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NEWS AND HERALD WINNSBORO, S. C. . FRANK FOOSHEI Editor and Proprietor. F UBL1SHED WEEKL Y !33MU5rf ADVAZCU9; one Year,............................$.5 six montbs.......................... .75 Wednesday, July 18, 1906. Mr. Ragsdale says that he has always found the officials of the state dispensary willing. to-give statements. But even be must admit that they usually want a lot of tims in which to prepare them. Nor have the stateinents given out from there won an en viable reputation for giving an intelligent understanding of the state's whiskey business. In the death of Mr. Boswell T. . Logan of Charleston. there passes from the stage one of the ablest, if not the beat known newspaper man in South Carolina. For many years he has been the tele graph editor of the News and Courier, which service hitdis charged with great credit. He was a genius in wntingheadlines, which were only faulty in having wometinies too - much editorial coloring. His work was .well done. In this issue is printed in full the report of the commission "ap pointed to examine into and report the financial affairs of Fairfield County." Attention is first called to the fire of 1905, by which many of the records in the Supervisor's office were destroyed, and the diffi culty of checking by warrants on account of certain irregularities that existed in drawing the same, which have since been corrected by the present Supervisor. The commission gives a good part of'its report to the irregular and unauthorized practice of add ing discount to the claims as issued, thus making the county's.paper at par. On the claims that were found intact there appears to have been paid discount in this period to the amount of $3,891.44. This. does not include the discount on the missing claims, the amoupt of which cannot be ascertained, thougl it would necessarily be a right con siderable item. This discount, however, is not the only interest that the county has been paying There must be added the interest on the sinking fund loan, which at 5 per cent. for 7 yens:, wouifd amouni to $2,550. There is also the inter est on the loan of The Winnsborc Bank, of $1,160.48, which at 7 per cent., would amount to $568.71 in'7 years. It appears, therefore, that the county has paid in these seven years interest to the amount of $7,050.15, not including the inter est paid on the missing claims. The commission finds the legal indebtedness of the county to be $17,112.18. This does not include the sinking fund loan of $7,400, which has been reborrowed on this year's account, and which is still practically a debt against the county. Nor does it include the note to the Good Roads Machinery Company for $1,759, which the commission finds is not the legal evidence of the debt, though the contract of the company with the county is such that it may make it binding. The commission does 'not admit as a legal debt the interest on the notes held by the five different parties named in their report, which notes are represented by individual claims, nor is the discount added to the original claims that are so rep resented by these notes held as part of the* legal indebtedness of the county. The total of the interest on these notes and the discount on the same is about $2,100. The interest on the amount advanced by The Winnsboro Bank for jury tickets in 1904, is not less than $200. The commission in a literal interpreta tion of the law is wholly right in deciding that this apparent indebt edness for interest and for discount added to claims is illegal. Yet we do not believe that the county can refuse to pay any part of it, for the parties purchasing these papers did so in good faith and on the repre sentation by the county's officials that the money would be paid. The -claims themselves, when issued in excess of the appropriation for any one year, were just as unauthorized and illegal as the discount or the interest, for, according to a strict interpretation of the law, none of the claims that have been issued in the past two or three years have been valid, as the county in the be ginning of the year was in debt to a larger amount than the income for that year. These parties are mor ally, if not legally. entitled to the amount of the interest on the money advanced to the county and it would be nothing less than a shame upon the county for 'the same not to be paid. But for these loans the in a much worse fix than it is at present, for through them the credit of the county has been sustained. While the discount feature has been a heavy drain upon the county, it