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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1899. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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Ousts Declares that there is a Band cf
Conspirators "Working to Get Complete
Control of the Dispensary for their Ovra
Pecuniary and Political AdvantageMr.
D. A. G. Ouzts, who was recently
suspended by the State board of control,
and w no has been connected with
the State dispensary longer than any
other man, has given to the newspapers
the following.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
. It seems that the Augean stables
need cleansing. I am no Hercules, but
I can at least do a part of the work. I
have been connected with the dispen- 1
sary for over six years. That I have
been honest and faithful in the discharge
of my duties is proven by the
fact that when my enemies on the
board of control wished to displace me
the only excuse they could find for my re
moval was an allegation that I had viola
ted a rule of the board,a rule which two
members of the board assert was modified
to permit that which I was discharged
for doing, i am a strong believer in
the dispensary law, and have done all
in my power to make it a success. I
still believe with its administration in
the bands of honest, pure and able
men it is the very best solution of the
liquor problem.
During my years of service 1b the
dispensary I have seen a number of
things done which I knew were wrong.
These I reported to members of the c
board, who were I knew honest, able '
and pure. They thojght, however, a
that it was best to say nothing public- ?
# ly about the wrong-doing until men
like themselves were a majority of the 8
board. They believed in the dispen- J
sary and earnestly strove to make it a
success. In their judgment the dispensary
could not withstand the effect *
of such exposures, if its control was in P
hands of the men against whom these h
exposures were made. They wanted e
to save the law for the great potential
good that was in it. But as the con- 19
trary element has grown so confident e
of its power that it has gone to turning l]
honest men out of office at the l.'
dispensary, so as to fill all places ^
with its tools, thus facilitating
the carrying of its plans, I deem it my ^
duty to make public all 1 know, so as to a
expose these men, deeming it better f(
that the dispensary should die than to ?
continue under their control, but hop- v
ing that the effect of my criticism will ?
be to drive such men out of the dispen- ni
sary and place its management in the j*
hands of men above reproach. I make T
this statement because I do not wish to
be considered a sorehead or as exposing "
things I condoned as long as I held of- ?'
fice. - J;
I stand ready and hereby off jr my b;
services to the board in helping them n<
sift out all wrong-doing of whatever p
kind which exists, and help them place "
the dispensary law where it should be, a.j
above reproach, and to enforce its regulations
in accordance with law and Q(
conduct it in the interests of the peo- tjple,
and-not the gang which now con- <*
trols it. * Very respectfully, n<
D. A.. G. OUZTS.
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AN OPEN LETTER. N
To the 3tate Board of Control. fo
As I have by a vote of a majority w
of your members been denied the
hearing to which I had a right and ,
which I had oeen ^promised by your 10
chairman, I intend making my defense m
in the public prints. At the same time, 81
1 will go further and show the characters
of the men by whom I was so ~
summarily deposed, and of their fellow
conspirators. I am deposed because 1 cc
violated an order of the board of con- 88
trol?an order which the two honorable
members of the board assert was modifled
to permit the very action which ia
waa alleged as the reason for my re- w
moval. 1 will show how members of r.6
the board, violate the dispensary law "
and how employes at the dispensary, 80
who are pets of the majority faction of t0
the board violate the board's orders ai
and are not even reprimanded for their w
misconduct. As the majority faction
" seems anxious to wash dirty linen, I
will first prove that mine is clean and
then give them some dirty linen of "
: their own to clean. of
Now, first, as to my own linen,
Chairman Miles temporarily suspended
me on charge of violating an order of
the board by selling a bottle of gin at 8*
the 8tate dispensary and not immedi- Pj
ately reporting it to the shipping
clerk. Chairman Miles says he per- .'
sonally notified me of the passage of 1?
that order by the board. He did in- j51
cidentally in the course of a con versa- ir
tion one morning at the dispensary in- c<
form me that 9uch an order had been P1
been passed. A day or two later, Mr. 8J
Pouthit came into my office and got "
the petty cash book and wanted to en- C(
ter some contraband whiskey he had a<
just sold. I told him that it was 81
against the rules to put it on that book 11
?mentioned to him the order which a:
the beard had passed a few days be- 11
* Mr Miles had snoken
luro cuiw " ? _r
to me about. Mr. Douthit replied j ^
" I know what I am doing; this is all *
right. I have just come from the 0
board room and they have passed a ?
resolution giving me the power to do ?
this. I stayed there and heard them 0
pass it. Turn over a new page of your *
petty cash book and enter this sale." "
1 did this and headed the page "Cash, v
special," and entered the first item n
which was one gallon of contraband 6
whiskey bought by J. F. Walker for a
$1.80. Mr. Douthit said: "Now when c
anything else is sold that is the way it ?
must be put on the book under that *
first item. At the end of the month ^
these items must be entered on the
shipping clerk's book and billed to a 8
Columbia dispensary, to whom we v
must turn over the cash we have 1
received for them." I replied: " Yes, ?
and I will make that dispenser receipt ?
this book for them and the money.' 1
Under these instructions from Com' \
missioner Douthit, one day when hwas
absent from the city 1 sold a bottle *
ofjfin to M. F. Nixon for $1 and en- (
tered it as instructed. When Mr.
Douthit returned 1 informed him and 1
he said it was all right. It will thus 1
be seen I thought I was doing my duty
and simply carried out the orders of 1
onmrnisaidnnr. rnv nUotrior officer.
WO ?w *--There
is a disagreement among the i
members of the bo-rd of control as to
its action with reference to sales of
contraband at the State dispensary.
All agree that the board passed a reso*
tion forbidding such sales at the first
part of the September meeting. On
the last day of that meeting, Commissioner
Douthit appeared before the
board and stated reasons why, in his
judgment, it would be inadvisable to
permit that rule to stand. After his
t
statement Mr. Williams introduced i
resolution, which was passed, whicl
Mr. Douthit understood modified th<
previous order and permitted sales o
contraband at the State dispensary
provided they were entered on th<
commissioner's petty cash book, anc
invoiced at the end of the month to *
Columbia dispenser and the cash re
ceived for them turned over to thai
dispenser. Messrs. Boykin and Wil
liams, two members of the board, as>
sertsuch a resolution was passed.
