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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW lf73 ENTERPRISE I89J VOL. I. NO. 71. SEMI-WEEKLY LANCASTER. S. C., JUNE 9. 1906. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Startling Revelations. j J k A Witness Before the Dispen- K sary Investigating Commit-1 a tee Makes Sensational Charges ot Bribery Against Members of Old Board of n Control. ^ tl Columbia special in yester p day's Charlotte Observer: The most startling revelations that e, have yet characterized the di?- C( ** pensary investigation were made $ this morning when the much jj talked of Newberry situation () was entered upon lor the first j time in a really aggressive man \x ner- Bribery direct and flagrant $ is charged against ex-Directors ft Evans, Boykin and Towill. Mr. l Towill was but recently mar- H ried. 0 C. C. Davis, a Newberry con t] tractor who had worked on ex- \ Chairman H. H. Evans' fine n new house in Newberry, in a s, cool and somewhat reluctant [| manner, told of Evans admitting t] to him that, on various occasions, hn hurt tmorf ? ? ?4 ? ~ wvn viuif; pi USHIIIM O* p various kinds jnd great wads of J money from.tjPb whiskey houses ^ vhe took care fit on tho dispen y sary purchasing board. Evans tl showed him, on several occasions, a big bunches of greenbacks ot all sorts of denominations, bills as it .jhigh, more than one time, as ^ $l,0t)0 and several of these in J each bunch. On one occasion, p when witness told Evans a cer 0 tarn door in the house had bet w ter be moved, Evans pointed to g a beaver hat sitting on the floor Ir full of greenbacks of large de nominations, and asked if ho did IY not think that would move it. t| Evans never did call it rebates m ^ or graft, but admitted ho got the H| ca^h as well as llie presents and p said they were in consideration l( ot his services on the hoard to ej these houses. Anions; the pro- t| sen's was a handsome suit ot furniture with a $500 polrer ta hie among the pieces, which 0] Evans admitted getting as a pre tt sent trom Bluthenthal & Brick- j, ert, of Atlanta. Witness denied tj( that Evans told him he bought <>< the big Kinard plantation in tl Newberry with dispensary graft, |), and also denied that Evans Raid ri} lie used poker playing as a blind, j b ^-^denied that Evans mid him that' tl, oil one occasion lie won $ 10,000*1 fo. in a poker game with some pi whiskey drummers. A whiskey man. Jonah Loed, told him that, S; I in order to get u allowing, lie tj paid Evans $2 a case on soveial p< i ....? Ill" ismiu lU^US. ||4 ^ The most important part < ! hh Davi ' tesimony vn as perhaps cf that involving a <1 roct case of hi brib ry against Evans* a^sociates "it the board, John Bel! I o * il i In 'and E. \V Boy kin. Wit ne?s sail M Kv <n* told liirn that Evans wasltli not getting tho proper showing I In ior his friends in the purchases cr and he and Bridge Wilson, of k< tho Richland Distillery here, n< laid a trap in which they oaught L t I j tell him, it was so Secretary Wicker, of the Farmers' Oil Mill at Newberry, ol which Evans is president, testi T1 lied that Evans had negotiated a loan of $20,000 .'or the mill at five percent Ironi A and N. M. B ook, the whiskey men in<eiBsted in tl?e Ric tlaml Distillery and the bi owing concern at Macon, Gn. The mill, capitalized at m $40,000, stood for the loan. In- Di terest on the loan is being regu G< larly paid. Mr. Lyon read an ly affidavit from an insurance man L named Norcum, of Mariietta, ''c Gii., in which Norcwm detailed a conversation he had with mem- Lb bers ol t he Johnson-Chamberlain- th Dubose Furniture Comnanv. of eh owiH and Bo.vkin Evans' whip0 y Iriend* go' To will and Boyin in a hotel room here and i Ivans and Wilson, standing on table in the hallway, saw the ilier two directors paid the loney. Mr. Dayis is regarded as a lan of character and worth in i few berry. i E. W. Robertson, president of < le National Loan & Exchange laid; and of a number of other olumbia enterprises and interBted as director in a number o! atton mills throughout the tate, was on the stand to-day. le corroborated tfie testimony 1 L. W Parker, given yester ay, as to 8amuel J. Lanahan aving Director Boykin as his tate middleman, but there was decided difference as to what canahan said about having a liddloman