The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, October 18, 1899, Image 1
OUTZS' TALE OF
Ousts Declares that tlioro is a Band of
Conspirators Working to Got Oomploto
Control of tho Dispensary for tkoir Own
Pecuniary and Political Advautago
Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts, who was recently
8U8pentled by tho Stato board of con
trol, and who has been connected with
tho State dispensary longer than any
othor man, has given to tho nowepu
pora tho following .
A CAUD TO TUE PUBLIC.
It scorns that the Augean stables
need cloansing. I aui no lioicu'cs, but
I can at least do a part of tho work. 1
have been uonncctod with the dispen
sary (or over six years. That 1 have
boon honest and fuithfil in tho dis
charge of my duties is proven by the
fact that when my enemies on tho
board of control wished to displace mo
tho only exeuso they could find for my re
moval was an allegation that I had viola
tod a rule of tho board,a rulo which two
members of the board assort was modi
tied to permit that which 1 was dischar
ged for doing. 1 am a strong believer In
the dispensary law, and have done all
in my power to make It a success, i I
still bellevo with Its administration In
tho hands of honest, pure and able
men it Is tho very best solution of the
liquor problom.
During my years of service in the
dispousary 1 havo seen a number of
things dono which I know were wrong.
Those 1 reported to members of the
board, who were 1 knew honost, able
and pure. Tk^y thojght, however,
that it was best to say nothing public
ly about tho wrong-doing until men
like thomselvcs wore a majority of the
board. They believed in the dlppen
sary and earnestly strovo to tnako it a
success. In their judgment tho dis
pensary could nut withstand tho effect
of such exposures, If its control was In
hands of the men against whom these
oxposures were made. They wanted
to save the law for tho great potential
good that was in lv. But as tho con
trary element has grown so confident
of Its power that it has gone to turning
honest men out of office at tho
dispensary, so as to (ill all places
with Its tools, thus facilitating
tho carrying of its plans, I deem it my
duty to maito public all 1 know, so as to
oxposo these men, deeming it hotter
that the dispensary should dlo than to
continue under their control, but hop
ing that tho elTect of my criticism will
bo to ?rivo such men out of the dispen
sary and place its management in the
hand:, of men abovo reproach. I make
this statement becauso I do not wish to
bo considered a sorehead or as exposing
things I condoned as long as 1 held of
fice.
1 stand ready and hereby olT.ir my
services to tho board in helping them
sift out all wrong doing of whatever
kind which exists, and help them placo
tho dispe nsary law where it should be,
abovo reproach, and to enforce its reg
ulations in accordance with law ami
conduct it in tho Interests of the pCo
plo, and not tho gang which now con
trols it. Very respectfully,
D* A. ?. Ouzts.
AN OPEN LETTER.
To tho Btato i'.oard of Control.
As I havo by a vote of a majority
of your mombors been donlod tho
hearing to which I had a right and
which 1 had oeen promised by your
chairman, I intond making my defonso
in tho public prints. At tho same time,
1 will go further and show tho char
acters of the men by whom I was so
summarily deposed, and of thoir follow
conspirators. I am deposed becauso 1
violated an order of the board of con
trol?an order which tho two honorable
members of tho board assert was modi
fled to permit tho very action which
was alleged as tho reason for my re
moval. I will show how members of
tho board, violate the disponsary law
and how employes at the dispensary,
who are pets of tho majority faction of
the board violate the board's orders
and are not oven roprimandod for their
misconduct. As tho majority faction
seems anxious to wash dirty linen, I
will first prove that mine Is clean and
then give them somo dirty linen of
tholr own to clean.
Now, first, as to my own linen.
Chairman Miles temporarily suspended
mo on charge of violating an order of
tho board by selling a bottle of gin at
the Stato dispensary and not immedi
ately reporting it to the shipping
clerk. Chairman Miles says ho per
sonally notified mo of the passage of
that order by the board. He did in
cidentally In tho course oLa .con,versa
tlon one raorrd
form
statoment Mr. Williams Introduced a
resolution, which was passed, whloh
Mr. Douthlt understood modified the
previous order aud permitted sales of
contraband at tho State disponsary,
provided they wero entered on tho
cominiat oner's potty cash book, and
invoiced at the end of the month to a
Columbia eilsp-na< r and tho cash re
ceived for them turned over to that
dispenser. Messrs. Boykln and Wil
liams, two members of the board, as
sert such a resolution was passed.
