The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-10-18

which committee was appointed TO
do, to Bookkeeper Mobley and Inspec-
tor Moody aud spent their time caucus
ing with Chairman Miles and the con-
spirators. A caucus was hold in the
Office Of - State officer and it was de-
cided TO suspend me without giving me
| any notice or asking me for any expla-
oation Of the charges against me.
This determination was talked around
Columbia for nearly an hour before [
was notified OF my suspension friend
of mine heal 1t at the upper end OF
Main street and walked down town to
telephone and told me that the gang
had fixed to make 1t hot for me aud to
do me.
The day after my temporary susper-
sion Chairman Miles gave the news
papers an Interview which contained q
lie and aslanderous insinuation, whose
absolute fslsity he could have easily
informed himself Of He said "I did
not know until this morning that Com
missioner Douthit had been doing the
the same thing, else would have sus-
pended him along with Mr.. Ouzts."
The afternoon before that interview
was given out / told Mr.. Miles l had
made sale+of contraband because my
superior officer, Commissioner Douthit,
had made such sales and instructed me
to do likewise, and showed him on'the
book the records OF such sales by Mr..
Douthit. After hearing what had to
say on the subject, Mr.. Niles declined
to revoke my temporary suspension
then, but said he would think 1t over
during the night and decide next
me rning, admitting that 1t looked hard
to suspend me when l had no intent
to do wrong and thought was doing
right In obeying the orders of my su-
perior officer. The morning after my
suspension he went to Spartanburg.
Douthit: "If l had known when i
suspended Mr.. QUITS what I know noSs:.
| would not have suspended him.
And yet the old hypocrite, after
admitting that he had not treated me
fairly, appealed to the members of the
board to confirm my suspension and
thus confirm his action as courtesy
due him by the members OF the board,
The slanderous insinuation is his
statement that the money obtained
from til sale of contraband had been
properly turned over so far as he
knew" He knew it had been properly
turned over, because | told him SO and
showed him :he record. Is
There is another lie told by Mr..
Miles. He promised me that should
be accorded full hearing by the board
before vote was taken on the motion
to make my suspension permanent.
But the vote was taken without o
hearing being given me, though was
on hand waiting for it. When taxed
Mr.. Miles with his perfidy he ut first
tried to deny having made such a
promise. After forced him to admit
II hn 1D,,t
Then he returned to the board room
and said to the board, "Mr. QUITS
wanted bearing but did not know it
was my place to get it for him."
While on the question Of Mr.. Miles
veracity, | might state that he is u liar
by his own confession. | have heard
him say on several occasions: 81
have told more lies since have been
on tho board than in all my life be-
FORE" | dare him to deny that he
made this statement; IL he does [ will
prove it on him.
In my case MIR. Miles Is great
stickler for strict obedience to the
rules Of the board, but he is more laxed
in other cases. / have shown that it is
very doubtful II there was such q rule
as was claimed | violated, but thcre
are other rules OF the board as to
which there is no doubt and violations
of which have been reported to Mr.
Miles, chairman, without any action
being taken by him.
The board passed rule forbidding
employe es of the dispensary to drink
on tho premises. Printed copies of
that rule were posted all over the
building. Shipping Clerk Black had
been reported to Chairman Miles time
and again for drinking and being
drunk and cursinP in the diSDensary,
against the positive rule Of the board,
bat he has not even demonstrated with
Black, much le So suspended him. Yet
ne suspends me without an investiga-
on Of the charge against me.
BY his position as chairman ofthe
board, Mr.. Miles was able TO give or
get the JOB Of receiving clefk for his
ton. One has only to refer to tho
books Young tries t5 keep to find his ut
ter unftness for tie job. Young does not