The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 18, 1899, Image 2
SOOTH CAROLINA'S
WHISKEY SCANDAL.
Ex-Bookkeeper Makes Some
Sweeping Charges.
Colombia, Oct 12 -Mr. D. A. G.
Ouzts, late bookkeeper of the com
missioner at the State dispensary, has
famished the press with the following
statement. There is as mach more
to come and it is said to be equally
as interesting reading :
A GARD TO THE PUBLIC
It seems that the Augean stables
need cleaning I am no Hercules
but I can at least do a part of the
work I have been connected with
the dispeosary for over six years
That I have 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 dis
place me, the only excuse they could
find for my removal was an allega
tion that I had violated a role 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 hands of honest, pure and able
men it is the very best solution of
the liquor problem
Buring my years of service in the
dispensary, I have seen a number of
things, done which I knew were
wrong. * These I reported to mem
bers of the board, who were, I knew,
honest, able and pure. They thought,
however, that it was best to say
nothing publicly about the wrong
doing untiL men like themselves were
a majority of the board. They be
lieved in the dispensary and earnest*
ly strove to make it; a success. In
their judgment, the dispensary could
not withstand the effect of such ex
posares, if its control was in\ the j
hands of the men.against whom these
exposares were made. They wanted
to save the law for the great poten*
tia) good that was io ic. But as the
contrary element has grown so confi
dent of its power that it has gone to
- turning honest men ont of office at
the dispensary, so as to fill all places
wjth its tools, thus facilitating the
carrying out of its p ans, I deem it
. my duty to make public ail I know,
so as to expose these men, deeming
it better that the dispensary should
die than to continue under their con
trol, but boping that the effect of my
criticism will be to drive such men
ont of the dispensary and place its
management io the hands of men
above reproach I ~make this state
ment because I do not wish to be
considered a sorehead or as expos
ing things I condoned as loc g as I
held office
I stand ready and hereby offer my
"services to the board io helping them
sift oct all wroog doing of whatever
kind which exists and help them
place the dispensary law where it
should be, above reproach, and to
enforce its regulations in accordance
with law and to conduct it in the in
terests of the people and not the
gang which now controls it.
Verv respectfully,
DAG Ouzfs
AN OPEN LETTER
To the State Board of Control.
As i have by a vote of a majority
of your members been' denied the
hearing to which I had a right *and
which I had been promised by your
chairman, i intend making mv de
fense in the pcblic prints At tee
same time. I wili go further and show
the characters of the men by whom
I was so summarily deposed, and of
their fellow conspirators I am de
posed because I violated an order
of the board of control-an order
wbich the two honorable members cf
the b'^ard assert was modified to per
mit the very action which was
alleged as tbe reason for my removal
I will show bow members of the
board violate the dispeosary law and
how employes at the dispensary,
who are pets of the majority faction
of the board violate the board's orders
and are not even reprimanded for
their misconduct. As the majority
faction seems anxious to wash dirty
linen, wili first prove that mine is
clean and then give them some dirty
linen of their own to clean
Now, first, as to my own linen
Cha:rman Miles temporarily suspend
ed me o;: charge of violating an
order of the board by sei ling a bottle
of gin at the State dispensary and
not imtofdiateiy reporting it to the
shipping clerk. Chairman Mites says
he personally notified me of the
passage of that order by the board.
He did incidentally in the course of
a conversation one morning ar. the
?dispensary inform me that; such an
order had been passed. A day or
two later, Mr. Douthit came into my
office and got the petty cash book
and wanted to enter some contraband
whiskey he bad just sold. I told bim
that it was against the rules to put
it on that book and mentioned to him
the order which the board had passed
a few days before and which Mr.
Miles had spoken to me about. Mr.
