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Dillon, S- t., May 20, 1021.
Money ouys more, it is said, but a
good disposition will ever remain a
changeless value.
In its last issue Tlie Herald had
something to say -about the strawberry
industry in the \Vhiteville and
Chadbourn sections of North Carolina
and pointed out how prosperous
our section would be if we added
strawberries and potatoes to our tobacco
and cotton crops. A farmer
who knows something about growing
strawberries reminds us that strawberry
plants should be set out in
June. If they are planted later in the
season the hot weather wilts them
ana -In .?? ? ??'
?-?>u uw nut fjCi a dim i.
Strawberries put out in June will
produce a good crop the following
spring.
She has been with us before, conquered
our hearts as she reigned supreme
for a short period, and then
w.'nt into the world to Co and Care
in the feminine way. And this spring
she is here again, representing the
new crop of the sweet girl graduate.
Comparisons with those who have
gone before are odious, if not dangerous.
We would not say, for instance,
that the 19 21 girl grad is a prettier
specimen than the 1920 girl, because
specimens of the latter an
still in town and tln-y have friends
who might violently disagree. But v.
are willing to say that the 19 21 -v.
girl graduate compares with all
those who have gone before, and i
is plain that the homage yielded tin
C&pturers of our hearts in past yeat
must be unstlntiugly yielded to ti.
beauties of 1921. The sweet girl
graduate is the cream and the queen
of the race. She is the fairest of the
fair. The world is hers to conquer,
but the next step will be to conquer
snmohfulv'ii hoovi
It is time for the country to begin
to show a little common sense in its
attitude toward the automobile. The
automobile is no longer an experiment?it
is a success. In its exper;
mental stagos it was the tool of the
demagogue law-maker who used it I
to work on the prejudices of the
masses as against the classes, and
during that period many foolish antiautomobile
laws were put on the
statute books. Little more than 100
years ago demagogues in law-making
bodies opposed the construction of
railroads for the same reasons. Laws
were passed prohibiting trains from
running more than 5 miles an hour
and many wise men in that day and
time opposed the building of railroads]
through their communities because
they feared the suction following the
swift passing of the iron monster
would tear down their houses and destroy
their cattle. The automobile
ha.' been called the poor man's burden
and the rich man's luxury, but
it is neither. It is a vehicle used for
Quick transportation and has become
so closely woven into the business
fabric of the world that to dispense
with it would be a distinct siep backward.
There should be rigid laws
governing the use of the automobile,
but nvanv law-makinc hnrti^u imv?
gone beyond the bounds of reason
and common sen.se. We have in mind
at this moment certain drastic features
of the Volstead act better
known as the prohibition law. Und'-r
this act the owner of an automobile
has absolutely no protection. Tin
United States Supreme Court has recently,
in a case taken up from Georgia,
decided that anyone whose car
had been loaned to another persm:
and used in the transportation of in
toxeants, even without the knowledge
or consent of the owner of the vehicle,
could have no redress against th?
confiscation of the vehicle under the
existing law. The court has also held
that the holder of a mortgage over
an automobile has no redress if the
automobile is confiscated for trans
pcrtating. These are unjust laws and
should be repealed. Senator Dial, we
uir, giaa ? ? uyie, nas introduced an
amendment to the Federal statutes to
"protect the innocent owners of automobiles,
boats, carriages and otli
e" conveyances from having their
property confiscated in case such ve
hides should be found in the possession
of anyone transporting intoxicating
liquors." Senator Dial claims
that his amendment "places ihe bur
den of proof upon the innocent, owm i
or creditor to show that he did not
participate under the prohibition
laws. The amendment gives the own
er of the vehicle or thL. owner
of the mortgage over the
vehicle un opportunity to submit
the facts in the case to a jury
end no fair-minded person in
this land of liberty can afford to
deny to another person the right to
a trial by Jury.
STATEMENT AS TO
COUNTY FINANCES.
>lr. L. Cotttnghnm, Foreman of
Ci'and Jury, Makes Statement
for I*ublic Information.
