Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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down there, they tave got the horse before the cart. It was some one eise near the dispensary. don't know his name and never sa whim any more and don't want to see him any more. Smith's Charleston Friends. All the dispensers in Charleston .are my iriends. I don't suppose, I think I can say, I have not got $3,000 worlh of my goods shipped into Char leston within the last three months. I don't think I was soliciting heavy because I can go on the streets of. Spartanburg and sell $3.000 worth in two weeks to the consumers. I was asked by one of yot.r committee men lact night if I couldn't probably throw some light on the members on the state board. Mr. Please: Please state whnt ine:ber that was. r. Sr,ith: Mr. Gaston. So far as I knew, they are three as hightoned mn as I ever me.. They say I have go: Ie friend.on the board. I would lk. to know who that friend is chat I ha-:e the power over to keep people in. ' <ir positions. when he didn't or der whiskey out from the big whis -ke'.: houses of my*brand, I have talk ed ery little whiskey with the state board of directors. and I have never known of anything crooked with them, and don't believe any. They are t?.:ree men that one could risk any thing in the world with. Ch-.irman Hay: Did you represent Flei=chmann while you were a mem ber of the board of control in Spar tanbnrg? -Mr. Smith: I represented Fleisch marn after I sent in my resignation as <Ihairman of the county board of control, and not before. At least I don't think so, because I sent my res ignation in before I went on the road. I know I did. The Ever Faithful. Mr. Blease: I want to ask you some questions, because the late dis penser at Newberry is dead and he is not i a position to speak for himself. I ha': always made it a rule to stick to i friends anywhere. whether they are living or dead. Did you ever go to Newberry and make any ar rangements with Mr. John J. Mayer abo- any whiskey? In response he said 1h!e had never bcee in Newberry and had never sold any goods there, and had never seen nor wri:tten to the Newberry dispen ser. Mr. Christensen: Would you like to have me put in evidence these pa p.ers you turned over, Mr. Blease? Mr. Smith: T wrote o'ne letter to a diepenser at Newberry and myve hian my prices. Mr. Blease: Mr. Mayer is dead and I think it is due him that I should, as hi; friend, remove from him the st1'picion that he has been handled b'. thi man. Mr. Sims: Something was said here yes:erday-you were absent, and said you had not seen a copy of the testimony--I call your attention to the fact that Mr. Toland told he had paid you Sa75, to put him in a beer dispen sary. Well, sir. I have never received it. If he owes it to me I would like to have it. isa; any one ever paid you any thingt for your votce directly? No. sir. At any time you were connected with the dispensary? Mr foland also tes'tified that you wert to him after be was elected and stated that you though:t he oughtc to mak.e you a present of a watch, and in consequence of that *he did make ycu a present. A Tender Token Of Affection. Toland bought a watch and I sup orehe was three montbs gihing me that watch. I have it, butc he gave it tO :me as a Christmas present. the onl' xay I would accept 't. V:=that after he was elected? D:-! you go to him an-d ask him tco .you a present? Nc. sir. tamination by Mr. L.yon: Mr. C' -ngham yesterday te ;tified that gaehim S5o to wvhndraw his '(' fo- the clerkship. Aall, and he gave' it to him:. cW d yotu explain that whole -"on? ~:rems at t'he tim'e. if I remember Mr. WVal;l was a great friend Ut'.nningham, and Cunningham had hi .pplication for the clerkship in him $50 to withdraw his application. He gave me the money and I gave it to Mr. Wall or Cunningham, one. I won't .ay which. but Cunningham got it. Witness said he did not know why Foster did not go to Cunningham and give him the $;o himself. He said Mr. Thackston had never paid h-m a cent for voting for him, and he had an affidavit from Mr. Thackston to tat effect. He did not know of any money that passed on that election. if any had passed. He said he sup posed he would have got part, and he did not get any. After considerable questioning as to his opinion of Mr. Perry Wall. witness stated that he had seen him a little full sometimes. and that he would not care to swear that he was all right. Voluntary Benevolence. Did you ever go to Mr. \'all's house in a buggy with Mr. Thackston and with Mr. Thackston sit in the buggy out in front of Mr. Wall's house, and you go into Mi. Wail and tell him that if he would vote for Mr. Thackston there was $500 in it? If you had asked me :that before I would have answered it then. I won''t deny anything of that kind. Yes, I did it. I was not authorized to do it. though, when I did it by any one. Examined by Mr. Sims: Witness said that he had taken drinks in the dispensary, and he got something like a quart of whiskey each month. He got a bottle once in a while, he said. but he bought a great deal more than was given him. Asked if he had ever been drunk at a show and been put out, he said he had never been put out of a house or a tent either, that he did not think they could get up enough to do bhat hardly, but he was pretty full at the show. Mr. Blease asked that the sub-com mittee put into the testimony the let ters which he hiad furnished them. which were sent to him from Spar tanburg. county, and, said Mr. Blease. I would like to ask the sub-commit tee if I have not given them that kind of information. I ask that because there has been some insinuations that I was trying to hide something. Mr. Lyon said that the committee had the letters which Mr. Blease had given them. Examined by Mr. Sims, Mr. Smith said Mr. Thlackston was out in the buggy when he was saying something to Mr. Wall about the $500 and neith er Mr. Thackston nor any one else had authorized him to do it. Mr. Wall on one occasion had agreed to support Mr. Thackston. and after wards he came down and said he could not do it, and I thought him turning away from me like he did after being together like we had been. there was probably something wrong somewhere. and I made that crack~ unauthorized. Only a Bluff. WVitness said he did not mean tc give him the money, but just wanted to see how much t!he other fellows had offered him for something else if they had done so. After reading of the affidavit oi Mr. Perry M. Wall, whom. Marshal Schumpert stated, had refused to come before the committee, Mr. Smit'n again took the stand and stated that in his previous stacement he had not recalled going to Mr. WVall's house twicz, that at the time offering hit the $50o, his father-in-law was witre him. Mr. Th.ackston, he said, was not with him that time. He had forgot ten about the two trips. Mr. Smitrt said he IYad never gotten any money from any breweries or from any oth er source for his influence in thes< matters. