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I rfp p ■ ^ 4. , r ; fm ‘ . \ - •' ; V"* at-.;*. ■ ■ •'■$.••>. • j&,;.'<i3R®0(F rt ^W |> . V. VOL. XVI BARNWELL. 8. 0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17.1906. tryte to t* Ufbt ttw oomml would glre greftl Attitude to the Md dispuoMn, Hflorr said I XOBBIB AlTIDAyiT. After Lytn n.m.xini Evidence Against tS^WSSSSj^ Certain DtepeMary Offidili Bmllta pbsiUvuly t, but tuppoa- what a o : td il sstonttoM I would bate to pay (be cxmfe board of oontrol ioineiblng ter my reeleeiion. I Inf erred Ibla ba> WAS BKODOHT OUT. «« «-b;« — b. u ^ Smith 1276 for hie elaedou teeidee the beer and wbtskty he gBve bite. In addition to tbie W. V. Lanford told (bat J. P. Tbaotoou bad to pay about 6460 for hie beer privilege to 0. O. Smith, chairman of county board. (Objection by Mr. Sima.) Toland and Landlord told me that the 6276 men- Beer Dbpeaser at SpaHaateuv Qhree Seme Rkb and Racy Teati* mm li t ii 11 the Ceiuliiiae Henry we had better give more.” Q. “What waathe object in giving The Jourual tbla mooay?” TBXT AU. OAMX ACBOea. ♦thaMald all the xeatof jiving them money to fight prohibition movement and wanted me to come aerooe and I told them 1 would." Q “Ton did not have any agree meent to pat in any advertialng mat ter in The Journal?” A. “No, I don't know whether It went to The Journal or not, but when lacked the board about it, leaked them why they didn't get Tbe Her- ald'a influence, that Mr. Henry bad been fighting the diapeonry all along, aod tbey aaid, ‘O we can’t get The Herald,’and doobtlem if they oculd as te Hew Meaey Wes Raised lor Graft On the witness stand in tbe eourt- bouee at Spartanburg on Tuesday of last week John Henry Morris; former ly beer dispenser,'teftlfied that he bad lost bis Job aa beer dispenser because be complained of tbe miserable quali ty of beer sold by the Atlanta Brew ing company and because be bad ri- fuaed to pay to 0. O. Smith, oh Airman of county board, tbe amount that Smith demanded. Witness swore fur- t^qr that In maklng flnal 'totttement with Atlanta Brewing company that m was represented bv Oole~L v, who bad said, “You boys nave kept from telling so much.” g to tbe affidavits which witnesses bad given Messrs. Christen sen and Lyon, Morris also testified that H. H. Evans bad asked him to “oblp in" 6300 to the election of leg Waters In Spartanburg county, prom to refund It. Witness had never reimbursed although he bad __ money on advice of Jem Mahaff ey, former member of legislature, who bad told Morris that Evans was good for the amount, as during tbe session of tbs legislature Mabsffey bad had 620 bills stuffed into his pockets by Evans during tbe campaign Incident to Evans’ reeleotion. Witness deolln ed to testify furtbsr, as Mabaffey was not present and be wanted to my It to Mahaffey's face. Wltnem also swore that C. O. Smith, the former chairman of tbe county board, had told him that he must sell Atlanta bear or none at all whan Mor ris complained that tbe beer was stale and tbe eustomers were quitting him. He testified that be bad seen Smith drunk on several oooealone and that once. be saw Smith try to out a man with a meat knife. Morris was tbe only wltnem ezsmined, as tbe beering did not oommenoe until after 6 o’clock blkabx’b haxb brought in. Senator Hay and Mr. Fraser having been delayed, Mr.-Lyon stated that be and Mr. Cbrlsteneen, being bars of tbe sub-committee, would not ■it as members of tbe commission but •s prosecuting attorneys. Ba begun by reading a letter from 0. H. Henry and his reply to that letter. Henry had asked for permieelon to reply to statements In an affidavit of which he had beard. Mr. Lyon had replied that ' Henry would be given a free and ful bearing. This was approved by tbe ccmmlttee and Henry may appear if be ohocm to do so. On account of tbe delay, there were not many people in the court bourn, but the testimony of Morris made quite a stir. Senator Ble&ae, who was author of the resolution looking to tbe dispensary investigation, was referred to very pointedly by the wltnem but did not arose examine him. There were several present who are interested in tbe local fight to vote out the