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Growing With Clinton The Clinton Chronicle Vol 69 — No. 10 Clinton, j C., Thursdoy, f/orcli 7, 1968 What Do You Think? (Jiifsiion : U hid il<> .vu l(link he the main issue <*i hi - u- siuii m t he u p r o m i np pi esident i;il I'iimpairns For Laurens County Re-Assessment Program Planned J. ('. I huiniis—"l niler todiiy’s emulit ion-. the war in \ 'e*’’am "ill be the major issor out af ter summer so if ‘he- racial ri<e ■ expand ed, they v. di i e ; he ma jor issue.” (’. H. T h o m a s o n— “Vietnam is the main topic. When ] eople vote, they will vote to either yet in the war all the wav or yet out of it." Chick Pitt*—"I would think control of race riots in our own coun try is becominy the prime issue of the whole country.” Haekoii by a study com mittee's recommendation to implement a Laurens Conn ty reassessment re-rvalua lion proyram, the leyislative leleyation has pledyed its upport tor the proposal and s to set up the necessary ley at ion State Sen \\ (.' (Billi Dobbins said the deleyation vill introduce leyislation m he near luture to set up a a\ assessors office and e ahlish salaries lor that offue n the Supply Bill Dobbins said the reassess meat oi' ..',r;.ni jiobahly will take I u o or lln ee years to complete Alter the reassess ment e eompu Led. ihe next step would be lor tile deleya tion to inti' (iuee leyislation settiny on Mu poreeiilayo at which pi'iiperty will he as sessed lor lax purpor -es m the county The 1 ’roperty l ax Stu ly Committee report, present ed Monday r. ryht at the Laurens County Courthouse, said, 'll i our reeommenda tion thai a tax reassessment or re e\ aluatioii proyram he Auction Dollar Show, Auction Set Saturday The “Auction Dollar Days” show and auction will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the parkiny lot be hind M. S. Bailey Son Bank. d'he show will feature V. B. Brtulbury. a ventri- lo(]uist-magieian-auetioneer. Items donated by the partieipatiny merchants will be auctioned off for ‘‘am tion dollars” obtained with each $1 purchase from a participating mer chant. The “auction dollars" may be obtained up to the time of the auction. The partiripat iny stores feature identifyiny window stickers. The items which are to lie auctioned off are on display in the window of the Lou’s Shoppe huildiny. There is no admission charge for the show and auction. .A list of participating merchant- and other in formation about “Auction Dollar Davs" appears in a page-size advertisement in today's ( hroniele. Laurens, Union Candidates Pitted implemented uithoul further delay We emphasize that the rra -essment proyram -hould hi- made strictly tor equalization purpo es and not as a nn ans of raisiny taxes 'Altliouyh it is beyond the authority of this committee, we tronylv recommend that the re-evaluation proyram lie done at the local level, void ot polities, with the aid oi the South Carolina Tax Commis- non and 1 hat a permanent tax assessors office he estab lish!' 1 under the direction ol a competent person who shall have lull authority over Ins stall It is also recommended that adequate appeal proct - (lures he. made available to each and every taxpayer ' Tile comm ttee's report vv a presented by U Carlisle Neely of Clinton, committee chairman Other members of tile committee are A Trask Index Classified Dealhs editorials Society Sport s v CC Annual Dinner 10 Moore Speaks Here Tuesday Ll I. WL MILLS LAWSON \ ol inteered To Beturn !o War Twins Volunteer For Second Tour In Vietnam War Al ('Carson. \\ L Hair, Ilor T"* 1 . | W M ‘ v , in- n! II ,n M i , 1 l S Ma ace 1. Martin. John 1’ Fans. ( Tee a T,i:\ ' ' D ! Up fur i ne w ho w el l'i ■tunt to T Heath Copeland and J (' them ' a ! 