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BLEASE REMOVES BOARD t DISPENSARY COMMISSION RECEIVES NOTICE OP DISMISSAL. Wants to Know by What Authority Immunity Was Granted in Dispensary Cases. Gov. Blease last Wednesday dismissed the members of the State dispensary commission. This action was not unexpected, but the peremptory order came somewhat as a surprise. The members of the commission are: Dr. W. J. Murray, Columbia, chairman; Avery Patton, Greenville; John McSween, Timmonsville; J. Steele Brice, Yorkville; and A. N. Wood, Gaffney. Gov. Blease said that he had no statement to make as to whether he would appoint another commission to complete the work of winding up the affairs of the old State dispensary. In his order of dismissal he charged the members of the commission with neglect of duty, stating that the work should have heen completed at an earlier date. He had much to say with reference to the Atlanta firm of lawyers. He charged the members of the commission with incapacity. TIKs act follows four years of hard work by five of the best known and most capable and honest business men in bouth Carolina, who have by their untiring efforts saved the State about $500,000. Sent General Order. The governor sent a general order of dismissal to all of the members, in which he maks certain charges as to neglect .of duty, thereby creating himself a court ot investigation and denying these men a fair and thorough investigation for which they asked and which was given by an act of the last general assemDiy. The Order. The following is the order of Gov. Blease: "Whereas, The general assembly, by an act approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1907, entitled 'An act to provide for the disposition of all property connected with the State dispensary and to wind up its afaire,' provided that 'immediately upon the approval of this act the governor shall appoint a commission of well known business men, consisting of five members, none of whom shall be members of the general assembly, to be known as the State dispensary commission, who shall give bond for the faithful performance of the duties required in the sum of $10,000, and the said act further providing that the said commission shall pay to the State treasurer, after deducting their compensation and other expenses allowed by this act, all surplus funds on hand, after paying all liabilities.' Had Ample Time? "In my judgment the members of the commission have had more than amDle time to finish their work and . make a final report, and it appear-1 ing to my satisfaction that this has! not been done, and that said com^ mission is guilty of neglect of duty by not making the investigations re quired in said act themselves, but delegated this power to a firm of attorneys, under a contract which pro- , vided an exorbitant fee, and providing 'The said parties of the first part in their negotiations or prosecution of suits in behalf of the parties of the second part or of the State of > South Carolina, are hereby clothed with full power, subject alone to the , approval of the attorney general of said State, to offer to any of the parties involved, immunity from prose cution upon such terms and conditions as in their judgment may be deemed to the best interest of the parties hereto and to the State-of South Carolina,' which provision of said agreement was wholly without any authority of the commission to make, in violation of the law and contrary to the policy and dignity of the State, placing the great and delicate power of the State to give pardon and immunity to violators of her laws in the hands of people not even citizens of the State, subject to the approval of an officer of the State in whom I fail to find any constitutional or statutory power vested. Much delay and loss, under the provisions of this agreement, has occurred; caused continued agitation among the people of the State, and 1 prevented them from doing their work 'at the earliest date practica ble.' Negligence? "Therefore, they have been negligent in the discharge of and shown plainly incapacity for the duties required of them; and, taking into consideration all of the circumstances and facts in regard to the delay and neglect in winding up the affairs as provided for in the act, and in view of the fact that all moneys have not been turned over to the State treasurer, and this being further neglect of duty, and showing clearly incapacity and indisposition to do the work as the act provides, 'at the earliest date practicable'?it being four years since said act was approved?and for divers other good * . i " ~~ and sufficient reasons to me appearing; and "Whereas, An act to further provide for winding up the affairs of the State dispensary, etc., approved the 4th day of March, A. D. 1909, provides 'That the governor is hereby authorized and empowered to remove any member of the said commission whenever he may deem it for the public interest so to do,' and I now deem it for the public interest so to do "Therefore, by virtue of the power vested in me by the constitution of the State of South Carolina and the laws, I do hereby remove Wm. J. ** * ri.ii T murray, Avery ration, jqu. :vicovrt^cu, J. S. Bric^ and J. N. Wood from the office or position of member of the State dispensary commission, or of the commission for the disposition of all property connected with the State dispensary and to wind up its affairs, and I hereby revoke and declare null and void the commission." This order was made out Tuesday and sent each member by registered mail. Letter to Attorney General. Following up this Gov. Blease addressed a letter to Attorney General Lyon asking for the names of those "granted immunity" from prosecution in the dispensary cases. Gov. Blease also wants to know under what provision of the law the commission granted the attorney general the right of approval or disapproval in the prosecution of cases. The following is the letter: "I notice in the agreement made between the commission to wind up the affairs of the State dispensary and Anderson, Felder, Rountree & Wilson, and