If the Williams resolution was meant
to accomplish any purpose at all it was
meant, to modify the rule forbidding
sales of contraband at tho State dis
pensary, yet us it appears on tho
minutes of tho hoard It is construed by
tho majority facttou to bo a mere ro
Hiriuniioii of that rule. II that con
struction bo accepted as correct, the
hoard was guilty of the absurdity of
twlco at ono meeting passing a resolu
tion pormltting tho commissioner to
do something which tho dispensury
law itself gavo h|m tho right to do
without any resolutions of tho hoard -
that is to send contraband to a dispen
ser for aale. As ^recorded, tho Wil
liams resolution permits salas of con
traband, " througlf tho regular chan
nels," which w >rdsChairman Miles ad
mits ho told Cierk *Wobb to add to the
resolutions, claiming it was an atncnel
mout which hud been udoptod, but
which Mr, Boykin,. who was In tho
chair whon the resolution wasndopted,
denies was ovor voted on by tho hoard.
1 do not bei love that at lirfct recorded,
tho Williams resolution had thoso
we rds attached to it. Tho wrltlug ot
thoso words In the mlnute book gives
evldonce that it was not done at tho
same time that tho body of the Wil
liams resolution . was pinned in that
record, because the sla-* A tho words
"through regular f*' ^nels," Indicate
that they wero writ-ton by a man sit
ting iu a dl?ercnttwoelilpu from that
Occupied when the father part of tho
Williams resolution- was written. 1
am satisfied that they wore added to
give color to tho contention that the
board had not given "permission for tho
sales of contraband, which the majority
faction decided to make as an excuse
for my removal.
The majority faction, which is plot
ting to get absolute control of the dis
pensary, tilling all positions with its
henchmen, had decided to removo all
employes who wero not subservient to
it. Tile*- did not intend to fully and
fairly investigate tho conduct of such
employes, but prcforred one-sided tes
timony. At the September moeting of
tho board Messrs. Haseldon and Wil
liams wero appointed to investigate
tho contraband room and its accounts.
Mr. Uuseldon vanted Mr. Williams to
meet him in Columbia on Wednesday
following tho adjournment of tho
boptember meeting of tho board. Mr.
Williams said he had important en
gagements up to and including Wed
nesday, but would meet Mr. Ifaseldcn
in Columbia tho day after Wednesday.
Thuy parted with tho understanding
that Mr. Haselden was to notify Mr.
Williams when to come to Columbia to
go to work on the investigation, which
he novcr did, but returned to Colum
bia before Wednesday and gavo to the
news papers a statemont that ho was
i*oiug?to Harris Springs. Mr. Wil
liams saw that statement in tho papers
and continued to wait for a notifica
tion when to come to Columbia. The
next tiling he saw was a statement
tha'u he had been supplanted on the
oommlttoo by Mr. Itoblnsou, without
notice to him.
It was then two of a kind and Mr.
Haselden was at liberty to proceed
with his ono-sided investigation.
Neither I nor Mr. Douthlt wero asked
for any explanation of tho charges
Qoncoctcd by this one-sided process.
' On the. night of tho 20th or 21st of
September T. C. Kobinson, who had
loosened his tongue with liquor, told
me in front of Huggins' sttiro, on Main
btreet, that "Haselden had set a trap
for Douthlt anel had caught him in it."
After aaking him' several times what
the trap was he said it was "in soiling
contraband lieiuor at tho Stato^dlspor
sary, and not having It ontered upon
the shipping clerk's book, as requlreel
by tho resolution of the board at the
last board meeting." Was tho trap, the
addition of tho words, "through (the
regular channels ?" Probably at the
time of that conversation Mr. Kobin
son did not know that Chief Conspira
tor Haseldon wantod my scalp also,
und.thoreforo, spoke as ?vstrong friend,
which he always claimed to bo, es
pecially sinco 18U0.
I and my relatives worked for and
carried Eu?efiold County for him aft:
tho cupdidate for State Superintendent
of Education. I3u' whoo Boss Hasel
den popped tho whip o/or his back ho
forgot his friendship und senso of ob
ligations to mc, ntid also forgot his
statement to me* after hearing my ex
planation of my sale of that bottle Of
gin, that he did not ?fco how I could
have done otherwise I than obey the
instruct ions of the corV.lssiouer, espe
cially us there was a ; A understanding
in tho board as to th>. Krr3 given tho
||^jamlssioncr. Ho ?^K jd me to ap
iM^^^the 1/ Hgul mako my
??Lj^WHuiotHyMiow
I
which u cutiiuaitteo was appointed ,to>
do, to Bookkeeper Mobley and Inspec
tor Moody and spent their time caucus
ing with Chairman MileB and the con
spirators. A caucus was hold in the
oflico of n State officer audit was de
cided to suspend me wlthoutgiviog me
any notico or asking me for any oxplu
oation of the charges against me.
This determination wob talked around
Columbia for nearly an hour before I
was notified of ray suupension ; a friend
of mine hcaiditat the uppor end of
Main street and walked down town to
a telephooo.and told me that tho gang
hud fixed to make it hot for mo.and to
do mo.
