Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1907.

Anderson Daily Mail: speciai
from Greenwood says: The GREENWOOD
Phosphate and OIL company Is now In
operation. This Is quite an extehsNe
plant. It owns eight acres OF land III
south Greenwood, outside the city lin
it's. The factory proper Is quite
large one and with long sidetracks
covers no small portion Of the plat
owned. The plant Is what Is known
as a dry mixing plant and has a ca
pacity Of twenty-five cars day. IL
under the direct management OF Mr..
w. H. Fortson Of Anderson, who Is
quite a capable manager and who mas
made many friends here since his ar
rival. The building Of the plant gave
emuloyment to a large number OF peo-
pie ali last summer and 1t still has
large pay roll all of which Is OF bene-
At to the town. The power used Is
electricity, which Is furnished by the
Greenwood Water and Electric Light
plant Three 20-horse power motors
are used. The plant Is a branch of the
Anderson Phosphate and OIL company
of Anderson.
- Columbia State, Thursday: The
commission to wind up the affairs OF
the state dispensary held Its first
meeting yesterday and organized by
.
president. and Mr.. B. F. Arthur OF Un-
ion secretary. The other members OF
the commission are: Messrs. Avery
Patton Of Greenville, John McSween
of Timmonsvifie and c. K. Henderson
CT Aiken. They qualified and gave
bond in the sum of $4,000 each, every
member signing the bond Of the others.
There were two meetings held yester-
day, one in the morning. when the
.Gs,a1 L.. hn
evening at the capitol when the board
went over the situation confronting
them and mapped out the plans. There
was nothing Of general public interest
In the meeting in the evening and II
will probably be several days before the
regular work begins. The men who
are on the commission want busi-
ness-like ''wind-up" Of the affairs Of
the institution and they showed 1t yes
terday. AS soon as the organization
was perfected visit was made to the
wholesale dispensary. Here Commits
siOner Tatum and those under him In
the various departments have contin-
ued in charge of the bookkeeping since
the governor closed all dispensartes.
hey will check up and will turn over
everything as soon as the new COM
mission Is ready. In the casual inspec-
ton Of the dispensary II was found
that about 100000 worth Of whisky
bought by the former board was stored
i'm one Of the departments formerly
used for glass. The bottles are at pres
snt stacked In the yards and the sup
ply of whisky takes up all OF the room
lvailable IN the glass warehouse. This
is part OF the large purchase made
by the former board and afterwards
held up by Messrs. Lyon and Christen-
sen. Some Of this was returned at the
| time but some Of II was refused by the
| liquor houses and was reported by Mr..
J. E. Mcdonald, who was the special
| attorney appointed by the new board.
From the expressions by the commits
| sion it Is evident that the whisky
| houses will be called upon to take this
back. II Is not wanted; in fact there
8 a much larger stock than can be
disposed Of by them for some time.
even supposing that some Of 1t is sent
to the county dispensarfes on their or
SANITATION. The commissioner will to-
day consider the advisability OF en-
ploying an attorney to look into the le-
gality of all claims and help them In
the questions that arise. Expert audi
tors and others will also be used In
clearing up the mass Of documents that
will be gone over. The commission
will wind up the institution exactly as
il WOulu uO any liClCdhehiC SohSCAA
and the utmost care will be taken with
every account. They think that with
hard work this might be done In six
months but this is only an estimate as
they as yet only have an idea as TO the
general business. One OF the members
stated last night that he would not
agree to open one local dispensary In
the state until all OF the stock In the
state dispensary and In all the local
dispensaries could be checked over
He wished TO know every dollar OF as
sets and of liabilities before any more
Is made. The members Of the com
mission stated last night that they had
received information from Commis-
sioner Tatum as to the general condi.
ton at the dispensary. They ordered
him to begin stock taking at once.
This will be done by representatives
II the board and Mr.. Tatum Jointly.
After this there will be other work to
be done.