The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-25

BOOKS. nle WO0i0 make II oeceees'y
for the superintendent to put new
man to do the marking !; theo. OF
course, the errors would be heard from
ali over the State. [ have nothing
whatever to do With the marking and.
therefore, am not responsible for errors
there
This is only some as this in.
fernal liar knows. I have sent IS
many as FIVE cases marked wrong
back to the wires to be remarked at
one time / admit, as | said before,
that / make mistakes, and believe
every man does this, however, is
not stealing When I make mistake
i: is my duty to correct it, which l
have always done; when man steals
ahe should not be allowed TO go at
large ike this fellow QUITS, but the
penitentiary is the proper place for
such criminals
The following statement from
Capt. B. G Webb, and Mr.. NJ. b.
Mobley, will show that QUITS made
mistakes as we'll as L:
Appseciating the fact that all busi-
ness institutions are subject to cietl
errors, the State board of control has
wisely adopted very thorough sys
TEN of checking one department BY
another. all invoices made out by
the invoice clerk. Mr. QUITS. were
sent up to my Office foR verifca:ion
the same being done by Mr.. Mobley
and nyself-hence, the errors OF Mr..
QUITS, which occur almost daily and
aumerousIy. are correct by US before
the invoices are sent out from
the Office.
Under the came rule the invoice
clerk WAS required to check against
the shipping department, but / never
could get Mr QUITS to attend regu-
larly to this, and / am not surprised
at the occurrance of some mistakes
in that department, and which is
liable to occur with any man at it's
head, if not checked against. Had |
known that Mr.. Onzto kept rec
cord Of Mr. Blacks errors. !
would have kept one against QUITS
that Onzts that he might see the
aerrors of mis- way It is the duty
of the clerical force to correct all
errora. and it is but simple courtesy
between all gentleman to do SO with.
out advertising same 20 the world.
But we are admonished that all men
are not born alike.
I make this statement at the re-
quest, of Capt Black and append
sta.emen. from Bookkeeper NJ. Fl.
Mobley
(signsd) B G Webb.
Clerk to State Board of Control
P. s As parting shot Mr.. QUITS
gracefully retired from the Office
leaving to the successor legacy of
one Of his errors by charging one
account with 1897 rs. when it
should have been charged to an.
other
Under the regulations of the in
stitution It was part of my duty to
verify all invoices made oat by In,
voice Clerk QUITS, and l found
almost daily numerous errors to cor
rect.
(Sigpedl M. FL. Mobley,
-Bookkeeper to the Board of Control.
he has on several occasions sent
cases of whiskey from the building
this he might say was sent to him,
and no doubt some Of it was, but too
much went away. There is now lock
ed up in the desk that that he worked
at, at the State dispensary, twenty OF
twenty one bottles of whiskey-a
regular '.blind tiger 7" he is mean
enough to soy something about Mr..
Earhardt getting little over his
regular wages in the absence of a
superintendent. when l must say he
has on all occasions made, when left
In charge of the bot.ling department,
as good a superintendent as ever
saw the building, still QUITS goes
north, visits whiskey men. and stays
three weeks and on his return draws
his regular salary aod Mr.. Collins,
who took his place. ! am informed.
only received SIS 90 for doing QUITS
work for three weeks. Why did ne
visit for three weeks whiskey men at
the north. Who paid for toe trip !?
OF course, we ali have an idea He
says toe that all of the members. |
believe though that be only mentions
three in number, have relatives in the
dispensary Suppose that they have,
if they are competent and honest,
whose business is it but theirs ? The
fact of the matter is. QUITS has "a
nephew there himself, and while he