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elective system once more.
From 10jj23 to 1032, despite the
feeling that they never quite knew
where they were Bitting, Mr. Harden
and the two members tried to be
equitable and to dispose *f their busineae
^Without consideration of their
political vicissitudes.
"In 1022, we had a deficit of $65,000
and a bond debt of $600,000,"
Mr. Harden explained. This year,
we have no deficit, but have money
in all four of the Chester banks. Our
bond obligation has beon reduced to
about $327,001.
"We decided?I mean the board
when 1 say 'we'?that we would not
let political interests take a<Jyuntage
of th^ county and resolved Tto deny
outlays of money to profligate enterprises.
We huvo done this since 1023
and we.have been faring fairly well."
In reference to the purchase of
supplies the board chairman avowed
laconically:
"It's a good idea to know wholesale
prices when the drummers come
around. They can't bluff you, then.
Of course, we buy in wholesale lots
at wholesale prices on competitive
bids."
Mr. Harden then showed plainly
that ho was a heretic in highway
thinking, for he declared thut he did
not think it necessary to beribbon a
County with so many, roads thut no
land Is left to till.
He confided that he believed that a
system of roads which achievcTt
convenient purpose of conveying traffic
is sufficient. No gold trimmings
for him. No Roman roadways.
"My conviction is that in times like
the present almost arty decently kept
highway will serve the purpose, particularly
when governments are faced
with numerous difficulties."
He thereupon told how the boayl
kept the overhead of the chain gnng t
system down.
FEW PRISONERS
"Wo sent prisoners with terms over
six months to the pen and rented
what we had left to surrounding
counties and received- their feed and
25 cents a day rental for each head
we've got in the whole county now
only 10 prisoners. One is in jail.
The rest are trusties."
After touching passionately on the
value of having a hoard of directors
to confer on supply bill items with
* a legislative delegation p'ith a view
of shaving down expenses, Mr. Harden
then drew a conclusion that followed
logically:
"We have managed to accumulate
a general county surplus of $60,000
because we liked to shave budgets.
A total of $01,000 has been saved
.13 and an excess "<?t bond interest money
over a period of years.
* "With the $60,000 we arc enabled
for the next three years to lighten
the load on taxpayers by putting
$20,000 cash on each budget. The
bond excess could under law he used
very conveniently in case of a disaster
or emergency.
"The question of capital surplus resolves
to* this: When you have it you
should be able to save it. M hen you
have none of it prejudice somehow
develops against your chances pi ,get"
ting it. Insure yourself during good
times for the bod times, which come
sooner or later.
Mr. Harden then took a theoretical
look at Greenville county.
lie made no bones of the fact that
the Greenville county government is
complex, much more than the Chester
one, but he held to the fact that business
principles could be applied to a
complicated county government.
fllREE SUGGESTIONS
He made four suggestion* not for
Greenville county in particular, but
for any county finding itself :n the
slough of financial despondency:
Get a committee or board of men
who have proved their bu.-.:.i-s gifts
anil worth.
Give the group enough p. u- r do
some good.
Let them *t.i\ in office !<>-g enough
to accomplish a pr-gam. 1-,v?- years.
Maybe longer.
Sequester them f <- . : >!.::c< as
fnr a* possible.
Mr. Harden'* vot.. ..n an intense
note with t he* ? exhortations.
The man showed he '. <> e l good governnient
ar.d that he n..<l come to
the conciu-ior. \c.:!. .i large element
Tn the cunt. > 17..ii the lopheavy
structure of a',i !y; ? > of government,
needed t?? be pruned or lightened. ^
His be'.i f i- that government can
be a thing of beauty and of joy forever.
It can be a peat, compact, safe
home f??r its family of citizens or it
can be ;i rambling .structure growing
steadily by the whim of each new
addition while its older parts fall into
decay and thus throw the occupants
into the mood that?well, some day,
this thing will fall down.
Mr. H&rden's conception of government
is a politico-economic religion
noeded for thi* sinful state and
nation if one believes a budget is
something that balances or doesn't.
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Little Local Lines
Camden people Sunday night witnessed
the unusual sight of an airplane
traveling by night. It was going
north and followed closely the
daylight route,
* MftAy ,P*W?1? have called to congratulate
Clerk of Court James H.
Clyburn, who is custodian of the court
house, on the pretty v appearance of
the court house grounds. It has a
lovely carpet of Italian rye grass,
which haa recently been mown which
make* an unusually smooth appearance.
It is estimated that there are probably
one hundred cases of influenza
in and around Camden. It is a mild
form physicians state, but dangerous
| when victim* do not hood the doctor*
| warning and venture out too early.
Noat trash boxes have been planed
all along Main at root as recepticles
I for scrape of paper and fruit peel*
Jingo. Painted in large bold letters
lis the inscription: "Jlelp Ke%p < am
iden Clean."
I'm rente should warn their -Chi ldren
of the danger of riding bicycles on
the streets. Number* of them have
had narrow escapes of late.
} Anderson county is employing over,
500 persons at $1 per day with, the
| $10,000 for relief work it obtained
thrbugh the state from Uncle iSam,
and is taking steps to get another
$20,000 for the same purpose. The
men work an unpaved roads and
! streets.
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Buried at Mt. Olivet
The funeral services for Robert
Clifton McCreary were held at Mount
Olivet Baptist church, ttvo or six
im it*- below Camdent at 11 o'clock
yesterday morning and were conduct*
td by the Rev. 8. K. Phillips, pastb'r
of Arsenal Hill Presbyterian church,
assisted by the Rev. J. B. Gaston,
pastor of the First Baptist church
ro/ Oamdep. The interment was 4n
the churchyard. The pallbearers
were: Furman Shealy, Homer l*n*
caster, Bob Oynett, Hallie Powell,
Jack Burkhalter and Willie Redmond.
He is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C, W, McCreary; two sisters,
Ethel and Catherine llcCreary,
-? ' ?r-r-^ 1 \v.y~1""1"'
all of Thfimonsville; two grapyl
mothers, Mrs. R. A. McOfreary of
Williston and Mr& ?L A, hfcCasklll
of Camden*
Mr. Mccreary was killed in ? motorcycle
accident Sunday night. Tuesday's
Columbia State.
A
bullet from a .88 rifle used by
some boys shooting at a mark killed
Jerome (Bell, the 76-year-dld former
supervisor r of Greenwood county,
while he was feeding chickens in his
yard. The bullet hit him in the
throat, and he bled to death. His
funeral was held on (Sunday. He was
a merchant, after being supervisor
for eight years ending in 1084.
? 1
J. J& Myers, prominent merchant
of Baldwin Station, in Cheater coun
ty, was beat over the head by a bandit
as he was putting up his car after
going home from bis store at night
and had to be taken to a hospital.
Myers shot at the bandit and pushed jsg
his pocketbook full of money under
a corner of the garaga and saved it.
The bandit Seas a white man, and
Mye^a got. a good look at him, as he
carried a flashlight. ?
The bodies of two men, blood spattered,
.'each with a rope around his
neck, were found in an automobile
near Monroe, Mich., Friday'morning.
Police believe the man are victims of
gangsters.. v "!'A
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