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The Marlboro Democrat
'DO THOU
, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOI LS AM) MAKIO OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OH OUB DEATHS GLORIOUS
IN THY CAUSE."
VOL XXXIU_ BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1008
NO. 8
MANY KILLED
And Much Proporty Destroyed by
a Dest'.uUive Cyclone.
SWEEPS TEXAS TOWN
Two Known to Bo Demi ami Many
Fatalities Aro Feared-Buildings '
1^ Flattened and Wi?? Linos Prostrat
ed-Tornado Visits Mississippi Wip
ing Out Three Towns, Desi roy lng
filfo and Property in Many IMuccs.
Tylor, Texas, was swept by (In
most disastrous tornado in its history
before daylight Friday. Coining
from tho southwest, tho storm swept I
over tho main residence quarter of]
the city, leaving a trail of death and
d?vast?t ion.
The known dead are C. A. Franois,
agent of tim Dallas News, and bis
wl'e and batty and a negro, Mose
Eco. I
Francis's body was found a hun
dred yards from his wrecked homo.
Tiie laxly of his child was found in
the street. Mrs. Francis was in tito
^, wreckage of the building.
Six seriously injured persons aro
reported. They aro Irwin Franklin
and his wife and four children. One
of tho children may die. The Frank
lins were caught ia the wreckage of,
their home.
Wires are down in al! directions
from Tyler, but reports from far
mers are that farm houses along the
tines were blown dov.n. it is Im
possible to ascertain the loss of life
tn rural regions, hut il ls known the
(ornado swept everything clean for
a distance of Ave miles.
Throe miles from the town the
wind demolished the home of Irwin
Franklin, severely wounding Franklin
and his wife and four children. Tho
tornado tore a path through Tyler ,
100 feet wide. Buildings, telephone
.and electric, light poles were laid Hat
tn tho .storm's 'path, while grqat dam-j
.?ge waa dono in.other partir.6-8vt.be
city.
CYCLONE IN MISSISSIPPI.
Six People Billed and Three Small
Towns Demolished.
A dispatch from Meridan says 3
tgY.maU low ii- were, practically demol
ished by a tornado Friday. Reports
of the tiumber of the killed rang?1
from six to ten, willi the smaller,
number probably correct.
Mossville, S< rv leo and Soso are tho
towns destroyed, They are all In
Jones County and all are vqry small
being merely a handful of scattered
dwellings.
Tho tornado struck tlieni about]
noon, and in most Instances is report
ed td have carried buildings 111 its
path Completel) off the lots on which
they stood. Nearby Holds were cov
ered with wreck ago, and t ho branches
of severa i trees were littered with
small household articles.
h. ?. Norrlson, a resident, of Moss
ville, ?aid that ho was out of doors
during the blow and was compelled |
to grasp a wiro fence to keep from j
being blown away. Ho said the dead I
at Mossville are Alexander W indham
and w ife, negroes.
Near thc town ho said four white
poisons had hoe ll killed, a man and
his wife and their two children.
V^ISC names he did not learn. Tho
Merion sly injured at Mossville aro .).
\V. Rollinson, Mr. and Mrs. Win.
Campbell and Minnie Campbell.
Near Service one child of I ko Hol
loway IS reported (lend and also an
unknown negro. Tho tornado was
accompanied hy a I orren I of rain,
which caused a sudden rise in tho
creeks and washed away several
bridges. * |
\
Vol Mi MAN SLAIN,
'?herc Was No Immediate Provoca
tion, But Old Crudtfe.
A. J, Cline, a yening lumber deal
er, formerly of Bristol, Va., was shot
and instantly lilied bv Luke Ban
ner, Sixty years old and a wealthy
merchant ai Bntihor Nik, N. C. There
was no Im med lalo provocation for
the killing, but. it ls said, waa tho
result of an ?dd grudge. Cline, lt is
alleged, was shot down without warn
ing, I'aum-r osen pod oh horseback,
and b; still at large, though ho was
peen lal< r near Montezuma heavily
armed and fleeing, A poSSo is in
pursuit.
