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f mever held any such conference and knew nothing about it; that he had never Been Attorney General Lyon outside of the State, and that he had aieyer seen H. H. Evtans outside of ? -- "? ~ ~ ^ fo/>f HiHn Tft feKHIUX Vy&rOllX14) CLLLKA Ili twvt - - eall having seen "Hub" Evans for lour years, until the inauguration of o^ernor Blease. None of the gentle?evn referred to had spoken to him ha an advisory manner as to conduct ?f themselves relative to the dispensary affairs. He said again that there "was do foundation for such a charge as to tlie alleged Atlanta conference. Mr. Evans stated that he had never ? " -rn-J+Vl Hll/t ! a<2 any CUHJ.erem;t? mw * ?, *ralt Just after the election of Mr. Ly to as attorney general he met Felder n a train coming from New York; Ibat in a conversation between them fifcout South Carolina affairs they discussed the dispensary situation and ' j ?- ! Hie individuals who were cnargea wiui iJpafting from the dispensary; that Fejkjfer said he believed he could furlash the evidence which would prove tiat certain liquor houses were graftis* on the dispensary, and of connec- j tfofe of individuals with it Mr. Evans j **va of Mr. Lyon's hav-j IFCUU UV UVAU ? ? ? lag just been elected and of his efforts! to convict persons who were suspected j * having been gilty of receiving graft, j rind, in other vrordfe, of Mr. Lyon's effort to uncover the old dispensary i IfcSUd* and to convict persons guilty j tf them. He said that Felder didn't lftiow Attorney General Lyon. Xo Kin to "Hub." Mr. Evans stated that some time after this he was in Columbia, met Mr. Lyon at a hotel and told him of his oiiversation with Felder and what he kad 6aid. He said that was all he knew about the matter, and had no knowledge concerning any other matters, llr. Evans offered in evidence an affidavit, which, he said, he had obtained from-Felder at the time this matnrin n,n ei 111 oo VU'Uig Governor Evans stated that lie had *o connection with "Hub" Evans, either in business, by blood relation or marriage, and that he had never been asked to represent him. He said that ke could not understand the motives f Governor Blease in trying to connect his name with "Hub" Evans or to reate the impression that he had ever j kad any dealings with him. He said llease had been Evans's personal - ounsel, and he. could have found out i tbe truth by asking "Hub" himself. In j plainer terms, Governor Evans meant that Governor Blease knew he (John #ary Evans) had never been connect\ #a with H. H. Evans, and knew it when he made the charge. Attorney General Lyon next took 1te stand and he, too, stated that the harge of a conference with John Gary j vans, H. H. Evans and Felder, in Atlanta, was false. He corroborated Mr. Evans's testimony relative to the: j statement concerning the conversation ! between John Gary Evans and Felder; n the train coming from New York, j and which Governor Evans told Mr.! Lyon at Wright's hotel. Mr. Lyon said lie had never heard of Felder until Governor Evans told him of this conversation, that he took the name dow:i j and wrote to Felder; that later mere ; was a conference among himself, Fel- j ier and Chairman Murray, in Augusta, j at which time a written agreement be-j fcween Felder and the dispensary com-, nission was drawn up and Feider went to work on the matter of recovering the overcharges from liquor kousea and of unearthing the frauds in the dispensary. Lyon Says He Welcomes Investigation. Mr. Lyon here stated that all the orrespondence and records not only ill JliS Office, DUt in ms aparuueuus, and that all his private transactions with banks and business concerns were open to * the inspection of the committee and he would give them written permission to this effect. He asked that the probe be made compete as to him and he threw open everything to their inspection. Attorney General Lyon said he had j -v- - J ti-I+V, "UnV atjver iran <n a-gicwucui, itu J.J.U,U | Bvans, and in reply to a question by Senator Cariisle if he knew what the governor w*as driving at in his question on this matter, answered he tad mo idea. Here Governor Evans remarked that he had racked his brain and couldn't imagine what Governor Blease was driving at Mr. Lyon said that the statement that information bad been furnished by John Gary Brans and H. H. Evans was, without color of fact and absolutely false. He then told of tb? indictment wbicb had been found against "Huh" Evans at Newberry and of the indictment now pending aginst him in the Richland county court for accepting rebates. He paid that it was his intention to try Mini and he expected the trial to result in the conviction of "Hub" Evans Mr. Lyon starort that on one occasion several years ago Felder had told him that he believed "Hub" Evans was I Quality is W I We have the | to be had in B; at 50c., 75c., $2.00 and 2.5 Gilder# LThe Right I about ready to confess and turn | State's evidence* and Mr. Lyon said lie had information to believe that "Hub" Evans was on the verge of confessing several times. That one time I while in Atlanta he> found "Hub" Ev:*??