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PAGE SIA :V 4DMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY (Coptinued from page one) 4uing the year 1921 only $8,248.04 fyom all the numerous State appro priations, including the high school fund, the rural school fund the vo cational training fund, the school fo adults, and the betterment of the negro school fund, which is only a fraction over one-half of one per -cent of the total appropriation, and which is almost too insignificant t( mention. The law should be amend ed and the county relieved ,of this palpable injustice which is well nigi criminal. Examination of Offices. - All the county offices were exam ined during the month of July by ar expert accountant from the Comp troller General's office. Below we append verbatim extracts affecting each office: - Examination of the records in the Auditor's office were found to be ac curate and neatly kept. The audi tor's tax iduplicate was audited and compared with the abstract for ,he year 1921, also the additional ab stract and found absolutely correct. The records in the office of the Clerk of Court wer'e carefully audi ted also, and.found to be well-kept, / neat and accurate. All funds col lected by this official have beer properly accounted for, the same be ing ,paid over to the County Treas urer and receipt taken for same. In the office of the Judge of Pro bate-this officer is to be commend ed for the manner in which he keeps his records, same being neatly kept and accurate. The pension and trust 'funds are in balance and all funds accounted for. The records in the Sheriff's office are well kept also, and the only sug gestion or adverse criticism offered is the manner in which the delinquent tax executions are handled. I find three years' executions, namely, 1918, 1919 and 1920, in the hands of the Sheriff in the process of collec tion, no portion of collections on these years has been paid over to Treas urer up to the time gf this audit, July 27th, 1922. This officer states that it seems to be impossible to make collections on some of these executions, and I advised him to levy and advertise for sale all, such as cannot be collecetd otherwise. I was informed that it had been several years since a single parcel or lot of property had been sold at Sheriff's sale to force payment of delinquent - -s 4u . i 1e toni "cannc be ade otherwise it is the off eer's du l thefpropey fur'taxes. ellgjowing ~unltad, . exec tids 'for the year 1918 aggregate .91; for the year 1919,;$3,02.40; An audit oftercrsof the of fice of the Superintendent of Edu cation was made,,and same found to SATUTRE Winfre:d Westover, Adventure, intrigue, this stirring, red-bloode resent the coming of tI is a picture with ACTI( SI Kupful Raisins ' Faultless Rhubarb, in sy * Fancy Table Apricots Princess Royal Beets Webster Best Spinach Golden Pumpkin. Royal Anne Cherries. Libby's Large Sliced P~ Glod Bar-Table Peaches Lo Cwt.abin Maple Syrup, be kept as required by aw. At the time of this audit the annual report had not been completed by this offi cer, and his books were not posted ul to date, but same were being pre pqred, and no doubt his work along this line has been finished in due time. The above is not offered as a criticism, but I meiely mention to show at this time the available figures might slightly differ 'from the final figures used in his annual report to State Superintendent of Education. Examination of f the records of the County Supervisor found same to be well kept. The accounts are in bal ance, and same reconciles with the records of the county treasurer. A'complete audit of the books, rec ords, and accounts in County Treas urer's office was made from July 1st, 1921, to July 30th, 1922, and al so a last statement of receipts and disbursement from July 1st to close of bosiness on July 27th, 192g.. In my report of audit in 1921, some criticism was made of the large amount of cash items carried by this officer. I am sorry to report the same conditions exist again this year, except the amount of cash items has increased considerably. By giving this officer a credit of $2,820.59 cash items, such as ta.' receipts and checks returned unpaid, which cover a per iod of several years, he has accounted for all funds chargeable to him up to July 27th, 1922. He is short in his cash accounts to the exact amount of the cash items. I would suggest and urge that these cash iteps be converted into cash as soon, as pos sible, and in future not to ,allow s'uch items to be carried on the ac count. The Grand Jury fully concurs ip all the recommendations of the ex pert accountant, and recommendl that they be carried out. We recommend the bill of 0. R. Wilson for automobile used for ex amining roads, amounting to $15, to ;Ie paid. Report -on Roads. We find in District No. 1, six mules in good condition, one road machine, one road plow, all tools in good condition. Average cost per day, $11.12. We find some of the roads in Dis ;rict No. 2 in very bad condition. There are in this district six mules, one plow, and one'road machine, all in good condition. We also find that several bridges in this - district, namely Brown'g Bridge, Gladney's ridge, and Glenn's' Bridge across Little River'are all in bad condtiiop, and recmmeid that, they be pI'op rly re ir ofiebuilt. A*Md e ' eto f ~yeration per day, We find the roads aid bridges in District No. 3: in very good condit ion; exd:egt the ok4 road le'ading from Bankhead's store to Winnsboro, whichj is in need of some repair- o~n holes and washouts. We find one scrape, six mules, one tU AY, SEPT. 9th. "A:ne of Little Smoky" omance and thrills abound in LIstory of mountain people who a I av; t j Little Smoky. - This )N in every inch.' EIECIALS -. . . . . . . . 