If the Williams resolution was meanl
to accomplish any purpose at all it was
meant to modify the rule forbidding
sales of contraband at the State disrtunoarv
ver. as it. armpftrs on tile
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minutes of the beard it is construed by
the majority faction to be a mere reaffirmation
of that ruie. If that construction
be accepted as correct, the
board was guilty of the absurdity of
twice at one meeting passing a resolution
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 contraband to a dispenser
for sale. As recorded, the Williams
resolution permits sales of contraband,
41 through the regular channels,
" which words Chairman Miles admits
he told Clerk Webb to add to the
resolutions, claiming it was an amendment
which had been adopted, but
svhich Mr. Boy kin. who was in the
;hair when the resolution was adopted,
lenies was ever voted on by the board.
l do not believe that at first recorded,
.he Williams resolution had those
vords attached to it. The writing of
;hose words in the minute book gives
evidence that it was not done at the
ame time that the body of the Wiliams
resolution was pinned -in that
ecord, because the slant of the words
1 through regular channels," indicate
hat they were written by a man siting
in a different position from that
occupied when the other part of the
Yilliams resolution was written. 1
.m satisfied that they were added to
:ive color to the contention that the
*oard had not given permission for the
ales of contraband, which the majority
action decided to make as an excuse
ar my removal.
The majority faction, which is ploting
to get absolute control of the disensary,
filling all positions with its
enchmen, had decided to remove all
mployes who were not subservient to
i. The^ did not intend to fully and
airly investigate the conduct of such
mployes, but preferred one-sided tes
imony. At the September meeting of
le board Messrs. H&selden and Wilams
were appointed to investigate
le contraband room and its accounts.
Lr. Haselden wanted Mr. Williams to
leet him in Columbia on Wednesday
blowing the adjournment of the
eptember- meeting of the board. Mr.
Williams said he had important enagements
up to and including Wedesday,
but would meet Mr. Haselden
1 Columbia the day after Wednesday,
hey parted with the understanding
iat Mr. Haselden was to notify Mr.
Williams when to come to Columbia to
o to work on the investigation, which
e never did, but returned to Columia
before Wednesday and gave to the
swspapers a statement that he was
:>ing to Harris Springs. Mr. Wilams
saw that statement in the papers
[id continued to wait for a notificaon
when to come to Columbia. The
izt thing he saw was a statement
iat he had been supplanted on the
immittce by Mr. Robinson, without
>tice to him.
It was then two of a kind and Mr.
aselden was at liberty to proceed
ith bis one-sided investigation,
either I nor Mr. Douthlt were asked
r any explanation of the charges
>ncocted by this one-sided process.
On the night of the 20th or 21st of
spiember T. C. Robinson, who had
osened his tongue with liquor, told
e in front of Huggins* store, on Main
reet, that "Haselden had set a trap
r Douthit and had caught him in it."
fter asking him several times what
iQ trap was he said it was 4'in selling
mtraband liquor at the State dispen ry,
and not having it entered upon
le ehipping clerk's book, as required
f the resolution of the board at the
st board meeting." Was the trap the
idition of the words, 4'through the
igular channels ?" Probably at the
me of that conversation Mr. Robinn
did cot know that Chief Conspirar
Haselden wanted my scalp also,
id,therefore, spoke as a strong friend,
hich he always claimed to be, esicially
since 1896.
I and my relatives worked for and
krried Edgefield County lor him as
ie candidate for State Superintendent
Education. But when Boss Haselsn
popped the whip over his back he
rgot his friendship and sense of obgatiocs
to me, and also forgot his
atement to me after hearing my exlacation
of my sale of that bottie of
in, that he did not see how I could
&ve done otherwise than obey the
istructions of the commissioner, espeally
as there was a misunderstanding
l the board as to the orders given the
>mmissioner. He advised me to apsar
before the board and make my
atement, and said he did not see how
ie board could do otherwise than ac
;pt it as sufficient justification of my
3tion. And yet he voted to make my
ispension permanent, without-giving
te a chance to appear before the board
nd give that explanation in reply to
ie charges against me.
The nicht before Mr. Robinson voted
) make my suspension permanent he
>ld me, in the Columbia hotel, that he
auld never be accused of being nnrateful,
and that he owed a debt of
ratitude for the way my brother and
thers of my friends and relatives had
rorked for him. He added: "I beieve
you ought to be reinstated, and
rill so vote. If you find that you canot
get along with the new commisionr,
you can resign in good standing,
,nd not be kicked out." The very next
norning he told me that my chances
or reinstatement were bad. I said
hat I did not see how that could be if
le stuck to his promise.
He replied that he was my friend
md had nothing against me, but he
vould have to vote against me, as the
nembers of the board had brought
jreat pressure on him to vote that way
is a personal courtesy to them. I told
lim he was a h?1 of a friend to a man,
o help others stick mud on him as a
'courtesy" to them, and bid him go on
ind do his d?d dirty work. And he
lid it.
I have shown that there was no just
cause for my suspension. But I was
not suspended for what 1 did, though
that was alleged as the cause. I was
suspended because a political clique
wanted me removed from the dispensarv.
They are bound together by a
community of interest, their predominant
feeling being a thirst for revenge
and a desire t? get complete control of
the dispensary for use as a political
machine and mere venal aims, which
can be understood from the charges
and specifications which I will make.
When Haselden and Robinson, the investigating
committee, were in Columbia
they ieft the work of conducting
the investigation as to the contraband,
i j which a committee was appointed to
1 j do, to Bookkeeper Mobley and Inspec2
tor Moody and spent their time caucusf
ing with Chairman Miles and the con,
spirators. A caucus was held in the
2 office of a State officer and it was dei
cided to suspend me without giving me
i any notice or asking me for any expla
nation of tho charges sgainst me.
t This determination was talked around
Columbia for nearly an hour before I
was notified of my suspension ; a friend
of mine heard it at the upper end of
; Main street and walked down town to
i : a telephone and told me that the gang
: | had fixed to make it hot for me and to
do me.
i The day after my temporary suspension
Chairman Miles gave the newspapers
an interview which contained a
lie and a slanderous insinuation, whose
i absolute falsity he could have easily
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not know until this morning that Commissioner
Douthit had been doing the
the same thing, else I would have%uspended
him along with Mr. Ouzts."
