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; igp f THE LEXINGTON DISPATCH. i ? ? ? ??? ??? 1 * ' &. Representative newspaper. Bowers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Like a Blanket. vse*: ? VOL. XXXVL LEXINGTON, S. C., "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1906. 32 J* ? GLOBE DRY GOODS COMPART, "W- H. IvdCOlJTCIZTO^T, TE., M-AJLT-AJS-SIB, *ttg> t l?dO MAIN STREET, ________ C OLUMBIA, H. C\ i% ' Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. October I8tf ~ Dispensary Investigation. The dispensary investigating committee has at last caused considerable interest mid adgitation by its recent revelations. The testimony before that body furnishes considerable reading matter which would require more space than we can afford, so we only rro -fcrt orixro a. hinriseve view as to the ? ? - tide of the work before the committee: Mr. L. W. Parker, of Greenville, S. C., president of a number of cotton mills in this State and a very prominent business man, was ruled for contempt before the Supreme Court for not revealing a private conversation which he had had with Mr. S. J. Lanahan, a member of Wm. Lanahan & Son, Baltimore, a large whiskey * firm of that city. Mr. Parker stated that Mi* Lanahan , had told him, and had told others, that he had had Mr. L. W. Boykin, a f, member of the dispensary board, employed as his middle man in this State, but that Mr. Boykin had not stuck up to the arrangement. because Mr. Boykin's brother-in-law, Mr. J. M. Cantey, was representing some other house and he had to stick to Mr. Cantev. Mr. Lanahan then told me that after his conversation with Mr. Boykin and Boykin's continual refusal to agree to assure him that he would secure his fair proportion of orders, that he had gone to Mr. Evans, the chairman of the board, and stated to Mr. Evans that he, Mr. Evans, must look after Mr. Lanahan's interests, as _ Mr. Boykin declined to do it. That Mr. Evans replied, "You go back and tell Mr. Boykin" with an oath, as I recall it, "that he must do it, that according to our arrangements he was to look after you and I can do nothing in it until I am assured that he is t not going to look after you, and if he dose not then you come back to me." In the conversation in Greenville to which I have referred, Mr. Lanahan also told me that at the letting of con4 tracts which had just past that there was in it for the members of the board of control not less than five thousand dollars (?5,000) at that particular letting, inasmuch as it was understood that they secured at least five dollars (?5) a barrel; that he found it was utterly impossible to compete with these cheap Western houses, inasmuch as they were willing to sell a quality of liquor which he was not willing to sell and that he could not sell his liquor and pay the expenses incident to the sale, or pay as much as was required of him to pay in order to secure the business. I would say that this practically represents the conversation I have had on the subject. Contractor C. C. Davis, of Newberry, was the first witness put up in the so-called Newberry situation. f He said H. H. Evans frequently showed him money and presents. Evans did not say anything about rebates, but said his friends, liquor people, had given him presents and money. Evans had shown him great ? wads of greenbacks, all sorts of denominations. Saw several Si,000 bills on one occasion and saw even as high this on other occasions. One time when witness was working on Evans' newT house at 'Newberrv he mentioned the necessity of moving a door. Evans pointed to a ; k beaver hat full of greenbacks and j asked if witness did not think that would move it. Mr. Lyon brought out that there i "MSET'ME AT TAPP'S." THE The Third Lockai This "Mill-End" business is 1 ot?h "harrAla. "Evftrv DeT>artmen ?UU were popular and made Eamous day will be the biggest, the mos: i *.?V was some sort of agreement between members of the board as to] how the / business was to be divided, and that there was a quarrel about Evans's houses not getting a proper showing. Witness then proceeded with a highly entertaing tale to the effect that Evans and Bridge Wilson laid a trap for Directors Boykin and Towill to have them bought off by Evans's "friends" at a room in the Columbia hotel. Evans and Wilson witnessing the bribery by standing on a table and peeping over the transom. < After that Evans said he got a better ' showing. Secretary Wicker, of the Farmers i Oil mill at Newberry, of which Evans is president, testified that Evans had : negotiated a loan of $20,000 for the 1 mill at 5 per cent from A. & N. M. < Block, the whiskey men interested in ' the Richland distellery and the Brew- < ing Company, of Macon, Ga. The : mill Capitalized at $40,000 stood for ; the loan. Interest on the loan is ; being regularly paid. 1 Mr. Lyon read an affidavit from an < insurance man named Norcum, of