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* 0 PAGE EIGHT/ tHfc' qjHTWI CBHOWCLE. CTJWTMI. 9. €. THtHHBAY. MABCH ». IMS J. B. FRONTIS .JEWELER CLINTON. S. C. ATTENTION — SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND MEMBERS OF BIBLE CLASSES! . I am getting: subscriptions for the S. S. Times which is the best of its kind, $2.00 a year, or $1.50 in clubs of five or more. Am now raising a club. See me or call 243 at 12:30. JAMES W. CALDWELL Magazines—Newspapers # COUNTY TREASURER S NOTICE 1924 The books of the County Treasurer will be open for the collection of Taxes for the fiscal year, 1924, at the Treasurer’s office from October 15th to December 31st, 1924. After De cember 31st one per cent will be ad ded. After January 31st two per cent will be added, and after February 28th seven per cent will be added until the 16th day of March, 1925, when the books will be closed. All persons owning property in more than one township are request ed to call for receipts in each of the several townships in which the pro perty is located. This is important, as additional cost and penalty may be attached. All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one (21) and sixty (60) years of age are liable to pay a poll tax of $L00, except old soldiers, who are exempt at fifty (50) years of age. Commutation Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. All able- bodied men between the ages of 21 and 55 are liable to road duty except those in military service, school trus tees, school teachers, ministers, and students. Dog Tax $1.25, which must be paid not later than January 31st, 1924. ^ Proper attention will be given those who wish to pay their taxes through the mail by check, money order, etc. The tax levy is as follows: State Tax 6 mills Ordinary County Tax 8*4 mills Road and Bridge 4 mills Railroad Bond .•... 1 mill Jail Bonds % mill Road Bonds 8*4 mills Past Indebtedness % mill Statewide School (6-0-1) .... 4 mills Weak Schools Constitutional School .... QUESTION OF FINANCE NOW OCCUPIES THE LEGISLATURE Appropriation Bill Before Senate. Tax on Soft Drinks and Chewing Tobacco Proposed. Gas Tax Measure Up Again. Columbia, March 1.—Appropria tions for the operation of the' state government and the institutions sup ported by it for the current fiscal year, and the raising the revenues to meet the same, are the two principal problems before the legislature this week, the eighth of the present ses sion. Passed by the house and sent to the senate, the general appropriation bill is now before the senate finance com mittee, which is expected to resume hearings on the various items in the bill, when the senate reconvenes Mon day afternoon. Through the plan of considering each item immediately after a representative of the institu tion affected has presented the needs of the institution, the senate commit tee has made rapid progress with the state’s supply measure, according to Chairman H. H. Gross. While the bearings are expected to consume practically the entire legisla tive week, the bill may be reported back to the senate before adjourn ment over the week-end Friday, he said. The senate is expected to be gin consideration of the supply meas ure 9t the beginning of next week. Meanwhile, the house of represen tatives will be occupied by the con sideration of revenue measures now on its calendars, together with others which may be introduced in an at tempt to wipe out. the appropriation deficit. Two Money Bills The house ways and means com mittee has introduced two measures which are counted upon to produce about $1,700,000 annually, a soft drink tax bill and a chewing tobacco and snuff tax measure. The bills fre on the calendar to be taken up when the house feels disposed to deliberate upon them. According to Carroll D. Nance, chairman of the house ways and continued a bill by Senators Stewart, Moore, Butler,'and Richardson, to fix the basis of incomfe tax assessment. Fear was expressed by members of the finance committee that passage of a bill to reduce the state income tax this year would result in a deficit of $600,000. Budget System Fight A measure introduced in the sen ate which may be considered this week is the J. F. Williams bill to repeal the sections of the code relating to the budget system. This measure, which would abolish the State Budget Com mission, was reported favorably by the judiciary committee, of which Sen ator Williams, Aiken, is chairman, but subsequently reported by the fin ance committee with a majority of the members in opposition to it. Railroad men engaged in moving trains in the state would be exempt from jury duty under a bill passed by the house and sent to the senate. As introduced by Representative Sensen- ey, of Charleston, the measure pro vided that persons employe^ in the transportation service of railroads should be exempted, but the bill was made subject to an amendment by Representative Harrison, Greenwood, to apply only to those employed in moving trains. Efforts to place enforcement pro visions in the compulsory education law now on the statute books went down to defeat in the senate when the enacting words of the Pearce- Rogers measure were stricken out. Without a record vote the senate adopted the motion of Senator Young of Charleston, to render the measure effective after the senate had so amended the bill that its authors de clared it to be weak and ineffective. The McKissick-Hunt-Williams-Ken- nedy bill to increase tuition fees at state educational institutions was kill ed by the house. The house, on mo- means committee, the two measures | t* on of Representative Jennings, of % mill 3 mills Total ., Laurens School No. 1 No. 2 .... ... Na. 3 ... .... .... No. 4 .... •.x ....' h9o. 6 .... .... .... .... .... 'No. 6 ....*. No. 7 .'