POOR, VET Lien.
A Wealthy Man Bles 111 a Hovel Willi
$ i no,ooo,
john McMillan, aged So, died In a
hovel on l)ie outskirts of Chattan
ooga, Teilll. Thursday, for years he
lived in apparent poverty. After his
death il was discovered that be was
worth il'.a.nun, which bo carried
with him in a basket.
FAKE WHISKEY FIRMS
Whiskey Was Bought From Houses
That Nevji Has Existed.
Remarkable Testimony a? to l)i?pen
nary Creditor? Brought Out mt Mi?
newring in Columbia On Thursday.
It having; been established before
tho dispensary commission that the
address given as headquarters of the
alleged liquor thin of Boluir Distill
ing Company is In a fashionable res
idence of Baltimore, it was brought
out at thc hearing Thursday that tho
address given at the Washington
branch of (he Belair concern was the
same address of Richard & Co., 4M)
Pennsylvania avenue.
From letter heads of both con
cerns it was shown that J. S. Richard,
a member of the firm of Richard &
Co., was also president of tho Belair
concern, and then it was shown that
Richard is a brothor-in-law of M.
M. Goodman, the ngont ot' Ullman &.
Co., who is now nuder bond on
charges of conspiracy (o defraud tho
State.
The Belair Company, lt appeared,
began to do business with the dis
pensary after 1905, when Gilman &
Co. were put on the blacklist by tho
Hay committee. lt was then stated
by Mr. Folder that Goodman had pul
in bids for Gilman & Co., (bo Anchor
Distilling Company, Strauss ?i- Co.,
diehard <fc Co., (he Commonwealth
Dis! ?liing Company and tho Boluir
Distilling Company, all of which gol
sadness from tho dispensary, and all
of v hicli according- io Mr. Folder, bo
longed (o (ho "Ullman family." it
was shown that Goodman in 11* 0 3
had put In a bid as president of tb?)
Commonwealth Company, though in
Ids recent testimony be said ho left.
tin; Commonwealth Company before
that year. The old dispensary law
prohibited ono concern putting in
moro than one bid.
Tho commission passed, a. judgment
.tindiif^ thal ou account of over!
es the Belair concern was indebted to
the Slate In Gio sum of ? 1 0,11)2 to
which is to bo applied the amount
of (ho claim, ?C.SSG.'I 1. Gul if tho
Belair concern is a fake cOUCOrn
what, ls the judgment worth? To
show (hat it is a fake concern, Fol
der said no record ol' its charier
could be found in any Statt?; there
was no response lo a notice sent by
roglstorcd mail, ho one bad appeared
l'or Ibo COUCOrn and ile- iiouse could
not be found in Baltimore by a col
led ion agency. During the investi
gation Mr. Lyon BUspCCtOd tbat tho
BChlir concern was a protege of
Fleischman & Co. ile was on tho
track, but did liol the game.
FvidenCO was also produced to
show thal .1. W. Killy & Co., nod
Klug fi-. Co.. both of Chattanooga,
was one and ?ho same concern and
both had put in bids on Silver Spring
corn liquor at prices 20 per cent,
higher than Kelly & Co. bad charg
ed other cuslomorH outside the State.
The claim ?>f Klug & Go. amounis to
$t,,3iir,. *
IMPORTANT GM,I. GASS GD.
Provides fm- thc Sale of the Dispon*
Bary Kcal Fslate.
The Nash bill providing for (he
salo by (he state sinking fund com
mission of tho dispensary real ?slate
al an lipsot price Of $75,000, was
passed by Gu- house. Th?' bill carries
a coinmiiteo amendment forbidding
paying ont of any dispensary funds
except Gu' cheeks countersigned hy
tho stain troasurot' and this only up
on lb?' cert i ilea le ol fhn commission
I hat the payment is for stone ex
pense ol' lb?' commission or for a
claim passed upon ami ordered paid
hy th,- commission. Tin- bill extends
tho per diem of tim co min I sion lill,
january, I 000, and allow s them $150
each foi" service D'OUI Ill'St of ll??
year to the prosonl Gum. *
SU .GGGD ON GI VG WIRE.