The afternoon before that interview
was given out I told Mr. Miles I had
made a sale of contraband because my
superior officer, Commissioner Douthit,
had made such sales and instructed me
to do likewise, and I showed him on the
book the records of such sales by Mr.
Douthit. After hearing what I had to
say on the subject, Mr. MUes declined
to revoke my temporary suspension
then, but said he would think it over
during the night and decide next
morning, admitting that it looked hard
to suspend me when I had no intent
to do wrong and thought I was doing
right in obeying the orders of mj superior
officer. The morning after my
suspension he went to Spartanburg.
When he returned he said to Mr.
Douthit: "If I had known when I
suspended Mr. Ouzts what I know now,
I would not have suspended him."
And yet the old hypocrite, after
admitting that he had not treated me
fairly, appealed to the members of the
board to confirm my suspension and
thus confirm his action as a courtesy
due him by the members of the board. <
The slanderous insinuation is his 1
statement "that the money obtained
from the sale of contraband had been
properly turned over, so far as he i
knew." He knew it had been properly '
i turned over, because I told him so and i
! showed him the record.
There is another lie told by Mr. i
Miles. He promised .me that I should <
be accorded a full hearing by the board 1
before a vote was taken on the motioD 1
to make my suspension permanent. ]
But the vote was taken without a 1
mlnnn mo VlrtHfTK T ITfta f
ucariiig uciu^ givou vuvu^u * ^MW
on band waiting for it. When I taxed ]
Mr. Miles with his perfidy he at first I
tried to d8ny having made such a <
promise. Afier I forced him to admit (
it he said, "Yes; but I forgot it." 1
Then he returned to the board room t
and said to the board, "Mr. Ouzts c
wanted a hearing but did not know it
was my place to get it for him.''
While on the question of Mr. Miles'
veracity, I might state that he is a liar
by his own confession. 1 have heard
him say on several occasions: "I '
have told more lies since I have been
on the board than in all my life before."
I dare him to deny that he
made this statement; if he does I will
prove it on him.
In my case Mr. Miles is a great
stickler for Btrict obedience to tne ?
rules of the board, but he is more laxed g
in other cases. I have shown that it is 8
very doubtful if there was such a rule j
as was claimed I violated, but there $
are other rules of the board as to ?
which there is no doubt and violations c
of which?have been reported to Mr. j
Miles, chairman, without any action
being taken by him. E
The board passed a rule forbidding r
employes of the dispensary to drink t
on the premises. Printed copies of q
that rule were posted all over the 0
building. Shipping Clerk Black had t
been reported to Chairman Miles time t
and again for drinking and being c
drunk and cursing in the dispensary, 0
against the positive rule of the board, ?
but he has not even remonstrated with
Black, much less suspended him. Yet
he suspends me without an investiga- v
t on of the charge against me. c
By his position as chairman of the c
board, Mr. Miles was able to give or n
get the job of receiving clerk for his n
nephew, F. L. Moore Young, of Clin- j
ton. Une has only to reier to too a
books Young tries to keep to find bis ut- t
ter unfitness for the job. Young does not a
know the multiplication table and could n
not count a carload of glass correctly if b
his life depended upon it. Time and s
again he has made gross errors in his b
count of goods received at the dispen- $
sary, though his count was relied upon b
to verify the invoices for which the n
dispensary paid. ii
Commissioner Douthit is a bonded w
officer.. It is his duty to pay for goods b
received at the dispensary. If he pays
for goods which have not been received, b
his bond can be sued for the recovery g
of the money so paid. Naturally, Mr. t
Douthit endeavored to make the re- d
ceiving clerk, whose reports were the o
basis for his payments of goods re- c
ceived at the dispensary, efficiently v
discharge his duties. He reported a v
number of Young's serious mistakes to b
Chairman Miles, who, however, did not f
suspend his nephew, but got angry 2
with Mr. Douthit and myself, imagin- t
ing that we were persecuting the boy. k
His- votes against myself and Mr. c
Douthit are part of his revenge. u
It used to be an unwritten rule that 1
nobody under 21 years of age should 1
be employed in the dispensary. Young %
is only 17, but the temptation of his f
$50 a month salary was too strong. B is t
childish nature is shown by the fact
that he used to plav pranks on the men j
at work in the dispensary, throwing I
water on them and hitting them with J
paddles when they were bending over, t
Because of these pranks, which were ?
oat of place in a business institution, i
Commissioner Douthit on one occasion i
suspended Young for a week. This sus- 1
pension increased Mr. Miles' feeling of i
resentment towards Mr. Douthit. 1
Young played some of his pranks on ]
a man named Looper, who was one of i
in t.ha rlianpnsiirv. Rft
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cause Looper objected and told Young <
what he would do to him if he did not j
let him alone, Chairman Miles took advantage
of his office as chairman t and
Looper's subordinate position'and vilely
cursed him in the dispensary and
threatened to cut hio "d d heart i
out."
Talking about ignorance and unfitness
for position, Mr. Miles is chairman
of the board of control, yet he did
not know that the dispensary had to
have a retail United States license to
do business, as well as a wholesale license,
until informed of that fact by
me the day he suspended me. As oue
of the reasons he gave for suspending
me, he said that by my selling liquor at
retail at the dispensary, I had laid the
dispensary officials liable to prosecution
by the internal revenue department
for selling liquor at retail without a
retail license. He was very much surprised
when I showed him tacked up
on the wall a dispensary internal revenue
license for retailing, which it
, had to have to do business.
Speaking of retail gales at the ait
pensary, loss than three months ag
Chairman Miles bought of bimaelf an
sold to himself at the State dispensar
a half pint of alcohol, which he bough
at the price to dispensers and not coe
samers, thus cheating the town am
county out of their profits. Why doesn'
he suspend himself ?