11 lit lilltv ( a".,;, I .ei ! on ,n ! |, r more Thomas in \ ■ .m ' >.e a h .■ <1 t ra 'e: - ha !, ui hi 'ill.! sent A:Vr giving the hack rather : Jp 'll, \H' C >n h a i t a \ u ! nam group,i ot the at •loiiitment than o . ,h d • and ; hr \\ hen a i- * ! v by In vo|- ot the committee and its du 11; lie" ' P a' 1, ■1st pnteeri'd '■ , I'etlll' 11 To A i e t. tie-, the report listed some of till" f i • i;. o P.'.ht mr nan. < , e or 1 1 had its sources of mlormation m \ ote rat To !,. a ' tie t > | \ , env ov er and -aid "Tht committee M 1 • .aid i , ,* i aw .n t' el'-' C. .1 i dr; ill .dndgers conferred with anyone seek are tie ■ V , '' o e ,1 Mr i. ! i' 1 1 .’it t !' ut |j<' 1" He ing an audience and in Ihe 1 :n ,M, i • ■ V . - o id Ihe 1 ate will i • i mu 1,, A tnam n meantime requested confer m , ; 1 s ■ e: at 1 opal) ah u: a na in: h ence- with officials ot l.aur i. a ap i Mac Ind Ale. -a . 1 lie 1 ' 1,1 n- to re ens County who are directly t i * t > v! m, 1-1 In turn a 11 1 iicause relate 1 to the subject lan" \ ‘1 ^ did y a " 1 a e r e ,:e| < > I) and a SYSTEM pop \ i • in v. a- (Jtun cause llten Mr :r a 1) Mi iore 11 . an o ; v, d!i Seaboard Aflati- ; ’ (ill aie liadroa f Com P.(■:. v. df tie featured - i s i -r I i:("-dr y March 1'J, at O• ;:iani.d meetttv of the ( ! '"on ( !.amhi■ r ol Coni n'. I i. 1 1 .re' IU -L Will he held at i!; a l .IM u- rov e hey in n, i ■ a t 1. 11 I .i i . \ ;* el ah member e\ e been : i ; \ d 'd to the an i.a.d dome’ a loti y vvitfi city . P i ,d - vh -..re i - Transportation V st mt r> the Vice-1’res.- I 11 i' • i 1 ■ • 1 11! i • \ e. I' i \ I . | White ()a : ( ’iimtun.' \ .n Fair child y "Met, ill Miniia■ is a 10 .'iM.tae' • it Kr -kmc ('oileye lie : m.irr.ed to the tonne i r i :a Warm ot Mihev die a d ’key have two children. Nam y hr atrd 1 hom:m 111. Jt .4udeui at Vale Cn.ve.- ' . t \ Xe ore h -yan Ins career •••. da the ra Irmul eompany m hr ea. ineei my department nemher ot the hoard of ,iir- ,n la-td ih later serve I as eetors e| Auyusta t mnn Sta- e.idmasa r at Oraiyehury ■id trainmaster at Birinmy- h in. A!a and I )anv ille, Ky He erv eu as .upeimtende it t fiamlter ot (ommen e !’"e - a: "e'yna \la Alexandria, dent \da:r is ued a i ■mmder \a At aiti'a. Ca , Winston- o.|.,v that re .erv at ions tor yah i x C , Birnyinyham. and t I re tee Saturday. March 9 THOMAS MOOKL ■an As-reia'an of Bayln a 1 supeyinteadi ,ts, atii s a bon and Spartanbury Tkr- nmal ( o li t i t) n . i n t! I,« Mow |S ate Fla He ,s a member i i the 1 h e-iiv ter an etuireh. Ameri- te dinner must ne madi he or* Newberry Count y, the smallest county in Slate Sen atonal District No 5, appur ently is assured of haviny a resident state senator while Laurens and Union counties will fight it out for the other seat. Senatorial candidates in Lau rens, the largest county in the district, and Union both will be going for Seat No. 1 The Newberry County candidates will be seeking Seat No 2 for the district in which three counties are allotted two sen ators. Laurens' name was pulled first in the drawing for seals iuesday in the state-super .used “double lottery" system .n Columbia. King Dixon ot ..aurens, a candidate for the ..enate, represented the eoun- t y candidates and be selected mat No. 1 When it came the turn of y>en .John Long of Union county lo select which seal ne would seeK, he pulled a surprise and chose Seat No. i, meaning he would oppose die Laurens County candidates .or the post. Long is expected to be