The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-01-20

amount. ibis was simply mistake 10
bookkeeping aud 10 cre lifting to the pro
fit accouut what had not accrued, but
what was expected to have accrued in
the haods Of County Dispensers. AT
ter thorough dissection of accounts
il was ascertained that the profits bad
not reached $1,000 The en'ire
assets. including cash, merchaodisc,
teams aud wagons aud personal &C.
counts. amounted in round plumbers to
Sl98 600 The liabilities amounted
ia round numbers to $50 000 The
total assets being subsequently, affected
to the amount of 50 600 in a 6oal
checking and adjustment of accounts
The liabilities were as follows:
To State appropriation. $4,000; to
suodsy persons for liquors, s36. 600;
total Indebtedness. $4,000 Cash ou
hand, S45,848.4o or S40,451 60 less
than amount necessary to liqu'date the
indebtedness This is simply rough
statement Of :he status of tho D!spen-
sary when took charge of the busi
uess, | am happy to state that turned
it over to my successor healthy aud 10
good condition and as sound financially
as any business Institution Of the couo-
try. Il has been taken out of politics
and placed in the hands of a Board Of
Control composed of farmers, bankers
aud business men cf ability whose rep
utation for honesty aud Integrity can
not be impugned The purchasing
power. such temptation to some men,
has been taken from the bands of the
Com missioner aud given to this Board.
They have exercised it judiciously aad
io a maouer to command the respect of
all parties. The duties Of the Com
missioner are now exercised by the
Chairman of the Board aud Superin-
sendeot, aud the Office Of Com missioner
could be abolished by your body. If
this power is ever agaie placed in the
hands Of one man be would at ouce be-
cone 40 object of vi,uperation, mis-
representation, abuse and slander Of all
the enemies of the Dispeusary and
every peony a-lines without any moral
or social responsibility.
The experience of the past year
shoald be enough to convince your
body of the truth Of ali that I have
said aud predicted. and while | am sure
that you will be advised aud impor
tuned to change this law aud return to
the old system, you will 6od by iuves'i
CATION that such propositions come from
lean and hungry politicians with itch
ing palms. You will be told that the
operations OF the present Board are
failure Judge by their acts and the
results and not by hearsay. The sub
joined comparative statement OF sales to
County Dispensers has been furnished
me by the bookkeper and is subject TO
your examination aud veri6ca,ion:
Sales 10 County Dispensers, Feb
ruary ! to December /, 1895, $780,
120 II.
Sales to County Dispensers for the
year. 1896, s1.3O6, ,612.91.
Increase. s4lo.492 "a.
Sales by County Dispensers, Febru-
ary l to December 81, 1895, $1,076,-
963 IS.
Sales By County Dispensers for 1895
(estimated), s1.50U. 600.
Increase, $423.056 IS
PROFITS STATE DIspENsARY
Net accrued profits, State DispeDsary
from February lss to December 31st.
1895, $123,46777.
Net accrued profit, State Dispensary
1896. 5000. 600.
PROFITS COUNTY DI:pENsARIEs.
Net profits to town and counties from
February lst to December 3lst, 1896.
$106,1S1 g.
Net profits to towns and counties
1890 (estlmated), }, SlZZ,UOo %.
The amount that has beeh actually
paid to the State, county ard town
treasurers from the net earnings from
the State and County Dispensaries is as
follows:
Paid into the State treasury iu 1895,
S100.000.O0
Paid into the State treasury in 1896,
Sl0o. 100000.
Tota $4,000 90.
Paid to towns aud counties in 1895,
$106,l31.28.
Paid to townes and counties 10 1896,
$l22. 900 90.
Grand total net profits paid in from
all sources. S428,13120.
For further particulars ofstock and
cash oD hand, etc.. respectfully refer
you to the report of the State Board Of
Control herewith submitted.
1t will be thus seen that as busi-
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