The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-01-06
A DISPENSARY FOR DAWSON
IS BEING QUIETLY ACITATED BY A NUM-
BER or CITIZENS.

BER or CITIZENS.
The Benefits they Claim Would he Derived
From !t--An Interview with an Athens
Gentleman About the nispensary
There.
Will the city take the sale of whisky in
charge and sell it on the dispensary plan?
That may be an interesting question
before great while.
The News has caught on to the fact
that that question is now being quietly
agitated, and the adoption of the plan
urged, by number of citizens in Daw-
son. They want the city government to
take the sale of whisky in hand, shut up
the barrooms, and sell it on the dispen-
sary plan, fashioned after Athens.
The profits derived from the sale of
whisky at the dispensary would be
turned into the city treasury, which, the
friends of the movement claim, would be
sufficient to pay the entire expenses of
the city government and do away with
the necessity of levying any taxes what
ever.
Meeting Professor G. G. Bond, super
intendent of the Athens public schools,
the only city in the state where a dis
pensary is in operation, in Dawson the
other day, The News asked;
professor, what is the dispensary sys-
tenn of selling WhiSkVp'
"a special act of the legislature au-
thorizes a city not to regulate the sale Of
liquor, but to take the matter in hand
and sell the liquor by officers regularly
elected for that purpose The city coun-
Gil elects a board of commissioners, con-
sisting of three, five, seven, or any num-
Der of men specified in the bill, who, in
turn, elect a general manager whose duty
it is to run the dispensary according to
the laws adopted by the board of com
missioners. This board and general
manager sustain exactly the same rela-
ton to the city that your board of educa-
ton and superintendent of the city
schools sustain"
GLOW is it conducted in Athens?" the
reporter asked.
Precisely as l have just outlined"
"Who are the commissioners in charge
of the dispensary?"
"Messrs. Arthur Griffith, r. X. Reaves
and julius Cohen. | am not quite GER
tain about the last gentleman named be
ing a member"
GLOW are they elected?'
by the city conDcil."
elbow is the liquor sold, Professor"
Gas soon as a barrel of liquor enters
the establishment it is opened, analysed,
bottled, labelled and placed on the shelf
ready for sale"
"Can anybody getit?"
"That depends upon two things. First,
the terms Of the act authorizing the es-
Enlistment of the dispensary. Sec
ond, the laws passed by the board Of
commissioners. With us students of the
University and minors are prohibited.
"What is the revenue derived by
Athens from the dispensaW?'
"The general manager is required to
make fifty per cent. gain on his gross
sales; which, it is estimated, will leave a
net gain of about thiTty-hVe per cent.
Every day at noon the general manas er
turns over his money to the clerk of the
city council. The first month Athens
made a net profit of Sl,547, if my memo
ny serves me correctly"
"Do the people like it?'
ayes, l have not heard any complaint
so far"
lis it a solution of the liquor ques-
tion?"
"Of course it would be a little prema-
ture to give an ultimate opinion after
only three months trial, but it seems SO