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ESTAB1LISIHED 18605. NEWBERRY, S. C., FR1ID)AY, OCTOBW1R 2(, 189R WC EI ~( J
IR. SL1Ull's srATEnENT.
llp :rstkers i St+ttomont,I l Os itply to sir.
Ktoltt in Ite;garci to the Allil1neo
watrol suito.
Editor Herald and News: On the
8th ultimo I attended the annual
meeting of the Mtockholdors of the
Alliance Warehouse Comnpany. There
worn present at said meeting not
more than four or five stockholders
who were not directors of the board,
and a quorum of stock was not rep.
resented. I (lid not raise th ques
tion of a quorum, but, moved to elect
the directors then serving.
I stated to the meeting that the
reasons which ainde the Alliance
V-"bouso a necessity no longer ex.
isted, and that as I had boon instru
mental in getting many to subscribe
to the stock of snid company, that I
felt it to bo my duty while living to
get back for them as much of their
money ats was possiblo under the cir
cumstances, and that to this end that
I had gone out and found a party
who was willng to purchase this
property at fifty cents on the dollar,
but that said party did not want his
name known for the present.
This, I stated, (lid not mean an ab
solute sale of this property, but that
it was to pus the ball in motion. I
further stated that I would, through
the county papers, ask stockholders
to correspond with me on the subject.
R. T. C. Hunter was in the chair
and suggested that before doing this
it might bo botter to call another
meeting of the stockholders. I agred
to this, with tho distinct understand
ing that the notice should be pub
lished in the county papers, and that
in the notice two special points should
be montioned, viz: that the proposi.
tion to sell wt)s for cash, and that
all stock should hbe representod either
in person or by written proxy. Mr.
Hunter asked me to write a resolu
tion covering those points, and if
adopted it should be published.
This I did, and the res(,lltion was
adopted. Mr. Hunter handed the
resolution to Mr. Keitl, with the ro
quest that he have the same published.
Hero is a certified copy of the resolu
tions:
Resolved, That a meeting of the
stockholders of the Alliance Ware
house Company of Newborry County
be called by the Prosident of Stock
holders' meeting to mut at Pros
pority, S. C., on the 22nd of Septem
ber, 1899, to consider proposition for
sale of the w arehouse, the same being
a proposition to sell for cash.
Resolved, That all stockholders
are earnectly urged to attend said
meeting, either in person or by proxy,
and if by proxy, the same shall be in
writing, signed by the person or alli
ance holding the stock.
If tho resolutions had had the
small pox the notice would not have
caught it.
Not one word about cash, or how
stock should be reprosentd-no one
urged to atttend and nothing pub
lished that would lead the stock
holders to believe that business was
meant and a sale* of the property
would be offered.
*The. President, Mr. Hunter, an
nounced to the meeting on the 22nd
ultimo, that wvhen he saw this notice
in the paper lhe was astonished, as
lie looked for the resolution itself to
be p)ublished.
Now wvhy did Mr Keitt act in this
way? Was he afraid that a cash
bid would bring out a large number
of stockholders, and many 'proxies
put in legal shape, so they could bo
voted? He said to the meeting that
it was mere carelessness on his part
-that he really had not given the
matter a thought. how very thin!
Now bear in mind that this sane
secretary positively refused to fur
nish me a list of tihe names of the
stockholders, evidently with a view
to keep me from writing to them.
Put the perversion of the resolution
along by the side of this refusal and
you wvill understand wvhy Mr. Keitt
acted as he did, and lie should make
no further denial of a fact so plainly
to be seen. It is bad enough to do
wrong, but worso perhaps to hunt up
a shabby pretext for it. Ho took
good care to have every share of
stock that would go his way repro.
sented. While en this question, I
wish to state that if Mr. Keitt had
not been a membeor of the board, I
would have laid the proposition of
selling the warehouse before the
board and aisked theum to wvork with
me. But, knowing Mr. Keitt as I do,
I foresaw that he b)einlg the only
stockholder that is making ainything
otof the business and being fully
bein having his own way that
nothi1i w~hatever could be accora
plished.
