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*.v 'o '- .*»* <i4‘ Si .s .j;-i 'v ■ .--^r* ■ •'» To "'■5'- XILMbm* iNi tire* .i*' ‘ ,v. «1 Jl *1 dfeaf* 1 - ; ?**;5‘4ir.« «•: i ■ >A ■ .^..'-‘r '‘IS turllaurfl L BMIJIl lA 1 Trwitwr^ ►OTMatnftd, bat nottilogot • m&- UMifetv^nt'MM. Ur. tMttaOBT «i»w*d Uut he for the UMyMHMMr the tSimi otttM hUi br «4utt liquor. Obq' tar; 'tbai -To bntn ulth fttTAlSt for-tblsi from ^ ■dgg* g oaly «b boa* *&r ite&m, the Athos (' « thft NtocaM, In f own ttejHro/ u me off . Mt 20 tbe ifehai In the anglne nil tt*time rroinJalytfttoAuguet7, were recorded i tag ohrooldee the Oaky was only 90 one ortwbteteka in the eqglM. Tbe net tbbttbedAtly aHnataa loog on August 6, Twp days ktter the catching of the j—, ■barkala recorded. **"*« hii? attempted to oat the sharks hot tnll ^ In tee dispensary examination in tWambla on Thursday Division Chief of the oanstabulary foroa, made tome sensattonal statements. A good deal of it was hearsay, and this U un fortunate, but perhaps It is just as wall tor everything to oome out, al though hearsay evldanoe Is often em barrassing and provM utterly ground Mr. Fant, In his evidence, gave thadWlnet Impression that certain parties In Spartanburg ware regularly bartearing positions on the constabu lary force, from the smallest to'tbe best position. * - He said It was reported that Mr. was U»~ rn ml th« a;h «t. - wiuit , moOo^, of U»toU;. UltojB l»M tto ■». ondtted wltb tuTlng traculu two days boats wees lowered from the atahdiMTy mlll ^ had hM itedi tbofteV " I’tO itesw,' die 'Based Xx- IW.innwsl topprt ^ wdmttebonght from ropntablt qposm, aoim^qf r«re mill yter tea houses offer . ; personally to tetyf^ ‘Tea, sir; mseral of temfc did. See ibbel, oftho wfttemy trute,! _ _ with the Mill r. Meholovltob, Fleteher A Oo., Mr. of Lanahan Mon, of Baltl- and smaller offea from smaller • Mr. Mlxaon^hen related how Mr. [ubbleto Columbia to qmtilm be took him Into tbe sample .room offered him I262.60*tor ehotfeur of whiskey ha bought from teem. 'Did yen ever aooept this or any money or Inducement?’ 1 “Ho, sir. ” » Mr. Mtxson then wen»lnto|i^re- of the Intervtew^SlfcH**' ” IbaL Witness tote (would credit this op iffsr would be logo totes . Mm a A.S» OOTITBVPI mknu ^m mv noon to htxk tumedhtedowni to Gov. Evans, u Mr. fiubbsl to i' tee atin to Co., offer of ttO,( nlly to buy tooted the from tl mA Mated an lot K J, Lanatom of. 1 «*, of Balumora, an offs? of tso.ooo i ■on,would buy MOf). naHum * A Athos to march for food flak Oo August 8 tee disabled steamer sighted the steamship Adirondack and signalled “All well oo board," bat on tooth tee lam took of Water and waeTbond to he tainted to tbe juice of rotting bananas. Some dolphin were caught two days lUler and oo August 13th the Incipient limine was further relieved by tea steamer Montevideo, which supplied provisions. For nearly a week between August and 17th the engine's shaft but opt only was the to d^ft about while wpy but for two days of a gnat etorm and high over tea halptom steamship. The Ingtodtodtes meanwhile that mors dolphin wexeolngbt. finally, oo Aug ust 18, the eeopUnz flange brain *nd tee Athos abandoned the attesspt to snake New York under her own steam after 90 dan of eantteuoue accidents It was decided to aotopt tea first offs of a tow. This did nefleome tor two days, during which a second food tsm lue was averted,by the steamer Yen, which came alongside tea Athos sup plying eatables and drlnkabtoa. At Scotland lightship tost Monday night the tow Uat broke, aa a tom chapter in her tong aeries of and the Athos could mil repair tee broken line In tee dark for tbe eight white the her pamanganeto quarantine. Tdea- pay tugs were sent out to bring the Athos Ihtb port' Pamoogeza of tee Athos, on landing Tuesday, reported that tbs osussd —»»n mutinies awwimg tho ships ore* of 18 Chinamen. Trouble Amt started amoog tea oooltos osar tea dmrtb of tobaooa and rloa. A negro helper was stabbed during