/* Wn -?r> rkT4nfftrp.no.a with Fel ! der, when he went to Felder's office and that Felder told him he believed "Hub" was ready to confess and that he (Hub) had told Felder as much; ; that later he (Mr. Lyon) was sent for and found "Hub" Evans and Felder together in the latter's office But that I when lie got in, "Hub" declined to say | anything except that he had several j : tips or "pointers" in his possession ! relative to dealings of certain persons in the grafting from the dispensary; I that he wasn't in office with these two j more than five minutes, that when he saw "Hub" wasn't going to say anyI thing he left and that is the only time ' he ever saw "Hub" Evans in Atlanta, j He said that FeldfT said "Hub" would freeze up whenever he (Lyon) came j I around and would not talk. Mr. Lyon added that if H. H. Evans would go on the stand and tell everything he knows of the old dispensary transactions from one end to the oth' er he would be much inclined to grant him immunity. He said this after he had stated he had never received any .nformation from "Hub" Evans in connection with the dispensary fraud prosecutions and he had never shown him any favors. The attorney genera] said that the evidence on which Evans was indicted at Xewberry and at Columbia was obtained by T. B. Felder. Mr. Lyon stated that a detailed statement of all the moneys he had receiv <d was printed in tne report or tne dispensary commission and the vouchers were on file with the commission. He denied having collected any money. from liquor houses, and, in short, received only his'salary and legitimate expenses and had never taken any money illegally. 1 Replying to a question Mr. Lyon stated that Blease, while a member of the investigating committee of 1905, had rendered no assistance. He said Farnum paid no other money than the nnn in nnon r>/"MTrt that (Tnori . VW^VVV XXX1^7 ill U^Vli VVMA V) ? ~ ~ ,man paid 110 money for immunity but that immunity was granted him after he furnished the evidence which convicted John Black and enabled the commission to connect Henry Samuels and Joe B. Wylie with the "graft" resulting in their both turning State's evidence. He said that at the Pulaski hotel, in Savannah, Goodman gave him a history of the "grafting" which had W Aor? ao aTJ nnri<vr tho riisnpnsa.rv I UCC L? tain\u u^uvi ^ ? ? regime, that he (Goodman) stated everyone connected with the dispensary before it was abolished was in the "grafting," except a few, among whom was Gen. Wilie Jones. Referring to the charges of Blease in connection with the Fleischmann I I matter, Mr. Lyon said there were no indictments against any of this name. He told of the Fleischmann suit against the State for claims, of the proving of the overcharges against them and of the settlement of their claim by the commission. Prosecutions. Attorney General Lyon said he had handed out indictments against every member of former dispensary board connected with the dispensary graft, where he thought he had evidence to j convict and that if Governor Blease or any one else had evidence against any person if they will present it to him he will begin prosecutions against that j person in the courts. He said that j while he and the commission knewj that Felder had been attorney for one liquor house they had no evidence that i his house had been guilty of paying; any rebates, and that Felder had ad-! vised this house to beware of the re- j bates when the matter was discussed j prior to the time of the abolition of j s*:"' " """" Tiat Counts greatest value ase Ball goods $1.00, $1.50, 0. Weeks \ C?i ^rug oiore. I the State dispensary. He said that Felder had been paid no fees other than those he was entitled to under tie contract with the commission. One of the questions asked by Governor Blease in that message of hisj which caused the investigation to be : ordered by the general assembly, was: i "What became of the report of the de-! tectives to the committee of certain members of the house and senate and why was this report not made public?" j referring to the 1905 investigating j committee. To this Mr. Lyon replied that the reports of the detectives hadi been forwarded to Senator Hay, chair-; man of the committee, and that most of them were subsequently sent to Senator Christensen. Mr. Lyon said j he had a few of them and he would turn them over to the committee if: so desired. Explaining the reason why they hadn't been made public, the i attorney general said the reports consisted of various conversations and; other matters, and that it hadn't been I deemed wise to make them public, i partly 'because some of them consisted of only suspicion against some people j and the publishing of the reports j would damage them, and those people j had not been and would not be prosecuted for the reason that there was j rot enough evidence to convict them, i Replying to the question as to what I ci'rn'na] prosecutions had been brought, who had keen convicted and what it had cost the State, and which ones had been given immunity, the attorney general referred to a letter he wrote tne governor one year ago, giving the list of those granted immunity, and the other information asked for.! A copy of this letter will be filed with the committee. The Ansel Commission. ! Mr. Lyon said the Ansel committee. had done their work with an eye sin-; gle to the best interests of the State, j and spoke of the splendid work which: they had performed. He 'stated the j same concerning the work of several j employed to assist in the work, among | them being Messrs. Abney and Steven- j son. The attorney general stated that he had not deemed it advisable to make public all statements which had 1 come into his possession concerning | all persons connected with the dispensary before its "decease." He mentioned some affidavits, and correspondence, which