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I. THAT BLEASE d WAS LAN AH AN'S AGENT U (Continued from page one.) w nnoction therewith. 11, ?Now you will proceed, Mr. w or? (j ?Mi". Lanahan told 1110 ho had p jyed Senator Cole. L. Blease, of m >erry county as his reprosenta- w n this $tate at a salary of .$2,000 w ?The date at which this conver1 occurred you set forth in your p jr testimony? j, ?I presume I did. As well as I <>} io\v recall, it was in the spring p ?Did ho tell you whether or not ? his employment of Senator e he had more satisfactory re- ^ -tNo sir; I'think he told me, on ^ ontrary, that he did not get satory results. I do not know to ^ extent the board wishes me to ^ stating the testimony. Si ?We would like for you to state ly what 11 r. Lanahan told you. u ?T can not state at that time. Sl ?Then at any other time. 1^ ?1 can not say positively that the inforamtion directly at that from Mr. Lanahan, but it came P ? through him or otherwise that ftlease had boon employed and a comparatively short time, less i a month,' there seemed to be a iderstanding between Mr. Blease dr. Lanahan as to the character Cjf the services to lie performed by j Mr. Mease, and Mr. Blease found j %|pat Mr. Lanahan expected him to go the county dispensaries in quest ^ ^ orders for his liquors and to see , jmat orders were made for his goods. ? L ifflr. Blease was unwilling to perform ^ y service and withdrew from Mr. , a fKmnahnn 's service, and was paid . TOgWDOut $200 for the time he served. (< ^ ~Wh" was the agent before Mr. ^ ?1 don't recall the testimony ex- ^ /flrot the general terms. T don't think J iffitated in bhe previous testimony that J*?.vk'n, was the agent in the same | ampacity as Mr. Blease. My rccollcc- ^ &n is that Mr. Lanahan had made an | j Irangement with Mr. Boykin by J Hiioh Mr. Boykin was to get orders. iase was a member of the board at . ( v, Hat time and he was to get orders ' 4v?nd was to be paid for the orders $2 &wbasc for each case of liquor and $5 . barrel orders. ''$Q.?'Mr. Boykin was the agent pre- ]' piously? ? A.?Mr. Lanahan told me that tjiere was practically an arrangement . in the board by which each member ittf (ho board had certain houses as being called their clients; and they | ^ had the riiilit to net the commission 0 coming from that particular house; , and in the division by the board Mr. Boykin fell to M. Lanahan and when lie would to Mr. Hub Kv:in?? t?? ^ j get orders Evans refused to .lo so, j y telling him (t T can't, do that because S' you are Boykin's meat." And when r lie w.m.U go ! ? B ivkm f< r orders, j Boyk*r. s^i': h .* c:??*ri ,*: t 'he orders because there were others will- ' ing to do better bv him than Lana ii lian was; that others weve not only , willing to pay the whole commission, hut were taking care of some mem- ^ 'i her of the family or some friend? ! Q.?Mr. Cat)ley? |. A.?Mr. Can toy, a brother-in-law .! of Mr. Hoykin. I Q.?Mr. Parker, was Mr. Smythc i'i or anybody, else present at any of j these conversations? { ' A.?I had. of course, a number of s ; conversations. My business relations I with Mr. Lanahan were close. lie was a memibcr of the reorganization y C committee for the Olympia cotton i in,ill, and in such relation 1 was con- j stantly brought in touch with him. T | had various conversations with him that would arise in the course of a day's business, when the eon versa& tion would turn back to the condir " tions i:i this State. In these various conversations other parties were 1 present. At one conversation, which took place in the Maryland club, lie joined me when I was lunching with ^ j| Capl. Smythc and he continued the ' convorsation. Another conversation took place at the Waldorf-Astoria ^ when Mr. K. W. Kobertson'of this j city was present. i Q.?'Mr. Robertson testified as to g that? I * A.?T. was not present, but T under- ^ stood thai' lie did. Q.?Did he tell you how much his r business was worth to Mr. Boykin a 0 year? ^ A.?1 can not recall the amount, 1 but I. know when I referred to a rather insignificant sum, several thousand dollars a year, as being probably ^ what I he position was worth, Mr. s Lanahan laughed and said it was worth many times what I supposed. 