Marietta, Ga., in which Norcum, de- 1 tailed a conversation he had with i members of the Johnson-Chamber- < lain-DuBose Furniture Co., of Atlanta, who said Bluthenthal & Bickert, of Atlanta, and Evans had together bought the suit of furniture shipped to Newberry to Evans. The furniture people said the deal was a private one and would not show him the bill, but they intimated that the whiskey concern paid all but ?400 of the bill. The car was valued at ?3,000, the orders being shipped together. Answering other questions, Mr. , Davis said several years ago a whiskey man named Jonah Loeb complained that the dispensary graft was more than he could stand for and he was. going to withdraw from the state. Loeb said he had on one occasion paid Evans ?2 a case for an order of 600 or 6,000, cases, witness could not remember whether thousand or hundred. Mr. Davis saw a car of fine furniture come to Newberry to Evans, who if. ?*oc liroconfofi fy? V\im hr Wn. OO-XVi AW >> UO W lixxil WJ Afiu thentlial & Bickert, of Atlanta. Evans never told witness he had on one occasion dropped $100, in cotton speculation and had gotton enough. Witness also denied Evans. told him he told of cotton speculation as a blind. Mr. Davis had heard of Evans being interested in the Kinard plantation in Newberry county, but denied Evans told him he bought it with dispensary graft. Mr. W. A. Clark, president of the Carolina National bank of this city for the last 25 years, yesterday stated before the dispensary investigation committee that he had heard frequent complaints made by members of the firm of William Lanahan & Son of Baltimore to the effect that the dispensary was not giving out its purchases properly. I have heard Mr. Samuel J. Lanahan, the senior member of the firm, criticise in very severe terms the methods of dealing. He frequently complained that lie was not getting as large orders as he thought liis house was entitled to measured by the magnitude of his business and the quality of his goods. And upon one or more occasions stated as a reason that the Parties who dealt with the dispensary were required to pay to the board of con- j trol $2 per case for cased goods and j ?t "Mill End" Sal< )lessed for many reasons. We h t will have its full share of nev for the Bargains given our Cust \ complete and best of them all. JLMlESl in addition 50 cents per case to the Local dispensers. That he did not get the business because he could not comply with this demand: first, that he was unwilling to do so, and second, that he was unable to do so. By the latter meaning that he did not make much more than that amount as profit per case for his goods and that he was unwilling to adulterate his goods. That his whiskey had a reputation over the land and that he could not afford to adulterate it for any consideration. He also stated what was required to be paid for each barrel sold, but the witness did not romomhpr f.Vi a jimnnnt,. I desire to add one thing more in respect to Mr. Lanahan. That it was Largely due to his liberality in putting out money for this community that we were enabled to inaugurate many of the enterprises which have promoted the prosperity of this city. He loaned liberally to the cotton mills and to the street railway and at the time that these cotton mills became embarrassed, some two or three years ago, Mr. Lanahan was a creditor of these mills of not less than $200,000, possible more. He is still a large creditor and stockholder of these mills and is now engaged in working them out of their difficulty. I mention these facts to show that Mr. Lanahan had many large business tranactions other than his dealings with the dispensary. Everything TJp-to-Dato. It is natural, you know, that people have great curiosity and a desire to see all the new novelties in all classes of fronds offered for sale, esoeciallv when they have an idea of purchasing. With this view the proprietor of one of the largest up-to-date firms of Columbia with his excellent judgment and wide experience selected for this season just such goods as will please the most fastedious buyers. They are now beautifully displayed and you cannot help being pleased with the goods and the prices. They are certainly pretty and cheap. Mimnaugh's, Columbia, S. C., is the place referred to. This great department store has added new lines to their business, so you- now save time and trouble running around, because you find here just what you want and it is useless to go elsewhere. Every department is fall to overflowing and you find polite and attentive ladies and gentlemen in their various departments ready to serve you. By-the-by it is almost a Lexington store, for you find that genial and clever gentlemen, John M. Stuart, in the clothing and furnishing department prepared to make you look like a new man, while Reuben F. Corley, one of our popular boy's, and the best of all-round fellows you ever met, can fir