> PAGE EIGHT THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CUNTON. 8. C. -t THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2S. 1929 No Vote Yet ' On Road Bill because of the highway bonds, Mr. McCaslan assured members. “If the revenues are insufficient, you can in crease the gasoline or license tax, and rightly so. But the revenues will be Continued from page one) lay would be sufficient'and that the J sufficient/ ’Mr. McCaslan said that in bill should be amended. j spite of flood and storm last year li- A complaint that “the cards have j cense and gas tax revenues had in- been stacked and the steam roller; creased $480,000 over the previous started rolling,” was made by P. D. lyear. Huff of Laurens, who made a warm i “The trouble with the tnvo-cents for attack on the highway department. A county roads,” he said, “is that it is dispute with J. B. Parrott, of Laurens^ a bond bill supporter, over the condi tion of certain roads in that county. not being put on county roads but on state highways.” Mr. McCaslan argued that at present some $130,000 of PARROTT FAVORS BOND ISSUE BILL Local Representative Explains Posi tion Op $75,000,000 Road Bill and Answers Objection of Critics. Representative J. Bamie Parrott while in the city over the week-end, gave out the following statement on the statewide bond issue bill recently passed by the senate and now before the house for adoption: KIWANIS KORNER ‘WE BUILD" ‘Apparently there is a great deal of ] The Kiwanis meeting last Thursday occasioned the remark from Mr. Hufi Greenville county's annual $1’'•<"'8'' try roads. This ‘ will net us about Lport. twenty-five thousand dollars a year J. HajrN’ey Witherspoon of the city be the first judge df whether a bill , commerce officials by E. ygg this'purpose and in addi-j schools, was an invited guest and ad- was constitutional. \ ; ’ Culbertson, of Newberry, president j yjjjyp introduced a bill to j dressed the club on G?orge Washing- Assailing the bondVill as extrava- organization. place an additional Ic tax on gasoline ■ ton in a very interesting and thought- gant, he declared that it was far more \ Institutions that have inJiL’ated they | which is to be used for cross country | ful talk. He had been^told that some than'needed to complete the entire send representatives include: Cit- loads also. With the above amount, | of the members knew system. adel. College of Charleston, Wofford, •’—j— ■* Clardy by Ida Doster and John M. SPSCIAUSTS Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribad Doster of Richland County, S. C., by j 15 west Main Street Phone 101 deeJ of date, Nov. 23, 1922.” i Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service All persons bidding on said lands ^ Clinton, S. C, What will c’uy do with the bal-! University of South Carolina, Pres- little of the this wdll give us approximately forty-1 founder of their country and he did a seven thousand dollars for this work,; good job in trying to impart knowl- ance?” he asked. “I hope they use byterian college, Clemson, Erskine and which is more than the amount we are ! edge into the gang, some of it to pay the three rflillion Furman. ; now receiving. Even if the Ic addition-! Mr. Witherspoon didn’t put much i dollar deficit.” ! Colleges are now arranging con- No tax will'ever fall on property tests to select representatives. Street Tax Notice! 01 Street Taxes for the Town of Clinton are due and payable on of before the of March, 1929 All able-bodied male citizens between 18 and 50 years of age are subject to^treet tax. " ' — ^— - Tax $3.00. After March 31st, ^^.00. D. C. HEUSTESS, City Clerk and Treasurer. al tax fails, I believe that the levy'j emphasis on George’s cherry tree epi-j will take care of our cross country , soie—in fact in polite language he | roads better than arrangements in the called it all an “untruth” and a fal-1 past. I lacy that the young should not be fed “Some £ay that we have no assur- upon. j ance that gasoline and automobiles' Mr. Witherspoon said Washington | will be usei twenty years from now.' was first in war, first in peace and | For that matter, w‘e have no assurance i first in ths hearts of his countrymen. | that the sun will rise again. However, A reviewr- of his achievements and | I know that some form of conveyance; nohHity was given by the speaker, will be used twenty years from now W’ashington teaches us, said Mr. With-■ and that some form of power or fuel i