The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-16
ON RIGHT LINE.
THENEw MISUNDERSTANDING
CORRECT RECENT ABUSES.
Request Blank Feature Revived in
all Dispensaries and Goods
May DO Sent Back.

Tho new state board CT d%ispensar;
directors assumed control OF the bust
ness Wednesday afternoon, adopting
sensation set of resolutional as 8
starter IN what promises TO be an in.
proved ard 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.
cordance with law" Therefore, the
resolutions say, the board will en-
ploY the best counsel 1t Gan find and
In the event this suspicion is confirm
ed the shippers Of these goods will
be notified that these goods are here
sui cot to their orders, and the same
must be removed at once"
The resolutions 90 On to lnstruc,
the clerk to publish a 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 dispensary on the 1st Of March,
1906"
And "the commissioner Is hereby
instructed not to rec ;ive any goods
claimed to have been bought by o, r
predecessors In Ct1ce, or any goods
now In transit; and that no goods
whatever shall be ordered except
goods purchased by the present board
Of directors"
The dispensary Investigating com
mittee is called upon to furnish the
names OF any whiskey houses sus
pected Of unfair dealings with the
state so that we can hold up their
bids"
The request blank feature Of the
law which Senator TIllman roasted"
the old hoard for allowing to fall into
disuse Is called back into operation
in no uncertain terms, delinquents In
this respect to be jerked up before
the governor.
Another recommendation OF S ma
Tor Tillman is carried out In chang
Ing the form Of the advertisement for
bids SO as to put them on a cOmpeti.
tive basis.
Although the state dispensary is In
urgent need Of certain lines Of sup
plies only about 81, 200 worth OF pur-
chases were made In cheap goods to
supply immediate needs. The board
adjourned to meet again on the 2Oth
when the Legality, Of purchases made
by 0hea Old Will bBsfurther4 can
vassed.
The annual st~ock-taking now in
progress will not be complete for sev-
eral days. Commissioner Tatum esti.
mates the stock Oh hand at the state
dispensary at $40, 600. Probably more
than that amount Is In the sub.dlS-
pensaries throughout the state,
Five r OF high priced whiskey are
n w standing IN the yards, Commits
siOner Iatum 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 member OF the old board present
30 transfer the business to the new
board was Mr.. Boykin.
The new board gave out a rumber
OF clerical Jobs today. M. II. Mublev
~aS made clerk OF the board to 81 :
coed q. IL. ChallCs, resigned, j S j
Faust, OF Is mOerg, was male general
b 'okkeeper To u ICED Motley, Miss
Sadie Thrailkill, q Richburg, succ ,cds
Miss Floreucc McKa z.e as stenog-
rapher to the board and william +.
Lamar, Of Colunbia, succeeds Joe l..
Tnnrp as Inspector.
The resolutions, which will create
80 much interest, we're introduced by
Maj Black. They were unanimously
adopted.