And Both Horse and Lad Were In
s(nutty Killed.
At Thompson, Ca., Willie Richards
Ibo eighteen year obi son of .lohn ll.
Richards Of thal county, was kill
ed in a most horrible manner Thurs
day afternoon. The electric wire
lending from th" electric plant to tho
Smith Manufacturing Company foll
lo the ground, and was Still on the
ground wit? n young Ulchnrds carno
up the road, and Gie horse's fe (?I
ri, in k Ile- live wire, killing holli th?*
horse and rider llb tani ly. *
dumped I ro n Brooklyn Bridge.
Ai New Vorh .To li ri Grant, an n M
employed prlnloi', jumped Fr fd ri j'
from Ibo Brooklyn hrldgo and nh
I hough he landed arnon g Hon tl rig lc
cakes in ibo river 200 feel below, pi
caped with only a fow mino'
[bruhns, .
LYON FLINGS LIE
At Editor KoGster of tho Columbia
Evsning Rjcord
WHILE HE IS IM COURT
AR a Witness, Where Hr find Been
Summoned by (he Attorney-Gener
al lo <.'ive His Unisons for Assert"
inf; Timi the Attorney (Jenora] lias
lleeii Trying to Convict in Dispen
sary Cases with Hough! Testimony.
Durin.fr thc session of the dispen
sary commission Thursday after
noon, Attorney (louerai Lyon de
uouueed Mr. George lt. Rooster, edi
tor and manager of the Columbia
Record, as "A most infamous and
(Iii Iv liar." Mr. Koestor, who was
present, UKKOU lur mo protection of
tin. Court, and arose from his chair.
Thc situation was tense und Commis
sioner hatton also arose as if to step
between Lyon and Kooster. Mr. Lyon
warned Mr, Kooster aol lo approach
and dramatically told him ho (Lyons)
walked thc streets ol Col umbin und
was personally responsible for what
ho sahl.
The Inciden! prow oui o? an edi
torial in tho Record Wednesday ar
terial In tho Record Thursday af
hroughl Into tho room while tho com
mission vs ns in session and thc at
tention ot Mr Lyon was (ailed to
th? editorial. Mr. Lyon had just
cullie Into the loom, lb- al once re
quested thc commission io summon]
Mr. Kooster. This was RR rood lo,
and Mr. Stevenson, drew np (ho sum
mons, which was sighed by Mr Mc
Swooil Tho marshal of the commis
sion wai given Hie paper and within
a hall hour or so returned will? Mr.
Kooster, ?ho had como very willing
ly. Ile was examined under oath by
Mr. Stevenson, (he regular counsel
for the commission.
Mr. I'/'.slei- ih.ee?..,JVH>;1. .
The official record is lu substance
as follows:
Q. Mr. Kooster, tho attention of
tho commission has berni drawn to
this paragraph in this afternoon's
daily paper .is follows:
"The Record hes I te?'il asked Wh> il
assails Attorney Gotii ral Lyon and
Kooks to hamper his altenipts to have j
"grafters'1 punished The insinua
tion in the question ls that the !{..-'
cord is in sympathy with th ?fi "grat
ters." The Insinuation is too con
temptible to not ii e.
"io.xplanat ion <n* tho I tech hi's atti
tude toward Mr Lyon is wanted. lt
is easy to give If (here has been
Kruft lb?- Record, Rs much as Mr.
Lyon or anybody ehe, wauls it ex
poscd lind Hu- guilty punished, but.
the methods employed to bring about
thal desired result should he clean
and honorable and command rOspcet.
lt is Mr, I .yon Y methods . (. which
the Record objects. Wherever thu]
Anglo-Saxon clvllazatlon bas spread
a common maxim of Its Com ts baal
boen hst ii ls hot (dr lor a thousand
guilty men io (-scape than thal one
Innocent mau should be punished.
