The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-17

man, | iutond making my d,fouco in
the public prints. At tho samo time
l will so further and show tho char
actcrs Of the men by whom | was SC
summary dcposcd, and Of their fcl
low conspirators. am doposcd DO.
cause | violated IN order Of the
board Of control--an order which the
two honorable members Of tho board
assert was modified to permit The
worry action which was alleged as the
reason for my removal, will show
how members Of tho board Violate
the dispensary law, end how cm-
p!oyees at tho disponsary, who aro
pets Of he majority faction Of the
board, violate tho boards orders and
arc not oven rcprimunded for thoir
misconduct. AS tho majority faction
seems anxious to wash dirty Inca, l
will first provo that mine is clean,
and then givo them somo dirty linon
OF their own to clean
Now, first, as to my own linen.
Chairman Miles temporarily sus-
pended mo on tho charge Of violat-
lug an order Of tho board by selling
a hoitlo of gin at tho State dispcn-
saiy and not immediately reporting
it t. the shipping clerk. Chairman
Miles says ho personally notified no
OF tho passage CT that order by tho
board. lie did incidentally in tho
course OF Il conversation ono morn
ing at tho dispcnsary iuform mo that
such an order had bccu passed. \
| day or two later Mr.. Duuthit canc
into my Office and got tho petty cash
book, aud wanted to enter somc con
traband whiskoy ho bad just sold. |
told HIM that it was against tho rules
10 put it on that book, and mcntiou
ed TO b'm thc order which had paSs
od q few days before, and which Mr.
Miles had spoken to mo about. Mr.
Douthlt ropliod: 81 know wnrt am
doing; this is alt right. | havo just
como from the board room, and they
have passed Il resolution giving mo
the power TO do this. l stayed there
and heard them pass it. Turn over
new page Of your pctv cash book
and enter this sale" I did this and
headed tho page, "Cash, Special"
and entered tho first item, which was
ono gallon Of contraband whiskoy,
bought by j. II. Walker for $3.50.
Mr. Douthit said; "Now when any
thing else is sold that is tho way 1t
must bo put on tho book undcr that
first item. At tho end Of tho month
these items must bo ontorcd on She
shipping clerks book and billed to a
Columbia dispensary, to whom we
must turn over the cash wo have re-
ceived for them" rcplicd eyes,
and | will mako that dispenser ro-
ceipt this book for them and tho
money! Under these instructions
from Commissioners Douthit ono or Y
when he was absent from tho city, !
sold bottle Of gin to NJ. II. Nixon
for 81 and entered it as instructed.
When MIR. Douthit returned | in
formed him, and DO said it was all
right. 1t will thus be seen thought
was doing my duty and simply car
ried out tho orders Of tho commits
sionor, my superior oflicor.
There is disagreement among
the members Of tho board Of con,rol
as to its action with reference to sales
Of contraband at the State dispen-
sary. All agree that The board pass
ed resolution forbddirg such sales
at the first part Of tho Soptombor
meeting. On tho last day Of that
meeting Commissioner Douth't ap-
pearod before tho board and stated
reasons why, in his judgment, it
would bo inadvisablo to permit that
rule to stand. After b's statement
MIR. Williams introduced resolut ;on,
which was passed, which, Mr.. Dou,
thit understood, modified tho pro.
vious order, and pei nit'od sales ol
contraband at the State disponsary,
provided they wcro entered on the
commissioners petty cash book, and
| inYOicc0 at tho end Of Che month t1