Tho day after my tomporary suspen
sion Chulrinan Miles gavo the nows
papers uq Interview which contained a
lie and u slanderous insinuation, whose
absoluto falsity he could havo easily
informodhlmsolf of. Ho said : "I did
not know until this morning that Com
migsionor . Douthit had boon doing tho
the game thing, cIbo 1 would havo sus
pended him along with Mr. Ouzte."
Tho afternoon before, that interview
was given out I told Mr'. Miles I had
made a nalo of contraband because my
superior officer, Commissioner Douthit,
bad made Buch aalen und instructed me
to do likewise, and I showed him on tho
book tho records of such sales by Mr.
Douthit. Aftor hearing what I had to
say on tho subject, Mr. Miles declined
to revoke ray tomporary suspeusion
then, but said ho would think It over
during the night and decide next
mi ruing, admitting that it looked hard
to suspend mo when I had no intent
to do wrong and thought I was dotyg
right in obeying tho orders of mj bu
porior ollieor. The morning aftor my
suspension ho wont to Sparlanburg..
When ho returned he aald, to Mis
Douthit: "If I had known when I
suspended Mr. OuztB what I knpw now.
1 would not have suspended him."
And yet tho old hypocrltoi after
admitting that ho had not treated rae
fairly, appealed to the members of the
board to confirm ray suspension und
thus confirm his action as a courtesy
du j him by tho membors of tho boardV
Tho slanderous Insinuation is his
statement "that tho money obtained
from th > aalo of contraband had been
propor ly turned ovor, so far ae ho
know." lie know it had boon properly
turned over, because I told him bo and
showed him the record.
There is another lie told by Mr.
Miles. He promised mo that I Bhould
be accorded a full hearing by tho board
before a voto was taken on tho motion
to make my Buapcnslon pormanent.
But tho voto was tukon without a
hearing being given me, though 1 waa
on hand wuiting for it. When I taxed
Mr. Milea with his porfidy ho at first
tried to deny huving mude such a
promise After l forced him to admit
it ho said, "Yes; but I forgot It."
Then ho returned to the board room
und said to tho board, "Mr. Ou/.ts
wanted a hearing but did not know it
was my pluco to get it. for him."
Whilo on tho question of Mr. Miles'
veracity, I might statu that he is u liur
by his own confession. I have heard
him feay on sevorul occasions : "I
huvo told more lies since l have been
on the board than in all ray life be
fore." I dare him to deny that ho
made this statement; if ho does l will
prove it on him.
In my cab^ Mr. Miles Is a great
stickler for strict obedience to the
rules of tho board, but hois more luxed
in other cases. 1 huvo shown that it is
very doubtful if there was such a rule
as was claimed l violated, but there
are other rules of tho board as to
which there Is no doubt and violations
of which have been reported to Mr.
Miles, chuirman, without any action
being taken by him.
Tho board pussed a rule forbidding
employes of tho dispensary to drink
on tho premises. Printed copies of
that rulo were posted all ovor the
building. Shipping Clork Black hud
been reported to Chairman MilcB time
and aguin for drinking and being
drunk und cursing in the disponsary,
against tho positive rule of tho board,
but ho has not even remonstrated with
JJluok, much has ausponded him. Yut
ho suspends mo without an Investiga
t on of the charge against mo.
By his position as chairman of'the
board, Mr. Miles was able toj^'fvo or
got the job of receiving cloffc for his
nophow, l<\ L. Mooro Yoang, of Clin
ton. Ono has only to refer to tho
bookB Young tries ttf keep to find his ut
ter unfitnoee for ti0 job. Young does not
know the multiplication table and could
not count a coyload of glass correctly if
his JJ.\S depended upon it. Tijno and
?gain ho has made gross errors in his
count of goods rocoivod at the dispen
sary, though his count waa rolled upon
to vorify tho invoices for which tho
dispensary paid.
Commissioner Douthit lfl a bonded
ottlcor. It is his duty to pay for goods
received at tho dispensary. If ho pays
for goods which havo not boen received,
his bond can bo sued for tho recovery
of tho money so paid. Naturally, Mr.
Douthit endeavored to make the re
volving clerk, whoso reports were the
Uuslu for his payments of goods re
ceived at tho disponsary, efficiently
J'ttirtftri" ii'iiiliUl"a TT" r?Portotl ft
Bpeaklng of retail Baits ai> the' ols
Eonsary, loss than three months ago
hairman Miles bought of himself and
sold to himself at the State dispensary
a half pint of alcohol, which he bought
it. the prlco to dispensers and not con
sumers, thus cheating tho town and
county out of their profits. Why doesn't
ho suspend hlmsolf ?