Douthit replied: "I know what I
am doing ; this is ali right. I have
just COL. J from the board room and
they have passed a resolution giving j
--LLMI^LJUII im* mW WMBI-BB
me the power to do this. I 8
there and heard them pass it
over a new page of your petty
book and enter this sale." I di<
and headed the page "Cash, spe<
and entered the first item whicl
one gallon of contraband wh
bought by J. F. Waiker for J
Mr. Douthit said : "Now when
thing else is sold that is the w
must be put on the book nuder
first item. At the end of the n
these items must be entered on
shipping clerk's book and bille
a Columbi dispensary, to whom
must turn over the cash we have
ceived for them " I replied : "
aod 1 will make that dispense!
ceipt this book for them and
money."
Under these instructions from (
missioner Douthit, one day whe:
was absent from the city I so
bottle of gin to M F Nixon fo
and entered it as instructed Vt
Mr. Douthit returned I informed
and he said it was ail right. It
thus be seen I thought I was d
my duty and simply carried out
orders of the commissioner, my
perior officer.
There is a disagreement among
members of the board of control a
its action with reference to sale
contraband at the State dispsDS
Ali agree that, thc board passed a z
lution forbidding such sales at the
parc of the September meeting,
the last day of that meeting. Corni
sioner Douthit appeared before
board and stated reasons why, in
judgment, it would be inadvisable
permit that rule to stand. After
statement Mr. Williams introduce
resolution, which was passed, wt
Mr. Douthit understood modified
previous order and permitted sale
contraband at the State dispensa
provided they were entered on the c;
missioner's petty cash book, i
invoiced at the end of the month tc
Columbia dispenser and the cash
ceived for them turnea over to t
dispenser. Messrs. Boykio and Vi
iiams, two members of the board, ass
such a resolution was passed.
If the Williams resolution was me:
to accomplish auy purpose at all
was meant to modify the role forb
biding sales of contraband at the St
dispensary, yet as it appears on I
minutes of the board it is constrc
by the majority faction to be a m<
reaffirmation of that rule. If that c<
struotioo be accepted as correct, t
board was guilty of the absurdity
twice at one meeting passing a resol
ti on permitting the commissioner to
something which the dispensary i;
itself gave him the right to do withe
any resolutions of thc board-that
to send contraband to a dispenser f
sale. As recorded, the Wiliams reu
lotion, permits sales of contraban
"through the regular channels," whit
words Chairman Miles admits be tc
Clerk Webb to add to the resolution
claiming it was an amendment whi<
had been adopted but wbieh Mr. Bo;
kin, who was in the chair when tl
resolution was adopted, denies wi
ever voted on by the board. I do n
believe that as first recorded, the Wi
liams resolution had those wore
attached to it. The writing of tho:
words in the minute book gives er
dence that it was not dons at the san:
ttme that the body of the Wiiiiaa
resoioted was pinned in that recen
because the slant of the words "throng
regular channels,V indicate ibm ihc
were written by a man sitting in
different position from that occupie
wheo thc o'hor part cf thc William
resolution was written. I am sati
fied that they were added to give cole
to the contention that ihe board bad uc
given permission for the sales of contre
band, whicD the majority iaciioo dc
ctded to make as an excuse for ny
removal.
The majority faction, which is pLi
ting to get absolute control of the dis
pecsary, fitliog all positions with it
henchmen, had decided to remove al
employes who were t ot subservient ti
it. They did not intend to fully aD(
fairly investigate the conduct of sud
employes, but preferred ooe sided tes
ttmony. At the September meeting o
the board Messrs. Haseidea and Wil
liams were appointed to investigate the
contraband room and its accounts
Mr Haselden wanted Mr Williams tc
meet him in Columbia on Wednesday
following the adjournment of the Sep
tember meeting of the board. Mr.
Williams said be had important engage
ments up to and including Wednesday,
but would" meet Mr Haselden in Co
lumbia the day after Wednesday. Tney
parted with the understanding that Mr
Haselden was to notify Mr. Williams
when to come to Columbia to go to
work on the investigation, which he
never did. but returned to Columbia
before Wednesday and gave to the
newspapers a statement that he was
going to Harris Spriogs Mr Wil
liams saw that statement in the papers
and continued to wait for a notification
when to come fo Columbia. The next
thing he saw was a statement that he
had been supplanted on tho committee
by Mr. Robinson,without notice to him
It was then two of a kind and Hr.
