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HAS BEGUN TO COME OUT OAMACINO EVIDENCE AGAINST OFFICIALS. COMMISSION BEGINS ITS WORK. How th? Thing is Run-Contributed to Fund to Buy a Newspaper. [The Stat?.] Spartanburg, August 8.-On the witness stand in the court house here to-day John Henry Morris, formerly dispenser, testified to the fact that he had contributed to a fund to pur chase the influence of the Spartan burg Journal in behalf of the dispen sary. He testified further that be had lost his job as beer dispenser be cause he complained of the miserable quality of beer sold by the Atlanta Brewing Company and because he had refused to pay to C. O. Smith, chairman of county board, tho amount that Smith demanded. Witness swore further that in mak ing final settlement with Atlanta Brewing Company that concern was represented by Cole L. Blease, who had Baid, "You boyB could have kept from telling so much." Referring to the affidavits which witnesses had given Messrs. Christen sen and J.yon, Morris abo testified that H. H. Evans had asked him to "chip in" $300 to the election of leg islators in Spartauburg county, prom ising to refund it. Witness had never been reimbursed although he bad spent money on advice of Jess Ma haffey, former member of legislature, who bad told Morris that Evans was good for the amount, ns during tho session of tho legislature Mahat?ey had had $20 bills stuffed into bis pockets by Evans during the cam paign incident to Evans re-election. Witness declined to testify further, as Mahaffey was not present and ho wanted to say it to Mahaffey's face. He also swore that C. O. Smith, the [ormer chairman of the county board, bad told him that he must sell Atlanta beor or none at all when Mor ris complained that the beer was stale and the customers were quitting bim. He testified that he had seen Smith drunk on several occasions and that once he saw Smith try to cut a man with a meat knit?). Morris was the only witness examined, as the hear ing did not commence until after ? o'clock. Senator Hay and Mr. Fraser hav ing been delayed, Air. Lyon stated that he and Mr. Christensen, being members of the sub-committee, woulu not sit as members of the commission but as prosecuting attorneys. Ile began by reading a letter from C. II. Henry and bis reply to that letter. Henry had asked for permis sion to reply to statements in an affi davit of which he had heard. Mr. Lyon had replied that Henry would be given a free and full hearing. This was approved by the committee and Henry may appear if he chooees to do so. Senator Blease, who was the author of the resolution looking to the dis pensary investigation, was referred to very pointedly by tho witness, but did not croBs-oxamine him. There were several present who are interested in the local fight to vote out the dispensary and they seem to think that the testimony to day will have its weight in that iBBue, for the witness is said to be a reliable man. He testified that he is a butcher and has an interest in a grocery store. He was a willing witness and did not hesitate to declare himself. He had been elected beer dispenser in April, liiii l, and was not re-elected at the end of the year. He had spent $80 to get the job, including the attorney's fee. It had cost him between *7<>0 and $H(>0 to lix iq? his place. OHJKCTIOX MAUI:. Morris swore that the original alli davit was correct. When Mr. Lyon reaobed thal point in the reading where the name of C. (), Smith was mentioned, C. 1*. Sims, a lawyer of this bar, arose and asked to be heard. Morris had stated: "(.'. (). Smith, member of county boan!, asked me how much expense I had been put to (to secure election) and upon my tel! ing him he said thal was very cheap, that it would cost me more than that to bc elected again." Mr. Sims here objected that this commission, having been created by a concurrent resolu tion, must stay strictly within the meaning and words of the resolution. Nowhere under this resohuiou had he been able to find that the commit tee would have a right to come here to examine witnesses in reference to C. O. Smith or any one occupying a similar position. As he understood it, the arthur of the resolution was at that time and is now an experienced legislator and he understood, while not from him, but from good au thority, that the author drew up that resolution before he went to Co lumbia, that he drew it at his home iu Newberry, and with hin experence if he had intended it to be a joint resolution bc could easily have bad it that way, which would have car ried with it the authority of law, but his not doing so showed the inten tion of the legislator to do no more, and to bind those acting under it to such authority as that resolution gave. Under the