The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-30
THE SUMMER MONTHS
SHOW A SMALL BUSINESS FOR TIE
DlSPENSARY.
Dispensers'' ''SSffortages-The Committee Re-
eoml9pnds That Solicitors Take Immcd-
Tie ActiOn-Tho System of BoOk-
keeping Appears to be About Per.
fect-Tho Figures for tbs
Quarter,
lRegister, 25.l

The Legislative Investigating com.
mittteo for the dispensary has COM
pleted its work and mado its report
of the operations of tho institution
for the past quarter. According to
it, the net profits have been only a
little over nineteen thousand dollars,
which may bo possibly explained by
tho fact that the business in summon
is unusually dull.
The committees report is as fol
lows:
Columbia, S. c., July %, 1897.
To His Excollency, w. fl. Ellerbej
Governor.
Sir: We, have met pursuant to
an act Of the General Assembly and
Have made the second quarterly OK
animation of the books and financial
transactions of the State dispcnsary
for the quarter entling juno 3Oth,
1897. We have checked all the
items upon the two ledgers contain
ing all the various accounts kopt by
the State dispensary in connection
with the business, comparing tho
same with tho entries in tho books
of original entry. We have also OK
mined and checked of all the
vouchers Of Disbursement made, and
have examined and compared and
monthly reports of the State treas
urer of receipts with the correspond
ing items upon the disponsary books.
We have also examined and checked
off the invoices Of all goods pur-
chased, and checked off tho amounts
credited upon said invoices for dis
counts, rs same appear upon tho
face Of said invoices. We find the
entries and the books correct, ex.
cept rs hereinafter mentioned.
We append hereto the following
statements.
First. Statement Of assets and
liabilities for tho quarter ending
Juno Both, 1897.
Second. Statement of profit and
loss account for quarter ending June
30, 1897.
Third. Cash statement for the
quarter ending Juno 3Oth, 1897.
Fourth. Statement of unenrned
profits for the quarter ending June
Goth, 1897.
The State treasurer's report on
<'AJuno 3Oth, 1897, is that tho cash in
the State treasury to tho credit of
the dispensary was $72,271.45. On
June Both, 1897, the books of the
State dispensary show that the cash
balance was $G2,15704.
Tho difference betwoon the books
of the State treasurer and tho State
dispensary was $40, ,114,41. We
find that on June Both, 1907, there
was outstanding and unpaid by the
State treasure twenty eight war
rants, which had been previously is.
sued by the State commissioners
amounting to $6,505.G7. Making
allowance for these outstanding
warrants, wo find that tho difference
in the cash account is $0lS.74 in
favor Of tho State treasurer.
We find an error on April Both,
1897, of $3.50 in the cash book of
tho State board Of control; an ontry
OF $3.50 is charged to cash. This
entry represented warrant 1902 is
sued }Decembol 4th, 1897. This
warrant was never presented to the
atStreasurer, and was returned to
the State board of control and can
collo'l. This then had been previous
" charged off, and tho effect Of lhe
entry Of April 30th, 1897, was to
make the State commissioners bal
onco too large. Allowing for this
error, we find that tho difference in
the cash accounts is $6G8 ii in favor
Of tho State treasurer. A check for
this amount was romittod to tho
'EtHtc board of control and collected
by them at the Carolina National
bank and paid into the State treas
ury. Subsequently this check was
dishonorod, and tho amount was
thcreupon refunded to the bank by
the State board Of control ont Of the
dispensary funds in their hands.