now who is a State tlicer but not connected with lie dispensary. Mr. Parker paid Ir. Lanahan's statement was lade in New York in the pre?nce of Mr. Robertson, but Mr. Lobertson did not remember lis and thought Mr. Parker must ave been mistaken as to this oint. The committee yesterday id not insist on Mr. Parker iving the name, although the upreme Court had just ruled liat he could be compelled, to nswer questions. riAirnrnAt* T-X ? ?1 A ^ uutviiuui iic.Y wnru HI1S mom lg sent a letter to the attorney eneral 9aying : tear Sir: I see through tho public rials that,as a resultof the ruling t the Supreme Court, evidence as produced before the investi ating committee charging for?er members of the board of ireetors of the dispensary with , lalfeasance and corruption in ie discharge of their official du7. I direct this matter to your Itemim to the end that you romptl.v cause such prosecution ? be instituted as shall be prop r and necessary to vindicate lie law. ''I). C fleywa'd, Governor Contractor Davis went back 11 the stand this afternoon. He! 5s11tied that ex-Chairman Kvan*: dd bin that the Newberry , elocution was lukewarm on the I ;casion ol liis reelection but I. .. i.i!- - ? mi ne * uxea tnem all, and :>ughl * *'in mighty cheap. Evans iid he bought Senator Blease 11 v eniplnvinu him as his attorney and th ?t he paid for the', dance and <iot 'em at bargain j n j i rice*. Dr Mcintosh,of the Newberry ivings Bank, was on the standi lis afternoon, but he had a . >or memory and Mr. Lyon did 1 ;t get much out of him llejt iiil Evans never did have a r mt on dep sit in his hank in sown name and he was not; ked a- to w' 'is; name ho did ive deposit* nor tli" amounts, r. Lyon reminded L . Mclnte L 1 at he hud said Evans told him i i g<n ine norsos'.ioo diamond |i aval pin lie wore from a whia-Jt >v man, hut the doctor could I Dt remember having told Mr t yon that. However, if ho did ' ---r . - ? ? Atlanta, who t-aid Bluthenthal ifc 111 Bickert,ol Atlanta, and Evans had together bought the suit ol 1 h furniture slopped to Newberry tif to Evans The furniture people bo said the deal was a private one ed and they would not show him lh the bill, but they intimated tliat Ct the whiskey concern paid all but lb $400 of the bill. The car was T1 valued at over $3,000, the order- M being shipped together. v? Ex-Director John Bell Towill, K who was here to-day, bad a long el distance 'phone interview this afternoon witli ex-Chairman lb Evans, who talked from his ut home in Newberry, immediately fh following the testimony ot Con- la tractor Davis. a A LIK, SAYS KVAN8. 1" "lie's a d d liar from start t> finish," came the voice ot the 1 man of thousand dollar bills, suits of furniture, silk hats lull of money, fine houses and plantations. "Ami if there weren't B'inie ladies standing here by the 11 'phone I'd tell you the other thing he is. Mr. To will said he never had ai :i single instance of unpleasant e ness will) Mr. Evans 'he entire ^ time In* was on the hoard with ?' him. He says the story of his be insr bribed at the hotel is ridiculoijslv false. <lt "Who was this middleman 01 representing Laiialian before ih? boar?l the la'tor part of last 11 \e.ir after .Mr. Boykin lei the the Lunnhun interest go?'' The OhfOrver correspondent asked 1 '' Mr To will da ' I haven't the slightest. idea," ? Mr. Towtll replied. I don't he- ^ lieve Mr Bo\ kin ever represented ^ lain than. It appears to nie to (>1 lie a ridiculous story ahoul c' Lauah s f i paying Hoy kin $2,000 i1 1 ? 3*oar to repieson- him If he e was paying s,) much rebates what wif the sense to pay him a ON .alary? I' he ha ! agreed to so net 'hi ie would have required m<>rt! mi lui i $2 0o(). 1 think the storv i^ ! 