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. l'-‘ - ^ ^ . ■■ ■' - ■■ ,■: . pack Six- THE CUNTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 193f! T Sawyer D^es ; Law Violated LAURENS COUNTY SUPLY BIU PUT IN HOUSE HOPPERIAST WEEK M.wlfinr*. j Measure Carries Net Appropriatiou of m268.84 for The audit on which Johnston .aid County Purposes. Levy Fixed In Bill Rather he based charifes of ’*at least one vio*j Than Left To Auditor, lation of our law by the department; • and several evidences of gross mis-j With net appropriation itemsjer.s Compensation law: management' with resultant unneces-iamounting to $83,268.84, the Laurens! For Mrs. Mollie Garrett eary costs to the taxpayers,” was, ^^^ppjy for 1938-39 was;®^ made by L. C. Dodge, of Spartanburg,,. , iITEMJI— a certified public accounUnt. introduced ,n the house of repre»en-| j,.,, deputies: KenresenUtivr bV t>>' ‘‘''"ij Three-(X) at W80.00 eoch suggested setting noon tomorrowThe mea.sure is expected topper year' .... “for the hou.se It consider the charg- pass third reading this week .and i ITEM 13— General Assembly- Grand Total $13i,068.84 BYRD FEARS REORGANIZATION BILL WOULD ‘FREEZ^PENDING month \ Less Estimated ‘Revenues as follows: ' Fees from County. Of- Gcneral|ficer8 7,500.00 Fines and Forfeitures 5,000.00 From Insurance Commis sioner's office 3,300.00 GasoliM Tax 30,^.Mj Washington,, March 8. — Senator Beer Wine, Liquor Tax. 5,000.00^ g j Democrat. Virginia, declared Total E.tlm.ted Revenue S0,80«.0tfi,.^,y administration', bill to reorganize federal agencies would / r Relief Department Given Place In Plan Before Senate. Blasts Last Hope That Government Can Balance Budj^et, He Says. 341.641 Total to be raised by i Taxation ..\v freeze” existing spending agencies before tli^* American people who are today laboring under the most costly federal bureaucracy in history, the highest tax bill in history—twice as great as in 1932; the greatest peace time budget in history; the greatest national debt in history; all exclusive of local and state tax burdens.” A vote on the reorganization bill may be reached in the senate this 360.00 an that ♦ Kp gpirx.wy.monf would cxpcnd week, some legislators indicated. The es,” but he agreed with an amend ment by I.A*.sesno, of Clarendon, fix ing next week, instead, “as it will give u.s more time to .study” the mes- to .the senate for con- Board of {Equalization ITEM 14—Magistrates-^ •I le..t $8,000,000,000 a year for an "'''■‘"''’M' »«' l>« Other extremely controversial meas- and -go- sideration by Senator Cromer, j The gross appropriation in section j I amoOnts to $134,068.84, from -which Motion.s by Representative Sawyer,j js deductini $50,800,00 e8timat(*d to! holding inquests and of Georgetown, to delay it until) derived from fees, fines, forfeit-j subject to call of .Sheriff 800.001 West Clinton News indefinite number of years The Virginia advocate of economy indicated this was one reason City of Laurens Clerk for stenographic 1,000.00 would fight to a finish against the! ure—the tax revision bill. The first attempt of Republican critics of the ‘ measure will be to wipe out the un- .Mr. and* Mrs. Thurmon 'King and'bill. Preparing for a renewal of profits tax completely. Ad ministration in part. men will try to retain it March 23 and “to table the whole! matter,” were rej«*cted, and, similar ly, the house voted 62 tb~29 against a motion of Bradford, of .Sumter, “to continue the whole thing.” ’ A -93*> act forlnds the highway de partment from incurring a Ixindel <i<*bt greater than that outstanding .larraarv 1. 