Reapportionment Plans Debated in South Carolina
The House Judiciary Committee weighs seven reapportionment proposals for the 124 member House amid a special session. The Senate plans limited debate on reapportionment and two other items while considering other priorities. The proposed plan splits the state into 27 districts along county lines, with major allocations including Greenville 12 and Charleston 12. The session, capped by Speaker Rex Carter, aims to save taxpayers money as lawmakers bill for daily pay during the extended session.
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Columbia
House
Judiciary Committee
South Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
Rex Carter
Greenville
Senate
Marion Grossette
D-Calhoun
Oconee County
Pickens
Anderson
Spartanburg-Cherokee
York
Union-Chester
Laurens-Greenwood-Newberry
Abbeville
McCormick-Saluda-Edgefield
Aiken
Lexington
Fairfield
Richland
Lancaster-Kershaw
Chesterfield-Darlington-Marion
Marlboro- Dillon
Florence
Sumter-Lee
Clarendon- Williamsburg
Calhoun- Orangeburg
Barnwell- Bamberg-Allendale
Colleton-Hampton
Jasper-Beaufort
Berkeley-Dorchester
Charleston
Georgetown-Horry
S.C
State House of Representatives
Solomon Blatt
Barnwell
Blatt
Bankers Trust
State Tax Take Falls in August in South Carolina
South Carolina Tax Commission chairman Robert Wasson called August tax receipts disappointing as withholding fell sharply, reflecting slower textile jobs and weaker part time work. The August take was 557.3 million, about 10.4 million below last year, with liquor taxes also down and sales tax gains modest.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Robert Wasson
The
Tax Commission
Wasson
Nues
Statewide vote fills house seat and bonds approved
Eugene Blease wins the South Carolina House seat succeeding Rudolph Mitchell after a six-man primary and runoff. Mayors E O Pendarvis of Orangeburg and James S Corley of Saluda are reelected. Marion voters approve 1.5 million in bonds for a new high school, lifting the tax levy 15 mills. Corley defeats a Black opponent for Saluda mayor.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Eugene Blease
Saluda
Rudolph Mitchell
House
E. O. Pendarvis
Orangeburg
James S. Corley
Marion
Blease
Mitchell
State
Dairy Commission
Pendarvis
James J. Teskey
Frank Limehouse
C. B. Goodman
W. Everette Salley
Ronald Salley Corley
Wise Woman and the Kitchen Clean Up
Fenninger recalls a burst of energy that tidied the kitchen cupboards leaving a mess of nearly empty cereal boxes and crackers. She scatters the leftovers for birds, notes the result, and christens the backyard birds and five fat voles as the Five Fat Varmints.
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Helen Mary Fenninger
Fenninger
Liz
Virginia
Early Chestnut-sided Warbler Sighting At Hatcher Yard
A noted yard birding couple, John and, Mrs Hatcher, logged an unusually early chestnut-sided warbler sighting. They record backyard species from feeders, sprinklers, and migrant arrivals, noting the date and yard activity with several birds present.
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John Hatcher