op posed by Dixon and ineum- aent Sen. William C. Dobbins jf Joanna. In Newberry ( ounly . the candidate-i aie in eumbent Hepuhhcan Sen (iene (inliilh and Democrat Hobert (' Lake ot W lutmire I’olitical ob--e! v ers said dial Long -elcetia! Seat No 1 be cause the Laurens County vote miyht he -plit between Dehbim and Dixon In a pi elimmary draw my bet wa eii Di xon an I I tohhin.s Dixaii won Hie nyhl ai ma<<( the choice ol seals lor l.aur en Kcgardle - ol liow many more candid,.tes announce all Newberry candidates will be seeking Seal No 2. and all candidates li om I aim n.s and Lnioii eouniies will be seek iilg Seat No 1 Cn the county scene, there was a llur> , oi iihng fins a ec k .s.ie,n l 1! Lluchc John .on, who has sei va d iwo lour year term: . I iled lor I'enemmation as did veteran County CIcik \\ alter Dunlap. At ;o f ilmy this week wise Mr- Lueile M Watts. ineumlient i.auren.s magi.-Ired and Charles T OaKley , meumhent Clinton may.strate. and Faoi O'Dell, incumbent com v commis sioner. Toe tiling 'leadline is March ,d a l 'loon Petition Asks Return Of License Office .1. Robert Cox—“One of the primary issues will lie over the control of race riots. Second will be the Vietnam War and third will lie the in flation that’s running away with us. People are becoming afraid to walk down the street today because our law has been hampered by the Supreme Court.” A petition is being circular ed in Clinton, asking State Sen. \\ C. Dobbins, to try to reopen a driver’s license ex amination office in Clinton. The State Highway Patrol maintained an office one and a half days a week in Clinton until last October when the schedule was terminated. All driver’s license examinations now are given at Patrol head- quarters in Laurens. At the time the local office was closed, Patrol officials said it was part of a campaign to bring more efficiency \o the operation. They also point ed out that the Laurens head quarters had more efficient testing equipment. However, about 750 names , have been secured on a pcti- j tion to reopen the Clinton | office on a part - time basis Two ol the petitions are be- ' ing circulated in Clinton and one in Joanna. A spokesman lor the peti tion sponsors points out that the Clinton - Joanna area has almost half the population in , the county and dial an office I in Clinton is needed for the convenience ol area citizens. j I He pointed out, “Often peo- I pie go to the Laurens office and have to return home to get some other necessary in formation. We have found that it is extremely incon venient for local people.” The report also says. "As it exi-t- today, the property tax sUueture in Laurens County begins at the ’gra-'- roots level' with 12 Boards of \ssessors, each Board having throe members, one of whom e chosen as chairman The members are appointed by the delegation with the ap proval of the senator, but they neither have what is generally called a commis sion' nor a specified term ol ol I ice It is our understanding that a list ol the members i submitted by the Auditot an nually to the delegation f t review Any vacancies are Idled or other changes made at that time The assessors are paid a nominal per diem tor their work together with a mileage reimbursement It the responsib hty ol each Board ol Assessors to deter mine the a sessed valuation it tile property within its ‘tax li-tnet ' Hav ing lurisdietion ov er Hu mdiv idual Boards ol As e-sors is a County Board ol Fquali/ation composed ol the 12 chairmen ol the Boards ol \sse-sors together with the County Auditor who acts a clerk This hoard reviews the work ol individual