The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-12-19
cssasy Claims and County Finance.


fCcanty Claims and County Finances.
gre\I tn hopes that by this time IA erc'' a
oy County woSd DO so much improved that ;,rg rt
11ns against II would command their faac Nguy iUt
70 shtc that Il is not So At the ncpius
fbe Beard OF county Commissioners the rrcssurar re-
only about $40 In the Treasury, while aiin
3#oqR hundreJs which was held by parties VIII d cu-
5ed hands on work for the County and de-, ndrl on
claim being promptly oa.hed to enable Ia pay
PeiF vorkmen were not paid one-hslf th. aouut due
pr their cisipl and had to suffer treuctdpIs shay.
paApce to meet their obligastoRs Adj that is not
fhe oni case Of los on county tsiips b ma"y, that
e hAve heard lately Thecredik Or iisesa,.rty Is get
iftytit u we Sian bc fos.i 70 80 bac IL the cy,
Snt prices charged under the Radical hdmin istratou
pore el work done for the county wewere told last year
nat the levy Of mills for county purposes v"vl %
npic TO pay all ths eureent expenses and Tia thc w
Stature would be applied for an <asa levy ,o us,t
past Indebtedness 20 get " eounty out OF del, Mr
pare Informed that the Cpunty Commissioners have sor
such an application bat while we notice In tho proc,c.
ngs Of that body tia bs have been Introduce author
Eingeyies for that pose In many other counties ~
mot seen any move I'm that direction for Uucu
Who Is TO blame for this? 1t appears the Commissioner,
nave done all they conid in the matter and uni. e
ting turns up moic than know OF the blame mus,
"y hpon the shounc-> ofthe members oui tl., rprtS
N the mean time claims against the couuf hc'l poor
menwho cannot longer wait for their money ... sid
y" TUG streets At rom % to 10 cents tn dp.
rich men are thus ting richer out of the necessities of
the poor 1t snd'grics to the county and d;.ct ou,
rage upon its popr creditors. We have heard it suggest
ted bat 1t would be unpopular movr 10 avuaatc an
eStrt levy to pay past Indebtedness therefore Ju
Jersobject to making IT, We think ma, true
buy appears that some exists ofhich we aro
igkaxant at-p pnAsAatuS-9f. sss~-y,->-r-Sp~-'--
Now we don't know who Is TO blame if any one for
Ns condition of our County finances. All We kmovis
trt sie crcditersof the County why
trerc Is such great deficiency in the re, iD:S of tn.
tr.tSuts hsN" JhcTEcJsur riuCymed rs that there
7rlr' "rHi $50 "'.n i,.i Taxpayers e;.iri,i whom exc
.H'''r' wr"' .'. - f-... This would accoi for
...'. ..:.r"f h'. ena.. - consider how prom: The
people Of Union heretofore in paying Il ,,r
taxes the high price of cotton this year and the gene
disposition to pay other debts this large number of
linqucnts creates mystery in the minds of large mum
Der of persons
We cannot believe there is anything wrong in the mat
tcr-the hish characters of the Treasurer aud Comus-
Sioncrs will not allow suspicion of that--lt n
know that some moncycd men in this town have made
and are making money by buying County claims
orbhant discounts, from parties who afford to
hold them for perhaps, pear more, and that is
sufficient to destroy the good OF the County We
further know that many creditors suffering greatly
from the delay and uncertainty Of the payment of Coum-
y claims Some oncthc tax payers, the Treasurer or
commissioners to blame, that is a certainty.
With two or three exceptions, the reports Of all the
County Commissioners throughout the State have been
l"bshei ani most gS thcw claim that their counties
arc either entirely very nearly out OF debt 1t would
DC gratifying to us if we could the Of Union