Dillon. S. C.. May 24. 1921
The Editor of The Dillon Herald,
Dillon. S.,
Dear Sir: i
Just at this time I think that the
Ipublic is entitled to know the findings
oJ the grand jury of Dillon County.!
as relates to its financial condition
and especially this condition as re-j
fleeted by and through the following
offices: Commissioners Office, Super-j
int nf - ""
vi uuuctinun s Qiuoe and
the Treasurer's officeDue
to misapprehensions on the
part of some of the people of the
county, some criticism and much discussion,
I am submitting certain documents
and letters from the afore-1
said offices, which the officers there-!
of have requested published- For the,
information of the public I will state
briefly as follows:
On May 17th, instant, the grand
jury met, primarly for the purpose
of orgauization. In this meeting many
things were, discussed for the good of
the county and definite action was
taken on sp?ecific charges and general
charges, much of which will
come out at the next term of the
court and all of which Is certain to.
be helpful towards efficiency and
law and order.
A committee was appointed at this]
meeting to look into the condition of
the Superintendent of Education's finances,
to determine the reasons for
delay in the payment of school warrants
issued to tliP teachers of th<>
!county. This committee met on FriId-ay.
May 20th and went thoroughly
i into this matter. It was found that
{school warrants had been paid
|promptly up to January' 1st with few
Inceptions. School funds had been exhausted,
and therc was no available
I money with which to pay tlie- teachUrs
from that date. We found that the
school year, which started July 1st.
j 1920, was started with only $11,772.00
on hand and that all but $1,600.00
of this amount belonged to
two school districts alone, Nos. IS
and 22. These districts had tlie sa:d
amount on hand by virtue of the sale
of school bonds, and they had not
spent the money yet.
As the Dillon schools pay the teachers
through the summer months and
as a heating plant was installed in
the Dillon school building at a cost ol
$9,000.00 the books disclosed the fact
that October .2, 1920, school district
No. 8 had approved claims to the
amount of $12,804.00 and there was
no money in the treasury or available
to pay the said claims. This was ;
condition which could not be helper
by either the Superintendent of Education
or the Treasurer of the coun
|ty. Taxes had not begun to com.
to amount to anything.
We found that Dillon No. 8 stood
on this date May 20th overdrawn to
the amount of $6,723.00. We found
that sohool bond money to the
amount of $817.00 had been technically
misused to help out the schools
of the Dillon district. On March 21st,
1921, the treasurer permitted an ovdiaft
of tlie school funds. To save
embarrassment to the treasurer it is
only fair to state that upon a gentleman's
agreement, the Dank of Pages
Mill extended a loan to cover the
amount. It was made clear to the investigating
committee that the technical
violation on the part of the
treasurer and the superintendent of
education was due to their zoalousness
in helping out the schools. Tin
committee, under the circumstances,
p.nd due to the unusual conditions
reu mat tneir action was not only
justified but commendable.
A full report from the superintenddent
of education was asked for in
order that it might be published. H
was shown the committee that only
within the last few days, had it been
possible to borrow the necessary money
to pay the teachers, which it is
understood is now becoming available.
At the request of the treasurer
and the commissioners of Dillor.
county and The Dank of Pages Mill
I am submitting for publication other
data aud communications as pertains
to their respective offices and
[parties concerned.
Respectfully,
L. Cottingham, Foreman.
Superintendent of Education
To Whom it May Concern:
This is to certify that the financial
standing of the several school distticts
of the county is as follows:
Balance Defici
Co. Board Fund 255.43
Carolina 1184.11
Ilarllee 735.48
Little Rock 320.38
Oakland 137.52
Minturn 1231.10
Zion 594.33
Dillon 9473.53
Dothan 355.75
New Holly 131.50
Bingham 203.21
Hamer 352.67
Lnion 1150.52
Lake View 1476.80
Mt. Calvary 200.90
Kemper 536.49
Bermuda 334.34
Manning 4310.17
Ploydale 490.57
Latta 8.05
Dalcho 720.48
C-ak Grove 4C95.17
Ilillshoro 90.74
High Hill 336.38
Pleasant Hill 93.22
Fork 123.73
Temperance 247.37
Sellers 1187.54
9877.00 21109.57
My books this day show an over-1
draft of $11,232.57.