is extremely doubtful, if it has been near so much so as would have been the case, if the county had been charged time prices for all its sup plies. The indebtedness that is admit ted as legal is $24,512.18. In addi tion to this there is the apparent in debtedness of $1,759 to the Good Roads Machinery Compzny, and to various parties of about $2,300 for interest and discounts. The total of these two items is fully $4,000. If the county does not refuse to pay these last two items, the total in debtedness of Fairfield is more than $28,000.00. Surely the conclusion of the com mission that a great number must be escaping the payment of the commutation tax is the only one possible, when it is taken into con sideration that only about $700 is the average amount collected yearly from this source. This is an eYil that the overseers can correct. Its correction would be a lasting benefit to the county, as it would mate possible the improve ment of the public highways, a mat ter of the most vital importance to the whole people. That is a wise suggestion in the commission's report that there INVESTIGATING COM (Continued fro This investigation has suggested I to which attention is respectfully call General Assembly as your Excelleno gesting in this report all the details i sion is made for a financial statemeri report or settlement is required wlh approved claims against the counti< deal almost entirely with disbursemel requires the County Commissioners the first term of the Court in each amounts ordered to be paid by them says nothing about approved claim which warrants or checks have not I made at either the second or third te claims for the preceding fiscal yeai first term of Court; and such staten than that now required, including ii for the preceding fiscal year and the each, and setting forth the balance : the treasury, of funds belonging to as the case may be, as shown by th accompany that of the County Comi The annual settlements of the C Auditors, witnessed by the Comptrol vouches his disbursements, by the County Commissioners, as required point, for this again takes into acc have been paid; nor do-the estimat< fiscal year, which the Supervisors troller General, meet the defect. We find considerable real estate ai the Auditor's and Treasurer's dupli In this way some property is burden, it is not liable. On the other hand, in the wrong school district, is esci district to which it properly belongs. in making up the duplicates should school district should lose any part particular district appearing in somi high, and it is equally unjust that where there is no special levy, shouk nue of a district where there is such All of the public officers have, wi information when sought-in fact, v position to conceal anything from th they invited an examination. Respectfully submitted, July 3, 1906. ScHEDUL Claims A 189 Roads and bridges ............. Chain gang.................. Public buildings............... State cases .................. Outside poor ................ Poor house .................. Missing Claims State cases .................. Roads and bridges ............. Public buildings............... Total.................... Noni.-Sinking Fund loan this y< cluded. ScHEDL - Claims AJ 190( State cases................... Poor house ................... Outside poor ................. Public buildings ............... Roads and bridges ............. Chain gang ................... - Missing Claims p State cases ................... Roads and bridges ............. Poor house ................... Totals.................... NorE.-Sinking Fund Loan this ought to be a provision in the an nual report of the treasurer for the approved claims outstanding against the county as well as the cash dis bursements. We have frequently in connection with the reports of the supervisor called attention to the fact that they were not as full as they should be in that they did not show the amount of claims at the time agaifist the county, making it impossible from these reports to ascertain what the amount of the county's indebtedness was. One bit of information this re pot of the commission does not con tain and that would be of interest in reaching the true financial status of the county, is the annual income from the various sources for each of the years named. All in all it appears the commis sion has done its work well, and that, too, at a much less cost than in many counties for similp..r investi gations, the total cost of this in vestigation of Fairfield's finances being about $600. It will be worth many times this amount, if it proves the means