resolution the committee did not have the right to come here and get Mr. Smith or Mr. Henry or any one else up not connected with the State dispensary. TESTIMONY ADMITTED. Mr. Lyon and Senator Hay made short work of Mr. Sims' objection, it being stated that the commission had discussed the matter and with but one dissenting vote had decided at a meeting in Sumter in March that by "State Dispensary" is meant the dispensary as run in the State o? South Carolina, and that there is no distinction so far as the law is con cerned ?between county and State dispensaries. Mr. Lyon tried to find out from Mr. Sims how many clients h-o repre sented in this matter. Mr. Sims con tinued to object to thc testimony, but the chairman, Senator Hay, de clared that the investigation is not a trial, and that in trying lo get light thc committee would give great latitude to the witnesses. TUB MORRIS AFFIDAVIT, After further arguments Mr. Lyoi proceeded with thc reading of tin ?illidavit of Morris given last April. lt read : "I did not know posi tively what C. O. Smith meant, hui supposed it meant that I would havi to pay the county board of eontro something for my re-election. I in ferred this because ex-beer dispense! B. L. Toland told me that he had t< pay C. O. Smith $276 for his electior besides thc beer and whiskey he gav< him. In addition to this VV. K. Lan ford tobi me that J. 1'. Thackstor had to pay about *45U for his heel privilege to C. O. Smith, chairmai of county board. (Objection b] Mr. Sims.) Toland and Lan fort told me that the $27.*) mentioner above was deposited in tb a safe of J \V. Huseman, beer dispenser here These arc a few of the reasons I bac for supposing that I would have t( pay some of the members of count] board for my privilege to sell beer Later upon asking for a book of in structions for running my dispensary Mr. Smith said, 'Don't mina instruc tions ; make every dollar you can you will need it for your next eleo t.on.' About the middle of Marci last, shortly before my time for rc election, C. O. Smil?i came to mi place of business and asked me if '. wished to be re-elected. I said I did He said I had better get busy and g< to Atlanta with him and make i trade with Jeff Dunwoody. If did not, the other fellow would Dunwoody is the gentleman wh< represents the Atlanta Brewing Com pany. DUNWOODY ? (?MKS IX. "In August, or previous to that in July, I received a car of stall beor, and had a lot of it neut back Ol me, and a lot of my customers qui i me, and I told Charlie Smith, and hi Haid I would have lo handle that o none. Ho said, 'Von know .Tel Dunwoody gavo you $125 to bel] you build your icc box.' I said 'I will just pay him $125 and bu; from somebody else. I can't sel that.' Smith says, 'You can se! that or nothing.' That wa? previou to March, In August or July. I pre ferrell to go ; that if it took that t get the beer dispensary I did no want it. Smith came back to mc ; week later and said that ho couh have the brewery to pay enough t satisfy himself and W. M. Avant without my having to pay anything if I would go to Atlanta with hin and obligate myself to handle the! beer." (>. "That was that stale beer ?" A? "Yes, sir, when I obligated my self I would have to handle anything they put on me." Mr. Lyon, continuing affidavits "We did go to Atlanta and saw Dun wo idy. Dunwoody came to mc am snid that he (Dunwoody) bad been told that if I were re-elected beer dis penser that he would have to come to Spartanburg and get busy if any of hia beer were sold here. Dun woody told me that I would have to give $1 a keg so I would satisfy the boys." There was more of this kind of evi dence in the affidavit, all going to show that Morris, while dispenser, was told that C. O. Smith was master of the situation in Spartauburg county, and that a member of the State board bad told Jeff Dunwoody that Smith would remain on the county board until after the election of beer dispensera. The affidavit continues: "The re sult of the whole matter was that I lost my position. I attribute this to my refusal to follow Dunwoody's and Smith's advice. No charges were preferred against me, and I called this matter to the attention of II. II. Evans in a letter which I had C. I*. Sanders write for me, but I have never received a response from Mr. Evans." A letter was read from Mr. Morris to Chairman II. II. Evans, of the State board, protesting against his removal without cause. Ile asked Mr. Evans to have his removal inves tigated and for fair play. To this letter he stated he received no reply. THK NKW8PAPBR KUNU. Mr. Lyon, continuing affidavit : "Recently a petition was put in cir. dilation here for the purpose of having an election on the dispensary for this county. When the petition for election was