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k Hernia aaii mm. Watered at the Postoffice at New* tf^xry, S. C., as 2nd aa?s matter E. H. AULL. EDITOR. Friday, February 16, 1917. WITH THE LECUSLATliKE A0rAl> i I spent Tuesuay uigiu in Coium;jia| to take another ioo& 111 on tne 103-; isiature beiore niiai adjournment. a~.e senate was enuageu in ihe discussion oi the Coiunijia canal eontiact, and the house was coiiSiuerm^ tiie higu way bill. My nrst recollection of tue politics in tnis btate was wiien me Columbia canai was an losue m tue politics of the Stu..e, and the inaiter seems to be a very live issue just; now. The senate passed the bill re quiring that the canal be completed according to contract when it wTas turned over to private parties, and if it is not done the attorney general^ is authorized to Jiiag suit to re&am the property ior tne siaie. but i spent most of the evening in the house. The Doys over tuere from .Newberry were very u oe to me. Huo game nie nis seat ana l nau nne op-, poriuii*iy to sue ana iiear. iios Boi nest said Hub was not anxious 10 ue in tne house any way, as ne preferred to be out in tne iooU? and come in vvnen ne \s ao uucucu to ~voie. jr ! way I appreciate iiis consideration ana enjo^ea Hearing and ooserving legislation. ?o? As I said before most of the mem bers are new and many 01 them are strangers to me, and yet there are a few of the old fellows there. It is almost entirely a new house. The great need that ii seemed to me that was wanting in i.he house was lor some big broadminued man who could be a leaaer. The new members seem ed anxious to do the right thing, but many of ihem seemed at a loss just how to proceed. -0- ; The highway bui was diseased and ampmJpH sn tnnt T wnnlrJ nnf- hp snr prises* if very lew knew just 111 what shape it was finally passed. As I gathered the bUl was passed with a provision for raising the amount nec essary to meet tne teueral Appropria tion by placing a tax 011 automobiles*. One memoer said that this would not raise a sufficient sum, but the hou&e seemed to be opposed, to any direct tax to raise the amount. One mem ber stated that according to the tig-. ures returned to the comptroller gen eral there were only about 12,0o0 automoDiies returned in iyit> in tne State. 1 UooKed over the list which, was by counties and Newberry show ed only 295. I should think that is ohly about one-naif or one-third of the number in this county and if the same is true of other counties, if ail of iheni should get on the books un der this bill, the revenue will be am ple to meet the requirements of the federal statute. At any rate is seems to me to be a very good way to raioe the money. But in bther columns will be found tlie proceedings of the leg islature and 1 want to write more particularly of the matters which per tain to Newberry county. ?0? The bill providing for a new* jail has been passed and I suppose ratf-> fied, but the appointment of the com mission to have charge of the erec tion of the building has not yet been named, and will be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of the delegation. The delegation ha3 not yet fully agreed upon the com mission and until that is done it is preferred that no mention be made of the names suggested. ?U? i A bill has been passed turning ov er the unexpended' balance from the railroad bonds for the C. X. and L. railroad in No. 9 township to the school funds of that township. It is not known just what the balance *s: but that can be easily determined by reference to the county treasurer's books ?0? The bill suggested by the trustees of the Newberry school district au thorizing an election on voting two mills additional tax f~>r the mainte nance of the schools has been passed and ratified. ?0? The bill for the past indebtedness of the counry was made $2S,000 in stead of $26,000 as stated in the paper some time ago. That bill Jias been rassed. The house members said that they estimated tl-,o fr>tni in come for ihe county around Si-i.Oo-j Mvhich is as much as the appropria tion. That may be correct but J think they have some of the estimates too high as fo income. For instance I noticed that they counted from the commutation tax $12,000. There may be 6.000 people in the county liable to this tax, but I doubt if that much is ever collected. ?O? Another bill which has passed the senate but about which I had not heard is one to submit to the voters ot No. 4 tcwnslrp the question of voting $40,^00 in bonds for road work in that township. The bill will come up in the house today, that is Thurs day, and "-ill pass with a few amend ments. T*e bill as it passed the sen ate is published in another column in this pa-er. Mr. Dominiek will of fer an to add the n?rT!e of Z. H. Suber to the commission to ll?ve ch?