The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-06-21
work at the Dispensary.
Columbia STATE.

tiers bearing on the dispensary will pos
sess the greatest inte- sst for the people Of
South Carolina, and every event will 1e
watched closely. The fun has commenc-
ed, the ball is open, the bands are play
Ing, the liquor is flowing, the people are
talking, the elephant Is moving around,
and the director Of it all, the chief execu-
live of the Palmetto State, Is on the scene,
working and shouting his orders, trying
to take the wind which threatens de-
struction from under the huge canvas,
driving down the stakes to make all more
secure, and scenting in the liquor many
sheckles for the Golfers.
!. Early yesterday morning those who
had anything to do with the dispensarY
was on the move. It was the day for the
mill to begin turning ont the Liquor in
drinkable shape. The doors were closed
no one except on business. Inside every
thing was all in q hubbub, but very soon
order was brought out of chaos, and the
big machine began operations, working
smoothly.
The five men attending to the bottle
washing machines on the ground floor
first take the bottles out Of the boxes and
put them upon the automatic washers.
AS soon as they have been thoroughly
washed they are dumped into the wash
basin and then two or three men rapidly
take them therefrom and stack them on
o large bottle-carxying truck. Assoon as
one Of these trucks has q load, it Is rolled
Oh the elevator and taken up to the first
floor. Then 1t is rolled OFF and right
alongside the bottling machinery, where
the men operating this machinery can
reach the bottle1.. They are then hung
on to the spouts of the automatic bother
and. filed. When each bottle has the
required amount in it the machine auto
matically cuts off the 81 pply, The bot
ties are then placad in crates and passed
on to the eorkinG machines over roll
bed. One stroke of the 00rker to each
bottle does this work. The crates are
then taken across the hall and the ladies
dip the heads Of the bottles into the seal
Ing wax vats, passing each bottle to her
neighbor next above, who puts on the
official stamp. This done the bottle is
passed on to the ladies next above who
paste the labels upon them end put them
In order In the crates. Laborers then
take them on Cp the line to those who
handle the wrappers and the wrappers
are placed upon them. This done they
are once more put in the crate and labor
ers take them to the upper end Of the
hall where they are stacked ready for the
hands Of those who will manage the
shipping.
Il does not take bottle long to get its
supply and pass up the line. Everything
is done quickly and neatly and the
advantage Of using female labor in the
work is made apparant from the dispatch
with which tbs Bottles are handled.
Yesterday morning the larger quart
bottles were tried first and then the
smaller sizes. Only the Northern made,
brown colored bottles were used. There
was practically no loss Of liquor from
b1eakage or any other cause. All o'clock
the concern was shut down for one hour
for dinner. At operations were reeum-
ed and continued till o'clock. Several
thousand bottles were put up during the
day.
everywhere, supervising the work and
giving instructions. he intends with the
present force to bottle from twenty-five
to fifty barrels of liquor day until the
law goes into effect.
Mr.. A. J.. White Of the firm Of A. J.
White & Co., Of Cincinnati, who furnish
ed most Of the apparatus and supplies for
the dispenssry, who is an expert In
regard TO such matters, is remaining here
for several days and is rendering the
Governor valuable assistance in running
the machine, explaining all points that
appear most difficult.
Only the best quality of Bourbon whis-
key was bottled yesterday. The label
being used is novelty, though pretty.
It ia engraved and has somewhat the
shape of coffin. At the top is star.
Then comes tho word "Palmetto," brand
ed over the design of the official seal of
the State that IL usually used upon the
executive letterheads, showing the pal
metto tree with the crossed arrows and
the uprooted oak in the rear, the inscrip-
ton "Animis Opibusque Parati," etc.
"Bourbon Whiskey." Below this on the
lower half of the label appears these in
scriptions "Warranted b. S. Standard
Proof and Chemically Pure" South Caro-
lima State Dispensary, Columbia, S. G.
Copyrighted 1898. The official seal has
this upon it, sd. III. Trailer, Liquor
Commissioner, Columbia, s. C.''
Governor Tillraan says he wants to
purchase large number of refrigerators
for the several county and city dispensa-
ries, and be asks all barkeepers who wish
10 dispose Of such property to send to
him at once the prices they wish to sell
their refrigerators at. He says be prefers
to purchase them in this way if the bar
keepers of the State are willing to sell at
reasonable prices.
He has q bid for the furnishing Of ice
from one company and requests all who
wish to compete for the contract 10 send
their bids Immediately.
No official reports Of the dispensaries
to be established have yet wandered in 10
the State board.
Yesterday w. W. Moss and A. w.
Thompson, who were appointed on the
Oconee board, rendered their designations
and Noah A. Burtey and John B. Pickett
were appointed to fill the vacancies.