dispensary and they teem to think that tbe testimony today will have its weight in that imue, for tbe wltnem is said to be a reliable man He testified that he is a butc ier and has an Interest In a grocery store. He wee a willing wltnem and did not bee- itete to declare hlm«elf. He had been elected beer dispenser in April, 1904, and was not reeko^d st the end of tbe year. He bed spent 680 to get the Job, Including the attorney’s fee. It bad cost him between 6700 and 6800 to fix up hie place. OBJECT ION RAISED. Morris swore that tbe original affl davit wasoorreiot. When Mr. Lyon reached (that point in tbe reading nherc tbe name of 0. O Smith mentioned, 0. P. Sims, a lawyer of ' tbe Spartanburg bar, arose and asked to be beard. Morris had stated: “0. ■ O. Smith, member of oounty board, asked me bow much expense I had been put to (to eeoure election) and upon my telling him he aaid that was very cheap, that It would ooet me more than that to be elected again.” Mr. 81ms here objected that this com mtmlon. -having been created by i concurrent resolution must stay strict ly within tbe meaning and words of the imolBtloo. He contended that under MIe resolution tbe committee did not hays the right to oome to Spartanburg and get Mr. Smith or t* Mr v Henry or any one else up notoon nested with the State dispensary Lyon led SOfirior Hay abort work of Mr. 81«fc r objection, I > Ymhna stated that the commission bai diaoussed tbe. matttir end with bat one dissenting vote had deoided at meeting In Sumter in March that by “State dlsptiMsry” is meant the dls- pensary as run In tbe State of South -Carolina ewd that there Is no distinc tion so far m tbs la w Is oonoened be tween oounty and Slate dlapeiunrien Mr. Lyon tried to find out from Mr aims now many etlenta he represented In this Batter. Mr. Shne continued to cbjeetfiotbij tloned above was deposited in the safe get Henry, but if 1 would give It I of J. W. Huaeman, beer there. Theee are a tew of tbe reeeone I bad for supposing that I would have to pay boom of tbe members of oounty board for my privilege to sell beer. Liter upon asking for a book of la- straotkms for running my dispensary, Mr. Smith said, 'Don’t mind instruc tions, make every dollar yen can, you win need it for your next election. About tbe middle of March last, short, ly before my time tor re-eteeUsn, Q. 0. Smith eaaoe to my place of busl and asked me if I wished to be I said I did. He said I bad better get busy and go to Atlanta with him and make a trade with Jeff Dunwoodv. If I did not, tbe other fel low would. Dunwoody Is the gentle man who represents tbe Atlanta Brew ing Company. DUNWOODV COMBS IN. "In August, or previous to that, in July, I received a ear of stele beer, and bad a lot of It sent back on me, and lot of my customers quit me, and told- obarlie Smith, and he said. would have to handle that or eons. He said. ‘You know Jell Dunwoody gave you 6126 to help you build your lev box.’ I said, T will Just pay him 6126 and buy from somebody else, I can’t sell that.’ Smith says, 'Youcan sell that or nothing.' That was previous to March, In August pr July. I prefer red to go, that If It took that to get the beer dispensary I did not want It. Smith camp back to me a week later and said that be could have toe brew ery to pay enough to satisfy himself and Mr. W. M. Avant, without my having to pay anything, If I would go to Atlanta with him and obligate my self to handle their beer." Q “That was that stale beer?’’ A. ' ‘Yes, sir, when I obligate myself I would have to handle anything they on me.