which is indorsed by you, that 'the said parties of the first part in their negotiations or prosecution of suits in behalf of the parties of the second part or of the State of South Carolina, are hereby clothed with full power, subject alone to the approval of the attorney general of said State, to offer to any of the parties involved immunity from prosecution upon such terms and conditions as in their judgment may be deemed to the best interest of the parties hereto an? to the State of South Carolina.' Wants the Names. "Will you please be kind enough to inform me of the names of the persons whom Messrs. Anderson, Felder, Rountree & Wilson, under said agreement, have offered immunity from prosecutions for violation of the laws of this State and which you Have annrnved or disam>roved. and the terms and conditions contained in such offers and approval. If such terms and conditions are in writing, I should like to have copies attached to your answer; if not in writing, then a statement substantially of them. "You will also please advise under what provision of law the commission undertook to clothe 'with full power,' subject alone to the approval of the attorney general of this State. "You will please advise me what criminal proceedings have been compromised, adjusted or settled and the terms upon which the same have been effected, as also what civil actions were settled or compromised and the terms thereof. "I will thank you for the above in formation at your earliest convenience." History of the Case In this connection it might be stated that the governor expressed his views as to why he had refused to sign the measure providing for an investigation of the commission. He said that the members of the commission name4 by the senate were his enemies and asked if any one thought that he would appoint such men to make an investigation of the commission and himself. A concurrent resolution was adopted providing for a commission to in vestigate all acts of the commission, C. A. Smith, lieutenant governor, appointed J. H. Clifton, G. W. Sullivan and Howard B. Carlisle, of Spartanburg as members from the senate to conduct the investigation. Speaker i Smith refused to appoint the 'three members from the house until Gov. Blease approved the act. The measure was sent to Gov. Blease for approval and was held up. Several days after he sent a letter to the commission saying that he i would refuse to sign the act until certain information as to the4 working of the commission was furnished. This information was furnished, which answered every questfon propounded by the chief executive. The governor still refused to sign the measure and let the investigation goon Forced to Leave Home. Every year a large number of poor sufferers, whose lungs are sore and racked with coughs, are urged to go to another climate. But this is costly and not always sure. There's a better way. Let Dr. King's New Discovery cure you at home. "It cured me of lung trouble," writes W. R. Nelson, of Calamine, Ark., "when all else failed and I gained 47 pounds in weight. It's surely the king of all cough and lung cures." Thousands owe their lives and health to it. It's positively guaranteed for coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, croup?all throat and lung troubles. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Peoples : Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. MEMBERS LIKE DISMISSAL. At Least Some of Them Seem to be Delighted. Following the announcement last week by Gov. Blease that he had dismissed the members of the dispensary commission, the members of the commisison were asked for an expression as to the act of the chief executive. Dr. W. J. Murray, the chairman of the commission, who resides in Columbia, said that he had no statement to make at present. It is very probable that the members will be called to meet in a few days. A telegram was received from Avery Patton, of Greenville, which was as follows: "The compliment of being removed rrom me dispensary commission is not without its advantages, since yielding this commission removes the constitutional prohibition to my accepting a cabinet position." John McSween, of Timmonsville, said that he had no statement to make at this time. J. Steele Brice, of Yorkville, sent the following with reference to the action of the governor: "In response to your telegram would say the commission a few weeks ago gave to the governor and through the press of the State at large the reasons of the delay in the completion of their work and also the reason why a certain amount of money was retained in their hands. "It is useless to discuss the legality of the acts of the commission with the governor since the governor, in his own estimation, knows more law than any other lawyer in this State. "I will say, however, that I do not consider it any dishonor to be removed from office by a man of the calibre and character of our present governor. My work as a member of the commission is an open book that may be read by all men and I leave it' to the honest citizens of South Carolina who have no sympathy with thieves and grafters to say whether or not I have done my duty." BILL MINER WILL GET AWAY. Wm. Pinkerton Prophesies that They Can't Keep Him in a Camp. "Bill Miner will get away; mark my word. That fellow is a fox, he is. You can't keep a man in a road camp who can get through brick walls." Such was the statement made yesterday to a representative of the Constitution by William Pinkerton, head of the well-known detective agency, concerning the leader of the band of robbers who recently held up the Southern Railway train, robbed the express car, and were convicted and sentenced in the Gainesville superior court. Miner, who is an old offender, and who was convicted in Gainesville under the name of George Anderson, is well known to the detectives. When Mr. Pinkerton received, several days ago, a picture of the old man who led the eana. he remarked: I "That's old Bill Miner; you'll find he has the figure of a dancing girl tattooed on his left forearm." It turned out as he had