1931, when it totaleil $59,- ^414.461.36, - iiies, insurance licen.ses, gas tax,-and I and-or Solicitor and for any daughter.s of Chester were the week-' debate tomorrow, he told report- i ! . / • .L \f _ several other senators of both end guests of Mr. Kings mother, Mrs. . I major parties would denounce the'«^ i a - i L. VV. Kmg. measure. - ' Borah AttaClCS leer, wine and ^liquor tax. The millage is fixed in the bill it self rather than havdng it left open ■ other > County investiga- Mr. and Mrs. .Johnnie Ledford and, “The propo.sal in this bill to make Violation of the limit, charged, came when 4he highway «le partment floated a $4,()(M),0(({) bond issue last duly 2, causing, he said the audit -howisl, a total indebtedness of $61.3.59,009.86, “an excess of indebt- for the auditor and delegation' to ad^ just, and is'.set at 9'4,mills, a reduc tion Of ’i% mills from last year’s bill, two house members have publicly stated. . , "Ifollowing is the fiscal part of .Tfthnstcin! bill as introduced in the legisla ture. Portion.s carried in siftion.s con taining the provisions and rules gov erning appropriations made in section 1, are omitted for lack of space and . . for the reason they are largely repe- edness of $1.944,.»3'.t.49 over the limit, prj.viou8 supply bills, allowed by law.” . “Violation,” .lohnston said, “came „ i .. i 4 I . r. .L L u . I - a Be it enacted by the general assem- two days after the. highway depari-L, , ., ... . , I L X .u f- I'^‘ly Jhf State of .South C aro ina: closed its hooks tm the fiscal ^ t at Clinton 30, 1937. Mark days after the ment year ending .Mine those words: two books were closed. . . . “Was it just a coincidence that the $4,000,000 was placeil to trie credit of the highway deiiartnieiit just two days tion ... r Clinton Office rent for .Magi-strate at Clinton .. Constable Cross Hill Waterloo * Gray Court „„ Youngs .Sullivan Scuff letown Jacks .Mountville ITPLM 15—Sewing Incidentals and to be expended, if 840.00 750.00 ■ Ledford over the week-end. I Sam .Snelgrove of Spartanburg was' 100.00 j the week-end guest of his parents, 600.00Mr. and Mr.s. .Sam Snelgrove. Messrs. Boyd Holtzclaw and James 175.00 visited relatives in Spar* 175.001 (^ftjihurg Sunday. Naval Program Room— supplies, so much [children of Honea Path visited Mrs.'I»««nianent the emergency costs, in my judgment, blasts the last hope that the federal government, can ba]-| Senator Sees Huge Spending As ance it.s budget,” Byrd said in a state-; gjep Toward Bankruptcv . i and Possibly War. He asked., newspapermen to note ^ ^that a new dejiartment of welfare j Wa.'shington, .March 6.—.Senator Bo- . wouhl be cieated to have charge of rah, Republican, of Idaho, declared to- -- [“public health and sanitation; the'day that the administration’s $1,121.- iro on' ! protection of the con.sumer; education; 000,000 naval expapRion program wa.'* '* • jand Mrs. L.^ B. Tiammell and sonsjjy^j, rdipf of unemployment and of “a long step toward world bankruptcy j Henry and Vernon, attended the fun-{t,h^. hardship and, suffering caused jeral of .Mrs. Boyter in .Moores Sunday.j^hereby; the relief* 90.00^ .Mr. and .Mrs. V'innola Dunnaway , and Mrs. LVsula Blakely visited .Mr- - —.w. r __j — i -. i.- i 125.00 125.00 Secliorf 1 That nine an<l one-half (OVi) mills j is 'hereby levied upon all taxable i property of luiurens County fon be needed, upon the approv al of the Senator and a ma jority of the House Dele gation ITEM 16 Insurance for Court 600.00 and possibly toward war. He said hearing.s on the measure before the house naval committee left no doubt that something more than national ilefense was contemplated., Borah, ranking Republican member of the senate foreign relations com mittee, added that the house commit tee’s report recommending the expen diture was “the most depressing hap- arter^tht* cibsT^Of the fiscaT year ami two day.