H- M. MOODY,
Co. Supt. of Education. |
, ! |f-,
Hon. L. Cottingham, Foreman,
Grand Jury, Dillon County, S. C-,
'My Dear Sir:
Complying with the request of your
honorable committee at the time I
appeared before you (at my request)
I beg herewith to hand you copies of
such records as I deem proper to refute
certain chnrges repeatedly preferred
against me for improper handling
of the County funds and especially
the school funds. I desire, juBt
here, to state that I have never declined
to give any one who had sufficient
interest and energy, any information
asked for. The charges preferred
against ine would ne\^er have
been made hud the accusing parties
wanted the facts in the case. I regret
exceedingly that any one should
uave rouna it necessary to reflect upon
me, yet this has been done and In
justice to myself I will have to refute
these charges.
I have been charged with withholding
money on deposnt in a certain
bank and not paying it out for school
purposes, thereby letting the teachers
throughout the county suffer in
order to accommodate the said bank.
This is absolutely absurd and infamously
false. Not only have I paid out
all the funds I had in hand belonging
to school, but I have actually allowed
many of the districts to overdraw
their accounts Into the thousands
which fact is sustantiated by the
report of the Superintendent of Education
herewith which show?= on Mav
the 20th, the districts or the entire
school account was overdrawn $11,22
2.57.
1 have also been charged with not.
paying certain notes (two in nunib?
r) aggregating $37,500.00 when
they matured in order that tlie same
jh'.ink might be benefitted. This too is
a miserable falsehood. I paid the
above papers as soon as the school
warrants were presented which was
at the time the money was available.
The ;wo papers were paid as follows:
January 5, 1921, $22,473.35 (see
'warrant No. 250) and the other Febri
ary 2, 1921, $15,205.01, (see warrant
No. 234.) The difference in the
amount of the two papers and
amount actually paid is accounted for
in accrued interest. T^ie warrants
were issued and mailed perhaps several
days before presented to me for
payment.
I have covered all charges preferred
against me with the exception ol
the one relating to a certain individual
"holding a hammer over my
head" and with such tenacity as to
cause me to bow to the inevitable. I
do not believe that there is single
member of your Honorable Body that
believes such a thing, in fact I really
-ri ? ~ 1.-11 H.-1
uu uui ucnevc mai my accuser or
accusers believe this. But should I
ever fall so low in life as to be guilty
of such an offense I would most certainly
prefer having a hammer over
my head in the hands of the one in
question than my accuser or accusers.
My name has been mentioned in
connection with the awarding by the
County Commissioners of the $40,000.00
loan and sinking fund to the
Bank of Lake View, S. C. I had absolutely
nothing to do with this matter
further than to be consulted in
the usual way, at the time the matter
was under way. I am sure that
such mfcn as J. B. Arnette, Jas. McLellan,
David Manship, Ed. A. Bethea
H. A. Hasty, and Jack McLaurin
would not be a party to collusion
which is charged. During the last ten
days of tax paying period my office
was rushed to the utmost waiting
upon tax payers who came in person
1 to nav thoir tnvoa T r? r? rlrl! i i /-??* * thic
[there was perhaps the greatest
amount of correspondence and checks
I sent by mail (with long lists to get
| up in many instances) that I have
had to contend with during my entire
tenure of office. This made it impossible
for me to get everything balanced
and the necessary seggregations
made promptly. The Comptroller
General appreciating this fact cheerfully
granted additional time in
which to file my monthly report
which I did on the 20th, instant, the
earliest date possible under existing
icircumstances. In conclusion I should
l;ke to ,-tatc ihat i; seems to m'e that
instead of permitting our little jeoluisies
and d'-.iro3 to over ride our
better judgment, we should all pull
together to that end of securing the
ilv fit po.-sible results for the county.
jTi'is is my conception of good citizenShip
and ihe Christian spirit.
Most resiw-.-i fullv vonrj
JNO. R. WATSON,
Treasurer.