your feet in the most substantial, latest and neatest footwear. And the ladies, God bless them, are in the hands of Miss Nola Haitiwanger, one of our popular young ladies, who is in the ladies suit department where she is prepared to fit and dress her sex to perfection, astounding the husbands and making them proud of their wives improvement in looks, while the young men smile at the beauty and loveliness of their sweet heart after she has arrayed them in the new fashionable dress. Never go to town without calling at Mimnaugh's for these Lexington friends will be glad to see you whether you buy or not. TAPFS"MUBATBR 3 B K H b Starts at Our S lO ave been preparing for this glo r goods; "Mill-Ends" from the b omers. It is no ezperiment wii Be sure to call, see and learn THE GOVERNOR TARES ACTION. i Old Dispensary Board to be Prosecuted. b Evening Record, June 7. ? Much additional interest is added to /li'nwrtMPO txt Kir fKn IHD uio^/ciioai j liiv^ouigO'Uivu ktj uxxv action taken by Governor Heyward today. He has called the attention of the aitorney general to the evidence 9< of Mr. Parker before the committee ^ yesterday, instructing him to take such steps as proper by entering pros- ^ ecution. The letter follows: ^ "Dear Sir: I see through the public prints that as a result 01 the ruling of . the supreme court evidence was produced before the investigating committee charging former members of ' the board of directors of the dispen- . sary with malfeasance and corruption in the discharge of their official duty. ^ "I direct this matter to your attention to the end that you promptly cause such prosecution to be institut- . ed as shall be proper and necessary to ^ vindicate the law. "Yours respectfully, "D. C. Heyward, Governor." U! Governor Heyward stated that he e; had heard that the investigating com- S1 mittee is getting in need of funds, and so long as they develope matters with which to prosecute the invest!- S1 gation. He thinks this no time to 0 stop. c< Mr. H. H. Evans, former chairman of the dispensary board stated by ^ phone message that he had heard of a the governor's action and commends "L. 'nil P' mill iui lu uiiu.ci an kjl uic stances. "Beverdam Sparks." 11 ai To the Editor of the Dispatch: zi Harvesting is now in full blast. We ^ can begin to hear the roar of the p steam thresher. b. Well, bean and Irish potato time is u here. It is a delightful thought to S1 the plow boy to hear the toot of the ^ dinner horn for he knows there's p( beans for dinner. ir Mr. Earn Ra\vl spent last week S( with his mother, Mrs. Ann Eawl. " Mr. Milton Kaiser, after overseeing p a farm for a Mr. Dunbar, in Aiken county, for about three months is d again seen in this section. s< Mr. Hoy Wessinger, son of Mr. I. b V. Wessinger, is in Columbia in the V; hospital. He is very ill and has gone p there for treatment. d Mr. J. L. Kaiser's little boy that h was bitten by a hog about a month A ago is still improving, though his t; knee is in a very bad condition. B Miss Eunice Wessinger has return- tl ed home from school. Miss Eunice g i is a very promising and highly es- eteemed young lady and we are always c< glad to have her in our midst. p -Vf~ n ^ 1*11. UI1U. .Til bi XXCIIXJ Xidilliclii WML- II ed the former's father Sunday. rr J. Norde. ii Watch the Crowd. e ti In this issue we call special attention to the advertisement of the Jas. h L. Tapp Co., Columbia. They have a | enjoyed unprecedented sales this sea- C son and now they purpose, commencing Saturday, to open their doors to s' | onfe of the grandest- bargain sales f< ' known to Columbia. Watch the crowd v and get in the push if you would be lucky. h DEPAETME1TTST0EE._ Bis V BaB VI Bm Store Saturday, Ju SLYS. rious sale for months and months, iggest and best people in Americj th us. It has proven the greatest something: that will surely please V V X E? CO., C3? Swansea Notes. ^or the Lexington Dispatch : Our little town is now greatly enivened by the presence of our college oys and girls who are at home for tie vacation, and a number of charm ig visitors. Last week the lovelv moon-lit even igs were taken advantage of and sveral delightful lawn parties and Dcials were given in honor of the i9iting young ladies. At each the ours made merry by the hum of hapy voices flitted by far too rapidly, nd not until late hours were the ood-byes said. On Monday evening Miss Alma liver entertained a few of her friends lformaily at her home. Miss Oliver proved herself an efficint hostess, and all present enjoyed er hospitality until late in the evenlg. Delightful music was dispensed y Miss Kate Pooser and Mr. B. E. raft. Tuesday evening we were indebted ) the young men of the town for givlg a delightful lawn party at the ike. The evening could not have een more perfect had Diana herself poken her favor to us and had bidden 3 choose this particular time as one specially set apart by her, when the lvery moon should be beheld in all er glory. The lake, just at the outrirts of town, at all times is a lovely cot, but when enhanced by the beauty f a June moor.