30c up 30c 45c 30c 30c 25c 50c neapple 40c 50~c two sizes .35c and 65c WINNSI wagon, and a other necessarY work ihg material, and all in good condit ion. ' Average cost of operation per day, $12.36. We find all roads and bridges in District No. 4 in good condition. Six mules and harness, one road scrape, three scoops, two plows, necessary shovels, one two-horse wagon, all ex cept two-horse wagon. 'Average cost per day, $10. Report on Committee Court House and Jail. We examined the jail and court house. Would report that we find the recommendations of the former grand jury have not been carried out, and we would again recommend that the windows be repaired and mide more secure. We also find that the floor of the corridor of the jail in bad condition. The toilet in. court house is foupd to be in unsanitary condition and in need of immediate attentiori. We recommend that a typewriter and a copying machine be supplied the County Superintendent of Edu cation. Respectfully submitted, W. J. Johnson, Sept. 5th, 1022. Foreman. A COMMUNICATION. To the Citizens of Fairfield County: Having received in the recent pri mary the supp6rt and vote of a good ly number of friends, I shall take this method of thanking each and every one for their support. I assure you that I appreciate it very much indeed and would be only glad to give to each and every one.a hearty hand shake and a verbal thank, but as that is impossible I take this as the 'next best method. And while I was defeated I have not a word to say about those who voted for the other fellow except that you did exactly right in voting for the men that you feel were best fitted to serve, and I am quite sure that you Igve elected two men that are a credit to our county, who are perfect gentlemen and who will serve us all well. And now that we have elected them it is up to the rest of us citizens of Fairfield county to support them. Let us put our shoulders to the wheel and try to help it at every turn. The time shall soon roll around when we shall be called on to vote on what I feel to be the most impor tan step that we can ,take toWards progress and ijnprovement. That is te -roqd bond issue.; We lpst nat rzally have seome to the place where we are almost obliged io takes6me ae*i& step in regard to road'buiid ing and to do so we must have some nqoney to make the start. It is true that the Government through the Federal aid 'system for road building has a good many thousand dollars ready to give us just as soon as we can qualify for -receiving same. I SMisre~pree Mis represen tin fered for sale is a The good faith is largely in the s and to betray thi proven to mean < end. Our idea of sel customer only fa of goods will bac -We sell 14. S. will find them gc sORO feel that they would give us every dollar that they could on account of Fairfield County being the link that is now needed to complete a good part of the State system of highways. And every road running'through Fair field county upon which we can se cure Federal aid will be an advisable road to build -is it will serve the double purpose of 'linking up the state system and serving the citizens of Fairfield county at the same time. And when we cansider the fact that all roads built with "Federal aid" will be turned over on the state sys tem for up keep, and will mean just that many taken off of our present county system of up-keep and will naturally allow us to do more and better %rI 'on the balance. And my dear people the bulk of the cost of these road bonds will fall upon the corporations and wealthy people of the county and will be so little on the poor people that we shall hardly know that it is added. Six mills on he property your county will float and retire the one half million bonds. We cant afford to loose any more time, but it is our duty one to another to put it over by a handsome majority. It will be the only way that we can get them, as our delegation is bound by a pledge to you that they will not ell the bonds unless you give them the lib erty by your vote to do so. So it is up to us to give them the permission. I have heard that the Southern Pow er Company had approached Fairfield county authorities on the subject of taking over the fine top soil roa'd running from the Chester line down through Fairfield County. I have only heard the above as a rumor and have no authority on the subject, but would like to add just heie 1hat if I the rumor is true, and if it is a fact, that they have made such advances, I feel that it would be a big mistake for us to take the road ever. While I admit that it is very nice indeed for those who are near enough to enjoy the pleasure of asing it, I also feel that it must be well worth I its up-keep to the large corporation that built it, or they w6uld never have built it. And I think they should be allowed to keep it, and let us expend what little we have in improv ing some of .our bad ones. During my campaign1 I met a lot of mighty fine people and I am sure that it was well worth my efforts to have met and made friends all over the county, and I hope to see every one of you again. Very Truly, Yours, L. S. Henderson AN IMPROVft MEWR The latpst "improvement in type writers is a machine with a leya containin words as well as .letters. The inventor, W. H. Bennington, of New York,- selected 22 of the most common words in use. According to his estimnates, these words-as, at,] ~entat ion gan article of Iways wrong. of the cussomer alesman's hands, s confidence has ~nly failue in the ling is to tell the ts that quality up. Tires, and you od tires. vILLS afl a ,by, bu f hor , he, it, in, is, the new a-clme h s an e apem t and ten' ottiers-constitute approxi- lock which-makes it possible to write mately 32 per cent of the words used in any direction. 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