^~? of tho pynpndihirn furd. a-~ "o-tion to hp Vrmwn as section ~ w;H also be added which is to d*^-^ ?"*00 per day to the member0 ~e A<u~ ? * ??? ? time aefi"1]y rendered in the work and fo pay reasonable amount for in cidental expenses actually necessary. -o The two houses have not agreed on the liquor question and there are those who say that the disagreement will continue to the end and that as a result there will be no legislation to change the present law. The house; has passed what is known as the, "bone dry" measure and that is now before the senate, and the senate has j passed a bill which permits a quart a month to be procured on tiu* pre scription of a physician when actually needed for medicinal .purposes. are those who seem to think that the ! 1 [-o will agree to the senate bill with certain amendments, but it is ' my opinion if adjournment is had th!a wee? which is possible that there will j be no liquor legislation at this session. ?o? IThe general opinion is that ad journment will be had on Saturday. As this is the first session I am inclin ed to the belief that adjournment will come on Saturday and the matters that have not been reached will be continued to the next session. The senate has not yet acted on the ap propriation bill, but that will be fixed up in free conference to suit the pfiw ers that be and the law- and order rs^ta-r. moffore thaf flip ad 111J ill anu \;invi ^ v.Mv ? ? ? ministration wants can be put in In free conference. ?0? I notice that on Tuesday nieht the senate continued to the next session all second reading bills on the calen dar. That means that the senate is getting ready for final adjournment on Saturday. The appropriation bill has not yet come from the finance committee, but it can be put through and fixed up as I have said in free conference to suit the powers that be, and the members generally will not know what it contains uniil they come home and the acts are published. The house members said that they wouxd be rciidy for adjournment by SaUir day li tiie senate snouid Lie. ineie will be little time for discussion of the appropriation bill by the senate,! but they can get through very well by taking the committee report and! when the senate amendments if there j should be any get back to the house; the house will refuse concurrence and | then the whole matter will go to free I conference and that committee will j be named by Mr. Liles from the house and by 5ir. Bethea from the senate and whatever they do will be the thing that is done and they can maivej! a new bill. ?0? ^ To get back to Newberry I have just learned that the total collected from the commutation tax in 1915 was j around $1,900 and that in lyiG there; was collected $2,604. That is very far short of the $12,000 estimated by. the members in making up their to tal income for the county. It may be a great deal mere this year. E. H. A. 1 xwtl is a nne report wnicn ine \ commissioners of public works sub-1 mils to the people of the city today.' It is fall and gives the information so that any one may understand just how the business is. Read it and preserve a copy of the paper for fu ture reference. , Some of the people around Silver street have been using the split log drag and as Ja result the roads are i kept in fair condition. Among those who have been dragging the roads cn -it. 10. uijcai man, j. o. ?> tJi'Lb ctllU j J. F. Senn. It is a good thing to do | and we will be pleased to record oth-j ers doing likewise. In going down the road 1he other day we noticed that some of the live and progressive farmers between! Slighs and Little Mountain were us ing the drag. But it is needed to be used in the city limits of Little Moun tain. A great deal can be done for the roads if the drag is used ai tile proper time. Try it. ir!il!A t * a rTii?ianis-u smews. Miss XeIPe Mae Williams, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Williams of Greenwood, was married on Wednes day, February 7th, to >vY. T. O'shields of Ware Shoals at the home of the i bride's parents in Saco street. j The house