In Haseldou's and Uobiuson's report
of the Investigation made by Book
keeper Mobloy and Inspector Moody,
there arc no chargeB against me, and
fxo produced no proof against mo of
any wrong doing in his allidavitand
yot, when Mr. Uasoldon's report was
road and after Mr. Douthlt's removal,
he, Hasoldon, moved to mako my sus
pension permanent without hoarlug me
as he had promisod to do tho night
pofor;; ho mado tho report. lie volun
tarily told mo in the Columbia hotel
that ho had finished hlsroportand that
ho had not touched me in it nor had ho
any evidence of my wrong doing and
when my c:i e came up ho would piom
Ibo to hcBr mo and thon decide bow he
wou'd vote. Tho noxt moaning ho
moved to mako my suspension perma
nent without hearing my explanation.
When tho board adjourned for dinner
aftor voting to romovo Mr. Doutl.lt, I
taxed Hasoldon about his conduot in
going back on his promise about hear
ing mo and I mado him admit In Mr.
Boykln*8 presence that ho Bald ho toid
mo ho had no charges against me and
no evidenco of wrong doing and whon
I asked him to explain his aotlnn in
making a motion to permanently sus
pend mo, ho ;-aid : " I just done that
to bring tho mat?..r up ; I don't know
howl will vote-on It but will doclde
after hearing ycu." What do you call
Such double-dealing and sneaking eva
sion-?; Is It acting a Ho as well as toll
ing one '.' In gott ng.up his evidenco
tried to keon everything hid and wot 1
sneak 'around like ho was ashamed of
his dirty work and whon askod if he
wanted anything, or if anything could
be explained to him if ho did not un
derstand It, ho would say ho was not
looking for anything. Seemed to bo
afraid Mr. Douthit and I would find
I out what ho wus driving at and oxplain
i it bo ftilly to him that ho could not
havo the heart to distort it to mako it
fit his vile ends. Ho seems to hate jus
tice and with his pcrvorslon paralyzos
truth.
Mr. Hasolden now poses as condemn
ing retail sales at tho dispensary as
contrary to tho spirit of the dispensary
bill, but In March of this very year,
while Haselden was still chairman, ho
personally sold at the State dispensary
to a committee in charge of a banquet
to tho visiting Congressmen, cham
paign, whiskey, wino, rum and brandy
to the amount of $100.80, about the larg
est bill that was evor retailed at the
dispensary, selling to them at tho price
to dispensers and not to consumers,
thereby swindling tho town and county
out of their profits.
D. A. G. OUZTS.
DAN OUZTS' SECOND EPISTLE.
Ho Charjrcs That Haseltlort Taken
Gooil Caro <>r His Cousins 1'rniu
Marion?Some Figures l<Yom OIb
pensnry Kecords.
To the board of Control:
D. Sachs & Sons', of Louisville, Ky.,
first had John T. Gasten, ox-acting
Stato commissioner, as State striker,
striking tho boar? for orders for them.
I don't think Gaston was employed
directly by them, but by their drum
mer, lie was'paid for one or two pur
chases and their regular drummor,
Mr. Mlckle discharged Gaston during
tho mooting of the board. Gaston told
me that he immediately left Micklo's
?room in tho Joromo Hotel and went to
the board room and called Mr. M. K
Cooper, a member of tho State board,
out of tho room and told him of his
treatment; that Cooper wont back into
the board room und had the board to
countermand tho order for 2;"> barrels
of whiskey which had boon given to D.
Sachs & Sons.
Tho noxt movo Sachs & Sonc, or tholr
HriinTr^rJr-^rSL'VlP jgjtb local strikers
JtH& with young EvacisJ 7roTfr^arion7"TS4
eon: in of J. Dud ley Haselden, then tho
chairman of tho board. This young
man was scarcely 21 years old, and
novcr sold whiskey beforo, and knows
just about as much about travoling for
a whiskey houso as the averago coun
try youth, and they know nothing
about trade and commorco. lie could
never havo gotton tho job if had not
been related to tho chairman. Tho
strength of his pull and the amount of
his and Gaston's ordors amount to
$l?,f>80.?8. Thoso figures are from tho
books In the dlsponsary. Tho amount
may bo largor than this, bocauso all
Invoices may not havo been postod
when this amount was taken from the
books.
