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AN INVESTIGATION NEEDED. CHRISTENSEN RESOLUTION GOES TO THIRD READING. I ? State Senate Thinks the Alleged .. Overstocking of the Dispensary Should be Inquired Lato-Motion to Kill Resolution Overwhelmingly Defeated. Columbia, Jan. 15.-The senate met this morning at ll o'clock, and, with the exception of a presentation of e. loving cup to Lieutenant Gov? ernor John T. Sloan, the senate con? sumed the cay in the discussion of the concurrent resolution introduced last night by Senator Christensen, which provides for the formation of a com? mittee to investigate the overstock now on hand at the State dispensary. A motion to strike out the enacting words was lost by a vote of 29 to 3, and the Christensen resolution was passed. The resolution was first cons! .ered before the senate went to the house to take part in the inaugural ceremo? nies, and was taken up again immedi? ately upon the senate reconvening. A motion was made by Senator Blease to adjourn, which was lost. The senate then took up the consid? eration of the resolution and at times the discussion grew acrid. Senator Blease opposed the resolution in vig? orous terms, stating that it was noth? ing more than a slap at the present "investigating committee, and that it was a bid for cheap notoriety on the part of some. During the first hour of the discussion Senator Blease re? ferred to the Tatum letter as his platform for re-election, and Senator Appelt took exception to the charac? terization of the senator from Newber" ry. There was ?. tilt between t! .e men. during which Senator Blease stated that he characterized things as he j saw fit, and that he would continue to dd so in the future. Senator Appelt thought that there ought to be some propriety observed, and that the senate was not a polit? ical convention. Senator Blease and others were of . the opinion that there "was no use for the committee. He stated that the resolution was nothing more than a subterfuge to have a test vote on the dispensary question, and that he Was opposed to such methods. If the Ayer resolution had come into the senate Mr. Blease said he would have opposed it. Senator Toole favored the resolu? tion, saying that further investigation was to be desired. Senator Weston also favored the resolution, taking an opportunity to express himself in fa? vor of the dispensary. Mr. Christensen stated in defence of his resolution that he did not think that the Old committee had at present any status and that other members of .the committee were of the same opin? ion. Senator Raysor favored the inves? tigation, saying that it was due the public. He took occasion to praise the work of the investigating commit? tee, and stated that in his opinion the resolution did not in any way re? flect upon its members. From the letter of the commissioner there is a large overstock on hand, which is prohibited by the law, and bankruptcy stares the institution in the face. The resolution was discussed by Senators Black, of Bamberg, Appelt, of Clarendon, Laney of Chesterfield, Hogers of Marlboro, Crouch of Sa? luda, Wells, of Florence, and Sinkler, of Charleston, all of the senators be? ing in favor of the resolution. Sena? tors McGowan and Blease spoke sev? eral times in opposition to the resolu? tion, Senator McGowan making the motion to strike out the resolving i words, which was lost There was a colloquy between Sen? ator Blease and Senator Crouch, dur? ing which Senator Crouch asked a ator ic:j. x iat2 .atu pFf.tDf rictze number of pertinet questions of the senator from Newberry. Mr. Crouch wanted to know if Senator L'^ase thought that if the statements made in the letter of Commissioner Tatum were true the men responsible for the overstock would not be liable lor criminal prosecution. Senator Blease stated that they would be. An amend? ment was then introduced by Senator Crouch, which called for criminal prosecution by the attorney general if the conditions were found by the committee to be as was stated in the commissioner's letter. This amend? ment w.-?s lost by a vote of 16 to 15, there being a tie, and President Mc? Leod voting against the amendment. The letter of Commissioner Tatum, to which reference was made, is given below in full. This letter, which was laid before the senate by Mr. Chris? tensen when he introduced his reso lutiop, states facts that show conclu? sively that an investigation is urgently needed. Commissioner Tatum's Letter. January ll, 1907. Hon. Niels Christensen, Senator and j Member Dispensary Investigating ; Committee, City. Dear Sir: Persuant to request and j {retractions from you, along with j other data requested of me by you. j In making this statement, I wish to \ say that there has been no friction be- ' tween myself and the present St board of directors during their tei It has simply been a difference policy, and I am ready to leave it the public to say whether their pil or mine was for the' best interest the people of the State and the d pensay system. With this explanation, I beg to. si mit the enclosed statement.. as i 1 your request. ?ours very truly, W. O. Tatum, Commission P. S.