Of my own - ord, I ragreed if the
resolutions Offere~ by me were pub.
lished I would entiroNl . be governed
by the action taken at th stoskhold
ers' meeting. Now, the cry first
thing I did was to call the. aention
6P the meeting to this desiga o1 Mr.
Keitt's part to tie my hands, decla(r
boen complied with, that every pron
ise mado by m1 at the pro
violls meeting, was n1ll 11and void,
and that I should go on with my
first intention, asking stockholders
to soll their stock to ie, with tho
proviso that if i btter bid was ob.
tained up to a certain date, that I
would release them from every obli
gation' to sol to m1o.
I think it will 1e generally con.
coded that I could I"avo carried
every point throughout the meeting,
as 1 did during tho timo I romaiuned,
but when it camo11 to a question of
solling the proporty, it would have
been inconlistoit in 1m1e to have
pressed the matter to a vote, and my
idea was that the sovorest rebuke
that could be given to the bossism
of Mr. Keitt was to withdraw from
the meeting, and as the result show
ed it did not take this long to bear
fruit.
1 gave notice that I would ask for
the appointmont of a committee of
stockholders to examine the books of
the socretary and treasurer. Mr.
Koitt roso and declared with wrath
that such a committee should never
seo his books. Why iot se0 his books,
the books of the, company of which
ho is an officer and servant? Why
not? Ho protends now that I am
working against the interests of th
stockholders, andc that lie as their
friend and protector is warding off
the blow that I ain trying to give
them.
Has not any man a right to make
a bid on property, which Mr. Keitt
himself says, is for sale? Have I
gone behind the door to conceal any
thing I have said or dono :' Am I
trying to fool tho stockholders and
make money out thoui ? Such ac
cusations are absolutely false. Have
L not made the effort to have stock
holders and directors to get up a bet
ter bid than mine?
Mr. Keitt says that my bid is at a
value of about 30 per cent. of the
money expended for the property.
Lot, us see how this is. He has count
ed up from his sealed book and told
us that there wore four hundred
and fifty-six shares of stock issued
and nearly one hundred dollars paid
in by stockholders on the assessment
made on stock Four hundred and
fifty-six shares at $2.50 pershale givcs
$1,140.00, and this, with one half
of the amount raised by assessment,
would make the whole amount about
$1,200.00. And then $1,200.00 is
only 30 per cent. of the amount ex
pended for the property, which
would make the cost of the property
about $4,000.00. Who, I ask, be
lieves this wonderful story? I do
not, ' because I know it is not true.
Is there another director or stock
holder that would give out such an
absurd statement. But Mr. Keitt's
books are sealed from the stockhold.
ors and maybe he has down the $4,
000.00.
In conclusion for this week, I pro
nounce it as being absolutely false
that I am to make money out of this
transaction. At both of the stock
holders meetings Mr. Keift tried to
put words in my mouth concerning
this matter, and 1he went so far
wvith it that Mr. Hunter stopped him
and told him that he was misrepre
sentinlg me1.
No promise, no offer has ever been
made me to pay me for my trouble
and I will not acccpt one cent as pay
or as a present if it should be offered
me. It has taken me an hlalf a cen
tury to establish a reputation for
honesty and fair dealing. I have
served as pastor a congregation of
christian men and women for thirty
four years, and the people of the
county have honored and trusted
me time and again and it would be a
very silly- act on my part to sell my
good namue at any p)rice. I know
that the majority of the people can
never be made to believe any such an
un reasonable story and my enemies I
think will give me credit for having
more sense than to permit such a
silly act. J. A. SLIoH.
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Signature
o?
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Fair all branches of industry, in
cluding live stock, have been greatly
improved.
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Signature
of
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the State Fair have been greatly in..
creased; and competition will be
sharp. lBe sure to get a premium
list at once.