In Haselden's and Robinson's repor
of the investigation made by Book
keeper Mobley and Inspector Moodj
there are no charges against me, am
he produced no proof against me o
any wrong doing in nis amaavuam
yet, when Mr. Haselden's report wa
read and after Mr. Douthit's removal
he, Haselden, moved to make my sue
pension permanent without hearing mi
as he had promised to do the nigh
before he made the report. He volun
tarily told me in the Columbia hote
that he had finished his report and tha
he had not touched me in it nor had hi
any evidence of my wrong doing anc
when my case came up he would piom
ise to hear me and then decide how hi
would vote. The next morning hi
moved to make my suspension perma
nent without hearing my explanation
When the board adjourned for dinnei
after voting to remove Mr. DoutLit, ]
taxed Haselden about his conduct it
going back on his promise about hear
ing me and I made him admit in Mr
Boykin's presence that he said he told
me he had no charges against me and
no evidence of wrong doing and when
I asked him to explain his action in
making a motion to permanently suspend
me, he said : " I just done that
to bring the matter up ; I don't know
how I will vote on it but will decide
after hearing you." What do you call
such double-dealing and sneaking evasion
? Is it acting a lie as well as telline
one ? In firettinc ud his evidence he
tried to keep everything hid and would
sneak around like he was ashamed of
his dirty work and when asked if he
wanted anything, or if anything could
be explained to him if he did not understand
it, he would say he was not
looking for anything. Seemed to be
afraid Mr. Douthit and I would find
out what he was driving at and explain
it so fully to him that he could not
have the heart to distort it to make it
fit his vile ends. He seems to hate jusbice
and with his perversion paralyzes
truth.
Mr. Haselden now poses as condemning
retail sales at the dispensary as
sontrary to the spirit of the dispensary
bill, but in March of this very year,
while Haselden was still chairman, he
personally sold at the State dispensary
io a committee in charge of a banquet
to the visiting Congressmen, champaign,
whiskey, wine, rum and brandy
io the amount of $106.85, about the largest
bill .that was ever retailed at the
lispcns8ry, selling to them at the price
x> dispensers and not to consumers,
hereby swindling the town and county
>ut of their profits.
D. A. G. OUZTS.
DAN OUZTS' SECOND EPISTLE.
Ie Charges That Haselden Takes
Good Care of His Cousins from
Marion?Some Figures From Dispensary
Records.
?o the Board of Control:
TV Sap.hs & Sons, of Louisville. Kv..
Lrst had John T. Gaston, ex-acting
Jtato commissioner, as State striker,
triking the board for orders for them.
don't think GaBton was employed
[irectly by them, but by their drumuer.
He was paid for one or two purhases
and their regular drummer,
?r. Mickle discharged Gaston during
he meeting of the board. Gaston told
ue that he immediately left Mickle's
oom in the Jerome Hotel and went to
he board room and called Mr. M. R
Jooper, a member of the State board,
ut of the room and told him of his
reatment; that Cooper went back into
he board room and had the board to
ountcrmaud the order for 25 barrels
f whiskey which bad been given to D.
iachs & Sons.
The next move Sachs & Sone, or their
rummer, made with local strikers
ras with young Evans, from Marion, a
ousin of J. Dudley Haselden, then the
bairman of the board. This young
nan was scarcely 21 years old, and
ever sold whiskey before, and knows
list about as much about traveling for
, whiskey house as the average counry
youth, and they know nothing
tx>ub trade and commerce. He could
ever have gotten the job if had not
>een related to the chairman. The
trength of his pull and the amount of
lis aod Gaston's orders amount to
16,580.98. These figures are from the
ooks in the dispensary. Tne amount
nay be larger than this, because all
avoices may not have been posted
rhen this amount was taken from the
ooks.
Haselden begged the board, like he
iad been Sachs & Sons' Attorney, to
;et them to buy. The clerk of the
>oard seems to have leaned in that
[irection also, for he entered or gave
ut to the newspapers a list of purhaaes
containing 25 cases of Cape May
rhiskey at the May meeting, 1899,
rhich the board had bought. To get
ilm out of a hole and keep down hard
eelings, he board decided to buy the
5 cases, which were not needed, for
here was plenty in stock ; as proved
>y the fact, there was no occasion to
irder this purchase until September
md ihen there was enough in stock to
ast two months; being bought it had
to be shipped, so young Evans could
jet his pay. These statements are
rom records in the State dispensary
tnd cannot be denied.
Another evidence of the man with a
juii is shown by the orders given to
Friedman, Keller & Co., of Paducah,
?y., who admitted to the board of con,rol,
that they had fought the dispeniary
in the courts and with original
3ackage houses in Charleston; that
ihey had contributed from $500 to $750
io help break down the dispensary law
&nd did not succeed. Since then they
[ound the dispensary law a good law,
and wanted to do business with the in*
stitution.
The board, through Cooper, Haseiien
and Miles voting in their favor,
gave the house its first order. They
were aided in the sale of their liquor
by a dispenser, J. EL Stelling, in Cnarleston,
or rather his partner in business,
Mr. Matthies, who said they
could not sell other whiskey as well as
they could Friedman, Keiler & Co.'s,
they having been I believe, their original
package agents.
It has been asserted that Stelling
was given a job as dispenser in Char*
1 r\
ieston oecause m. iv. uscusu
thiB influence in the city to heip him
in his race for secretary of State. J.
D. Percival was also given a dispenser's
job in Charleston about the same
time. Stelling was Anally allowed to
run a dispensary against the vote
o.f Mr. Douthit and Mr. Williams, and
they had him held up for 30 days and
tried to prevent 8telling from running
a wholesale dispensary. Stelling had
given Friedman, Keiler & Co., orders
for whiskey and the board had to ratify
this, because it was claimed it had already
been put up ready for shipment.
of the bookkeepers to the State board,
aid most of trie work the Haselden
contraband committee was appointed
to do. but still the committee gets the
$4 per day and mileage just the same.
I have gone to the trouble to prepare
a complete list of all merchandise,
which is whiskey, sold the two years
Colonel Vance was commissioner and
I find, during Colonel Vance's first
year, while Haselden was not a member
of the board, there was sold, as entered
upon the petty cash book, $251. The
next year, under Haselden's administration
as chairman, there was sold, as
entered on petty cash book $833.66
worth ; nearly four times more than
when Haselden was not on the board,
and ctill ho tri&d tn at.nn It.
i- It wa& ordered shipped, with the un0
derstanaing that no more would be
d bought and shipped direct from Pay
duoah to Stelling. But later an order
t came from Stelling for more of these
l- goods; viz : 50 kegs 4? gallons each.
