TH -- PIKENS SENTINE E D 17-VLumEntered April 23, 1903 at PickeuE, a ecnd cla mail atter. under set 1 2 NU Estab~~~~~~~shedNU BE 50.--ou e41PC E S .C. P I . DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION Resort to the Courts threatened to Foree Gov. Blease to Testify. The proceedings of the Legis lative investigating committee last week as reported in The State furnish some interesting reading. How successful the committee will be in forcing Gov. Blease to testify and make good his charges against certain State officers and the Ansel commis sion of graft and corruption remains to be seen, and will be awaited by the public with keen interest. From the proceedings as pub lished the following is taken: Members of the lesislative committee said yesterday that every legal method will be used to force the governor of South Carolina to appear in person before the-committee and make good his charges and insinua tions preferred in special mes sage No. 4 which was sent to the general assembly. The governor charged in the message wrong doing on the part-of At torney General Lyon and mem bers of the Ansel commission. More than a score of witnesses have been called by the commit tee and not one charge has been substantiated. The governor has been requested to appear on three occasions. The com mittee has met with a flat re fusal each time. Members of the committee also stated that the court wv~ould probably be asked for an order to force the governor to give up the letters alleged to have been written by T. B. Felder to H. H. Evans. A sharp issue of veracity was raised yesterday between Sen ator W. J. Johnson of Fairfield caunty and H. D. Rantin, for mer editor of the Fairfield News, a weekly paper published at Ridgeway when Mr. Rantin took the stand before the legis lative committee and declared that Senator Johnson had given him the information that $50, 000 had been paid by James S. Farnum for immunity. Dur ing last year there appeared in the Fairfield News an editorial to the effect that Farnum had -paid $50,000 and that seven in .dictments were wiped out against him. The statement was made directly. Mr. Ran tin ' was the editor of the paper at that time. He declared lyester day that the information had been given him by Senator Johnson. At the last meeting .of the commission Senator Johnson denial that he knew of any additional money being paid by Farnum to Attorney General Lyon or any other State official. Members of the inves tigating committee said y ester day that Senator Johnson will be recalled to testify. It was brought out that Senator John son was a stockholder in the -Fairfield News when'.the editori al appeared. The witnesses appearing yes terday expressed Ihigh opinions as to the ability of the members of the Ansel commission. The governor dismissed the com mission on the grounds of in capacity. James V. Wallace. a membe~r of the Blease com mission ap pearing before the commiitfte yesterday. insinuated that A torney General Lyon and T. 13. Felder had deposited some money in a bank in Cincinnati which they had collected from Dennis Weiskopf who had over charged the State of South Caro lina for labels and intimated that it was the initetntion of Lyon and Felder to cover up the money as it had not been reported to th" Blease conmmis sion. Mr. Wallace st:ated that the first time the Bleaso com: - mission knew that this mionev was on deposit in (incinnati was w~hen P. HI. Nelson brought out the fact on cross-eanuna tion of one of Mr. Lyou's wit nesses in the trial of the famous "label case." At this point Attorney Gener al Lyon called the committee's attention to the fact that Mr. * Wallace was giving his opinion as evidence and that the opini ions were false." Mr. Lyon also said that he had in his pos session a copy of the written contract entered into by Mr. Fear with Weiskopf by which was agr d to i State ..fo when Wei>ko:f was r'elik'ee from' fm v row cution in this sIate and ha. 1 lie money was on dep'sit in a (in cinnati bank to the credit of T. B. Felder, Howard Ferris and J. S. Graydon a- truste s to be paid to the State dispensary commfiission w-hen noille plrosequi shou-ld be entered upon the n maining indict.mens againsi Wicskopf. This contract wis handed to the investiating committee by Attorney %Genrl Lyon. He also stated tht the testimony of MIr. Wallace to t he effect that Mr. Nelson on rOSS examination had 'brought ut the fact that