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Ml PAGE TWO THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1825 ANCIENT PROBLEMS FACE . 76TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Questions of Tax Reform, Educational Reform and Road Building Must Be Considered By General Assembly. Columbia, Jan. 4.—The 76th general assembly of South Carolina—77 mem bers of which will come to the capito! innocent of legislative experience— will convene in Columbia for its first session Tuesday, January 13, to find istelf faced with those ancient and perennial problems of taxation, edu cational reform, road construction, etc., and with them certain other diffi culties of later birth such as that created by the proposed Twentieth amendment to the federal constitution, etc. That the session will be no brief one seems likely and all the more so because of the‘large percentage of new members, the majority of whom, it is expected, will find their ta^k somewhat more complicated than it appeared to them when preparing their campaign addresses. Many will CqiPe t.Q.jUiftif seats with promises of -reform^-Vf- lairs—to—be' repeared -and tax cuts- to be 'mfcde %pd therq; some will discover that promises are made with less difficulty than they may be carried out. Giving and taking, compromise there must be before ma jorities are obtained. Of the members of the senate 22 are “hold-overs” from the general assembly of 1924; ten are members of the 1924 senate relected; three are former members of the sen ate; three former members of the house; five lack legislative experi ence. In the lower house will be: Twenty-nine are reelected from the 1924 house; 20 are former members of the house though not of the 1924 general assembly; four are former senators; 71 have had no legislative experience. Many of the veteran leaders will also be absent and this too may add somewhat to the expect ed confusion of the opening days. Various members of the two houses and of the state government, how ever, take heart at knowledge of the high standard of many of the delega tions. “They will come here with .various foolish ideas,” an optimistic I Columbian predicted, “and. then will discover that there is as problem, > after which they will settle down to some effort to solve it. The result will be little different from what 1 might have been expected with more j experienced men.” The first task will be that of the legislative elections, chief interest be ing centered in the race between Ed gar A. Brown of Barnwll, now chair man of the state Democratic execu- j tive committee, and John K. Hamblin of Union, speaker pro tempore of the i 1923-1924 house and chairman of the •judiciary committee, for the speaker- Iship of the house succeeding Thomas S. McMillan, now a member of the federal congress. Friends of both candidates have been conducting in tensive campaigns and both sides have made claims of assured victory. Oth- »■-■ <■ •- it * on'd for the place, among them Mendel L. Smith.of Camden and Dr OHn Saw yer of Georgetown, both of whom, however, have announced that they will not make the race. For the chairmanship of the ways and means committee, vice Claud N. Sapp of Co lumbia, who did not make the race for reelection, there have been pro posed Carroll D. Nance of Laurens, and A. F. McKissick of Greenville. Mr. McKissick, however, has announc- ! ed that he will not be a candidate. 1 For the speakership pro tempore, J. 0. Williams of Easley, has been pro posed. The presentation of the state bud- | get, which is expected to be ready shortly after the opening of the gen eral assembly, will raise the question of taxation, a question complicated by ; the failure of the general assembly and the proposed $10,000,000 perman ent improvement bond issue. The di lemma created by the passage of the socalled “pay as 7 you go” road build ing law and the 6-0-1 school law re mains, the general assembly of 1924 having merely postponed the problem by abandoning its hunt for new reve nue sources and amending the “pay as you go” road bill to make it ef fective January, 1026. The law, now operative, takes from the state gov ernment one-third of the gasoline tax receipts, the equivalent of approxi mately two mills levy on the property of the state. A like amount is divert ed from the county treasuries, so in>- may propose. Compromise of the Columbia canal creasing the already heavy county real property levies. Approximately $1,- 200,000 remains therefore to be rais ed, even though no increases are made in the appropriation bill. To Resolve Property Chief of the tax reform measures expected to be pushed during the ses sion is the proposed general revalua tion Wiw. The death of the two socall ed “basic tax reform” resolutions— one killed by the senate of 