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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
ChorakClub
To Meet Monday
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Thursday, April 15, 1948
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W. J. Bailey, Banker,
Mill Executive, Passes
The Clinton ^horal club will meet , (Continued from page one)
Monday evening at 8 o clock a. .he £. Bailey, in 1933, ne also be-
Clinton high school auditorium. All . came president and treasurer of
members are invited to be present. L> ; dia Cotton Mills _
County Receives Over
$600,000 In State Tax
Revenues Past Year
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Columbia, April 13. — (Special to
The Chronicle).—Laurens county
received over six hundred thousand
52 years had been do ^ ars in last fiscal year from
prominent in the manufacturing in- 1 state tax revenues, according to the
dustry. The two mills he headed ; annun i r fP 0rt su i :,rn ii* e< i , f 0 sl ate
grew from a small beginning to their legislature this week by the Comp-
present 123.088 spindles ancl 3,082 i r °ll er General E. C. Rhodes,
looms. For 62 years Mr. Bailey wasj About $647,218 in state income was.
connected with' the bank his father distributed to Laurens county in the
which prohibits business connections
between insurance and undertaking
establishments, was adopted l?y the
Senate on a voice vote.
Votes In the House
in this special -fund.’’ Also, accord
ing to the rejected amendment* "The
Board of Directors of the South Car
olina penitentiary is hereby author
ized, to.-expend from the funds to
set aside such a sum of money as
The House of Representatives held'may be necessary but not to Exceed
founded, first as cashier and then
president. Largely under his leader
ship the mills and_bank have made
remarkable growth m recent years,
two roll call votes last week on pro
posed amendments to the deficiency
bill, one of which was adopted and
the other defeated.
Adopted by a 70 to 39 vote
an amepdment giving an additional
$932,000 for public welfare needs.
Representatives Walter L. Martin j
and C. L. Milam of Laurens county j
voted not to table the amendment,
$50,000 to employ a competent ar
chitect to draw r plans and specifica
tions for a new penitentiary.” Rep-
esentative Milam voted to table the
amendment, while Representative
Martin voted against tabling it, and
Representative* Wasson did not vote. 22-2t
NOTICE OF SALE
State of South Carolina,
County of Laurehs.
Notice is hereby given that I will
sell all of the personal property be
longing to the estate of R. R. Prather
at my home on Magnolia street, Ly
dia Mill, Clinton, South Carolina, on
Saturday, April 24, 1948, at 5:00
o’clock P. M. Terms of sale: Cash.
S. W. PRATHER,
Administrator,
R. R. Prather Estate.
previous fiscal year, the Comptroller
General reported. The largest part
of this amount is the $423,464 the
county received out of the general i son was not recorded as Vbting.
a large proportion of the city’s pop- ( school, fund of the state,
illation being supported by 6onhec-; ' Other state revenue sources
tions with the Bailey textile inter-1 which the county recei
ests. .
Mr. 1 Bailey married Miss Floience 1 allocation, are as
Jacobs
while Representative Robert C. Was-
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Rejected by a 68 to 36 vote was $
oui vf> from 1 a P ro P° sed amendment to provide, g
ved- alloca- funds for the building of a new pen- ’ j|
[tions last year, and the total of such ^ en ^ ar ^' f'^ ie amendment wouldjb
u —- provided that “after July l.ljj
only daughter of the late Dr. schoof transportation costs. $39,040,|^ ‘ ncome i _ re "[||
William Plumer Jacobs, founder of | additional insurance license fees,.
Thornwell. orphanage and Presbyte-; 281;. alcoholic liquor taxes, $69,997
jg_jceived by the penitentiary . i . shall
^ - be placed . ... m a special fund to be
rian college. She preceded him to'the'bank tax, $3,655; beer and wine tax,' ,d u " t * 1 such . lil ” e as im *
grave in 193#. They fest their only $5,660; gasoline tax, $59,912; income 1 ** - a : P^ niten l iar y may be—
67, and national forest. b >’ statute - An - V unexpend-7«
™ a,,,- ed balance remaining unemeumbered tt
vehicle dealers’
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son. Cyrus^ailey, one of the city’s license tax. $7
highly regarded young business men, | tax, $34,179; motor
.tv 1920 during an influenza epidemic funcl. $1,263.
at the age of 30. All of. these revenues will be high-
Mr. Bailey maoe a large contn- ei duidn S tne present fiscal year with
but; n to the development of tex- ’ ne exception
tile manufacturing in the commu- a ccording
nity. A man of vision-and .unlimited, ^ ou 77 arobn 4 budget- Commission,
energy, he lived an active business
the building
au-
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in the annual maintenance fund ofjft
the penitentiary at the close of any.
MILL EMPLOYEES!
Let us carry you to and from your work at
all cotton mills in this section, for all shifts.
' Dependable service, reasonable rates by the
week. H
_ SHARPTON’S CAB CO.
F. \V. SHARPTON, Prop. *
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Corner Musgrov eand Florida Streets — Phone 431
fiscal year shall also be placed
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of two small reduc-
to estimates of the!
m/>s vmmu bum
cobbs urn
• Now, when cords be
come UNeven (as they
will, and then slats won't
tilt fully), simply pull the
short cord all the way.
Faster than you can _
watch, cords slip back
even again,..like magic.
Come in and let us dem
onstrate our Venetian
blinds equipped with this
amazing new LEVOLOR.
