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\ ?■ PAGE TEN THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CUNTON. S. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1929 AUDIT COMMITTEE tember 7th, 1929, when apparently it A/f A1Z1?C:< shows that the auditor' -IVlAlVlliO Ivllir \J3\ i |wa3 satisfied that the sheriff’s office 'was in good condition, so far as dol- Special Committee Gives Review of | lars and cents were concerned and l.is County’s Business and Makes Sev- [criticism was apparently made in ref- eral Recommendations. lerence to the manner in which the The final presentment for this year records were kept and reports made. BY EM HOWE *The. afPciatoniO* ASOKA. BARBARIAN - A SUGGESTION, - UNWISE NAPOLEON [ XZI'Z fZ Z' 5:r,.r" .“’Zi.Z’ir., Z!! XllOm^S GiV6n court recessing'at 3 o’clock, T •!» Y Y> • ,tbe defense attorneys, Blythe and Bon- LillC in A nSOn ham of GreenvlUe, argued on 12 I of the grand jury, was presented dur ing the court of general Isessions last Anderson, Sept. 28.—J. R,‘ Thomas, convicted of the murder of Maxey Thomas, his 16-year-old son, who was insuured for more than $30,000, was ‘Since the adjournment of coui-t we j denied a new trial today by Judge have gone to the sheriff’s office andijohn WHson, and Thomas was sen-.supreme court counts in which the court erred. These were answered by Solicitor Leon Har ris and. T. Frank Watkins for the state. It is said that attorneys for the de fense may carry the appeal to the I have not been able to find an ac count of a man who was entirely in- lowing report to the presentment: “We, the auditing committee of the grand jury, have had the books and him, and we are satisfied that the auditor was correct in stating that all dollars and cents are T-.counted for. “We are making this statement in justice to the sheriff, and as at first stated to remove any misapprehension Why should not a ruler acquire fame honestly rather than with the lelligent, or of one who was entirely ' roguery that has distinguished his honest. The best example of an honest class almost without variance? Na-irecords of the county officials who and intelligent man was possibly Aso-^poleon was a rarely intelligent man. |handlle public funds audited by B. C. ka, a barbarian. It is said of him that! In the Russian campaipi, which j Wallace & Co., certified public ac- though he conquered in battle as easi- wrecked him, he took a chance that i countants, whose work has been office ly as did Napoleon, he grew to have was surely unnecessary. He appreci- highly satisfactory. | ^ Simpson Foreman. ' a horror of war, and would have no aled he could not successfully invade. We would recommend that the mat-d ^ Chairman ^ “Auditing Committee of the, Grand Jury.” I 1 . .. ; 1 nr •' tenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary, this being an auto matic sentence according to the ver dict of the jury of guilty of murder with recommendation to mercy. The hearing took the entire morn- What Do P. S. JEANES Do? more of it. Asoka had victory to h’s credit in full measure. No one c .:Id say he was a coward, or tha: ho was not the best* of comniander.s. H** wa.« rich, and regal in splendor of palaces, robes, jewels, and obedience ‘‘r im h:.- subjects. So the man chose to thereafter e ni, fame by becoming a ju.st and incil- - gent ruler, and this course met w;:h so much success tha: he Is at this di ‘We would recommend that the mat- ar.d because of the channel sep- ter of tax abatements be handled in , ' g Calais and Dover, but over-1 accordance with the statutes, and that i h ked a more serious handicap—Win- original papers showing proper au- g q re'"'-in invading Russia. Ithority should be filed in each in- Z on iQoq* I stance. Both the auditor and the treas- ^ * ’ Why was it impossible for Napol- urer should have papers until after' m to be as wise as the barbarian settlements are made. We wmuld also ' '.soka, who, after becoming satiated suggest and recommend that the au- .vith victory and power, chose to try' ditor regularly maintain and keep a lor still greater glory, as a just and; complete and accurate record of all | intelligent ruler? St?Helena is a good j supplemental tax returns, and tfiat j tant day, best known and respected of story, but an unnecessary tragedy: I abstracts be prepared from these ^ tne notables of ms nme. regret Napoleon’s history is not an,original returns. | .Any page devoted to a svmmarc .if inspiration to all men that honesty is’ “It appears that a great many' a hriusand ve:irs of history’, gives 'the best policy. Had Napoleon adopted school districts accounts are over brief iiiention of rulers muc’t alike, ao .Asoka’s plan as late as Austerlitz, he drawn, which is undoubtedly a bad many victori.'s, s many dc‘’iat.i, and'would have not only his present* fame, practice. We would recommend that; I'voigh it all .,b' H th« san.e thieveiy but a great deal more, and of a better this practice be discontinued, and that' and oppression. But instead of the us- kind. jthe pF»f»er authontics make some pro- , ual line given an ancient ruler in the , ^ vision to take care of the overdrafts ^ necessary grief summary of history, riTVFlS | which now exist in the great majority | Aawka gets a star in "fron, of his! rp-riv'T’fT 'IT'TC’IVO name, and a footno e recordiiig dis-i V lli<VV h ommend, in connection with this of- tinction no other king, president or j . ^be $600.00 additional travel chief has. North Carolina Chief Executive Gives expense allowed to the superintendent 6 6 6 is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Fiu. Dengue. Bilious Fever and Malaria • It is the mo.st speedy remedy known. t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ ¥ ♦ : : : A I H. D. HENRY F. M. BOLAND H. D. Henry & Company INSURANUE STOCKS BONDS REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED The history ot Asoka is shadowy, and I somewnat distrust it, but it at I Out Opinions. Favors iw-Hour W’eek for Operatives. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 30.