the money on de posit in Cincinnati was also un true as he himuself had -had his own witness to testify in reg.ard thereto and that Mr. -Nelson had objected to a part of the Same. The testimony presented yes terday by James V. Walace, a member of the Blease comnis sion. was aimed at T. B. Felder. He expressed a lack of confi dence in the Atlanta attofney and at one time stated confi dently that the members of the commission had enough testi mony to convict Felder. This interested the conmittee very much, and Mr. Wallace w as asked to specify. The com mittee, after a laborious cross examination, developed the fact that Mr. Wallace did not know one specific incriminating act concerning the Atlanta attorney The Blease commission was appointed by the Governor af tei the Ansel committee had been dismissed for incompetency. The commission was in exist ence for over one year and re turned an expense account of .q,000 without collecting any money. The two members of the commission, Jame, Stack house and James V. W allace. giving testimony yesterday, admitted that nothing had been accomplished by the Blease board. They expressed their dislike to Attorney General Lyon and charged that he had not given the proper coop)era t on to the board. Attorney General Lyon was present and gave the information that the Blease board had consulted him oni few occasions. Not one specific in tance of dereliction of dnt v on the part of the attorner general was pointed out by the Efeasc members of the comnmissio:'. They talked generally about the "demeanor" and "cordial ity" of the attor-ney general. There was much testimo~ny of the "deduction order" etiven. The first witness called at the morning session was James Stackhouse, the chairman of the Blease winding-up commis sion. He is a resident of Mu! lins. He was asked by- the committee as to efforts to wind up the affairs of the dispensary. He said that the report would show the work. Mr. Stackhouse said that t h "demeanor of L yon" hadl I d him to certain conclusions. Hb thought that Lyon had "not been the same." It was shown by the (1uestionlS asked by the commitee that A t torney General L} on had neval refused to give assist ance we called upon by the Blecase roam " So the only- thin;g ou~- tr1in! to scure from~ thle ahi 'ontnis-l1 3. Feleri "Yes, sir,' rela h i nless "Do you know\ of alnv 1:: than $5,000) pa:id byv Jaun: S. "'I did ino-" re; lit :1 Stakhouse. lHe said thix had1( heard1 very o: te.n thatU !-.,a numl had paid more-tha :m ;S,:o. He said it was general talk. I! (.id not renv-ml er a sin~de ind> 41 1na whlo imad }o Car U we -! 1gn a ta'k." tje Fairtield Ntw *-- -Nwa, in Fair-field coumy. io a quefstinetd as to n; ! peaing ir: the F-airli.: .tw Ithe effect that James -S. F arml had paid $50 000 for hi- imn aHmi "Di') vou write it: "I can't say posKiiv. might have been written by :nc. It may have been changed a little" replied the witness. He said that he seured his in (rmavti-m from Senator John n Iof Fairfield. He said thai nator Johnson had volunteer edt Ihe in'formation that Jame S. F Tarnum had paid .50.000 fo' inim unity and that t he - Stat ionly rieceived .5(,000. H1e sai that he a'Cepted the Statement by senator Johnson as beiin tle t"t 11 and then printed tlh( e- .1411iM J aid that lie had evei discued the matter with thc governor. Rantin said that hc tho'ught the statement made ov Senator Johnson to be true at the time he wrote the editorial. He said that he had never said anythin,g that would tend to rc tard the work of the commis Sion. The witness was questioned as to the ability of the memberE of the Ansel board. He knew IDr. W. J. Murray and thought him to be an honorable and straightforward gentlemen. James V. Wallace of Charles. ton, a member of the Blease board, was questioned by the committee as to the work of the commission. He said that the alcohol question had beer birought up before the Blease conmiission by Dr. W. J. Mur ray, chairman of the Ansel board. le said that the word of Dr. Murray was accepted by the commission. Wallace charged that thE Ansel commiss-on was hamper ed by attorneys. "Was the question of investi gating the Ansel board evei brought before the Blease board," He replied that the questior had never been discussed. "Did your board ever attempt to prosecute any one except T. B. Felder?" No, sir," he replied. He was asked to be more specific with reference t> the charge that the Ansel