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life up until a few weeks before his
passing.
Mr. Bailey was a memocr o: the
board of trustees of Presbyterian
college; and a former member of the
Thornwell orphanage board of trus
tees. He was a member and deacon
of the First Presbyterian church with
.which, his family has long been af
filiated. He was a dominant force in
the growth of Clinton and made a
large contribution to the communily
through his long active life.
Mr. Bailey is survived by two
granddaughters, Mrs. Frances B.
Brooke of Augusta, Ga., and Mrs.
Florence B. Adams of The Plains,
Va.; three sisters. Miss, Toccoa Bai-
ley. Mrs. R. B. Vance and Mrs.
George H. Cornelson of this city,
three great-grandchildren; a
in-law, Mrs.
State revenue as compared to esti
mated revenues in the present 1947-
1948 fiscal year, allocated to the!
counties in the 1946-1947 fiscal year,)
are as follows: alcoholic liquor tax-;
es, $11,970,619 in the 1946-1947 fis-j
cal year, as compared to an estimat- j
ed $14,000,000 in the presept 1947-;
1948 fiscal year; bank tax, $202,-!
000 as compared to an estimated |
$200,000; beer and wine tax, $2,778,- j-j
i 479 as compared to an estimated £
$5,250,000 in the present fiscal year;, j-j
; gasoline tax to counties, $3,200,607 j*
j as compared to $3,400,000 in the pre- f:
sent fiscal year; income tax. $20,902,-
018 as compared to $22,000,000 in 1
, the present fiscal year, and motor
vehicle dealers' license. $37,950, as
^compared to $35,000 m the present j-j
; fiscal year.. £
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daugh-
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Ba.le.v of Augusta: arid several ne-! Votes Given On
phews and
elsewhere.
nieces of this city and
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have them in stock or \o\i may order for future delivery.
25 Lbs. 100 Lbs.
ALL MASH STARTER 20% ... $1.57 $5.90
GROWING MASH $1.50 $5.55
BROILER MASH 20% $5.70
GROWING SCRATCH $1.47 $5.35
SCRATCH GRAIN $1.44 $5.25
LAYING MASH 20% $1.49 $?.50
SPECIAL DISCOUNT — 1,000 Lbs. or More
- Pmrty 'Remedies—
Ren-O-Sal Tablets . 25c and 30c
Avi-Ton Powder for round worms,
10 02. pkg. ..t ' .. 1 45c
SxVk Quality SakttqA
Columbia, April 13.— (Special to
The Chronicle).—Roll call votes were
taken in the Senate last week on a
number of unportant amendments
proposed to the state deficiency bill.
Amendments adopted raised the bill
total from less than $6,000,000 to ov
er $7,000.060. ;~
An amendment providing an ad-1
ditional $932,000 for public welfare 1 S
needs was adopted by a 19 to 16 vote, jg
I with Senator O. Langdon Long ofijij
Laurens county voting against the |
defeated motion which would
I killed the bill.
By a 36 to 3 vote, the Senate
killed an amendment which would
have appropriated $25,000 to each
[county for the construction of pub- 1 #
I lie buildings, plus an additional $10,-Tj
000 to the counties for each member j
1 0f the legislature. Senator Long vor- , $
ed against the measure.
An amendment giving an extra
$750,000 to the State Department K
of Education for school, bus trans- #
portation, and $10,000 for additional
attendance teachers, was passed by §
'the Senate by a 22-19 vote. Sena- i ^
tor Long voted, for the motion and
against the appropriation.
The Senate struck out the section
providing $500,000 for a new peni
tentiary by a 23 to 19 vote. Sena-
1 tor Long voted not to kill the meas
ure.
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51 gauge, 20 denier $1.35
45 gauge, 15 denier $1.25
45 gauge, 30 denier $1.15
The quality is superb—lovely nylon hosiery in the newest
spring and summer shades. You’ll want to buy several pair
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*3.99
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Choose from blue, rose, aqua, peach, white and gold.
An amendment which would have
increased the amount to be allotted
to the counties for hospitals from a.j-i
total of $1,770,000 to $4,390,000 was ?
killed by a 23 to 18 vote. Senator §
Long voted against the amendment #
j The amendment authorizing the! j-j
Santee-Cooper authority to buy the 1 #
South Carolina Power Company was $
passed by a voice vote. 12
Another important amendment, Is
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CLINTON, S. C.
OINICT FROM MILL TO YOU •
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR MAYOR
; I hereby announce myself a can
didate for Mayor of Clinton, and
I pledge myself to abide by the results
of the Democratic primary.
JOE P. TERRY.
FOR ALDERMAN
Ward 5
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Alderman from Ward 5, and
pledge myself to abide by the results
of the Democratic primary.
WOODROW L. WILSON.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Alderman from Ward 5, and
pledge myself to abide by the results
of the Democratic primary-
LEONARD GILLIAM.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Alderman from Ward 5, and
pledge myself to abide by the results
of the Democratic primary.
CARL CAMPBELL.
Ward 6
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Alderman from Ward 6, and
pledge myself to abide by the results
of the Democratic primary.
LONNIE B. TINSLEY.
- • I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Alderman from Ward 6, and
pledge myself to abide by the results
of the Democratic primary.
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MEN’S WHITE BROADCLOTH ,
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ANNIVERSARY VALUE!
CLOSE-OUT
MEN’S SPRING WOOLEN
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$2.99 Pair
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