Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-04
A. w. JONES HEADS TAX COMMIS-
SION
RESIGNS AS COMPTROLLER GEN
j. 2. Derham, Of Conway, and w. G.
Query, Of Spartanburg, other
Members

Columbia, Feb. 27-The State tax
commission was appointed by Governor
Manning this morning as follows: A.
w. Jones, of Columbia, chairman; w.
G. Query, Of Spartanburg, and j. p.
Derham, Of Conway. Mr.. Jones i'm
meiiately resigned as Comptroller Cen
eral and the Governor appointed
Charlton w. Sawyer, of Orangeburg,
to succeed him.
The State tax commission was Sc
lected by the Governor after careful
study and after giving the closest at
tentiOn to the persOnel with especial
attention to their fitness and ability,
and 1t is believed that he appoint
ments made by Governor Manning on
this tax commission will meet with
the unqualified approval Of the peo-
pie O fSouth Carolina, for they are
each peculiarly fitted for the work.
AUTHORITY ON. TAXES.
I Mr.. A. w. Jones, who Is the chair
man Of the commission, has been
Comptroller General for twelve years
and In that time has made q special
study Of the tax questions so much 80
that he is recognized throughout the
country as an expertand an a hbority
on the matter. This comes In with
his line Of work and rounds out a
career Of usefulness and. service. For
several years Mr.. Jones has been re-
commencing a central tax commission
and no one is better qualified than
he is to equalize tax assessments and
make the law uniform and impartial.
Mr.. J. P: DerhaIn, Of Horny county
who was also appointed on the tax
commission, was comptroller general
Of the state before Mr.. Jones and Is
himsel. an expert on the question.
His fitness for the position is also
we'll known over the State.
SPARTAN FARMER.
Mr.. w. G. Query, the other mem
yer Of the tax commission, is farm.
er Of Spartanburg County, and at
present a member of the General AS
sembly, which position he twill re-
sign. He first came in prominence as
,orman Of the grand jury which
took such fearless stand for law
and order in his home county and
went after the lynchers. His splen-
did grasp of business came into
favorable notice during his work as
forman Of the grand jury in inves-
fighting the county officers and his
recommendations as to the community
finances. He is one Of the most prom
Ising Of the younger men in public
life in South Carolina, and no ap-
pointment that Governor Manning
has made will meet with more univer-
sal approval than this one. The Gov
ernor Manning as Comptroller Cen
ing three such able and worthy men
to serve on the tax commission.
THE NEW COMPTROLLER.
Charlton w. Sawyer, Of Orange
burg, was today appointed by Gov
ernor Manning as Comptroller Gen.
eral Of South Carolina vice A. w.
Jones, resigned to become chairman
appointment Of Mr.. Sawyer is a rec
ognition of merit and ability which
are the main reasons why the Gov
ernor selects an individual for ap-
pointment. He is being heartily con-
graduated OH selecting Mr.. Sawyer,
to whom there IS no more worthy
or more popular man in Columbia
and South Carolina.
The new Comptroller General has
field his bond and taken charge Of the
office.
Carlton Wilkes Sawyer, Comptroller
General, is native Of Orangeburg
dale in the country. He is the young
est of eight children, all Of whom are
living. His mother was Elizabeth
Bamberg, sister to former State
Treasurer Issau Bamberg and the late
General Francis Marion Bamberg, and
died shortly after his birth, and his
father, Wilkes, moved the family to the
town Of Orangeburg in 1883 in order to
educate his children.