The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-04

the affairs and leave to tue manage.
mont to execute.
On one point the governor was
particularly emphatic. He did not
think it wise to leave the purchasing
Of whiskey to one man. That the
board ought not to do.
Returning to the question of con
traband goods he said that oven if
the Beckrogo trunk was sold it had
not boon sold in a businesslike and
proper manner. 1t should have been
sold to tho highest bidder, he de-
clared. 81 have given Vance orders,
however" he said, "not to lot any
contraband things go out of the dis
pensary." He went on to say that
hereafter trunks, cigars and such
liSe things seized with liquor would
'be advertised and sold to the highest
bidder. Tho seized liquor could not
be disposed of in this way, but after
having it analyzed it could be bottled
and sent out if up to the required
standard. He has already given or
ders that list Of every trunk, pair
of shoes or anything of the sort must
be kept and that he was going to
hold the persons in charge RESPONSE
bic for everything.
Governor Ellerbe in conclusion
said that he was going to try and
carry out his pledge of clean and
business administration of the dis
pensary.
ANOTHER TRUTH SEEKER.
In regard to this Becl1roge trunk
matter and other affairs at the dis
pensary in connection Herewith the
following card was handed to The
State yesterday. "Inquisitor" asks
some very straightforward and per-
tinent questions:
TO the Editor of The State:
Beckrogo's Trunk. Curiosity at
Fever Heat. Details Wanted-Ex-
Commissioner CASTOR should now
make his report public and not con-
slder his duty to the Interested pub
lie fully performed with a private
report or two
In his farewell address to his ad-
miring subordinates he boosted that
in tho midst of charges and crimina
tlons he won't out Of Office without
suspicion against him. What, my
dear colonel, do you meanP Instead
of suspicious was it facts that como
now to modest you? Is it a fact that
as commissioner, you and your sub
ordinate, Mir. Watts, havo control of
tho sample room and alone are enti
tied to keys thereto? Is it a fact
that tho board ordered the lock
changed on tho sample room after
certain occurrences. Could You on.
Tighten us with statement of those
occurrences?
Being commissioner and in charge
OF all contraband goods, was it your
custom to sell those goods without
naming the price? Did you author
lze MIR. Scruggs to sell to his friend
without even naming the price7
Isn't it littlo embarrassing to the
purchaser to bo presented with bill
for goods which he thinks is fully
paid for in friendship7 Is this the
link which binds many an ardent
friendship for expert officials2 Does
the sample room furnish the
coin with which free advertising is
paid? Can you figure it out by an
"expert method of bookkeeping" how
to make q just settlement with the
examining committee on this last re-
portP
Now Moses, Thomas and Burns
have committed a grave oversight in
confining their report to business,
when all messages and reports for
tho whole term Of Mr.. Scrugg's ser
vice have almost without any excep-
ton advertised to wondering and
admiring people tho method and
manner of tho "Scruggs system of
bookkeeping" But Brother Burns
seoms to have discovered tho over
sight in time to make amends in part
by requesting tho statement that
the work was facilitated by the book
| Ii IT,, of Mr.. Scrupos.n