said. Miner, or Anderson, has been sentenced to 20 years in the Georgia penitentiary, hut it is the firm conviction of Mr. Pinkerton that he will soon make a getaway, and Mr. Pinkerton knows Miner about as well as any one else. ( Should the prediction be correct, Miner will have to evade the officers - X_I__ __ i J 01 two countries, as tie is uuuci mc sentence for a train robbery in British Columbia. Remarkable Case. By way of illustration, Mr. Pinkerton related the interesting circumstances of the case of a former crook named Suttles, with whom he had extensive dealings. Suttles went from the Burlington Railroad to the Pinkerton force as a detective, and did fairly well as a sleuth until he turned a pretty good trick in an express robbery case, and officials of the express company wined and dined him until he was spoiled. Pinkerton could never get any more out of him after that, and subsequently let him go. i It wasn't long after that that the Southern Express company went to the Pinkerton agency in Chicago to trace down a robbeity at Meridian, Miss. The trick had been turned ; with a duplicate safe key. "I'll wager that fellow Suttles had something to do with it," was Mr. T> 1 X XZ ? ~.i. ^ JrlllKerLOll s uisi icmain. Investigation proved that Suttles and an old race-track tout had committed the robbery and divided the spoils, although the express people < were under the opinion that Suttles was assisting in hunting down the criminals. Not long after he had been convicted and sentenced Suttles escaped from the penitentiary at Jackson. "Some time after that I was in New Orleans," Mr. Pinkerton said, "when a race track tout I knew came to me > and told me he knew where there was a fellow I wanted. I guessed who it was, and replied, 'Well, I don't know < ' ; - ' ' ' . / ^ ' " / ^ ' ^ V' r CAUGHT WITH GOODS ON HIM. Inspector Makes Sensational Capture of Mail Clerk. Pittsburg, March 16.?Inspector M. George Craighead made a sensational leap through the general deliver}' window at the main office at 4 a. m. and caught Charles E. Francis, letter carrier, and one of Postmaster Davis's most trusted employees, with ithe goods. Craighead had been watching from a position overhead for several hours, and finally saw Francis make a movement that decided him to act. Slipping to the door of the main public corridor he squeezed his way through the delivery window, and going around a case laid hi$ hand on Francis's shoulder and asked: "What do you mean by opening those letters?" "What letters?" asked Francis, turning pale. m Before he had a chance to speak further Craighead shook him down and recovered seven letters, addressed to business houses, some of which, had been opened and the money contained in them taken. Charged with Firing Store. North, March 15.?J. F. Leysath, H. H. Leysath, brothers, and their clerk, R. L. Poole, were arrested here to-day and taken to jail at Orangeburg on the charge of having set fire to the store run by the two brothers, which was burned last night. Besides completely destroying the store occupied bytheLeysaths adjoining property was damaged and a large conflagration was threatened. Ttie omcer wno iook tne accused men to Orangeburg returned here this evening and it is learned from him that the men will be given a preliminary hearing on Friday. The arrests have caused a great deal of interest, not to say excitement in North, where the Leysath family is among the most prominent.' The father of the two men arrested is president of the local bank and is one of the wealthiest citizens of the community. Not a Word of Scandal marred the call of a neighbor on Mrs. W. P. Spangh, of Manville, Wyo., who said: "she told me Dr. King's New Life Pills had cured her of obstinate kidney trouble, and made her feel like a new woman." Easy, but sure remedy for stomach liver and kidney troubles. Only 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. that I want him, but perhaps the police would like to get him.' "However, I decided to look him up. This tout told me I had better take a gun, as the fellow was armed and was very desperate. 'That's all right,' I said, 'I guess I won't need it.' "I arranged it with a couple of officers, then I went off up the street and met Suttles in front of the hotel. He shoved a gun into my stomach as soon as I spoke to him, but I knew he wouldn't shoot. "A few minutes later the two officers came along, one of them seized his right arm and I hit him quick, knocking him down. "He was returned to the Mississippi penitentiary, and I warned the nta^nn tViot Ko Vi a ho+tor he rnrpfllT VY CLl UCU tuav ULV UUU MVObV* wv VM. or Suttles would get away. "Not long after that I received a letter from the warden stating that not only had Suttles got away, but he had taken one of the penitentiary guards along with him. "I replied, 'You may consider yourself lucky that he did not carry off the entire penitentiary.' " Sequel to the Story. Suttles went to Juneau, Alaska, and made money. Some time after that Mr. Pinkerton was in the West and met a man on a Pullman, who knew Suttles. "You might tell him it would be well for him to pay his debts," Mr. f aI/1 Vl 1 TTi ? lUIVClXUii IV/1U JLM-A III > The detective chief took one of his own cards and wrote on the back of it "M. J. OBrien." Mr. O'Brien was then president of the Southern Express company. Later Suttles wept to the Memphis headquarters of the Southern Express company, and asked for the exact figures as to the loss and expense to the company of the Meridian robbery, and paid the amount in full. Then he went to Jackson, Miss. He went straight to the governor and paid to the State, through him, $500, which had been paid as a reward for his capture, then he went to the warden of the penitentiary and surrendered himself. . The newspapers used the story, and so much sympathy for Suttles was aroused that he was soon pardoned. Suttles is now in the West, where he has made a fortune legitimately, and he is also taking care of the euard who helDed him escape from the penitentiary at Jackson. 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