The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-01-20

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exercised it jUdiciousiy and in man
ner to command the respect OF all par
ties. The duties of the commissions
are now exercised by the chairman o
the board and superintendent, and tn
office of commissioner could be abol
ished by your body. If this power i
ever again placed in the hands OF en-
man, he would at orce become an ob
iect OF vituperation, misrepresentation
abuse and slander Of all the enemie
Of the dispensary and every pensy a
liner, without any moral or social re
sponsibility. The experience Of thu
past year should be enough to con
vince your body Of the truth of al
that I have said and predicted, ant
while ! am sure that you will be ad
vised aud importuned to change thi
law and return to the old system, yor
will find by investigation that sucE
propositions come from lean and hun
cry politicians with itching palms
You will be told that the operation:
of the present board are a failure
Judge them by their acts and result:
and not by hearsay. The subjoinec
comparative statement Of sales tc
county isoensers has been furnlshde
me by the bookkeeper and is subject
to your examination and yeriication
The net profit that has accrued tC
the State for the past year is in round
numbers 100000. Toe next amount
accrued to the towns and counties for
the same period $4,000, making 3
total accrued prolific the State, towns
and couuties 1922 900; addin S57 ,652..
65 unearned profit on goods in the
hands OF local dispensers first CT Jan
uary, 1897, swells the total of earned
and unearned profits to the State and
towns and counties for the past year
to the amount of 1879, ,65265. The
net profit accruing the past admins.
tration for Is months was $40, 34S so.
Net profits for 1895, S133 1919 Net
profits for 1896, 100000. making a
total net accrued profit to the State to
date $443, ,S16.57. Add tothis net &C
crued profit the outstanding unearned
profit, S57 6526 IS, makes total earned
and unearned profit to date OF
$50l, 469 80. If to this sum we
add the amount OF the net &C
crued profits to the towns and coun-
ties for the years 1895 and 1895 OF
$22S, 121 % we have grand total OF
earned and unearned profits to State,
towns and counties to date Of s729, 600.-
50. The amount that has been actual.
ly paid to the State, county and town
treasurers from the net earnings from
the State and county dispensaries is as
follows:
Paid into the State treasury in
1885,, UUL
Paid into the State treasury in
1885,. IUU,UUI
Total...,.................s 5000, ,ooC
Paid 10 towns and counties,
1895. .SlO6 l3l 2c
Paid to towns and counties,
Total. l.................. $22S, 131 2S
Grand total net profits paid in from
all sources $42S. 1S1 IS. For further
particulars of stock on hand, etc., |
would respectfully refer you to the re-
port of the State board OF ontrol here
with submitted.
1t will thus be seen that as fnan-
cial business its success can not be de-
MED. To the above estimates the sum
of 50, 900 per annum, the average cost
of maintaining the dispensary consta-
bles, should be added
The enforcement OF the dispensary
law has been the bane Of the whlskey
dealer, the terror OF the Illicit distiller,
the pitiful excuse for the opposition OF
hypocrites and crankS, and the plat
form of disgrunted politicians cater
ing to local influences, good or bad.
Ii is the duty under the law of all the
executive officers of the State, coun'
ties and towns to enforce this law, and
such officers are compelled to take an
oath prescribed by your honorable
body to faithfully enforce the law
when they assume their official duties.
The governor is authorized to employ
constables and State detectives. whose
especial duty it is to enforce the law.
l have employed on an average about
50 constables during my term OF office
and one State detective, and they
have been Jealous and faithful in their
efforts to suppress the Illicit traffic,
and l am satisfed-and I am sure the
people of the State are-at the results
obtained during the past year So regu-
lar commissioned constables, includ-
ing the two chief State constaoleS,
have been regularly employed. The
State is divided into two divisions
known as the upper and the ''lower.
The upper division is in charge OF
Chief Fant and the lower n charge OF
Chief Holley. The salaries and ex-
penses, including one detective and
the clerk in my office, amounted to
SAT, ,726 Q1.
Thirty one constables are assigned
to the upper and 24 to the lower divi-
sion. The upper division has been
much harder to handle by reason OF
the proximity OF North Carolina and
the mountain distilleries. The amount
of whiskey and brandy seized in the
upper division for the past year was
3, 245 gallons, 80 gallons of beer, S,976
gallons cf cider and beer in bot
Ties, - vehicles and IL head OF mules
and horses, and 10 Illicit distilleries
we're destroyed. In the lower dlvl-
sion there were seized and conGscateu
5000 gallons of whiskeC, wine and
brandy, 80 barrels Of beer, 2,255 gal
Ions of beer and cider in kegs, three
vehicles and four head OF mules and
horses one licit distillery was de,
The resistance to the law
in the upper tier Of the counties ad.
Joining the North Carolina line and
IN the county OF Charleston has been
most stubborn. In the remaining
counties of the State a healthy condi-
ton exists and the citizens are almost
unanimous in support ofshe law. and
l am glad to report that the law is
forooJ ~ ,h to-,+ h O