-i afti-r the time cov ered by the pie.soiit audit? Methinks that (hance would not work so con veniently to the advantage <if the highway department without a cer tain amount of delila-iate maiuoiver- ing. Especially sTne«‘ this”is electiun year.” Johnston also charged that the $4,000,000 bond' issue wa-S" “useless and illegal,” and “was authorized at a time when the highway ilepartment would have average balanci* of $9,-' (JUUJMiU ior the.- next fis«'al—year. “Figured af the Tate of .'j 1-4' jter ri*nt interest, u useless expenditure nf $130,000 -is-being imposed upon tftc taxpayers of .South Carolina bi'cause of this one «leal. But that is not all the story. “In.^ead of allowing the average lialance during 1937-38 of $9,000,pop to lie idle in the bank, if the highway department were to use only one-half of this money, $4..50(),U00 for the pur pose of paying off a portion of its bonded indebtetlness; $4,500,000 in lainds at thi* rate of 3 1-2 per cent interi.st couhi be retiriMl and a $157,* 000 i>*«iuction in interest rosl.s to thu. County purposes for the fi.seal year beginning January 1, 1938, fe- the amounGr and "purposes hcridltafter stated as follows: to-wit: ITF.M 1 — For maintenance of chain gangs, roads and bridges, estimated $30,(K)0.00 It is intended that all of the funds deriv«‘d from the gas tax and commutation road tax be'and the same I are hereby apiu'opriated for j the purpose of these items, |I, ri, III, together with any •.surplus or unexpendtsl bal- House, Jail, County Home, Agricultural, and Chain- gang ('amp buildings ITEM 17— 'Interest on Current I^oans ITE.M 18—Medical Supplies— Provided, no Medical Sup plies shall be purchased ex cept on written approval of the (' o u n t yv I'li^’sicians 2,500.(»0 [(twelve month supply not ance'in the hands of the Cbuhl|t -Treaau rAir-4roi» 4hfr - 1937 gas taxes; and the (bounty Supervisor and the County Hoard of (^oinmis- of sionei^.s “gre’*^-'a ut hoiiacd taxpayers of the state. “Add this $157,000 to the $130,000 and you have $2S7,0(Kt iti interest be ing usidessly and I'xcessively charged to the taxpayers of South Carolina during the year 19:17-38. hi'cause of gniss mismanagement of funds in the highway <l«*partment.” The governor also asserted that “Every penny of re.serve-eomlivg~-tnto the department is being used up to the very limit and nothing is being laid asiile for bonds which fall due ini the future.” The explanation of the situation, Johnston said, was "simply tliis”: “What could he more valuable for IMilitical purposes during a campaign year than for the highway deparf- ment to have approximately $.30,000,-' 000 at Its «lisposal to spend during the year? “Where wtiuJd be. the end of prom ises which could be made by showing, how much cijish on hand the highway! departim-nt has when its cuhorts go out to make promises of roads here and roaiis then’ to political rings which control votes: a $9,000,000 nV- erage monthly balance plus $4.000.000 unius’essarily horrowt'd — make im pressive totals on the eVe of'the elet;- lions.” IjHurens ('ounty to expend the aggregate of said funds or so much thereof as may be necessary for the pur- po.se of this item. ITEM 2— SpiH-ial fund to build and repair bridges ITEM 3—New Machinery— New machinery to be bought by the Supervisor Boa'rd of County Com- to exceed $25.00 per month) ITEM 19— Military Detachment of Laurens .... .... T If matched by similar amount by City of IjBurens. pmory-fur^ahing —— ITKjM 20— 300.00 of the needy and distres.sed; the as.sistance of the aged; and the relief and vocational reha- jand Mr.s. Maxie Blakely in Spartan- hilitation of