1 which Colonel Vance, then commist
sioner, ordered from them, notwithstanding
Steiling was to have no more
t shipped him direct from them.
> Tnen Mr. John W. Keiler, one of the
firm, came down, and Mr. Matthies,
d Steliing's partner, was here to strike
if for him orders for tbeir whiskey ; then
J tne order was given for their firet ships
ment to the State dispensary. The
, next month Keiler and Matthies were
r here again and orders were given
3 them again. Some Newport was
t bought from them and in order to
- assist it in getting out of the State dis1
pensary, so there would be none on
t hand at the next meeting of the board,
3 and more would have to be bought, the
1 house, Friedman, Keiier & Co., issued
- a circular letter and sent to ail the die5
pensaries, telling them they would send
3 them a silver bottle with Newport
- whiskey In it when they had ordered
. as much as five cases of Newport.
: Grand scheme ! 91 dispensaries in the
[ State, five times SI are 455 cases?
i quite a lot to place over the State had J
all the dispensers been taken in. Some
. of the dispensers wanted the silver
1 bottles, and ordered five cases, not
I caring in what sizes, i pints, pints or I
i quarts were sent, just so they got the '
five cases which would entitle them to J
the silver bottle. In three or four I
, meetings of the board Matthies be- >
came so nauseating to them that i
i Friedman, Keiler & Co., got no more <
orders. % (
Matthies was kept in Charleston, *
and things not coming Friedman, 1
Keiler it Co.'s way fast enough, Mr. (
Keller stayed away a meeting or two. 6
The last meeting he was here before .
he appointed W. E. Blue, of Marion .
County, another cousin of J. Dudley *
Haselden, sad said he would get la *
sad get orders from the board If he 8
had to speud 9500. I heard him make a
this statement. Mr. Blue was said to ?
be geueral Southeru agent, yet he oaly 1
represeated Friedman, Keller & Co., c
in South Carolina until the board of f*
control decided te stop buying from !'
houses having local strikers. Mr. Blue
succeeded in getting some good orders, f
ana the amount of his pull and that *
of Matthies with J. Dudley Hasel- 1
den, chairman, advocating orders c
for him, amounts to $19,419, in orders J
given.
After the board passed resolutions a
excluding local strikers, Blue was t
turned down by Friedman, Keiler & a
Co., and J. Dudley Qaselden decided t(
that their liquor was not as good as f(
it was while Blue was with them. At ^
least he gave up advocating purchas- n
ing from Friedman, Keiler & Co., n
and they have gotten no more orders e
since.
One would think two cousins from a
the same county was enough for one a
member of the board of control to take
care of, but not so for J. Dudley Hasel- d
den, who, although not chairman now,
wants to retain his pull, as shown by S
the fact of another cousin entering the ai
field. This one is W. Boyd Evans, ex- ^
private secretary to Governor Elierbe. w
Just after the death of Governor v
Elierbe, and about the time Evans was 8e
leaving "his office, a drummer by the .,
CJnm'lv 1 a a fa P/\lnvr\K?q
uouic ui upiiu&io bowo w wiuuiw:a w i
a meeting of the board. Sprinkle re- ^
presented the Reidsville, N. C., Liquor tc
Co., and was corralled at the first 8?
meeting he attended by W. Boyd t_
Evans, who got a job with him and
I upon Sprinkle s going before the board D'
with Evans and telling them he had 8.
employed Evans to travel North and 71
South Carolina, an order was given *
the Reidsville Liquor Co. They got
such a large order that they had some
difficulty in filling it; did not fill it in
time to get another at the next board T]
meeting, but have oeen given orders t
at every meeting since. If Evans ever hi
traveled further for them than from af
Marion here to Columbia it has never w
been heard of. Boyd Evan's pull fa
amounts to $3,866 08 in orders given, H
besides September purchases. So m
much for taking care of cousins. F.
Now, what about self? J. Dudley pc
daselden, did you ever make this re- cc
mark, that you had liquidated $10,000 tL
in debts since you had been a member th
of the board? Your salary, according q
to the published report of the board, d
was not $1,500. 7i
You seem to condemn selling contra- hi
band at the State dispensary so strong- Fi
ly now. Why did you not stop it while "
chairman? You said you tried and t*
went so far as to threaten to discharge o\
somebody if it was now stopped; this tb
you will not deny. At the same time it.
were you not buying contraband your- to
self ? Viz. I. W. Harper whiskey at a cl
dollar and eight cents per quart; the pc
same price charged to county dispen- wi
sers, and thus the town and county
losing their profits, and not paying pi
cash but having it charged to your account?
When you would draw your of
pay for attendance here as chairman yc
at the end of the week, you would have si
a bill made out for it, receipted, pay- di
ing for the same. Not only this ; did
you not have full cases of champagne qi
i in CfniA /I { nan 00.1*17 t.ftlrA
| UfJDUDU 1U DUO UW>?a ulO|/vuoai;| >??v
out what yo 1 wanted, and pay for it, fa
at prices charged the county dispen- tfa
saries? This you did while Victor e?
Blue was here, and you and he drank
it in the board room. J. Dudley Haselden,
in your official capacity as chair- qi
man, in one breath ordering the sale
stopped, in the next sending for contraband
whiskey, having it charged, ez
paying for it at the end of the week, bi
were you not setting a bad example hi
and acting inconsistently in selling tt
whiskey to yourself and buying it of be
yourself and in the next moment order- a
ing the sale stopped ? Or, was it then n<
a virtue in yourself to buy while now tc
it is a crime in others to sell ? w
The moral turpitude is the same, and 01
you can't convince the people otherwise
; you can'^iide behind a doubtful tl
rule of the board of control forbidding ai
selling any more successfully than you is
- laoH t.Vic nannlo tn hpliftVft that Tl
WOU IC?U iruu -v. ? ?
your double face capacity is immaculate.
What has brought such a
change in the spirit of your dreams ? ,
About a year ago you were heartily in ?
favor of abolishing beer privileges and
now you are their staunch friend and ?
advocate, and at the September meet- c
ing of the board you voted unanimous- P
ly with the rest of the members to P
abolish them. Mr. Miles alone re- '
served the right to change his vote; rj
you did not, but you remarked . when ?
