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

The new state board Of dispensary
directors assumed control of the bust.
ness Wednesday afternoon, adopting a
sensation set of resolutional rs q
starter in what promises to be an I'M
proved ard highly interesting admin.
istration. The resolutions assert that
several hundred Thousand dollars
worth Of high priced goods" have
been purchased by the old board with
no legal record OF purchase" and ap.
parcntly mot ordered shipped In &C.
cOrdabce with law" Therefore, the
resolutions say, the board will m
ploY the best counsel it can find and
In the event this suspicion Is confirm
ed the shippers of these goods will
be notified that these goods are here
sui j2ct to their orders, and the same
must be removed at once"
The resolutions go ON to i~nstruc.
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 i've any goods
claimed to have been bought by c, r
predecessors In Ctlice, 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 or 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
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
blda 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 our
chases were made In cheap goods to
supply immediate needs. The board
adjourned to meet again on the Goth
when the legality. OF purchases made
by one old snoardawfItsbe furth6r CAM
vassed.
The annual sto~ck-taking now In
progress will not be complete for sev-
nro1 aoup It (lon1 y, i,otO~o y. uNrt,s. oo%l
mates the stock on hand at the state
d%ispensary at $40. 900. Probably more
than that amount is In the sub.diS-
pensarles throughout the state.
Five cars OF high priced whiskey are
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. Il. Mobley
VAS made clerk Of the board TO 81 :
coed q. IL. CHARLES, resigned, j S j
Faust, OF B3mOcrg, "a MAZE general
b lokkeeper To U ieed Motley, Miss
Sadie ThIatlkill, OF Richburg, succ .cds
Mss Fl0reuce Nick Il Z.e as stenog-
rapher to the board and William #.
Lamar, Of Colunbia, succeeds Joe l..
ToHrp AZ inspector.
The resolutions, which will create
so much Interest, were introduced by
Maj Black. They were unanimously
adopted.