"Similai in spirit is thc Record's
hoi of that it is bette, thal all dis- I
pensary grafters should escape than
thal an attempt should be matte to
secure < onvh lions willi bought testi
mony And that is the ghi 110 Mr.!
Lyon has iieeii playing Hi st as a mem
ber (it iitC Investigating comhtltloo
and how as A tierney General; I f |
there v.. re no political phase to the'
limiter he could no! hope to secut o j
conviction with bought testimony, J
and il is only ile' political phnSO of;
(he case that keeps his attempts te
bay testimony from mooting tho uni
versal ev, , i al lon .limy deserve." I
Thc commission wishes lo know !
who is responsible tor Hie ?ditorial
department 6? ymir paper. A. I Rill.
ti. Thc commission being partly
charged With rellim; tills testimony,
iltld ?le- work which Mr Lyon has j
dono In l?ial line bein?; (iirough tho 1
commission, the commission want?!
lo Know what informal lon iou have
about the purchase of testiirioity?
A. Not hill)', bul what has been pub
lished.
(). Docs what bas boen published
justify tho clmr.ee that (hey are hay
ing tq&tlmohy.? A. Well, all (Iiis i's
very sudden. I have not rot il at
my lingers' end. but Mi- Ih'rmann,
who is ihe presiden! of the Augusta
H rowing Company, (OSlillod (hat he
had paid rebates or commissions and
'hst an order was passed b.V tho (dd
I pyes I hulling cornhill toe ordering
payment of his claim, Which 1 believe
I s the ll rsl and the only one paid
sp lo that I Imo,
Q. i.ci n". ed Heil straight, Thal
was when Mr. Lyon and anolher rom
?tlep was. investigating Hm dispon
Those who composed thal coin*
. ."?.e. I believe, were Mr. Lyu.. Mr.
lil OR sd, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Splvey.
somo others. Tees- gentlemen
i, i charge, together with Mr Lyon
.iib having purchased (esllmnnv.
ls thal tho basis of your chnrgo:
of tho purchase of testimony? A.
That is, offered to purchase testi
mony, yos. ,
j Q That is tho basis of your charge,
that Hie old iuvestlgatiug eommlttoo
did that? A. That they offered au in
ducement for getting testimony.
Q. I want to know this; what
evidence have you that there has been
a purchase of testimony since the or
ganization of this commission? A.
I don't say there has heon a pur
chaso.
Q. Do you mean to nay there lias
been an offort to do so? A. I mean
to say, tr I be correctly postod, that
I have got a right to Infor that ir
parties to whom claims wore duo, or
who allege that amounts arc owing
to thom by Hie dispensary, will come
forward and glvo testimony that
(hore claims will be paid. There was
a report ia Hie paper this morning of
:< claim paid on yesterday.
ls thal tho publication you refer
to. the publication tn tho Stato this
morning? A, Yes, sir.
Q. Then you state that all you
has? your (bargo on ts what was
published In ?ho paper? A. As to this
prosont commission.
Q. ls there any publication that
you baso your charge on A. No.
Q. The publication In tho State thie
morning? A. Yes.
Q. With reference to the Paul
.Iones Company? A. Yes. Thc first
claim said to be paid was the Dani
Jones Company, which was of oxees
sive volume, but on account of mat
ter behind lt. it ls stated that Hu
payment of the claim was ordcr?t
immediately after ohtalnlug testl
mony hy ?hem.
Q. How do you connect Mr. Lyoi
with that action? A. 1 don't knov
that, f lightly connected him Will
that action: but at tho same time,
consldorod him as advisor of th?
commission.
(j. You don't hold bim responsl
ide for tho action of Hm conimissioi
lu aujudlcating tho Paul Jone
(daims? A. Not directly.
