The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-02-13
Many Dispensers Short.

It iB sad to think that all these sixty or
more good men who have been selling
the official liquor for the State, elevatinR
the moral tone Of the people, have been
permitting themselves to get behind In
their accounts with the State. but accord
ing to Governor Evans nearly all o!
them have been found to be behind with
their cash. Just how or why this is no
one knows. It is understood that some
of them are short to the tune Of from
$500 to 81 500. OF course the State is
secured from any losses, because each
dispenser had to give q bond properly
When the newspaper men stepped into
the executive chamber yesterday Cover
nor Evans made this announcement:
"'You can say that we have found nearly
every dispenser in the State behind in
his accounts, some of them considerably
behind" The Governor went on to say
that, under the provisions Of the new
law, the County Supervisor Of each
county had been made member Of the
Board of Control Of each County, and this
necessitated the dropping of one member
from each County Board. He says the
State Board is now very busy reorganiz-
log the County Boards. When each
Board has been reorganized, each d1spen-
ser in the State will be required to exc.
cute q new bond, with sureties who must
certify to owning twice as much real
estate as the face value OF the bond.
This bond must be approved by the
County Auditor; then BY the County
Board, and finally by the State Board.
The States dispensary inspectors are now
hard at work inspecting every dispensary
In the State. Every dispenser found
short in his accounts, the Governor said,
must either submit satisfactory explain
alton. or else make the shortage good
Immediately, or the State would proceed
to bring suit on the bonds and prosecute.
Said Governor Evans: "We can't afford
to have in charge of the Sta1e's business
any one. who allows himself to become
in arrears for any cause. After the re-
organization any one found in arrears
will be summarily discharged. The
inspectors have full authority to take
charge of the assets of any dispensary not
cond ucted according to law"
Governor Evans went on to say 1t
might be that the dispensers would be
all required to give guarantee 1nsur-
ancs bond, the State giving the guarantee
companies the right to inspect the dis
pensaries. The Governor says, in his
opinion, the shortages. one or two OF
which run up over $1,000, have boon
caused by the loose way Of doing busi-
ness which some of the dispensers have
practiced. He says the State Board has
been at work having new system OF
bookkeeping prepared for use in all the
dispenssries and It would be ready to be
out in use by to day. This system, he
saws, will enable the State to tell the
amount a man falls behind in his &C
Talking of the dispensary In general
Governor Evans said that by the reduc-
ton of gde force of Constables which was
recentlk made, the State had saved 30 far
So, 500 q month.
COLUMBIA, s. c., February 6.-Gover-
nor Evans explains that he was misun-
derstood in his reference to the shortage
of his dispensers. He explains that he
did not cay that nearly all the dispensers
in the State were short in their accounts.
but that nearly ell Of those whose ac-
counts have been inspected are short.
Only six have heen inspected.-Colnn1-
6ia State, Feb. 6.