The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-25

any responsibility, neither to attach
any blame, made it very pointed that
he had no more to do with the buying
Of liquor, nor the policy of administra-
ton than the alleged man in the
moon.
About all he could do was to sign
checks, fill offices after they have
been created by the board, keep an
eye on things in general and have
general supervision. Most of his au-
thority is fixed by resolution of the
board. If the board tells him to &C
cept liquor he has it to do. He told
of rejecting two car loads of liquor
on some seeming misunderstanding
about its being ordered, and that when
the board insisted on his receiving it,
that there was nothing else for him to
do under the law Mr.. Tatum at some
length explained the business situa-
ton and why no profits had been
paid into the school fund this year.
In word, he said it was needed by
the dispensary for its obligations,
and that as soon as the money is
asked for by the superintendent of
education it will be paid in, but that
as the money is used in the fall
months it is held until it is really
needed, and there was no use for it
to lie in the treasury idle. He also ex-
planned that he has done everything
possible to reduce the stock and pay
the debts of the institution, and that
as matter of fact there were less
case goods on hand than usual, and
that he has been making progress in
paying the debts of the dispensary.
Mr.. Tatum does not believe much in
the handling of case goods.
The evidence Tuesday indicated
that there has recently been decided
activity in forcing settlements and in
keeping tzb en< tifsEiiirfsss tfsirfgssss III general
Mr.. Carter testified that recently
there have been quite number of
shortages settled, notably thar OF
Richardson, of Greenville. and that
there had been more following up
than heretofore.
A curious statement was made
Tuesday. Mr.. Carter stated that if
bid went to the State treasurcT's
office by mail, and was sent to the
State dispensary, it went into the
waste basket, or at all events that it
was not considered. He explained
that under the law bids are sent TO the
treasurer's office by express, and the
advertisements so stated and that the
board would not consider a bid sent
in by mail.
The testimony showed that al
though the intent Of the Mower act Of
1902 is understood to be that the dis
pensary should hold its stock down to
$500. 900. thar it has practically twice
that much on hand. Mr.. Tatum
thinks the dispensary could easily
operate on a stock Of that size if it
did not use case goods, and ordered
frequently standard bulk goods.
Messrs. Lyon and Christensen
stated that they had some county
dispensary witnesses on hand. They
will probably be reserved for the end
of the week. These witnesses will be
corroborative, and to indicate that the
s,partanburg conditions are sympto-
matte and not local.
Messrs. T. E. Frazer, Neills Chris
tensen, Jr.. Cole L. Blease, Arthur
CASTOR, D. A. Spivey, and Fraser
Lyon were at the meeting this morn
ing. Senator Hay was unable to be
present on account Of sickness, but the
committee went ahead with its work
and will probably be here until the
end Of the week.
Wednesdays Session.
The Columbia correspondent to
the News and Courier says that ten
wears ago an offer was made Col.
Francis NJ. MiSson. then commission
er OF the d:spensary. Of thirty thous-