P. P.?I will appreciate very much
your having this communication and
tr. 11 data touching on the unjust chargj?v
preferred against me published. 1
feci that I am entitled to this a !;] I
am sure that your Honorable Bodyis
anxious to do justice to all.
May 14, 1921.
Hon. Walter E. Duncan,
Comp. General.
Columbia, S. C.,
Dear Sir:
Owing to the fact that people waited
until the last moment to nav their
taxes last month, mailing us hundreds
of checks and long lists to get
i'P, we have found it impossible to
net the recipts mailed out in due
time and our repoit to you, and I beg
to ask for your kind indulgence in
the premises, I will get the report to
you early next week if possible.
Thanking you.
Most respectfully yours,
JNO. R. WATSON. Treasurer.
Columbia, S. C., May 3 6. 1921
Mr. J. R. Watson, Co. Treasurer,
Dillon, S. C.,
Dear Watson:
In reply to yours of the 14th, I beg
!to advise that it will be satisfactory
with this office if your monthly re
port is received any time prior to May
21st.
Yours very truly,
WALTER E. DUNCAN,
\>VVS-R- Comptroller General.
May 19. 1921
Hon. Walter E. Duncan,
Com p. General.
Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir:
I am herewith enclosing my report
for April, 1921. I regret the delay in
getting the report to you. But I did
the best 1 could under existing circumstances.
In connection with the
sending to you of this report, I wish
to state that the way checks are being
returned (that were giveu in payment
of taxes) it may be necessary
to charge back to the three accounts
Borne money that has been pro-rated
and reported as collected and actually
paid out (I refer to the State.) I
merely mention this fact, so that you
Iliav linriprstnnrf ahnnl/I thoon ontrloo
appear in a later report.
Most respectfully yours,
JNO. R. WATSON, Treasurer.
Dillon, S. C.. May 20, 1921.
I wish to state that I believe Mr.
Jno. R. Watson, County Treasurer,
haB done everything in hi8 power to
help pay teachers' salaries in the
county during the present school
session. I know that while Dillon
district No. 8 has had an overdraft
as shown by the County Superintendent
of Education's books, Mr. Watson
has paid a claim for salaries of the
Dillon Schools and held the claim until
the funds of the district were
available.
I have had occasion to be in the
j Treasurer's office several times in the
i past few weeks. And I feel sure that
|he has made every effort to apportion
the taxes to the various districts
as rapidly as possible. On account of
the delay in the payment of taxes,
the work entailed upon Mr. Watson
has been very heavy.
W. D. ROBERTS.
! We tbe undersigned trustees of j
the several school districts through-!
.out Dillon County take this opportun-j
it> of stating that in our judgment!
the Superintendent of Education and:
County Treasurer have done every-1
ithing within their power during the
] past year to keep the schools open.
I They have not only co-operated with
us in a general way but they have
permitted many of the school districts
to overdraw their accounts
from time to time.
D. L. Mclnnis, D. B. Mclnnis, No.
i 2; C. E. Taylor, No. 3; J. H. Stackhouse,
No. 4. W. M. Arnette, No. 5;
J. T. McQueen, No. 6; W. W. Evans,
W. W. Rowland, No. 8; P. M. Stuart,
No. 9; F. L. Bethea, No. 10; P. Barfield,
No. 11; J. R. Regan, No. 12;
H. H. Bailey, No. 14; D. K. Ford, No.
15; C. W. Moody, No. 16; L. B.
Campbell, No. 17; J. D. Coleman, B.
! Atkinson. No. 21; R. T. Renfrow, E.
jT. Ayers, No. 23; E. V. Moody, No.
I 25; E. T. Elliott, No. 8; P. C. Henry,
W. L. Gaddy, No. 20; Jno. W. McKay.
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Dillon. S. March 14, 1921.
Mr. J. H. McLaurln, Chairman,
Board of Commissioners,
Dillon County, Dillon, S. C.