was trstilv and beauti fully decorated with potted plants and evergreens. Promptly at 11:30 the bride-and bridegroom entered the parlor and the ceremony was per-' iuj mea uy Kev. hJ. L>. liuglev, which j niafle theVn man and wife. The bride wore a beautiful blue! silk Copenhagen, her only ornament) being a beautiful lavulier set with! cameo. After the ceremony and hearty con-! grat::!r.tions, a delicious .salad course ; was served by Misses Mary Daven-j port and Bessie Brown. The youngj couple loft on Thursday for Laurens j on ,i sl-ort honeymoon, after which j they -.vIII be at home in Saco street. Among the out of town guests were Mr. J. 0. Carter of Columbia. Mrs. Bennie Livingston of Newberry, Mrs. Lizzie Lindley of Ware Shoals, Misses Mae, Pearle and Blanche Connelly' of Ninety-Six, Mrs. Bertha Glenn of; Newberry, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie John-! son of Laurens, Messrs Haskel and Fnoch O'shields of Laurens and Mrs. Young Godfrey of Ware Shoals. Tf *e could .brine ourselves to ad n!iro slick twines, we would have to admire the slickness of the whiskey > l-r-tj- la?5t Tuesday in putting one! ovpr the proh!bit;or> majority.?York-1; vjllo Fnn'i-er Th? j-'di^inry "ororoittee brought v, nn v^-qMo ro"n"t. mi that silly . ^ ^:..r o-nVern0r the' power to rPTP^*"- ;* .-4. ... : ' -^orkville Basketball Monday >ieht The last basketball game of the season on the local schedule will be played in the college gymnasium Mon day night at S o'clock. It is with the University, and it promises to be the biggest game of the season. Carolina lias a fine team, and she WILL 1IC51IUU LAI SATU Small Cans of Paint Potato Graters Vegetable Slicer _ Toy Garden Sets Hand Saws Mn PlTimkan ( ITi^glU % XU111UU1 Wl^ailD I Flash Cleaner, for the 1 Paint and Varnish Brusl Sanitary Sweeping Com Quick Suds Soap ayes Tha Hause of a Figarro I One bottle will pr< ME Giving it a deligh lutely protecting i GILDER & Annual Report Commis: For Year Ending COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORK Newberry, South Carolina. Dear Sirs: In accordance with your instructioi and accounts of the Commissioners < hovrv s n for the fiscal vear endinir I beg to report the books and recc condition, and vouchers on file for all I have carefully audited. J have audited the records of the funds set aside for the purpose of r sewer bends at maturity. The statement of this report shows the general status of the sinking fund net increase in this fund is $4,778.79, i Your plants, which have been ent years under the present managemen ness; are furnishing water and ligl and are gradually accumulating a suri time to the sinking fund already de sufficient to retire the total bonded de Dated at Columbia, S. C., this the f Res Cash I Cash on hand January 1st. 1916 Electric current sales Water sales Aiercnauuiat: oaies Disbnrg Accounts payable?new well, wire, pol valve, etc., as per invoices Auditing' books - . V. ? ! I is hoping to win the championship this year. She has lost onlv one l game, and she beat Clemson by a bigger score than Newberry did. j Come out and see a fine game?the j last intercollegiate of the season. ! Admission 25 and 15 cents. HAVE ! ra Good Mules i ! ICc 5 and ICc ... 25c : 25c _ 10 and 25c :logged waste pipe) 32c aiHs 10c les 5, 10 and 25c pound 3c lb. cakes Zoc fhousaad Things. ? AT tliil flaw. Abso it against insects. WEEKS CO. iiscemoer oisr, me s, is, I have audited tiie books, vouchors of Public Works, of the City of New December S:st. 1016. >rds, as a general proposition, in good disbursements of records?ail of which sinking fund commission in charge of etiring the municipal water, light and the assets held by the commission, and [ account. It will be observed that the over December 31st, 1915. irely self-sustaining for a number of t, are now free of current indebted its for the city WITHOUT CHARGE, )lus fund, which if added at the present 'scribed, would make a sum (almost) bt. ifth day of February, A. D. 1917. inA/i+fnlltr rnKtm'HaH O u. U 1-i-i X L. A. SEARSON, Certified Public Accountant. $ 278.17 11,844.90 6,398.57 2,059.72 ?$20,581.36 mptits. es, automatic control $ 5,*01.15 .. V 100.00 Cash securities refunded Electric current (So. P. Co.) Extensions and improvements Line Repairs Merchandise Office expense Plant expense (labor, etc.) Refunded (incorrect circuit) Salaries sewer .Maintenance Team Expense Cabli on hand Stute-iicnt ?i Clt ?