board was hampered by attorneys. He merely charged that almost all mionev was received by the attorneys. The witness expressed his disapproval of the contract with T. B. Felder. He charged that Felder had "b::ncoed"' th( State. It was stated by the nitness that Felder had noi lived up to his contract. The witness saidl that the Blease board had brought thc action against Felder. He said that action had not been brought ninst others in connectior with the dispensary. He charged that the State had paid for the gathering of information for T. B. Felder. He wa~s un. able to specify as to the amounts paid. The witness charged that " the indifference" of the at ioi ney general caused the Bleast board to make a failure in its work. Wallace thought thai the attorney general had all in formation in his possession and that he reue to turn it ove1 to) the Blease board. "Do you know of any infor mation about any one defraud ing the State?" " 'None that I know of," hE replied. "H a e you come in possession ofan test imlon'y that wvould ''Non that I can give out,' he ceinuel(d. Ie thoughi iso t elatb ihat "thej' mlighlt ii''If . .1u wI ring Mr. Feldle] or ar board will try." Uere he wa iormned that the Bleast Iar ha lgon e out of existenice. 1I man the memibers will try :ogvesm informnation tc ThC en imitten inlsisted that L vethe testimony to be hfgh in the court. He sain h miht t the testimony lii. anlid :t he had any in ormaUtion to conIvict Feldei V.h n pressed. the corni ttet insisted again and the witness reusedi to give any definite in Im m~Viationl concerning Felder. jTe witniess saidl that Felde: ('ught to be brought over anm Let's have all the informa ionil nl your' possession," saii nothi; as to his conduct on-th< part of Felder w~as brought out except the alleged Feider letter The witness had just a fen niinutes before said that th< members fthe. Base board had enouigh testimony to con vict Felder. He retreated from 1 his unqualified statement. "Did you ever see any of the lei ters from Felder to H. H. I aw one." He (' tI re nn-m Irr anylhm definatl about the , tter . Wallace thouglt tiat "clder had been guljilt y of m1iscondulct duishi; (1m1ir conne70c1).(t ion1 wi th1 t h Ie S)ta te that he lliev( d that Felder was in the whikkey business. "Do vou again charge that there is graft in connection with the dispensaries in the six counties ' The witness replied he did not charze that there was graft and that Felder might be selling to the dispensaries or the "blind tigers. He was asked as to what steps shouid be taken if Felder was bi ought to South Carolina. Here the witne3s 'was questioned closely about Felder and admitt ed that. he did not know any thing that would tend to con vict Felder. He admitted that the Blease board had not accom plished anything. Joe. B. Wylie, a, member of the old dispensary board of con trol, was called by the commit tee. He testified at the last meeting of the committee. He was questioned by the commit tee as to testimony by Henry Saimuels-last week on the divi sion of graft. He said that the rebates were divided among the members of the board. The other wembers of the board were Rawlincmn and Black. Atlanta Journal's Big Contest I The Atlanta Journal is con ducting one of the most inter esting contests in the history of southern newspaperdom. It is called the Bookiovers' Ce-n test and it, is absolutely free and open to every one residing in the states of Georgia.Florida, Alabama, North and South Carolina, The fist prize is fifteen hun dred dollars in gold; the second, one thousand dollars in gold and the third, five hundred dollars in gold. Besides these superb 1 cash prizes, there are more than three hundred lother rewvards, any of which is well worth1 working hard to get. There are piano Player Pianos, Victorials, Vacuum Cleaners, kitchen out fits, dining room furniture, dia mond rings, gold watches, pushmobiles, aluminum kitchen sets, refrigerators, and many other beautiful and desirable things. Briefly put, The Journal's big contest is just this: Every day there is published in The Journal a picture repre senting the title of some book. Attached to this picture is a coupon to be filled out by con testants with th~e nanie of the book, the author's name, their own name and address. When the contest has closed, that is, when seventy-five of these pic tres have been published, the con estants will send in their1 pictuies and coupons