The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-05-23
Approved Claims.

Tie Columbia correspondent of the
.Ne,cs and CoErie:' in his let CT Of the lith
says:
''rhc County Commissioners to-day dis.
allowed the claims Of the Auditor and
Chairman Of the Commissioners for per
dicir iii assisting the Jury COMMISSIONS
in making up the jury lists as without
provision Of law. These claims have
been pail here and in other Counties TO.
the las: ten or fifteen years"
The Ttichland County Commissioners
are CARRYING their ideas Of economy and
reform to Il ridiculous extent. There is a
gonl deal of that kind of economy il
South Notwithstanding public officers
the sake of Saving" a few dollars
while very lavish appropriations arc
made for purposes that the people at
large are not interested in and from which
they derive no benefit. II is the old plan
OF "was,ing at tho hung anu sa'ing al
the spigot.'
The Chairman of the Board OF County
Commissioners and the Auditor are. We
believe. entitled by law for pay while
acting IA members of the Jury Commits
sim. A Circuit Judge decided at New.
terry twn wears ago that the Chairman o1
the Board of County Commissioners was.
The above timely remarks are by the
Ncmbcr,y Ob$erccr. There arc other er-
rors to which our contemporary might
have referred. Some OF the officers, in
ON of the ccantics, on the ground o!
"cronomy' have refused to publish thcil
annual statements rs required by law
whereby the correctness OF their w or
fetal acts may he viudicatcd and proved
Aud the County Commissioners of New
berry have recently acted in very strange
way about their official notices. We take
it for granted that the taxpayers OF New
berry County are fully able and perfectly
willing to pay Il fair price for wlaterei
| official notices the County Commissioners
are required Ivy law to make u seems
to us, that each of the editors in that towr
hnuld have bre,. willing to Share tho
paw for advertising. The readers of Gael
journal are entitled TO see the official
notices, and fthc editors had required the
! County Commissioners to pay the regular
price for advertising in one paper, ant
then divided il between themselves nobody
would have had reason to complain.
There is another matter connected will
the approval Of accounts against the
county, and in which, for fair dealing,
we believe the County Commissioners at
Ahleville will bear off the palm. They
are sworn officers, and under that oath
! for the last few years they have known
nobody, not even tho "poor taxpayer,
bat have discharged their duty faithfully
! When they examine an account they cor
rect cuery crror and take NJ advantage ct
any citizen. II any account is made on
for Il smaller amount than the law allows
for the specified work, the accoun
is raised if it is made out in ex'
cess of that amount it is reduced. Is,
such n course they act honorably with
both the citizen aud the tax payer. Dc
the County Commissioners OF Newberry
do az we'll by the citizens of that county
as ours do by us? Abbeville has always
had faithful officers, and wo believe that
none of them have cver tried to win
popularity 10y any effort to get something
for nothing, or by any failure to pay full
price for what the public needed. The tax
payers of this county are honest, and
for this reason no public official would
gain any laurels here by any effort To
, cheat the citizen out of a cent to which nc
was Justly entitled. They stand upon the
high ground that fair dealing and honest
pay, is not only tho host principle, bu,
the best policy, and the taxpayers OH
their part, want nothing else than fair
dealing.