>r. Water Sales Electric Current sa^es Aiercliandise Sales Collections from Inventory IT. Electric power (cost of current) ... . Fuel Team Expense (Feed etc.) Line Repairs ^Merchandise purchased Plant Expense Salaries Sewer Maintenance Supply account i Office Expense Accounts receivable (1913-lbl4) Accounts receivable City Council <1C"2) Net profits for year ending December 3 General Statement (Fiscal year ending I .uereuuntiise slock Fuel stock - Hay and grain Live Stock, E<n Vehicles Live Stock Irs'ruments Tools - CiTi/ee fixture and fixtures Total as per stock books Statement of B (December water ana L.ignt uonas: 40 year 6 per cent Water and Light maturing 1937 40 year 4 per cent. '?Vater Bonds, dated IS Sewerage Bonds: 40 year 4 1-2 per cent Sewer bonds dat 1942 40 year 4 per cent Sewer bonds dated V. Total Municipal Bonds Outstanding (ienerai Financi (Close of Lusiness, L Ass Aqtive: .Cash in bank Accounts Recei?able inventories Equipment not otherwise classified: Instruments and toois Live stock Vehicles Fixed: Power plant Sewer plant umce r urnuure ana nsiures Total Assets { ... . Current: Cash Securities on Deposit .tsouaea L>eDi: Water and Light Bonds Sewer Bonds Total debt bonded and otherwise ... Excess of Assets over Liabilities, Jan. Net Increase Accumulated year ending I Excess of Assets over Liabilities Dec. General Statement < For the Purpose of Retiring Mi i:onds and Securities (Investments by Si City of Newberry, Sewer 4 1-2 per cenl City of Newberry, Water and Light 6 per City o:' Charleston. Refunding 4 per c< City of .Columbia, Water 4 1-2 per cent Chicora College, Columbia, S. C., 6 per Newberry College. Newberry, S. C., (> pe Newberry School District No. 58, 5 1-2 Amounts Due by City of Newberry: Balance due on oven account Jan. 1, 1 Less Credit by cash April 1016?(Ac Bonds) clue cn January 1, 191G ... Balance on Op^n Account Interest on above to Dec. 31. 1916 at Note on account of 1915 Balance ... Interest on note at 6 per cent for 1 y Payment due on Sinking Fund for Se May 1. 1916 Interest on same at 6 per cent to Dec. Payment due on smKing .tnina ior \ Bonds, Jan. 1, 1917 Oeneral Cash Statement: Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1916 Interest on Cliieora Bonds Feb. 24. 1 Cash received from City of Newber: Fund for Sewer Bonds. lAipr. 16 Tntcroot nn ahnvp navmpnt 90 Davq ri Interest on Savings Deposits, July 1, Interest on Newberry College Ponds . interest on City of Columbia Bonds . Interest on City of Charleston Bonds Interest on .City of Newberry Sewer Bo Interest on City of Newberry Water & L Interest on Newberry School District Nc Interest on Chicora Bonds Interest on Savings Dept. Dec. 31, 19 Cash on hand Dec. 30, 1916 (As per change Bank, Xewberrv) Total Assets in Hands of Sinking Funi Total Assets in Kan^s of Sinking Fur Net Gain on account o{ Earnings in 1 1.10 8.0S6.0", 1.00S.6S 173.91 '>54. S i 191.73 1.011.00 1.50 ; 3.S 4 0.00 41.36 125.90 343.21 $20,581.36 Jsiiig Iiiiries. $ 6,39$.57 11,5144.90 2,0.">*J.72 31.60 2,601.80 $22,936.50 $ S,0S6.05 181.83 141.33 298.91 9 411 1,618.75 3,840.00 41.36 1N123.63 291.73 1,140.0.") 483.04 3.27S.70 oi inventories. December 31, 191C) $ 568.04 , 115.00 10.10 1,864.16 $2,557.30 lipment, etc. 1 00 r. a $50").00 369.2S S74.28 375.50 $1,672.2$ onded Debt. $4,229.58 bonds dated 1897, , $42,000.00 )10, maturing 1950 5,000.00 $ 47,000.00 :ed 1902, maturing $23,000.00 )10, maturing 1950 35,000.00 $ 60,000.00 $107,000.00 ill Statement. (ecember 30, 191G) ;ets. $ 343 21 207.65 2,557.30 $ 3,108.Id 874.23 sna nn $ 95.767.3^0 $ 95,767.30 375.50 $161,627.02 $166,031.96 12.13 $47,000.00 60,000.00 $107,000.00 $107,012.13 1, 1916 $55,741.13 )ec. 31, 1916 3,278.70 31, 1916 59.019.S3 59,019.83 $166,031.9* of Sinking Fund. / unicipal Bonds at Maturity. nking Fund Com.): t Eonds $ 3,000.00 cent Bonds 1,000.00 . ent Bonds 1.500.00 3.000.00 ! 3 000.00 lO.COO.OO 4,000.00 $25,500.0C 916 34.4SS.70 J $42,000.00 1,050.00 Bonds cent Bonds r cent Bonds per cent Bonds .. X3.438.70 6 per ccnt 206.32 S 3,645.02 $4,422.^0 jar 265.36 4,687.96 v.'er Bends, $1,000 00 31, 1916.. 40.00 1,040.00 lrqfpr ami Tjicht 1,050.00 10,422.9$ $ 3,297.86 916 $ 45.00 ry Sinking 1,050.00 er cent 15.75 1916 7fi.76 1.200 00 135.00 fiO.OO nds 135.00 ight Bonds 60 00 58 Bonds 220 00 icnnn ? xuv.vv 16 *9.6n 3,267.11 certificate of Ex 6.564.97 6,564.97 a Dec. 30, 1916 $42,487.95 id Dec. 31. i916..$37.70Q16 the year 1916 4.~7S.79