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f f AGE TWQ THE CUNTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1924 Officers Named For New Year Lccal Eastern Star Chapter Elects Officers For Ensuing Year. The Eastern Star chapter at its closing meeting of the year, held dur ing the past week, elected the follow ing officers to serve for the enusing year: Worthy Matron - , Mrs. Bessie Leake. Worthy Patron, Mr. Frank Boland. Associate Matron, Mrs. H. D. Ran- tin. Conductress, Miss Julia Ferguson. Associate Conductress, Mrs. Mary Adair. ' Treasurer, Mr. Geo. W. Copeland Secretary, Miss Roslyn Blakely. Ada, Mrs. Ella Denson. Ruth, Miss Inez Owens. Esther, Mrs. Mary Leaman. Martha, Miss Inez Blakely. Electa, Miss Minnie Moore- Chaplain, Miss Maud Pearson. Marshal, Mrs. Ella Boland. Organist, Mrs. S. B. Hayes. Warder, Mrs. Marne Johnson. Sentinel, Mr. Lee Stone. JM?R0YD UNIFORM INTERNA? IONA; (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D.D., DMta of the Evening School. Moody Bible ln- etltute of Chicugo.) (©. 11*24, Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for December 28 THE REVIEW—THE CENTRAL PERIOD OF CHRIST’S MINISTRY GOLDEN TEXT—"He that hath sens Me hath seen the Father."—John 14:9. PRIMARY TOPIC—Things That Ja- eua Said and Did. JUNIOR TOPIC—Jeaua Shows Hla Wisdom and Power. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—Leeaon of Jesus’ Central Year. YOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Central Period of Chrlat’s Ministry. The best way to conduct the review for adults Is to present the heart of each lesson. This can be done by mak ing assignments to the members of the class a week ahead, or by asking all members of the class to prepare on each lesson and the teacher to skiU- fuffy draw the central teaching of the lesson from the class. The following suggestions are offered: Lesson I. Having proclaimed the laws of the Kingdom and wrought miracles to demonstrate His power to administer the affairs of the Kingdom, Christ sent forth the twelve to propa gate the Kingdom. He had not only power over the chief foes of mankind, sin, sickness, demons, storms, etc., but STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES i a*. riti* (III puiUk FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND NOVEMBER, 1924 A RECEIPTS September October I $ 2,003.65 899.87 66.^5 237.50 85.38 284.11 Popular Saleslady Resigns Position Miss Ella M. Adair, Tor tbe past twelve years connected with B. L. King as saleslady, has resigned her position effective January first, much to the regret of her firm and hun dreds of friends and customers. As a saleslady, Miss Adair is well known, and quite popular with the ‘ giveThaT power to h'ls’disciples', public, always courteous ar.d affable j Lesson II. This is the model prayer in her manner and anxious to please for the dlsclp | es- True prayer is the her customers. Not only as a saleslady, but as a collector, she holds an envia ble reputation and knows how to go out on the highways and do what what many other collectors fail to do—get the money. Sheds a valua ble addition to the well known firm with which she is connected, and her friends regret that she is no longer to fill her familiar place behind the counters. Miss Adair expects to go to Tampa, Fla., in January, where she will spend quite a while. Cash t on hand and in banks September 1st, 1924 Light Revenue Water Revenue Business License Police Fines Real & Personal Property Tax Real & Personal Property Tax Penalty—1924 Street Paving Assessment Rebate on War Tax (Fuel) Bad Check Account Real & Personal Property Tax (Years 1920-1923) Real & Personal Property Tax Penalty (Years 1920-1923) Telephone Calls Surplus Account '^-——: Rent Received Street Tax Notes Payable Fuel, Sold *. Tools