The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-02-20
To Be Investigated by Legislative
Committee.
1NT1MAr1oNs MADE IN DEBATE.
"Conn Corn, Old and Mellow" IIx-
hibited in the Senate Cham
Der. No Drinking on
the Premises .i

Will lEoHllNenU pcrSonaRcS, among
whom were the governor and Mrs.
Hayward
| When Mr.. IToDd'S joint resolution
| TO appoint a committee to invcsti-
gate the management 0f the diSpcn-
sary'' was called. Mr.. Naming moved
To strike cut the cnacting clause and
declared the regular committee was
,cmpowcr,sl to make all necessary in
vestigatiOns. lie regarded this pro-
posed Investigation u useless expcndi-
ture Of money.
This brought Mr.. Stanland to his
feet. Hc requested that lie be allowed
to address the Senate from tho re-
portcr's table in front or the prcsi-
dents desk. His request being grant
ed MIR. Staullnfl came forward bear
ing In his arms Il box with the name
or 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-
tions?''
| Another senator: ''Havc you enough
to 20 arOund?"
The Presidents gnvel stop ed any
further jcSting remarks. but could not
prevent the majority OF the members
from gazing l0ngingly and anXiously
at the tempting spread before them
They wondered what would come
next
Mr.. Stanland prefaccd his remarks
with the statement that he is not OPP
posed to the dispensary, has always
advocated it, but his purpose was to
pay his rcSpects to the Rchland Dis
tilling company. He said that not
many weeks ago he saw the advertise
mcnt in daily newspaper where this
company was Offering Il special brand
Of whiskcy called Coon Corn Old
and Mellow" 1t made him smile
when he Thought of this SINE whis-
key distilled one day, rcctificd the
next, sold to the diSpcns;ry 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 OF the same product.
And he thought that it had become
all annex Of the dSpcnsary; or rather
the dspensary an annex of the dstil-
lcry. He exhibited the various sam
| pies an alleged that certain products
were bought by the diSpenSary from
the distillcry and resold at Il profit of
only five cents Il bottle, on which dis
tillcrics in 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
| diSSi pated 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 he read tic
name Of the liable, Cream Of CARROLL
ma" Its real name," said Mr.. Stan
land, II 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 GispenSary to re-
duce their stock to $400, 900 but in
stead they had increased it nearly
$S3, 900. The very fact that the man
agcment is fighting this Investigation
is proof conclusive that something is
wrong.
He charged that the dispcnSary Ii
quorS are adultcratcd by water and if
the Investigation is ordered he prom
iScd to produce all the necessary doe
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
$400 sufficient amount to pay to
each OF the members Of the board in
compensation Of their services.
MIR. Aldrich opposed the resolution
ana said there was nothing brought
before the committee, nor in Mr.. Stan
lands statements except the board
was discriminating in their purchases
in favor of the Richland distillcry
The legislature in its wisdom had
granted tlIcm discretion in their deal
ings with tlistillcries within the State
and with foreign concerns, and lie saw
no wrong in what they had been nc
cused OF doing.
Mr.. Sharpe asserted that the 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.. Dull-
thit, who at one time was connected
with the dispcnsary.
MIR. Hood said that tile national
government keeps close watch on all
It's 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
compensate the cost Of the invcStiga-
ton.
Mr.. Maytield opposed the resolution
al length and said that as Il financial
success the institution has done better
each year or its existence. In 1899
the dispensarys net profit to the State
was $4l4, 200; In 1900, STA 900: in
1901, S545, 200, and last year S5GG, 900.
In assert p6 that tho ,,oo,,lo ,,o .,,,;.