The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-09
THE NEW DISPENSARY BOARD.
The ORGANIZATION Effected Without
Any TrouDlc--NO Changes In the
Dispcnsary Officials
8 and C0llripr

Special to the News and Courier.
1t is somewhat OF coincidence that
the famous Raines bill should go into
effect almost at the same time as the
new order Of things with the South
Carolina dispcnsary law. In New
York the chief subject Of conversation
is the elect the Raihcs bill will have
on business and politics. There the
idea seems to be to ccntraliZe the con-
troll of the liquor business, SO that
what they call the pIatt machine I"
may have control OF matters. In south
Carolina, instead Of having the Cover
nor to run the whole business, a board
! Of five is now to have general charge
! OF the liquor business. The change in
! South Caroline. is Il mere incident in
, the operation Of the dispcnsary law,
while in New York the talk is that
| the approval Of the Raincs bill has
killed the hopes OF Governor Morton
for the Presidential nomination, and
| that he could not carry the State for
! anything. In New York State it is
said that as result OF the business Of
the taincs bill Democratic State
ticket is sure to be elected. The change
OF affairs in South Carolina will have
but little if any, effect on the State
Government.
Every one in New York was on the
tjptOc OF expectation on the eve OF the
change in New York, when the free
lunches and front door screens had to
go under the provisions or the Dill,
while with the new order Of things In
South Carolina the change came about
as naturally az the most commonplace
law goes into operation.
With I'll" exception OF those i'm
| t.l N @ ed N a nl1 N
the sales Of goods to the dispensary,
few took any interest in what was
going on in the boaru meeting. They
want to see the results OF the change.
Under the provisions OF the Act
under which the board Ia operating
| there are five members, and the terms
OF 0licc vary from one TO five years, &C
rs TO keep some OF the members on the
board while changes Of the others may
be made each year by the General
| Assembly. AS the members OF the
nc" board were elected without liking
| their terms it was in order TO dra"
lots for the periods for which each o.
| the members should serve.
The result was w. A. Mich olson
! one year; II. NJ. Allan, two yeas; j. L
Douthit, three years; Col. Willie Jones
| four years. and Leon j. Williams, live
Of the board, was elected chairman o
| the body and q better selection coult
not possibly have been made. Th'
| board after talking over matters lol
soIno time went into tho election OF tht
stan officers to carry Out the work o
! tho board and reelected oil OF tn
present attaches, only changing tn
names OF the places TO conform TO tn
new law. The appolntces wore Cleri
OF the board and bo0kkeepcr OF th'
board, Seth w. Scruggs, bOokkcepe
To- the commissioner, lt. E. Blakeney
assistant boOkkeppcr, Chas. Lynch
snpcrintcndent, John II. CASTOR cler!
In charge OF the cOnstabulary, w. w
Hurris shipping clerk, ID. a. q. QUIZ
or course, tho board had nothing TO a.
with the commissioner as his term
Office continues IL year longer.
The new board hold afternoon an
mig ht sessions, but not much was give
out for publication. Tho board seem
to De hard working and getting alonl
very hurmoniOusly. At the Afternoon
session IL series OF rules were ad0pte
Tor the government Of tho dispensar
and these viii likely be given out u
soon as thoy arc prepared for the pres
and printed. At tho night session TN
purchase OF liquor was considered
The board. There wore about eightco
rcprescntatlvoB OF liquor houses
hand and IT was thought bettor TO rt
cciyo written ofrers from caoh OF TN
houses represented than to hear thef
and 80 tho board took up tho oiferi
but no lnul ection was taken.
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