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CHRONICLE OF COUSINS.
O' I'8 CONTINUES Iils l VIvLA'IlON,
OF I'll : uS,l1'Sl'NSA ItY.
IVaVy to Sill Liqi uor-(it . ('1t1r II,of some
b1)(dy to U utim-A Chnthrlmrloa VIo C ra
c'eled ti aS0,000 Debt lin
IIrlef TImne
(Special to Groenvillo News.
Columbia, S. C., Oclobor 18.
I). A. G. Ouzts han given out chap.
ter two of his Htatemnint. It doals
with Chairnmin Ilasoldon anost, en
tiroly, and Ouzta says there will be
Dthor chapters to follow for several
days. Ho starts out by saying:
"I). Sachs & Sons, of Louisvillo,
Ky., first had John T. Gaston, ex
scting Stato commissioner, its State
strikor, striking the board for orders
for them. Ho was paid for one or
Lwo purposes, and their regular drum
nor, Micklo, dischargod Gaston dur
ing the meeting of the board. Gas
Lon told me that ho imtiiediately left
Micklo's room in the Jorono hotel
ind went. to the board room and
alled Mr. Cooper, member of the
Stato board, out, and told him of his
treatment. Cooper went back into
Lho board room and had the board to
countormand the order for twenty
live barrols of whiskey which had
been given to D. Sachs & Sons.
The next deal Sachs & Sons or
Lheir drummer made with local strik
Drs was with young Evans, a cousin
f J. Dudley Hasoldon, then chair
man of the board. This young man
was scarcely 21 ) ears old and had
never sold whiskey before and knows
just about as much about traveling
for a wholesale house as the average
country youth, and they know noth
ing about trade and commerce. Ho
could never have gotten a job if he
bad not been related to the chairman.
The strength of his pull may be
judged by the amount of his and
(Iaston's orders which amount to
.16,580.98. The amount may be
larger than this because all the in
voices may not have boon posted
when this amount was taken from
the books."
Onzts says liquors were ordered
from Sachs as needed. Then he
takes up Friedman, Koller & Co.,
who fought the dispensary law and
had an opposition store and shows
how they worked through Matthias,
of Charleston, and then employed
W. E. Blue, another cousin of Hasel
don. Mr. Blue succeeded in getting
some good orders and the amount of
his pull and that of Matthias with J.
Dtidley Haselden, chairman, advo
eating orders for him, amounts to
$19,419 in orders given.
After the board p)assod rosolutions
excluding local strikers, Blue was
turned down by Friedman, Keller &
Co , and J. Dudley H-asolden decided
that the liquor was not as good as it
was while Blue was with them. At
least he gave up purchasing from
Friedman, Keller & Co. and they
have gotten no miore oIrders since.
"Just after the death of Governor
Ellerbe and about the time Bloyd
Evans wvas leaving his oitico a drum
mer came to Columbia to a meeting~
of the board. Sprinkler represented
the Rfeidsville, N. C., Liquor comn
pany and was corralled at the first
meeting he attendedl b)y WV. Boyd
Evans, wvho got a job with him, and
upon Sprinkler's going before the
board with Evans and telling themr
he had employed Evane to travel
North and South Carolina an order
was givern the Rfeidsvillo Liquor com-.
pany. They got such a largo ordor
that they had some difieulty in fill.
ing it -did not fill it in time to gel
another at the next board meeting
but have been given orders at every
meeting since. If Evans ever trav
eled further fer them than fromr
Marion here to Columbia it has nover
been heard of. lBoyd Evans's pull
amounts to $8,800-08 in orders given,
besides the September purchases. Sc
much for taking care of cousins.
"Now, what about yourself? J.