Haselden was at ' berty to proceed
with bis one sided investigation.
Neither I nor Mr Douthit were ask
ed for any explanation of the charges
concocted by this one-sided process
On the night of the 20th or 21st of
September T. C Robinson, who had
loosened Iiis tongue with liquor told
nie in frout o Huggins' Blore, on
Main stre . , that "Haselden had set a
trap for Douthit and had caught him in
it v After asking him several times
what the trap waa, he said it vzas "in
seiiiog contraband liquor at the
dispensary and not Laving it en
upon the shipping clerk's boc
required by the resolutions o:
board at the last board meeti
Was the trap tbe addition o
words, "through tbe regular c
nels ?" Probably at the time of
conversation Mr Robinson did
know that Chief Conspirator K
den wanted my scaip alsr> and, ti
fore, spoke as a strong friend, w
ne always claimed to be. espec
since 1896. I and my relat
worked for and carried Edge
county for him as the candidate
State superintendent of educal
But when Boss Haselden popped
whip over his back he forgot
friendship and sense of obligatior
me, and also forgot his statemen
me after hearing my explanado:
my sale of that bottle of gin,
he did not see bow I could have c
otherwise than obey the instruct
of the commissioner, especially
there was a misunderstanding in
board as to the orders given the c
missioner. He advised me to ap[
before the board and make my st
ment, and said he did not see I
the board could do otherwise t
accept it as sufficient justificatior.
my action. And yet he voted
make my suspension permanent w
out giving me a chance to app
before the board and give that ex j
nation in reply to the charres agai
me.
The night before Mr. Robin
voted to make my suspension per:
nent he told me in he Colum
hotel, that he could never be accu
of being ungrateful and that
owed a debt of gratitude for the v
my brother and others of my friei
and relatives had worked for h
He added : "I belive you ought
be reinstated, and will so voie,
you find tbat you cannot get ale
with the new commissioner, you c
resign in good standing, and not
kicked out." The very next morni
he told me that my chances
reinstatement were bad. I said ti
I did not see how that could be if
stuck to bis promise.
He replied that he was my frie
and had nothing against me, bot
would have to vote against me,
the members of the board h
brought great pressure on him
vote that way as a personal courtesy
them. I told him. he was a h-1 of
friend to a man, to help others sti
mud on him as a "courtesy" to thei
and bid bim go on and do his d
dirty work. And be did it
I have shown that there was i
just cause for my suspension. But
was not suspended for what
did, though that was alleged as tl
canse 1 was suspended because
political clique wanted me remove
from the dispensary. They a
bound together by a community
interest, their predominant feelin
being a thirst for revenge and a di
sire to get complete control of the di
pensary for use as a political macbic
and more venal aims, which can be ui
derstood from the charges and spec
cations which I will make. Whe
Haselden and Robinson, the invest
gating committee, were in Columbi
they left the work of conducting th
investigation as to the contrabanc
which a committee was appointed t
do, to Bookkeeper M obley and Ir
specter Moody and spent their tim
caucasicg with Chairman Miles an
the conspirators. A caucus was bel
in the office of a State officer and i
was decided to suspend me wiihou
giving me any notice or asking m
for any explanation of the charge
against me This dermination wa
talked Mound Columbia nearly a
hour before I wa3 notified of m;
suspension : a friend of mine hean
it at the upper end of Main stree
and walked down town to a telepbom
and told me that the gang had fixec
to make it hot for me and to di
me.
