The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-07-14
The State Monopoly.
Schedules of Stealage by Dis
pensers.
Honey to be Paid Into Treasury.

termiDed to pay into the State Treas
ury the sum of $40, 900 .Jaly 9th, cut
sof the, profits on the business. Dusiog
the meeting Colonel Jones stated Stat
the Board nov had about $50 GOO on
hand aud owed nothing and he moved
shst Of shis amount 10000 be turoed
over His resolution iscluded a prom
iiss to pay the following sums at the
times speciSed I: SIS .090 on Auguss L,
September I and Ostober $25. 900
on The fsst of Ossober. November aud
December. making 10 all total Of
$3.50. 900.
The 0sxt important matter for con-
siderasaon was brought up by Mr. Viii
liams 10 reference 10 soouty Dispeo
secs bonds. He has been investigating
this matter aud the result has not been
as al satisfactory. He bad IN his pos
session batch Of about eighty boads
and ont Of all that ssnnmber the Assist
ant Atsoroey General found only one
that was ssrictly correct.
Mr Williams called to the attention
OF the Board TO another matter Of equal
importance almost az the foregoing
This was 10 reference to the various
shortages which nave ocen:red since
the DispsDsary has beea 10 operation
and about which nothing has been
done boxing to the collection Of sbe
money for the State from the bonds
men or Of prosecuting those charged
with the desalcations.
Ia connections WITH the subject ste
clerk had prepared : list Of all Dis
pensers who have been short since be.
ginning Of business The Names and
amounts follow
NJ Carlson. SO 04; ] Carson,
3555 a5 BIO Esans, S17oS W &
Barron a + Dixon, S938 80 :
HsA Dickert. S258 &c. G N Lacg
stao $674.7l g Varn, $94 66 !;
A B MsDonald. 1924 81 T A Scott;
Sc. .920.28 Wade Lamar. 1852 80 !;
ii 4 Holtsclav, 81 ,3O1 81 D E
Keela, 1919 81 ; q 3 Gsston. $305
H. g w Busbea. S195 12 T S
Fenneli. $242 "a; TO Wood, $l84
IS j e Plat. $265 58-
AL these sbofsages occurred before
the Board Of Control was established,
and so far as the records Of the institu-
ton show, no prossction has been made
10 any Of these cases. nor has the State
recoysred one cent, except, perhaps. in
the case of B @. Evans. Sof St Mat
tbexs. 10 which aeompronise vas effect
ed by the local Board of Control It
Is the Intention of the State Board to
haye the Inspector visit every county
where shoFtages have occarred. get ap
the eyidence and give it to the Solici-
!. tor, ube will be requested BY the board
tomaks vigorous prosecution against
the bondsmen and the Dispensers
The amenns of the shortages as above,
IS $12.653. 80
The report of Inspector Hill was
read. In It he makes the following
statement as to the Dispeosaries meo.
toned: T. w. White, Greenviile,
short Sl0G; Powers. Charleston. short
$1S9. 10 ! Stevenson. Wiansboro, short
$33. 10 explanation of the latter, the
Inspector says Mr. Stevenson bad beso
sick at oDo time aud had gotten Others
10 rpp his Dispeusary for him. aud that
the shortage occurred during that
period It5amonnt,d originally to over
$500. but Mr.. Stevenson has made it
all good except S33. whish be- says he
says he VIII pay very shortly.
The Chester Dispensary was fourd
short S487 Dispenser Mcdaniel de
MES tha. he is responsible for this. and
says that after be took mouth after
sAhe busioess vas turned over to him by
Dispenser Hood, be discovered The
shortage Dispenser Hoods books.
the Inspector says, are in Columbia,
and he suggests that they be sent 10
Solicitor Henry.
AS to sas Hotel Calhoun 10 Charles
ton the report says: after taking
the entire stock. amounting to $3.-
495 48, the hotel is still short 81. ST.
IS. I have been informed that Mr..
Bowman paid Maj. B. B Evans $S3
for bond of Levin to carry the stock,
and that after getting possession of the
bond. Bowman destroyed the same
The record san be found in the Office of
Mai B B. Eyaps. I have been ic-
formed By the Assistant Attorney Gen
eral iba. upon proper steps being taken
by yeur honorable body shis bond can
beld for 1,577.65."