1 | s recall that that conversation was at j j| my home in Greenville. ( Y Q.?You staled that Mr. Blease c L m. id noi consider that it. was his duty wa > go to the county dispensaries; did pin ou have any understanding as to Mi hat Mr. Blease was to do? Bl< A.?No sir, except what Mr. Lana- tlu an stated to me that he felt that it as necessary to have as a represen- m vtive some man in the State whose ulitical position was such that the Hj lombcrs of the board of control oukl not dare to go counter to his H ishes and requests, lie wanted such H man to represent him. ^ The testimony of Mr. Lewis \V. _ arl&r, taken before the investigatig committee in 1<J0G, pages 254 to %2, embracing the opinion of the sureme court in the matter and the jstimony of Mr. E. W. Robertson, Scl ages 2S3 to 280, was introduced. Capt.'E. A. Smythe, being duly Lv ivorn, testified. Examined by M:r. tevenson: / ty Q.?'Captain, did you ever hear or Ar articipate in any conversation with Lv Ir. Lanahan relative to his dispell- Ar irv business in Soufti Carolina? Lv A.? I had no direct conversation Ar ith Mr. Lanahan. I heard a converation between Mr. Parker and Air. T,v ranahiin. Ar Q.?"iVihero was that? A.? It was in the Maryland club in Baltimore. ?-About when ? A.?1 think it was in the summer of 905. mi' Q.?Will you give us the substance f that conversation? A.??Alr. Parker and myself were ining at the club together and Mr. (anahan was at a table not far from s, and toward the close of the meal e moved over and sat at our table, rinking his colTee. The conversation otween him and Mr. Parker, in hich I took no part, was evidently , lie continuation of a conversation ctween Mr. Lanahan and Mr. Park- ^T>l r, at a previous time, and my recolion is. not quoting (lie exact words, s'>l liat Mr. Lanahan began by asking mc Ir. Parker if he could not suggest i "? ii him some man of prominence in se< olitieal matters in South Carolina ho could represent him before the oard of control in the placing of orers. Pi Q.?The board of directors? dis A.?The board of direc.toors, [ du hould say. Mr. Parker refused. He S. i>ld him he would not care to do that du r to suggest any name to him. Mr. Co /anahan complained that lie had emloyed or 1 think he used1 the word 'retained," a prominent politician l South Carolina to represent him at 2-1 salary of $2,000 a year, but that it ad not worked satisfactorily; he had Rl ot got the orders, that lie would be out from Evans to Boykin and that Ivans would tell him that he belong<1 to Boykin and had to look to Boyin for liis orders. Q.?Thai was IT. If. Evans? A.?Yes, a director. And thai ioykin would deny that and refer im back lo Mr. Evans, and he was el ting no orders. lie complained itterlv about that and said that he ad been doing a very large business ^ irevinuslv with the dispensary direc ors, and that now he was not getting 3 lany orders. T do n'of recollect thaf io mentioned the name of his agent r representative in South Carolina, nd I look no pari in the convcrsa- _ ion hul merely listened to it. T had r~ uown Mi-. Lanahan for some years. S Q.?AY as Mr. Lanahan' a man of 3 msiness standing? p A.?Yes, lie was. considered a very tj realthy man in Baltimore, and a ? nemlber of a large business house, and oeially he stood high. Q.?AYas he well off personally? F A.?Yes, be was considered a mil- q\ ionrfirc. Q.?You were associated with him _ v n what matters? ' A.?'None at all; I merely knew him s an acquaintance. Q.?You were not on the reorgainia lion committee of I he Olympia nill ? lA.?No, sir, I knew him in a social >'ay. Q.?You didn't hear him stale who as the agent whom lie relnned at a alary of $2,000 a year? n A.?No. sir, he didr.'l menlion his lame, bnl from I lie nat- be lalked ** ilb Mr. Parker I assumed thai Air. m \arker knew that he had mentioned lis name before. Later in the day, < n the same I rain?we were going o Xew York together?lie continued be conversation with Mr. Parker long the same lines, but he did not ncntion the name. He was trying to Nit Mr. Parker lo suggest, some one ^'1.10 would inJfluence the business mil Mr. Parker refused to do it. Mr. Parke* ?I ask to make this la lenient, will, what T have .just lesled lo: In connection with my da I.'incut as to Air. Blease's employment I wish lo say I have no reeollecion distinctly of Air. Lanahan ever oiling me that Air. Please had served inly one month, and why he had J eased to serve. T know, however, I J s told tho reasons as I have ex- i uiuc<l above, in connection with j . Lanahan's employment of Mr. ?ase, and I have reason to think sso are the facts. D dill li cocaine akd rlUm whiskey Habits curod at my Sanatorium in a l?w wooka. You can roturu to your homo in 30 days vroll, (too and happy. I liaro inado thoio habits a .ipeclalty for 25 years and curod thousands, cuirf* lJook on Homo Trout montojnt rtftX Address I>K. It. M. V'OOLLKY. 102 N. Pryor 8tr?ot, Atlanta, Oa. [ARLESTON & WESTERN OAJROLINA RY. liedule in effect November 3rd, 1907 ? . Newberry(C N & L.) 12:46 p. m. . Laurens 1:52 p. m. . Laurens (G. & W. C.) 2:15 p. m. ' . Greenville 3:40 p. m. . Laurens 2:07 p. n.. . Sphrtanburg 3.35 p. m. . Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 3:40 p. m. . IlendersonviUe 6:25 p. m. . Asheville v 7:30 p. m. . Laurens (G. & W. C.) 2:00 p. m. Greenwood 2:56 p. m. '. McCormick 3:55 p. in. '. Augusta ^ 5:40 p. in. NToto; The above arrivals and dertures, as well as connections with ler companies, are tjiven as inforr it ion, and are not guaranteed. n Ernest Williams, [ Gen. Pass. Agt., j. Augusta, Ga. Geo. T. Bryan, Greenviile, S. C. j1 Gen. Agt. s ? I Notice. t, Special attenlion is called to tho f . in this issue of t he S. S. Rirge Go., v Prosperity. They are offering \ ne special money saving bargains. ] >u owe i1; to your pocket book to end its contents where you can get >rc goods for same money and same ods for less money. Don't fail to 1 ^ them when you go to Prosperity. * DISSOLUTION. \ The Birge Lumber Company, of 'J operity, S. C., is by mutual consent ] ^solved from this day. All bills 1 e I he company will be collected by S. Birge and applied to amount I e in bunk by t.lre Birge Lumber S. S. Birge. \ W. G. Long. j Prosperity, S. C., Fob. 11, 1008. 20-31 j uPAIR SHOP?Furnitu re, lounges, Jc and parlor suits, *eac'n upholstered, | recaining chairs, repaired; making and laying carpets and mattings, cleaning old furniture. In Sunlight Hall, near old colored Baptist church. Wesley Means. 3STo. ? file People's I 1 Prosperit >aid Up Capital urplus and Individual F ;tockholdersp Liabilities or protection of deposi [. C. Moseley President. M J. W. Wheeler, Cashier. G Better a conservative interes jturn when wanted, than a high Dout the principal. A National Bank is a safe Dep< lakes it so. Likewise our Boar prudent conservative managen DIRECT G. W. Bowers. J. A. C. Kibler. R. L. Luther. M. A. Carlisle. J. H. Hunter. J. P. B. Ve allow 4 per cent, per department, interest p; ! The First Cough ^ Even tUough not severe, lias a t y tive vweinbranes of the throat I Coughs then come easy all wint 9 slightest cold. Cure the first cc set up an inflaniation in the de)ic ) lungs. . The best remedy is < SYRUP. It at once gets right moves the caiioO. It is free froi 9 a child as for an adult. 25 cent: I MAYES' DRI It Wholesale Prices Bananas, ' Oranges, Apples, ^ md all sorts of Fruits. also Homemade Candy. THE0.LMW. Medicine That is Medicine. ''1 have suffered a good deal with lalnria and stomach complaints, but have mow found a remedy that' :eeps mo well, and Hint remedy is Sleetric Hitlers: a medicine that is I uedieino for stomach and liver troubles, and for run down conditions," j ays W. (\ Kiestler, of llalliday, Vrk. Klectric Bitters purify and nrieh the hlood, tone up the nerves, md impart viivor and energy to the reak. Vimr money will he refunded f it fails (o help you. 50c. at \V. ft, 'elham and Son's drug store. A Dangerous Operation s (lie removal of (lie appendix by a surgeon. Nlo one who takes Dr. ving's New Life Pills is ever subeeted to this frightful ordca! They vork so-quietly you don't feel tlram. rhey cure constipation, iieadache, biliousness and malaria. 2oe at W. 0. Pelham and Son's drug store. >iss0i,uti0n of partnership Notice is hereby given that the partnership of Kinard and Raker, loing a general merchandise business n the town of Prosperity, S. C., composed of G. W. Kinard and J. A. inker, has been dissolved by mutual onsent. G. W. Kinard has pui'chas(1 the interest of ,T. A. Baker, this he 41 h day of February, 1008, and kill continue said business, assuming 11 liabilities of firm that are owinar nd oufstnnding noles, deeds and neounls. fl. W. Kinard, J. A. Baker. ioiions! Bank y, s. c. ! - $25,000 OO Profits S3,000 00 . $25,000 00 *ors. . A. Carlisle, Vice-President eg. Johnstone, Attorney, t on your deposit with Its safe rate and a feeling of doubt :>sit. Government supervision d of Directors Is a guarantee lent. 'ORS: W. P. Pugh. J no. B. f ellers. W. A. Moseley. Geo. Johnstone. H. G. Moseley. owers. annum in our Savings ayable semi-annually' of the Season, endency to irritate the sensi- ^ and delicate bronchial tubes. _ er, every time you take the ** ugh before it has a chance to <> ^ate capillary air tubes of the m QUICK RKIvIKF COUGII ' at the seat of trouble and re- ^ x\ Morphine and is as safe tor C' "> <lt ^ UG STORE. ? ' ^ THE EXCHM Newberr In looking for a Bankt< v ou want to find a Safe Bank, an Accommodatin to consider this Bank am come in and open an acc We Pay Interest 01 J. D. Davenport, President. Edw. R. Hipp, V. President. G. B. 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