The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-14
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THEME WDIsPENSARy BOARD TO
CORRECT RECENT ABUSES.
Request Blank Feature Fevivsd in
all Iispensaries and Goods
Nay be Sent Back.

The new state board rt dispensar,
directors assumed control OF the busi
ness Wednesday afternoon, adopting
sensation set Of resolutional as
starter in what promises to be an In
proved AID highly interesting admin
ist,ation. The resolutions assert tha'
| several hundred thousand dollars
worth OF high priced goods" have
been purchased by the old board with
no legal record OF purchase and ap
parently mot ordered shipped in &C
cordarce with law" Therefore, the
resolutions say, the board viii en-
ploy the best counsel it can fad and
in the event this suspicion is confirm
cd the shippers OF these goods will
be notified that these goods are here
sui jset to their orders, and the sam.
nuSt be removed at olce.''
The resolutions 60 On to 1nstruc:
the clerk to publish complete In
voice OF the goods ol hand, see that
the people Of the state can and will
see the condition Of affairs at the
state dispsnsary on the ls5 OF March,
1906"
And ''tbe commissioner is hereby
instructed not to receive any goods
claimed to have obeen bought by o,
predecessors in cflce, or any goods
now in transit; ard that no goods
whatever shall be ordered except
goods purchased by the present bJaro
OF directors.
TIE dispensary Investigating com
mi5tee is called upon to furnish the
names or any whiskey houses sus
pected OF unfair dealings with the
state SO that we can hold up their
bids"
TIE request blank feature OF the
law which Senator Tillman roasted
the old board for allowing to fall into
5isuse is called back into operation
in no uncertain terms. deliEQuents 10
this respect to bs jerked up before
the governor.
Another Recommendation OF S ma
tor Tillman is carried cut in chang
ing the form OF the advertisement for
bids so as to pat them on a conpeti.
tive basis.
Although the state dispensary is in
urgent need Of certain lines OF sup-
plies only about 81, zoo worth OF pur-
chases we're made in cheap goods to
supply immediate neeGs. The board
adjourned to meet again on the 20fh
when the legality Of purchases made
by the old board will be further can
vsssed.
The annual stock-taking now in
progress will not be complete for sew
eral days. Commissioner Tatun esti.
mates the stock on hand at the state
dispensary at $40, 900. Probably more
than that amount is in the sub-dis-
pensaries throughout the state.
Five cars OF high priced whiskey are
NV standing in the yards, Conmis
sioner Tatun having refused them.
How much more is on the road is not
known. The old board has not yet
made its report to the legislature. The
only member Of the old board present
TO transfer the business to the new
board Vas Nj. Boykin.
The new board gave out rumber
OF clerical jobs today. N. q. Mc5ley
was made clerk OF the board to SUI
ceed 6. II. Charles, resigned, j S J.
Faust, OF B=moerg, was made general
b okkeeper to succeed Mobiey, Miss
Sadie Th,ailkill, Gt R;caburg, succeeds
Miss Florence McKaiZie as stenov
rarher to the board and William E.
Lamar, OF Colun bia, succeeds Jo5 l..
Toorp as inspector.
The resolutions, which will create
so much interest, were introduced by
Maj Black. They were unanimously
adopted.