The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-12-10

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The Coz y ard held its regular
monthly = g in the office of the
County = -ntendent yesterday with
all x LENDERS present and pro-
cef transact it's regular round
{ -, ne business
- unfinished business of the last
ting was taken up- first and gone
rough with.
e. w. Scott an ex-Confederate vet
eran who at the last meeting of the
board had sent in an application for
pension, was granted a pension.
Messrs. H. Hardy and B. c. WAL
lace appeared before the board to
ask that steps be taken towards hay-
ing all property in the county return
ed to the auditors office for taxation.
They stated as their reason for maxi
ing this request that there was a
large amount Of property in the coun-
ty not on the Auditors books and on
which no taxes were ever paid, that
the county was losing thousands Of
dollars every year because Of the fact
that taxes were not paid on the prop
erty and that they did not consider it
fair to the balance Of taxpayers to
have this property in the county not
taxed.
The proposition created consider
able discussion and number of
questions were asked by members of
the board, but no action was taken
farther than to ask Messrs. Hardy
and Wallace to form and give to the
Board at its next meeting some prac-
tical plan for remedying the present
conditions.
Mr.. Thorpe appeared on behalf of
Walker, Evans & Co., Of Charleston.
to represent the Colt Family Name
Index system as requested by the
Board at its last meeting. He ex-
planned the working of the system
and how, if adopted by the Office of
the Clerk of Court, it would in time
save the county thousands of dollars.
He stated tsef ~beswould- take -,,p the
work of making new indexes for rec
ords where it was left off by Mr..
Charles Cuttino six years ago and
contract to bring it up to the present
time, guaranteeing to be free of all
errors, and in such a way that the
same indexes could be used on indefi-
nitely.
The Board was much pleased with
the system as set forth by him and
agreed to give Walker, Evans & Co.
the contract TO bring the work from
the condition in which it had been
left by Mr.. Cuttino up to the pres
ent time at the price stated by Mr..
Thorpe, $1.190. Clerk of Court L. 7.
PARROT was notified, in furthering out
the project to have the necessary
contract drawn up to be signed by
the parties concerned, Walker,
Evans & Co., and the Chairman of
the Board, P. NJ. Pitts, for the Coun-
ty. 1t was further moved and car
ried that the work be inspected by
the Clerk Of Court, by the County Su-
pervlsor and by the Clerk of the
County Board Of Commissioners. Mr..
John r. Sumter, and rejected or ac-
cepted by them, as it was found to
be properly or improperly done.
The Colt Family Name Index sys-
TENS are being put in in the Offices Of
County Clerks throughout MANY
counties of this and other States. and
the installation Of the system bv
Sumter County is simply a step to-
wards keeping its place in the line
of progress. The work will be COM
menced and done as soon as the con-
tracts can be drawn up and signed.
and other necessary red tape proceed
ings be through with.
Mr.. J. f. Anderson asked that the
board pay for damages sustained by
his horse while crossing a bridge over
Black river. The matter was post
poned for action until the next meet
ing so that the commissioners should
nave time TO investigate the matter
and see what claims Mr.. Anderson
had upon the county.
Mr.. ID. b. Brunson petitioned that
the commissioners allow the use of
road as public road fro,,, .ho
boulevard on Mr.. w. NJ. Glaham's
place TO connect with Britton's Sid
ing. The matter was deferred for
action at the next meeting n he
looked into in the meantime.
Mr.. London asked that a new nub-
lie road be run from the Radical road