The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-04-18
STATE CAPITAL News.
DTSPENSARY DIRECTORS SAY
THEY HAVE PLENTY OF
BOTTLES.

TIC TiEIn,an Piano Accounted for By
Mr.. Malone. the Man Who Sold it
TO Senator TiIlman-Two Negro
Swindlers Arrested-HoTy People
Indignant Over Respite of Murderer.
Columbia, April 10.-The State
board of dispensary directors held an
extra session today to consider the
situation regarding supply of glass.
and to look into a number Of other
| important matters.
'tfYou can say that there is no dan
ger whatever Of the State dispensary
closing down this summer on account
of short glass supply" said Chair
| man Rawlinson, who was called out of
the meeting. eve have plenty of time
to provide for supply Of glass and
plenty Of good bids to choose from. We
will not award the contract till the
18th of May, the limit fixed by the leg
islative resolution, because we want to
study the situation thoroughly and
| canvass the bids we'll. We have
supply in sight to last through most
| Of the summer, and there is plenty Of
/ time to provide for what we will need
after that. The Carolina Glass COM
pany is still due us % cars on the old
lFlaccus contract, and with the supply
on hand and that coming in from the
sur-dispensaries we have no reason
| to get alarmed about the matter
1t is understood that Senator Chris
tensen,N of the investigating commit
tee, has written the board asking for a
full statement regarding the last quar-
terly purchase, for full list of the
awards made and prices paid. The
| board has not yet acted on the request.
The board Will be in session several
days. Attorney J. E. Mcdonald will
not eport to the board regarding the
legality of the purchase Of the old
board, which Senator Tillman says
should not stand, until the meeting to
be held on the 18th.
At meeting of the new State house
commission today it was decided to
call for bids for a new roof for the
| capitol building. The advertisement
will ask for bids for copper, terra
| Gotta or slate roof, and the commission
seems now disposed to favor copper
roof on the ground that it will be more
economical in the end because it will
be more durable. The present roof is
Of gravel, and, of course, can last but
a few years longer.
| But the principal objection to the
roof the McIlvaine, Unkefer concern
put on. is that it leaks badly. This
was the chief working point Of the
prosecution in the suit against the
contractors and architect.
John Levy, who also gave his name
as Charlie Miller, and Joe Mitchell,
J both colored. were arrested this after
] noon in Mama4agh's dry goods store
for working sas smars sMinaling game,
/ whereby they heeced number Of ne
groes. The pair, wh5 seem to come
from Newberry, represented them.
selves as finemen working for the
Western Union Telegraph company,
according to the story !5:d by their
victims: They told Lucy Long, Dora
Hiller and others that they were about
to bring a.large number IL workmen
to the city to work for Ike company
and proposed to Lucy and then to
Dora that II they would put UP SIC
toward paying the s25 necessary to
taking out boarding house license
that Miller and Mitchell would put up
the remaining SIS. Mr.. Miller, for
/ whom Dora works, being informed Of
the scheme, watched the two and,
gathering a number of suspicious
| facts, yanked them in and turned
3}then 6versto the police
Senator Tillnian in his recent mani
festo, called attention to the fact that
| the State dispensary is not reducing
| its employees in proportion to the
loss of business incident to the clos
ing of dispensaries in Is counties.
Commissioner Tatum, when asked
about this yesterday, stated that he
does not propose to let his office be
conducted with a short force and. on
the other hand, he will not keep in
MS offices more men than are neces-
sary for the proper management of the
affairs of the institution. He has cut
off one inspector. although as matter
of fact the business of the dispensary
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