The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-02

charges as stated above against Col.
Vance are absolutely false.
BLACK is ON THE WAR PATH.
Ho Hits QUITS in tho Eye and Uses
Ugly When Will tho
End Come?
Capt. Black, the shipping clerk at
tho State dispensary, comes back at
ex-Bookkeeper QUITS in the following
communication:
TO the Editor of The State:
Since X-Bookkeeper QUITS has fin
ished his book OF revelations, l wish to
call the attention OF the public to the
following facts: have been con.
nec:ed 1ith tho State dispensary ss
| shipping clork since May, 1898. |
served under Col. Vance, the commits
sioner, till May Of tho present year.
From the time l entered upon my
duties in May, 1898, till Col. Vance
lcft in May, 1899, there was no reason
for anybody to believc or suspect any
wrong doing; everything worked
smoothly, with the exception OF ono
man that was QUITS. Ho was always
creating trouble Of some kind in every
way that he possibly could he wanted
to run everything: he always disliked
me, and, for several reasons, when tho
board OF control saw fit to displace him
as shipping clerk, | was put in his
place; this, have boon reliably in
formed, nearly killed him. He had u
talk at the time with some OF the en-
ployes about mo, said that | was no
gentleman, otc., and that he would
have rather had his salary reduced
$25 than to have lost his place as ship
! ping clerk, gotting, as | am told, so
| much case on certain brands OF
whiskey to ship them. All OF this
passed on till in January, 1899, VIII en-
the Legislature met there had to be
one member OF tho board OF control
elected to succeed now X X-Commissioner
Douthit, then 9 member Of the State
board Of cOutrol. His opponent was
Hon. r. G. Robinson OF Pickens, S. c.,
and from what | had seen of MIR.
Robinson thought him the right
man, and q botter man than Douthit.
went to work for Robinson did all
sess &aa aa |s NV y If \. n he wss
elected; this added fuel to fro with
QUITS and others. In May OF this year
and QUITS was as near heaven as he
wanted to be; he said that he would
have q say when Douthit got In ; this
ho has had, In tho way OF stealing, etc.
he at once set about to run the build
ing--all OF tho departments. | found
that he was (ovory time my back was
turned) going through my desk, look
Ing at my private papers, trying to
give orders to my hands, etc. | told
my truck hands to toll me when they
caught him In my desk looking over
my papers, books, etc.; this they did
on many occasions. At last, q few
months ago. MIR. H. S. Thomas, one Of
my hands at that time, reported to mo
everything. l Immediately went to
the commissioners Office and told
QUITS that If l over caught him in my
Office again--a Cd d--n thieving
scoundrel- examining my private
papers, | would shoot the top OF his
head off. l told him then and there
all | know how, and the language could
not be mistaken. | was 80 rough with
1im Capt. Webb came down from up
'tairs and asked mo to stop told him
would stop as soon as QUITS decided |
whether or not he was going to fight.
offered to fight him In any way no
Wished, and, although no weighs
about 275 pounds and 1 weigh about l4O
pOuuuef Iuo CO"hFuly cur ulun'G Q&ro
open his mouth.
All Of these dates that he has givon
In the papers were stolen from our Of.
iices, but large ma ajority Of them arc
lies. He says l was drunk and dieor-
derly. We'll, l suppose he must have
been coward and badly scared when
l cursed him for all the low ---
---'s that l could, and told him that
he was a thief.
QUITS has taken all OF the mistakes
door; this, he knows, Is low, coward
make mistakes, tho daily shipments
there are dozens OF times whom the
goods are put In the wrong stack, and
very often marked wrong at the wires;
this Is caused in u great measure by
putting new men to mark the cases,
and this is In great measure due to the
fact that Ouzts was too lazy to do his
duty. Mr.. Collins, at the last OF each
month ever since | have boon con-
nected with the State dispensary, had
to help QUITS with or straighten his
books. This would make 1t necessary
for the superintendent to put o now
man to do the marking; then, OF
the errors would be heard from
ell over the State. | have nothing
whatever to do with the marking, and
therefore am not responsible for errors
there.
Letters from dispensers and others
are given, and Black continues as fol-
loyJa