Q. Or that this charge (hat ho i
purchasing testimony at tho presen
timo is based on that? I understain
you to say that tho only hasis o
your oha,rgo at Hie present timo i
from this article in tho State Now
you admit that you cannot hold hil)
rssponsMilo for thal. Then you hav
no bas!?' for the charge that, lie i
now , r...basing .testimony? A. Nc
slr, 1 cn:'t say that I draw that in
terence. ,
Mr. Patton:
ll. ls Hint tho only source of lil
formation you lia ve, what you saw i
tho Stale? A. That is all 1 based m
article on
Q, Yon stated that you had Info?
mat ion about to-day. ls what, yo
saw in tho State to-day all the li
foi iiiation voa have? A That w.
alt.
ci. Answer bj question? Ai Ye
I said, except as to the old co m mi;
sion.
Q. You have n o further In formt
?ion of ?he purchase of los!Inion
except What appears tn I he Slate?
No, sir.
Mr. Lyon Maters Discus-hoi.
A?toiney General i.yon:
I wish td niabc a statement In r
gard lo this matter. I regret, C
coed ugly, ?hat H becomes neccssn
for ino take any action or to noli
anything that may bo raid or do
hy this crealuro (pointing ht;; Pug
at Mr KocHteri)
Mi Koeal or
tf this be a legal proceeding,
desire thal ?hat gentleman be t
quired ?o ese proper language.
Mr I.yon:
I wish lo say that tis far as slav
inls afternoon (hal Ibo man ?1
wrote that article In Ibo record is
mos? Infamous and dirty liar
Mr. Koestor:
I ask ho the protection of I
Court.
Mr I.yon:
I will he on ?lie Streets of ?''dil
birt, ?o?d von need rn? protection,
say. Mr. Chairman, thal I regret
(.(.('dingly Unit 1 have to notice t
charge " ha? colite n> ni y hoi
thal he bas written and publh I
in bis paiier a tlfisue of Infamous i
sci! : lieus lies. 1 haVO no? seen
?o pot ii e them, and I would md h
noticed this now, tint il conn s hoi
this cont mission in an ofllclal way.
simply wish to say that he lia:; pi
eh himself a self-convicted, inf;
ons liar. And I wan? to say to y
Slr, (indicating Mr. Koostei\) ?h:
am personally responsible for win
say, and I dare you to resent I?.
Mr. Koestor:
Now, Mr Chairman, in regan
this imitier. 1 have nothing furl
to say In regard to this edltoi nil
tliOf than to ray ?hat I did not n
io charge any personal dishonest}
the prtl'l of any OHO of the pre
commission. H seemed to me a i
1er of policy (hal an editor ha
righi to criticise and condemn,
it wan ?be policy of the cominis
to Withhold Hie payment ol' ch
until parties carno forward and ?
testimony I ni pl lea ting others, ?lr
a wrong policy. 1 stated it
I ,ia?e it again.
Mr. Patton: Who said that wai
notley of the commission? A.
, ifed it from Hie action of HU?
mission.
Mr. ration: And furthcrmor
passed judgment yesterday <
.claim and nothing was said i
that and a half u dozon today.
Mr. KooRtor: I waa not aware of
that when I wrote that artlelo. I
I distinctly disavow tho Intimation of
?any disrespect against any member
of the commission. It was a matter
of public policy, and If that was tho
policy of tho commission that a
claim would not be paid unless par
ties cunio forward and Implicated the
officials, then that was a wrong pol
icy. One member of this commission
I have kuown for years, Mr. Hender
son, and I would not for tho world
say anything against Mr. Henderson
personally.
Col. Felder Makes Statement.
Col. Felder: Without indicating
tho policy of your paper or resenting
in any way anything you said about
myself, I want to make this state
ment as having been Tiny activo in
tho prosecution of theso claims be
fore tho commission, that not Ibo
slightest inducement lias been held
out to any man to como hero and
furnish e veld noe. The commission
passed a rule requiring all claim
ants to produce their books and pro
duce; tho representative that con
ducted the negotiations with the
South Carolina dispensary, which re
lated to these sales. And when their
books are produced and their agents
are produced and examinations are
made, tho commission then, without
offering any reward, taking these
claims as they present themselves in
tho books, making deductions as they
did In Hie Paul Jones claim of tho
amounts that their books show to
bo overcharges, purging the claims
as tho evidence demanded, have giv
en judgment for the balance. I am
acquainting you with that, becauso
under ymir statement you say you
want to be perfectly fair, nol only to
tho commission but to all the parties
at. Interest.
