The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-10-19

love you ought to be reinstated, and
will so vote. If you find that you oan-
| not get along with the now commission
er, you can resign in good standing,
and not be kicked out" The very next
morning ho told me that my chances
| for reinstatement were bad. | said
that | did not see how that could be II
he stuck to his promise.
Ho replied that he was my friend
and had nothing against me, but he
would have to vote against me, as the
members OF the board had brought
great pressure on him to vote that way
as u personal courtesy to them. told
him he WAS a HI Of a friend to q man,
tn hclp others stick mud on him as u
courtesy" to them, and bid him go on
and do his id dirty work. And he
did It.
| have shown that there was no just
cause for my suspension. But | was
not suspended for what did, though
that was alleged rs the cause. WAS
suspended because u political clique
wanted me removed from the dispen-
sary. They are bound together by u
community of interest, their Drcdomi-
nant feeling being thirst for revenge
and desire to get complete control Of
tho dispensary for use as Il political
machine and moro venal aims, which
can be understood from the charges
and specitic8 tions which | will make.
When Haselden and Robinson, the in
vestigating committee, were In Colum-
bia thoy left the work Of conducting
the investigation as to the contrabard,
which q committee was appointed to
do, TO Bookkeeper Mobley and Inspcc-
tor Moody aud spent their time caucus
ing with Chairman Miles and the con-
spirators. A caucus was held In the
Office of o State officer and it was de-
cided to suspend mo without giving me
any notice or asking mo for any expla-
nation Of the charges against h.c
This determination was talked around
Columbia for nearly an hour before
was notified OF my suspension ; a friend
Of mine heard 1t ut the upper end OF
Main street and walked down town to
a telephone and told mo that the gang
had fixed to make it hot for mo aud to
| do me.
The day after my temporary suspcn-
sion Chairman Miles gave the news
papers an interview which contained a
| lie and sandcrous insinuation, whose
absolute falsity he could have easily
informed himself Of. Ho said: III did
not know until this morning that Com
missioner Douthit had beon doing tho
the same thing, else would have sus-
pended him u ong with Mr.. QUITS"
The afternoon before that interview
was given out l told Mr.. Miles l had
! made sale Of contraband because my
superior of1icor, Commissioner Douthit,
had madc such sale and instructed m Q
| TO do likewise, and showed him on the
| book tho records OF such sales by Mr.
Douthit. After hearing what had to
say on the subject, MIR. Mics declined
to revoke my temporary suspension
then, but said he would think 1t over
| during the night and decide next
morning, admitting that 1t looked hard
to suspend NO when | had no intcnt
right In obeying tho orders OF my su-
perior officer. The morning after my
suspension he won't to Spartanburg.
When he returned he said to Mr..
Douthit: "If | had known whom
suspended Mr.. QUITS what know now,
| would not have suspended him. y
Apd 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 1embers Of the board.
The slanderous insinuation is his
statement that the money obtained
from the sale Of contraband had been
properly turned over, 30 far as he
know" Ho knew 1T had been properly
turned over, because I told him 80 and
showed him :he record.
There is another lie told by Mr.,
| Miles. He promised me that should
be accorded full hearing by the boar(
before vote was taken on the motor
to mako my suspension permanent
But the vote was taken Without ,
hearing being given mo, though l wa
on hand waiting for 1T. Whom l taxed
Mr.. Miles with his pcrlidy he at frs
tried to deny having mado such 1
promise. After forced him to admi
It it he said, yes; but I forgot It,
Then he returned to the board room
and said to the board, "Mr. QUITS
wanted hearing but did not know !
was my place to got 1t for him."
While on the question OF Mr.. Miles
veracity, [ might state that he ls q liza,
by his own confession. l have heard
him say on several occasions 81
have told more lios since have beon
on tho board than in oil my life be-
FORE" | dare him to deny that he
made this statement; If he doesaI will
provo 1t on him.
In my case Mr.. Miles is great
| bblChlcI SOIlCU ooColOhSo w ohS
rules of the board, but he Is moro laxed
In other cases. have shown that 1t ID
, vory doubtful II there was such rule
, as was claimed | violated, but thert
, are other rules Of the board rs t.
. which thore IS no doubt and violation
= OF which have been reported to Mr.
Miles, chairman, without any actor
, being taken by him.
The board passed rule forbiddini
. employees Of the dispensary to drlnl
on tho promises. Printed copies o
that rule were posted all over thu
3 building. Shipping Clerk Black hat
t boon reported to Chairman Miles tim'
and again for drinking and being
, drunk and cursing in the dispensary
against tho positive rulo OF the board
3 bat he has not evon demonstrated Will
Black, much less suspended him. Yo
ne suspcnds mo without an inyestiga
t on OF the charge against me.
} BY his position as chairman OF tn