The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-30

lowing items, or large portion there
of:
Attorneys fees to A. NJ Lum-
KIN ...2 9Ao'7H
Expense account of Niels
Christensen -. -. -. -. 714.l4
L. W. Haskell -. -. -. -. 5000
Amounts paid stenographers 1885
Amounts paid detectives 80. 6,978.3O
H. C. Highley, accountant :. 364.9S
Berry Benson, accountant =. 4S7.10
American Audit company -. 7,637.54
We append hereto cash statement,
marked Exhibit 3D." which shows in
detail the receipts and disbursements
of the present commission. AS will
be noted from the statement, $685.
1875 was turned over to this COM
mission by the former commission,
and we found that there was S4.12 on
deposit in the Palmetto National Ma
tional bank to the credit of the COM
mission. We have received since that
time from the board of control Of
Georgetown county s777.14, and from
the board of control of Beaufort coun-
ty s66O.SO, which they had in hand to
be turned over to the State dispensary
commission.
We found that the funds On hand
belonging to the commission were not
drawing any interest, and they were
removed from the bank in which they
were deposited to other banks, which
are named in the statement, and de-
posted to the credit Of this commits
sion, the said banks agreeing to pay
four per cent. interest per annum for
the time the funds were actually on
deposit. In consequence of this action
on the part of the commission $529.73
had accrued as interest on the depos-
it's up to January 3, 1912, and has been
placed to the credit of the commission.
AS will be noted, Exhibit ID" coy-
ers the transactions of the present
commission up to and including jan
uary 8, 1912.
There are still outstanding a few
additional bills against the commits
sion, which have been presented.
These will be paid within the next
few days, and the commission will
then turn over to the State treasurer
the amount left on hand, with the ex-
ception of a small amount retained
by the commission for contingent e1-
penses.
The commission concludes it report
as follows:
Conclusion.
"The commission thought at first
that it would be in position, after a
few meetings to make final report
of the condition of the State dispen-
sary affairs to your excellency, but it
found at the outset that the records
were in such condition (and we invite
your attention to them) that it would
be a mos difficult task to ascertain
the true status Of the affairs.
eve were further delayed and OBJ
structed/in our work by the former
commission refusing to turn over the
vouchers, which matter is hereinabove
referred to. In order that the COM
mission might become familiar with
the true condition of the affairs of
the old State dispensary, it was nee
essary to have the possession or in
spection Of these vouchers, and con-
siderable delay and expense was
caused by the refusal of the former
commission to turn them over; it be-
ing necessary to use the drastic pro-
cess of the commission, the proceed
ings finally winding up in the su-
preme court, with the result above
mentioned.
"An expert accountant was en-
ployed to examine into the records of
the State dispensary and of the form
er winding-up commission, and this
work was necessarily tedious and re-
quired much time.
"In correspondence with Anderson,
Fielder, Rountree & Wilson relative
to their contract and the outstanding
claims which they then had in their
hands for adjustment, We were in
formed by them that the following
claims were unsettled:
Richland Distilling company, Co.
lumbia, S. G..