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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.
Girls 4-H Club work
j To be e.X|iended under the
600.00 direction of the County
Home Agent.
250.00 ITEM 31—
i Public W'elfare, office
1,800.00 [ e\p<*nse includeil
3,250.00
1.200.00
~basi nourishment to fortify It against
RW"diaiyws tfaaC ara taktfig
50.00
In such cases, Cardul has proved
helpful to many women. It In-
oreases the appetite and akb diges
tion. favoring more complete trans
formation of food into living tissue,
resulting in improved nutrition and
building up and strengthRilng of
the whole system.
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