The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-06-21
REP RESEN TATIVE NANCE REpI lies
TO REPORT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS
lakes Exception to Report of Advertiser and De-
nies Responsibility for Lack Of Funds to Operate
Court

c$l,400) Dollars last year to Five Hun
dred ($5O0) Dollars this year, which
is not true, and the acts OF the gen
Ell assembly will SO show, Five HIN
dred t$500) Dollars being the same
amount as appropriated in the year
1921, as was appropriated this year
AS to the appropriation for the
Shcriff's office you also stated that we
appropriated for 1921 Three Thousand
-Four HUNDRED and Nineteen (S3,419)
I,Dollars and cut the appropriation this
year to Fifteen Hundred ($1 ,5OO) Dol
lars which is also untrue and the acts
of the general assembly will so show.
The appropriation for the year 1921
was Fifteen Hundred ($1,50O) Dollars
and is Fifteen Hundred ($1,5OO) Dol
lars for 1922. The Sheriff stated to
the 'Sritcr after the appropriation bill
had left the house OF Representatives.
ana gone to tno senate that Fifteen
hundred (Sl,5C0) Dollars was made
quate and asked Tor Twenty-Five Hun
drcd ($2J5G0) Dollars. The writer
went to the senator in the senate
chamber and requested him to amend
the bill to read TwGnty-Five ($2,5OO)
Dollars instead CT Fifteen Hundred,
and that the writer would acce1t that
1mcndment when the bill came back
to the house. The senator refused and
tha' is the reason the appropriation
Tor the Shcriffs Office only carries
Fifteen Hundred ($l,5oO) Dollars for
this year.
fuA'thermorc you stated that the
ratio Of the criminals handled 10y the
Sheriff this year was increased three
to one, the Sheriff himself, has stated
to the writer that this is untrue, ana
that lie did not so state to the reporter
OF your paper, but on the other hand
had decreased instead Of increased.
Since | have been a member OF the
llouae cf Representative I have al
,TGyS endcavorcd to have sufficient
Innds appropriated to carry on the
puzzle works Of the county, and to run
the county government economically,
but at the same time it should be un-
dor3tood that there were three other
members OF the delegation who had
equal voice with me in all such mat
tors As to this matter shall be glad
to explain the same In the coming
campaign whenever called upon to do
so. My record as member OF the
Laurens county delegation is open for
public examination and 1 court fair
and careful Investigation Of the same.
lSigned CAnRROUL d. NANCE.
The above communication was
handed to The Advertiser by Mr..
Nance Monday.
JUICE Gary Confirms Report
Monday evening a representative of
The Advertiser interviewed Judge
Gary in Newberry. Judge Gary was
In tho midst of social engagement,
SO The Advertisers Representative
sought to take him away from his
hosts only long enough to allow for
q brief interview. The following in
teryiew from the gist Of his remarks,
"erc taken down in his presence and
read to him with his approval:
Judge Gary, being seen in New
berry, said that he read the newspa-
per report of The Advertiser and that
he approved the report as it appeared.
Referring to the term false econ
omy' Judge Gary said that he had no
intention Of charging any wrong-do-
Ing, but merely meant to convey the
impression Of mistaken policy. He
emphasized that he did not wish to
charge the delegation with any wrong
doing.
Sheriff Confirms Report
In regard to that portion Of the ar
ticle where the sheriff was quoted as
saying the proportion OF criminals
handled by that Office has increased
by ratio Of 3 to l." Sheriff Reid said
Monday that he did make that state
ment, but that he unintentionally con-
fused the year 1922 with 1921. He
pointed out that the increase In crime
really began last year rather than this
year, but that as q matter OF fact the
total crime OF 1921 and 1922 as com
pared to 1919 and 1920 was In the .ra-
ito OF 8 to 1, the asme as quoted In
| The Adyertiser for 1922 and 1921