Dudley Haseld en, did you ever make
this remark, that you had liquidated
$10,000 in debts sine you had beer
a member of the board P Your salary,
according to the published report of
the board, was not $1,500. Besidet
these three cousin lignor drummers
and before them, . nudley Hnol
donl lhats his brother. III law elected
ono of tho insIectors, who hell his
job soveral m11onlt hts, resigiied and
went back to colht'~e. Aft1r this
J. C. Moody, auoti r cui,sin fromt
J1arion county, was !ivenl the inipe'c.
tion job. IHo is still connected with
It'm dispenslry. I t h a1s b)eon t1ss'rted
tlat Stolling was given it j'l 1is dis.
penosr in C'hirlestoi becailso \1. R.
Cooper need1Ied his influence in tho
city to lelp him in his race for Secro.
tary of State. .1. 1). Percival was
also given It dispiiser's jo)b in Clhatr
lstou about I h 5an1110 t imit. Stollintg
was finally aillowet to runl it <tispon
sary against Ithe vote of Mr. Douthit
and Mr. Williams and tiley hal him
held up for thirty dat s and tried to
provelt Stolling frofm1 runnrg a
whlolosalo dlispeonsary.
Onzts says lIasehlien bought it c11so
of liquor for tlie h-gislators and paid
for it. at wholesale prices,. Io says
luseldon charged i ) for services not
earned; that he piys loul)ie in the
beor priviloge matt or.
Friedman, Kollar & Co. olfored sil
ver flasks for orders of fivo cases of
case goods and got the orders.
Ouzts asks Iaiseldon: "At tho
same time wore you not buying con
trtband yourself ? viz: 1. W. liarper
whiskey at It dollar 1111d tight cents
per ctuart, tihe samuo price charged to
count ' dispensors anld thus Ihe town
and(1 county losing their prolitk, aind
not pay ing cash but having it chargod
to your account? When you would
draw your pay for attenlanco hero
as Ciiitii man at. the end of tho week,
you would have a bill ladlo out for
it atnd receipted, paying for the same.
Not only this; dil you not. live full
cass of champagno oponled in the
State dispensa ry, tIake out, what you
wanted ind piy for it, it prices
charged at county di::pensary ? This
you did whilo Victor Bluo wits here,
and you and ho drank it in the board
room."
COO'Eli, VANC, AND WEnl-MORE Ds
'ENSARY OFFICIALS sTUDIED BY
- OUzTS--MAKINCl DRUMMEIiS.
FIIENDs OFFicIALs
IAVORRED.
(Special to Greenville News.)
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 14.--The fol
lowing is the thil d chaptor of the dis
pensary revolations of 1). A. G.
Onzts:
"Just after M. R. Cooper's eloc
tion to the oflice of Secretary of
State, he rented his farm to one Mr.
Gibson who blossomed out as a
whiskey drummer, representing the
Yadkin Valley company, of North
Carolina. Hie came, he saw, iand
through Mr. Coopor's influence he
conquered the board and got an or
der which wvas sipped after so long
a time. Don't see wvhy the hoard
should buy from them, when the cont
stab)les in Charlest.on and1( other parts
of the stato were seizifng a lot of the
Yadkin Valley Liquor Co.'s whiskey;
besides, the sample b)ottle wits so
droggy that it was unfit to soil. Mr.
Cooper's attent.ion wais called t~o this,
but lie hesitated ntot and( the pur
chase was maudo. Th'le nexL mooetifng
Mr. Gibson was back again and got
an order for 100 barrels of corn for
them. It was ordered shipped, but
the Yadkin Valley Liquor Co., must
have been doing such a rushing bus
iness with the blind tigers that they
did not hatve time to attend( to the
dispensary order, or they could not
supply tho domand, for they never
shipped the 100 barrels. The board
caincoledl tis order aift.or waiting
about sixty daiys for the shtipment.