of the people getting their financial bearing and taking steps against the further increase of this indebtedness by a discontinu ance of the unfortunate practices that have arisen for the want. of sufficient revenue for the current expenses. Fairfield's finances must be put on- a cash basis. MITTEE'S. REPORT. En page one.) o us a defect in the statutory law, ed for such recommendation to the :y may deem proper, without sug iecessary to remedy it. No provi t of the affairs of the county. No ich takes into account the unpaid :s, but all reports and settlements its. Sec. 768, Code of Laws, 1902, to submit to the presiding Judge at year "an itemized statement of all . for the preceding fiscal year," but for the preceding fiscal year for een drawn. This report should be rm of Court in each year, for many are not presented until after the ent should be more comprehensive 1 it all claims audited and allowed amounts paid, giving the totals of -emaining unpaid or the balance in uch fiscal year, in excess of claims e Treasurer's report, which should mssioners.. >unty Treasurers with the County ler General, by which the Treasurer :laims audited and allowed by the by.Section 433, do not cover the ount, -necessarily, only claims that s of levy required for the ensuing re required to furnish the Comp id some personal property listed on cates in the wrong school district. :d with an additional tax for which a great deal of the property, listed 4ing the special tax of the school Care and vigilance of the Auditor correct this, as it is unjust that a of its revenue by property in that , district, where the levy is not so roperty that belongs to a district, lbe made to contribute to the reve levy. hout hesitation, furnished us with lunteered it, and there was no dis e Commission, but on the contrary, .W. D. DOUGLAS, R. S. SPENCE, - T. S. BRCE, , Commissioners. E "A.." ~proved. Amount. Discount. ........ $2,958 43 $108 04 ........ 2,433 42 64 72 ......... 550 67 38 83 ........ 11,670 80 64 ........ 709 08 . 23 84 ........ 1,466 15 6 31 er File Book. ........ $30 97 ... .. ... , 18 64 ...... $19,863 41 $222 38 ar $7,200, no part of which is in proved. Amount. Discount. ... $7,922 33 $109 00 . ... ... 1,299 94 62 41 . ...... . 672 37 10 15 ........ 517 67 14 58 . ..... 2,922 81 118 23 ........ 2,313 13 87 54 er File Book. ...... $1,4.53 80 ..... 67 87 .. . . . 543 ...... $17,175 35 $401 91 SUMMONS. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Teady McDowell, Edward Cordes, An derson J. Cordes, and Frank Price, Ernest Price and Annie Gussle Price, by T. K. Elliott, their Guardian ad litem, Plaintiffs, against William Cordes, Defendant. Copy Summons. For Relief. (Com plaint Served.) To the Defendant above-named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint (a copy of which is herewith served upon you) and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscrib rs at their office, No. 2 Bank Rang-, Winnsboro, S. C.. within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will appl to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated July 16 A. D. 1906. A. S. & W. D. DOUGLASS, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. To the Defendant, William Cordes: Take notice that the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, and the complaint in this action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, at Winnsboro, in the County of Fairfield, in the State of South Carolina, on the 16th day of July, A. D. 1906. A. S. & W. D. DOUGLASS, 7-18-6t Plaintiff' Attorneys. J. D. McMEEKIN, Dentist. WINNSBORO, S. C. Office over M. W. Doty's store. SCHWU Claims A 194 Roads and bridges ........... Chain gang ................. Public buildings ................ Poor house .................. Outside poor .................. State cases .................... Missing Claims State cases ................... Roads and bridges .............. Poor house .................... Public buildings ................ Total ................... Non.-Sinking Fund Loan this included. SCHEDL Claims A 19 State cases ................. Roads and bridges ........... Chain gang................. Poor house................., Outside poor ............... Public buildings.............. Missing Claima State cases ................. Roads and bridges ............ Ppoor house ................. Public buildings............. Total . ................. NoTE.-Sinking Fund Loan for 1 included. SCHEDU Claims a 19 State cases ................. Public buildings............. Chain gang................. Roads and bridges........... Outside poor ............... Poor house ................. Missing Claims State cases .................. Roads and bridges ....... Poor house ................. Court expenses................ Total . .................. NoTE.-Sinking Fund Loan thi5 included. .ScH~nu * . Claims A 19( Poor house................... Outside poor ................ ? State cases .................. Chain gang.................. Roads and bridges............ Public buildings.............. Missing Clal:ns State cases.................. Public buildings.............. Roads and bridges............. Poor house.................. Court expenses............... Total . .................. NoTE.--Sinking Fund Loan this included. .ScHEDUI SClaims A 190 Poor house .................. Outside poor ................ State cases .................. Chain gang .................. Roads and bridges.............. Public buildings ............... NoTE.-Sinking Fund Loan for th ELLVY This is a p than a strand& lut I I W A carload of ELLWOOD fic the different styles of fence Buying in this quantity, will almost bring it within We will be glad to figure W-Just bring that suit along I this way, if you would have it look as bright and fresh as it did in the early spring. Brightening up suits and making them look new is my business. Come in and join the pressing club, and have good looking clothes all the time. Isaiah Benson, at Thespian Hall LE "C." pproved. Amount. Discount. ........... $4,709 50 $297 72 ........... 2,372 91 116 17 ........... 627 71 10 81 ........... 1,956 04 78 75 ........... 659 26 19 77 .....k..... 6,719 05 122 08 per File Book. ......... $1,697 34 . ...... 629 06 ....... ... 201 45 ........... 68 56 ........... $19,074 78 $645 30 year $7,200,00,. no part of which is LE "D." pproved. D2. Amount. Discount. .........$8,194 54 $96 05 .......... 3,934 34 23 76 ........... 2,739 85 158 64 .......... 1,773 69 123 65 .......... 1,506 01 73 91 ........ 287 65 12 45 'per File Book. .......... $4,008 58 ..... ..... 1,608 33 ......... 346 34 ... ... ... 54 67 .........$24,454 00 $678 46 his year $7,400, no part of which is LE "E." pproved. )3. Amount. Discount. .......... $7,034 16 $137 17 ......... 482-16 32 51 .........2,909 76 199 87 ........... 3,556 08 188 632 .......... 1,518 38 90 72 .......... 2,223 03 153 40 per File Book. ..... $354 85 ..... 556 14 ...... 285 11 ......... 2,690 02 ..........$21,609 69 $802 29 year $7,200, no part of which is GE "F." pproved. 4. Amount. Discount. .......... $2,458 44 $131 45 ........... 1,723 36 34 48 .........8,235 51 239 23 .......... 4,927 66 288 30 .........5,368 43 314 01 ....... 834 10 50. 55 per File Book. ......... $521 57 ......... 120 62 .......... 1,107 96 ......... 310 35 $25,628 00 .......... 1,834 72 .........$27,462' 72 $1,057 62 year $7,400, no part of which is ~proved. Amount. Discount. ......... $1,915 85 $91 11 ........1,933 94 73 80 ........9,983 8Z 498 64 .......... 3,948 39 ........3,879 93 430 63 .......... 1,408 75 48 92 $23,070 71 $1,143 10 is year $7,400, no part of which is FOOD FE icture of Ellwood hog fence. Mor E all other makes combined. In c of plain barbed wire, it puts up ely pig-tight and will also turn lar 261Ni -d fencing,lnd can supply you we are able to make some ve reach of every one. with any one who is thinking W. C. 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C. which addres Offiese a s occupied by the late NCE e of this style is used onnection with several a fence that is*abso ge stock. We Have ust Received r wants in most all ry low prices, which f doing some fencing. BEATY CO. ()T IOF IT!! kNY OF IT? r on Deposits ths of 1906. rly, as stock t per annum in -cial department t per annum in leyartment. LONEY is safest re it pays best. UR FRUfT? NTS, QUARTS, ALFEGALLONS. Jar Tops. uart and half irs.' OMPANY. er Winnsboro Hotel. gh School, S. C. dings large and comma provided wit~h shower >f tw'elve acres. Pure ates~ of leading colleges ition and medical at forms for cadet $30.00, sion. Write for catalog. DURRETTP, A.MN., Principal. A Great *Advan e is been mad in the aking of rdware r fine wellings. ireful. people are ;ing Corbin's Locks ., id Trimmings. A riety. of designs itable in style and* ish for the various* re makes a selection sy. Write S. STEWART,. COLUMBIA, S. C. 3906 LLEGE OF CHARLESTON Charleston, S. C. Year begIns September 2&. rs, Science, Engineering. One, ship, giving free tuition, to eaeh -of South Carolina. Tuition Board and furnished room in ory -$11 a month. All can for admission gre permitted to. :e for vacant Boyce scholarships. pay $100 a year. For catalogue, HARRISON RANDOLH,