of tbs fights of the hungry tbe ofloere and seriously Abode ttma had waaoeean boiled and tr nijlrrrf .Mae 1: to each allov^. The MMto U^%fomh Caraltoa Plf* ■ra in Mspsniery towtoffftton A ^ x it Beafsay Teettomay eff^red mtuaniavi iueo in Bpartteburg to oan- stabulery mill and that he had tbe record of 28 men who had arranged with Mr. MoGoweo to get jobs on the constabulary, end that the offers for the pod lions ranged all the way from 820 to 8300, and that at oue Uma when his position was In jeopardy be had.Tolsnd offer Mr. McGowan $300 for the position of division chief, but this was done merely to gain Urns to puncture the ache me, and that he never intended paying a dent for his position, but that be wished to ex pose the affair. ' He teen went on to say he reported the entire matter to Governor Mo- Sweeney, and teat be was retained In hit position, but tent Governor Mo- Sweeney could not expose the affair, teat then ha appealed to Mr. Gee. E. Prince, and later on to Ssnssot Ti}lman, to expose tee affair, and, he said, he offered them tee evidence. Senator Tillman wrote him that be bad turned the matter over to OoL James H. Tillman, but that'nothing same of tea repeated efforts to secure publicity. Again hetastifisd Chat he bad told. Mr. MeGowan one day teethe was very much annoyed by persons asking him for jobs on tee/owe. Capb Mc Gowan had told him to turn ill such applicants over to him and he would taka team off OapC. Fact’s hands. The grim old chief teen narrated with evfdent sattofaction teat he had In writing tee names of 28 persona who had applied for planes through Me Go wan and tee amounts paid by eaoh. He had n record of tea oirtuto- etaneea.. “Mr. McGowan was running tbs mill up there, ” be explained, “but he had a helper down hare in Oolum bia. Private’s places on the fores were going at 126, and for tee place of chief tee bide wane from 8260 to 8300.” Oapt. Fact then continued he wrote to Gov. MaSwaeiMqhltonate teat hto him all «f this information. Ill treatment of myself which ktm to movsto jobs with OOlinfffaam’a assistance. He bad waited and waited until he got in debt for rent and rations and bad got to tifi point where he was praying for a job. Gave Mr. Dillingham a note for 860 to help bear tee election expenses. Paid tlO tbe first month he wee on tbe force, Tbe second month when be went to pay another ina.alment Dillingham said, “Joe, have you got that reoslpi?” Witness produced the receipt for tee first 810. Dillingham Mid, “Give it to me and I will return yCur note, I didn’t want anything out ‘ n black and white in this transac tion.” WttneM waa given back bis note but continued to pay on it.bdtll be had paid $40. Hs then saked for a suspension on tee last HO, as he had helped Mr. Dillingham around tbe stable when he was waiting tor the job. Hs had never heard of Mr. Dilling ham complaining of E shank selling Iqror out of his stable. w Knew noth log of any reports of teat kind. When question* d by Dillingham, be told ; tow he had lost bis job. They had beerf on a long raid and he got too much whiskey and expressed his mind about the other men going off and caving him on watch. « WHAT DILLINGHAM BAYS Mr. Dillingham, oo tee other sld<>, almltted teat Mr. Pant had paid him 150, that Mr. Seay had paid him 840, This Abe tovslvss the IrgsIH? of the' >ut that it was no part of any expense n connection with the nomination of Governor Heyward and teat Governor Heyward had absolutely nothing to do with to. He Insisted that he was paid this money because In helping Kant and Stay and others get teelr jobs he had to loae time from his business and make visits to Columbia and teat 18 was a recompense tor hit time and work, and teat those who paid him understood it that way, or ha tiled to make it ao understood. Ha said teat whatever expense he incurred in helping the caciidacy a Governor Heyward by authority of Mr. Law, as -tee representative of Governor Hayward, was returned to