The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-14
ON RIGHT LINE.
THEME " BOARD TO
CORRECT RE .ENT ABUSES.
Request Blank Feature EeYived In
all Dispensaries and Goods
May be Gent Back. =

| directors assumed control Of the bust
ness "Wednesday afternoon, adopting q
sensation set of resolutionsl as q
starter In what promises to be an IN.
proved al d highly Interesting admin.
istration. The resolutions assert tina
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.
cordaIce with law" Therefore, the
resolutions say, the board will en-
ploy the best counsel it can find and
In the event this suspicion ia confirm
cd ''the shippers Of these goods will
be notified that these goods are here
sui jsct to their orders, and the same
must be removed at once"
The resolutions 20 on to instruct
the clerk to publish q complete in.
voice of the goods on hand, see that
the people Of the state can and will
see the condition of affairs at the
state dispsnsary on the 1st OF March,
1906"
And "the commissioner Is hereby
instructed not to re.ive any goods
claimed to have been bought by o, 7
predecessors In of1ce, or any goods
now 10 transit; and that no goods
whatever shall be ordered except
goods purchased by. the present board
Of directors"
Toe ~dispensary Investigating com
mittee Is called upon to furnish the
names OF any whiskey houses sus
pected of unfair dealings with the
state $50 that we can hold up their
bids"
The request blank feature OF the
law which Senator Tillman roasted"
the old board for allowing to fall into
disuse is called back into operation
Ia no uncertain terms, delinQuents in
this respect to be jerked up before
the governor.
Another recommendation Of S>na'
tor Tillman is carried out In chang
ing the form of the advertisement for
bids so as to put them on q competi'
tive basis.
Although the state dispensary is in
urgent need Of certain lines OF suF-
plies only about $1,000 worth Of pur-
chases were made in cheap goods to
supply immediate needs. The board
al journed to meet again on the Goth
when the legality Of purchases made
by the old board will be further can.
vassed.
The annual stock-taking now in
progress will not be complete for sew
eral days. Commissioner Tatum esti-
mates the stock on hand at the state
dispensary at $40, 600. Probably more
than that amount is In the sub.dis-
pensaries throughout the state.
Five cars OF high priced whiskey are
q w standing in the yards, Commis
sioner Tatum having refused them.
How much more is on the road Is not
known. The old board has not yet
made it's report to the legislature. The
only m ember of the old board present
60 transfer the Business to the new
board was MI. Boykin.
The new board gave out q pumber
Of clerical jobs today. NJ. d. Mobley
was made clerk of the board to sue
coed G. H. Charles, resigned, J. s J.
Faust. of Bamberg, was made general
b ,okkeeper to sue ,eed Mobley, Miss
Sadie Thrailkill, OF Rtchburg, succeeds
Miss Florence McKsLzie as stenog.
rapher to the board and William r.
Lamar, Of Columbia, succeeds Joe L.
Tnnrp as inspector.
The resolutions, which will create
so much interest, were introduced by
Msj Black. They were unanimously
adopted.