-light night, who Duld be so soul-less as not to enjoy le time spent by its placid waters? .ppetizing refreshments were served, nd our harty thanks were voted the loughtful ones who provided such a Leasant diversion. Last, but not least, Mr. and Mrs. P. I. Kutto entertained on Friday evenlg formally and delightfully. For musement pictures taken from maga:nes were cut into several pieces and id in bits of tissue paper about the Leasant rooms. A niece of card oard tied with dainty green ribbon as given each guest, and the one icceeding in finding pieces which hen put together formed the most erfect picture won the prize. Much terriment ensued naturally for )me pictures when completed were wonders" from an artists standoint, at least. Miss Kate Pooser, as the fortunate one, as she prouced a perfect picture from what semed numberless and impossible its of paper. The reward of merit hich was gracefully presented Miss ooser by Mr. P. M. Oliver was a ainty blue and gold photograph older. The consolation prize fell to [r. J. L. Haigler, whose artistic ilent would put to shame (?) a Raphael. No efforts were spared by re host and hostess of the evening to ive all a pleasant time, and their very effort was crowned with sucess. The piazza and grounds were retteiy lighted by many lined Japaese lanterns, and during the hours j lost delightful refreshments eonsistlg of cream and cake were served. Miss Kathleen Cleckley has return d home from Winthrop for the vaca- i I ion. Miss Ollie Smith, to the delight of er numerous friends, is at home again fter an absence of four months in >rangeburg. Mr. W. L. Brooker. who has been uperintendent of the Aiken schools Dr two years returned home last ! reek. Miss Kate Pooser, oneof Augusta's andsome and attractive daughters, ' nfi and wil The goods are rolling in by 1 i. We have had two of the B selling event of the year. Thi you. is visiting at the home of Dr. W. T. Brooker. Mr. S. Frank Derrick has returned from Newberry college for the sum mer. Miss Blanche Brooker, having completed the course of study at the Aiken institute, is at home to the delight of many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Berry, of Palmetto, Fla., stopped over here for a short while last week with the family of Dr. Brooker, on their bridal tour to Greenville, S. C. Mrs. Boyd, of Statesville, N. C., is with her niece, Mrs. J. R. Langford. Mrs. J. C. Witt and two children of North, are with Mrs. Witt's mother, Mrs. Hildebrand, for a few days. Mr. W. T. Brooker, Jr., of the Un lversity ol soutn uaronna, 13 at nome. Dan. Jane 11, 1906. Liquor Drummers Must Have License Conviction of Former Dispenser at Marion of Selling Liquor Without Federal License. The State. June 9. Charleston, June 8.?An important opinion was rendered in the United States district court today by which liquor drummers will be compelled to take out the license of a retailer. The case came up in the trial of M. Manheim of Marion, who represented a Wilmington liquor house. Manheim solicited orders at and about Marion and was arrested for selling liquor without having paid the tax. The facts of the case were admitted, to the effect that the orders were solicited and forwarded to the house and ship ped direct by the firm to the consignee. Arguments were made by the counsel, and then Judge Brawley charged the jury to return a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation of mercy. The decision will have much effect in the conduct of the business, and it is expected that an appeal will be taken a3 the liquor dealers will probably net be content to let the decision stand. The custom has been for the drummers to operate without a license, the payment of the tax by their firm being sufficient. The decision may put a stop to liquor drumming in certain communities, where the business does not justify the cost of the retailer's tax which each drummer will have to pay. Manheim was dispenser at Marion before the dispensary there was closed by vote of the people.? v ITG77 ?*. F. D. Routes. \ Hon. A. F. Lever has been notified by the department, dated June 6, 1906, as follows: "I have the honor to advise you that rural delivery service has this day been ordered extended from New Brookland, Lexington county, South Carolina, with one additional carrier to commence on August 1, 1908." This will be route two and we learn, will go down the State road and return a circuitous route out from the river back to Brookland. A new route has also been ordered from Batesburg commencing July 19th. We have had plenty of rain and now the farmers will have their hands full looking after general green. "MEET ME AT TAfr'S." Win" I Continue About the cases and boxes, bundles till-End sales here and they is one beginning next Satur