The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-20

~ ""' Oi' ~" Guys. llo always
put Emhnrdt in charge until Young
lost his job as bottlo receiving clerk,
'hon it WAS his son Young. Colonel
Nanc" also had Young in Blacks
place without pay part Of tho timo
tn" legislature was in session whilo
slack WAS turned loose among tho
members to work for tho election of
certain candidates for membership
on tho State board Of control When
DiNSoa resigned ho lacked ono month
OF serving his timo out and tho
board ordered Vance and Ilnsoldon
to tax" charge Of the supcrintoud.
rnt's work and have ii dono without
oNlr" cost to tho State; this thoy did
not do and yet thoy wcro not sus-
pendod but thoy appointed Ear
hardt to look after it and increased
his pay from six tc twelve dollars
per week. This ran about five weeks
and thcro is Il loss Of $50 by their
action in refusing to carry out tho
board's instruction Even aftor tho
board elected MIR. Bryant supcrin.
t"ndrnt Colonel Vance paid Ear.
hardt for ono week SD after Bryant
had taken charge; no consulted MIR,
Miles, who was then chairman, about
tins weeks pay and paid tho S12
without Mr.. Miles authorizing him
to Go 80!
"E"loro tho primary election last
year Mohl"y and Black wcrc givon Il
weeks holiday and they both put in
their time working for Coopor's olcc
tlon to tho oilico of Secretary
OF State. Between Tho two psi
mnrI"s and tho day Of tho last
primary election, NIobloy wont up to
Fairfield to leg for Cooper again and
no mado such good showing that
Cooper promised to give him Dave
Nlcans, place, but fortunately for
Means Cooper didn't have all tho say
as to who would hold tho job.
"M. IL. Moblcy, ono of tho book
Keepers to the board Of control, WAS
sold contraband whito horse by
Colonel Vance for just fcw dollars
moro than other parties had bid.
These bids were scaled ones and
after ell had boon openod by Colonel
Vance and by tho torms of tho sale
tho highest bidder should havo had
tho horse. Mr.. Moblcy, knowing
what others had hidden, was allowed
to ralSo it just enough to get the
horse Mobloy in Il few days sold
tho horse and made nico liltlo speck
ont Of tho transaction.
"CJloncl Vance sold ono nallon OF
corn whiskoy to w. Boyd Evans on
primary election day when all coun-
try dispensarics woro closed, and sold
1t on credit. Tho whiskey was paid
Tor afterwards and w. W. Harris
helped to pay for it. Or Harris said
no must havo holpod pay for it as ho
was out over 50 for his part of tho
election expenses. This was in IT,
| lcrbo's lust election.
"Coloncl Vance wanted Douthit To
| promise to vote for him for State
commissioner and when Douthit
would not soil his manhood to Vance.
Vance and the local strikers for whis-
key drummors fought Douthit's re-
election on tho State board of con-
troll before the last legislature.
"Coloncl Vance loaned tho States
coal belonging to the State dispen-
sary to W. McB. Sloan, accepted
Sio"n's weights in both loaning and
returning. Sloan could not return
tho last lot no borrowed and it had
to be deducted from the bill, which
| bill OF coal Slcun hud sold to the dis
pcnsary. Tho deduction was mado
at the s"mo price he had charged tho
dlsponsary III 100 ton lots, although
nc had frequently said that coal had
advanced in prico since tho dispen.
sary had placed the order with him.
"Tho last session of tho Legislature
was bosought so much by local
strikers for whiskoy drummcrs in
working for members of tho State
board of control that tho legislature
was completely disgustod with their
| methods. Some of the memho,a