By the whiskey not boing shipped
the dispensary ran short of corn
whiskey for a fowv days. WVhon the
Yadkin Valley Liquor company
could not or wvould not longer fill
orders, Mr. Gibson, Mr. M. RI. Coop.
er's tenant liquor (druimmter, besought
another- house, and found one in
about the same category as the Yad
kin'Valley Liquor company. I re
fer to Bornhlm Bros., of Louisville,
Ky. lie represented them and got
an order for 25 barrels of rye whis
key. Soon ter this order was given
Mr. Cooper wvent into the Secretary
of State's ofico and left the board,
and Mr. Gibson went "dlown on the
farm," The purchases of the Yad
kin Valley Liquor companty amount
to $2,488.40; pummhased from Bn.
holml Bros., I, l.il; total, 1,.
2' l .2 I.
"Diuring; tho camllpiin lat't yeartl
atd just le'oro h p i ritimry l-t-ill
Mr. (oolor hadl ('ol. \ince to de
liver to John TP. (Jitstoi -om1o w li"l
key wh"liebl lho ipaid for after his iom
iniition and for whtich heo was givon
a recoip ted bill; siome was lippeul
by express just beforo tho pr1imairy
elect0io to on of M1 r. Cooper's
frieids, and it was paid for after
wa"ird and at recvipited bill given to
limtt from the Stato dlispensary; these
p1urcliases were billed out less Iho
co lluty Itol its. 'T'ho dis1polnse'rs inl
(iharli";on woro gi ven iiistlruotionls
by Mr. Cooper, whilo bo was ia mon
bor of the board, to ship black any
whisloy they received which they
did not ordor. \Vhen tlho Slato
board w\ould iy a iew brand, they
wcould have a case sent out ito vari.
oils dispelsers for trial to see how it
would take. Nir. A. L. Uunn, rep
resent ing S. ( ialdfoler & ('o,
waitiing to increaise the denand for
American Malt, wainte d somo soInt. to
Charleston, and on hearing of 2tir.
Cooper's instructions to t he Charles
ton dispensaries applied to him in
my p1rosence, in roomtl I I in the Co
lumbia lwtol, to haive sveratl cases
siillpod to the ('Iiirlestonl dispon
saries. Mr. Coo1per gritated his re
quest, and told 1o1 to have somte sent
to several dispensaries, ilaiming thie,
and remarking afterward that the
Charleston people were a tet, of
damned cowards and they would soll
it if told ho had sent it to then; for
me to toll Col. V'ance to writo to
them he had it sent and for them to
soll it. '1'hat the Charleston dispon
saries know bettor than not to try
and soll after he told them to. All
one would have to do w11. to curso
them and they would crilgo to
themu. 'I'The whiiskoy was shipped
and they never complained.
"Capt. B. C. Webb last. May,
while at, the Confedorato reunion in
Charleston, wilfully violated a posi
tive order of the board of control in
not making Costello, the operator of
J. St. Julion Yates's beer privilego,
close up on the first of the month as
directed by the board, but graciously
extended the time to tho 20th, thus
giving him, Costello, time and op.
portunity to got dooper in debt to
the State in his royalty than he was
already. His indobtedness thon wii
$17.50. Captain Wobb is clerk of
tho board and koeps minutos and
there was no excuse for his not know
ing the board's wishes, yet he can
override t hem and defy them and(
show favoritism to a beer pirivilego
holdo1r whlo wats lreadOl(' behind
in his accounts to the ma te. Theli
Stat.o loses anid Captain \Vobb is
niot even censured much less sos
p)en ded.
'"Mr. D)outhIiit and (iCarman ilos
were here in Columbia at thle time
Captain Webb was in Charleston
giving Costello, J. St. J1uilion Yaitos'
tenant, b)eer privilege hiolter aind
op)erator, permission to run on1 lie
20th and Mr. D)outhiit anad Chuairmnin
Miles telegraphing him (Costello) to
close up on t lie first asM t lhe board had1
palssed( resolutions closing him up.