*® Mr. Lyon, continuing affidavits: "We did not go to Atlanta and saw Dunwoody. Dunwoody came to me and said that be (Dunwoody) had been told that If I were reelected beer dis penser that he would have to some to Spartanburg and get busy if any of his beer were sold there. Dunwoody told me that 1 would have to give 61 a keg io I would satisfy the boys." There was more of this kind of evl denoe In toe affidavit, all going to show that Morris, while dispenser, was told that C. O Smith was master of tbe situation In Spartanburg oounty and that a member of the State board bad told Jeff Dunwoody that Smith would remain on the county board un til after toe election of beer dlspen The sffiiiVlt continues: “Tbe result of the whole matter wee that I lost my Kxltton. I attribute this to my re- usal to follow Dun woody’s and Smith's advloe. No charges were preferred against me, and I called this matter the attention of Mr. H. H. Evans a letter which I had Mr. 0. P Sanders write ter me, but I have never received a response from Mr. Evans.” A letter was read from Mr. Morris to Chair man H. H. Evans of the State r againsthfc removal without cause. He asked Mr. Evans would be elected Again. ” Mr. Lyon continuing the affllavlt: "Shortly after I agreed to Mr. Har mon’s proposition to pay The Journal 6300, Mr. BelBKing and Hnaeman, beer dispensers, earns to me and said, 'Let’s get Henry, the newspaper man of Tbe Evening Journal; that be would take up the fight for 6600.' I asked th* reaton of toe Increase, as Mr. Harmon had just said that 6300 was toe price. They said that Henry bad gene up, that he bad mild 6300 not enough, as be would lose sub scribers totes paper and his Influence, as he bad been fijhtlng on the other side." Witness aaid that was what they told him. Mr. Lyon oentlnutng affidavit: '^Huaeman and ReibUng told me my part would be 660, but I declined to give this much. Mr. Harmon came back and said 126 was enough ter me to pay. Tbit toe? would try and get taiance from whiskey houses. “Representing the combined dls oaaries here and jsfporetary for C. O. Smith, Jas. P. MoGorty, dispenser, wrote letters to whiskey houses for Smith to get contributions to pay The meat when Blaaee came back with the receipted bill untO- he could ass his attorney, Steayarne Wilson. Accordingly in toe presence of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Howard Carlisle, Blease tendered 616 to Morris te pay ment of the bill for 118 36. The par- of tfate testimony was to show that Senator Blease a month after having been appointed on the Invest!- gatln commission bad acted tor Dun- itoefiy. The receipt, In Bleae’i hand writing, was placed te evidence as a note which Blease wrote when Monte had complained of having been forced to contribute 626 to the Spar tanburg newspaper fund and that Mr. offered to try acd get hte money returned, or to go and get it himself, and that he voluntarily wrote an order and suggested that Mr. Mor ris send It to Mr. Hannou. The tel- owing te a copy of order signed or sent, Morris turning it over to the nveetlgating committee, ae he could not be comforted for the loss of his Job. ' N Spartanburg, 8. a, May 4,1906. Mr. J. W. Harmon, City. * VI paid 626 as my part contribution to tbe paper to help In the dispensary fight, ot ccciMtka that T'would be re-elected; as I have-not been re spectfully ask for toe return of my money. Please send same, and oblige. TOCKBTB FULL OF MONEY. Mr. Lyon then called Mr. Morris’ attention to anoter affidavit whloh be bad made as follows: ■ * Q "Did H. H. Evans tell you and Mr. Mabaffey some time abohtlast August to put up 6200 or 6300 on the election of legislators In favor of tbe dispensary and be would Inake it good himself?" A. "Yee, sir.” Q “Did you do It?” A. "I did all I could In that dt- rection, which cost me a whole lot of money; did everything I oould for the men he said were *hli' men. He sett that anybody who was In favor of tbe dispensary he wanted elected, and Evans’ room every night he want there?*’ A. "Yee, sir.” Q. "Wbatetes, Mr. Morris?" A. “Well, he went on to state, whloh I suppose maybe a lot of peo pie In tote court house heard on sev eral other occasions—Hub Evanl was asked on one ooeasioo la hte what waa the salary of the State board of directors, and he went on to my that two of them received a salary of 1400 a year. Evans was asked what hte salary was and be said he couldn’t tell until hte term was up." Q. “Didn’t Mr. Mabaffey tell you at tbe same time that he put some of these 120 bills In the pockets of mem bers of the leglslatum?” ' A * 1 Ym sir w Q. “Tell us exactly what you know.” A. "He went on to state who he gave the 620 bills to, but I can’t reed loot the names; |lj don’t remember them.’’ , Q. “That was In the interest of having Mr. Evans elected a member of the board ef control?" A. “Yee, sir.” Q. “Do you see any gentleman In tola room who hetod* make that statement?" A. “Mr. Blackwood there I think heard It." Q "Look around and see If yon can see any others around hers who you pan reoognlxe as having heard it." 80MB PLAIN FACTS for Voters te I tody Before,Voting on | , Whiskey Question. — for OonalderMkNi of Prohibition-! A writer In toe Florence Times says “when you vote tor prohibition, stop a moment and consider, what te to be toe result. Don’t take preach ers words, don’t take dtepeneeritee' but go Into it with a business view, and when wo say a business view, wo do not exoludo too moral aspoot. Tbe town of rioreaoo te getting 612,000 from the dispensary, the oounty is getting tbe same. The taxable prop erty of tot oounty te a little over 63,- 000,000, and at 10 mills will rates a revenue of say 632,000 and with 612, 000 from lbs dispensary makes 644,. 000. it takes all tote to run thecodn- |Maay People Crasted to Otl DISASTER IN ALBANY Over (tec Hundred Mcu, Wemen sad Twenty sad Thirty Wan At Albany, N. Y , the middle sie- ww, mi —wi m** wtMtm wv sow .mv —»—»* i wOo of toe trig department store of ty and yet we could expend Judicious the John O. Myers company on north Iji ‘Now bemada Journal. I MoGorty writing those who were not he didn't If he yote toe dispensary oat of atfitote 612,000, te got to I op in "taxation and half a mill additional under toe Brice tell. This means about 40 per cent added to each man’* taxes, that te every man who pays 610 taxes wfll have to pay 614, this is stateand county, now A.' “Most anybody heard It who j If you happen to live In tbe city of Florence, you have 16 mills now with tbe 68,000 from the dispensary. "The taxAble property of a little over 61,000,000 at present rate of texstion you pay, ll per out to raise 116,000 and with the dispensary 68,000 1s barely suffi cient to run the city, now take away tbe 68,000 and we have to Increase our taxes 33 per cent so the man who pays to toe State 610, and to toe dty ^ , tlS, will haw to pay to the state 614, Do you recollect a* statement [ and to the city 120, in all 634, where be paid under the dispensary system for thw man In ever loafed around the beer bouse and he made the statement so frequently b fore eo many people it if It would be a very easy matter get Just anybody." Q “Do you recollect anything else about tbe transaction that you oould tell us?" A.- “Not Just now, I don’t, Mr. Lyon.” to is ,UB BOLD WHI8AMT. Baarl street, collapsed early day of last week, carrying dew It over 100 persons. Caught sin a chaos of brick,' _ and woodtehtoass, b#t*iwo 10 and 10 men, women and eteldren AH Twelve hoars’ frantic workon toe part of rescuers dlsentengled 60 ptopli, Mx of them dead and many of the resl badly Injured. Three bodies wore In slgbt at a Into boor Tueaday night, but many hoots’ work will bs required to got them out. Anything ttksn complete list of tbe kffied andlnJaWr will be unobtainable until the workers have mad# their way to the wry bot tom of the mass of tbs wreckage. With few exceptions thorn caught in toe ruins were tmpteyes, a large ma jor! ly of them girls. The catastrophe occurred shortly Q. to n to have hte removal Investigated and or fair play. To tote letter be stated he received no reply. There was noto- ng special In toe letter, except a re quest for fair play. . , THB NEWSPAPER FUND. Mr. Lyon continuing affllavlt: "Re cently a petition waa put iu circula tion here Tor the purpose of having an election on the dispensary for tote oounty. When tbe petition for election was circulated J. W. Harmon dtepen~ ser, came to me and said that The Evening Journal would take up our fight for 6300 and that my part of this would be 626. I gave Mr. Harmond a check on tbe Merchants’ and Farm ers’ bank for 626. Before subierlblng this I,saw G. O. Smith and W. N Avant about It, and they said it would be all right to give It. Theee men were members of the oounty board “Afterwards Smith ogme to me and said to keep quiet, that Dunwoody would give 660 for this purpose, anc that Joe Houseman bed collected from representatives of wbtekev houses in Columbia about 6286, after House