. .. No. 11 No. No. No. No. No. 1 2 3 4 5 36 mills Districts 16*4 mills 8 mills 16 mills 7 mills 13 mills 6 mills 8 mills 22 mills Yohngs School Districts 3 mills 8 mills 8 mills < 16 mills 17 milli> No. 6 11 m iH g No. 7 17 m jHg No. 8 13 mills No. 10 22% mills Dials School Districts are expected to make unnecessary any increase in the state direct taxes, as no levy, he pointed out, would be necessary outside of the six mills for state aid to the public schools. The soft drink tax, according'to" calcula tions, would produce $1,500,000 an nually; if effective for nine’months of this year, as contemplated, three- fourths of that amourtf. The chew ing tobacco-snuff tax would be de- Richland, struck out the enacting words after a debate lasting through the day and well into the night. While the mortality per cent in state-wide bills has been high, scores of local measures, among them an oc casional supply bill, have been acted upon by the two houses of the legisla ture. The general assembly, one of its members pointed out, is “clearing the way” for the main issues, the pended upon to produce $200,000 ap-*| general appropriations bill and the 'f proximately a year. ! revenue measures. While special orders for debate are not always acted upon by the senate at the time at which they are schedul- • - * ed tp be considered, it is pointed out, J THE JEDGE’S JOSH J there appears to be considerable like-1 J • ♦ lihood that the senate will take up j ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦ both thfe house and senate highway j She Does biUs before it on Tuesday evening. | “Before I’d paint up iind smirk at The Keith-McMeekin-Robinson bill the good looking men in our office, in the house, providing for amend- I’d rather stay home forever,” says ments to the state highway act so the old fashioned flapper. Now read as to raise the tax on gasoline to the heading again, five cents per gallon and pla’e the auto license fees back at the 1924 scale, has been made a special order for that time. It was referred to the be said on committee on roads, bridges and fer- tion.” Smythe: They All Da “Well, there is much to both sides of the ques- No. 1 No. 2 .. No. 3 .. No. 4 .. No. 5 ... No. 7 .. No. 8 ... No. 3B .... 8 mills ... 12% mills 12 mills 8 mills ... 20% mills 8 mills . .... 12 mills .... 24 mills Sullivan School Districts No. 1 No. 2 8 mills No. 3 No. 7 No. 17 Railroad Tax .... Waterloo School Districts No. 1 12 mills No. 2 .... — *... 9 mills No. 3 19 mills No. 4 No. 5 8 mills No. 6 12 mills No. 7 15 mills No. 14 .... i... 8 mills Cross Hill School Districts No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 13 .... Hunter School Districts No. 3 6 mills No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. K9 No. R42 No. 16 Jacks School Districts No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 6 No. 7 No. 15 ries, with instructions to report the measure back to the senate Tuesday afternoon, wlfen that legislative body reconvenes. Now on third reading in the senate, the house highway bill is said to sthnd the strongest chance of p^ss’age of legislature to modify the “pay-as-you- any of the measures introduced in the go” act of 1924. Of the five cents tax, four cents would go to the State Highway department for carrying out the provisions of the State Highway Act and making up the defecit to be caused by lowering the automobile license taxes. One cent of the gaso line tax would go to the counties, amounting to about $800,000, rough*/ estimated, a year. Bus Law Killed During the week just endid the sen ate defeated the measure, introduced by its railroad committee to plade all motor vehicles operated for hire under jurisdiction of the State Railroad commission. The body adopted a concurrent reso^ lution calling upon the South Carolina representatives in congress to vote for the repeal of the Pullman sur- Dickson: “That’s wife said it.” right—and my Ed Purdy’s Philos “It looks like the next war is gonna be a banquet. They keep talking about hot dog bombs and mustard gas.” 71 Lazy Larry Again Zeke: ‘Say, Larry, I’d like to take you in with me on the promotion of this land.” Larry: “Nope, thanks. Two-thirds of promotion^ is motion and it’s not for me.” ^ One Exception Spatson: “Every bell can be tolled.” Mike: “You’re wrong, Spat, ol’ kid. I told a dumb-bell but it didn't mean a thing.” Scuffletown School Districts No. 1 g mills No. 2 8 mills No. 3 * 3 m in s No. 4 A 4 mills No. 12 11% mills Persons sending In lists of names to be taken off are requested to send them early and give the township of each, as the Treasurer is very busy daring the month of December. ■ ROSS IX YOUNG, County Treasurer. pected on the resolution in the house. Debate was adjourned by the house until Wednesday on a bill by Repre sentative Mauldin of Greenville creat ing a state board of pharmeaeutical examiners, as was the Sunday observ ance bill of Representative Dobson, of Cherokee, as well as a biennial ses sions ratification bill by Representa tives Winter and J. O. Williams’. The house passed and sent to the senate a bill by the ways and means committee to create a state finance committee, composed of the governor, the state treasurer, and the comptrol ler general, who would have charge of the placing of state funds in banks or trust companies. Indemnity bonds in some reputable surety company authorized to do business in the state would be required of the depository banks. Another bill passed by the house and sent? to the senate would require the state electrician to inspect all pub lic buildings, including schools, where electric lights are used. Final decision on the state income tax question -was postponed by the senate until the 1026, session, when that house of the general assembly Sherlock Snicker in Action, Snicker: ‘I think Wright must have been born and raised in London.” Snee: “Why London?” Snicker: “Well, they have lots of frogs over there.” Snee: “What have frogs got to do with Wright?” Snicker: “Well, he’s always going around blowing his own horn.” Popnlar Definitions “A bachelor is a man completely surrounded with holey socks to be darned.” Sageful Sayings “A fool grumbles when his wife starts spring house cleaning. 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