111< , " ' in """'" I co A Thought for the ififeek. |ei You'll have the satishiction of pu cio'wn . that overs em mv you tlv n >ke hy doing th-? square thing s a rascal at heart. I) n't fear 00 miicii the enemy yon make 1 sp >v pji'-inrj No, not trust too much he lie friend vou ma1* l<v saving I wl 1 es. ?Old Gorgon Graham. ('! Teachers Elected. he Officers and Teachers of Lancaster'sGraded Schools for Next Session?A Word About the New Teachers. At a meeting of the board of jstees o( the Lancaster School strict, held Tues lay afternoon, >1 A. R Banks whs unanimous re-elected superintendent of mc ister's graded schools; Mr. hn A Jenkins, principal ol e Central school, and Miss race Whisonant, principal of e Cotton Mills school. The ection of teachers was deferred util Wednesday afiernoon. At tie adjourned meeting, ose of the old teachers whoce >plica'ions were b'foro the iard were unanimously reelect , us iollows: Mrs. T. Y. Wilims, Miss Eloi-e Foster, Miss srtrude Foster, Miss Nora ough, Mr. Joseph K. Connors, tere being still two vacancies, iss Nellie B. Schorl), of Yorklie, and Miss Bessie II irner. ol ingstree, were unanimously eeted to fill them. Miss Ola Cnlp and Miss Lona ?ed, both ot Lancaster, were lanimou-ly elected teachers in e Mill school. Miss Culp, who ufelit successfully in I hat school part nl the past session, whs e only old teacher to make ap ication, excepting, of course, e principal. As to the new teachers, Miss rhorb is a lull graduate of shine College, graduating in e class ot li>04. Before enter g Erskine Miss Schorb gradua d with first honor Irom the jrkvdle graded school. For the st two years she has been aching at llich ry Grove and I ?s offered the tame school an-J nei ye ir. Miss Harper was graduated a i. 1* ago irom Winhrop College, ter having completed the lull 11 r year-' normal course, given iha< institution. The past fall (I winter Mis* Harper taught I liool at Sampit, S. C. Mi>s Reed, the new* teacher osfiii lor the Mill school, is a mliHi ? f i.ur esteemed fellow wnsman Mr. John L. Reed. ie has just graduated 'rum the rinal atid Collegiate Institute, A<heville, N C. Sue acquired nsiderable experience in teachg hi tlT Mode >ch ?ol connectwith ilia: ins'itu ion. The trustee- had something I e: t-' rty atq 1*cations before em, and several h u.s. at each oMii'g, were spent in giving 'i'i earnest c ni id ration and endeavoring to select tor Lanj nv'? . f .. ! ? ,-? i .??. ?' ... ..vf'K, itiv available. I iiw boar 1 fools1 nfident lis ."> and * p seleeiwm? in 'p. LiIIIp Mi?s Marie Cornwell ent Saturday in Lancaster with ; r father, Mr. J E. Cornwell J 10 \v.*s th"re nn bti?ir.e?s ? ester L.mter . Cotton in the State. Farmers Still Holding the Staple for Better Prices. Columbia special in Charleston Post: A great amount of cotton is still being held throughout the State for better prices, hot it. is impossible to accurately estimate how much. Money haH been tight all <y'r tho State on this account, though recently the country banks have been calling these Fans and much cotton had 'o be released. Most of the cotton in the wire. 1 - ? nouses in i lie cities is bein? heM tor the mills and is not to be p ?t. on the market, hut still greater quantities are being held in the farm yards by individuals. There are nearly 40,000 bales ot cotton in Columbia, but less than 10,000 bales of this will ?e sold, the remainder being held by the mills. About 0,000 bales are being held for sale at Greenwood, it is said. But. many farm yards, particularly in the up country, are covered with cotton. A Columbian in Anderson last week reports seeing 1,500 bales at one laiin about 14 miles from the town. That's about $75,000 worth of cotton. Maj. H. M. Pegues near Cheraw, has 725 bales lying in his \ard. A Florence man has 400 bales Pertinent Inquiry of North Carolina Newspapers. Before committing ourselves further to the King Mountain proposition we wi?h t?> Know whether or not the North Carolina newspaj er.- intend to move the battle groun I over into North Carolina ? Otherwjg we prof<-r to hold on to the battleground and let North Ca.'olina have the monumen'?jm-t as in the case r?t Jackson's birthplace?News and Courier. Legare, Patterson and Lever Hold their Seats. Washington. June 0.?Toe House today disposed finally of the contested election cases in the first, second and seventh congressional election districts of South Carolina hv adopting resolutions I ha* Anson I'rioieaii. ls-,.c Myers an i Chades C. Jacot-s were not elected he (listi ivt? above ni^n'io-e! I'he sitting members, (ie.- i _e ' !(i-?i?irue, J s. (). ['a**tw; A. F. L'vcr are thus a i11 < ^ to their seat R. ? I he 1 >jiujfbtet of the < if.(|/-ra'*\ will - icecream on tie coir ' lion ^roen next Thurrda ?f I'l'iH n . at G.30 o'clock The proceeds v!l <> t? the inor iimont fund. Thfl MawC ',0PS 1,1 ' I'fintine 111C 11CIIU for others. Why can't we do yours? ??????