1924 and the other hy the people of the state in the general elction—has thrown the tax reform emphasis back to the ques tion of revaluation and a measure, practically identical *ith that pro- tion of Attorney General Samuel M. FOUND—Black and tan .hound dog. Wolfe that a criminal court of ap peals he created “after the' manner of the court of this nature in the state of Oklahoma.” A law to require all vehicles using highways at night to carry tail lights is also being urged as is legislation to regulate motor vehicles operated as common carriers, buss and truck lines, it has been held by the courts, being now exempt from regulation by the state highway commission. The coipmission's recommendations, for the year have not yet been made public and it is not known what remedy it Describe him, pay for this adver tisement and tret same. Dewey Rey nolds, Clinton Cotton Mills. Itp J. Roy Crawford SURVEYING Clinton, S. C. controversy in accordance with the terms of the Barstow offer will be proposed by the Columbia'canal com mission in its report, however, and the general assembly will be given an opportunity to finally end the aged dispute. This the general assembly of 1924 desired, according to a reso lution agreed to in the closing days of the session, and to the plan recom mended by the canal commission lit tle objection is expected. MRS. NANCY YOUNG CLAIMED BY DEATH -OTT#- posed but not’ passed last year, 'wHIf Mw; Nancy Ella Young, widow of |.of 1924 to meet the issue before it i and still more so by the refusal of ! the voters of the state to agree to the i tax reform resolution proposing the repeal of the three mill school tax A Test Of Value Compare the Suits we are offering at the prices quoted below with the clothes values you have been getting at these prices. No further claim on our part is nec essary to make you buy. PRICES: $25 to $35 again see the light this year with the prospect, its supporters believe, of ultimate passage. The state license taxes on tobac cos, candies, etc., have drawn some opposition and it is possible that the endeavor will be made to secure their repeal, an effort which may in turn be countered by endeavors to extend the taxes to include soft drinks. Talk of the general sales tax, despite "stren uous objection of merchants, has not been stilled and it is possible that some such measure may again be pro posed. A. F. McKissick of Greenville, and J. O. Williams of Easley, will intro duce a concurrent resolution requiring the county auditors to report* to the tax commission automobiles escaping taxation. The tax commission has J compiled from the record of the state ; highway department lists of aatomd- 1 biles in each county as of January 1 and these have already been sent to each county auditor. Compliance with the McKissick-Williams resolu- , tion should therefore present few dif- | ficulties. With reference to education chief interest will center about the propos ed amendments to the 6-0-1 school aid act and new compulsory education law to be introduced by Senator R. S. Rog ers of Dillon, one of the authors of the 6-0-1 act. Existing compulsory education laws have failed to meet the end for which they have been de signed and statistics compiled by the department of education do not show -increases in attendance commensur ate - 'with the increases in appropria- ti< ns demanded by the school aid law. , Changes in the 6-0-1 law to be pro posed are designed to aid the weaker high schools and would make the law a 6-1-0 law instead of a 6-0-i law as | at present, that is, providing that the state should guarantee six months of the school term, the county one month JVlartin J. Yonng, passed away at her home near here on December 29th. Interment took place in the Presby terian cemetery of this city, the ser vices being in charge of Dr. D. J. Woods. Mrs. Young was a woman of many noble Christian traits of character and all who knew her lov ed and held her in the highest es teem. She was preceded to the grave by her husband, Martin J. Young, just a few days before her death. The deceased is survived by three sons, John L. Young, Jesse^G. Young and Ernest G. Young, all of whom have the sympathy of their many friends in their sad__bereavement. FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS From Glenn-Ayers Floral Co. Spartanburg, S. C. Funeral Work a Specialty Call Mrs. Jas. R. Copeland Phone 74 or 208 CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Clinton, S. C. _ . __ - ^ *“ ■> * A i 2,500 New Telephones Added m. ORE than 2,500 new telephones were added to the Bell Telephone System in South Carolina last year, 'a record-breaking achievement requiring the best efforts of a highly trained organization and the invest- There are now 37,250 Bell telephones in South