him, and teat ha fell that whatever legitlsqate expanse he want to In tele campaign wss' with the approval ot Governor Heytoard and Mr. Law, tbe fraind of Governor Heyward la Ids n [*M had been going on for along time was ■topped tbeht” he declared, “and I waa glvsnjUMUgh men to entoroa tin Goi finally/ worker dtieeAdl mTSi tarit SSt, 4, If tea w«te8Si to.1 ft, ! want to stake aa »ui ot the truth of tee < “Ow be tee plan teahouse Brad. ~ ^ .and' that tee claim was i Mr. Me- Opta mb ij, aad toneme who this to be, said teat It hut teat tea name f. uTx. Gunter, General. > aot tote* teat any o t3br a position on tee „ j teat to had beta got- tot alleged mill to Spar i but teat ha was prepared to 28 men had taken tea saat- up. .ate'V-. at tiken 8cd i and a *00 city. lofwa Albany, mayor of Fixed* Prtfe. ^ The Gcorgb division of tee South- Oo„ton aesoclatiofi Wednesday ptad resolutluns ceUlcf upon oot ton growers to fix a minimum prtnsof A OenU A tuihgl on OOMon seed and to«|ll not a pouad at * bas pnest abo ~ teat ao coliaa giiP be fold by farmers uader lb toil ifiosota a AteadUa to I of ato aumharof bned to *S\£- Mr. Fant farther alleged that to was reported to him that Ghief Hotob paid 8278 to Ohbf Clerk W. W. Harris for hb position, and that William Gross altered that ha Paid $125 to get on hoard'of control. Tbeaa win be heard from and tea other side presented. Mr. Fant and Mr. leap testified teat they had given $60 aad 840 each to Mr. Dillingham for albged expenses in oormeatlon with the oandldaey of Governor Heyward in tea primary. Mr. Fant and . i • BeCarrfcTMo . aad Tter«.Tefted ^vtLl AS TO ns U-8AHTT. Receat Ekctbs b Usloa Cemtov, sad Jadge Towosead His Ordered * * a tbe Dbpeassrbs There , to Reeuta Opes. teto\.., tee first andthit tboritr to\uddf aald ete otaav-emsar- r -ig llWwm x special taxufon top tax Union county, iWtoonbla srtloie 1, toetiosiTof tea Furthermore, that tots . tu the senate, whan under cutton, article 3, seottoa 15. to •! iig!BP3 fpfV.mgs > Ito taster, Wtol hi i tor oompalgn. If Governor Heyward, with tee ad vba of hb friends, thought It judiolooa and prudent to expend a limited sutf for te^Umata campaign axpenses, teat b hb oonoeyn, but ha never autborlaed any approxumatlon to tbs sum of 8500 or 8700, which Mr. Dillingham says be felt he had a light to expend to hb enthusiasm to sat Governor Hay to 11 gale tee nomination. SooMsafoi cam paigns these days require money here and fibre for necessary legitimate ex A special dispatch to The State from Union says Judge Townsend Tuesday of last week Issued the foffnwing order: “It b ordered that tee .defendants do show cause before me at my cham bers at Union, S. C., at 11 o’clock on the fith'dayof September, 1906, why they should not he perpetually enjoin ed from closing the dispensaries at a result of the recent election held on tee 15th day of, Augttft 1905. Tost, the said defendants are hereby re strained and ^enjoined from closing and ceasing to operate said dispenser leg until tee further order of this court. “Let a copy of thb order be served with the summons, complaint and af' fidavite upon each of the defendants herein. “D. A. Townsend. “OircGitriudge. “At Cbambere, Union, S. O., 22nd August, 1906." By tee issuing of the above qu >ted order, a delay has been put on tee carrying out of tee wishes of the vot : era of Union county, as expressed In tea election held Tasetey, Atiguit 16 to, when they declared by their bal- toteof “dispensary” 412 and “no dis pensary" 761 that they wished tee dispensary to ga The action was brought by W. Boyd Evans and Lawson D. Melton, attor neys of Columbia and the complaint covers 11 pages of closely typewritten matter. - / - * No interference was made In the de claring of tee yleeban by the ' oommtsstooers, aa had been anticipat ed; but about 4 o’ckbk the affborneys appeared before Judge ^uwnsend and secured tola,temporary injunc.iqn on a complaint made b? Garris BsRMta r a wall knowntarmar