The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 30, 1909, Image 2
WYLIE TELLS OF MIFT.
FORMER DISPENSARY DIRECTOR
SAYS HE MADE $28,000.
Made Full Confession on the Witness
Stand as to His Dealings
With Farnum.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 23.?Testifying
that he had, as member of the
State dispensary board, voted for
purchases from those houses which
offered and paid rebates, Joseph B.
Wylie, of Chester, former member of
the board, to-day made a clean cut
confession, giving not only the details
of the transactions in which he re
ceivea commissions irom ratuuui,
now on trial, but also the whole
scheme of commissions which are
said to have been agreed on should
be paid on purchases by the board.
Mr. Wylie stood a grueling crossexamination
at the hands of Col. P.
H. Nelson without flinching and without
deviating in any way from the
story told in his direct testimony.
He declared that before his election
' 4 to the board in 1906, Farnum had ap1
proached him and said Wylie could
make a good deal on the side if elected,
and that Farnum had contributed
$500 to his campaign expenses.
He declared that there was later
made an arrangement between Farnum
and himself by which payments
were made through, drafts payable
to Henry Samuels, how mayor of
Chester, who cashed the drafts and
turned the proceeds over to Wylie.
He would merely get Samuels to get
the money for him on an order and
he knew Samuels would get it.
Samuels himself represented liquor
houses in one way or another, so it!
was said.
Mr. Wylie said that in 11 months
service on the board he had made i
over $28,000 in this way. When he
went on the board he was worth
si 5.000 to $20,000. he could not say
how much he is worth now, as he had
spent a good deal of the money made
through the dispensary.
As to the motive for his confes-1
sion, his attorney, Mr. Paul Hemp- j
hill; of Chester, had assured him that
if he would tell the truth, he would
not be prosecuted, but he had not
been promised any immunity from
;civil suit to recover the money for
the State. He had not intended to
give back any of the rebates.
Mr. Wylie said that Attorney General
Lyon* during the last summer,
.had come Chester and met him in
: . Mr. Hemphill's office and that be had
answered all questions asked by Mr.
Lyon and his statement was taken
* down in writing.
This statement, Mr. Abney held in
hand during the cross-examination of
I the witness.
Farnum Goes Free.
Columbia, Sept. 25.?James S.
Farnum, charged with bribery in
connection with the dispensary graft,
walked from the Richland County
Court House this afternoon a free
man, the jury after six hours deliberation,
having returned a verdict of
"not guilty." He is charged in several
other indictments, but unless he
is tried along with the others on a
p . charge of conspiracy his case will not
come up at this term of court.
Thus has ended one of the most
brilliant legal combats in the history
of jurisprudence in South Carolina.
Of significance is the effect also
, that the State has not made good on
\ . the first of the alleged dispensary
f graft cases that was awaited with so
much interest. The jury took only
one ballot and stood at first 11 for
acquittal and one for conviction according
to the statement of one of
| . the jurors.
The losing of the first case will
not deter the State from pushing the
the charges against the others that
are indicted, according to an intimation
by Attorney General Lyon.
The next graft case begins Wednes%
day when former dispensary director
John Black will be tried for accept
-, ing a bribe.
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Commissioners Visit Walterboro.
Walterboro, Sept. 22.?Considerable
interest attached to a visit of
the dispensary winding-up commission
here to-day. Those present
were: W. J. Murray, chairman; Avery
Patton, J. J. McSwain and J. N.
Wood of the commission and Louis
W. Haskell, Esq., attorney, with the
commission. They arrived on the
morning train and spent the day at
the Colleton Banking compan * presumably
making some investigations
in connection with their official duties.
Dr. Murray declined to give out
anything for publication. They left
on the afternoon train. State Auditor
W. B. West was also in town, but
his visit had no connection with that
of the winding up commission.
Burnett Incarcerated.
Aiken, Sept. 22.?W. Mason Burnett
arrived in Aiken late yesterday
afternoon in charge of constable
Pierce Howard, of Graniteville.
Young Burnett was commercial bookkeeper
for the Bank of Graniteville,
and when the accounts of that institution
were found short he was
charged with misappropriating about
$7,800 of the bank's funds. He was
arrested in Chattanooga Monday.
He was lodged in the Aiken jail.
The young man is only 18 years of
age. Since he has got into trouble
,many stories heretofore unknown are
now being told of extravagancies,
many of which doubtless have no
foundation.
HELD FOR JONE'S DEATH.
Walter and W. W. Delong, Father
and Son, Charged With Murder.