Mr, Miles reserved this right with a ?
halo of benefiting glory overshadowing ?
your face, " If we find we have made a
mistake we can change.'' If it was
right a year ago to abolish them pray
why not now ? t
Besides these three cousin liquor i
drummers, aad before them J. Dudley i
Haselden had his brother-in-iaw a
elected one of the inspectors, who held c
the job several months, resigned and f
went back to college. After this Mr. 3
1 J. C. Moody, another cousin from Mar- s
ion county, was given the inspector's r
job. He is still connected with the t
dispensary, and he, with Mobiey, one t
Haselden, on July 9;h, 1898, while
you were chairman, you bought contraband
whiskey to the tune of $2, and
yet your tried to atop it. Again on
November 19th, 1898. your bought contraband
I. W. Harper whiskey and
champagne to the amount of 819.41,
paying for both at the end of the week
after you had drawn you pay and paying
for it leas the town and county
profits. Then again after the adjourn- 1
ment of the Legislature, you telephoned
to the State d'spensary to have
a case of Lanahan's XXXX Mocongat
eia rye sent to you at the Columbia 1
hotel to give to your friends among the
legislators, and it not being sent to you j
because Colonel Vance was not then at 1
the building, you had to get a case '
from Dispenser Cartledge and you
paid the State dispensary for it, leas (
town and county profits, and another
aad to be given Cartledge without
charging it to him, to take the place
)f the one you got from him and paid '
lor at the State dispensary, the town
ind county losing 81.80 profit by this
jperation, and this i? the way you J
itoppea u. .
When Hon. William J. Bryan was at
}ue West, Haselden and Cooper were :
n Columbia, a committee on building
-he new story on the present dispen
ary. They both went to Due West, ,
md Haaelden while there told the
:ounty treasurer of Greenville county
hat he, Haselden, would be elected
:hairman of the State board of coitrol *
,nd it would just suit him; he could
eave home about night, after attend- *
ng to a whole day's work on the farm,
>nd come to Columbia and get pay for
hat day, and when he went home his ,
rain left early in the morning and he
ould get home in time for breakfast ,
ud get pay for that day and be at <
ome looking after his farm.
This arrangement enabled him to get f(
whole week's pay for attending to ^
he duties.as chairman of board and be
t home two days out of six, attending ,
3 his private business and yet be paid c
>r his services not rendered here.
rou said you lived a long ways ; your .
lileage was 5 cents and you could
lake enough out of that to pay your .
xpenses.
J. Dudley Haselden betakes himself ?
nd a bookkeeper to Charleston to get .
ffidavits from dispensers there about .
le conduct and management of the
ispensaries here in Columoia. Why ^
on't he commence nearer home and
et affidavits from dispensers at Dillon
d Marion as to why they order Cape ^
[ay and Golden Grain and other
hiskies which are sold by houses his ?
irious cousin liquor drummers represnt?
There is a resolution of the board of
mg standing forbidding whiskey .
rummers or their houses from trying "
? induce dispensers to order goods
>ld by tkem, and it would be well for FJ
le board to investigate this matter ^
id see if the resolution has been
oken ; apply the remedy prescribed, 5?
op buying from such houses which
olate it; then these violators would
ive to get other houses. xj
D. A. G. Ouzts. v
M m * d<
Had Already Thought the Mat?r
Over.?Senator Pomeroy used to y(
ill of a local preacher in Kansas who' ^
ad forced himself upon the stump ti
ter Lincoln's second nomination and u
ho demanded recognition of the party r
r his services during the campaign,
e said he would like to be sent as p]
inister plenipotentiary to England or ^
. ance, and when told that is was im- 8t
asible, Insisted on being appointed
r.sul to Liverpool. Pining that
io "powers that be" considered .
iat equally preposterous, he wag
lite offended at what he consired
a lack of appreciation of his ser- ff
ce in a State that nothing could
kve turned against the Republicans. *
inally, Senator Pomeroy said to him : j?
I'm going to Washington in about f:
ro weeks' time?think the matter
rer, and if you should light on some- Jj
ling in reason, I'll aid you in getting "
, In ten days he called on the Senar
again, his head still away up in the 8Jjj
ouds, and being assured of the imiSBibility
of getting what he thought ?e
%9 about his due, said:
" Senator, can't you think of some
ace that would suit me ?"
" Yes," said Pomeroy, "I've thought
a place that would suit you and that tb
>u would suit, and that there is a pos- cl
bllity of getting for your. It's an In- le
an agency."
" An Indiao agency ? What's that?" ?J
leried the preacher. di
" Well, you are to look after the wel- cl
re of our red brothers and see that
icir supplies are properly and hon- or
itlydelivered to them." m
"What is it worth ?" pi
" Fifteen hundred dollars and per- m
liaites," returned the Senator. li<
"Perquisites?what perquisites" si
" Well, you see, my friend, tne gov- tx
nment contracts for so many herd of
ief cattle averaging about so many pi
iindred pounds. Now, In delivering gi
teae cattle they are counted while sc
jing driven into an inclosure, and if a1
yearling should happen to slip in al
3w and then, you are not to make w
>o much fuss about it, and there you Si
ill find you perqulsities. Think it ol
?er." ui
" I'll take it," said the reverend gen- E
eman. rt I've already thought it over, aj
ad do you know, Senator, I think veal u
a blamed sight better than beef for tl
idians anyway!" /
?The attendance at the University ?
f Virginia this Bession promises to
reak all records since the war. Al- *"
sady over 600 young men have matriulated
at the University, and, taking
revious sessions as a criterion, this J
umber will be increased to at least *
00 in a few wc eks. Never in the his- r
Dry of the University has the standard J1
een higher or the faculty been larger
r more competent for the discharge ^
f the important duties assigned to f
hem. ^
? ? * v f ii m t.
?In a murder iriai in uaiias, j.exa?, u
he counsel for the defense was exam- r
ntng a venireman regarding his qual- fc
Scatioas to serve. The candidate b
.dmitted that he had once been a h
nember of a jury which tried a negro I
or murder. It is not permissible in p
uch cases to ask the result of the trial, b
o the counsel said : 41 Where is the a
legro now ?" 44 I don't know," was b
he reply, 14 the sheriff hanged him at a
he appointed time." e
the transvaal's
ultimatum.
