The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-14
WITH GLOVES OFF.
Chairman Naselden's RSd Hot Report "a
... ~. State board.


port to the State Board of Control
was made public last night.
After reviewing several matters Of
detail, not of general public interest,
tho report says:
II have just received information
from Inspector Edwards as to o
shortage of $30S.91 against disren.
ser j. X. Mcmillan at Toddville, S.
O.
"Mr Edwards writes me that this dis.
penser acknowledges that he has been
short for three years, yet his reports
at this ofllcs have been made to con.
form with accounts here against him,
and the samo being approved by the
County Boa.d of Control.
"Owing to your meeting here to-
night. l did not take action against
him, leaving the matter in your
hands"
In this language Chairman Hasel-
den pays his respects to dispensers
and county boards.
"a very serious matter requires
our attention in tho management Of
the various dispensaries throughout
The State as regards the duties of
the county boards. Many of them
give such little attention to their
duties as to be absolutely worthless,
and in many instances are q him
dranco instead Of n help in tho dis
pensary management. Many of them
keep no account of the stock of
goods charged against the dispen-
scrs at consumers prices, and do not
know whether the county dispenser
makes a correct showing or not. In
nearly every instance where we have
found dispensers short to us at our
invoice prices, the county boards have
been and are unable to find the
amount of the dispensers shortage to
the county. This shows that thoy
keep 10 account against the dispen-
sers at consumers prices, as they
should do in order to determine the
dispensers shortage to the county,
and to properly know at any time
just how he stands in regard to the
city and county's profits.
Gas an example of the slack and
unbusiness like management, 1 refer
to the Beaufort dispenser, who hae
not even as much as request book
showing accounts Of sales each day,
and whom I have ordered before this
board to show cause why he should
not be turned over to the Attorney
General for prosecution for violating
the law. This loop. hole givcu the
dispensers by the county boards not
doing their duty permits them to rob
the county and oity Of their profits.
"When the State finds them short
they can pay up shortages to the
State at our invoice prices, the coun-
ty boards having nothing charged
against them at consumers prices;
they profit at the expense Of the
county and city. This gives the
business entirely to the dispenser,
and not to the county; we must try
to find n remedy to check this dere.
LECTION of duty and got the county
boards to keep their dispensers
straight, and thus save the county
and cities their profit.
81 suggest that we require our book
keeper to charge each dispenser, in
addition to our invoice price to dis.
pensers, tho dispensers prices to con-
sumers, SO when we send our inspec-
tors to check up dispenser we arm
him with tho consumers price, and
he checks the dispenser and holds
him accountable for every cent re-
ceived and disbursed to county, city
and State.
zone Of the great hinderances to
the successful management Of the
dispensary system is the incompe-
tency of some of the county dispen-
sers who are elected by tho county
boards Of control. While it is true
he cannot be confirmed until this
board approves tho action Of the
county board, yet we fail to inquire
into his qualification or compe tency.
suggest that before dispenser is
allowed to take charge Of dispen'
sary he be required to report at this
Office to be examined as to his quail
tication and competency. If this is