man’s expenses bad been taken ont, and that be, Smith, had received check from Fleischman for 626.” Q. “Did 0. O. Smith represent Fleteehman A Oo. as sailing agents at that time?" A. “I thing Mr. Smith repreaent- > them at that Itive. Probably Mr. Modordy oould tell you all about that, because he seemed to act as Mr. Smith’s private secretary at that time." Mr. Lyon continuing affidavit: saw tote cheek. It was pavabte to 0. Gi. Smith. Hs said this check was to go to Dispenser McGordy, part of the money to be paid to The Journal.” Witness: “Aa tor Mr. Henry, I never saw him io my Ufb as I know te, and whsthar it was to go direct to him some of the letters at Smith’s dicta tion. The letters referred to toe movement to abolish the dispensary, and asked for aid to resist It. I rec ollect that the Richland Distilling company was mentioned as subscrib ing one of the largest amounts to this fund. . I think Ullman was another, and Mallard’s Distilling company and J. W. Kelly A Go." Witness: “I really saw the list but I forgot the names. That te tbe part of them. It was shown to me in Mo- Gosty’s wlskey dispensary. Smith and McGorty went over it and said Joe went over it. I don’t know how much the amounts were." Lyon continuing affidavit:^.. “0. O. Smith said Hu^ Evans’ would also ooutribute." Witness: “I believe he said he had already contributed.” Mr. Lyon continuing affidavit: “1 have seen 0. O. Smith drunk on the street and in my place aevfiriU 'times. One time I saw him tfy to cut Harry Thompson with my meat knife while he waadiuak, but I took toe knife from him. Smith te a notoriously disorderly person and gets drunk fre quently.’* Witness: “Mr. Huaeman saw him too when he had the knife after Har ry Thompson REFUSED TO PAT. Mr. Lyon continuing affidavit: “Re ferring again to my re-election aa dte peneer, G. O. Smith told me that I must put up a bonus of 6260 cash, be tides what be could get from the brewery, which he said would be 6200, making 6450, toe same amount paid by Thaokston and ReibUng each for their privileges.’’ Witness: ’ ‘The same man who sold stale beer to me.^EEEEgr - r ~ Mr. Lyon continuing affidavit: hen said to arrange toe matter Dunwoody; to let him charge 61 extra on each barrel of beer and pay It Over to him (0. O. Smith) as toe beer waa ordered I refused to do tote." Q. “Are these statements cjreeot? A.“Yes, air, corrects «• I don’t know. 1 paid It to Mr. I told aU “He with could help it, and he also told Jess Mabaffey, ‘You remember what you did for me lu Columbia and I will not forget It”’ Q “Did Mr. Mabaffey tell you what he did for him in Oolumbia?" A. “He aaid when he was wanting to be elfCjed as ohairman of the State board he had In hte room nearly as much whiskey as there is in a whiskey dispensary, aad he would just invite people in there to take drinks, and be nld be stuffed several 620 bills in hte (Mahaffey’s) pockets." Q “What do you suppose Mr. Ms- haffey did with those 620 bfllN?" A. “1 don’t know, sir, ^loleahe got drunk on them.’’ Q. “Did Mr. Mahaff«y tell you be was pretending to be opposed to Mr. Evans?" A. “Yes sir, he said they way he worked It, he went on to brag, he said that he would get In with a crowd working against Mr. Brans pretend he was going to be him and find ont how they were going and sire up the oerteln members be oould get for Mr. Evans, aod he would report t) Mr. Evans and Mr. Evans would tell him howlo ma|>ouver.” Tbe witness here requested that he be allowed to wait until Mr. Mabaffey oould be present before testifying fur ther along this line. He was asked If Mr. Mabaffey did not rather brag about haying some of that money in the legislature where It would do j food. The witness replied, “Yes sir, »ut I would rather he would be here." He was told that an effort would be made to secure Mr. Mahaff y s at tendance. 