The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-21

Company, will be along next month
to look after tho business, and thore
will bo nothing easier than to hand
tho monoy--the cold, hard cash
over to Mr.. Doodle for service rem.
derod. If thoro is any way of spot
ting cash transaction it has not yot
bccn heard of. Tho only way that
such u transaction could be discov
orod would bo by tho "squouling"
of tho agent who brought the cash,
the Make Money Company or Mr..
Boodlo- tho dummy mcmbcr of the
board Of control for this illustration.
Mr.. Doodle is not at I'LL likely to tell
all about such transaction to his
friends and neighbors, and he would
not damn himself by oven whisper
ing anything about it. The Make
Money Company would have no in
contivo to tuttlo, and it would 500
that its representative kept his
knowledge. If tho Mako Money
people "squoalcd" thoy would damn
themselves with the State board of
control, for tho board could not
afford to buy from firm that did
such "fnnny' business, and the
houcn ,vo,,lJ boyo Ior,ro :, H., ,,,,,.,>
ing Of what happened to tho }. II.
Pcoblcs' Sons Company, which is
now on the blacklist Of the State
board. Even if tho Mako Money
Company should loso all of it's bust
ness with tho dispcnsary could it
afford to tell on Mr.. Doodle? Not a
bit of it. 1t would only hurt it in
tho business world, for no respect
able firm is supposed to resort to
such tricks Of tho trade If tho
Make Money Company people were
to try to damn Mr.. Boodlc thcy
would only be using Il boomerang to
hurt themselves, and no set Of busi-
ness mon are going to do this sort
of thing; so how is the general pub
| lie to get ut the bottom of such
rumors. Mind you, it is not said
that such a-thing is going on. No
one alleges that there is Il Money
Making Disti!ling Company doing
business with the State, and it is II
more or less violent presumption to
suggest that there is such a man as
Mr. Doodle on tho. State board of
control, but suppose there wcro, how
would Governor Ellcrbc or The news
papers over be able to get at tho
| facts? And this shows how easily
the thing could be done, and what
small hopo Of discovery thero would
be.
L have heard every Governor from
Governor Tillman try to solvo this
problem, and without SUCCESS. They
have all heard of scandals, and have
tried to find some way to catch up
with the alleged ruscals. Governor
Tillmau tried to catch up with somc
of his dispensers, and SO every Gov
ornor has had his troubles
Investigating committees have
gono to Cincinnati, they have gono
to Baltimore, and thoy had access to
tho books hcro and elsewhere, but
they never found out anything moro
than was voluntarily told before they
went away.
AS long as There is a dispcnsary
and things are run as at present
there is going to be talk of scandal.
No ono may ever bo able to get at
the bottom facts, and the rcciving Of
I rebates or somc such serious Charge
may never be proven, but every time
those charges arc made and every
time they arc repeated they leave an
unsatisfactory tasto in tho peoples
mouths
The rumors and reports that arc
going tho rounds, if they are doing
nothing worse, arc leaving II bad
taste in The mouths Of the people,
and the bad taste is getting worse
and worse ovory day, whether the in
situations are believed or not.
ct may be suggested, however,
that there is one scandal that can be
easily proved or disprovcd, and
that is tho misappropriation Of con
fiscatcd goods. If the dispcnsary
books do not show what has become
of each and every article OF confs-
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