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of More or Less Interest Con densed Throughout the State. IGeorge Gore, colored, shot an< killed Henry Shell. another negrc at Boganville, Union county, Satur day, as a result of a base ball quarrel While Joe Washington and Wahe Lark were gambling near Beltoi Saurday night, they got in a fus about 6o cents. w!nich resulted il Washington killing Lark. S. D. Hicks, of Greenville, has file< suit against the Southern railwa: company for $2.50 for injuries re ceived in the wreck of the Ogde special at Greenville. W C. Tennings was painfully ir jured by being struck by a rock :hrown at t ie train on the C,'oast Line road at Florence Monday night. As a result oi a number of com plaints concerning the cleanliness of certain portions of Columbia. two more inspectors will be put on who 1 will make a house to house canvass. The Odd Fcilws' orphanage. whicih is located tthree miles from Greenville, was opened yesterday. A corporation has been granted to the Atlantic Towing company of Georgetown. which has been formed for the purpose of transporting freigfrit from the "City of Columbia" to the ocean steamers. At a meeting of the city council of Charleston an ordinance was passed to punish persons who started untrue reports as to yellow fever being in Charleston. The city is enforcing strict quarentine laws and all ex cursions to the city have been called off by the local authorities. Ollie Melford, a flagman on the Southern road, was knocked down and run over by a cab of a freight train at Blanding street station, Co lumbia, Monday morning, and was so badly injured that his leg had to be amputated. ANY PORT IN A STORM. A Deer to Escape a Hound, Leaps on Flying Train. A deer story comes from Thedford. Vt., a small vinage on thePassumpic division of the Boston & Maine rail road. A freight train. northbound. was running easily down a slight grade after leaving Thedford. when the engineer heard above the noise of his locomotive the sharp baying of a hound. As the train neared the 1 frir.ge of the wood the engine driver caught a glimpse of a big doe heading straight for the cut. Evidently she was being chased by the hound, and. knowing that she would not stop at anything and fearing that he could not stop his train. he opened the throttle'and shot ahead. He was try ing to get ahez.d of the doe, but the animal was too fleet of foot, and as the train shot through the cut the terrified animal leaped on an open flat car. "Keep her going until I can get back to her," shouted the fireman. Keep up speed and she won't jump." The engineer opened the throttle another notch and the train was soon bumping along at the rate of thrity miles an hour, while the doe kept frantically running up and down the car. The engineer put on the brakes. and procuring a rope the trainmen started to capture the deer alive. As soon as the now thoroughly terrified animal saw her new danger she pressed forward over three flat cars and cans up short against a flour car with such force that she fell to the floor. This was the signal for the would be captors. They had Ijust succeeded in getting the rope around the anirnal's shoulders and were waiting for the train 'Co come to a full stop when the deer made a final supreme effort to escape and leaped between the flour and the flat car. An instant later her neck was brok en. Dr. 1R. M. Kennedy, DENTIST. Newberry, - - S. C. OVER NATIONAL BANK. Best Mineral As phalt Roofing. C. H. CANNON, Near C., N. & L. Depot Newberry College SEMVI-CENTENIAL YEAR. 'Courses in Science, -I Classics, Philosophy, and Engtnearing. Thorough Collegiate Training under positive Christisn in fiuences at a minimum of of expense. Next Session begins Sept. 27. -Address JAMES A. B. SCH ERER, President. "One day a friend met him on an underground train. The friend sat down beside him. Washington was rocking himself to and for in a cur ous way-something like a man with the colic. " 'How do Washington,' said the friend. ' How do,' replied Washington, and "The friend regarded him curious he still rocked to and fro. Some girls don't taste so sweet as they look. IRUG STORE R 0 Seed. + s & lunter. . and Cement Co. 'ON, S. C. .11 kinds. High Grade [JBEROID." r Prices. Drug Store " cription Work : Tf is & Hunter. + SARD Rail way AXL EASTERN Excursoin COMFORT Ocean View, Va. AUGUST 16. I TRIP $7.50 tmden and Cheraw. from Denmark and 'fax. icluding August 31st, 1905. e in Both Directions. Dard Agent or Address ~, T. P. A., Phone 574 Columbia S. C. The Easy Public. T'homas W. Lawson was talking about sharp practice. says an ex :hange. "Sharp practice is the rule," he ;aid, "but is not the public in a way :o blame? Why should t!he public be ;o willing to be de1uded? What is :he ma-ter with the public, any way? Upon my word, I have seen men and svomen .iug and nurse worthless tocks as Washington White nursed is watch. '\Vashington White? Oh, he is a Eloston colored man. *e+S+O+O+@+S< THE RIGHT I FO Turnip Gilder, Week Southern Lime CHARLES1 Building Material of a Roofing "R Write fo ?Sf"+"++f+fe4 The Right] FC Reliable Pres A EL &ATIC) JA " Gilder Weel Air Line FIFTH ANNU Seashore s * OLD POINT Virginia Beach and WEDNESDAY, $7.50 RODNI From Columbia, Ce $10.50 Round Trip Fair Good returning until and i Double Daily Servic Consult Nearest Seab W. L.BURROUGHS 1 323 Main Street,