The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-18

there and heard them pass it Turn
over new page of your petty cash
book and enter this sale.'' / did this
and headed the page "Cash, special, .
aud entered the first item which was
one gallon of contrabaDd whiskey
bought by j. F. Walker for 81. 81
Mr.. Douthit said "Now when any.
thing else is sold that is the way it
must be put on the book uhder that
first item. At the end of the month
these items must be entered on the
shipping clerks book and billed to
Columb;s dispensary, to whom we
must turn over the cash We have re
ceived for them y replied: eyes,
and ! will make that dispenser re,
ceipt this book for them aud the
money"
Under these instructions from Com
missioner Douthit, one day when be
was absent from the city | sold a
bottle of gin to III F Nixon for 81
ard entered it as instructed When
Mr.. Douthit returned I informed him
and he said it was all right. 1t will
thus be seen I thought ! was doing
my duty and simply carried out the
orders of the commissioner, my su-
perior officer.
There is a disagreement among the
members of the board Of control as to
its action With reference to sales OF
consrabapd at t5e State dispe0sarJ
All agree that the board passed q reso-
LUTON forbidding such sales at tae first
part of the September meeting On
the last day of that meeting. Comnls-
sioner Doushit appeared before the
board and stated reasons why, 10 his
Judgment, it would be ioadvissble to
permit that rule to stand. After his
statement Mr.. Williams introduced a
resolution, which was passed. which
Mr.. Douthit understood modified the
previous order aud permitted sales OF
cousraoand at The State dlspensary.
provided they we're entered on the CON.
missioper's petty cash book. and
invoiced at the ead Of the month to a
Columbia dispenser and the cash re-
eeived for them turned over to that
dispenser. Messrs. Boykin and VIII
!iams, two nembers of the board, assert
such resolution was passed.
If the Williams resolution was meant
TO accomplish any purpose at all it
was meant to modify the rule forbid +,
bidiug sales OF coDtrsband at the State
dispeDsary, yet as it appears en the
miouses of the board it is construed
by the majority faction to be mere
reafirmation of that rule. |: that con-
struction be accepted as correc', the
board was guilty of the absurdity Of
twice at one meeting passing a resolu-
ton permitting the commissioner to do
something which the dispensary law
itself gave him the right to do without
any resolutions of the board-that is
to send eootrabapd to a dispenser for
sale. AS recorded, the Williams reso
lotion. permits Gales of consraband,
''sbrough the regular channels" which
werds Chairman Miles admits he told
Clerk Webb to add to the resolutions.
claiming it vas an amendment which
had been adopted but which Mr.. Boy
kin, who vas in the chair when the
resolution was adopted. denies was
ever voted on by the board. | do not
believe that as first recorded, the Viii
l;aus resolution had those words
attached to it. The writing of those
words in the minu.e book gives evi-
deoce that it vas no. done at the same
t.ue t5a: .ae body of the Williams
reso!u;ed was pinned iu that record.
because the slaot Of the words Through
regular channels.'' iodica;e that 'hey
we're written by man sitting 10 a
different position f:om that occupied
wheu the o,hsr part Of toe Williams
resolution vas wfitteo. am salts
fed that they we're ADDED to give co'cr
to the couseatioa that ihs board bad GOT
given permission for tae sales Of contra
band, Which the majority iacsoo de
cided to make as aD excuse for my
removal.
TIE majority fac,ioo, which is p!os
ting TO get absolute control of the dis
pensary. 6iliog all positions With its
beucbmeo. bad decided to remove all
employees who were BOT subservieos to
it. They did not intend to fully and
fairly investigate the conduct of suoh
employees. out preferred one sided ses
timopy. At the September meeting of
the board Messrs. Hsseiden and Viii
liau,s were appointed to investigate the
contraband room and its sccouo's
Mr. Haseldeu wanted Mr. Williams to
meet him 10 Columbia on "Wednesday
following tee adjournment of the Sep
.ember meeting Of the board. Mr..