The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04

on the line OF the railroads. that a
increase In thd working force Nigh
be made advantageously, and handlin
of goods greatly facilitated. And a
a provision against the impracticabil
, ty of the immediate adoption of tn
{ above suggestion, also suggested, a
an alternative, that your honorabl
, board empower the Commissioners +
purchase in sufficient quantities t
stow away large stock through tn
dull summer months, to meet tn
heavy demands of the fall and winte
, trade. But at the time litigation wa
OF such o nature land for other causes
of which your honorable board Is full,
advised), 1t was not deemed expedien
to carry into execution either of m,
suggestions and, as q consequence,
was forced to meet the heavy demand
made on me as best could. Stationed
as was in inadequate quarters, will
q stock on hand far short of the de
mands of the increasing trade, it wa
a physical impossibility to keep abreas
OF the demands, although had a full
force at work night and day, and ever,
foot OF available floor space was utiliz
ed for storage purposes. That 1 ma,
tide against q recurrence OF these diff
culties next winter, | would suggest
that your honorable board take some
steps looking to the construction of 9
larger building near the railroad line
and that the Commissioner be vested
with the power to purchase supplies
and merchandise in quantities sufficient
to meet the fall trade. 1t Is absolutely
necessary to provide Increased facili.
ties to meet the requirements of this
growing trade, and if the suggestions
thrown out by me are not adopted, it
will be impossible to measure up to the
expectations of the public.
| Your attention also is respectfully
called to the beer sale privilege grant
cd certain parties. / am unalterably
| of the opinion that it is fruitful
| source of illicit traffic, and would
respectfully recOmme sud that your hon
orabe board withdraw all privileges
thus granted. On account OF railroad
wreck. shipment of tin fell was de-
layed In transit more than two weeks,
and for two days | was forced to send
out case goods without the foil, or leave
many of the county Dispensaries with
out stock in the busiest season Of the
year. | would recommend to your hon
Orable board that you recommend to
the General Assembly that the book
keepers salary be- raised. His duties
are very intricate and exacting, and
he is required to do an immense amount
of work. | would also suggest that the
salaries Of the Commissioner, book
keeper and clerk Of the State board of
Control be paid on warrants issued by
the Commissioner, as other liabilities
are paid. The adoption of this sug-
gestion would obviate the pecessity Of
depending on the books Of the Comp
troller General and State Treasurer
for these particular items of expense.
[ also would recommend that the
Commissioner be required to furnish
the State Board Of Control u quarterly
statement of the assets and liabilities
and profit and loss accounts of the Dis
pensary, and that the same be furnish
ed the press for publication along with
the Legislative Commuters report of
its Investigations, and that the Com
missioner also be required to publish
an annual report Of the transactions of
the Dispensary.
Tho "persenal accounts" item of this
reports represents 81, ,526.43, shortages
due by county Dispensers. Part of this
deficit Is in process Of settlement,
whist the other part is now in the
courts. $2l2.30 of this amount is due
by the penal and charitable institu-
vi Viz koudUC anu SlCiuoou anu
Winthrop Colleges for alcohol, whis-
key, and wines. The Asylum owing
the amount OF $l83.50 for goods pur-
chased by order Of the Board of Re-
gents. 5000 is owing by the suspended
banks OF Chester, and Snow & Co.. Of
Kingstrce. These suspensions trans
pired before / assumed the duties of
Commissioner. The remainder rep
resents advances made by me to pay
the government tax on whiskeyS at
local distillerics, in order to remove it
from the bonded warehouses, and
amounts due by distillers and whole
sale liquor dealers for empty barrels
reshipped them. These eaccounts,must,
OF necessity, appear in each report is
sued from this Office, as outgoing ship
ments and incoming pay yments for same
are almost daily occurrences. There
fore, it is not to be assured that these
personal accounts" wholly represent
the contraction of worthless debts, or q
wanton disregard OF the law in the
contraction of any class of debts. But
l am plainly within the pale of the law
in the opening of these particular ac-
counts, and | think the currecVn of
my position will lodge itself in the
minds of your honorable board at first
thought, when | state that these ac-
counts are absolutely necessary to
proper and satisfactory management of
the rapidly increasing business of this
institution.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted,
f.. Nj. MIXSON, Commissioner.
Statement of sales, gross and net
profit of sub-Dspensarics for eleven
months, ending December 3lst, 1895:
Sales by the County Dispensers
for eleven months to Decem-
ber 3lst CONSUMERS prices) 81, ,07G063 G5
Cost to counties of above mer-
chandisc. Observation-Disclosures. S75.580 20
Gross profit on above. 2O7,383 IS
Total expenses for II months. 96,252 II
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