Hasoldon beggod tho board, like ho
bad boon Sachs & Sons' attornoy, to
got them to buy. Tho clork of tho
hoard seems to have, leaned In that
direction also, for he ontorod or gavo
out to tho newspapers a list of pur
chases containing 25 cases of Cape May
whl: key at the May meeting, 1890,
which tho board had bought. To got
him out of a hole and keep down hard
clings, ho board decided to buy the
which wero not nocdod, for
s plonty in stock ; as provod
oro was no occasion to
*sq until September
It Wae ordered shippud, with the un
derstanding that no lnoro would bo
bought and shipped direct from Pa
ducah to Stelling. Hut lator an order
came from Stelling for more of these
goods ; viz : 50 kogs 43 gallons euch,
which Colonel Vance, *hon commis
sioner, ordered from thorn, notwith
standing Stelling was to havo no more
shipped him direct from them.
Thon Mr. John W. Keller, one of the
firm, cams down, and Mr. Matthlos,
Stelling's partner, was hero to striko
for him ordors for tbolr whl?koy ; then
I tuo order wus given for thoir first ship
ment to tho Stato disponsary. Tho
uext month Koller and Matthles wore
hero again und ordorB wero given
them ugain. Somo Newport was
bought from thom and 'n order to
assist It in gotting out of .o Stato dlB
Eensury, so there would bo nono on
and at tho next mooting of tho board,
and moro would havo to do bought, tho
house, Friedman, Keller & Co., issued
a circular letter and sent to all the dis
pensuries, tolling them they would sond
thorn u silver bottlo with Newport
whiskey in it when thoy had ordered
as much as flvo casoS of Newport.
Grand schemo ! 01 dispensaries m tho
State, live timea 01 aro 455 casos?
quite a lot to pluco ovor tho Stato hud
ail tho disponaors beon taken in. Somo
of tho dispensers wanted tho silver
bottles, and ordorod Qvo cases, not
caring In what sizes, I pints, pints or
quarts wore sent, just bo thoy got tho
Qvo cascB which would entitle them to
tho sllvor boitlo. In throe or four
meetings of tho board Matthies bo
cumo so nauseating to thorn that
Friodman, Keller & Co., got no moro
ardors.
Matthies was kopt in Charleston,
and things not coming Fried nan,
Keiler & Co.'s way fast onough, Mr.
'-'?jilor stayed away a mooting or two.
Tho last mooting ho was hero boforo
ho appointed W. E. Blue, of Marion
County, unothor cousin of J. Dudley
Llasoldon, aud said he would got in
and get ordors from tho hoard if bo
had .to spend $500. I hoard him make
this stutomont. Mr. Blue was said to
bo general Southern agent, yot bo only
represented Friedman, Keller & Co.,
in South Carolina until tho board of
coutrol decided t? stop buying from
houses having local strikers. Mr. Blue
succoodod in getting some good orders,
and tho amount of his pull and that
of Matthies with J. Dudley Hasol
den, chairman, udvocuting orders
for him, amounts to 110,419, in orders
given.
Aftor tho hoard passed resolutions
excluding local strikers, Blue was
turned down by Friedman, Keller &
Co., and J. Dudloy Hasoldcn decided
that their liquor was not us good as
It was whllo Bluo was with thom. At
loust ho gave up udvocuting purchas
ing from Friedman, Keller & Co.,
and thoy havo gotten no moro ordors
since.
Ono would think two cousins from
tho sumo county was onough for ono
member of tho board of control to take
care of, but not ao for J. Dudloy Uasol
dcn, who, although not chulrman now,
wants to retain his pull, as shown by
tho fact of another cousin entering the
Hold. This ono is W. Boyd Evans, ex
private secretary to Govornor Ellerbe.
Just aftor tho death of Govornor
Ellorbo, and about tho time Evuns wub
leaving his office, a drummer by the
nume of Sprinkle came to Columbia to
a mooting of tho board. Sprinkle ro
presoutod tho Koidsvillo, N. C, Liquor
Co., and was corralled at tho tirst
mooting he attended by W. Boyd
Evans, who got a job with him and
upon Sprinkle's going boforo tho board
with Evans and tolling thom ho bad
employod EvanB to travel North and
South Carolina, an order was given
tho Koidsville Liquor Co. Thoy got
such a large order that they had some
difficulty in filling it ; did not fill it in
time to get another ut tho next board
mooting, but havo ooon given ordors
at ovory mooting sinco. If Evans ovor
traveled further for thom than from
Marion hero to Columbia it has novor
boon heard of. Boyd Evan's pull
amounts to $8,800 08 in ordors given,
Jjosidos Soptombor purchases. So
rnuoh"iorV^?klng euro of cousins.
Now, wT^ft about self? J. Dudloy
daaelden, did yous^ver make this re
mark, that you had liquidated $10,000
-in debts sinco you hud boon a mitober
of tho board P Your salary, according
to thq published roport of tho board,
was not $1,500.
