The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-14
0ispensary Commissioners
Organize Monday Night.
ONLY ONE DISPENSARY
Messrs lines and King WISHING 0ispansary al
Darlington, S. c., NJ. Cole Will Go 10
Louisburg.- Manager May be Sc
lscted Monday Night.

q q. King VIII act as DiSpenSary Com
missioners, as they took the decisive step.
yesterday evening, and being sworn II
are now ready for starting the machine
Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Jones ant
King appeared before Mayor Powell a
the mayors office and the oath was ad
ministered to them. Last night Mr.
Henry Cole took the oath before Mayor
Powell at s O'Clock in Seaton Gales Lodge
l. O. O. F., the big lodge Bible being
used in administering the oath
In an interview with Mr.. Cole las
night he stated that the commissioners
were anxious to get all the information
possible about the method of running dis
pensaries so that the Raleigh dis
pensary might be modelled after, the
most perfectly working dispensary, Ill or
der to give the people of Raleigh the
most satisfactory service possible.
| With this end in view MessrS. Jones
and King, two of the commissioners, left
last night for Darlington, S. c., to visit
inspect and inquire into the conduct CT
| the dispensary at that place as the COM
missioners have been Informed that the
dispensary IS one of the best conducted
in South Carolina.
Upon the return of these commission
ers who will import to Mr.. Cole the ideas
they gathered while away, he will go to
Louisburg and investigate the methods
| of the dispensary there. Before his cleo
ton as commissioner Mr.. Cole had visited
the dispensaries at Camden and Cheraw,
s. c. He YVES not favo.ably impressed
with the manner iii which they were
conducted. He also visited the dispensary
at Louisburg n. c., and thinks that was
! conducted in a very business-nke manner,
and its methods were greatly superior
and more satisfactory that those he visi-
ted in South Carolina. The object of his
contemplated visit next Friday is to ac-
quaint himself fully with the details and
| inside workings of the business.
! With the information galEed on this
trip and other information already in
hand the commissioners believe they vii,
be ready to organize and this they pro-
pose to do Monday night. At this meet
ing the chairman, secretary and treasurer
of the commission will be elected, com
posed of course OF its own membership.
The manager of the dispensary, the
much coveted position will also be Sc
lected at the meeting Monday night Il
possible, and Alderman Separk seems TO
be slated for the job. 1t is now their
intention to do so as the time is so lim
ted and there is such great amount
of preparation to be made-the selection
or a suitable site, the purchase OF stock
and many other necessary things which
must be done to have the dispensary in
working operation within a month and
half. 1t is possible, too, that some OF
the assistants in the dispensary VIII
also be selected at this meeting, and Al
dermen Griffis and Novel; are said to
have a lead pipe cinch on the jobs.
The location OF the dispensary is an
other matter which the commissioners
are wrestling with The locations under
consideration are the Acme Vine Com
pany store on Fayetteville street, the
Pullen building on the same street, the
stores under the Academy of Music and
the new Ferrall building on East Har-
gett street The latter one of the CON-
missioners thinks is possibly the most de-
sirable, it being centrally located and
admirably adapted for the dispensarJ.
If this We're selected one OF the stores
and the second floor would be used.
The present idea is to start with one
dispensary and if the needs of another
| is manifested then it will be established
and not before
| AS yet none of the commissioners have
given bond, IN fact the Board oil Alder
men have not fixed the amount OF bond
they will Der required to give. This mat
| ter will be fixed at the next meeting of
the board. The amount of these bonds
will probably be fixed at between $1,660
and $4,000.
! ba
given BIZ the manager, as his settlements
| are only to be made quarterly, and as the
sales for such period will, estimated,
at something like $4,000, it will readily
be seen that of necessity the bond
must be heavy one perhaps $4,000,
though as some think that weekly state
ments will be required the bond may be
from five to ten thousand dollars
| Quite a number of citizens have filed
applications with the commissioners fol-
the position of manager or subordinate
Jobs. These applications come by tele-
phone, mail and through the buttonhole
process 1t is impossible TO learn whom
the applicants for jobs are, but the alder
manic triplet of Separk, Grlffis and Now
ell are on the inside, and il they are
showed away from the pie counter it will
be task that will take pushing.
Mr.. Straus, of Baltimore, of Strans
Gunst & ompany, was in the city yes
telday The commissioners were in cor;
sultation with him last night at til,
Marlborough House Many whiskey drum.
mers have been after the commissioners
and there is being made hard pull FOL
orders for the liquor to be furnished the
dispensary, or dispensaries whichevel
may be.
In the meantime the men who by thei
work have rid the city of twentyfou
bar-rooms are watching the scramble Ant
; the scheming for jobs and pie that tn
big Nine" have made possible.
Named as correspondent in dlvorc
suit suit for SANDER has resulted. Tni
suit has been instituted before Justic
Barbee by Mrs. Laura Fam, whom Mrs