Mr. Kocster: T must absolutely;
disavow any intention to reflect
against any member of the cominis-1
sion.
Mr. Stevenson: Mr. Chairman,
(here is another suggestion ? would j
like to make. Air. Rooster stales'
thai it was (he policy of the com-,
mission ho was criticising when he >
made this charge about the Attorney !
General. This commission would ,
profer to have tho criticism made
against it in Its own proper person |
and not against tho Attorney General ,
and Ifould llJf.C to ask Air. Koosler i
a few questions.
Stevenson Ouest lons Witness.
Q. Mr. Rooster, tho member of tho
investigating committee to whom you
referrer, it was tho realizing of Mr. :
emuum's account yon referred to In.
your paper? A. Yea.
Q. Do you mean to < i:arge Air.:
May, Mr. ??cnso, Mr. Christensen, Mr.
Bpi voy and Mr. Custon with buying
?vidence? A. I don't remember who
voted f?>r it or anything of the sort.
Q. Mr. Christensen and Mr. Lyon
were Ihon on the committee? A. I
drew tho inference from tho fact that
all claims were hold up and ordered
nhl paid, bul thal when Mr. Hermann
came mid testified that he had done
wrong, immediately on bis doing
that his claim was ordered paid the'
first one.
() Thia crlcicism was directed
first at tho old Investigating com
mittee and secondly as this commis
sion and tneir actions? A. Yes.
(j Hut Mr Lyon was mado tho
pole tareel?
Mr. Patton: There is another in
timation mado by you. That this)
commission ls being handled by tho'
Attorney General; if you were here,
as tho other newspaper men are, you j
would know thal 'his commission ls
nut handled by the Attorney General,
or by anybody else.
Col. Felder: Although Mr. lier-,
mann came lune and made the fuh
rst statement in regard lo this mat-I
tor tbis commission has not ordered
hts claim paid.
Mr. Roister: I did not refer to
what Ibis commission had done.
At tho conclusion of ibis incident
members of tho commission assured
Mr Koeal er In the kindest way that
ho had boort laboring under a mis
apprehension In regard io tho pro-j
ced it re of tho commission, nhd that I
they Invited tho fullest scrutiny of
their olUelal nets in regard lo theso
claims; thal Ho ir sessions were open
10 the public 111 considering these
11 allers and thal newspaper men were
Welcome to attend and that others
had attended constantly. Mr. Rooster!
was Informed that, tho commission
would bo glad to have him prt?sCnt
i,, see for himself what thc commis
sion vas doing. SV?th I hese assur
ances tho matter was closed and Hie
commission took up other matters.
adjoin niin: soon afterwards.
MAIS: A GOOD HAUL.
Five Cracksmen Gob n Missouri Hank
Of Gog Sum.
At Richhill Mo., robbers dynamited
tho farmers and Mechanics bank al
|?2tf!0 o'clock Saturday morning, dpi
I mulish lng (he building and entering
Hie vanita which I hey looted of $2fV
ooo. There were five of Hie bandits.
Whim hoi soon they were riding
nor!h at breaknock snood. Cltl'/etlS
of thc ?own hoard ibo terrific explo
sion and hurried lo I he scone, When
(hey saW llVe bank in ruins a posse
was immediately organized and pur
suit started at once.
SERIOUS CHARGE
Senator Blease Said to Have Rep
resented a Liquor House.
AN AFFIDAVIT READ.
MP. Ii. W. Parker Swear? That 8. J.
La?aban Told Him Tlint He Hail
Employed Senator Mease to Ito
prcscnt His Firm liefere tlie Stnto
Hoard of Control.-lllca.se Head au
AiUdavIt from Liuiahan Denying lt.