DEFYING A GREAT EMPIRE.
The Boers Demand that British
Troops Be Withdrawn and a Refusal
is Declaration of War.
The ultimatum of the Transvaal
government to Great Britain was sent
to London on the 10th inst., and contains
the following :
" Her majesty's unlawful intervention
in the internal affairs of this republic
in conflict with the London convention
of 1884, by the extraordinary
strengthening of her troops of this
republic has caused an intolerable condition
of things to arise, to which this
government feels itself obliged, in the
interest not only of this republic, but
also of all South Africa, to make an
end as soon as possible ; and this government
feels itself called upon and
nhlippd to Dress earnestlv. and with
emphasis for an immediate termination
of this state of things and to request
her majesty's government to
give assurances upon the following
four demands :
" First?That all points of mutual
difference be regulated by friendly recourse
to arbitration or by whatever
amicable way may be agreed upon by
this government and her majesty's
government.
' ' Second?That all troops on the borders
of this republic shall* be instantly
withdrawn. 1
" Third?That all reinforcements of
troops which have arrived in South
Africa since June 1, 1899, shall be re- <
moved from South Africa within a i
reasonable time as agreed upon with
this government and with the mutual
issurance and guarantee on the part of
this government that no attack upon
)r hostilities against any portion of (
;he possessions of the British govern- ^
nent shall be made by this republic (
luring the further negotiations, with- j
n a period of time to be subsequently t
kgreed upon between the governments: j
tnd this government will, On com- j
)liance therewith, be prepared to with- j
I raw thelirmed burghers of this re- c
rnblic from the borders. :
Fourth?That her majesty's troops |
vhlch are now on tne nign seas snail \
tot be landed in anv part of South r
Africa." j
To these demands is appended the
efinition of the time limit for a reply: c
' This government presses for an immediate
and affirmative answer to these t
our questions and earnestly requests e
ler majesty's government to return j
n answer before or upon Wednes
ay, October 11th, 1899, not later than ?
o clock p. m. .a
" It desires further to add that in ,
he unexpected event of an unswer not ^
atisfactory being received by it with- ?
q the interval, it will with great re- j
ret be compelled to regard tne action ^
f her majesty's government as a j
ormal declaration of war, and will not a
old itself responsible for the conse- n
uences thereof, and that in the event
f any further movement of troops oc- ?
urring within the above mentioned f
ime in a nearer direction to our bor- ^
ers, this government will be comelled
to regard that also a formal de- 1
laration of war."
The points at issue in South Africa g
nd what has brough| about a condi- t)
on of war are contained in the followsummary:
a
First. Great Britain claims suze- p
iinty over the Transvaal under the g
arms of the convention of 1881. The ?
loers dispute the claim, invoking the a
invention of 1884, in which the term a
suzerainty" does not appear. a
Second. Great Britain demands in eased
facilities for naturalization of 8t
utlandera. At present Outlhnders d(
esirous of naturalization-must take, p
a oath renouncing allegiance to their ?
>rmer government, and thea, after 12 *
sars' residence, provided they have ^
le affirmative vote of three-fourths of
le burghers in theirdiatrict, they be- ^
>me citizens of the South African 8(
epublic. The Boers at one point of
le negotiations offered to reduce the 0j
robationary term to five years, but
le latest advices are that they now B|
ick out for seven years.
Third. Great Britain demands for pi
ie Ontlanders a share in the election gl
the president and increased repre- l
mtation for the gold fields. The m
oers say they are willing to concede p,
tese point, but under conditions c<
hich the British claim are likely to B
ake the concessions illusory. Th9 tl
ritish government wants to have ic
lis matter thoroughly examined, so
i to insure the Outlanders getting
ie substance, and not merely the ti
ladow, of their demands in this re- e;
iect. Great Britain is willing that tl
ich an examination should not serve je
i a precedent for interference in the
ternal affairs of the Transvaal, tl
hich the Boers argue would be the h:
se. ii
Montague White, consul general for tl
ie South African Republic in London, ci
osed the consulate and immediately ol
ft for the continent. Mr. White's m
sparture was not attended by any cl
[citement. Before shaking off the w
ist of England he said to the Asso- hi
ated Press: tl
" The expected has happened. I
ily hope the hellishness of this pre* "J
editated crushing out of a hardy re- ?
iblic is now apparent. Let me re* "
ind America that the onus of war w
as not upon those who fire the first aJ
tot, but upon those who compel it to w
> fired. w
" Technically, we have temporarily
it ourselves in the attitude of an agressor,
but who would not have done
i if the existence of his country was
1 n T ?? mnat lnnt fay St
i 81&K6 r X Uiiik no luuoa *W? I
lead to W4be consequences of this 4*'
ar. Instead "of the pacification of Jj
Duth Africa, which is the alleged act 0
! England, we shall have perpetual 81
a rest. These very people for whom
ngland is now fighting will turn ?
gainst her in time to. oome and pro- 01
;st against her rule as-bttterly as w
ley are now protesting agajfnt ours. 8(
" For weeks I had seen England's fi
etermination to force a hostile issue, Cl
r rather Mr. Chamberlain's. I am u
ire he is the only member of the ^abi- ^
et whose mind was thoroughly made 0
p throughout all the negotiations.
Vhat his intentions were is evident i*
rom the situation today. Had the ii
anchise oeen the chief grievance,
ur five-year proposition would' cer- &
ainly have been accepted. I have b
eason to believe that England enters 0
i ?w-,r, /wiHNo Kw nn mpans P
poll HOT VOI.Hmt* WU1DV WJ MV fm
unit. Opposition to Mr. Chamber- P
iin's policy exists to a greater extent D
han is generally conceived. 2
"Our evident desire to Conciliate r;
i as been much appreciated, and our 8
efusal to allow our household affairs &
o be administered by another nation *
l&s not excited genuine indignation
lere or in any quarter of the globe. *
lowever, Mr. Chamberlain has accomdished
his purpose, and all is gone. I
elieve, nevertheless, that a considerable
reversion in British opinion would ^
ie effected by any serious defect, for 3
aost of those now supporting the gov- t
rnment are doing so with a light 1
. 4s
Heart and on general principles, not
stopping to count the cost of war.'
