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This paper is not resp'^nsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. r Nobody’s^ Bunness ^By Cr«e McCree / 1^ I Flat Rock Will Undertake To Enforce Afl Laws Ffom Now On.„ our poleesman has benn ordered by i the citty counsel to crack down on , slot machines and gambling devices.^ he smashed one at the all^ite can: friday night, and confiscated the SOc' he found in same^ he allso'^bok a pair fof bra'»s knocks and 4 loaded dices off of the person of holsum moore. I all kinds qf betting will be broke! CLINTON, S.* Cm THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1987 N OUR CITY FINANCES The city water and light bilks for contained a mimeographed | up if ketched^and the poleesman has] bought hisself a spy-gla.ss and has benn clamming trees'' and watching the men who go down into the cow- pastor in drove.s of 3 or more, he hasj stopped crack-a-loo and matching for dopes .in the drug stoar. he is watch ing the peeples cash stoar who has 2 decks of cards' in his show-case. nance amounted to $3,404.55 against 1 » #• i.*- .v. . i • . eorooio 1 rooster ftghtmg on the out^skirts $2,u02.12,' an increase oi ^o02.4o. I r ^ a i ... i ’ ■ , .. , . of flat rock mought be resorted to, | —The operation of-the ftre depart - ^ . , , bu,t if they do so, the counTy-seat will j financial statement-, taken from, an ment .cost .17,985,2?, cjxmpared^ithjj^ ^^ ^j^p audit made in the fall for the two- $5,244.28 in 1932, an increase in ex- j them, vt looks like a clean sweep I year period ending August 31, 1936. The unsigned .statement was address ed “To Citizens of (’linton,” and .stat ed that ^‘it has been called to our attentiqb that sufficient information $4,608.59, an increase of $3,847.73 pensc of $2,741.00. j time, ever time a light is] seen in ' General expense in the 1932 audit L room upstair.r, our poleesman lis- was listed at $760.86.^ In the state-] tens in to see 1if he can hear anny ment just mailed out it is given as|poik chip.H rattling or anny bones be- was not i)eing furnished you as to the^ affairs. .Such administration hf city has Tnot been ouKihlention,” the let ter continued, “forNve have no facts to hi<le, ami on the other hand, we hof»e you will find sonie^ aec()m|)lish- ment.- all of u.s may he\proud of.’’ With fto financml statement\)uhlished froin year increa.se is shown ation cost of the police in the oper- department. ihlf -»’nlled. to other meanness will also bt; checked i To operate the department f(W the^I’ "^o havy benn leh-^fi past two years co.st .$27,179.33 against .1“:! $23,83r(.74 for the 19.30-32 period, an plus Titc for being dragged in, by the] mayor who v\dl| .st^-e as Judge* and j jury, ailso attorney at law, if thj'k t '1 ' I citty have out m ccHHied meetings, this crit-ieism 'of the admini.-tration on the part of many taxpayers is just and dest'tv).^.. If and when audit.s are matie tnej' should he published for the ip/onna- tion of the jmhiic. It is no husiuess of taxpayers to go prowling around ailso attorney at law, if coiin.sill fieeds one. they must monney from some hook or (pjit payi^ increase of'$3.!{12..59. Salarie.s for the past two-year period we.ie $19,395.00 , .against $l6,698i3r) in Ht30-32, an in- ycar. no lepoi ts^ gi\en ,,f $2,696.65. ICxpense of the: ,— department for the ).eriod was $7,-jand the hooks have 122.02 compared with $.')..582.74 in' 19.10-32, an inc?:ease of $1,.5.19.28. | .^speeding in day-time will be raised Revenue produced through fines by ^ jy «^2; .s|)eeding at night with only the-..^d-epartment for the past two head-light and no tale years totaled $5,000.75 again.st $5,- 167.3\ in 1930-32,'^ a decrease of st^ ,cment of the operation of m r the cHy treusurer’.^-^ffice .seeking •'i'I $466.59 formation as to the administration ‘ ' of the town’s affairs. This informa tion -hould he furnished the public by city cciiincil, and for the fact that thi?-pt4ky-_J}as not been followed in recent years, memhers of that body are responsible. A majority of mom- ^ ^ i . v 1 r .. . 1 J u pnst two vears this department .shows I’ers of that body have the power to I' - , The the water and ligli\ plant shows that it is earning 'a substantial profit which w’ould imlicate the justification of a decrease in present rute.s to light, with yore cut-out open, wiH be dubblc the day-1 ig'ht-fine, and a prison seiftonce if ketched the 10th time within the citty limits ansoforth. playing mar bles by children under 7 will be per- jnd mitted nn all sidewalks v7 CU. FT. MP witti Ming PROOF of ALL 5 BASIC.SERVICES for Homo RmfrigenUim 1 GREATER ICE-ABIUTY Ends **Cube-Struggle” and ”Ice-Famhte”. 2 3 GREATER STORAGtABIUTY Ends old-fashioned crounling, GREATER PROTECT-ABIUTy Keeps food safer, fresher', longer. 4 greater depend-abiuty power and water con.<umer.