Aiken. Sept. 22.?Coroner Johnson
returned last night from Bath,
where he held an inquest yesterday
afternoon over the body of Forrest
Jones, who was shot and killed there
by either Walter or W. W. Delong,
both of whom are in jail, charged
jointly with the murder. The verdict
of the jury was that Jones came
to his death from wounds inflicted
by a fence picket and a pistol in the
hands of W. W. and Walter Delong,
father and son. The gist of the evidence
follows:
W. W. Delong came to the home of
Mrs. Hutson, who conducted a night
school, where Walter Delong was at
school. Before the elder Delong went
into Mrs. Hutson's house he had a
conversation with Jones, during
which he pulled out his pistol, saying
.Look here, ana waikea into tne
house, but did not seem to be mad.
This made Jones mad, and after Delong
went into the house he said he
would wait outside and whip him
when he came out. Frank Redd told
Delong from a window what Jones
said, and warned him that he would
have trouble with him, and told him
to go out the back gate. After
school Delong and his son went out
the back gate, when Jones came along
the side of the yard fence around the
house, and when they were walking
away threw a brick at them, The
son warned Jones not to throw at his
father, at which Jones cursed him.
Delong turned, picked up a board
and struck Jones over the fence
on the head, and witnesses testified
that the shot was fired
at almost the same time. Jones
stooped before being shot, as
if to get another rock, but no rock or
other weapon was seen after the
shooting. One witness testified the
flash came from the elder man, while
the circumstances seemed to point to
young Delong as doing the shooting,
though the elder says he did it, and
gave up to an officer, surrendering
the pistol, a pair of knucks and a
large knife.
A coversation between other parties
and Jones seemed to indicate
that a previous trouble came about
because Delong accused Jones of
ruining his daughter, which Jones
denied.
Forrest Jones is a brother of Paul
Jones, who was cut to death by another
white man within 500 yards of
the same place just six weeks pre
vious to this affair. His slayer is
also in jail.
BOY BITTEN^BY DOG.
Feared Animal Has Rabies?Head
Sent to Dr. Coward.
Orangeburg, Sept. 24.?The little
6-year-old boy of Mr. J. B. Robinson,
a well known farmer who resides
near Jamison in this county, was badly
bitten on last Tuesday by a pet
dog of the family. The animal was
a young dog and always appeared
playful and never fierce or snappy.
However, the little boy, with some
others, was playing last Tuesday in a
room in the home when the dog,
which had been lying quiet on the
floor, suddenly sprang to his feet,
biting the child on the upper lip.
The children all screamed and a
servant rushed in and grabbed the
dog, securely tying him. When Mr.
Robinson returned home from his
field he went up to the dog, and
though the animal seemed glad to
see him at first, he made a plunge at
Mr. Robinson's leg as soon as he was
released from the chain and tried to
bite, but he succeeded only in getting
his teeth through his master's
clothing.
A local doctor was consulted and
he advised Mr. Robinson to have the
dog killed and send the head to Dr.
Coward in Columbia. This was done
yesterday and the little boy was also
sent up for an examination by Dr.
Coward.
Mr. Robinson says that a strange
dog came to his place about three
weeks ago and had a fight with the
puppy that is now feared to be mad.
The strange dog was never seen
again.
ueiivermg.
Some of the people who sold cotton
last summer for delivery this fall,
at prices ranging from 10 to 11 cents,
are not so anxious now to deliver it. |
A number of merchants in Bamberg
were asked by planters to sell cotton
for future delivery, and now the merchants
are having some trouble to
get the cotton delivered on these contracts.
A few days ago a merchant in
town bought a bale of cotton from a
negro who had sold him some cotton
during the summer for delivery
this fall, and the merchant suggested
that he had better let this bale go
on the contract. The negro's reply
was: "Boss, I 'clare I ain't picked
that contract bale yet."
Another merchant bought some
cotton from a farmer with whom he
had a contract, and the farmer wanted
the market price and the merchant
wanted it to go on the contract.
The buying was done at the
cotton platform, and when the farmer
went to the store to settle with the
book-keeper, he was paid at the rate
of 11 cents a pound, his contract
price. He had to accept the contract
price, but he told the book-keeper
that he still owed the merchant
three bales more on contract, but
he'd never get them. And so it goes.
It is evidently a very hard matter to
enforce contracts when cotton is selling
an nmirh nhnvA the mntrnrt nriee.
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Gone to Rest.
The Times and Democrat learned
by telephone that Mrs. J. T. Antley,
wife of Mr. J. T. Antley, passed
away at her home near Cope last Friday
morning at eleven o'clock. Mrs.
Antley had reached a ripe old age
and leaves her husband and several
children to mourn her death. She
was an excellent lady and her death
will be regretted by a large circle
of relatives and friends. The funeral
took place at Canaan church
last Saturday.?Orangeburg Times
and Democrat.
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New York, N. Y., and
Account of the Hudson-Fulto
way announces very low round
York, N. Y., tickets to be sold S
limited good to return up to and
night of October 10th, 1909.
Stopovers will be allowed at 1
delphia.