Sold Advances Rebate on Fire Insurance Plant Maintepance (Cut in Lights) 25.50 1.77 1.80 370j0O~ 60.00 4.00 13,399.52 $ 2,280.78 881.31 57.00 422.50 10,186.66 729.29 167.99 120.62 November I $ 2,299.81 713.68 106.00 362.50 23,251.28 17.79 33.62 $ 61,238.32 13.00 1.21 1.60 Accounts Receivable j Bank Transfer 1 Water Meters 69.92 2,480.20 LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS Clinton, S. C., Dec. 22. Dear Santa: Please fill my stocking with the following things: one tricycle, a cellu- 60.00 2.70 £.05 6.00 500.00 13.50 Light Meters 60.00 15,000.00 25.00 8.90 “3.50 88.20 12.00 and candy, Your friend, LetitU Jones. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. '< Re: Estate of W. H. Stone, deceased. communion of the human personality with the divine personality. The su preme need is a right relationship on the part of the human. He must be able to say “Our Father.” Without becoming a child of, God through faith In Jesus Christ, no one can pray ac ceptably. Lesson III. The parable of the sower Caches that the measure of fruitfulness from the sowing of the Word of God is determined by the condition of the human heart. Lesson IV. Although Jeijus was a seal man and therefore needed rest after His strenuous day of teaching. He was also divine as shown by His power to still the stormy sea by mere ly speaking a word. Lesson V. The parable of the Prodl- | tral interest is not In the return of a prodigal, hut In the loving heart of our Father God. Lesson VI. In this lesson we see Jesus feeding a mulHtude with very scanty provisions. It shows that He oossesses creative power and therefore Is God. While the creation of the Total Receipts Total Grand Total $19,989.97 $15,382.00 $41,996.49 $ 77,368.46 $138,606.78 THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT COVERS RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENT^ OF THE RECENT $100,000.00 BOND ISSUE, FOR THE MONTHS SEPTEMBER, OCTO BER, AND NOVEMBER, 1924. > RECEIPTS Water Works Improvement Bonds Less Discount Net Available for Disbursements $70,000.00 700.00 $69,300.00 DISBURSEMENTS Sept. ’ Oct. Nov. $ 633.47 32,600.00 , 770.00 Mis. Materials, Etc. 3,484.66 $31.08 $957.48 $4,035.39 $42,312.08 Balance on Hand 70% of Bond Ex. LJ.&F.L.Wagner Rights of Way $26,987.92 Sewer Extension Bonds Less Discount Net Available for Disbursement RECEIPTS $30,000.00 300.00 $29,700.00 30% of Bond Ex. $ 288.61 Geo. C. yOdiorne on Account 3,500.00 Mis. Materials, Etc. $ 2.53 DISBURSEMENTS Sept. Oct. Nov. $ 2.63 $ 399.86 $ 4,128.47 Balance on Hand Total Bank Balance*: First National Bank Bailey’s Bank Commercial Bank $25,571.53 $52,559.45 $17,185.66 17,686.90 17,686.89 \ $52,559.45- FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF % THE CITY OF CLINTON, S. C. NOVEMBER 30, 1924. DISBURSEMENTS food was the Lord’s part yet the dls- ciples had to distribute the food cre- Notice is hereby given that I will I ated . and on the part of the people on the 23 day of January, 1925, piake a final report to O. G. Thompson, Judge of Probate, for Laurens Coun ty, and render an account of my acts and doings as executor of the Last Will and Testament of W. H. Stone, deceased; and will on the said 23 day It was necessary that they should obey the Lord and eat.. Lesson VII. The central teaching of Peter's confession of C'hrlJt Is that Jesus Is the Christ the Son of the liv ing God. Lesson VIII. In the transfiguration of January, 1925, apply to said Court portrayed the method of the messl- for final discharge as executor of the Last Will and Testament of W. H. Stone, deceased. B. H. BOYD, l-22-6tc • * Executor. 