—Gov. 0. -of education by’ the board of education, be discontinued. We also recommend that the assistant.superintendent of least persists, and is a suggestion Gardner, in a memorandum is- education be paid only the $600 ap- modern ruler might have made declared that though propnated and not the $60.00 per • . . • XT month which is being paid. “We find, from the auditor’s report that the condition in the sheriff’s of- WEAK SPELLS ”1 WAS so weak,* says Mrs. Josephine Cockcroft of Bal- dock, S. C,, "that I was not able to do axiything. "At certain times, I suffered dreadful ly with pains in my back and sides. My head would hurt— feh like it would split open. Spells of weakness would last for weeks. "I read of CarduL I sent fer a bottle and began taking it case was stub born, and at times I almost lost hope, but I could see a bttle improvemeot. At last I began to fed much better. Then I improred rapidly. For the last year I bays bean in better health I avar have been before. "1 give the credit to Caxdidp for after I bad given it a thorough trial, Igot well" 'mips WOMEN TO HEALTH Ilka TWHonTt BLACK-DRAUGHT 1 For Cc«Mtip«How, liidLtMboM, the interview printed in the New jYork Times this morning, a part of 'which w’as carried on the Associated Pres wires last night, was “substan- ’ fice insofar as they relate to delin- tially correct” opinions written in the! quent taxes are in exceedingly bad I first paragraph were not his. {shape. There being approximately I Governor Gardner said that he was i $22,000.00 collection charged as bav in favor of a 55-hour law, and of dis- i ing been collected w’hich have^ot been i continuance of night work for women {remitted to the county trea-sHrer. It i under 18 years of age and that if tex-'appears that the law requires this of-1 tile employes paid a full price for ficial to turn in his collections every | rental of mill houses their wages 30 days, and at June 30th there should [ I would correspond favorably with wag-! have been none or practically no col-1 es paid in New’ England.” lected funds in his hands. He has made i “First, I am in favor of the 55-hour only one settlement of his collections law in North Carolina. j during the last fiscal year. He is fur- “Second, I am in favor of a girl en-1 ther required to wind up his tax col- jforcement of this law with strict pen- 'alty for its violation. lections within six months after they are turned over to him for collection, Third, I favor the discontinuance of .^ii^d at this date there remains $74,- night work for women under 18 years 1991-30 executions of 1926 and 1927 of age. j still unreported on. This is ifi addition : “As to mill tenements, I stated that {to the 1928 executions, now due, which if textile employes paid a full price' have been recently turned over for as rental for the mill houses, then collection. We recommend that this their v/pges would correspond favor-1 official completely handle these mat- ablyyth wages paid in New England, ters in accordance with the statutes, whe*^, excepting Massachusetts, the, committee be authorized 55 hour law is generally in operation.”, ^ continue to woffr with the account- jant in clearing up the.se 1926 and NOTICE OF LOST Zrequi“d CERTIFICATE OF DEPO.SIT | we would urgentlv n r .v" ’'u ■ "r- ■ suggest that the various officials com- Oct 4- 1929 the undersigned will ap- lately inform themselves regarding ply to the Commercial Bank »/ Clm- respective duties, and then con- on, . ., or duct their offices in accordance with sued to Sarah Duckett for the a.mount of+«„ o£ 1165^00, dat^ October 1, 192^, and;^.^^ dut{es%nd the resu^lt, we ispue or we ve mon s. think, will bring about more general **" Also Certificate No. 4516 issued to, ... •’ Sarah’ Duckett for the amount of ^ >ciency $100.00, dated June 3, 1929, and is sued for six months. 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PHONE 62 WE DELIVER Statement From Special Auditing Committee “The undersigpied members of the auditing committee of the grand jury, in order that no false impression may I be created in the minds of the public, desire to make the following state ment in reference to the sheriff’s of fice, as referred to in the exhibits at tached to the final presentment of the grand jury at the September, 1929, term of the Court of General Sessions for Laurens county. “'The statement in the exhibit is as follows: 1 “ ‘We find from the auditor’s report that the conditions in the sheriff’s of- I fice in so far as they relate to delin-1 ! quent taxes, are in exceedingly bad , I shape, there being approximately I $22,000.00 collections charged as hav-1 ir.g been collected, which have not 'i been remitted to the county treasurer.’ “On reference to the report of the auditors it will be found that this re- * fers to executions for 1926 and 1927.1 It further appears on referring to the <»%udit that many of these executions ^ were out of the office in the hands of collectors, and that when these were 4 i! brought in, and the shj^riff checked up I as of the end of the' audit that the auditor reports as follows: j “ ‘The sheriff has explained certain i other missing executions on which ‘ there have been part payment, by stat-' ing that personal property was gone, I or that the remainder of the account! had been abated. We have been sat- j isfied of the correctness of these! statements in a sufficient number of cases to'enable us to state that these accounts, with the cash on hand, at S^tember 7th are sufficient to cover the apparent liability in the office in so far as dollars and cents are con cerned.' "It should be remembered that the audit was made as of June 30th. 1929. The aubsequeut explanations contain ed ia ^ auditor's report as of Sep- \ T OMINC October WORTHY SUCCESSOR to A GREAT SUCCESS ’"'1930 nn J.C.PENNEY CO 7 - 9 MUSGROVE ST. CLINTON, S. C. Variety of Style is Emphasized in This Assortment of New Dresses Grouped at Jacket dresses . . , modified princess styles . . . slightly higher wair.tlines . . . flares . . . tiers . . . drapes . . . this is a season of individuality in dress fash ions . . . when it is possible to empha size your best points in a dress that suits your type. 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