The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-02-17
and Haines is now dead. The coro
ner's inquest will be held today. As
yet no arrests have been made.
SOME DISPENSARY WONDERS.
Senate Committee Begins Its Investigations.
Mr. DOuthit Of Anderson, and
Others Summoned.
News and Courier.)

1 \A'o"p tsh" So"iloi')
Columbia, February 3.-The
Sen' to committee on dispen.
sary met this morning to begin their
Investigation into the operations of
the dispensary. Messrs Williams,
Evans, Crum and other officers of
the dispensary were present. There
was some discussion at the start as
to what would be the programme.
Senators Dean and Sharpe insisted
that there ought to be some specif-
cations, otherwise they would simply
be boating about in the air. Sena-
tors Stanland and Herndon thought
the committee should go to work and
aee if there was anything against the
management that charge could be
based upon. If 30 they should re-
port it to the Senate; if not, then it
should be reported also On a vote
boing taken it was decided not to
have any special specifications. Son.
ator Stanland then asked that the
following witnesses be summoned:
>. Is. Douthit, of Anderson; H. e.
Watts and L. E. Lightfoot, of Col
umbia, and John Black, of Walter
boro. These witnesses will be sum.
moned to appear to morrow at 10
o'clock.
Senator Stanland at the outset
said he wished it distinctly under
stood that he made no charges of
dishonesty against tho commissioner
or members Of the board Of directors:
he had no charge to make against
them personally, but he would criti
c'se their business management of
the dlspensary and that would be
the scope of his testimony. Mr.. Stan
land then took tho stand as witness.
He read the law with refsrence TO
the school fnnd from the dispensary
pro1lts and also presented the annual
report Of the board Of directors.
| An adjournment was then taken
until S o'clock.
| INSTANTANEOUS CHANGES
The dispeusary committee continu.
ed its investigation this afternoon.
III. E. Watts, former emplc 30, SAID
that in April, 1900, he saw twenty
barrels of ono X and four barrels OF
three y corn whiskey dumped in a
vat and the liquor was subsequently,
drawn off, bottled and labelled az
two y. This was done under the di.
rectlon of superintendent Dixon.
ri was also in the employ of the
d'spensary when Mr. Douthit WAS
commissioner and he saw Mr. Douthit
raise the labels on eight barrels of
whlskey. Watts was DISCHARGED
March 3, 1902.
T. E Lightford said that he had
seen quantity of South Carolina
one \ corn whiskey dumped in vat,
drawn OIL and one. half Of it was la
oelled one \ and some two X. He
was discharged for drunkenness.
which he said was, however, not un-
common amongst tho others.
The committee will meet again to
morrow at $50.
1t IL said that witnesses will be-
summoned from elsewhere in the
State, former employees, to testify
along the same lines At the hear
ing this afternoon Senator Sherpe
objected to some Of Senator Stanland's
questions as being leading and re-
terr'd to him as "prosecutor."
KNo VIZ HIS RIGHTS.
Senator Stanland resented the i'm.
pntatlon, declaring that he WAS a
member Of the committee and had q
right to ask whatever questions he
chose in order to probe to the bot
tom Of the business.