The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-11

| S>> No' o''Ao oo'y w AoooeaOiiSu
the dispensary on Assembly street in
this city. We feel that four dispen-
saries is mono too many and that four
are necessary.
Signed: w. S. Martin, H. L. Cal
Evo, r. L. Clark, S. B. Witherspoon,
III. Steel, Il. II. Maxwell & Co., j.
W. II. Duncan, e. H. Don't, @. o.
Corley, Il. A. Dent, H. @. Sims, w.
B. McGowan, A. David, w. j. Man
ly. ....
This was referred to the county
board of control to report on at tho
next meeting of tho State board.
QUESTION OF INSURANCE. :
Mr.. John Il. Duncan, as attorney
for Dixon and for Wannemacher &
Co., presented to the board of con
troll four unpaid claims for policies
fofsfire insurance on tho State dis
1Spensary. Although Colonel Mixson
since April 1st, 1896, has had no au-
thority IN this matter, itappears that
the insurance has been written, as
under the old law, in Mixson's' name,
while the board of control, or its
chairman, is the party towhom these
! policies should be made and bills
charged. Tho four claims amount
to $211.5O. These parties were rep,
resented by brokers, Dngee & Go.
of Philadelphia, through whom Maj.
B. B. Evans Of Columbia obtained
tho four policies in question, besides
doing other business with them.
Chairman Jones explains that it was
tho custom to divide tho insurance
among several agents, and that a Ger.
tain amount was given to Mr.. Evans
to place wherever he could get the
/ risks taken, there being trouble at
times in placing such insurace.
From this it appears that Mr.. Ev-
0ns undertook to place for the dis
ponsary m amount of insurance, and
through DingGe & Co., brokers, pluc-
cd various risks With companies.
Tho dispcnsary is hold by Mr..
Duncan responsible for the "acts Of
its agent," B. b. Evans, to whom they
paid tho premiums, charging that he
has never paid ovor the samo to the
companies. agents, Dingee & Go.
The board Of control dony that
Evans is their agent, but the agent
of the other parties, while Duncan
contends that b. b. Evans acted for
the board of control, while Dingee &
Co. represented the various compan-
les. The matter was referred to the
attorney general.
Mr. Evans, at tic last meeting, it
is said, claimed that tho amounts
wore paid, and produced tworeceipts,
which, he claimed, covered said
amounts, though tho amounts did
not tally At this meeting the cor
respondence between Evans and Din
gee was in evidence.
IF Mr.. Duncan's contention is sus-
tanned tho board will have to pay
these accounts second time and
look to Evans for redress.
Major Evans says there is nothing
in the whole matter; that he has paid
Dingee & Co. all that is duo them,
and it is nothing more than an at
tempt to como back on him.
CoNFERRAD WITH THE GOVERNOR.
Tt was about 1 o'clock when mes
sage from the governor was received
asking that the board come immed-
lately to his Office. They went, and
remained there until tho hour for
dinner. While there it was arranged
that Mr.. Williams would make af1i-
davit against Mr.. Scruggs for official
misconduct.
J SOME RECOMMENDATIONS
Tho board, on reassembling at 4
p. NJ, RECEIVED q number of recon-
mendations, from Commissioner
Vance abont tho details Of tho dis.
ponsary. Among them was a sug-
gestion that n room be rontod for
storing liquor--a surplus of bottled
goods-m order to meet the increas-
ed demands Of tho fall tlado. He
wished by working ovcry day to get
enough bottled and on had in order
to avoid night work altogothor This
mattcr was continued until tho next