The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-25

presume tho present State board of
control havo done likewise, and I
have no apology to make for it..
During my term there were worry
fow other articles than liquor seized,
though recall the fact that kegs and
, small barrels of liquor were found
packed in rice barrels and also in
casks Of hams. l instructed Mr..
Traxler to take account Of all con-
traband articles and dispose Of them
according to law. While thore is u
great howl raised in regard to the
dispensary by the old barroom adj
vocates, it is done with q view of
undermining and destroying the dis
pensary system, and they do not care
SO much for the punishment of these
men as they rejoice in the oppor
tuni[ty the recent exposures have
Afforded them for revamping tho
! Old ISLANDERS about "rebates.n
The obvious purpose Of tho anti
newspapers-anti-reform, anti-tem-
porance and antisdecency THOR OBJ
vious purpose, I say, is to follow up
tho line Of fight laid down long ago;
to besmirch the character of any
and every man connected, with the
dispensafy and to magnify ovcry-
thing which can bo criticised in its
management in order to break it
down in the affections Of tho people
and to accomplish the restoration of
barrooms in some form.
The system has no inherent vice,
which ought to work its dissolution,
and it only requires to be conducted
as the asylum, or rs tho tax depart
ment is run to command the respect
and support Of the people. No ono
can claim that this is matter of
impossibility, and if the system
shall finally fail it will be owing to
tho improper administration of the
law. SO much for tho general sub
ject. Now, for paticulars. I havo
waited to see this weeks Headlight
SO as to have Gantt's specific charges,
covering the administration of the
law under "Ben Tillman and Trax-
ler'' and like others, L have been
astonished at the affrontery which
gives out SO much smoke and so little
fire. He merely dips his syringe
into the gutter of filth and slime
emanating for tho last three years
from The News and Courior, Tho
State, Tho Spartanbug Herald and
Tho Greenville News, with which
tho people have been SO disgusted,
and spattcrs mo along with others
with its contents. He, however, winds
up with reiteration of the cry: ON
vestigate Investigate ! Investi-
gato!!W | have not Stunned nor
dreaded an investigation and l do
not shun it now; but | venture tho
prediction that my enomios will be
sorry if one be hold and declare that it
is not honestly made. They do not
want the time to como when thoy
cannot dig up the question of re-
bates and cast insinuations against
my honesty. When these stale
ISLANDERS about rebates under my adj
ministration wero put in circulation
by the newspapers and then taken
up by General Barber, in tho can
vass three years ago, [ met thcm
promptly and vigorously at Union
and elsewhere, and last winter
joined with Governor Evans in ask
ing that tho Legislature should ap-
point a committee to look into tho
dispensary's management and set tho
charges Of corruption at rost forever.
The books Of the dispensary and
everything connected with it's tinan-
clal affairs have boen investigated
and reported on time and again by a
Legislative committee, ono of whose
mombers was an anti, incapable of So
duction or of being induced to cloal,
wrong. Tho committee has never
yet made a report rofecting on tho
integrity or honesty of it's manage
mont. Now the cry is "Invcstigato"
and while CAN'T and no ono clso has
OF can give satisfactory reason why
my administration Of tho dispcnsary
should be investigated. desire to
ask the Governor to select COM
mittee Of citizens to enter upon an