You seem to condemn selling contra
band at tho State disponsary so strong
ly now. Why did you not atop It while
chairman P You Bald you tried and
wont so far as to threaton to discharge
somebody If it was not stopped ; this
you will not dony. At the samo time,
woro you not buying contraband your
solf ? Viz . I. W. Harper whiskey at a
dollar and oight conts per quart; tho
samo price charged to county dlspon
serL, and thus tho town and county
losing tholr profits, and not paying
cash but having It charged to your ac
count P When you would draw your
pay for attondanco hore'as chairman
at tho end of tho week, you would have
a bill made out for It, receipted, pay
ing for tho same. Not only this : did
you not havo full oasos of champagne
oponod in tho Stato disponsary, tjiko
out what yo ) wanted, and pay for it,
at prices charged tho county dlspun
sarleB? This you did while VictoV4
Bluo was horo, and you and ho drank
At in tho board room. J. Dudloy Hasel*.
IfWfffiflfrifl"1''' ollioial capacity as chair
of the bookkeepers to the Stato board,
did most of the work tho Hasoldon
contraband committee was appointed
to do, but still tho committee gets tho
$4 per day and mlloago just the same.
I iiuvo gono to the trouble to proparo
a comploto list of all merchandise,
which is whiskey, sold the two years
Colonel Vauco was commlssionor and
l lind, during Colonel Vance's lirst
yoar, whilo llasoldon was not a mumbor
of tho board, thero was sold, as enturod
upon tho potty cash book, $251. Tho
next year, under Haselden's adminis
tration as chairman, there was sold, as
cnten-d on potty cash book $833.66
worth ; nearly four times more than
when llaseldo was not on tho board,
and still he tried to stop it.
llasoldon, on July 9th, 1898, whilo
you wcro chairman, you bought con
traband whiskey to tho tune of $2, and
yet your tried to stop It. Again on
Novembor 10th, 1898, your bought con
traband I. W. Harpor whiskey and
champagne to the amount of $19.-11,
paying for both at tho end of tho woek
after you had dra?vn you pay and pay
ing for it less tho town and county
profits. Then again after the adjourn
ment of tho Legislature, you tele
phoned to the State d'sponsary to have
a case of Lanahan's XXXX Monoaga
hola ryo sent to you at tho Columbia
hotel to give to your friends among tho
legislators, and it not being sent to you
becauso Colonel Vance was not then at
tho building, you had to get a case
from Dispenser Cartlodgo and you
paid tho State dispensary for it, less
town and county profits,'and another
had to be given Cartlodgo without
charging it to him, to take tho place
of the one you got from him and paid
for at tho State d'sponsary, tho town
and county losing $1 8U profit by this
oporatlon, and this is tho way you
stopped it.
When Hon. William J. Bryan was at
Duo West, Haselden and Cooper wcro
in Columbia, a committee on building
tho now story on tho present dispen
sary. They both went to Due West,
and llasoldcn whilo there told tho
county treasurer of Grcenvillo county
that he, Haselden, would bo elected
chairman of the State board of control
and it would just suit him ; ho could
leave homo about night, aftor attend
ing to a whole day's work on tho farm,
and como to Columbia and got pay for
that day, and when ho went home his
train left early in the morning and he
could get home in time for breakfast
and get pay for that day and be at
home looking after his farm.
This arrangement enabled him to get
a whole week's pay for attending to
the duties as chairman of board and be
at home two days out of bix, attending
to his private business and yet bo paid
for his sorviccs not rendered here.
You said you lived a long ways ; your
mileage was 5 cents and you could
make enough out of that to pay your
expenses.
J. Du?ley I In-eld en betakes himself
and a bookkeeper to Charleston to got
allidavits from dispensers there about
the conduct and management of tho
dispensaries bore in Columbia. Why
don't he commence nearor homo and
get allidavits from dispensers at Dillon
and Marlon as to wby thoy order Cape
May and Goldon Grain and other
whiskies which are sold by houses his
various cousin liquor drummers repre
sent P
Thero is a resolution of tho board of
long stauding forbidding whiskey
drummers or their houses from trying
to Induco dieponBers to order goods
sold by them, and it would be well for
the board to Investigate this matter
and see if tho resolution has been
broken : apply the remedy prescribed,
stop buying from such houses which
violate it ; then these violators woald
have to got othor bouses.
D. A. G. Ou/.ts.
Had Already Thought the Mat
ter OVKlt.?Senator I'omeroy used to
tell of a local preacher in Kansas who
had forced himself upon tho stump
after Lincoln's second nomination and
who demanded recognition of tho party
for his sorviccs during tho campaign.