the physically di.sabled.” [burg Sunday. Byrd continued: Rev. B. .S. Drennan, R<*v. and Mrs.; “The congre8.s has not yet deter- R. I). Hughes, .Mrs. Joe Terry, Mrs. what its permanent relief pol- Passmore and .Mrs. John Hedspeth jcy jg whether it will have one. attended the funeral of Miss ViolajBecognition that these are federal Wilkes in Lyon.s, Ga., Saturday. ^ functions, as this bill does, will make)pening since the World war because .Mr.s. Frances I^awson, Mrs. Nell. more difficult to work out a joint | it is the beginning of another World rt'sponsibility—financially and other- wai—an armaments war.” wisu*—with the locaRties, wherein lies I “^We have checked into a navaf lh«* only opportunity to coiTect abuses race,” he continued in a formal state- which are already recognized as exi.«t- ment to the pre.ss, “and the present ing.” !«tup«*ndous outlay of $1,121,000,000 Besides converting “emergency” j in excess of the $5.53,000,000 provid- functioiis into feileral ■ ed by the regular naval appropriations aetkity, Byrd asserted, “as certain [hill i.s only the beginning ,, . . as the sun shines, the pas.sage of the “It is said, of course, that this is of Spartanburg, .VIr. and .Mrs. J-j reorganization bill in its present form j all for national defense. Every navy ( . Hughes ami daiightei Mary, and^w’ill increase the‘expenses of the fed-of any nation i.s always for national .Mr. and Mrs. ( lyde Hughes of Whit- jfovernment by huge sums—per- defen.se. ney, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hall ^aps as much as hundreds of millionsi “Every^War in these times is for of doilai's annually.” ' defense. Tlfe W’orld war w;a8 for de- Instead of abolishing existing agen-^ fense on both sides. Japan is now, cies and jobs, Byrd .said, the measurt* according to her statements, conduct- j Holder and Paul Martin and Rev. and [.Mrs. R. I). Hughes attended the fun- ■603.82[efaT of Idiss V'eda Mae Nunnery in ! .Newberry .Momlay. Mr. and .VIrs. Paul .NambTS of Illinois are visiting .Mr. and .Mrs. Will Hampton. ' .Mr. and .Mrs. Boyd Hughes. Mr. [and .Mrs. B. R. West, Heiirv Davis, [all Alllifeary Company at din- ton ... If matched by similar 200.00 f' / 15,000.00 « . ry 9 Gray Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ••• ftnd EMBALMERS Ambulance Senricc Phones 41 and S99>J L RUSSELL GRAY sad V. PARKS ADAIR, Gea. Mgrs. aniT missioneis I Provided, Three Thousand i Nine Himdreti Sixty-eight [ami .58-100 (.$3.968..58) Dol- I lars of the above amount ! shall he refunded to the jhoiid i.ssue fund from which : new machinery for that amounL was ‘’purcha.seiL ITEM 4—Salaries— Clerk of Court .Vssistant Clerk of Court ... .Auditor Clerical help for County .Auditor .. County Treasurer Clerical helf for County Treasurer . Superintendent of Eiluca- tion Traveling expenses for Su perintendent of Education .Assistant Superintendent of Eiiiication Judge of Probate Clerk for Judg(‘ of Probate Sheriff Traveling expenses for . Sheriff ... Bookkeeper for Sheriff Deputy Sheriffs, five (5) at - $125.00 per monlti each ■ for twelve months Traveling expenses for four T4) Deputy Sheriffs at $40.00 per month each for twelve months County Supervisor — Traveling expenses for Su- 16,468..58 amount by City of Clinton. Armory furnishing ITE.M,21-r VMtal Statistics ITEM 22— Judge of Probate for in dexing pensions ITEM 23— iPrinting, Postage and I .Stationery ITEM 24--Coiirt House— Including wateF, * lights, fuel, telephone in said build ing, janitor supplies, plumb ing and other minor repairs ITEM 25— For upkeep of _Court House lawn • The work to be done un- I'der the supervision of the j^Lauruns^ Civic Ix^ague and I the County S '.sor. 2,000.00 ITEM 