The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-08-25
COMMITTEE MEETS
At COLUMBIA
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
STATE DISPENSARY.
Ex-Commission Mixson Testihes
About Attempted Bribes-Con-
missioner Tatum Makes
Suggestions.
Financial Statement


Cash balance March 81, 1905, S75,-
365 36.
Teams and wagon, $64 90.
Supplies, as per inventory, $2o,173.
Machinery ani office fixtures, S6,-
328 So.
Real estate, S52,96o 56.
Merchandise as per inventory,
stock at dispensary, S368,o6S 81.
Suspended accounts in process OF
settlement, S5,6o4 72.
Merchandise in hands of dispen-
sers, March 81, 1905, S3S8,8oo s..
Remittances in transit to State
Treasurer, uncollected, R. R. Claims,
ETC., S65,773 II -S454,673 IS.
Personal accounts due State for NJ.
T. bbls, alcohol, etc, s1oS17 81.
Total assets, S1,oo3,o45 6S.
Liabilities
School fund, s442,676 40.
Personal accounts due by State for
supplies, whiskey, wines, beer, alco-
hol, ETC., s56o,36o 2s.
Total liabilities, SI,oo3,o45 6S. .
Note from committee report:
Liquor bought but not delivered,
$2oe,67o 50.
The Columbia correspondent
to the News and Courier says
that the above is the financial state
ment of the State dispensary. 1t was
mad> up at the dispensary, by the au-
tho titles of the dispensary, and was
taken from their books. 1t is official
end business men will no doubt be
be much interested in the figures here
presented. It will be noted by ref
renee to the evidence that is being
taken by the committee that the vari-
Gus items are being explained in de-
tail and how they are made up and
computed.
The element OF ''skillful sophistica
ton" in dispensary liquor was an in
teresting phase OF the investigation
Tuesday. It was an expression of the
State chemist and it applies. to good
many things these days. The inves-
tigating committee had long session
Tuesday. The special purpose of the
hearing was to receive the facts and
figures collected by the sub-commit
tee charged with the investigation Of
the financial and business affairs of
the dispensary. This committee con-
sists OF Messrs. Arthur CASTOR, Of
Chester, and D. A. Spivey, of Conway.
A mass Of figures and intensely in
teresting data was presented and now
this committee is undertaking to de-
velop the significance of these tables
and figures. There is meaning in
this and the suggestion that there is
significance between the figures. This
remains to be developed, and it is
for the layman to draw his own con-
clusions.
In other words this committee just
now seems bent on showing certain
methods and results, and it will re-
main 20 be shown what all this means.
The evidence Tuesday was not SO
sensational as it was at Spartanburg.
It was quite orderly, but deep in its
import and fruitful in the evidence Of
how things are run. It remains for
the people to say whether this is
sound business or not. The commit
tee had to have beginning and an
ending point for its rabies and figures,
so il chose from April, 1904. to April,
1905. therefore all the figures and
tables are to and from these dates.
They show that on this date the dis
pensarv owed for liquor and supplies
in stock $500, ,367.2S. That the dispen-
sary had on hand in supplies here and
throughout the state over 100000
That the state has not turned over to