initiative and referendum, would cure "this false and unwholesome condition." ficient proof to me that Mr. Crook's claim was false and I wrote the fol lowing letter to the adjutant gen eral, war department, Washington, who is the custodian of the Confed erate records captured in Richmond and who has for years been engaged in making those records available tor use: "I have the honor to respectfully request information as to whether or not the name of J. W. Crook appears among the records of Company H, Eleventh regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, in your custody. This man is now drawing a pension from this State, said pension being based upon affidavits from two men known to have been of the above named company, but it is claimed that the pension is obtained fraudu lently. Our records here arc far from complete and 1 do not thina such a charge should be sustained upon the showing made by them. A reply will be appreciated." To this the adjutant general re plied March 17, indorsing the follow ing on the back of my letter: "The records show that J. W. Crook, private, Company II, Eleventu South Carolina infantry, Confederate States army, enlisted June 11, 1S63, at Coosawhatchie; that he was cap tured near Town Creek February 20, 1865, and that he was released at Point Lookout. Maryland, June 26, 1SGI). on taking the oath or allegi ance." Upon comparing that record with that given on the application for pen sion I found that Mr. Crook stated that he had enlisted at Coosawhat chle, but he failed to make as good a show for himself as the official rec ords in Wash: nut on made for him. I suppose, like all of the poor old he roes, his memory is bad, or he did not regard details as essential. These exhibits show that an injustice has been done Mr. Crook and the two old soldiers who swore to his services and in almost every case where some man tries to put negative evidence dependable upon his recollect ion ol something thai happened over forty years ago against positive evidence, even though the latter he dependent the two men who swore to Mr. Crook's record had made their a/n davits for me I would have entered Mr. Crook's name on my roll ana then the pension hoard would have found it there and would not have had that ground for disapproving. 1 said that the absence of Mr. Crook's name from the compilation in my of fice, which I did not make myself, I want it understood, was r.oi: suf 0 mO CENTS PEB COPY WANTS A TRIAL "Hab" Evans Says He Desires to Be Con aided or Vindicated WANTS HiS CASE CALLED Ex-Dispensary Chairman Declares Thomas B. Felder Held Up Bis Trial &a a "Lash" and That He (Evans) Demands That a Jury Pass on His Case. "Hub" Evanri declared Thursday that Thomas 13. Felder, the Atlanta attorney, had heiid up his own trial as a "lash," and that he is demand ing trial. i .) "1 will tsike no nol pressing of ray case," added Evans. "I want to be tried and convicted or vindicated, as. the case may b%V further declared the Newberry <;i chairman of the dispensary board. Evans declared also that he did not ask for any immunity from any one. It was stated a few days ago by Governor Blease that Evans bad not sought immunity from him, nor had he promised any Immunity for the letter signed "T. B." As to the other letter, Evans said: "Well, if a mutual friend of ours found it and carried it to Cole, it's all right with me. I looked every where for the letter and could ;aot find it." "Why didn't you give up these let ters before?" Evans was asked.. "Well, I had turned over all my letters to my attorney, and the first letter published was one of them. I let the Investigation go on. I told them at the very jump that I wo urn put nothing. in their way. If they could find anything against me i wanted them to do it. When I learned that Felder was holding my trial as a lash I determined to give up the letters." Evans was standing in the outer office of.the Governor when he made these remarks to several listeners. He talked freely of the dispensary situation and reiterated much that he had said in previous statements. .. He reiterated".. especially his. re-, marks, quoted a few days ago, that if the dispensary houses were guilty, of wrongdoing in State dispensary days they are now guilty of the same, as the county dispensaries are still buying from many of the same houses. "A perusal of the published lists will show this," added Evans. Evans said: "The county dispen saries are now buying the same li quor the State dispensary did, paying the same prices, and higher. You talk about a firm turning over $30,000 the other day. Well, then the county dispensaries pay back $100,000 for that." At the time also Evans said: "Felder did send for me to come to Atlanta. When we were In the room together I said to him: 'Open that door,-you, and let the Attorney General hear everything I have eoi -t* say.' This was in reference to a meeting Governor Blease referred to in asking for an investigation in his message to the General Assembly. "Hub" Evans came in today from Newberry and went, direct to the Gov ernor's office, after running up to a j local hotel and putting his suit case I up. He was in a jovial mood. In a few minutes John Bell Towill ? entered the office. Governor Bleaae ! was engaged at the time- and the vis itors chatted in the outer office. I It so happened that Mose H. Mob ] ley, now dispensary auditor, who was j chief bookkeeper in State dispensary ? days, was in the office at the time. Evans wants to be tried, he said. i He will not permit the case to be dropped. "If you were indicted for ja crime wouldn't you like to be tried, I so that, if innocent, you could be vin dicated?" said Bvans to those around i him. , upon recollections extending back to j the same time, the same sort of in justice will bo done, or gross his Itorical mistakes and myths will be ,perpetuated. From the examples I have seen of records obtained from the Confed erate papers captured in Richmond and now in Washington I am satis lied that a pretty near complete set of records were captured, and all stich questions as have been raiseu recently in regard to the truth or falsity of the claims of certain pen sioners can be settled therefrom w?tn reasonable certainty, and 1 submit I that it is unjust to the gallant old soldiers of this State to reject, their claims on the negative recollections of other old soldiers when the oi ficial records are extant to settle such questions. The old fellows had hardships enough during the four years of terrible war to immune them now in their old age. I don't be lieve that there are many men in South Carolina old enough -:o hivo been in the war who would ergage in fraud for the pitifully small sum giv en as a pension, and I believe that the number of bona fide Confederate i soldiers who would swear to a lie to aid some one else to perpetrate a from charges of perjury and fraud fraud is smaller than one of those pensions. A. S. Salley, Jr. ! Columbia, S. C, March 21, 1911, J