26— 1,080.00 <'ounty Jail 794.401 Including water, lights, ifuel, disinfectants, plumb- ami Mr. ami Mrs. Oscar jChesnee were the dinner guests of 200.00' .Mr.'9$!d .Mrs. .A. H. Hughes Sunday, j Mr. ami .Mrs. Daviii Simmons, Miss ^ Estelle Cooper and Walter Spiers ,500.00 ; visited relatives in Newberry M<m<l8y. j Mr. and .Mrs, Fate Arnold visited Toy Arnold in Woodruff Sunday; .Mr. and- Mrs. Roy Trammell and daughter Gerry, Mis.ses .Mary Tram mell and * Carrie.. Bell.. Evan.s yisited}, relatives in Greenville Saturday. ' Mr. and M rs. Paul Johea spent the past week-end with Mrs. Jones’ Pars ents, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Hill,near VVareShoals. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Howard and daughters, Kathleen and Florence, Mr. and 'Mrs. J. I* .Arnold, Mr. and •Mrs. Grady Arnold, .Mr. and Mrs. David Simmons, .Mr. and Mrs. Turp liowe attendeil ihe wouhl crt*ate new ones. “Such a bill comes tri poor grace .mg a fense. w;ir against China Ju self-de- 500.00 310.00 25.00 2,000.00 COMPLETE STOCK — ALL SIZES 2.500.00 100.00 Sowers Garage merit in Greenville Saturday evening, j, Phone 196 With The Sick to report .Mrs. S. C 3,525.00 Glad to report .Mrs. S. C. F'oster is home after undergoing an opera tion in the Greenwmxl hospital and is doing nicely. S«>rry to report .Mrs. Tinsley is se riously ill at her home. Friends of Mrs. Mary Blakely will regret to learn of her illness. She is at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jason Davis. Soives your INK-PROBLEMS 300.00 794.4(1 iivg, catching prisoners out side the County, and dieting prisoners at 840.00[cents a day. ITEM 27— PAPER — Mimeograph, Onion SUn, Carbon Paper. Second Sheets. CHRONICLE PUBLlSiyNG CO. 1,500.00 300.00 840.00 1,500.00 840.00 2,0(1).00 Court Expense's, including jurors, witnesses ami bail iffs Provitled, Witnesses shall receive the cximpensation now provided by law, and all jurors, bailiffs ami the Court Crier in attemlance upon the Court of General 600.00 : Sessions and Common Pleas 1,500.001 of liaurens County shall receive as compensation the I sum of three ($3.00) dol- 1,500.00 Hipp & Chandler Clothes for Men and Boys Your Business Appreciated A SMART CARTER CUBE RLLED WITH FINEST FOUH. TAIN PEN INK. StrtngUi During MIDDLE LIFE - I 7,500.00 1,920.00 1,500.00 lars per diem and mileage as now provided by Jaw,— Strength Is extra*lmportant for women going through the change of life. ITira the ITEM For 2H---Co*mty Home--— food, clothing, fuel, 500.00 600.00 at ^lor r C< nPEWRITER RIBBONS , For All Make Machines, Standard and Portable.'! ADDING MACHINE RIBr BONS ADDING MACHINE PAPER V Can 74 Chronicle Pdb. Co. County Cwimissioners $250.00 each lork to Board of County ommissioners ...i. .... ’ Coroner Two (2) County Physicians j (total for both) ^ All county work includ- inquests arid post mortems and lunacy. ITEM 5— The Court House Janitor, 'tn ‘bp named by the Clerk 500.00 1,200.00 400.00 of Court and shall perform such duties as the Clerk prescribes ITEM 6— County Attorney ITEli 7- urens County Library.. M 8— laidies* Rest Room I'REM 9— .*14.'(|f,**!i:oDnty Health Depart ment ..^ ITEM-10— Benefits under the Work- lights, etc., for inmates and for farming expenses Salary for Superintend ent and .Assistant Additional help with in mates ITEM 29— Agricultural Building— Including pay for janitor (a*ho shall be employed by the County Agent), Jani tor supplie.s, plumbing ami other minor repairs, fuel, 1,000.00 w-ater and lights, and tele- hihone calls-^d r.tamps—:::r J ITEM 30-Glub Worir::- j Boys 4-H club work To be expended under the i dirwtion of the County •Agent. 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