-The list requested of me, furnished by the clerk of the boai showing case goods Ordered to b* shipped after Dec. 1, 1906, I do r. enclose for the reason that it will ta a considerable length of time to co same. This will be furnished y subsequently, which, I hope, will satisfactory. Ever since I have held the positi' of commissioner, I have tried to co duct the dispensary business on hear a cash basis as possible, and this end have endeavored to avo overstocking either the county dispe: saries or warehouses at the headqua ters here in Columbia. It has also be< my policy to meet the demands of tl people of the State and supply tl kinds of liquor they demand. To th end I have furnished the board of d rectors statements showing the uni lied orders from county dispenser and have protested against shipping 1 not order. During the first of last August found that the board of directors ha laid in a stock of new goods which was instructed to send out either ? introductory or to substitute for th brands ordered by the county disper sers which we did not to have in stoc at the time. This substitution cause great dissatisfaction throughout th State. To determine just what the pee pie thought of these *gcods, -I ad dressed to the county dispensers th fellowing letter, dated Aug. 10, 1906 "To dispensers: I propose to make desperate effort next week to getjth State board of directors to discontinu the practico of buying new goods an sen "ling them to the dispensary as in trodt:<tory. I have always been op posed-to hvr-'llirij' so n.any case groods and these introductory go^ds have no been shippea out by my orders but b; orders of the board of directors. I wis] an expression from you as to whethe these goods, after reaching you, ar going out or whether there is dange: of some of them being left on you: hands as hard stock. I wish to us< your answer next week, about Tues day or Wendesday, before the Stat< board of directors in order to get then to change this policy. Please b< prompt in answering this so that I may reach me by Tuesday of nex week. Tours truly, W. O. Tatum Commissioner." In response to this communicatior I received letters from nearly everj dispenser in the State protesting vig? orously against these new goods, anc charging that they Rarere not satisfac? tory and the cause of general com? plaint These expressions were verj positive, some of them as follows: "3 find it very hard to work them off," "is practically dead stock," "regrel they were ever sent us and am satis? fied it will be a spell before the State gets all of her money out of them," "wilii you advise me whether I can ship the goods back," "the moment 1 show them (my customers) the in? troductory goods, they begin to kick." The?3 are but a few samples of a protest that was practically unani? mous. I have the letters on file, and have attached the copy of one from the dispenser at Sumter, together with my reply. At this time there were in the coun? ty dispensaries and at headquarters $47.000 wdrth of these goods. With these facts I went before thc board at a regular meeting in August and asked that they discontinue or? dering these goods. They acquiesced. During the session of the November meeting of the board a list of the purchases proposed at that meeting was furnished me by the clerk of the board. On that I found about 5,500 cases of these objectionable goods. I wrote memorandum on said list call g attention to these goods, and ask *ed that they be cut out, and sent said memorandum back to the board. The hoare, instructed the clerk verbally not to order anything to which I ob? jected. A few days later I learned that an additional batch of orders had been made up covering other objec? tionable brands of case goods. There? upon, I frote a letter dated Nov. IT, a copy of which is attached. Each member wrote authorizing the cancel? lation as per my request. On Dec. 12 I submitted to the board a statement showing the goods needed to supply the unfilled orders of the county dispensers, and one showing the amount and kinds of goods on hand. About the first of January, the rep? resentative of the Southeastern Car Service Association came into my office and complained about the num? ber of cars standing on the sid?' tracks of t*?? Atlantic Coast Line in this city waiting to be delivered to the State dispensary. He stated that on the day before when he made his count there were 36 cars on his tracks, most of ? which were loaded with whiskey en I route from the liquor dealers to the 1 headquarters here. I immediately called thc matter to the attention of the board and asked them to stop further shipments. They agreed to do this, and by wire held up shipments of the outstanding goods contracted for. Then I secured from the board a statement showing ail goods ordered to be shipped in since Dec. 1 last. This I found to include about 9,000 cases of the objectionable goods to the val? ue of about $100,000. A copy of said statement is attached. I then wrote the board a protest against receiving these objectionable case goods and in? dicated that I would not receive them unless compelled. A number of cars of these goods are now standing in the freight yards of this city, and I do not propose to receive them unless forced to do so. There are also li? quors on hand that, in my judgment, should be returned. While I have no legal authority to refuse to accept ithese goods, I have taken this drastic action because I feel that it is neces? sary to the safeguarding of the finan? cial int?r?ts of the dispensary. It is my hope that, as my repeated pro? tests have had no effect on the board, some action will be taken by the con? stituted authorities to relieve.the con? dition. Some time ago it was decided to cut out practically all case goods and to rectify all of the better grades here, and to handle bonded warehouse goods. A recifying plant has been put up in here at a cost of-and an' expert rectifier was employed at a sab ry of $200 a month. In view of this policy it would seem decidedly unbusinesslike to stock up with case goods. In the meantime a sufficient quantity of bulk goods has been re? ceived to supply the rectifying plant. We are short on some barrel goods that have been needed a year; at the same time we are very much over? stocked on some of the other barrel goods. Respectfully submitted. W. O. Tatum, Commissioner. TATUM'S CHARGES To Be Investigated-Dispensary Lead? ers Did Not Oppose Resolution. Columbia, Jan. 16.