The age-herald., 1902-01-19
BIBB.

BIBB.
 Blocton, January 1S-(Special.) )-There
 are many inquiries as to how the dis
 pensary system is working in this coun-
 ty, and the following figures and gener-
 al inform ation is given for the benefit
 of the public:
 The Blocton dispensary opened it's
 doors for business May 24. 1901. from l, which date to January 1, 1902, its total
 purchases were $33,51401: total sales, s32
 S01.91; net profits, after all expenses paid,
 s9,0734S. The total expense of running
 the institution is $225 per month. Two
 clerks are employed at salaries of $50
 and $S5, respectively. per month. The rent of the building is s25 per month. l With the revenue license and incidental 1 expenses the total expense of running is l about $225 per month. So it will be seen 1 that in seven months of its existence it
 has netted the handsome sum of $9, 073. 43, l to be divided between it's joint owners the town of West Blocton and Bibb coun- |, ty.
 | The county's half is divided equally | between the public roads and the pub lie schools. The city's revenue has been used to defray the expenses of municipal 1 government, improving the streets, build ing bridges and causeways, sewerage, street lights, etc. A small sum has also
 been used to help the sick and indigent
 who were unable to help themselves. l. The city is now at work on it's water
 works system, which will cost som e.
 thing over $40O0 No property on busi- ness tax of any kind Is levied upon the
 citizens.
 No bonds will be issued and no money l ,,,e revenue from the dispensary is sufficient to defray the expenses. as the work pro- l gresseS on the waterworks plant AS to the moral effects of the dispen-
 sary, many of the leading citizens of the
 town and county have been asked for | their views
 Mayor B. D. Reynolds said: Tn view of the fact that intoxicants Will be sold. either legally or illegally in
 this community, I consider from the ex- | perience we have had during the past
 seven months under the regime of the ] dispensary, that this, system of handling the evil is the best that can be devised Prior to the opening of the dispensary | the town and district were infected with | numerous tigers, which were degrading to | seller and buyer. and an expensive lux 1 ury to the country in the matter of court costs' Judge from close observation 'it'' eue Hordl atmosphere Is purer in
 many respects and consequently that the
 moral effect of the system with us has
 been decidedly good. as opposed to tigers
 methods, or prohibition, as we had it.
 Though prohibitionist myself,I hear
 tily recommend properly managed dis pensary system to all communities where
 lntoxicants are sold to any extent by tie
 CTS, saloons, or through the express''
 MT. J. B. Davie. prominent merchant: T consider the dispensary system far preferable to the blind tigers that ex
 isted before the dispensary was estab- | lished.'
 MT. Davie is one ot the five commission CTS of the dispensary
 MT. w. A. Harvey, druggist: T. consider the dispensary system far
 better than the former prohibition law that was ineffective
 MT. A. D. Belcher, prominent farmer. The d1spensary system of handling the lquor traffic is in every way superior to the former prohibition law, which aI
 lowed the express company's to shin thousands of dollars worth of whisky and
 peer into our community from other places Since the opening of the dispen- sary there has been almost nothing of
 the Kind shipped into the community"