circulated J. W. Harmon, dispenser, came to me and said that The Evening Journal would take up our light for $300 and that my part of this would be $25. I ; gave Mr. Harmon a check on the I Merchants' and Farmers' bank for $25. Hefore subscribing this I saw C. O. Smith and W. N. Avant about it, and they said it would be all right to give it. These men were mem bers of the county board. "Afterwards Smith came to me and said to keep quiet, that Dun woody would give $50 for this pur pose, and that Joe Iluseman had collected from representatives of ; whiskey houses in Columbia about j $286, after Huscman's expenses had j been taken out, and that he, Smith, ; had received a check from Fleisch man for $25." Q. "Did C. O. Smith represent Fleischman <fc Co. as selling agents at that time ?" A. "I think Mr. Smith represented them at that time ; I won't be posi tive. Probably Mr. McGordy could tell you all about that, because he seemed to act as Mr. Smith's private secretary at that time." Mr. Lyon, continuing affidavit : "1 saw this check. It was payable to C. O. Smith. He said this check was to go to Dispenser McGordy, part of the money to be paid to The Journal." Witness : "As for Mr. Henry, I never saw him in my life as I know of, and whether it waB to go direct to him or not, I don't know. I paid it to Mr. Harmon. I told him $25 was all I would give and after Mr. i Harmon told me that $25 would be enough, Huseman and Reibling, beer dispensers, came down and said Mr. \ Henry said wc had better give I more." (?. "What was the object in giv I ing The Journal this money?" A. "They said all tho rest of them were giving them money to fight the prohibition movement and wanted me to come across and I told them I would." (?. "You did not have any agree ment to put in any advertising mat ter in The Journal ?" A. "No, I don't know whether it went to The Journal or not, but when I asked thc board about it, I asked them why they didn't get Thc Herald's inlluence, that Mr. Henry had been fighting the dispensary all along, and they said, '() wc can't got The| Herald," and doubted if they could get Henry, but if I would give it, I would be elected again." Mr. Lyon, continuing affidavit "Shortly after I agreed to Mr. Har mon's proposition to pay The Jour nal $800, Mr. Reibling and Huseman, beer dispensers, came to mc and said, 'Let's get Henry, thc newspaper man, of The Evening Journal ; that ht would take up thc fight for $500.' 1 asked thc reason of the increase, af Mr. Harmon had just said that $30C was tho price. They said that Henry had gone up, that he had said $300 The S BARGA You are cord stock, and be cor We carry a f Notions, Shoes, 1 ceries. First cia Your trade s< GAR Bring along 3 will give you ma was not enough, as he would lose subscribers to his paper and his in fluence, as he had been righting on the other side." Witness said that was what they told him. Mr. Lyon, continuing affidavit : "Huseman and Reibling told me my part would be $50, but I declined to j give this much. Mr. Harmon came back and said $25 was enough for me to pay. That they would try and get balance from whiskey bouses. "Representing the combined dis pensaries here and as secretary for C. O. Smith, Jus. 1*. McGorty, dis penser, wrote letters to whiskey houses for Smith to get contributions I to pay The Journal. 1 saw McGorty , writing some of the letters at Smith's dictation. Thc letters referred to the movement to abolish the dispen sary, and asked for aid to resist it. I recollect that the Richland Distilling] company was mentioned as subscrib ing one of the largest amounts to this fund. I think Ullman was an other, and Mallard's Distilling com pany and J. W. Kelley & Co.' Witness: "I really saw the list, but I forget the uames. That is the part of them. It was shown to me in McGorty's whiskey 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 : "C. O. Smith said Hub Evans would also contribute." Witness : "I believe heBaid he bad already contributed." Mr. Lyon, continuing affidavit: "I have seen C. O. Smith drunk on the street and in my place several times. One time I saw him try to out Harry ThompsoL. with my meat knife while he was drunk, but I took the knife from him. Smith is a notoriously disorderly person and getsdruuk fre quently." Witness: "Mr. Huseman saw him too when he had the knife after Harry Thompson." Mr. Lyon, continuing affidavit: "Referring again to my re-election as dispenser, C. O. Smith told mo that I must put up a bonus of $250 cash, besides what he could get from the brewery, which he said would be $21(0, making $450, the same amount paid by Tbackston and Ueibling each for their privileges." Witness : "The same man who sold stale beer to inc." Mr. Lyon, continuing affidavit : "Ile then