and the1 prizes will be awarded the sue-1 eessful ones. T .e idea is to fit to the picture he name of the book you think 'it represents. It is a fascinat ing game and full of delightful iuten-st to all the family. Ey eryone can take ijart. It is in structive and helpful. Thous and1s of peCople in the states named above are working hard to come out in the winning class. To make the contest more in teresting and at the same time to lbe convenient to the contes tantants, the Booklovers' Editor has issuedl a catalogue contain ing 5,00 namies of books with their authors- All of the seven ty-five books that are to appear n the contest are in the list. T his reduces the labor of the booklov ers veryv conserably. T he cataIlo.ue is sold for twen ty-five cents, or twenty-sevenj cents by mail. The beauty of The Journal's Booklovers' Contest is that you dont hiave to (1o outside work Vlike solicit ing or asking your friends to work for. It is just some pleasan~t, interesting work, calling only for a few minutes jof time each day, and offering a marvelous opportunity to win a great big prize in real money 'The contest opened March 14. Write The Journal for full in ormation regarding it. You :an start any time. In Memory of J. B. Rigdon. Mr. J. B. Rigdon vas born ruly 8th 1838, in Greenville Dis rict in the Slate of South Caro ina and died at his home near ?'loasant Grove church on Sun lay morning November 26th .911. his age being 73 years. He was burried the day fol owing his death at Oolenoy 3aptist church where he had >een a faithful member for nany years. Rev. J. E. Foster conducted he funeral services. He was a Jonfederate soldier and served n the conflict from beginning o end. He left South Carolina n the -year of '61 and went to Ula. and during his stay there ie volunteered in the army at ,edar Bluff on August 14th in he 19 Regt, under Capt Joseph . Cunningham, and remained n this Regt. about 8 months. n the spring of 1862 during om'e time in March he came ome on a furlough and staved bout 15 days and when be re urned to the army in Tenn. bout the first of April he joined he Second South Carolina Rifles n company H. in crder to be vith his brothers and old home riends and remained in this onpany until the close of the var. On Sunday April 6 and 7th 862, he was in one of the blood est battles fought during the var, known qs thp battle of hiloh's hill, Here he received slight wound and I have of en heard him say It seemed if ie had held his hat up he could iave caught it f ull of bullets. Und I have also heard him peak of another battle known Ls the Battle of Bull run, which vas fought in Virginia. This vas July 18th in '62. These are he most important ones I re nember hearing him say so nuch about during his strug ,le through the war. After his ionorable discharge from the trniy he came back to old south Carolina and was married o Miss Nancy C. Huff on the ~7th of February 1866, and unto hem were boarn six phildren,. hree boys and three girls, a ho re all living. He leaves two rothers, Mr. John H. Rigdon >f Jackson county N. C, and N. M. Rigdon, cf Greenville, S. 3.FJ B. Rigdon was a man that ooked at the right side of all ~uestions and his counsel was lways good. He was a kind ather and always taught his ~hildren to be honest, speak the ruth and stand by what was -ight. ear father, thy loving face has gone The voice we loved is still, i. place is vacant in our home. Which never can be filled. J, F. Rigdon. 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The political leaders of Wash ington in both parties are gos siping considerably anent the latest phase in the Honorable Champ Clark's candidacy for the President on the Democratic ticket for the reason that he has struck a .key-note that af fects the Western people and accounts largely for his popu larity in the great section of the country. During Roosevelt's adminis tration the faddists began to howl that the public domain was being squandered and tak en away from posterity and that posterity would have noth ing if all the lands were settled up in this generation. The Honorable Champ ClarkE has been advocating strenously that the only way to stop the emi gration of the Ifarmers of this country to Canada, was to open up all public lands to settlement by people now on earth. In the language of the Irishman, "What the devil has posterity ever done for us." 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