<. For the power eithi'r- furnish or withhold this in- foiTnation from the public. Without these-facts the people are unable to fairly ami intellij^*ntly determine whether the '<^ity’s‘'bffairs are being rfficiently dr ineffidiehtly conducted. The leiter^^'companying the con- <lense(l report states that the “finan cial standing and credit of the city remains at the top,” and for this ac complishment the.administration-is to be commended. This is a condition that has existed over a long period of years and one of which CTinton people shouhl be proud. The fact thati jun income of $117,207.71 ns com- [xared to $116,464.81 as reflected in the last published statenvent. Oper ating expi^nse-s are given as $62,346.29 against $73,188.69 in 1930-3^. This show.s an income of $.54,861.42 lo ex cess of expenditures in this depart ment for two years. A, comparison of figures for 1932-34 cannot be made since this information has never been made public. substantial decrease in the amount of pow'er purchase<l is also noted, the report showing $40,- 405,45 compared with $51,468,57 in 1.9.3()-.32, Salaries amounted to $14,- 55.5.0U again.H $l2J0i9,OO, .or an in- Ibud radios and useless noises en during bed-time hours from ^Tx'eloelv p. m. on will be revoked at once, loud cussing on main and bnvad streets will be outlawed, tfverboddy who wants to do anrty loud cussing will plese go down to brightwood avenue and westend booly-vard, as the na tives on these streets" do a right smart (>f cussing theirselves. they will not mind It verry much.—* . the city has always met the retire-$1,8.55.00. ment of bonds when due, that siiffi- ‘ < ent funds have been available for ( Iterating expenses is a mattei'_a)f coneein, and should be one of satis faction to local property owneis Ayjiepever a municipality’s credit be- .imme.v’impaired, then property values decline. Street maintenance cost remained practically the ?;ame us in 1930-32, $22,000 in round figure.s. K^inking fund ea.sh and inve.'itments I totaled $-33,586.22 against $27,251..5*2 in 1930-32, a gain of $6,334.70, due largely, thj^ statement says, to the J calling in of $90,000 of five per cent TheJetter speaks of the new health boltds redeemed with a ' similar (fepartment set up by this adminis tration, the erwtion of an abattoir, and of othi'i; improvements and ad- \ Invejdment.s. ditions made to the |K>lice, tfettietoj^y | city’s no>trs jmyffbTF”oTf August and street departments. Mention Is stood at -$(59^515.00 against made of an $80,000 exten.sion to the,'$<; 1,989.51 at the sain,e date in 4932, water-works system for which $60j000 j an increase of $4,525.49. of revenue l>onds was’ issuj^d, and of; The outstanding item, of course, in lefinanciniT of $90,000 of city bonds! the city’.s indebtedness iSVits^mnds amount, of f(Hir per cent bonds which I re.sultyd in a piofit for sinking fund to affect a saving in interest rates. The condensed information as taken from the audit, covers income and ex- fH‘n.se for the period Aug. Ill, 1934 to Aug. 31, 193jf; a con^lensed balance .sheek.t>f assets and liabilities; and the value of jtermanent Huprovement's, pdblic utilities and eijuipment. It should bt* a 'matter of concern and interest to taxpayers to compare tj[us statement with the last published city audit of .\ugust 31, 1932, cover ing the, preceding two-year period be ginning Augu.st 30, 1930, and publi.sh- ed- for the information of the ' in October, 1932. 'The statement *’show's? the city’s present assets to bo $1,^38,411.92 against $1*180,726>19 in 1932, a gain of 857,685.43, largeijL-tkCCounted for by an increased valuation of the water plant. Liabilities are listed at $617,500.26 against $628,005.12 <1982, a decrease of $10,504.86. . A ■ CMnparative .sununary* of the ihcome"^and operating expense for 1834.-36 against 1930-32 reveals sbme interesting facts. The total in come for the past two years was $236,292.87 against ^246,845.10 as shown in the last published audit, an income decrease of $10,552.23. Excess of income over expense for the two- yaar period ended Aug. 31, 1936, was $27,632.36. This is a decrease in reve nue of $8,421:14, the figure in 1932 standing at $36,053.50, and $40,387.54 for the two-year period ending Aug. 31, 1930, when a financial s^tatement waa also published. No ebrnparison can be made on the 1932-34 figures, BO statement having been published by the administration. The expense sheet on the other aide shows that it cost $208,660.51 to run the city the past two years against $210,791.60 in 1930-32, only $2,131.09 less than it did four jpara ago.