hoards and i, 'ir appea' I i'om taxnay ers. and msolar as the county , ronriTned, i the final au thority I low ever. I h e tax payer can *ee'< lurther relH from the South ( arolina 'l ax ( ommssion Incidentally the County \uditor has no authority to determine assessed valua turns and -imply carries out the wishes ol the County Board ol Kquali/ation Like wise, the County Treasurer duty is to collect the taxes that are based on the assessed valuations provided by the Auditor's office. | “Because of its very na lure, this system produces unfavorable results. Being ; autonomous, it is natural for | each hoard to set its own pol icy in connection with deter mining assessed valuations ! This has been substantiated j by sev eral sources. PROBLEMS "The committee learned that our county officials have I a number of problems; to name a few—auto taxation, i difficult identification ol property, no consistent re- evaluation studies, and no | overall mapping plan." Later, the report says; It is obvious that there is a wide variance pf assessment ratios in effect that simply have evolved over a period of time. There are variances from district to district as 1 well as variances within each i (Continued on Page 6) Council To Interview City Hall Architects \u. ii-1 llttiti, In was m his current pom !i inlnT- m;.v call tin Cham- al la- and hi tamily er i t ( i,mnn.Tre 1222 271b) lack, onv die. tu make their n -ervations Keserv at a ns ; ,r member : t the tallowing civ H' ' In;)-’ . ill he made by the c ; ub sre- etary or re creations chair nan: Clinton Lions. Kivani , Exchange. BN !’\\ C'.uo and the .lavcees ('hi;!,m ('ii;. ( oiiNi'il lues ami (iauideu architectural (lav n,. ; p.,,:i!r I lour new lain J..rk • -n. a native ol t a IM.inmn: (.'rav ( lairt, designed the new o i . j,.aii• plan- i lemoni.n y sMiool under eon ala hitn la ha' st met am in Clinton, some huil'I:na' \\ hitten Village and the l.mirens County Court hou- e pi opo -al w Inch vv as de liated in a rclerendum Da v is. a n.it iv e ol ('la,ton is a .junior , ait la r who w as in \ ol \ , i i.i pi.,|i till' the pi o III, I at III 'A l.tV i'( .in plex 111 1 .aula n - a a eh >1 o vv a-, de le.Poii m loierendum I 11 ill , et .11 - council Noland Sun ineim < 'on..' , to abi ' . 1 In pi , ;i la . (tv Hall At no ■ . oiat monthly moot;n. , a ooirroil appoint ed ■ i ,iai. e- I )r Boy Si. in r ' i, a I Minim and Di D ., i i , to Pi.iimm ., l i ! I ■ s , 11| i 1, i i i i 'ei o, 1 11JU1 me ii i i• v no i ' i r m - have o X a. I ' ' I ( oi,n • ; .e .• r.i eed to m til O a r* , > t '. 1: v < s ol t •> o at eii. t o, -i i a ., i t i is \|onda v m. I., o 11 1 11 pi, ■ I i 'a A ( 0 V Hall ( (Him o, a w .11 mtorv tew \ hi .! .at ,,-on 'h < 'olumtea ami 1;a, D , 11 i In (ran. tor tiro (let 1 r Plo llo ( at o! ! ' i CO h 11 a t i o ., i ■ ill that w alt ning ol ■ o' on ' Benel an 1 vv e w : 11 In "gm next e, minded I)v May oi Meadors, Daughtery Are Star Students o.i ni m | uoo'...eejP 11 IP ai-ri tie..one Meadors * (']irPie Hi ScJ'ool has been , eii ( ti"l sail Student ' ot L. - ( oO'ity ami v. ill he ami in i,a|oiit .,r,d teaehoi w l r .• ei ho haii .rod Mom h v nigiH at : iialiquo! at Mal'i Ai u .yrov o II, '• oi m :imiot is to -tart at , a.i) a al wiil be .ponsor - I i;y tin CliiiPin L\( tianye C'uo in Ci lapera' a ai wit h the (t •' :fi r ('! ml an Chamber oi < in i iiii ice Joe i )ai,-tilery ol He rn .. i il I.. yi. Si Hoot also will h. lion eici' as t,a "Star Strident i e);i'o; enting hr- schoo 1 'i i.i "Star Students ' were a otod to iepresciU their m- div a'ual - ciiools and \ eado::-. i|it i. es alt etion. vv as oht'.sen to represeat l.auii.iis ' lunty. Kaen "Star Student” se lected a "Star Teacher, 'he teacher v.ho lias assisted him the mo-1 M eado is selected Miss f ran- eis Shealy , Kngli.