of tee bounty, living asar Buffalo.. . * Tbe tofeodantraro’E W. Fincher,- Elsie KeBy ana W. D. Wilkins, oOun- ud of^cootrol, and G»C. Maf, ff. Askew, county complaint Mr. a taxpayer, t dtbea, end qtoUled voter of Union oougfty; that tee-defendanb raibing revenue teall originate to toe house of representatives, but may be altered, amended or rejected by toe senate, and an other bilb pay origi nate to either hoods, aad may be al tered, amended or rejected by toe otoer.” The plaintiff alleges upon Informa tion and belief Chat the petition tor an election on the qaeatkm of “db- pensary” or "no dbpansary” waa not signed by one-forte of' tea qualified ▼oten of Union qcuntv, and teat tee supervbor ordered It without aaoer- .alolng aame; that tee platotlff to in formed and believes the ebefioo waa fraudulently and lllegaUv held anti conducted, to that ipsny poisons who .were not qualified Voters were allowed bo vote, and many persons who ware qualified voters wire net allowed to vote; persons were allowed to vote at precincts other than those at which they resided; no registration books were furnished Aha managers, aa re quired by law, and to many ways tbe taw was not complied with; and aa a -esult of this ftaud and tbeaa trtegu i&ritles tea election reeolted to **no dispensary,” whereas, If it had oooducted according to law, it would have resulted In favor of the dispen sary. That the plaintiff,as adttsen and resident ot. Union omtofey, baa a right to purchase Intoxicating Uquora form said dlspenst dispensaries, and If acme ar^ ^ closed, as threatened, tea plaintiff other oitiaena of Union county will ha deprived of teelr {Ighta ted privibgea alcoholic UquoraHto he or - will an- provbons ot tea to purchase alcoholic UqooraHto l they desire to do, and thnggpfity be deprlvadhf tee revenue lib titled to under the dispensary law. On these grounds tee plaintiff prays that* tbe Injunction be bsotd to prw vent the aald dbptemrba from doe- tog, and tee election to-be declared iconstituttonal, illegal and Falldtrlog thb are affilavitt stga by J. B. WilhankA and A^B. Burgeaa, mill operatlvey, gad J. F. WUbtek^ a former, who aUegarthat “ authorial tea Stoning of to toe ftotttton, end ton* in be beoauaatoeelae- ’hoard -Howell asr dtopenapri Uodez totoooi named have under tofilr custody, eon afid direction irol dtaeposarjes lag UquoraJh _ ‘ _ aotoftoegendrel entitled “An aot to amdnd Section 7 of an aot-eobitled ’An aot . tavmuted that tureed fj amitMR DKNUBS IT. Mr. Gunter b rick with typhoid fever at the hospital and with hb dean record aa a man and ofltoar it b unfor- name totekl have been sslxad up with tob aoandal on mare hearsay. Mr. W. H. Townsend, toe assistant attorney general, was aiked for a statement in behalf of Mr. Gun- tor and gave toe following interview which be had had with Mr. Gunter. “Tiurneareav statement of the ma nses Fant waa shown Attorney Gener al Guator at .the Odumbia hospital Thursday evening; and he-sald it false that be had asked, received, figpeetod or wanted gn? com pensation or reward for aiding any body any where to obtain a position or ottosjKonaetod with tee dispensary or asy other governmental agency. Why hb nasM Should ha connected with such statements he cannot; conceive That ha has never importuned any of the governors for such favosa, aa trill be home out by the go remora them selvas. No truthful man can ht found who will my teat h# ever paid him anything. Of course, hb name may hare been hawked without hb knowl edge by designing parsons: If so snob person should, and must be, held an countable, and, he Intends to use every effort to find out If sueh b the just se soon as he b abb to bare the bospithi” * WHAT ooy. HXYWABD SAYS. The Stale says Gov. Heyward re turned from Virginia to January, 19df and) frpAO 25to, r' county tu tihgto tee quaHMfl votofo of county of Union the queatjoQ oL-’db or “no dbpeoaarf.” on tor jsthb Tnuzadsy be in flea i tea ebetlte teaTtoS an It was with ruing. Aa appears to he In floe 4th and spirits sines hb needed felAbotb find to return, tar be says ha fob utattfod without pocupath He was acked for a ststshenrt is , tbs dstolopmenb In the I reabtoaitoa but manly said: taSSj not think It necessary or ^r- Hohbf axaentlve torasaka a $8 tobtlma.