Ho said ho would Uko to bo sont as
minister plenipotentiary to England or
FltsnCa, and when told that is was Im
possible, insisted on being appointed
consul to Liverpool, binding that
tho "powers that bo" considered
.that equally preposterous, ho was
q ute OmflS?fid what ho consl
d rod a lack of ?ppVpciiitlon of his sor
vwo in a State that n'oHrfwS-Pould
have turnod against tho Hepubllcahbr
Finally, Senator I'omeroy said to him :
" I'm going to Washington in about
two weeks' time?think tho matter
ovor, and if you should light on some
thing In raasou, I'll aid you In getting
it. In ton days ho callod on tho Sena
tor again, his head still away up In tho
clouds, and boing assured of tho im
possibility of gottlng what ho thought
was about his duo, Bali :
" Senator, can't you think of somo
placo that would suit mo
" Yes," said I'omeroy, " I'vo thought
of a placo that would suit you and that
you would suit, and that there Is a pos
sibility of gottlng for your. U'b at. In
dian agoncy."
" An Indian agency ? What's thatV"
queried tho preacher.
Well, you aro to look aftor tho wol
faro of our rod bro.thors and boo that
their supplies aro proporly and hon
estly dolivorod to thorn.'
"What is it worth V"
THE TRANS VAAJL'S
ULTIMATUM.
DEFYING A UHU/VT KMIMIUC.
The Boors Demand that British
Troops Bo Withdraw n and a i;(>
to mil Ih Declaration of Wm
Tho ultimatum of tbu Transvaal
government to Groat Britain was sent
to London on tho lUth lnst., and con
tains the following :
" Ii6r majesty's unlawful Interven
tion in tho Internal atTuirB of this re
public in conflict with tho London con
vention of 1884, by the extraordinary
strengthening of her troops of this
republic has caused un intolerable con
dition of things to arise, to whloh this
government feels itself obliged, in the
interest not only of this republic, but
ulso of all South Africa, to make an
end us soon as possible : und this gov
ernment feels Itself culled upon und
obliged to press earnestly, anl with
emphasis for an immodiuto termina
tion of tills state of things uud to re
quest hor majesty's government to
give ussurances upon the following
four demands :
" First?That all points of mutual
difference bo regulated by friendly re
course to arbitration or by whatever
amicuble way may bo agreed upon by
this government uud her mujesty's
government.
" Second?That ull troops on tho bor
dors of this republic shail be instantly
withdraw n.
" Third?That ull reinforcements of
troops which huvo : *r5w?d in Smith
Afrlcu since Juno 1, 1800, shall bore
moved from South Africa within u
rousonublo time as agreed upon with
this government und with the mutual
assurunce and guarantee on the pun of
this government that no attack upon
or hostilities uguinst any portion of
the possessions of tho British govern
ment shall be uiudo by this republic
during tins further negotiations, with
iu a period of time to bo subsequently
agreed upon betweon the governments:
and this government will, on com
pliance therewith, be prepared to with
druw the armed burghers of this re
public from the borders.
Fourth?That her majesty's troops
which uro now on tho high seas shall
not be lauded in any part of South
Africa."
1'0 these demands is appended the
definition of the time limit for u reply:
" This government prossos for an im
mediate and affirmative answer to these
four quostions and eurnestly requosts
her majesty's government to return
an ausvvor before or upon Wednes
day, October 11th, 1809, not later than
5 o'clock p. m.
" It dcBlrcs further to add that in
tho unexpected event of un uuswer not
satisfactory being received by it v'th
In tho Interval, it will with grout re
gret be compelled to regard the action
of her majesty's government us a
formal declurution of war, und will not
hold itself responsible for tho conse
quences thereof, and that in the event
of uny further movement of troops oc
curring within tho nbovo mentioned
time in u nearer direction to our bor
ders, this government will be com
pelled to rcgtttd that also a formal de
claration of war."
The points at issuo in South Africa
and whut has brought about a condi
tion of war urecoutulned in tho follow
ing summary :
First. Oreut Brituln claims suze
rainty over tho Trunsvuul under the
terms of the convention of 1881. The
Boers dispute the claim, invoking the
convention of 1881, In which the term
"suzerainty" does not appear.
Second. Great Britain demands in
creased facilities for naturalization of
( Uutlandors. At present Outlanders
' desirous of nuturuli/.ution must take
un oath renouncing nllogiance to their
former government, und then, ufter 12
years' residence, provided they have
the affirmative vote of three-fourths of
tho burghers In their district, they be
come citizens of tho South African
Republic. The Boors ut one point of
tho negotiations olTercd to reduco tho
probutlonury term to live years, but
the lntest udvlcos uro that thoy now
stick out for soven vcars.