said to arrange the matter | with Dunwoody; to let him charge $1 extra on each barrel of beer and pay it over to him (C. (). Smith) as the beer was ordered. I refused to do this." (?. "Are these statements correct ?" A. "Yes, sir, correct." Mr. Lynn then read a number of letters from Dunwoody to I. C. Black wood, Morris and others. Tho first letter was to Mr. Blackwood in March of last year in reference to tho estab lishment of the beer dispensary for which Morris was afterwards elected dispenser. Dunwoody told that ho would assist Morris to get the job if ame Old INS ! BAR( ially invited to call Lvinced that we can ull and complete lin ?ats, Clothing, Hart Lss goods and rock b olicited and apprecu Respectfully, .TER & \LHALLA, S, roux Cross Ties anc rket price. the latter would use Dun woody's beer. Mr. Blackwood is a formor member of the legislature and ap peared to-day as one of C. (). Smith's attorneys. A LATISH AFFIDAVIT. At tho conclusion of tho reading of these letters, Mr. Lyon read to tho witness an . ffidavit given several weeks after the first one. What hap pened between the time of the giving of the two aflidavits related to the matter between Morris and Senator Blease, the author of the resolution causing the investigation and a mem* Vier of the commission. The follow ing are extracts from that afFniavit. Q. "Mr. Morris, since Mr. Chris tensen and myself were here the last] time, were you consulted about the dispensary situation by Senator] Blease, of Newberry ?" A. "Ves, sir. Ho came to see me about a settlement between the At lanta Brewing Company and myself.' Q. "Who did Senator Blease rep resent ?" A. "I thought the Atlanta Brewing Company, from the way he talked. Ile did not say who he represented, but from the start took it that he rep resented the Atlanta Brewing Co., or | Dunwoody." Q. "Did he have a bill ?" A. "No, he did not have a hill, I had the bill and he asked me for it. MK. BLBA8B COMES IN. The witness then stated in the affi davit that hu gave his bill to Blease, j who carried it over to the Argyle hotel to get Dunwoody to receipt it. Morris declined to accept settlement! when I ileane came hack with the re- j ceipted bill until he could see his at torney, Stanyarne Wilson. Accord ingly, in the presence of Mr. Wilson and Howard Carlisle, Blease ten dered %16 to Morris in payment of the bill for *13.35. The purpose of this testimony was to show that Sen ator Blease a month after having been 30-Day For the next thirty days we Catarrh Tonic for 75c. Large size Celery Compound, The largest bottle and best S Our Dyspepsia Tablets, two I Syrup of Figs, 26o. per bottl Dr. Pitcher's Castoria, 25o. pi All the above aro fully guara vertised to do or money back. We Sell the Drugs t CARTER'S F WESTMINS Song ! JAINS ! and examine our save you money, e of Dry Goods, Iware and Gro ot*om prices. Itv 7 CO ?r c. I Shingles. We t appointed on the investigating com-^' mission had acted for Dunwoody. The receipt, in Bleese's handwriting? was placed in evidence as was a note which Blease wrote when Morris had complained of having been forced to contribute fc'io to the Spartanburg newspaper fund and that Mr. Blease offered to try and get his money re turned, or to go and get it himself, and that he voluntarily wrote an or der and suggested that Mr. Morris send it to Mr. Harmon. The follow ing is a copy of order signed or sent, Morris turning it over to the investi gating committee, ns he could not bo comforted for the loss of his job : Spartanburg, S. C., May 4, 1905. Mr. J, W. Harmon, City. I paid $26 as my part contribution to tho paper to help in the dispensary fight, on condition that I would be re-elected ; as I have not been, I re spectfully ask for the return of my money. Please send same, and ob lige. POCKET KU LL OF MONEY. Mr. Lyon then called Mr. Morris* attention to another affidavit which ho had made as follows: Q. "Did H. H. Evans tell you anti Mr. Mabaffey some ti? n about last August to put up 0 or $300 on tho election of legisla? in favor of the dispensary and he would make it good himself ?" A. "Yes, sir." Q. "Did you do it ?" A. "I did all I could in that direc tion, which cost me a whole lot 4?*j, money, did everything I could for the men he said were his men. He said that anybody who was in favor of the dispensary he wanted elected, and those who were not he didn't if he could help it, and he also told Jess Mabaffey, 'You r* member what you did for me in Columbia and I will not forget it.' " Q. "Did Mr. Mabaffey tell you what ho did for him in Columbia?" [Continued on pago 8 ] Special. will sell our famous J'uri-tone , 75c. arsaparilla for 76<L kinds in a box, '25c. EL r?r bottle. ntoed to do what they are ad ;hat Get You Well. 'HARMAGY, r ;TER, S. C.