The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-05

profit added SoIJZzz %
Gross profits .... .........-.....-...-. 1000 I'D
Total net profits. 1918 25
Expenses or diSDenSarleS While closed, IN
cluded above, $3.50 10.
During the quarter ending October
81 sixteen dispensarles were run at a
loss amounting in the aggregate to
S53S.97.
This was caused by the illicit sale CT
LIQUOR in petition, and the hard
times reducing consumption. It is not
likely that the next quarter will show
any such condition. IF so, all such
should have salaries reduced and eX-
peases cut down, or be discontinued.
Yhere are open now in the State six
ty-nine Dispeusaries, all told. The
total profit by the County Dispense.
ries, net, is S76, 1925. Ofcourse out of
this n asst come the expenses during the
time the dispensaries were not open,
and it will take some time in some
saeounties to pay. off this debt 1t must
De UGdeFst00d fhat the profit claimed
by the dispensaries is .all invested in
stock-liquor on nand in Columbia
ard at the local dispersss.fSee sss=ss +
nancial condition Of the State dispen.
sary is fast reaching a point where cash
can be paid fer everything and DO &C.
counts be run on credit, and in few
months the $4,000 can be turned back
into the treasury, and later on the
profits can be turned in to the general
fund for use the same as taxes.
Before leaving tais important sub.
jject I will say that III nearly all Of the
counties good boards, of control have
been appointed and the dispensers as a
rule are filing the position satisfacsori-
~. IN a few instances those recon-
neuded-for We had to rely on others
to advise-have shown themselves Ut
terly unfit and poor business men. Ia
some Instances designations have been
called for With good men on the
county board who will attend to their
duties there is 20 possibility of any
money being stolen. At the time the
dispeesaries Were closed, toe State
board had employed an inspector to go
around from county to county, to look
tie methods Of bookkeeping and
80 things ST raiysat. It is likely that
EEhiS may become necessary again, at
least until every dispensary has been
visited and inspected, and the local
board and each dispenser shown ex-
actly how to keep the books by the
best methods.
III this connection, | will say that a
proper supervision and understanding
OF the dispensary accounts will neces-
titate the employment Of an addition
al clelk or bookkeeper in the execu-
yr-h ~ lc/ ocf n
of the board of control. 1t is a notorious
fact that my private secretary has had
more work to do than ought to be i'm
posed on any one man. In addition to
his proper work of answering cores.
ponGence addressed to the Governor on
ordinary executives business, he has
distributed thedirect tax fund, record
ed all the bond issues and transfers un-
der the refunding acts, issued the Or
ders for privilege tax tags, directed the
movements and answered to order cor
respondence in connection with the
dispensary has more than
doubled the executive mail. What is
needed is for the accounts and reports
OF the local dispensers to be sent to the
executive office at least twice month
instead ofquarterly, and supervision be
thus kept over each dispensers work.
-LIhiS-&il.provide check on the com.
missioner, and with the personal su-
pervision; given by the State board of
control to the workings of the State
dispensary will enable them to trace
any error TO the person responsible for
it, and bring about a thorough business
administration of the entire dispensary
system.
have not appointed an extra man,
for the simple reason that howl
would have been raised about the crea-
ton Of a new Office, but as am going
out of Office, justice to my successor and
: q proper regard to the successful and
satisfactory administration of the dis
pensary law causes me to make men
ton OF the matter.
In my efforts to enforce the dispen-
sary law it has been brought to my
attention that the sale of cortraband
liquor in the neighborhood of Clemson
College is persistentiy carried on, being
sold by peddlers frcm the mountains,
but more largely by some old offenders
at Pendleton, who, l am told, have
been engaged in the traffic for years.
Nearly ali the people of that village
have been upholding the men who are
engaged in this dirty work. There is
q statute already forbiddiug the sale of
whiskey within ten miles of the iu-
stituiion, and the dispensary law, o;
coarse, forbids its sale at all. But
where an entire community is banded
together III evil doing of this character
it is difficult thing to stamp it out.
/ have a suggestion 20 make which I
hope viii meet your approval. It is
this: Incorporate Cien-son College for
purposes of police ano extend its
boundaries within a radius OF five
miles. This will take in Pendleton aud
the station on the railroad at Calhoun.
Let the board Of trustees be the gov
erDiOg body, with power to select q
police magistrate vested with all the
rights OF trial justice within the cor
poration. The necessity for this can
be easily understood when it is known
that the college is on the line separat-
ing Pickens from Oconee county and
within two miles Of the Anderson line.
Such an arrangement will, I am sure,
"a use those who are now de5auching
H"-S y S1liS 1ACH W StOp. OSSlOSS ~ Will
be conducive to better order and the
prevention Of nuisances in the neigh
borhood.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
The reports of the various State COL
leges show them all to be in a pros
porous and satisfactory condition, bar
ring the cry which comes from each
auI al, with the exception ofthe South
Carolina College, for more money.
Under the-Aaw the Governor is ex-
officio 2 ulember>Gf the board of visi-
tors of the Citadel, and tie chairman of
the two boards Of trustees charged with
caring for the interest Of the Scyth
Carolina College and of the Winthrop
Normal and Industrial College. Under
MIR Clemson s will | am trustee for life
OF the Clemson Agricultural and Me-
chanical College.
With the management and control of
The last three | am perfectly familiar,
but l have not found time, nor indeed
has il been necessary, for me to devote
much attention TO the Citadel, as its
affairs have been admirably managed.
The reports of tue various boards will
show closely the attendance and the