The day after my temporary sus
pension Chairman Miles gave th<
newspapers au interview which con
tamed a lie and a slanderous insinua
lion, whose absolute falsity he coule
have easily informed himself cf. Ht
said : ''1 did not know until thh
that commissioner Douthit had beer
doing the same thing, else I would
have suspended him along with Mr
0uzi8 " The afternoon before the
interview was given out 1 told Mr
Miles I had made a sale of contra
band because my superior officer,
Commissioner Douthit:, had made
such eales and instructed me to do
ikewiee, 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 Miles declined to
revoke my temporary suspension
then, but said he would think it over
during the night nd decide next
morning, admitting that it looked
bard to suspend me when I had no
intent to do wrong and thought I
was doing right in obeying the
orders of my superior officer The
, morning after my suspension ho went
to Spartanburg When he returned
i e said to Mr. Douthit: "If I had
: i own when I suspended Mr. Ouzts
iv ! i a t I know \iow, I would not have
j suspended bim/' And yet the old
< iiypooriie. after admitting that iie
:iad not treated me fairly, appealed
, lo the members o the board to con
; 5rm my suspension and thus confirm
1 :iis action as a cou:tes}' due him by
: the members of the board.
The slanderous insinuation in his
j jtaremeut "that the money obtained
j 'rom the eaie of eon ti aband had be^n
I properly tamed over, so far aa
I knew." He knew it had been prop
j tamed ovor, because I told bim so
I phowed bin the record,
j There is another lie told by
Miles He promised me that I she
be accorded a full beariog by the bc
before a vote was taken on the moi
to make my suspension perrnan
Bat tbe vote was taken without a h(
iog being given me, though I was
band waiting for it. When I ta:
Mr. Miles with his perifidy he at f
tried to deny having made sud
promise. After I forced him to ad
i: he said, "Yes ; but I forgot i
Theo he returned to the board ro
and said to the board, "Mr. Oo
wanted a hearing but did not know
was my place to get it for him."
While on the question of Mr. Mi
veraoity, I might state that he is a 1
by his own confession. I have he
him say on several occasions : "I hi
told more lies since I have been on i
board than in all my iife before.7'
dare bim to deny that he made t
statement ; if he does I will prove it
him.
In my case Mr. Miles is a gr.
stickler for strict obedience to the rn
of tbe board, bus he is more iaxed
other caees. I have shown bim that
is very doubtful if tbere was suoh
rule as was claimed I violated, t
there are other mles of the board as
which there is no doubt and violatio
of which have been reported to Bi
Miles, chairman, without aay acti
being taken by him.
The beard passed a rule forbiddii
employes of the dispensary to driok i
the premises. Printed copies of th
rule were posted ail over the buildio
Shipping Clerk Black had been repoi
ed to Chairman Miles time and aga
tor drinking and being drunk ai
cursing in the dispensary against ti
positive rule of the board, but be h
not even remonstrated with Blao
much less suspend him Yet be su
pends me without so investigation
(be charge against me.
By his position as chairman of tl
board, Mr. Miles was able to give i
get the job of receiving olerk for b
nephew, F. L Moore Yoong, of Clii
too. One bas only to refer to tl
books Young tries to keep to find h
otter unfitness for the job. YOUD
does not know the multiplication tab
and could not count a carload of glai
correctly if his life depended upon i
Time and again be has made grot
errors in his count of goods received ;
the dispensary, though bis count ws
relied upon to 7erify the invoices fe
whiofa the dispensary paid.
Commissioner Douthit is a bonde
officer It is bis duty to pay for good
received at the dispensary. If he pay
for goods which has not been received
bis bond can be sued for the recover
of the money so paid. Naturally, Mr
Douthit endeavored to make thc receiv
iog clerk, whose reports were the basi
for his payments of goods received a
the dispensary, efficient!; 'ischarge hi
duties He reported a number o
Young's serious mistakes to Chairmai
Miles, who, however, did not suspect
bis nephew, bat got aogry with Mr
Douthit sod myself, imagining that wi
were perseoutiDg the boy. His vote;
against myself and Mr. Douthit an
part of bis revenge.
It used to be an unwritten rule thai
nobody under 21 years of age should
be emp oved in the dispensary Young
is only 17, but the temptation of bis
50 a month salary was too strong.