Costello p)aid no aittenit ion .1 o iho com
missIoner or chiiirman, but took
Webb's perm issioni as hiis atlhorit.y
and ran on to the 20thI. Chatirmalln
M iles did niot suspend Webb for dis
obedience of the hoard's orders. Why
didn't he Y' Webb not only violated
lie orde(rs of thle hoard, but acted in
opien defianice of the rules andic Chair
man Miles' instruct ions. Cosutel lo
was behind on the first of May
$1 75.50, and( by runn aing to May
20th lhe got, further bohind $112.50,
making in all a total loss of $288.
Webb defied thle board and thle Stato
lost $11 2.0 mt loro by his de(fianco
and( lie is niot suspended. J, with
out, any initent to v'iolaito a doubt
fuil rule the State wasl SI better
off', anud I ami suspended. Why
should there be such ai discrimination
made?
* * *
Here the writer tolls of two trans
actions in one of wvhiich lie recovered
for the State part of some money adl
vanced to ai distiller named Hiamp
ton, near Liandrum-'s, to pay revenue
taxes and( which the board had neg
lected t.o neen fr- If-pon le
ayVo, yet Owes tiho Stato w01)t andt([
l iides lw1d on to ;a k selit imu for
corni which hit promiI'tl to shlip in
art Il y nit't. li tInt' latter cat'
Ir. Onl.:s says hot git ): tll uI1 t he
tatti by tht' (i re)r;ia lirewiig ('o,
tince ('oniiissionrI' tlixonl's tiimlt for
('mty becr bout(1. -
Ito tionl goes oI to recite t ho
ietho Is of (ptain \\'ebb, clerk of
the board, whi', ho satys, works livtt
hours at daly for I'1,' a mont(h, tak('s
i week off in evervy tonlh to visit
('hath'rlo mad s'teadily drinik" about
(lt di, snsay buildin+; inl \iolatlioni
of (it' p)rinted rule foIbi,bi anl y
drinkhin; (tero ist(dt oVt-r his ownl
sigiturat'. It adds that lIt'tiin
W\'bb lobb.it's for -shipmentlk by tn,
S. C. & (l. IZ. I. been isit it. iVes himo
a pass.
.1Ht noxt tillrns his attention to Col.
S. \\'. Viie. ('olonel \'une, ho
slys, lilts givel .1. ('. 1)orn for nlothl
ing diSponsllry stabhlo mianurt' for
whiebh W. A. C.Ir k hmd oIYorred II),
Dorn lavinlg 5(ontm. tho colon'll'l lit((
)rve. ts of tilk, hit t(r, ('tc. II,'
furtIior 1 cuscs (Coloni \'lino of
laking dispensary packing boxvn and
Col to his owi houlso in disipelsarr
wagolis without paying any(hin"g und
of later keeping himself suppl)lei'd
with coal from tho dispensar'y sto ck,
paving for it ait th t)rice th1'Kt It at
buys it for ill I(Iih) tOn lots anditl Ia1v
ing it llliuld in disp('nlsary waigons
fr('. Colonel \anlce, ilcoldil"g to
uzis, has been fretnotly guilty of
Selliag li<quor to hiusolf and other
o))loyt('s at the dispensary, s01110
I imels onl crodit, and hal Imado
it it habhi( to give away <111oti
tits of dislitnsar'y li<uor oil festal oc
caiolil=
"\W l,No I wis shiijping ch'ik and1
Coloe01 \cl 'anlco C1,onun issioner, wheti
(lispensers would order go.-N wo d,id
not. havo in stock, I would always ik
C'oloiol Vance what to st1'(l thom in
aitad. 11Ho would a111s1mt invariably
reply, send then "11 uteir." .1lutor
was It good suibstituto for every kind
of goods we haippenod to ho out of.