Mr. White cited the Isandlwhama massacre
as an instance of such a change
in British opinion. He then went on
to say:
"I suppose there can be only one
ultimate result of the hostilities. As
to the duration of the war. I am not
able to venture a guess. It seems to
me a matter of the greatest uncertainty.
I hear that Great Britain will
not begin the wiping out process until
December. In the meantime we shall
see what we shall see.
"I have received no special instruc- ?
tions or news from the Transvaal during
the last forty-eight hours, and I
expect none, having long ago received
directions as to the course for me to
take when matters reached this stage.
I shall remain on the continent, and if
anything further can be done in the
interest of my government, I shall, of
course, endeavor to do it, although
there seems nothing left but to fight
it out to the bitter, unjust end."
Mr. White seemed much distressed
over the rupture and evidently did not
entertain the least hope of Boer success.
He said the Transvaal agency
in Brussels would be continued as the
European headquarters of the government.
Mr. White's reference to the Isandlwhama
massacre is an allusion to the at- *
tack made on January 22,1879, by some
15,000 Zulus upon the British camp at
Isandula, or Isandlwhama, about ten
miles from Rorke's drift, on the
Tugela. Five companies of the Twentyfourth
regiment, with Colonel Darnford,
Lieut. Col. Palleine and other
officers, were massacred, the British
total loss being about 837. Two thousand
Zulus are said to have been killed.
AN ARMORED TRAIN FIRED UPON.
The first act of warfare took place
on the 13th inst., when the Boers attacked
and destroyed an armored train
of the British at Kraaipan. Captain
tfesbitt, who was in command of the
irain, was warned at Maribogo that
;he Boers held the line. He replied
ihat he was bound to proceed. Nearng
Kraaipan, the train dashed Into a
wlvert that had been blown up by the '
Boers, who were lying in wait for the*- . #
rain. The Boer artillery immediatey
opened fire and a desperate fight ap)ears
to have ensued, lasting four
lours, with the odds greatly against
he British. The Drecise details are
incertain. ' * V
It seems, however, that a police pa- |
rol, attracted by the firing, approach- d
within about two thousand yards ol
?raaipan, saw the train ditched, with
he Boer artillery still pounding at it, M
mt noticed no response. The Boers
eemed afraid to approach until the
rreck was complete; and the police
latrol feared, as there was no sign of
ife near the train, that the entire
orce had perished in a desperate ate
empt to get the train back to Mafekng,
where they knew it was anxiously
waited with its load of guns and amnunition.
It is reported that the Boers lost . &
eavily, but there is no means of veri- '* .-,1
jring this. Two miles of rails were \*g?|
Dra up.
HE MAN WHO IS TO CBUSH THE BOEBS.
The British government has made a
eliberate choice in sending a fit tool ~ A
3 crush the Boers, with a full know^^Hjj
sdge of his character and capacitmNM^
ndhe appreciates the task he
ected to perform. Gen. Sir fi&dvers
taller, the commander-in-chim of the
ritish forces in the Transmit has
Lready embarked for Soutji'Africa,
nd is to have' ag^undia|gtrbed ana r
bsolute control of fisecampeign.
Two months., ago the secretary of
ate for Var, the Marquis of Lansowne,
offered Buller command of the
rojected army corps. Sir Red vers
ave a point blank refusal unless the
ar office would guarantee Mm beveen
60,000 and 70,000 men. He said
lat if he were to go it must be on the
Istinct understanding that he oouid
sleet his own. staff and would be enrely
uninterfered with by the war
See.
His request regarding the staff, it i?
lid, was prompted by his suspicion
lat Lord Wolsiey would attempt to
*y off old scores by foisting upon him
>aff officers antagonistic to him.-Lord
ansdowne demurred, but the stronger
an prevailed and Buller, having
ained all the points he coveted, acjpted
the supreme command. General
uller freely expressed the opinion
xat, when he had driven the Boers ?
ito a corner, his hand might be stayed
f a peace loving cabinet, or a well in- i
sntioned war office?a condition of
lings he could not tolerate, for, as he .
tpressed it, hiB hand was not one of
lose that, once put to the plow, re- ^
ases its grip. *
It appears that both the queen and ^
le cabinet practically acquiesced in
Is demand, although of course retainig
a nominal control scarcely worth *y
le name. Buller is pretty certain to
it the wires behind him and te be out
' touch with London at crf'.ical moents,
for fear the cabinet might *
lange its mind. It is this man, then, ;^l|
horn some of his own officers do not
ssitate to call a brute,-however much
ley admire his determination, who
aids the destiny of the Transvaal and >
ie Orange Free State in his hand, .
e knows the Boers and he hates * ^ 3
tern. He has campaigned over the
hole present battleground and above V
J, a soldier from head to foot. As 1
on as he reaches South Africa he ,>
ill inaugurate a campaign of suoh ags
* ?? kao aalHnm
resaiveueee as tuo nvnu wb
seo, bat which he believes justifiable - _ | .
j virtue ol his own saperior force,
he sternest measures will not be top ern
for him, and until the last vestige ' |||
! Dutch power, whether in the Trans* .
lal, the Orange Free State or the ?Af
ape Colony is swept out, he will not ^
ay his hand.
General Bailor's mission is nearly in
seping with the spirit of the colonial
Bee. Rightly or wrongly believing
artobe the only possible method of
living the Transvaal trouble, those hfcials
have made no attempt to con- - ^
sal their satisfaction at receiving an'
ltimatum from President Krnger,
2us enabling them to place the, onus %
f the war on the Boers. "*
Once General Boiler getB to work, it
1 believed in London the Boers will offer
ttle organised resistance. Sokneling
depends, of course, upon the suc3sa
they may achieve in the interim, v|
it the life insurance companies are
nly asiring an extra premium of five
er cent as a war risk, in other words,
Lacing the odds at 20 to 1. This does
ot apply to South African irregular/
ghtingside by side with the British,
aguiars, for it is said the Boers Will
bow them no quarter. This is hard . V
1 believe, when it is recalled with ~
rhat unusual humanity the Boers
reated the English prisoners daring
lie previous war.
?Men exposed to the rigors -of the ^
ilaska winter never wear moustaches. " '?
?hey wear full beards to protect the
hroat and face, but keep the upper - 4 i
lp cleanshaven. ~A %