The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-09-13

meQC was received at the dlSpenSary
just as the order came in, and as rule
it is the custom to send out new gocd:
as early as possible. Some of the re-
QUESTIONS showed that the product o.
the Acme Brewing company had been
substituted for others, and tina. Wind
sor Rye" had been substituted fol
'White Seal, and so on
But, as Mr.. Douthit explained, he
never made substitution, except
when he had no stock Of the goods
ordered, or except where he had goods
unfit for use, or when he was carrying
out orders Of the board to ship out all
new stuff as soon as possible. Mr..
Douthit referred to the fact that some
beer had been stored away back in the
storage room year or two. Every new
shipment was piled uD in front Of it.
1t was good business principles, he
thought, to sell out such goods, and
where they were of equal quality and
price he had sent them out to dispen-
sers.
Chairman Miles then asked Captain
Webb, the clerk, whether he had any
knowledge of goods going out Of the
dispensary which did not appear on
the books. Captain Webb in answer
said that all charges were regularly en-
tered on his books as reports came from
down stairs. He only knew of one in
stance when walking up stairs to his
Office he saw case Of wine put in Mr..
Bookmans buggy. Mr.. Douthit was
absent and he asked Mr.. Black wheth-
er he had record Of it. Mr. Black re-
piled that he did not. That was the
only instance that ever came under his
observance. He attended to his own
business, he said, and didn't interfere
with other peoples business. Mr..
Douthit then explained that two cases
of wine had been shipped to Dispensers
Bookman and Lynch and that was why
that particular case of wine went out
of the dispensarv
Mr.. Hazelden: whats that? Two
cases Of wine shipped to two dispen-
saries? Why was that?"
Mr.. Douthit: Il understood it was
to be given to their friends and their
patrons.
Mr.. Hazelden: "To introduce it,"
Mr.. Douthit: Il suppose so. %
Mr.. Williams then began some cross
examining of Mr.. Black, which devel
oped some very interesting political
schemes. He began by asking Mr..
Black whether any of the employers in
the Office below had made any effort to
have him discharged.
Mr., Black said that he had every rea-
son to believe that his presence and
official position was disagreeable to
some Of the employees.
Mr.. Douthit then asked Mr.. Black
whether he had not corrected mistakes
in his bookkeeping at various times.
This was acknowledged, but Mr.. Black
said the times we're few and often were
the faults Of other departments, men
tioning the marking department. He
admitted that he made errors, saying
that there was no man living who didn't
but they were not constant nor more
frequent than could be expected from
fallible man.
Mr.. Douthit explained that he did
not bring up the matter of Mr.. Blacks
errors to make charges against him, and
went on to say thatit was his policy to
watch for the proper conduct of the bu-
siness and when he found errors, he tolc
the employees of them and had them
corrected. If Mr.. Black had told him
Of Irregularities harmony would have
prevailed and the whole matter would
not occupy the attention Of the board,
though so far as that is concerned he
could stand any investigation of his con-
duct as an official.
Without action at once the board
called upon hr. Bryant to explain the
charge against him for selling liquor TO
employees. He acknowledge that he
had done so. The money he received
was turned over to the commissioner or
his bookkeeper The employees were
named to whom he sold liquor. This is
contrary to the rules, but the superin-
tendent ACKNOWLEDGED that he had not
porperly informed himself as to the law
or the resolutions of the board.
The state board of control Thursday
afternoon passed the following resolu-
tions in reference to charges against Mr..
Douthit and MIR. Bryant: Whereas
after carefulinvestigation of the charges
of irregularity preferred by Captain
Black, the shipping clerk, against Mr..
Douthit, the commissioner, and Mr..
Bryant, the superintendent, the board
finds that the explanations given by
Commissioner Douthit are entirely sat
isfactory to the board except in that he
failed to have recorded on the book OF
the shipping clerk the sale Of certain
contraband cider which re was ordered
BY the board to make disposition Of.
This sale being properly charged to the
account of the local dispenser through
whom the sale was made, no harm could
come from such error except the viola
tion Of rule of the boarG requiring all
shipments to 60 on the books of the
shipping clerk. In regard to the irreg-
ularilies charged to Mr.. Bryant, the
superintendent, We find that he erred
in making sales of any articles of any
description from the dispensary Though
such sales were very limited, and the
proceeds of same being turned over to
the state, we find that he was over zeal
Gus in prosecuting his duties.
a Sad Accident.
While Martha johnson was driving to
Leland, Miss Wednesday in wagon,
accompanied by two half-grown chill
dren, in guest of coffin for her deceas