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i Thursday, November 16, 1961 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton Man Gets Year For Forgery Laurens—A jury returned a guilty verdict in the case of James Dallas, 28-year-old Clin ton man, charged with forgery in the only jury trial heard Monday, tlie first day of General Sessions Court here. Billy Buchanan and Hugh Dal las, also charged with forgery in the case, won court-directed verdicts of acquittal. Testifying for the state was T. D Pigg, Sr., of Laurens, who said that James Dallas and Buchanan were in his grocery store on October 2 and that the cashier called him to identify a check for $37 50 which he refused Turn Personal Property Into READY CASH Contact DUTTON Auction Co. S. Broad Extn. Next To Armorv PHONE 833-2172 Sale Every Thursday and Friday Nights to cash since it was drawn on an out of town bank. He said the men left the store, entered a car and he got the license number and called police. W. B. Blakely, assistant chief of police in Clin ton. said that when officers Ap prehended the car containing the trio, officers found a torn check stuffed in a hole in the seat cov ers. Presiding Judge Julius B. Ness sentenced James Dallas to one year. James Dallas denied he went into the store and said that the first time he knew about the check was when police found it in the car. In other action Monday, Gran- vil David, Jr., Laurens County Negro, was arranged for murder in the cutting September 29 of Matthew Summers, Negro. The following guilty pleas were taken: Bill Smith, violation of the liquor law. six months or $600. suspended on serving 3 months or payment of $350 and two years probation. Mac B. Hipp, Jr., drunken driving, third offense, three years and payment of $2,000, suspended upon service of four months and five years probtaion. Ada Fuller, fradulent removal of property attached by the sher iff, six months, suspended and one year probation James Heary Smith, non-sup port. one year or $1,500, suspend ed upon payment of $20 per week. Garland Raines, housebreaking with intent to trespass, one year. Howard Kneed and Alan Allen Hammet, grand larceny, two years, to run concurrently with a ten-year sentence each man is now serving. James L. Lawson, escaping public works, 30 days, to run con currently with a former 30-day sentence. Bobby A. Way, grand larceny, four years, suspended, and five years probation. George Fuller, assault and bat tery of a high and aggravated nature, eight months, suspended, and four v-.ars probation. McArthur Cheeks, housebreak ing and petty larceny, 18 months, suspended, and one year proba tion. William H. £. lusti, drunken driving, second offense, one year or paymenf ot $1,000, suspended on serving of four months or $250 and five years probation. Louis Cannon, Jr., non-support. week and five years probation. Earl Satterfield, non - suppotr, one year or $1,500, suspended upon payment of $20 a week. Frank Huey, non-support, one year or $1,500, suspended upon payment of $16 a week and four years probation. William L .Glenn, non-support, one year or $1,500, suspended up on payment of $15 per week and five years probation. Jesse Lee Polsno, violation of the bad check law, six months, suspended. George McMorris, Jr., drunken driving, second offense, one year and $1,000, suspended upon ser vice of three months or $250 and three years probation. Melvin Jerome Burkett, Fur man Gary Moon and Kenneth Sexton, breaking, entering and larceny from a motor vehicle, one year, suspended and four said, “was accomplished only after transferring $88,000 in cash from the inking Fund (county) and after transferring an obli gation of $150,000 to the County Sinking Fund, the obligation to be repaid by a tax levy beginning in 1962.” They also pointed out that there were also $29,830.56 in unpaid bills chargeable to the year end ing June 30, 1961. The obligation of $150,000 re ferred to was the $150,000 “loan’’ made from the State Sinking Fund just before the close of the year which was then described in a delegation meeting as a fund to “balance the county’s books” as of the closing day of the fiscal year which would have been just a few days thereafter Looking to the future, the audi tors then added that subsequent ly .on October 4, the $150,000 loan “DIE FOR ALL YOU ARE WORTH” Hugh L. Eichelberger NEW YORK LIFE MAN “Your Life Insurance Counselor For 40 Years” PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE INFORMATION FURNISHED FREE WPCC RADIO Will Originate THE CLINTON HI EASLEY HI GAME FRIDAY NIGHT At 7:45 P. M. DIAL 98.9 m. c F. M. WSPA RADIO COMPLETE COVERAGE AND PLAY BY PLAY ON THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME one year or $1,500, suspended up- $, 000, ssupended upon service of years probation each. was increased to $250,000 to be Phesus Strother, drunken driv ing, second offense, one year or on payment of $14 a week and four- years probation. Tuesday's Session Five men were sentenced in General Sessions Court Tuesday after they pleaded guilty to a number of break-ins that took place over an extended period in various parts of the county. Two brothers. Charlie Murphy, 20, and Wilton Murphy, 29, plead ed guilty to six counts each of housebreaking and larceny. Cecil Cothrqn, 27, pleaded guilty to four counts of house breaking and larceny, and his brothers, Bobby, 22, and James, 17, pleaded guilty to one count each on the same charges. Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson and Deputy Ted Ward testified that the break-ins occurred between March and August. They said places entered included Midway Drive-In, Buffington Barrel and Stave Co., Fleming’s Grocery, Starlite Drive-In, J. P. Harkins Store, and N. B. Senn farm. Others Sentenced Presiding Judge Julius B. Ness sentenced Wilton Murphy on one count to 10 years, suspended up on service of three years and five years probation. Sentences on the other counts to run concurrently. Charlie Murphy on one count, eight years, suspended upon ser vice of two years and five years probation. Sentences on the other counts to run concurrently. Cecil Cothran on one count, five years, suspended three months or years probation. $250 and three by authoritative sources that the county has spent in the past sev eral years approximately $165,- 000 in securing new industries, all of which was authorized by the county delegations and in cluded In the gross deficit. Presbyterian Team Has New 'Mascot' Presbyterian College has a new mascot. They were confronted in early games with a brand new “Pala din" horse at Furman and a newly imported wildcat at Dav idson. After after touchdown the Hose have made since the Catawba game, head cheerleader Dickie Carr has circled the track around the football field at John son Stadium on a red and blue decorated bicycle with stockings on the handlebars. repaid in five annual installment, I WUd „ ch f ” and f lau « hter al - ways greet the performance. Auditors Urge Financial Reform In County's Affairs Following up its warning made ni its 1957-58 annual audit of the county’s financial condition that more legislation would be needed if further “reversals” (drafts) were to be made on a then exist ing surplus or cushing fund, W. C. McGregory & Co., in Its audit report for the year ending June 30, 1961, submitted to the Court of General Sessions Monday again urged a reformation i nthe county’s general fund operations which have shown a deficit every year for the four years beginning July 1, 1957. Porting out in its "remarks" on the audit addressed to James G. Dunklin, foreman of the Jury, that loans from the State Sinking Fund totaling $250,000 made this year have afforded only “tem porary relief” from the county’s financial difficulties, the auditors declare that "it is imperative that a realistic and proper bal ance of revenue versus expendi tures be attained, and a county surplus be provided in an amount | sufficient to meet unforseen dif ficulties.” (The 1960 grand Jury, upon ser- of which Sam H. Fleming was vice of 15 months and five years foreman . recommended in its probation. Sentences on the other P resen, n i rnt that such a surplus, counts are to run concurrently. dt ‘«.’i'ibed in its presentment as a of $50,000 each plus interest, the first installment being due Dec. 1, 1962, the loan being conditional on the pledge of the delegation that an “additional” tax levy be made in an amount sufficient i to retire the loan in the manner' as granted. According to Sen. King Dixon the $65,000 transfer of funds from the County Sinking Fund to the General Fund is a permanent transaction and no levy will be required to replace it. By a mathematical calculation, adding to the audit deficit of ap proximately $16,000 the $150,000 loan, the $65,000 transfer and $25,000 of the unpaid (in an or dinary year the county has about $5,000 of unpaid contractural ob ligations) bills, the actual deficit or the sum of the contractural obligations would have totaled approximately $256,000 as of June 30. This would not have in cluded a $60,000 bank loan or any other pledges or commitments made by the delegation and not reported to the auditors. While not disclosed in this or previous audits, it is estimated "We’re going to continue be ing the blue hose.” says Coach Frank Jones, “but since a stock ing doesn t inspire much enthus iasm, the students are having a lot of fun with this bicycle act.” "We're especially glad we’ve been giving them some touch downs to celebrate,” he added. Peace Corps Exam Slated For Greenville An examination for those inter ested in applying for the Peace Corps will be held at the Green ville post office building, 300 E. Washington St., Room 307, on No vember 28-29, according to an nouncement by Postmaster Wil liam D. Adair of Clinton, and Postmaster Dollie M. Carr of Jo anna. The examination wil begin at 8:30 a. m. on the two days, it was stated. WE PAY 5% J Asset* I IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T <JET THE NEWS PHONE 833-9541 NEED 0NEY See MOORE S itizen’s Loan & Finance Co. 104 N. Broad St. Phone 833-2501 Bobby Cothran, on one count, two years, suspended upon ser vice of four months and proba- tion for five years Two charges of housebreaking and larceny and receiving stolen goods were nol pressed by Solicitor W. T. Jones James Cothran, on one count, 18 months, suspended and five years probation provided that he remain gainfully employed for that period. Guilty pleas heard and sen tences handed down were: Edward Eugene Anderson and Sydney Quarles, violation of the liquor law, three months or $300. Ernest Coker, two counts of violation of the liquor law, one year or $1,500, ssupended upon service of six months or $800 and three years probation on the first charge and three months or $300 n the second, the two to run con currently. James Hill, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, one year, suspended and 18 months probation. Claude Hughes, non - support, one year or $1,500, suspended up on payment of $12.50 per week and five years probation. James William Mott, non-sup port, one year and $1,500, sus pended upon payment of $15 per cushion fund," amounting to at least $35,000, be provided by the delegation). Before making its recommen dations, the audit firm reviewed the recent financial operations of the county, apart from school operations, as set out in more detail in the audit itself which fol lowed. The audit itself showed a deficit of only $16,338.16. The small deficit, the auditors HENS FOR SALE — ON FOOT Large S1.00 Medium 75c JOE’S ESSO SERVICE PHONE 833-0227 The First National Bank Of Laurens, S. C. ti' Lauretta County’s Only National Bank On the Square — Telephone 25943 Member F. D. I. C. 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