The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-13

bSs!u OF SohSEh are nOd SFeu fe-
/. qnired to give bond for the faithful
performance OF duty, yet they hare
absolute control of an institution do
ing annually miliion and a h6lf
dollar business
The County Boards OF Control
should be abolished, and two or
three inspectors should be appointed
10 lHok after the Dispensers boOks
and the breaksge. This would bc a
much more economicni method than
the oue now pursued This system
Of organization, together with tie
| supervision of the grand jurie+,
would reduce peculatior and en-
oezzlemenr to the smallest amop ut
possible. The State Commissioner er
nigh. be either appointed by the
State Board or elected ly tie q, IL
eral Assembly. We have 10th SIS
TENS now in force in the Stf,e
The superintendent Of the Hospital
for the Insane, who is giving per.
feet satisfaction, is appointed: tn
Superintendent of the Pcuitent ifry
Al equally efficient officer, is eiec, 4
by the General Assembly. But there
should be vested somewhere the
power by which both State Con.
missioner and County Dispensers
might be suspended, and, if nee
| essary be removed for cause.
suggest, also, what seems 10 me
needed Improvement, and that is Il
change in the manner OF purchasing z
liquors. Whiskey is as much a
staple article as corn or flour, though
t varies 10 quality and price, accord
| ing to age and the methods of dis.
tillation and manipulation. The
,arge bulk Of liquor consumed by
che people is obtalnable in abso-
lutely pure form and Of good quail
lty, without the necessity of re,
course to chemical analysis, for i.
c"n be bought directly from govern
ment warehouses without passing
through the hands of rectitiers and
manipu!atorS, who are almost sure
to adulterate it foa the sake of pro
Mt think that the law should pro-
vide that purchases should be ma.le
nnder annual contracts, with parties
who would agree to furnish liquors
from the bonded warehouses of the
United States, Of the required age
and strength, upon the most rca ,on.
able terms. These contracts should
De let in such way as TO preclude
all possibility Of coliusion or frand
II blended or rectitied whiskeys are
bought, as is no" the case, there is
absolutely no safe test by which
adulteration can be shown, unless
the liquor is so bad as not to be fit
to drink. These remarks apply to
the y and Xxx whiskeys, or liquors
OF the first and second qual:!y,
enumerating from the lowest to the
highest, as has been the rule ia ne
State do not believe it is repu;f \.
Die, ,,iu the States business, tat
there should be a swarm Of whiskcy
drumners meeting at Columbia once
month TO sell the required supply
in d'iblets. Arrangements shonld
be made under contract for the rLr-
chase, as | haze indicated, and me
orders for additional supplies wo,ld
90 forward with as much assurance of
being honestly filled rs If salt or
bacon were bought. The special
brands and wines required could be
purchased in the same way, and as
these constitute. only small part Of
the business, no change need be
made in the present mode of buying
them
There is another matter that ur-
pears worthy of mention. With the
experience gained by the employ ce>
in bottiing aud pncking aud ship
ping Of liquors, there ought to he
practically no breakage, if the lot.
ties were of good quality, and the
packing were well done, for the cars
are loaded alongside tho State Dis
pensary building, and there is hard
ly transfer from one road to an
other. This matter Of breakage has
| been the main reason for cOntinninp