^ The sheet further' reveals an ad- mmistrative cost increase, including I^ovementk payable for public imp over a period years, whtbh~ nowf^' aggregates $536,000, against $506,000 August 31, 1932, an increase of $28,- 000. The increa.se is accounted for, the letter attached to the financial sheet stated, by the extension of the -wa- terw'orks system to Duncan’s creek. The above figures, by way of com parison, are given by The Chronicle in,condensed form from the publishtnl audit of 1932 and the mimeographed sheot sent out to water and light cus- tomer.s with their February billg.. public They are presented to^ inform the hundred.s of taxpayers who read The Chronicle as to how their money is being spent, w’hat it is costing to opr erate the city now compared with four years ago when they were-given a“ statement. The figures,* while they cover a depression period of recent in j years during which there has been a substantial deefeasc in the city’s in come, nevertheless reveal a» increase in operating costs and expenditures in practically all departments, and no reduction made in the tax levy. Such information should be furnished the general public from year to year and taxpayers in turn should carefully study |t, and inform themselves as to municipal' conditions that exist. City council has no right, jmd on no ground can justify its action, in with holding such information from the taxpayers w'ho must foot $he bills legal, .aalAriee mayor, clerks and al daemien aitaonnted to $16^681.92 -|il2,787.$8 in the last pnb- an increaee of Flat Rock ExperienceN Some - Peculiar Weather deer mr. edditor: i ani riting to tell you about a verry freaki.sh w’indstorm we had irij 5- Year Protection Pfm, backed by General Motors. * 5 GREATER SAVE-ABIUTY OMy Fri^daire hae tbe Cats Cwreat Ceet te llie Beae I SimpUst reftigtrating rrwAur- itm ever tmiul Only 3 mov ing pam, imdmdinm the motor .. . pernunently’oileo. Reeled against _ moisture and dirt. Gives SUFIE^DUTY at ama» ing saving. SBS THB PEOOI with ao actual alMXric meter testi sMa Ifa in every ice-tray in erery “Super-Duty” Mgidaire. Instantly re- Icaaes.ice-cabes from tray, two or a dozen ec a time. Yields 20% more ioe by ending faucet meltage waste. Come in. See its qokli, eesy action. OUf MfMaM'GivM Yoa -TImm Gtiahi^SupartW AdvantagM • NEW INSTANT CUBE-RELEASE • METER-MISER • fOOD-SAFETY INDlCATOT ln feod c^^ers* : w, mmmMM 'nil: i:r PM nee • AUTOMATIC ICE-TRAY RBTJtAep • SUPER-DUTY HYDRATOR •5^-'YEAR PROTECTION PLAN BACKED BY GENERAL MOTORS . . • Plus many other sdvssH tages chat ONLY YlUGIDAlRE <*■ w give you. Come in and SIB THE PROOtil Day Phone 99 BALDWIN’S GROCERY ! CLINTON, S. C. Night Phone 344 flat rock at about an hour of the: .sun last Thursday p. m. there wasn’t! a clond ns\big as the pan of .yore hand anywhere’.s up in the akie.s, but the storm vissitod us just thlR^same'.» the wind did not blow froih, the ea.st or th(* west or. the north or the .■(outh, but it blowed right .straight down toward the grouPd from above, the first thing we notised was the fire and the fire-dogs and^ the ashes, and ajllThe smut blowed out on the floor from down the chimbley, and (lidden’t leave a single thing in the .said fire-place. *■ coming from direct over-huad, ever out-building we had on our premises, including the well shelter, was mash ed as flat as a pancake, it blowed so hard on the back of our cow w'hn w'as (Jown in her pastor eating dead grass, li pushed her into the grquml up to Her stummick, and the ground was verry hard too., we liad to dig her out with a pick and shovel. the 2 tellygram posts irl-^^ont of the post offis were blowed down into thi^* earth so deep that the wires were almost tetching the ground and mrs. holsum moore u.scd the same for 5 days for a clothes line; then the com- panny came down and put up new lH)sts, and she had to get her another place to hang things out on.,and is now using her-nabor’s garding fense. no ti-ees were blowed down, but the limbs on nearly, all of them were blowed off and fell at their roots, and they were broke up so bad it. was mighty finq for stove wood and fire wood,las nopr of it had to be cut up. seweml i^mb-rocks in the eeminnery of rehober church were blowed down into the ground so deep you could npt see no printing on same except— “sacred to the memory,” and you had to dig down to see who he was. our 2 hens was setting quietly on their respectful nestes: the prensure from above was so heavy on their backs they were mashed down thru their eggs and landed in the mule troff underneath, no casualties took place except to the eggs and 26 little I 0 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 0 0 m IfjChicks which would of benn hatched the present administration objects to i this storm was in- 0 publishing and paying for such infor mation in The Chronicle, that is their privilege. If this is their reason, how ever (it cannot be a seventy-five or flighty dollars advertising bill for two years when they are spending more than $100,000 every year) th^n the full faicts and figures should be put in readable pamphlet form and placed in the hands of taxpayers for their udy and consideration. The Chronicle, like hundreds of oth- aocountiiqr* advertising, contributionsV er^property owners and taxpayers in IhisXconiinunrty, is opposed to every- \in »ing private in public affairs. 8CBIFTO Aataaatie PmmU ti the in Um wirM. CM «m PuhiiBUfg Osppaay. deed a fenominon ansoforth. “1 remain—' mike Clark, rfd, corry spondent. DohtCQUUt; MR. FARMER! 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