0. O. Smith, the member of the board, of whom eo much was said, is n Hendersonville, N. 0. Mabaffey oould not be found when Mr. Sebum- made by Mr. 0. O. Smith in regard to hte going to Charleston to sell whte- d is peneer down there and key to a certain and the dispenser refused to buy, the transaction that took place?"' . . A. “Yes sir, that was on Saturday | Y°u going to before my defeat on Monday, I beliere about the 8th of April, Mr. Smith was I >oW in «°unty, ii talking there in the beer bouss In the presence of Mr. Farley, myself and others. ^ Q. “What did he say Mr. Morrte?" A. “How oome the conversation to come np, he had told me about some sales of whiskey be had made In vari ous places in other towns, In New berry; be said he had sold some right there In Hub Evroe’ own town; atj least he had bad dispensers to order some of the brands of whiskey from tbe houses that he was representing. He had the dtepeoeers to order whls- from toe State dispensary, the found In the debris had topped at 12 minutes before 9, showing when tbe crash came. The bet account of the event that probably caused tbe rain te given bp toe heed of the mockery, glare and drag department, whloh oeonptea the | “The I wooden flow key represen t- Mr. Lyon then read a number of letters from Dunwoody to 1.0. Black-, wood, Morris and others. Tbe first letter was to Mr. Blaokwood In March of last year In reference to the estab liahment%f the keer dispensary for which Morrte waa afterwards elected dispenser. . Dunwcody told that he would assist Morris to get the job If tbs Utter would use Dunwoody’s beer Mr. Blackwood Is a former member of tbe legislature and appeared as one of G. O. Smith's attorneys. At toe conclusion of the reading of these letters, Mr. Lyon read to the wlinefs an affidavit given several weeks after the first one What hap pened between the time of toe giving of toe two affidavits related to the matter between Morrte and Senator B east, tbe author of the resolution oauslcg the investigation and a mem her of the eommteslon. Tbe following are extracts from that affidavit. Q. “Mr. Morris, since Mr. Chris tensen and myself were here the test time, were you consulted about the dispensary situation by Senator Blease of Newberry?" A. “Yee, sir. He came to see me about a settlement between the At Ipnta Brewing company and myself.” Q “Who did Senator Blease rep resent?’ A. “I thought the Atlanta Brew ing company, from the way he talked He did not say who he represented but from tbe start took it that he represented tbs Atlanta Brewing Go. or Dunwoody." Q. “Did he have a bin?” a. “No, be did not have a bin, I bad the bUl and be asked me for it.” MR. BUASM DOMES IN. The witness than stated in the affi davit that be gave tats Mll to fileare, who carried 16 ever to the Argyte ho pert, tbe marshal, went for him. HUB IN EVIDENCE. On Wednesday It was only after being reenured repeatedly that Ma- haffey had been sent for and was non eat Inventus” that Morrte re sumed hte testimony. He said: “After Mr. Evans came told Mr. Mabaffey and myeelf to do aU we oould to get all toe candidates sleeted who favored tbe dlspsnsary law, and be said, 'You fellows can af ford to spend some money, as I will reimburse you," 1 asked Mr. Mabaffey if he reckoned he would do it, and be aaid yes, he knew Hub, and he was all right. I asked him where he knew him and he said be knew him In the legislature, and then be went on (6 tell about his working io have Evans elected as ohairman of the State board and he nld If he didn’t stick to him he ought to, and I asked him why. Ha said be had gone Into the com mittee room with those who opposed Hub Evans and found out what they were doing, and had gone back and reported to Evans." Q. "^here were these committee rooms?" A. “In Oolumbia." Q. “In the State house?” A. “I d m’t know whet bouse they were In: I never atked him." Q. “You ny be Just said the com mittee rooms, and that was during the session of the legislature?’’ A. “Yes, sir.” Q. “ When Mr. Evans wss running for member of toe State board of di- rebtore?’’ A. “Yee, sir.” - AT EVANS’ EXPENSE. .. Q. “What .did Mr Mabaffey ny In regard to that matter?" A. “Hs said that Evans had of fered him—he didn’t have to pay for anything. He went to the opeia shows and suppers and various other plaere in Oolumbia at Evans’ expense, 2nd gi brand of whiskey Ing." . ::r: ■ ■ • Q “In other words Mr. Smith rep- reaented whiskey houses and he went to local dispensers and asked them to order from the State dlspennry toe whiskey he, Smith, was selling; te that it?" ' X A. “Yeesir." Q “Go ahead and tell tbe rest of the conversation." A. “I asked him what kind of builnen did'he do in Charleston. He said he sold more to blind tigers there than to dispensers. He said he sold 12 blind tiger people, -And had toe privilege of cursing out one dispenser.’’ Ohairman Hay: “Was that while Mr. Smith was a member of the ooun ty board of control?” * \ . ■ - A. "Yee sir. He arid he went to some dispenser there In Charleston, don’t rember hte name; he said he was a big, fleahy fellow and asked him to buy some whiskey from the house be was representing, and the dispen ser asked him what there was In it for him, aod he told him not a cent, he wasn’t ont of them kind that had to pay a dispenser anything to tuy his whiskey. He said he had friend on the State hoard who would put them out of busiuees if they did not buy It and aid the next miming —that night that fellow oome to hte room at the hotel and waked him up—he oome to hte room, probably before he went to bed—and gave him the biggest order be bad ever reosived from any dis penser.” Q “Mhat was after Mr. Smito bad told him about this friend he bad on the State board of directors?" A. “Yee sir.” * Ohairman Hay: “Did he say who that friend was? ’ A. “No, sir; he didn’t say.” Oa Thursday Mabaffey took tbe stknd and dented telling Morrte that Erans had given money or whiskey to h m for any purpose. 626 or 69 additional tbe city and 64 additional for tbe man In the country. Now this te suf ficient to warrant a quid pro quo, are It? Will you get be no Uquor In the county, If ea yon have gotten rid of liquor cheaply, and oar advloe te to vote the dispensary out. “But who vouchee for toe fact that you wfll get prohibition, the preach ers and the advocates of prohibition, from whence comae their authority? Kansas Is a prohibition state, and yet according to the United States reve nue reports last year 3,800 lloeoaei to sell liqor were taken out, that means there were that number of Wind tigers In prohibition Kansas; Halne te a prohibition state, and 800 licenses were taken out, or that number of blind tigers ran In prohibition Maine. South Carolina Is a dispensary state and 512 licmsea ware taken out, tote Includes dispensaries, for each dispen sary has to take out a Uoenae so Jtoat probably there are 360 blind tigers in South Carolina, for each tiger arms himself with a United States license. The percentage of liquor sold In the United States te said to ba 617 per capita In South Oarelina it te 64 70 rar G&Ditfc. £uEtf , dtrtuiD8 tbtre te lees Uquor drank la gputh Carol!oa I heard blocks away and Ewing at** he, “whloh runs underneath one of the central pillars in tbe middle of toaster* Ex cavation for toe cellar was fotag on about tot bass of tote pillar, and I believe that jarring of the hewn be neath It displaced the foundation of tbe pillar. The first thing I knew, two of the counters near ton place whan tbe men were worirtof began to sag, aad several pieees of gteanran slid off Into the floor with a mash. “I veiled te my clerks to ran for tha front of tha store. Tbs words wraa . not out of ss| saouto when than aaraa a creaking and everything anmad aa began to fall. Tha wreak < ly, however, and I think my department eeoap ‘ workmen.” The pJUag which draw away sup ported tbe ends of tire giant gird are, pportof everyone In i wall aa tha and when It fall, the main support of toe central part of tha building waa gone. With a notes that oould *a id which car Evans’ tel to got aU the whiskey he find brought a satchel full which he got out of Mr. moat.?. v' ~ it.) Q. "Yam ny that ba brought ■ •** m ..