-h teacher and annual stall advisor. Daughtery selected M i s s Helen Porter, who is an Eng lish and Bilile teacher. Meadors is the son ot Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Meadors of Route 1. Clinton. Daugh- ; pai rojirr -eiuativo l! i hmiquot will be his iioa cm' J lr r. Mi's Bert Iia O' I );m:et ROBERT MEADORS JOE DAUGHTERY Suiidetii that StTihoiird C.’o;ist Line B.nlroad Offieial Tom Moore .s io speak Tuesday r.T iii at ih, anmiid Chamber ol ('"inmoroo (tinner and i,e ui. i d all eouneilmen and city depart 11 lent heads to attend, si. oit ’h iial, "\\T liopt* to t- o o.ipaitin crow d he- ■ ■ < M; Moore's address w J. moan .. lot to the luture i i ('lintoii ' Aw.ii'iiod bids on two ' i '■ iek fill hid ol $3 324 by B"ldwm Motor Company was at i o|)teii toi one of the trucks, a11tl,ill_,ti it vv ;i.- $2 higher t'nan a hnl ontered by Plaxico ■ iaAjroiet t'o ( oune11 upprov- oo the Bald w m hid si nee it v. i. lor a Iieav ier truck. Toe 1 '' > r suecessl ul hid vv as en- t oi l d by I ’lax too 111 s hid ot sJ.Tt/H was umii r that ot Balti- w III ! aided l"i Iurther stuiiy tla 1 question ol what to do bout replacing three traffic Imht m.nals Tile State tlign- ^ ■ 1 u par! ment is providing da s lr ,nal.- and tile city must install them City Engineer B.dpti Holt told council that it would cost a total of $5,000 to put up the lights if over head wires are used. He said it would cost $10,000 to put the wiring underground and use extended poles -Agreed lo work toward set tiring an option on prop erty on the northern side of i 2,i as a site for a sewage laem.n Holt said that it has been recommended that the city purchase 40 acres for this purpose Estimated cost of the project is $200,000, not counting the cost of the land. A previous site selected was rejected by council because it did not allow room for ex pansion ot the lagoon to take ■eare oi luture growth of the area. The lagoon will be the final one in a series of four which will serve the city. The | other three are in use now. i Instructed Holt and City Attorney Cecil White to draw up an ordinance requiring a $10 sewer tap charge. Holt said that the city sewer lines have been damaged by un licensed plumbers and said the city needs to exercise some control over sewer taps. RICHARD TOWNSEND Townsend Candidate For Hoik 2! Rich,md h Townsend of Lau rens this wtek announced h s candidaev he the Denv cratie nommat'im as a member of I he Stale I louse n| I{, pre en- tativ e Town. end. a native of Lau rens. is a graduate of Ce-tn- snn l mversitv and the L'ni- v<r-'ity ol South Carolina Law School He is an attorney in Laurens where lie i- a mem ber of tlie Rotary i luh and is president id the Laurens Bar Association. He is imme diate past president of tile .aureus Chamber of Com merce and immediate past chairman ol the Laurens Coun ty Democratic Party Townsend is married to the 'onr.er Donna Evans ct Aik en and they have a daughter, All.son, 2. Townsend, who is making his first md tor public office, ,aid hi wall announce his ilatlorm later E. C. Burnett Announces For Congress E (’ Burnett Jr., judge of City Court of Spartanburg, today announced as a Demo cratic candidate for Congress from the Fourth Congression al District. Judge Burnett was educat ed in the City Schools of Spartanburg and is a grad uate of Wofford College. He received his Degree in Law from the University of South Carolina.