he had and which he was i ready to turn over to the commission.! He said, for instance, that Joe- B. Wy- j lie, had told him of one person being j connected with the frauds, and he had i not indicted this person because he did not think it would be possible to convict'him on the unsupported testi ~ TiT-i:~ TJa "U~ J *^ uiuuy m yvjiie. ne iicui 1111u1.ma.uu11, not in his opinion sufficient to secure conviction, of other State officials, who | were mixed up in these alleged; "grafts." That he has information against some persons whom he e?pects to be able to convict and some information i against others whom he does not, all i of which is at the disposal of the com- j mittee, was a statement by the attor-! ney general. Mr. Lyon "was prompt in answering j all question?, and ready to assist the j committee in its investigations of him- j self in every way possible. He said he fears nothing and is not afraid of the light The committee took a recess until 3 p. m., for dinner, Attorney Genera? Lyon still being on the stand. However, when t> ey met at 3 o'clock Mr Lyon stepped aside to allow Mr. Averv ! Fatton to be examined rs ^ was anv ; ions to get away on an afternoon train, j IWr T71 XT Parv irri for thn n 1 ! noon session, making the full member-; ship o"' the committee present. Asked as to amount of alcohol or. hand when the Ansel commission toc\* charge, Mr. Patton said a quantity was on hand, and the records show it 1 The H We h 4 and mc goodsi in the I anythh ery, Q amelwi and in can be N I date st pay yen The II "SUPREME" and "SOUTHERN B BRANDS * (Whether the crop be < it requires a constant, re Without this, growth is i j short. .The "Supreme' j Brands supply this elemer j for continuous nourishm and entirely from high \ Animal Tankage. I ? | One farmer (name on "I have been using I years and I have not had with yours. The weed is while my neighbors' cotti Don't fail to call f< LJ. L. Walkins, Chap P. N. Boozer, Chap NOTICE OF ELECTION. j WHEREAS, one-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident free-holders of the age of twenty-one yiears, of Utopia School District, No. 10,' or i\ewDerry uuuix^, State of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting that an election be held in the said School District on the question of repealing one mill of the special annual tax of two milte heretofore voted, levied, and collected on the property located in the said" School District. NOW, THEREFORE, the undersign- j ed, composing the County Board of I J-" ii7r>nt:nn of Newberry County, South I Carolina', do hereby order the Board ! of Trustees of the said School District. Xo. 10 (Utopia School District) to hold 4 TO BOOK & PI LtJ VARIETY 01 onse of a Thousand ave one of tl >st complete sic n our line to be State. If yoi ig in Books, S l: ruriu, u/w Fountain fact anythin found in an ore of this kinc i to inspect my \ HHRBBKSBBHBBBH9SS8HHH rrr book 4 pi lj variety u1 \ _r ^ tl j louse 01 a muusanu KANSAS CITY ST. J WTILIZEb AT LAm^ cotton, corn or vegetables, liable source of nitrogen. 1 111 1 irrested ana tne crop cut ' and "Southern Big" . it in its most natural shape ent. It is derived solely | grade Blood, Bone and \ request) writes us: guano for the past forty any that would compare heavily fruited, the cotton s Dn has all stopped growing." dp them. FOR SALE BY >pells, S. C. J. Andrew, Werts ipells, S. C. Jas. D. Tidmarsh am election 011 the said question of repealing one mill of the two mill tax heretofore voted, levied and collected on the property in the said School District, which said election shall be held at Utopia School house, in the said School District, No. 10, on Friday, March 29, 1912, at which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 o'eloek *r> fKio fr?rpn<wn. and closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The membexe of the Board of Trustees of said1 School District shall act as managers of said election. Only such electors 1 as reside in said School District and i return real or personal property for j taxation, and who exhibit their tax re- . ceipts and registration cetificates as; required in general elections shall be' allowed to vote. Electors favoring a repeal of the said tax shall cast a bal-, lot containing the word "yes" printed j i MBInMHIBJE???M 'ADC villi Things to Kpcf KS VU V jcfcs of I found I i need tation?s, ?n- ; Pens, g that up-tol it will f stock. % YW VllLi Things MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?mmaammmmmmmmmmmmmi t IOSEPH OKLAHOMA CITY ft (tfOftlhA kiw I ^ "'"OMIT OOD, BONE and TANKAGE FERTILIZERS 4 1' v-_-/* M SOURCE DERIVED FROM s\*\ Si 100% PURE Mst! I 3\ yPj I \tj\ POTASH! "3 USE? /?/ ^|gr < still blooming and green,i Chappells, S. C. if Whitmire, S. C. ! ^ ... il J ?VU />1A/tfA?.. or written tnereon, ana eauu ciev-wi opposed to such repeal shall cast a ballot containing the word "no" written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seals on. February 29, 1912. E.H.AULL, E. 0. COUNTS, ^County Board of Education of New berry County, South Carolina. XOTICE OF FI5AL SETTLEMENT. Notice ic hereby given that I will make final settlement of the estate of J. H. Dominick, deceased, in the Pro bate Court for Newberry County Soutfc Carolina, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, on the fourth day of April, 1912, and will immediately thereafter apply for a final discharge as administratrix of the estate of the said deceased. 4 Mrs. Alice Dominick. Administratrix.