■VaA- Killed by Train. . While tittinr lender a freight eating his dinner Wednesday after noon at 2 o’clock, S. M. Peterson, en gineer for the Seaboard Air Line was killed at Howells Station, Ga., by the kicking of a freight oar coming up In the rear and causing several oars to run over him. He must have been killed Instantly. When pulled from under the care the body was fearfully out. Mr. Peterson was one of toe oldest engineers in Atlanta. It is said that fco wai the (Tret man to drive a Seaboard Air Line of Atlanta. Be was In tha fifty- seventh year of bis age and te survived by hte wife, who resides at 70 West Baker street Mistaken For A Bnr*lar. Ex-Senator and Oounty School Com- mtaioner W. H. Cobb of Royatoo, Ga., was fately shot Tosaday night by hte wlfs tor a bugiar. Ha waa on- conscious until hte death at 130 Wednraday morning. Mr. doth shot twice, ooe shot tek than any other state. “Now you can batter tote by pro hlbltion, if you can vote out tha dte- pansarles. But are you bettor than the people of Kansas or Maine? Can yon answer that question In the afflr mative? Then what te your proof? But lf we take humanity as an aver age, where can you expect bettor re suite In Sooth Carolina, than In Kan sas or Maine. Now if there te run In South OaroHna 350 blind tigers where there are diipenaaries, at which can be procured, what Mill be the ratio when the dispensaries are re moved. It Is a mathematical ques tion that each In our view, every oroee roads liqqpr under the guise of bitten, ol der or some other harmless name, and the latter end of the whiskey quea tlon in Sauth Carolina will be worse than the first. “Now each voter must decide for himself; we have no advice to offer. We simply state facte, which can’t truthfully be contradicted, but when | you vote be sure you are not tumping from the frying pan Into the fire. . “Reason.” Fatal Collision. A head on collision at Norfolk be tween electric trains of tha reenvlew division of the Norfolk Railway and L’ght Oo.’s system Wednesday even ing resulted In toe death of motorman Sydney Thomas, formerly of Lynch- burg, and toe slight Injury of Ribert Tatt and wife, of that city, Charles Gibbs, of Berkeley, and John Grlm- stead, all passengers. Tbe railroad authorities say toe oollteon waa due to disobedience of orders. Both trains [ were badly damaged. nearly half m cellar to the adjoining buildings, tbe great structure, from roof, and extending from < to the other, Into this cevsrn fall ploy es who were working on floors above and leered the whloh enabled those in the to escape. Some, however, won ap prised of the danger bp falling plater^ aod saved themselves by rushing to the front of the store or to Mm in enaoe In the rear. - Clouds of dual which shot out of toe front entrance oaneed than outride la balieve that tha store was afire, aada fiicanm — they had plently to do la theee who were pinned under the top wreckage. They were joined by aeons of volunteer reecurers and within an hour 15 or 20 perapna were carried oat, none of them fatally Injured. In a abort time tbe city* satire ho*- pi tel and ambulance tone waa on the scene, elded by half a hundred doc tors from all parts of tha city. The volunteer rescurere and Urn 1 firemen coo tinned the work until e* ‘ haustod, when their places were takaa, by a wrecking force numbering 360 men from the New York Delaware and Hudson railroads. Tt delved In the rains all night* the work of rescoe prog When darkness earns It ’ that Dearly-60 still In the ruins half of i oould survive pres ling uj 9 Iinra-J' ■mill. _ Tbe Dtepeneary la Georgia. Ool. T. Larry Gantt In speaking of j toe dispensary says it is the beet eola tion of the "liquor question In South Carolina if tbe graft teelimluatad. He said that there were some counties In Georgia which had made a great suc cess of the Institution, and cited Ter rell oounty, which has. maoadamitsd every road In tbe county, and | built a thriving oounty; tn the < of which Athens te the oounty they cleared 642,000 last year—but they are freed of the corruption which "headquarters” like those In Oolum- ■ Newberry was Monday night vlrit-1 ed by a revere electric storm to panted by a heavy rein- Four donees In the city mere stnrn lightning, one of ffimra ha? ipon them. Fortunately < wreckage did not take fire; Some persons are still unaccounted Cog, 50 of there are caritbojiiOt 1 ' firm has no record and 11 makes It difficult to go IlEp a complete list of others. In all tbe employes, but 60 of vacations. ' Tbe building < In the heart iff 1 at Not. 39 aad 41 north Flail It te owned partly kytlmi mk partly On. byflpp TbsknJklhoi ial bats 000. The building w» a but until sound. JoboG. tffeet in si'