- Tnaaommitaaewaaap* ^ tbs bgbbtlre d goremsMnt anB b I hppa 8bg| naff ImM tesir duty and maks a i %'S49Z pi* cost tea county 8300. & this surraVISOK‘8 Vj Ths nexhaffidavlt b | G. Or May, bear fflapensnh i Howell, dbpeoser, wt ‘ they, vritb W. T. J. for ton sab qf Ihtoxloat-, tSboounty. ThaOf portatton aad dbposftlon of IntoifcAt- ing and alooholio liquors oHlqulds In thb fftota, Sbtoa for the zliiatom w, and to poNo appeared March Ate, the , v »* atctefiad by toe general South Carolina at lts rti approved Fth- T. J Tetoufaaugh, of Union county, ordered an fbettoo to ha bald, submlt- qualiflm votob oftoatald ifitb day Q8 August, t»p5. Hat tea election was held on tea day presorlb ' of commla- d toe result tbaffsaid ed, and the coun^ board of ccssmb- sTonerehare today djtelared in favor of “no r county heard of aootrol aed dbpfoMera hare tbTtotaned and dadared their lu- tentlco to (taB tea aald dbpenearlea and>caaia to operate the same, claim i tea to suit of ity to do ao i n 1 H-J-' m ■■ ' i V v" - cept Syatp as ftla altaMntk Qpp^fff PtoMMUm §> H Tho following.bttag fans Bbhnidl. assy i will to read with intoreatt Smmn, B. -Ct/ ‘ □umber of ?¥• v*£g. are spcAte of aa forfovarlntoa; oast rear to the question white b the public mind, namaly, question. Aaonaof to toaay that I stating mr lu doing so I harenti llata toe sampi8 although I have i tteoadaa a barer not, up; decided totoj Ststuig my tloal do not oommit the race. I do so; it the Idea pablio mind teat l> ttorl s ■. In mj opinion, a Confronts tor: and was i mount Imf ^rationa fit any awl ot i Irraspectlva of any < that it b tbs duty or i who dtltmahlp about than ^ ths Uqnar question, 8o i tor “ tot •dmfotofili ugh. ssid in teelr when tee petitions were tat _ ed to him teen wars about 1,000 piturei to petitions, ind'toat took thaiu end carefully axassh teem for Mvsral dayar and af tet 1,< petitions, and toaattttetnaedto ~ the election and returned toe tions to tbosaWhohad proton tad teat these Interested took toe bens saTw^Tov^ te**,. 'said they bed Am&d 60 1 was correct; teat later tor msoa peti tion were^preaagtod. to hUn again, lures, thtehe ordered in tea one-1 m ^required; same time t idid; witeom tofifi nati m AC tto Aualifltd votore not know them; but election the open or not, teethe the election. this * bounds. , This tea plaintiff albges would to unlawful, unconstitutional hod void, on tee following grounds: ; (a) That thbseorion l, as abovs cited, bln direat violation of ttoeon- stltutlodal Inhibition contained, in ar- tlcb3, saetton 34 clausa ll # theocn- stitutton of South Oarollaa, 1906. That said aaefoon b an attempt on the part ot tee nensxal assantely to nass asoeo« Hi law to umb tea hfqrivtioo of tea bunt ttfes, and toe a sharacter as a special or local to lag nuw aland f| IsaAaeo- **4W, Its Olti md dto —m ^ VAfXOawaji „ wjio tea patltldftf said that teei toe one-fourth of tea qualified vot«n»; teat if fie had ksdwn what ha knew then, teat It was not hb bust- ocas to find out whether tee petitloes sofitainad tee one-fourth or not; teat tea aafMiivbor of fegWratlon did not make an affidavit that tea petition contained -ooe-fourth of the qualified voleia, neither did tease who ed the petition tbe last tin such an'affidavit, that ha only took thOr werd (or It, teat be over tee books of tea refcbiratlan for Uufon pofottpr and teat ha knows teat testa are to bast 1,800 qualified vatom In teedmakf Uolon; that he opuldnot maks an ^ 'A*- SkfSrto-" vttattbaeht pr ttmnlhat he would OhtaatafcoMltj •'tmian eat fotlokw i teat’ *•* Hi tores l S2 . toftoUt. .ftotofotojto’ if A Vi* w Itttottlll tt wtU abO taakatoai torattag >4‘ :**,*>< ■ to wt-s.efct