-Without d'"vis ion,'today the house passed Senator Preston's resolution to provide for an investigation into Commissioner Tat? um's charges as to overstock at the State dispensary. The dispensary leaders in the house did not oppose the investigation, but tried to limit its scope. Reuben Fax-Yonder^ a farmer that raised ? pumpkin so big that when it was cut in two his twins .each used half for a cradle. Cityleigh-That's nothing. In our town we often have three or four po? lice asleep on a single beat. Why His Marriage Failed. He regarded children as a nuisance. He did all his courting before "mar? riage. He never had time to go anywhere with his wife. He doled out money to his wife as if to a beggar. He looked down upon his wife as an inferior being. He never took time to get acquaint? ed with his family. He thought of his wife only for what she could bring to him. He never dreamed that there Were two sides to marriage. He never dreamed that a wife needs praise or compliments. He had one set of manners for home and another for society. He paid no attention to his person? al appearance after marriage. He thought his wife should spend all her time doing housework. He married an ideal and was dis? appointed to find it had flaws. He treated his wife as he would not have dared to treat another wom? an. Spain and Rome in History. Spain and Rome are sufficiently es? tranged at present to make their past history redouble its interest, particu? larly where it affects ourselves. It is somewhat strange that Major Hume, in his new book, makes so much of Mary Tudor as Queen of Spain. She never saw that country. Her husband was only heir of it at their marriage, and he left her in August, 1555, aft? er their first union of 13 months. He received the kingdom in January, 1556, and rejoined his wife for two months in 1557, after which she saw him no more. In the two last years of her life, however, the British royal title was 'Philip and Mary, King and Queen of England, Spain, France, both Sicilies. Jerusalem, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith," which j sounds very quaint. Mary was ll j years older than her husband, as was j the lau- Queen Draga, and both la- j dies had the same disappointment in j matter of an heir.-Pall Mall Ga- J zette. J. Pierpont Morgan's cigars are said to be made especially for him at a cost of about $2.50 each. Evidently some of the captains ?pf industry are rather choice in the matter of smok? ing, in this world, anyway. DR. JAMES WOODROW DEAD. A Brief Ske tch of His Long an? Busy Life-Dcm in England and Came to Canada When 8 Years Old. Columbia, Jan. 17.-Dr. James Woodrow, scientist, college president, theologian, publicist, banker and busi? ness man, died today. He was 79 years old. Dr. Woodrow was born in the his? toric city of Carlisle, England, with? in six miles of the Scottish border, May 20, 1S2S. When eight years old he came with his parents to America, first settling in Canada, but later re? moving to the United States. He was taught by his father, who was a Pres? byterian minister. He entered Jef? ferson college, at Canesburg, Pa., in 1846, graduating with honors. In January, 1853, he was elected pro? fessor of natural science at Oglethorp, Ga. In 1855 and 1856 he-studied in Germany, receiving the Ph. D. de? gree at Heidelberg. From 1861 to 1862 he taught chemistry and geology at the South Carolina college. Was editor of the Southern Presbyterian. In 1891 was elected president of the South Carolina college. His views on evolution caused a great stir in the Presbyterian churches several years ago. DISPENSARY DIRECTORS BROKE THE LAW, SAYS ATTORNEY. Mr. J. E. McDonald's Report, After Being Suppressed for Weeks, is at Last Secured-He Finds That the . Former Directors Made Largely Excessive Purchases and That the Purchases Were Illegal. Columbia, Jan. 17.-The annual re? port of the State board of directors of the State dispensary . was made public today. That report is dated January 9 and is addressed to Gov. Heyward. Accompanying it in the re? port of Mr. J. E. McDonald, who was employed as special attorney by the present board to report on the legal? ity of certain purchases made by the fermer board, consisting of Chairman H. H. Evans, John Bell Towill and L. W. Boykin. The report of Mr. McDonald was submitted, as will be seen, on November 12, but it has nev? er been secured for publication before today. Mr. McDonald's report shows that $200,000 worth of liquor was bought in excess of the institution's needs by the former board, and the report of the directors states that of this amount $110,249.74 was returned, the rest being used. Most of these pur? chases, Mr. McDonald declares, were illegally made, and, as was brought out by the investigating committee, orders were frequently given by the clerk of the board over the telephone, or without order from the board, a resolution of the board empowering the clerk to do this whenever it was deemed necessary. The board of directors have had this report of Mr. McDonald before them* since November 12. The com? missioner has stated in a letter to a senator that the present board has only recently made purchases largely in excess of th? dispensary's needs, and the present board is now to be investigated. In Line With the Pure Food Law. ?Our popular druggist, J. F. W. De Lorme, has recently placed an order for that remarkably meritorious med? icine known as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy complies with the Pure Food Law, and is free from opiates of every character, thus mak? ing it a safe cough remedy for moth? ers to use with children. It is good for severe, stubborn coughs as well as for croup with children. The remedy is absolutely guaranteed and our when found to be unsatisfactory. Call druggist will refund full retail price for it just once. 12&1 WORSE EVERY YEAR. _ . Plenty of Sumter Readers Have the Same Experience. DoD't neglect an aching back. It Mill eet ^orse every year. 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