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r^if^ ^ ' / 'V?* fcv • ■ . » !t> • * ' . -*-■ r#'«^fwv < n« \ PAGE TWO THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1929 COUNTY TREASURER’S NOTICE 1928 The books of the County Treasurer will be open for the collection of taxes to:r the fiscal year, 1928, at the Treas urer’s office from October 15th to December 31, 1928.‘ After December 81 one per. cent will be added. After January 31st, two per cent will be added, and after February 28th, seven i per cent will be added until the 15th | GENERAL ASSEMBLY BRINGS PROLONGED SESSION TO CLOSE Gavel Falls Shortly Before Midhight and Members Go Home. * Enact’ Into Law Far Reaching Measures. Legislators Vote $125 Each Extra Pay. Columbia, March 17.—After what per cent win ue auueu until me xutu i ^ h j • a j • day of March, 1929, when the books will be closed. in closing message to the general assem^ bly as “one of the most progressive in All persons owning property more than one township are requested | history of the state, the 1929 ses to call for receipts in each of the sev- |sion of the general assembly was end- eral townships in which the property 11:30 o clock in the house of rep- is located. This is important, as ad- i resentatives Saturday night and in the ditional cost and penalty may be at- i senate six minutes later. The session tached. ' I was 44 days long. All able-bod'ed male citizens be- Delay in adjournment was occasion- tween the ages of twenty-one (21 > ® fisrht against the adoption of was ready to adjourn. The motion to adjorn was made in the house by Representative D. L. Smith, of Colleton, and the house was declared sine die at 11:30 o’clock by Speaker Hamblin. In the senate. Senators Hammond of Richland, Miller of Darlington, and Goodwin of Laurens, arose simultan eously to propose adjournment after Lieutenant Governor T. B. Butler had and sixty (60) years of age are liable to pay a poll tax of $1.00 except old soldiers, who are exempt at fifty (50) years of age. Commutation Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. All able- bodied men between the ages of 21 and 55 are liable to road duty except those in military service, school trus tees, school teachers, :ainisters, and students. Proper attention will be given those who wish to pay their taxes through the mail by check, mSney order, etc., giving name of township and number of school district.—" The tax levy is*as follows: State Tax 5^ mills County Tax 5\4 mills load and Bridge 5H mills Railroad Bonds 1 mill •Tail Bonds M mill.. Joad Bonds 11 mills concluded reading the final message the Spartanburg' county supply bill by! from his excellency, the governor. At Senator Gray, who fainted during a 11:36 o’clock, the senate was declared session of the free conference com- a^ourned sine die by the presiding of- miktee while the measure was under ficer. consideration. With the assistance of j As the 1929. session came to a close. Dr. S. T. D. Lancaster, member of I members of both branches of the as the house from Spartanburg county, Senatoi* Gray was revived and later taken to his room in a local hotel sembly parted with fond farewells and wishes of good health, happiness and prosperity until another session of the Considerable delay was also occas- j law making body shall be called to ioned bj/introduction of an amend-i meet in January, 1930. ment by Senator Martin of Orange burg, to a local bill, which would pro vide for empowering the chief high While members of both branches of the assembly walked from the build ing, 9ome to their homes in the city. "W.ay CKlgii'®*T to d^ide the location of i tome to their hotels and other to .au all highways in the 1924 highway act' tomobiles waiting to’ take them to their home towns, part of the electric lighting on the dome of the state capitol building was turned off, to re main in darkness for a period of nine and subsequent amendments. The free i)rdinary County Tax 5\4 mills conference^ committee report, which ^oad and Bridge 5% mills recommended passage of the measure, was rejected in the senate without roll call by a vote of 38 to 8. The senate | months. Two flags, the uppermost wiiuo i* ......o vote rendered unnecessary a vote in | that of the nation and one underneath Past Indebtedness 2 mills' the lower house which had already | the state of South Carolina, had Statewide School (6-0-1) 4 mills it>een called for when the clerk of the I Previously been lowered at sunset Weak and High Schools mill Constitutional School .3 mills senate appeared to announce that the senate had completed all business and The session which,began at 8:30 o’clock and continued until nearly midnight, was interspersed with busi ness and pleasure, particularly in the house. Addresses were made by for mer representatives, including Porter members Irom Richland county, and others. - • A Richland county bill relating to boni issue elections, was relegated to the legislative scrap heap soon after the house had convened for the final session. A resolution introduced by Repre sentative W. W. Smoak of Colleton, Total 38 mills, Xo. 3, Ekom (Sul. 17) 22 mills Laurens School Districts. j .