It got so Coimlmlon thltt Blak'ly and I
use to laugh aloult tle Hluntor husi
110Ss. Homoit times the dis)ornacrs
would order initer and oilier gools,
th otlier goods We woul not. litvo,
I would ask him what. to seid aind
lie not knowilig that. I Hunter was or
(eoed would may "sond them i lnt
or," and when I would toll him they
Iaul ordored H (unter, he would say
"just tniy tiling aboult, the saume
grade." All substituts(' sent in
)lanc( of wit was ordeeod by dis.
pensersl were select ed b y C olon el
Vance and a niot.o of it maiude on thle
b otton11 of thle order Iby mne.4 ieo
wvouild write to the( dlispenso4rs arnid
tell themn, we woere out oIf the kind
Or'order, but had1 son1t thlem other
goods. I reimembelsr t imt lispens8er
S. l'. Whiten, aL Penidletoni, ordeored
0on( (cas0 of case( goods, and1( wrote
ove'r the namo1) caiso goodls '"1uniteor,''
and1( 1 unter w0 sh1iJpped him. In
ordering goods ont aifter the mionithly
1)u1rchasesI Moi ssrsl. L u~lanha & Soni
wonhId invariably get thiirsorrd
shipped first by Col. Vance, commluiis
sionlor; anmd whien thie bioardi wvuld
mooC(t, again I i~Laahan's gouods woulI
haiv oo recIeived andio nionrly ali bot
tIed anid thle most of t he si pped(
ouit, and having niot. much on laned
would be0 a good excuse( to get i t or
we4re not atll bolttled they wvouild be
ini thle tanks, or as muu -h of thomii as
could be1 gotIten ini there, to be0 drawni
oult. About fh last dumpli ing (Col.
Vance had1( done hofore lie wt out.
of otlice wats it unt er rye, whien there,
was plent11y ini stock ualreadLIy bottIled
and enough of it to last six mioniths;
of coulrse, as8 it wasi inl the tank11s it
laid to bottled and1( sitacked up l in t.he
way, taking upl spatco whiichi was
needed for mtore saIealh goods, thbus
reducml rg the floor space for other
good1s for which there was con5stanft
domanI rd. The floo r spa1c( beinrg Iimzr
itedl, niot ai large stock of these~oru slo.
ablo1 goods conld be kept, causing
diisp)ensers to wait unt il they could
bo hottied(1hbforo fill intg orders.
"'Whenever Black was absenit fromu
the dispensary Colonel Vance wouild
pu1t his son ini Black's placo0 mal1( pay
him iou1t of the dlispenlsary funds on
the pay .roll boo9k, also put you1ng
Vance in Dixson'M plma mvio n:
Son wIi oll' it few datys. I I4 alwayH
put I-'arbatrdt in ehatrg)o until Young
Iosit I is job as bottl+ receivini; clerk,
ten it ws:: his son Young. (,olonol
\tnce a4,10o lal 'ottng in .1;Ilck'H
Icl>u'a without. iyl part of thne tm
thw lisitturo wast it :ess-ion wvhilo
IBlack Wts It urnecd looso am4ong th o
ntembltor;; to work for tho electiol of
(ert11i1 etandlidttts for mtem borship
()n thc' Stalo board of control. W\hotn
S:ion resigned Ito I lacked ono anonlt
of serving his tinu) out and tho
board Onered \"anco and 11tnsoldon
to ta kt, charge ; of the Mtup)o-intottl
enl's work an<d have it dono without,
xrt cO t to tho Stato; this thoy did
not, dou am1i yet thoy woro not s1H
I>'ndedl, but, they a1)Ioitedc Eatr
hatrt to look aft'1' it antd incrotaseod
i. paty fr,iti six to twolvo ( a011111
11-r w(ek. TW'b:; rttn tabot liivo wOeks
arl tIlero is a loss of .$:30 by their
action in rrfusiing to carry out tho
b14nI's inst ruct ions. I.:vent after tho
bnI1tr (lectecd Mir. Bryant superin"
letotet '')ImneI \'aJnco paIidl latr
Itardt for one wook $12 after Bryant.
had ttken c?hrtgo; h consulted Mr.
Milos, who wis thoen chait"atrma, abot
t1h is wk's l)ay and paid tho 12
wi hout . r.l(iles a .ut horizin; him
to do m!!
