The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-17
The States Rum Business.

COLUMBIA, March 12-The General
Assembly elected two new mem bers of
the State Board of Control, Messrs.
Cooper and Miles. To elect two out of
five Nom bers Of "a board and put that much
new material on board Of this kind may
or NAV not make considerable difference
in the policy of the body. The new mem
bers may haye some ideas that they would
like to have tried in the administration
of their duties. The board is now good,
strong and honest body of men, and it
would be difficult matter tc find better
men to 50 into the dispensary manage
ment.
At the last meeting Of the board nothing
out of the usual run was undertaken, as
it was desired to give the new members
of the board time in which to become en-
tirely familiar with the workings of the
body.
Just now the elections in the hands of
the board are attracting considerable at
tention. The board will have to elect
commissioner at salary Of 81 ,9CO. There
is no lack of candidates for the position.
Who will be elected is entirely unknown,
as the views of the two new members are
not known, and there has been no occa-
sion for an expression Of preference on
their part. Col. CASTOR, who has been act
ing as commissioner for some time, is the
foremost of the candidates for tho place,
but he is having sharp competition, and
the result Of the election depends entirely
it appears upon the views OF the new
mem bers of the board.
The last payment made by the State
Dispensary to the State Treasury to the
credit of the general fund was in January
when the last Of the monthly pay ments
Of S25, 900 was made.
The purpose of the State board has been
to run the dispensary entirely on cash
basis, and that plan is being carried out
to the letter. 1t is likely that at the next
meeting Of the board resolution will be
offered ancIadopted resuming the monthly
payments to the State treasury to what
ever amount as can be safely given to the
State on account of the dispensary net
earnings. If $4,000 monthly can be
spared the monthly payments will be fix
ed at that amount, and it may be pos
sible by the first Of next month to start
out the monthly payments at $4,000 per
month, beginning with the month OF
April.
Several important changes in the man
agement of the business by the State
Board are suggested and scme of them
may be adopted, especially one with ref
ereuCe W Lue Duy lHS DS tho .''e.o ~ ~,
by which all possible complaint from the
disgruntled will be removed.
There is some inquiry relative to the
status of the beer privileges. The matter
stands exactly where it did before the
General Assembly met. The General As
sembly refused to put in a clause speciii.
beer privileges, and that left the State
board with exactly the same authority
for granting these privileges that it now
has, and which it has been exercising for
some time past 1t may be remarked in
this connection that it cannot ba seen how
it is possible for the State dispensary. to
lose any money through these beer priv
ileges, as the State merely orders for
those holding the privileges and is in no
way responsible for the collections OF the
beer dispensers or their crediting, but
simply gets its share of the profits under
existing arrangements.
1t is likely that hereafter the prices paid
for liquors, as we'll as the houses patron
ized, will be given to the public.-Ncws
und Courier.