erspoon, that to be “first” we must j will be necessary to propel them and have high qualities of heart and mind, that this same tax can be and will be must strive to be honest and kind, i i to applied at such time as necessary. must apply ourselves thoroughly - “.A statement is prevalent in Clin- whatever we wish to do well. I ton, that Laurens county will have ’ Washington as citizen, president ! only one strip of road consisting of and lawmaker was highly praised. He ! nine miles that will be paved. Laurens : rose to great esteem, saii Mr. W’ither-1 county has oiie hundred and five miles * spoon, because of qualities that are ! in the Pay As You Go act for hard j worthy of emulation. He did not come! .surface. We have a total of one hun-1 “first” by pushing others to the rear, j dred and sixty-three mtles in the sys- ’ He became a leader both in war and tern and there is a great likelihnoi of j peace, through his intrinsic ability highway number 56 in its entirety be- and intelligence, the speaker declared, ing placed in the Pay As You Go Act. j Mr, WLtlierspoon’s address was one “Further criticism is absolutely un-1 to which the Kiwatilans listened with called for. That is, criticism of the! the greatest interest because of its .State Highway commission and the I timeliness and its departure from the question as to their ability and their j usual, and was voted all right. Harvey j trustworthiness to spend seventy-five was thanked and invited to come back ' million dollars. The majority of us do [again. ‘ I I ! < ► not realize that the State Highway . department and the State Highway, QUgg AttCRdS commission have already spent fifty-j ' . j six million dollars in the past five' v>'n6VrOlCt M.0Ct 1 years. The state has secured the ser-, I vices of a.s fine auditors as can be had , Chevrolet Motor company has es- ‘ without finding where any of this fif- tablished as its 1929 production quota ] Tr'^ New Series ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Building & Loan March 10,1929 ty-six million dollars has been misap-: 1,250,000 pa.ssenger car—'«nd propriated or used unwisely. according to Charles G. Giles, “As stated in the beginning, I write who h6s just returned from Columbia this in my defense, in the defense of; where he wa.s in conference with fac- the State Highway department, 'the »tory and zone sales executives. State Highway commission, my coun-1 Mg. Giles was enthusiastic- in his o oiatt’ nijcimay vuiniiiir'»iuii, iiiy vuuii-| atw* vnito ciitiiusiastic- ui { ty and my state. I do believe that the comments on the meeting which drew majority of our citizens will back me* into Columbia, 110 dealers from South up in my stand if they will get a true Carolina. The dealers convened at the conception of what this will mean to j Columbia theatre, last Wednesday af- iouT county and state and not allow tornoon, where they witnessed the <; themselves to become prejudiced by most unique sales meeting ever .spon- the editorials in some of our daily son d by any company in the industry, papers. Any delay -will but make our Following the meeting there was a road system cost us a great de^rl = banquet at the Jefferson hotel, fea- /! tured by an elabrate display of en- more. I J. BARNIE PARROTT. < ► I Books are now open at The Com mercial Bank for subscription to Series F. Liberty Building and Loan Association. < ► Collegiate Suits for Spring wear in ^ , j- i. x* i j ^ ► I- Ui J J 1 1 nn ! Douglas, according to Mr. Giles, made light and dark colors-$25.00. iu x r- j i- .u i . ' the unqualifiei prediction that not , , 'only would Chevrolet build 1,250,OOO^! .New .Sprmp Caps for mm anf boys.' j 1 but that their car.s would be sold as j I quickly as they were produced. I^ast year, according to Mr. Douglas, Chev-; sustained This new series begins March 10, 1929. Those who contemplate build ing a home as well as those who wish to begin a regular system of saving should join us. Building & Loan Association H. D. HENRY, President F. M. BOLAND, Sec.-Trea8. COPELAND-STONE LOCALS tertainment. At the afternoon meeting, Giles leaid, he heard from the lips of M. D. Douglas, assistant general sales max- *ager, the most inspirational sales dis- i cussion lie has ever heard since he en- • tered the automobile business.. Mr. Spring Neckwear I new colors. • in the .season’s . rolet sustained its position as the LadmsV Novelty .Shpp.r^.n patent. , , automobile manufac-: I leather, ami Doval San