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V >. Thursday, June 21, 1951 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Pasre Three 4 4 House Committee Approves Tax Boosts For the Week . . . LYDIA MILLS NEWS MRS. HORACE C. SMITH. Correspondent and Representative Washington, June 12. — The House Ways and Means committee gave its final approval today to higher taxes on cigarettes and „ and ^ c A visit liquor. It also approved a new -lG e{3 Mrs. Annie WeUs in Ware per cent levy on professional gamb- shoals recently ling. . .. I Jackie Donald of Spartnaburg, Baby oils, powders and lotions spen t the wee ii. en( j w jth Mr. and were ordered exempted from the Mrs R G Johnson Also their tax cm toilet goods. guest for Sunday was Mrs. Mae Subject to final ratification by,5 ohnson and ^ of Abbeville . the House and Senate, the new, Mr and Mrs Bm Shealy ant i rates call for the folio v.ing in- (j au g b ter of Greenville, were Sun- creases: Cigarettes, from seven cents a day visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davenport. Janice, Diane and Pat package to eight. Davenport returned home with Whisky, gm, brandy, rum and , other hard liquor, from $9 a 100- proof gallon to $20.50. This repre sents ah increase of a couple of cents a jigger. Beer, from $$ a barrel to $9. Wine, up an average of 12 1-2 per cent. The proposed new wagering tax would apply to professional gam blers—bookmakers, lottery pro- proprietors, "numbers” or “policy” operators, and men who run pools on sporting events. Committee spokesmen said \t would not apply to card games, roulette wheels, of fice pools and carnival devices. Nor. would it hit pari-mutuel bet ting at race tracks. The gambling tax would be in effect a 10 per cent tax on the gross receipts of the professional gam bler. Suppose the odds on a horse were 10 to 1, for instance, and a "bookie” tobk a $10 bet. The tax would be 10 per cent, or $1, re gardless of whether the horse won or lost. If the horse won, the bookie would pay out $100 on the bet but the tax on the whole trans action would be $1, applying only to the money placed with the bookie. The tax would be collected each month from the operators of pool or lottery. Penalties for willful evasion would run up to five years and $10,000 fine. them for the week. Pvt. Bobby Boyce of Fort Jack- son, and Mrs. Boyce and son enjoy ed several days stay at ’Myrtle Beach recently. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Davenport, enroute to their home in Green ville, visited a while Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davenport. Raymond, Virginia, Jewel and Harold Stewart spent the week-end near Clinton with Mr. and Mrs. George Pressley. Mrs. Mark Windsor has returned from the hospital and is convalesc ing at Riverside Farms near Wal nut Grove at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dunaway. Haskell Patterson is ill. Miss Jean Emery, Mr. and Mrs. Ches King, Mrs. J. L. Rhodes visit ed Mrs. Rosa Rhodes and Mrs. Lurlee Compton in Laurens Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McLendon and children and Mrs. Katie Mc Daniel of Renno, spent Sunday with Mrs. Evelyn Sams. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Kohn and children of Woodruff, were Sun day guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Campbell. Their guests Sunday were Misses Dale, Janette and Wallace Campbell of Whitmire. Little Miss Linda Stone of Un- | ion, is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Grange Chumley and children visited friends in Chester Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Motte and son and Miss Agnes Lawson of near Clinton, visited friends and rela tives in Enoree and Gray Court Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Abercrom- visitors at Barksdale Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Claud Abercrombie. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Snyder of Bel- i ton and Mrs. Josie Gibby of Ware LAND SALE The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. In Court of Common Pleas. J. P. PRATHER, Plaintiff, vs. TILTON D. PITTS, Defendant. OIIU mis Pursuant to a Decree of the Court bie and chlldren were in the above stated case, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bid der, either in or in front of the Court House, at Laurens Court ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ House, S. C., on Salesday in July; Bhoals spent Sunday with Mr. and next, being Monday, the 2nd day, Mrs R Snyc ier. of the month, during the .legal Frank Hedgepath has been ill at hours for such sales the following his home on Cypress street . described property, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, with the improve ments thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Laurens, State of South Carolina, containing fifteen (15) acres, cut off of the John Prather Place, and being bounded as follows: On the north east by the Dunlap line ’ beginning at a point in the Calhoun Highway where said highway crosses the line between the Dunlap lands and the Prather' Place, and shall run along said line in northwestern di rection for a distance of about two hundred and fifty (250) yards, thence in a westerly direction to a large gum tree, thence in a south erly direction to a point, thence in an easterly direction from said point to the Calhoun Highway, thence up the highway to the be ginning point so as to cut off fif teen (15) acres; the above described tract of land is the identical tract of land conveyed to Tilton D. Pitts by Mrs. Lillie R. Young by deed dated December 6, 1948, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County in Deed Book 96, at page 336. Terms of Sale: Cash. The success ful bidder, other than the Plaintiff herein, immediately upon the con clusion of the bidding, shall de posit with the Clerk of Court the sum of five (5%) per centum of the amount of the bid as a guarantee of his good faith in the bidding. The same to be applied to the pur chase price upon his complying with the terms of sale, otherwise to be paid to the Plaintiff for credit on the indebtedness. In the event the successful bidder should fail to make suck deposit, or should fail’to comply with the terms of sale, the said lands shall be re-sold on the same or some subsequent Salesday on the same terms, at risk of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser to pay for papers, stamps and recording. V. R. FLEMING, C. C. C. P. & G. S. Dated this 12th day of June, 1951. Dr. Fred E. Holcombe Office Hours 9:t0 to 5:36 200 South Broad St. OPTOMETRIST Offices at . Phone €58 FOR CHIUS a FIVER O DUCK) MALARIA madewith * OOO QUININE Mr^ and Mrs. J. H. McElhannon, Mr.’ and Mrs. Felton McElhannon and children of Winder, Ca., were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. McElhannon. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jones and son of Spartanburg, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. George Lawson. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Smith spent the week-end near Clinton with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pateerson. Miss Shelby Jean Kirby is spend ing the week in Laurens with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kirby. Eria Lois Kirby is in Gastonia, N. C., visiting Gail White. Mrs. J. A. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Wilson and son, Mrs. Mary Noland of Fort Mill, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pace. Jack Pace returned home with them for several days. Mrs. Alston Murrell and children of Johnston, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Ithiel Harvey. Meeting Tima Changed Please note change in meeting of Woman’s club from Thursday to Friday night at 7:30 at the com munity center. All ladies are cor dially invited. An interesting pro gram has been planned. Hedgepaih-Webb Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hedgepath announce the marriage of their daughter. Ruby Nell, to Comer Webb, son of Mrs. Evelyn Sams, on Friday, June 1 in Laurens by Judge of Probate J. Hewlette W’asson, in the presence of relatives and friends. The bride chose for her wedding a dress of blue with white access ories. Her corsage was of'Vhite carnations. For the present they are making their home with the bridegroom’s mother on Beech street. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. George Howell an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Claudine, to Walter Lindsey Whitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Davis of Whitmire. The wedding plans are for July 1 at the home of the bride-elect, 54 Beech street. Birthdays and Anniversaries Mr. and Mrs. C. A. 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