Dear Sir:
Replying to your invitation to bid
on a loan not in excess of $40,000,00
to be made to County Commissioners
of Dillon County and pledging therefor
all taxes belonging to the County
Ordinary Fund for the year 1921, we
beg to submit the following bid:
We will make this loan without interest
and will also pay the County a
bonus of $1,000.00 upon the condition
that the entire county account,
including all deposits of county monies,
shall be deposited with us during
the life of the loan which shall be at
least until the 31st day of December,
1921.
Yours very truly,
J. M. SPRUNT, Cashier.
I hereby certify that the above is
a true and correct copy of bid made
by the Bank of Dillon.
J. B. Edwards, Clerk.
Lake View, S. C-. 3 15, 1921.
To the Board of Co. Commissioners,
for Dillon County,
Dillon, S. C.,
Gentlemen:
I make you any one of three offers,
as follows:
First. I offer to lend you $40,000.00
on whatever fair and reasonable
terms your honorable body may
name with reference both to the rate
of interest I am to get therefor and
the rate I am to pay for sinking
fund.
(In reaching a decision please bear
three things in mind: 1st, we have
always loaned the County all it ever
asked having loaned it $73,200.00 in
1920 without quibble; 2nd, we allowed
the County at times interest
on its daily balance; and 3rd, we
have always secured the County
c.gainst loss.)
Second, I offer to lend you $10,000.00
at par and give you a bonus
of S550.00. and allow von 7 raw rpnt
on your sinking fund.
Third, I offer the money at par
and a bonus larger by $50.00 than
your best bid, other than this bank.
All bids are conditioned on the
Treasurer depositing all public funds
with us and checking the same way.
Respectfully submitted,
R. S. ROGERS, President,
Tho Bank of Lakc View.
I hereby certify that the above is
a true and correct copy of the original
bid made by the Bank of Lake
View.
J. B. Edwards, Clerk.
Dillon, S. C., March 15, 1921.
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of County Commissioners of Dillon
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'ent at the Bald meeting the following
J. H. McLaurln, Chairman, J. B. Arnette,
H. A. Hasty and James McLellan,
Commissioners and J. C.
Adams, Supervisor.
The following resolution was offered
and unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, under the terms of an
Act of the General Assembly approved
the day of February. 1921.
and known as the County Supply Bill,
the County Commissioners of Dillon
County were authorized to borrow
the sum of not exceeding $40,000.00
to defray the expenses of said County
during the current year and to . _
pledge the taxes of the said county^
for the repayment of the said suitor^
they borrowed; and whereas it wa!>
further provided by said Act that the*L
said County Commissioners should
borrow said money from such Banking
Institutions as should submit by
sealed bids the lowest rate of interest,
and the funds of said county
should be deposited with such bank
making the lowfest bid; and whereas
the Bank of Lake View, Lake View.
S. C. has submitted the lowest bid^
for the making of such loan: ^
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED^
That the said County Commissioners
hereby accept th'e offer of the said
Bank of Lake View and hereby
awards the said loan to the said
Bank. Be it Further Resolved tha\
the sum of forty thousand dollars be
borrowed from the said Bank at no
rate of interest and for which the
said Bank is to pay the said County
the sum of five hundred and fifty
dollars and to pay the said County
seven per cent interest on their sinking
fund; and that the said County
Commissioners execute to the
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uaiin ul 1J.11W VltfW, O. C,"., IOUT
, notes of said County, each for the
'sum of ten thousand dollars and
each bearing date of March 15, 1921,
two of said notes to become due the
15th day of December, 19 21,
two of said not eg to become duo January
1st 1922 and each without interest
until after maturity; and that
the said County Commissioners do
pledge the taxes of tlie said County
for the year 19 21 for the payment o J'
said loan. , - -m
The Treasurer of the said County
of Dillon is hereby directed and authorized
to deposit the funds of the
said County in accordance with the
terms of the said Act, and in accordance
with the terms of the bid and offer
of said Bank of Lake View hereinabove
referred to.
Approved:
(Signed) J. H. McLAURIN,
Chairman.
Attest: ,
(Signed) J. B. Edwards, Clerk.
I hereby certity that the above is
a true and correct copy of the minutes
of the meeting of the County
Board of Commissioners held on
March 15, 1921.
J. B. Edwards, Clerk.
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