The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-09-17
kEFOKMING TIE DISpF,SSA.S-

hffohhtNG Illt; DlSpENSA ItN.
Ihc state Board OF Control Will
Make an Investigation or the Re
cent Scandals.
Special to the News and Courier
COLUMBIA, September TO- Now that
INC c!cction Is over and there remain,
ohiy The announcement OF the result,
the people have partially ceased talk
ing about the election and the disDcn-
sary has been taken up - It's place. a
SfcaC ucai has been said about the
scandals THAT haVc been started within
lhc past lew days, and more are
promised. Whether these promises
will ever matori;,lizc or not no one can
tell. Some pcopic have asked why
outsiders cannot investigate these
matters to sec what, il any, truth there
Is III the rum0rs. There arc Il .,rcnt,
many reasons, and the chief Of them i
because they have NOT ;.cucss to the
books on the power 10 loosen The
tongues OF those who kMu,; whu, Lhyru
Is III these rumOr5.
Mr.. Scrusgs, who as alleged by Gov
ernOr Evans, went to Cincinnati and
Obtained certain information, declines
| 70 talk Tor publication. lie saws that
he Is 4 subordinate officer, aud As such,
Ol course, Will have nothing TO SAY, but
| inIlnlatcd that when officially asked
ior IL report would probably tell all nc
knows. Onc thing is certain, he will
not talk now, and it will DO 40 harm
| tor the State board Of control or Gov
crnol' Evans to get in writing ;,iI that
! he KNOWS about the matter. he may
KNOW something. ANA IL may turn OuI
| bEht hr can ctCar up the GiSprnSary
| mudLlr.
from the drift OF The conversation
at THIS time it is quite certain that
some r&uiCa! changes will hc raauc m
| the GInNGnSary Jaw ;iG the next session
ol Vnc legislature.
1t Was currently reported on the
| street to-day that the State board Ot
| control had some time nrO gone tt
Governor Evans and requested him f,
reduce the force Of the const;Lhularv.
;ta - "as costing The uiHpcnsury 900
| much money. Thr report was, that
| Governor Evans declined 10 make the
| requested reductions in the force. This
| morning Chairman JuncS wus sccu
aoUut the report that the board had
| requested a reduction in the i0r,,., OF
cons Stables. lie did not care to talk
lOr publication about the matter, l,ut
he dlh not deny the report stated To
ann that the board had ON two Oc-
conStabulary force.
With the impression that such re.
quests had been made of GOvcrno,
Evans he WAS asked about the matte,
THIS mornlng, and he said that ho did
not T. "l.'"I t"at such specific re
quests H;tu oyGu H.lG.. of him through
the board. The boa, had asked hIm
To reduce the expenses Of the Constab
ulary force, and had suggested tin,
locnllZatiOn Of the cOnstab!cs so as t,
save the travelling expenses OF tn,
members Of the force, but he had tOlo
the board that this WAS not pructicabic
aS the cOnStablcs could not DO effective
work when they wore well known i'm y
community. Tho board also requested
| nun 10 act about the system OF book.
Keeping with reference to tho constit.
| Dul;ry.
| Inc Tact remains that The State
board OF control seems to nave rpuucst-
cu reduction IN the eXpCnScS OF the
| cOn5tabu!ary, whether il be thrOuw n
chopping on some OF the members Of
the force or by locaiiHinm them, and
this has not been done.
1t Is II notorious fact that since the
| inJunctiun Of Judge Silnont0n the con
stubulary has done but !iLtlc, at least,
but little OF their work has come to
tEi' The average receipts at the
4G'HP'''Sary mere are said To be ABOUT
iOur or five packages, and hatf OF these
nave TO he returned on account Of the
provisions OF Judge SimontOn's decree
Cna' liquor intended for rpcrsonaI use is
not 20 nc seized when it comes from
ahoIHcr state.
IL was asccrlaincd to-day from tho
records that there arc lifty-livc CON
stables employed by the State. OF