The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-15


OF control to regulate. So many re-
quests are made for these licenses, ana
there are many rumors of these prlVll-
eges being abused. The policy OF the
board seems to be to refuse further
petitions for privileges and to keep
strict watch on those who have them.
At the meeting of the State board
Wednesday there were number OF
privileges which were refused, anu
there we're other matters which came
up in connection with the sale OF beer.
1t was stated before the board that
carload of beer which was consigned 10
the military officers at Greenvllle mad
been seized by Constable Latar, but
had afterward been released by Gov.
Ellerbe. When seen about the matter
later. the governor said that he had re-
leased the beer provided it be used for
"personal use only, and that no
further orders of the kind be made,
which was agreed to by the officers who
were really ignorant of the law: 4
communication from Mr.. j. h. Dos
cher, president of the Germanla Brew
ing company of Charleston, was re-
ceiyed. Mr.. Doscher stated that foreign
breweries had an advantage over his
s'home enterprise. When asked to
submit bids for furnishing beer to the
soldiers at Summerville, the Georgia
breweries made bids lower than his IN
the exact proportion of the royalty
which he paid the State. He had cut
his prices to meet the reduction, and
was LOW selling at a loss. He asked for
hi. ROYALTY to be moderated, or that the
other breweries be checked. Mr..
Doscher's letter was received as in
formation, but 1t apprised the board
that the dispensary law was being fla
grantly violated at Summervllle. The
dispenser at Saluda is in bad TX.
There is no bank at that, place, and he
has been making deposits with a mer-
chant, VINO recently skipped, leaving
a lot of creditors, among them the dis
penser and unpaid bills to the amount
of several thousand dollars. Mr.. l.. b.
Dean, the dispenser, came before the
board and made his statement. He said
that in the absence of a bank, money
order office, or express Office at Saluda,
he had for l4months been checking Mr..
Geo. w. Merriam, local merchant,
who seemed to have some means, and
who had the confidence of every one
Mr.. Dean presented petition signed
bv the county board of control, State
Treasurer Zimmerman and other people
of influence, asking that the State
board refund the loss. This was
knottv question for the board to handle.
The Stelnmeyer case was cited as
L,,A
Steinmeyer was actually knocked down
and robbed, while this man was defraud-
ed. But Steinmeyer was surrounded by
bank and safety deposit vaults, while
Dean acted as he thought best and
used the only means OF communication
at hand. Mr.. Haselden said that he had
had similar personal experience, when
he had had no lenlent creditor to re-
fund the losses and it had taught him
that business and sentiment didn't go
together. He was very sorry for MIR.
Dean, but as custodian of State funds.
he didn't think it right to refund the
money. However, he wanted more
time IN which to consider it. At the
afternoon session the Union case was
taken up and argued by Messrs. B. Z.
Townsend and V. Z. DePass, for Mr..
Sartor, and Messrs. Sawyer and Will
liam Munro, for Mr.. Palmer. The
board, after carefully listening to the
arguments, decided to let the judicial
department decided the right of Mr..
Lyles to act as member of the county
board, but as Mr.. Palmer's petition had
not been filed 20 days before he was
elected dispenser, his election was de-
clared void.
1t will be gratifying TO the people OF
South Carolina to know that this State
furnished as many naval reserves as
any other State, in proportion to the
white population. Such is shown IN
the report of the assistant secretary of
the navy just published. New York
headed the list with 49 officers and S05
men; Illinois, 10 officers and 7O9 men;
MARYLAND, "a officers and 425 men;
Massachusetts, 80 officers and 3S4 men;
New Jersey, "a officers and 313 men;
California, 13 officers and 50 mep; Con-
necticut, Is officers and 1873 men; Flor
ida, 6 officers and 90 men; Louisiana,
~ officers and 21S men; Michigan, IL
officers and 270 men; North Carolina,
y OlQCeTS anu lOJ m6u, cnuSy ifduio,
Is officers and 81 men; Rhode Island,
8 officers and IA men; South Carolina,
IS officers, 6 mates and 203 men; Vir-
ginia, . officers and 62 men.
COLUMBIA. Among the schools which
are doing a good work in our city is
the parochial school of the Church of
the Good Shepherd. Starting nearly
nine years ago, 1t has educated many
of the boys aud girls of Columbia,
some of whom have taken high stand
in the advanced schools and colleges OF
the city, aud not few are filling ac-
ceptably and to their credit different
vocations of life. The moral and Chris
tian principles which have been in
stilled have borne excellent fruit.
ORANGEBURG.- A colored child was
burned to death here. 1t seems that q
colored woman left her children IN the
house while she went to her work.
The chiId's clothing caught fire and he
rar out into the street with the cloth
lag in flames. The neighbors, hearing
the screams of the chi dren, ran to the
rescue, but the child was so badly
burned that he died very soon after
ward.