The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-11-16
TREASURER SMITH
BEGINS ROUNDS

IueSQay began MS fOuEOS COlleCIliS
, taxes for the current year, opening up
at Chapin. He was accompanied by
W. D. Dent, county auditor, who is
assisting him, and Martoe Lorick,
! who is looking after collection OF the
dog tax. The treasurer was graft
fled at the amount collected on the
! first, day. Though the amount COL
| lected was somewhat short of what
has been paid in by the taxpayers of
this section in former years, still, un-
| der present financial conditions 1t
! was considered excellent. There was
an air of cheerfulness about those
| who paid that was very encouraging.
! The people were gratified at the re-
! duction of taxes. which in the school
district of which the town Of Chaplin
is a part amounted to I mills mills
+ on the general county tax and mills
| on the tax for school bonds. The
general opinion seemed to prevail
| that the affairs of the county were
being we'll managed and the people
were getting something for their
money. noticeable feature was the
/ fact that most people subject to road
| tax preferred to work on the roads
rather than pay the $500. BY far
the majority of those who settled
with the treasurer expressed the in
tention of taking the work option.
The depressed price of cotton is
causing some stagnation of business,
most of the farmers who have any
! cotton left refusing to part with it at
| present prices, but on the whole the
folks in the Fork feel that things will
work around alright. Most of them
have something to eat, having made
! their own bread and meat.
Treasurcr's Schedule.
The treasurer is at Batesburg to-
, day The remainder Of his schedule
is rs follows:
Ileesville-Thursday, November Il.
riilbert-Friday November IS.
New Brookland-Saturday Novem-
Der 10.
Second Week.
Pelion-Tuesday, November %.
Swansea-Wed Wednesday. Nov. %.
Will Carry No Money.
In making up his schedule this
year MI S., ;th has made it a point
to go to only such places as have
banks, so that he will carry no money
whatever. AS soon as the days COL
: lections are owe rthe money is depos-
tied in the local bank. 1t has been
customary for the treasurer to carry
, at least a small lamount of change
, with him on the rounds, but even this
practice has been abandoned, and ar
! rangements made with the banks in
each town to furnish change.
Schools Need Money.
MI Smith urges all who can pos
sibly do so to pay their taxes on these
rounds. The schools are very much
| in need Of the money. Arrangements
, were made to borrow an amount SUI
ficient to pay the teachers for two
months. but this is practically eN-
hausted and it will he necessary to
raise money from tax collections to
pay off the teachers. Everybody who
can possibly make arrangements for
their tax money should do so as early
as possible.
Dog Tax S1.25.
A new law requires the payment
of a tax of $125 Tor every dog over
six month old. of which S1.00 goes to
the school This is in lieu of all
other taxes on dogs. The treasurer
is required to furnish a metal tag for
, every dog. Mr.. Smith urges as many
as possible to pay this dog tax while
he is on the rounds. as the metal tags
are inconvenient to send through the
mails.
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