His childish nature is sbowo by the
fact that he used to play pranks ou the
men at work in the dispensary, throw
ing, water on them aod hitting them
with paddies when they were bending
over. Because of these pranks, which
were out of place in a business institu
tion, Commissioner Doatbit on one
occasion suspended Young for a week.
This suspension increased Mr. Miles'
feeling of resentment towards Mr.
Douthit.
Young played some of his pranka on
a man named Looper, who was one of
the best hands io the dispensary. Be
cause Looper objected and toid Young
what he would do to him if be did not
let him alone, Chairmao Miles took
advantage of his office as chairman and
Looper's subordinate position and vilely
cursed him ia the dispensary and
threatened to cut his *'d-d heart
out."
Talking about igoorace and unfitnese
for position, Mr Miles is chairman of
the board of control, yet be did not
know that the dispensary had to have a
retail United States "license to do busi
ness, as well as a wholesale license,
until informed of that fact by me the
day he suspended me. As one of the
reasons he gave for suspending me, he
said that my selling liquor at retail at
the dispcosary, I bad iaid tbe dispen
sary 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 tho
wall a dispensary internal revenue
liceocC for retailing, which it bad to
have to do business.
Speaking of retail sales at thc dis
pensary, le?s than three mop bs a;zo
Chatrnjao Miles bought of himself and
sold to himself at the State dispensary
a hair pict of alcohol, which he bought
at the price to dispensers a;;d not con
sumers, thus cheating he town aod !
county oat cf their profits. Why
doeso'i be suspend himself?
lo Haselden's and Robiosoo's report
I of thc investigation made by B^ok-1
keeper Mobiey and Inspector Moody
i there are no charges agaiost me, and :
I bj produced DO proof agaiost me of
' any wrong doing in his affidavit and ;
; yet, when Mr. IJaseldea's report was j
! read and after Mr. Doubt's ramoval j
i
be, Haselden, movsd to make my sus
peo-ioo permanent without hearing me
as he had premised to do the night
before he made the report. He voloo
tarii? reid me in the Colombia hotel
that be bad oi bed bis report and that
he bsd cot touched me io ;t nor bad be
any evidence of my wrong doing and
wheo my case esme up he would prom
ise to bear me and then decide bow he
would vote. The next morning he
moved tc make my suspension perma
nent without hearing u>v exolanatioo.
When the board adjourned for dinner
after voting to remove Mr. Doutbit I
taxed Haselden about bis conduct io
going back on bis promise about bear
ing me and I made bim admit in Mr..
Bjykio's presence that he said he told
me be had no charges against me and
00 evidence cf wrong doing, and when
1 asked him to explain his action io
makiog a motion to permanently sus
pend ne, he said : "I just done that
to bring the matter up ; I don't know
bow I will vote on it but will decide
after bearing you." What do you call
such double-dealing and sneaking eva
sion ? Is it acting a lie as well as tell
ing one ? In getting up his evidence
he tried to keep everything hid and
wouid sneak around like be was
ashamed of bis dirty work and when
asked if be wanted anything, or if any
thing could be exoKioed to him if he
did not understand it he would say he
was noe looking for anything. Seemed
to be afraid Mr. Dcu hit and I would
find out what he was driving at and
explain it so fully to bim that be could
not have the heart to distort it tc make
it fit his vile ends. He seems to bate
justice and with his perversion paraly
zes truth.
Mr. Haselden now peses as condemn
ing retail sales at the dispensary as
contrary to tbe spirit of the dispensary
bill, but io March of this very year,
wbiie Haselden was still chairman, he
personally sold at the State dispensary
to a committee io charge of a banquet
to the visiting congressmen, cham
pagne, whiskey, wine, rom and brandy
to the amount of 106.85, about the
largest bill that was ever retailed at the
dispensary, seiliog to them at the price
to dispensers and not to consumers,
thereby swindling the town and oounty
cut of their profits.
D. A. G. Ooxts.
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another page. The succeeding chap
tars will be published later.
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