Testimony which (lio Legislative
Investigating committee of 190G de
clined to tiring out waa developed by
the commission to wind up the
affairs of tho Stale dispensary
at Columbia on Thursday when
Messrs. Lewis W. Parker and Billson
A Smyth wore put on Hie stand and
related a conversation willi Mr. S.
J. La?aban, of Baltimore, in 11)06,
in regard to the employment of a
"prominent politician" to represent
tho Lanallan linn boforo tho State
board of runt roi. Mr. Parker said
that Lanallan in a prior conversation,
when Capt. Smyth was not present
liad said that Doa. Coleman L.
Blouse was the agent referred to.
Il is understood that Mr. Please,
who is now and lias for four yoai'8
been State Senator from Newberry,
?ind who was candidate for Governor
year before last, hus an nflldavlt
from Mr. Lanallan denying thal Mr,
La?aban made the statement attrib
uted to bim. ile said that he had
read it during tho campaign Inst sum
mer on the stump at Union, and that
it was published at that time. Ho
showed tho original aflldnvlt, which
be has kept pinned tn his insido
pocket.
Those familiar with tho dispensary
investigations will recall that two
voars ago the Legislative eonnotttoe
to investigate the dispensary sum
moned Mr. Parker to appear and ho
veal ted in substance the conversation
with Mr. Lanallan, but when pressed
hy Mr. Lyon to give tho mime of the
prominent politician lie declined to
do so. AK Mr. Parker challenged the
power of the coilllllitto to make him
answer, a caso on habeas corpus pro
ceedings was brought in the Supreme
(Vont and the Court decided that
the committee had the authority to
require Mr. Park or to answer its
questions. Lut the committee decid
ed not to exert its authority and Mr.
Parker did not answer the question.
ll has been common knowledge,
however, that the suppressed name
of the alleged agent of Lanallan was
that of Senator Please, and tills
knowledge evidently reached Senator
Please himself, as he took the pre
caution to got an allidavit from Lan
ahhn, and it is fortunato thal lie did.
since Mr. Lanallan died about two
weeks ago. Tho commission to wind
lip the State dispensary bad already
summoned Mr. Lanallan.
When they testified Thursday Mr.
Parker and Capt Smyth made it plain
thal tliey did so unwillingly und on
ly yielded to the recognized authority
of the commission, which lias the
same authority' as tho Legislativo
committee as decided hy the Supremo
Court.
't is not worth while to say who
Mo., rs. Parker and Smyth are; they
are the leading two cotton mill men
in South Carolina, and their char
acters ?md reputations need no bols
tering.
Tlie Lanallan Allidavit.
Following is the aflldnvll read hy
Senator Please at tlie campaign meet
in;', in Union on August Tl. I SUP?
State ol' Maryland, City of Balti
more.- Personally came liefere mo
Samuel .1. Lanallan, who. hoing, duly
sworn, says that be never told Lewis
\v. Parker', or any other person, that
Cole L. Please was in his employ
io look after his Interest in (lie whis
key business in South Carolina, and
as a mailer of fact, he did not have
Cole ti, I) lea SO so employed.
Augustas \V. Bradford,
(Notary Seal) Notary Public.
Mr. Please also read at the I nion
meeting allidavits from Jodie M.
U?wlIltS?n. .lohn Black, .los. H. Wy
lie, li ll Rvnnsj John Mell Towlll and
L. \V. Doyklri, dated either Ai must
8, I j)00, or August I. 1 0 QC i ami each
of which staled thal during the af
fiant's term ol' service as director of
the Stale dispensary "Cole L. Blenso
neither directly or Indirectly solicited
business or asked that purchases ho
made from Samuel jj;, Lanallan or any
oilier per on engaged in selling whIs
ba v Ol' other art.des io the Slate dis
pcm arv.
Two Minei'S Are Kilted,
Two men were killed liv Oj? f?ll
of a tace for a dst fl ncc of 7 HO feet
to the bottom of a shaft at the Ne,
i coll levy of ?be Nova Seo tin Steel
and Coal Company's mino at Sydney,
I B. C.
