The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-10-25

sary from to lizard and fill all place
with their partisans, which will enabl
them to WELD its full power in polite
. and also manipulate the sales OF liquo
TO the advantage of firms represen te
l by relatives or henchmen OF the mu
jority faction.
| have shown In the State dispensar
how all corn is not measured with tn
same half bushel how ignorance, In
competence and violations of rules ar
excused in henchmen of the majorit
faction, while Douthit and l ar
removed, without hearing, Of
trumped up charges. Lynch, Book
man and the Richland board are re
moved without even q charge beint
made against them. But Dispense
Brown, at Cheraw, was found short IL
his accounts. He admitted that b,
had sold liquor on credit and not col
| lected for it.
Selling liquor on credit Is q direc
violation OF the dispensary law itsel
and not mere rule Of the board, but
the chairman Of the Chesterfield boart
OF control wrote here that Brown was
a good fellow and he wanted him rein
stated and given time to pay up his
shortage, which the board graciously
did. Is there reason for making such
q difference Ia the treatment of the
two boards? Ifso, what Is it? In one
case, dispenser violating the law
| under which he holds office, and from
which he gets his living, and in the
other the dispensers have never been
accused OF violating anything.
Possibly fellow feeling made the ma
Jority faction wondrous kind to the
Chesterfield dispenser, for I have
shown that Hase,den bought liquor on
credit at the State dispensary, thus
violating the dispensary law himself.
DE disregards the dispensary law and
violates it, but he had me removed for
an alleged infraction of doubtful rule
OF the board, which Is not of near 80
much authority as the law creating
the board. He not only bought on
credit, but he and Miles bought at the
price to dispensers and not to con-
sumers, whereby the county and town
lost their share OF the profit of the
transactions.
aaselden's disregard of the rules of
the board. When Dickson resigned
the position of superintendent, it was a
month before his snccessor was elected.
The board ordered Haselden and
Vance to do the work OF the superin-
tendent during that time and they
even gave him extra pay week after
Bryant took charge. He helped pass
the order about the superintendent
work, but that did not keep him from
violating 1t. The State lost $50 on his
account.
No wonder Hsselden did not vote to
punish Webb for losing the State $112
by giving beer dispensary authority
to run on after the board had ordered
him to close up.
| have charged that former COM
missioner save away State property at
the dlspensnry, hnt ~ ss not Disciplined
b. The board.
l have charged that Haselden mada
his term as chairman profitable by
charging per diem for days he was con-
structively at work In Columbia, but
really attending to his business at
home, according to his statement OF
mis- plans to the treasurer OF Greenville
county
| have made various other charges
against strikers and ex-Ohicers of the
dlspensary, but who at present are not
charged with Its management, which
last particularly wish to attend to.
l have attempted to show the people
OF the State what manner of men have
control Of the dispensary. 1 have ex.
posed their acts, and If those acts have
not been for the best interests of the
State, 1t is not my fault, for some OF
them | tried my best to prevent, be.
cause believed them wrong. My
efforts we're In vain, but that WIS not
my fault. l am ready to assist the
board or anybody who has the power
to sift out all the wrong doing and
have the dispensary law obeyed and
carried out honestly and efficiently and
In behalf of the best interests OF the
people, not to the private or political
interests OF tho honorable majority
faction OF the board.
This brings the matter squarely up
to the attention of Governor Nc
Sweeney, who has chance to sigma
lie his administration by attempting
to purge the board of it's unworthy
members, the majority faction. The
statements have made are true they
have not even been contradicted, much
less controverted, and, think, furnish
the governor sufficient ground for
request for the resignation of the men
against whom | have made charges
Ii he is not satisfied as to the proof
offered, he can obtain more. He Is the
executive head of the government and
he should see that all It's branches are
clean. II they are not, they should be
Topped off and the public will sustain
and endorse the man who thus acts. I
have now passed the whole matter up
to the governor and the people await
his action. d. A. G.. QUITS.