Third. Great Brituin demands for
the Outlandeis a sharo In the election
of tho president und increased repre
sentation for tho gold fields. Tho
Boors say thoy uro willing to concede
these point, but under conditions
which tho British claim are likely to
muko tho concessions illusory. Tha
Britto*! V.- "foment wants to b?v
this matter thoVufi?tiiy '
as to insure tho Outlun
tho substanco, and no'
ehadow, of their doma
: peei. Groat Britai
such an examination
as a precedent for
internal affairs
which tho Boor:
caso.
Montaguo T
tho South Ai
closed tho
hoart and on gonoral principe. "TTST-^
stopping to count the cost of war.
Mr. Whltocitcd tho Isandl wkatra u
sacro as an Instance of such a (hange
in British opinion. He then wjnt on
to say :
"I suppose there can bo only ono
ultimate rosult of tho hostilities, As
to the duration of tho war I am not
ablo to venture a guess. It woms to
mo a matter of the prroatosi uncer
tainty. I hear that Groat Britain will
not begin tho wiping out pro.vyg until
December. In the moantiiucw? shall
sco what wo shall soo.
"I have received no special Instruc
tion- or nows from tho TranSTku dur
ing tho last forty-eight hours, aud~ 1
expect none, having long age received
diroetions as to the course for me to
take when matters rouohod this stage.
I shall romain on the continent, and if
anything further can bo don,, m tho
.atoro8t of my government, 1 shall, of
course, endeavor to do it, although
thero Bcoms nothing left but to light
it out to tho bitter, unjust end."
Mr. Whlto scorned muoh distressed
ovor the. rupturo and evidently ii d not
entertain tho loast hope of Hour suc
cess. Ho said tho'Transvaie ,i,;oncy
In Brussels would bo continued ;w tho
European headquarters of the govern*
merit.
Mr. White's reforonoo to tho ldand\
whama massacre Is an allusio n to tho at
tack made on January 22, 185U, by some
15,000 Zulus upon tho British camp at
Isandula, or Isandlwhama, about tun
miles from Uorko's drif*. ?o tho
Tugela. Five companies of the Twonty
fourth regiment, with C'olonol Durn
fewlt^jileUt. rvu l'.il^olno aivL-Othor^
ofllcorsj wenS^nlassacrCuTtrieBrltieh
total loss being about Two thous
and Zulus aro said to have been killed.
AN AKMOKK? TRAIN VIKKI) UPON.
The lirst act of war far n took placo
on the 13th inst., when tho Boers at
tacked and destroyed an armored train
of the British at Kraaipan. Captain
Ncsbltt, who was in command of the
train, was warned at Marlbogo that
tho Boers held tho line. He replied
that he was bound to proceed. Near
ing Kraaipan, the train dashed into a
culvert that had boon blown up by the
Boors, who were lying in wait for tho
train. Tho Boer artillery immediate
ly opened lire and a dosporate light ap
pears to have ensued, lasting four
hours, with tho odds greatly against
the British. The precise details aro
uncertain.
It seems, however, that a poliuo pa
trol, attracted by tho tiring, approach- ..
ed within about two thousand yams of
Kraaipan, saw the train ditched, with
tho Boer artillery still pounding at It,
but noticeil no response, Tue Boers
seemed afraid to approach until tho
wreck was complete ; and the police
patrol feared, as thero was ho sign of
life near the train, that the ontiru
force had perished in a desperate at
tompt to get tho train back to Mafok
insr, where they knew it was anxiously
awaited with its load of guns and am
munition.
It la reported that tad' Boors lost
heavily, but there Is no means of vorl
fylng this. Two miles ofrails were
torn up. ?*?
T11K MAN WHO 1STOCRUS1I THE IJOEUS.
The British government has made a
deliberate choice in sending a (it tool
to crush the Boer:., with a full know
ledge of his oharaotor and capacity,
and he appreciates the task he is ex
pected to perform. Gen. Sir RedVers
Duller, the commandor-ln-ohlof of tho
British forces in the Transvaal, has
already embarked ior South Africa,
and is to have an undisturbed and
absolute control ol the campaign.
Two months ago the secretary of
state for war, the Marquis of Lans
downo, otTored l?ulier command of tho
projootod army corps. Sir Ucdvors
gave a point blank refusal unless tho
war ollico would guarantee him be
tween 00,000 and 70,Oou men. Ho said
thai if lie were; to go it must be on the
distinct understanding that he c?uld
select his own statt and would bo en
tirely unintorfered with by the war
ollico.
His request regarding the stall", It Is
said, was prompted by his suspicion
that Lord Woisley would attempt to
pay oil old scores by foisting upon him
stall olllcora antagonistic to him. LordV
Lansdownc demurred, but the strengen/
man prevailed and Bullcr, having
gained all the points he coveted, ac
cepted toe supreme eoinuuiml^^^^^ral
freely 1 ma im fcalssftfff
that^d^raM