The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-06-16
COUNTY BOARDS TOO LAX.
Chairman HaseIden's Report to the
State Board.
THE D!SPENSARY A SUCCESS.
Important Changes Are Recommend
ed--Breakage Too Large Among the
County Dispensers.

Control:
will first give you a statement Of
our financial standing:
Cash on hand. ............ S44, ll9.Ol
Total Indebtedness. ......... 33, Gl1. 03
Cash balance on hand. 800. $40, sol. 96
We can safely rely upon tine cash
receipts amounting to $50, OOO. W per
week.
BY referring to the report of the COM
missioner you will see that we have
large stock of liquor on hand.
With this statement of our finances
would recommend that the commits
sioner be instructed to pay $40, 900. 10
to the school fund.
Iwould suggest that there be built at
some convenient point-near Commls-
siouer Vance's office-a fire proof vault
to hold the present steel safe, books
and papers. The vault can be about
l0x10 and about three feet high inside,
with hollow space for air between q
steel fre-p proof door. The cost of such
vault, properly built, would not exceed
500. %.
Iwould suggest that you employ an
expert to examine carefully the whis-
kew tanks now in use. l am Of the
opinion that it will be shown that it
will be better to purchase new tanks;
if so, then 1 would recommend that you
buy three tanks of 80 barrels capacity
each and one tank of 25 barrels capa-
city. Two of the large tanks to be used
exclusively for corn whiskey and the
other for rye whiskey. The 25 barrel
tank being used only for dumping the
higher grades of rye whiskey.
Dispenser J. ". Henry, Laurens,
who was summoned mere at the last
meeting of the board, was checked up
soon after our adjournment and was
him at once, and visited Laurens the
following week and collected from him
the above amount, and turned the same
over to the clerk of the State board of
control.
l have just received information from
inspector Edwards as to q shortage of
S30S. 81 against Dispenser j. h. McMil-
Ian at Toddsville, 5. G.
Mr.. Edwards writes me that this dis.
penser acknowledges that he has been
short for three years, yet his reports at
this Office have been made to conform
with accounts here against him, and
the same being approved by the county
board of control.
Since the last meeting of our board I
have made inquiry into the looting of
the dispensarles at Timmonsville and
Florence during the Darlington riot,
and find that two cases was placed in
the hands Of the circuit solicitor for
suit covering the amounts of S2S5. 10
and S915. 81, respectively.
These cases were removed from Flor
ence county to Georgetown county and
suit brought and successfully main
taired IN one case to the amount of
S2S5. Is.
The other case, amounting to S9l5. 81,
has never been tried.
The Judgment obtained in George
town, transcript of which should have
been filed with the clerk of court of
Florence county, has never been en-
tered up. l call this matter to your at
tention so you can take such action as
may be deemed best.
/ desire to call your attention to
breakage sustained in the shipments of
whiskey to the b-dispepsaries. l
submit report on eight dispensares,
which is fair index to the others, as L
have taken four of those who report the
largest amount of breakage and the
four who report the lowest.
Mr.. W.. Motto, of Charleston, heads
the list with the highest amount He
started In business IN September, 1897,
and purchased $780, 2S, and reports
breakage So. 65, 2 per cent. In April
his purchases were Sl97.70 and break
age S12. 81, & per cent, which is per
cent. greater in April, 1898, than in
September, 1897, when he assumed
charge of the sub dispensary.
next call your attention to the Mt
Pleasant dispensary, which is near
Charleston, and to which the goods are
shipped oy way or charleston and over
the same railroad, and In addition to
this, these goods have to be unloaded
upon the steamship wharfs and reloaded
upon steamboats, aud unloaded upon
the wbarfs in Mt. Pleasant again,
which requires one more handling than
Mr.. Notes goods does in the CITY.
With this additional handling the Mt.
Pleasant dispensary breakage is not as
great as Mr.. Notes. The figures are:
May purchases, 1897, 1888. 40; break
age s.. 4;3per cent, April purchases,
1910, S71f. w, pLOdhaSS, W. ~, IA ROA
cent, which is per cent. greater in
April, 1898, than in May, 1897, when
present dispenser assumed charge. But
his breakage is increasing instead of
decreasing as it should with experience
ana proper management
In Jvly, 1896, the Chester dispenser
purchased 81, 162. 90; breakage, S1615,
$per cent. His April, 1898, purchases
were SS29. IS; brt akage, $50. %; 81 per
cent, which is % per cent. greater in
April, 1898, than in July 1896, when he
assumed charge. Breakages growing
and heIhas had nearly two years exper
ience, and his breskage should, under
ordinary circumstances, have been kept
down to : per can't, if not reduced.
The next and last oneof the high ones
is Kingstree. In September 1897, pur-
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