666 is a prescription for Malaria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Bil- lious Fever. It kills the germs. Light & Water Sal. & Wgs. $ 739.00 $ 563.33 $ 565.00 Plant Main. & Supplies 122.52 1,099.63 1,359.06 Light & Water Service Main .50 Fuel 784.75 838.56 ~ 695.49 Street Maintenance 689.61 1,034.09 3,019.53 Light Material 5.00 .8.00 Water Material 36.29 8.00 Live Stock Expense 185.00 Police Salaries 599.54 525.00 595.00 Police Department Expense 15.77 123.30 101.65 Administrative Salaries 240.25 264.66 233.35 Office Expense 9.01 13.16 Ptg., Adv., and Stationery - 49.60 206.21 61.50 Donations 5.00 111.50 Bad Check Account 2.00 t 3.00 115.58 General Expense 368.43 5.16 41.70 Water Ex. & Improvements 57.74 Fire Department Expense 9.46 Rent 47.50 25.00 25.00 George C. Odiorne 3,500.00 » Telephone and Telegraph 24.13 48.63 36.45 Accounts Payable 1,257.16 Real Estate 1,498.50 -t Bank Transfer 2,480.20 500.00 Interest on Bonds 300.00 - Office Equipment 60.38 • * Notes Paid 2,500.00 n.ioifa 36,420.00 Interest on Notes 1,244.22 Transfer Bond Funds 57,983.26 Insurance 47.00 166.75 Interest and Discount 177.05 Water Meters 116.30 Rebate on Taxes, 1924 19.37 Total Disbursements $73,268.97 $16,742.53 $45,151.07 Total v Cash on hand in banks December 1st, 1924 Grand Total COLD CREAM POWDER A day's use of Armand under the most trying conditions of heat, wind or exercise will prove its unfailing power to keep your skin and complexion always up to their best. Just the qualities you’ve hoped for and never be fore found. Armand Cold Cream Powder, »L00 to $10.00. Armand Bouquet, Powder. *0 cents. Sadler-Owens Phmcy. Phone 40.) anlc Kingdom as well as the message of the King to his discouraged dis ciples. He showed the discouraged and despondent disciples that beyond the cross which they so keenly re sented would come into realization the Kingdom which they hoped for. Lesson IX. The parable of the Good Samaritan teaches that my neighbor Is the one who needs my help; and that being a neighbor means to be on the lookout for those In need and to ren der assistance to the limit of my abil ity. Lesson X. The opening of the eyes of the man .born blind is an acted par able illustrating in the physical sphere 1 the working of divine grace in the spir itual sphere, as experienced in the [ salyatlon of a soul. j Fighting Lesson XI. The raising of Lazarus Disorderly Conduct from the dead not only assures us 1 Drunk that there will be a resurrection of stealing the dead hut that Jesus Christ Is the ■ Tra orti and Selli Li resurrection and the life. 1 Lesson XII. God became Incarnate In order to reveal Himself to the world. God can only be known as tne Son reveals Him. Petty Cash Bailey’s Bank Commercial Bank First National Bank Accounts Receivable Notes Receivable , ^ Assessment of Street and Sidewalk Paving Street Equipment Fire Department Equipment Police Department Equipment Office Equipment Plant Service Truck Tools—Light and Water Tools—Street Live Stock Light Material I*ight Meters Water Material Water Meters Sinking Fund Investment Light and Water Plant Rights of Way Light & Water Plant Extension Sewerage System Sewerage Extension Street Paving Sidewalk Paving' Real Estate City Hall Building Curbing and Gutters Preliminary Water and Sewer Taps Accounts Payable Notes Payable Accruals for Closing Bonds—6 Percent Refunding Bonds—5 Percent Water & Lights Bonds—5 Percent Water Works Extension Bonds—o fv-reent Sewerage System Bonds—5 Percent Street Equipment Bonds5 Percent Waterworks Improvement $135,162.57 Bonds—5 Percent Sewerage. Extension Assets i 25.00 2,644.59 125.52 674.10 1,147.08 401y04 14.283.54 1,380.37 2,489.80 574.55 1,274.44 451.50 451.79 52.25 1,362.50 13.00 256.81 88.24 .94 6,250.00 113,491.64 500.00 6.24 31.844.54 4,128.47 157,144.81 36,728.93 7,274.25 12,500.00 61,245.89 243.95 Liabilities 70,000.00 3,444.21 $138,606.78 POLICE RECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND NOVEMBER, 1924 SEPTEMBER Dockets Unpd Light Revenue Water Revenue Tapping Fees Paid Old Fines Pd Tax Penalty 1923 ) Tax Unpaid 1922 187.80 Tax Unpaid 1921 396.10 •Tax Unpaid 1920 315.60 Tax Unpaid 1923 270.48 217.75 87.21 15,000.00 1,665.48 10,000.00 26,000.00 20,000.00 45,000.00 100,000.00 30,000.00 6,584.24 2,494.86 ■54.00 1.21! Carrying Unlawful Gun Speeding Auto 2 14 4 2 1 1 3 Fighting Disorderly Conduct Drunk AUTO LIVERY CARS FOR HIRE Drive Yourself TOURING CARS BY THE MILE OR HOUR ELLIS MOTOR CO. Religious Experience Not every man who knows some thing about color is an artist, but a man can hardly he an artist without knowing something about color. Re-1 Transporting and Selling Liquor Hglous experience does not make one Carrying Unlawful Gun competent.to deal with all the prob- Speeding Auto lems of life, but one cannot deal with , H av ing Whiskey on Person them effectually without religious ex perience. That is why so many pro fessed exports fall.—The Congrega tional 1st. 27 OCTOBER $ 10.00 110.00 25.00 2.50 50.00 25.00 15.00 $237.50 $ Gambling 3 $ 20.00 $ 10.00 3 25.00 6 55.00 6 27.00 158.00 4 80.00 1 10.00 2 20.00 20.00 12 5.00 64.50 37- , $ 72.00 $422.5,0 229.75 4.00 1,022.50 33,453.95 19.56 82.50 Glad and Hearty Amen to All When the heart soil is right, culti vated by the operation of the TIo’y NOVEMBER Fighting Disorderly Conduct ! Drunk Spirit, there Is no questioning of God’s i dealings, neither direct, nor through j hteal, ng His hands (IJis lenders), hut a glad ; Transporting and Selling Liquor and Itearty amen to all.—Echoes. | Carrying Unlawful Gun ; j Speeding Auto Sense of Duty | Having Whiskey on Person A sense of duty may not be the Gambling highest motive, but the best men are moved by it—Herald and Presbyter. WHAT DO P. S. JEANS DO? Our Confession ^ We do not receive blessing because of our confession, but we are not blessed without It5~-F. E. Marsh. Ruled The world Is ruled by reason I the Christian Is ruled by tbs wisdom oi God.—The Lhlng World, Trespassing on Orphanage Prop’ty 5 1 7 4 1 4 1 3 1 $ 25.00 11.00 41.50 10.00 $ 40.00 10.00 64.00 28.50 100.90 60.00 10.00 15.00 5.00 r 20.00 10 00 Total November Total October Total September 27 37 27 V $ 87.50 72.00 $332.50 422.50 237.50 $ 30.00 ■ t 91 $159.50 # $992.50 $ 30.00 - 992.50 Grand Total Collected < s $1,022.50 (Continued on Next Column) License 1924 Real & Personal Proper License Receivable Street Tax 1924 Police Fines Real & Personal Property Tax 1924 Real & Personal Property Tax Penalty 1924 Fuel Light & Water, Salary and Wages ‘ Plant Maintenance and Supplies ' Insurance-*-Fire, Boilers, Etc. Street Maintenance Live Stock Expense Police Salaries Police Department Expense Fire Department Expense. Administrative Salaries Office Expense Printing, Advertising and Stationery Telephone and Telegraph Donations Rent Bad Check Account Interest and Discount Water Main Extension Interest on Bonds General Expense Advances L. J. & F. L. Wagner Water Extension and Improvements BOND BANK BALANCES: First National Bank J Bailey’s Bank Commercial Bank Surplus Account Total * ' , $573,954.54 $573,954^54 The above is a true arid accurate statement of the Receipts and Ex penditures : of the City of Clinton from September 1st, 1924, to December 1st, 1924. Also of Assets and Liabilities, Police Court Receipts, and Statui of Bond Funds. The Mayor or City Clerk will be glad to answer any que tions or give any information desired by the public in connection witi this statement. ) . (Signed) J. F. JACOBS, Mayor. (Signed) MARY CHALMERS, Clerk A Treasurer. 2,241.78 1,830.33 3,596.82 204.85 4,743.23 185.00 1,719.54 240.72 9.46 738.26 22.92 317.31 105.81 116.50 147.25 1,520.75 40.47 301.00 414.54 149.00 50.80 42,254.34 17,185.66 17,686.90 17,686.89 213,255.28