Caro lina, a striking evidence of the substantial growth and progress of the State. ; i . ' i ‘fib Dili: To care for this continued growth means that exten sions and additions to the telephone system must be planned in advance to provide for present needs and to anticipate the r eeds of the future. ~ The large sums of new money required for the pur pose must be Obtained by the sale of securities or be bor rowed in the money markets. The enormous investment in new plant last year was used net only to extend the service in local communities, but much of it was utilized to improve and expand the long distance service throughout the State. As a result the ge^ral telenhone service is good and clcpei’dable, while the scope of the long distance service is practically unlimited. r The telephone workers are proud of th^ir achieve ments ’a^t year. They are serving you cheerfully and appreciate your coraial interest. MORGAN B. SPEIR, Carolines Manager Rfll SYSTrM" SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE hixD TELEGRAPH COMPANY Vue Policy O ie Syctem, Un-.vertal Service T— f'' < llISI!!lll!!lllil!!!lllll!llt!!!lilll!l!!illll!nilllllllil[lllll!ll!llllllllll!iil!lil!!ll!!llill!!lllllll!l!!lill!H!llllllllllllllllilllllHli^ ' » Plenty Of The Men’s Shop Clinton, S. C* Bn, v . • ’ fe , c i y * ■ Phone 356 for Groceries You will receive the prompt careful service for which this store is noted. And the excellence of the Groceries will cause you to thank us for suggesting this easy method of shopping to you. y ' "i Milam’s Grocery PHONE 356 WEST PITTS STREET CUNTON, S. C. Jmd the school district none or the state guarantee seven months and the county and school district none in stead of the state’s guaranteeing six months, the county none and the school district one as at present. Talk has also been made of a free text boo-k act and this too may be intro duced. Road Bond Issue The operation of the “pay as you go” road act has beeri found to be I too slow for some of the advocates of permanent highways and it is expect- i ed that the bon dissue plan, killed by the last general assembly, will be re introduced to remedy this defect. The 20th amendment—the child la- ; bor amendment to the federal consti- I tution—is expected to come before the j legislature for ratification or reject- I ion, with all odds favoring its re jection should it be considered. Also to be considered is the gift of W. B. and J. A. Fletcher of $500,000, including the present Fletcher Mem orial school—for educational purposes. The Marlboro delegation will intro duce a bill proposing that the offer be accepted and the school be estab lished as a junior college, the control of which, under the terms of the gift, will rest entirely in the state. The present building the donors propose to double within three years so as to provide 23 large classrooms. They will also build dormitories to acco modate 300 scudents and install a cen tral heating plant and dining room. This plant, with at least 100 acres of fine farming land surrounding it, they offer to the state unconditional ly, no “strings” attached. Some solution of the confusion cre ated by the electors of the state in agreeing to several of the biennial sessions and four year term amend ments while killing others of the group is also to be sought, some mem bers of the legislature holding that it is possible to inaugurate the bien nial sessions program and submit new amendments to cure the defects occa sioned by the defeat of the “com panion” measures. For Intermediate Sentences Gov. Thomas G. McLeod’s proposal for intermediate sentences, recom mended in his annual message of last year but not acted upon, is also ex pected to be revived, a special com mittee of the two houses having been named last year to inquire into the problem. Changes in prohibition laws, the concealed weapon law, etc., are also under consideration, while before the two houses will be the recommenda- i V Three car-loads to be unloaded this week. We can furnish you arty model desired. For the year 1925 we have contracted for an unusually large number of cars and will be prepared to take care of the needs of all our customers. When you want a Ford, see us. We .i^ >V: )b*/4 ■ expect to keep them rolling all the year and to give the best service we have ever offered. ♦ i t In our Repair Department, we are well equipiped to handle all work promptly and efficiently. Put your car troubles on us and rest easy. To please our customers, both in our Sales and Ser vice Departments, is our New Year resolution and we are constantly working with this end in view. \ i Your Business Is Always Appreciated A E. W. FERGUSON 1 FORD DEALER I i CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA v iinfr A i ♦ j , * JY'i. *3 ^ ■ ■\ v