The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-02-20
To Be Investigated by Legislative
Committee.
1NTIMATIoNs MADE IN DEBATE
"Coon Corn, Old ana Mellow" Ilx.
hibited in tho senate Cham
ber. No Drinking an
the Premises. VIII

whom were the governor and Mrs.
Hayward.
When Mr.. UoDd's joint resolution
TO appoint Il committee to inveSti
gate the management of the diSpcll-
sary'' was called Mr.. Manning moved
To Strike out the cnacting clause and
declared tic regular committee was
empowered to mike all necessary in
yestigations. lie regarded this pro,
posed investigation Il useless eXpendi.
ture Of money.
This brought Mr.. Stanland to his
feet. Hc requested that he lie allowed
to address the Senate from the re-
portcr's table in front OF the prcS
dents desk. His request being grant
ed MIR. Stanland came forward bear
ing in his arms Il box with the name
OF a well-known patent medicine
plainly branded on the four sides, and
proceeded at once to display It's con
tents which were four different kinds
Of whiSkieS contained in bottles of
different sizes.
Senator: Are you extending invita-
tiOuS?'
Another senator: Have you enough
TO 20 arOund?"
The presidents gavel stopped any
further icsting remarks, but could not
prevent the majority Of the members
from gazing longingly and anxiously
at the tempting spread before them.
They wondered what would come
next.
Mr.. Stanland prefacod his remarks
with the statement that he is not op-
posed to the dispensary, has always
advocated it, but his purpose was tt
pay his respects to the Riclland Dis.
tillIng company. He said that not
many weeks ago he saw the advertise.
ment in daily newspaper where this
company was Offering Il special brand
OF wlliskey called Coon Corn-Old
and Mellow" 1t made him smile
when he thought Of this same whis-
key distilled one day, rcctitcd the
next, sold to the dispenSary the third
and the fourth day the people were
drinking this Coon Corn--Old and
Mellow" Mr.. Stanland went on To
say that the Richland DiStilling Com.
pany made one y and two Y corn
whiSkcy, gin, rum, apple and peach
brandy, all out or The same product.
And he thought that it had become
an annex of the dispcnsary; or rather
The dispensary an annex OF the distil-
lery. He exhibited the various sam
pies an alleged that certain products
were bought by the diSpcnsary from
the distilIcry and rcsold ut IL profit of
only five cents Il bottle, on which dis
tillerics i'll other States had to allow
The dispensary Il larger margin of
profit besides paying the freight.
From this Mr.. Stanland argued that
the profits accruing to the State were
dissipated and wrongfully diverted and
given to the Richland Distilling com
pany.
County dispensers had told him that
they could not get what they ordered.
New and untried brands were shipped
them instead. Picking up one Of the
BOTTLES from the table lie read tile
name Of the liable, Cream of Carroll
ma is real name," said Mr.. Stan
land, ] cannot mention in this cham
her, but / have written it on Il slip Of
paper and hand it to the reporter"
On the slip Of paper were written
the words, IL Fire"
Mr. Stanland asserted that the last
general assembly had instructed the
management OF the diSpenSary to re-
ducc their stock to S400, 900 but in
stead they had increased it nearly
Ss3 900 The very fact that the man
agcment is fighting this investigation
is proof conclusive that something is
wrong.
He charged that The dispcnsary IL
quorS are adultcratcd by water and if
the investigation is ordered he prom
iscd to produce all the necessary doc
umcnts and testimony The regular
committee has no authority to go into
the internal management of the con
Germ, which handles Il business
amounting to $4,000, 600 Il year and
he did not think The small salary of
$lO0 a sufficient amount to pay to
each Of the members Of the board in
compensation Of their services.
MIR. Aldrich opposed the resolution
and said there was nothing brought
before the committee, nor in Mr.. STAN
lands statements except the board
was discriminating III their purchases
in favor OF the Iichand diStillcry.
The legislature in its wisdom had
granted tiiem discretion in their deal
ings with distillcrics within the State
and with foreign concerns, and be saw
no wrong in what they had been ac-
cuscd OF doing.
Mr.. Sharpe asserted that "thc dis
pcnsary is alright THE people, !"
said he, are satisfied that it is The
best solution of the whiskcy question,
and it is only the dissatisfied outs
that are making all This fuss" The
only trouble that exists rests in the
minds OF those who are hostile to the
institution and are based upon a
newspaper article signed by Mr.. DOu-
INIT, who at one time was connected
with the diSpcnsary
Mr.. Hood said that the national
government keeps IL close watcl, on all
its employees and there is nothing
wrong in The State doing the same. If
nothing is wrong the friends OF the
institution have nothing to fear and
the moral effect would more than
the cost or the invcStiga-
tiOn.
MIR. Mayiield opposed the resolution
at length and said that rs Il financial
success the Institution has done better
each year OF its existence. In 1899
tho dispensary's net profit to the State
was $4l4 900; in 1900, $474 900: in
1901, $5l5,0 and last year $500 900.
lie asserted that the people are salts