Round trip rates from princi]
Abbeville $24.70
Aiken 26.05
Anderson 25.00
Batesburg 24.85
Blacksburg 22.00
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B Branchville 26.05
I Camden 22.95
I Chester 22.00
I Colombia 23.95
I Gaffney 22.30
H For further information, ratei
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I Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., .
B Atlanta, Ga.
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HAND CUT IN GIN.
Young Bradley Smoak Badly Hurt at
Branchville.
Branchville, Sept. 23.?Yesterday
about noon at the gin house of Mr.
Andrew Smoak, who lives in the
country about eight miles from here,
Bradley Smoak, a son of Ben Smoak,
got his right hand caught in the
saws of the gin while the gin was
running and the hand and arm were
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if the young man was taking the
motes out of the gins at the time that
his hand was caught and had it not
been for the fact that the steam engine
had been shut off and thereby
caused the gin to stop at the time,
the young man no doubt would have
been mangled to death. The father
happened to be near and immediately
caught the boy's arm and corded
it and kept the wound from bleeding
profusely. Mr. Smoak at once
telephoned to Branchville for Dr. J.
A. Parker, who hurried to Mr.
Smoak's and attended the wounded
boy. Dr. Parker does not think it
will be necessary to amputate the
young man's arm and thinks that
the wound will heal in the course of
time.
A Hurry Up Call.
Quick! Mr. Druggist?quick!?
a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve?
here's a quarter?for the love of
Moses, hurry! Baby's burned himself,
terribly?Johnnie cut his foot
with the axe?Mamie's scalded?Pa
can't walk from piles?Billie has
boils?and my corns ache. She got
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Its the greatest healer on earth.
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Indicts Holleman.
Anderson, Sept. 22.?In its presentment
handed to Judge Aldrich
this afternoon the grand jury presented
J. T. Holleman, former cashier
of the Bank of Anderson, for
breach of trust with fraudulent intent,
and furnished the names of
the officials of the bank as witnesses
to prove the charge.
It also presented E. B. Rice, Jr.,
for violating the act prohibiting the
business commonly known as a buck
rru ? ^6 iv A
ei suup. 1 Lit: uaiiiea ul tut; uiuuers
of the Bank of Anderson are furnished
as witnesses to prove the charge.
The grand jury also recommended
that the books of the county officers
be audited and that the county commissioners
purchase an automobile
for the supervisor.
Judge Aldrich has directed Magistrate
B. F. Wilson to prepare the warrants
for Holleman and Rice as recommended.
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Return via Southern Ry.
n Celebration the Southern Railtrip
rates from all points to New
ieptember 23rd to 30th, inclusive,
including but not later than midWashington,
Baltimore and Philapal
points as follows:
Greenville $23.80
Greenwood 24.25
Lancaster 21.85
Newberry 23.95
Orangeburg 25.45
Prosperity 23.95
Rock Hill 21.40
Spartanburg 22.90
Qnmtop 23.OK
Union * . . . . 22.90 I
Yorkville 21.85 I
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TABLES TURNED IN COURT ROQM
Woman is Declared Guiltless and Her
Prosecutor is Arrested.
Anderson, Sept. 23.?Something of
a stir was created in the Court of
General Sessions here when Solicitor
P. A. Bonham asked the jury to return
a verdict of not guilty in the
case of Fannie Massey and Drew
Hayes, charged with living together
unlawfully, and the prosecutor in the
case, W. L. Massey, was placed under
arreet by Sheriff W. B. King and conducted
from the witness chair to the
jail a prisoner. The warrant for
Massey's arrest was sent here from
Elberton, Ga., and charges him with
disposing of property under a mortgage.
All of the parties are white.
The woman acted as her own attorney
and put her husband through
a rigid cross-examination at the trial,
bringing out evidence tending to
show that Massey had brought another
woman to their home in Georgia,
keeping her under the same roof
with his wife; that they quarrelled
over the matter, and Massey finally
brought his wife to this side of the
river and left her. Mrs. Massey denlaroo
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lives in this county, and hired to him
as housekeeper, cook and washerwoman,
because she had nowhere else
to go.
The sympathies of those in the
Court room were with the woman,
and the action of the solicitor in asking
for the verdict of not guilty, as
well as the placing of Massey under
arrest, seemed to meet with the approval
of all who had heard the case.
Various Forms of Dying.
A crank came running into the office
and said that a man swallowed d
two foot rule and died by inches. The
editor started out at once to learn
further particulars of the death and,
meeting Dr. Martin, told him about
the case. He said that was nothing;
that he had a patient once who swallowed
a thermometer and died by degrees.
A couple of bystanders just
then chipped in. One of them said it
reminded him of a fellow in Kansas
who swallowed a pistol and went off
easy. The other one said he had a
friend who took a quart of applejack
and died in good spirits.?Exchange.
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