"1a'1o>r itht p)rimnary lection Iast
year .lohh y and Black woro givou t
week':s holidaty and thoy both put inl
their tie1. working for Cooor's -le.
I iont to tho ollico e"f Soarotary
Of S(a!o. I;otwootn .ho two p "i.
mries ando t ho daly of t ho last,
prinry oleet1ion1, Mlobloy wvontt up1) to
I"airlihltd to leg for ('oop)er again and
ho ttulo such1 a good showing; that
Cooper p1romuised to givo him D-)avo
lleans, p1lace, but, fort111atoly for
leanls Cooper dlidnt't hartvo ill tho Say
)s to who would hol th job.
"A1. IL. ilobly, ono of tho book
keper l to th boatrd of (OtIol, Wts
sold at contraband whito horso by
('olon l \nce for jut a fow dollar
m1oro 11tan other latltes had bid.
T.hesi( bids wero Hoaled Ones and
after t1ll had 1)e011 opened by Colonol
V'anco and by th tor1ms of the sal
the highest bidder should havo had
t14. horseo. .M1'r. Mlobloy, hnowing
what others had bidllen, was allowed
to rai0so it just, nulgl to got th
h ttrs0. 1 obloy ill at few days siold
tho horso and mnado a I11co littlo Speck
onlt of t.ho transaction.
"Cl"nel Vaurtco sold on gall1on otf
corn whiskey to W. 13o'd I-l:Va. on
prirnary oloctit.' day when aill counl.
try (lise)olaries woro0 closed, 1111(1 soldl
it oil credit. Tewh11 .iskey was. paid1(1
for alfterwa'rdls 11114. W. \\ 11arris
'helped( 1to paIy for it. ( )r I tar4ris said
ho inus1t hav help1ed4 pay11)13 for it as 1he
wats out. 0over SS for his. part41 of thel
(41ectio 1 o14(x p(enso. ThIiis was1 ill ] I
promiso8( to volto for him for101 S)ltt
con4411is8io1n0r and1 when DtouithIit
wouldI not 8611 h4is manhIlood to Vatnce,
Vance1 and4( the local11 strikers for whlis..
k(ey drummers1(44 fought 1)0outh4it's re0
olectio lOnl1 the0 Stato board of con
i rol h)ofor 0 h1o liast Ieguxislaturo.
"'Colonll Vanc loaned1110( (ho Stato's
coal beloniginlg to. the( Stato d118)iso
satry to W. Mc I. SIoani, aIcceptedc
r4Iruing. Sloan1 could1 niot re0tu1rn
the11 1la81 lot. 1h( b)orr'owd and4( it had
bill of coai S11.m had1( 8(o14. to t,b odis
J)onHa1 ty. T114 1(111uc jOnl wVlts 1nado
at th arn 14 prico ho 1had( (chargod 1140
(l ispellsa9Iry ml 01) ((In10.,il101g
he( had14 free inent ly sa18 id ta coail had1(
ad(vanced4( in prico sinco0 the d1ispen-J
HIary had1( p)laced thle orde(r with him.
"T'1hlast 8088sion of the legislaturo
wa1s bosought 80 much1 b)y local
st(rikors for' whIisk0y dIrummeIlrs in
working for umemnbers of the Statto
boardi of conltrol thaut, the logislaturo
waslt comlpletely disgusHted wvtih thleir
meIth4ods. Home4 of thle members
wero 8(o strongly biesoutght by wvould
bei dlrllummers fromn their counties,
tIluit thly wero induced to try to got
the( board41 to buy from 1101180 ro.
p)resented1 by thoseo local strikera aind
wouldi-bo dlrummefrs. 0110 member
of the0 Sonato boinIg so strorngly in
accord withI their4 d.Pires th-'ough
thalt follow fooling whIich miaken
local strikers weonidrous kind, because
he had1( bought orders andl did( not
IConnnned1(4. 0nn 1"nml.It naflg