\’o. 5, OakvHle 8 mills No. 1, Trinity-Ridge 16% mills ■ No. 6, Mount Pleasant 13 mills . j /-i j vt o ^ No. 2, Prospect .... 16 mills I No. 14, Waterloo 8 mills McMasterand Claude N. Sapp, former No. 3, Barksdale-Namie 16% mills i .No. 7, Mt. Olive 21 mills No. 4, Bailey 7 mills Cross Hill School District No. 5, Copeland-Fleming 8 mills Xo. 13, Cross Hill 21% mills No. 6, Oak Grove 6 mills Hunter School Districts No. 7, Watts Mills 8 mills | Xo. 3, Rock Bridge 6 mills No. 11, Laurens' 22 millsi Xo. 4, Wadsworth 8 mills No. 12, Ora 11% mills I Xo. 5, Clinton 23 mills Youngs School Dlstricta j No. 6, Goldville 4 mills No. 2, Friendship (D. 6) —24 mills, g^^tnards ' 8 mills I® delegation to represent No! si ' ?? mllbiNo: R-4i Reedervlii'e mlllj IIn Washington at the un- No 6* Cpntral lou mills -No. 16, Mountville ... 21 mills ! statue to General \Vade iNo. b, central 10% m | s . i, c u i n- ♦ • ♦ Hampton in the hall of fame in April. No. 7, Youngs 17% mi s ^ Jacks Schcml Districts ^ P i No I'n »,}?■"’! i'l “ ’ resentatives D. L. Smith and W. W. 1 No 3 B^o?ntlin'l™''~'^^^ ml 11 ^ !! Smoak of Colleton f J.D. Lancaster of! No. 3.B, Fountain Inn ,24 jnllls .\o. 3, Renno mi s ^ Greenville, Nor. I No. 4, .No white s^ool 3 m.lls s. Richards of Kershaw. Richard! No. 6,0’Dells \ 8 mills ■ E. Broome of Richland, and James R. No. 7, Garllngton 3 mills • Coggeshall of Darlington. A dele- No. 16, Hurricane 6 mills ! gation from the senate was named Scuffletown School Districts | Saturday morning by Lieutenant (]rov- No. 1, Long Branch 8 mills ' ernor Butler. No. 2, Musgrove 8 mills i Mrs. Sara Lee Fair, of Norfolk, Va., .No. 3, Langston 3 mills ^ho is serving her third term as a No. 4, Sandy Springs 4 millf Qf Virginia house of rep- No. 10, Lanford 24% mills i i-esentatives, and who is prominently No. 12, Ora 11% mil s i ^ candidate for lieuten- No. 3, Poplar Springs 25 mills Persons sending in lists of names ^^t governor of Virginia in 1930 ad- No. 7, Brewerton 16 mills i to be taken off are requested to aand|,,„„^ branches of the South No 17, Hmkory Tavern 22 mjlls | them early and give the toWnship and | Carolina general assembly prior to ad. Railroad Tax 3 mills'school district of each, as the Treas-, • . « ^ * Waterloo School District, | urer is very busy during the month of “'J No. 1, Mt. Gallagher 12 mills December. No. 2, Bethel Grove : 9 mills| ROSS D. YOUNGa . No. 4, Center Point 14 mills tf County Treasurer bulletin, published by the department of agriculture , Governor Richards during the day sent a message to the 'senate with drawing the name of Senator F. C. Roibinson of McCormick, as nominee for the state tax commission, to suc ceed J. Fraser Lyon. The senate had referred the nomination to, its judici ary committee, which was ^ taken as meaning the nomination would not be acted upon. The withdrawal, the gov ernor said, v/as at the request of Sen ator Robinson. Senator Miller rr.ove^that the mes sage be relerrei to the judiciary com mittee, as had the nomination Friday night, but when Senator Jefferies of Colleton, announced that the gover nor had assured iiim he would send no more nominations to the present ses sion, Senator Miller withdrew his mo tion. The house of representatives refus ed to enter in its journals a protest made at a ratification joint session Friday against the six-cent gasoline tax. This protest had been made by a group of representatives, led by sev eral from Spartanburg and Andersom A Resolution was adopted to send a committee of three senators and three representatives, with the reading clerks of the two houses, to the un veiling in Washington on April 20. The lieutenant governor named Sena tors Mary G. Ellis.«of Jasper county,', Hodges of Greenwood, and Thompson of Oconee. The reading clerks are^ A. E. Hutchinson in the house, and; W. Anderson Clarkson in the 'senate. I Important legislation adopted dur-1 ing the session included passage of | the $65,000,000 state highway bill and a measure which provides for six i cents tax on each gallon of j^soline, I the extra cent to be applicable to con struction and maintenance of lateral or cross-country roads, an appropri ation of $25,000 for advertising the natural resources of the state, exemp tion of new industries and a proposal to exempt new agricultural projects from county and state taxes for a pe riod of five years. A bill by Representative J. Swin- ton Whaley of Charleston, providing! for abolition of the five mills proper ty tax, passed the house and will be presented in the' senate in 1930. Amendments to the state highway system by legislative enactment pro vide for increasing the state system from^ 5,800 miles to approximately 6,000 miles, including route 31, the old state road between Columbia and and Charleston. Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C., onjtfarch 22, 1929, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration shoufa not be granted. Given under my hand this 7th day of March, A. D., 1929^ 0. G. THOMPSON, J. P. L. G. LISTEN IN Sunday Evening for the ENNA JETTICK Broadcast Hub program of “Songs You’ll Love to Hear” is m being broaidcast « / oveg the Blue Network Chain hy The Enna Jettick Health Shoe for women You can get this program thro station WS B at S (our time) COME IN Monday Tellua ho\v you liked it« Let us show you the variety of Enna Jetticks we carry an<i how well we can fit you—from Extra Narrow to Extra Wide BLAKELY BROS. CO. ’Clinton’s Exclusive'Shoe Store” Dials School Districts No. 1, Greenpond 10 mills No. 2, Eden 17% mills No. 3, Shiloh (Sul. 17) 22 mills No. 5, Gray Court-OwIng»)-^24 mills No. L-3, Barksdale-Namie.. 16[% mills No. 8, Merna (Sul. 17) -..^2 mills No. 3-B, Fountain Inn mills Sullivan School Districts No. 1, Princeton 22 mills No. 2, Mt. Bethel 8 mills CITATION FOR LETTERS OF AD.MINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, Laurens County. By 0. G. Thompson, Probate Judge: Whereas, Mrs. Jennie F. Odiorne made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the estate and ef fects of Mrs. R., A. Farmer. These are therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Mrs. R. AT. Farmer, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court'of THE TALE LITE Published By the Back Seat Driver Vol. 1 March 21, 1929 No. 49 Published for the benefit of the motorists of Clinton and vicinity By^ the La ^4 ^4 Clinton Motor Co. '^- E. ‘ D*^.C«AIG; Editor Clinton is conUjy^^ th.o.^Cront. So is spring. We have added a-very important asset to our business in the last week. We have a nice young lady in our office department. It is hard to get along without the ladies. It used to be “your town” and “our community”— now it’s our community. We hope the ladies will feel free to make us a visit at all times. Let us forget the old idea that an auto mobile place is no place for a lady. Man is like a tack, useful if he has a good head on him and pointed in the right direction — but even though he is driven he can only go as far as his head will let him. New car sales are fine. We have less cars on hand than we have had since Christmas. Place your order now for spring delivery. AlPnature takes on a new ap pearance when viewed from the porch of your own home. ok r e continue to sell people a sec- I New Ford Car. Baldwin’s Gro cery added a New Ford Truck this week. Another nice thing about having a home is that it gives you a place to wish you were away from. The first to buy two New Fords was Dr. B. H. Henry; then T. J. Blalock and Dr. J. Lee Young. Lady: “Some Risers, please.”' DeWitt’s Early We have added more to our shop and are ftill unable to keep upr with the work. Bring us your repair work and if we don’t have the men to do it we will gdJ on rrtore. Out shop is plenty large to add to. Clinton “ ‘ Co. Authorized FORD Sales Service Clinton, S. C. i ''i P. YOUR MOUTH YOUR TEETH A GATEWAY THE GATES If Your Teeth are Kept Clean, and Your Gums Are Healthy, the Food You Eat is Less Likely To Cause Illness. Yo«r Digestion Will Be Better, and Your Health Will Improve. TO ENCOURAGE CLEAN TEETH, WE MAKE THIS SPECIAL COMBINATION OFFER- DR. WEST’S TOOTH BRUSH DR. WEST’S TOOTH PASTE 50- the house committee on schools and colleges and is a loyal Democrat. “Virginia went imti-Smith, not pro- Hoover,” shf declared in her address Saturday night,“and we have been i sorry ever since. Our state at present ^is in the throes of a political campaign but we will emerge with a Democratic j governor. I admit the state behaved I horribly in national affairs in 1928, but we will right ourselves in public opinion in 1930.” A portion "of the ad dress was given over to the consoli- ^dation of governmental offices during [the administration of Governor Harry i Byrd. I The legislature, as one of the last important acts of the session, voted a resolution to increase the pay of each member by $125. A number of bills providing for ad ditions to the state highway system were left on the calendar in the sen ate. ^ SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY CORNER AT UNION STATION PHONES 377 and 400 Street Tax Notice! Street Taxes for the Town of Clinton are due and payable on or before the 3lst of Mari^ 1929 All able-bodied male citizens between 18 and 50 years of age are subject to street tax. Tax $3.00. After March 31st, $4.00. - 1 , p. C. HEUSTESS, -CSty^lCTk and Treasurer. f * w There was much singing and a mock session or two. A novel feature for the closing hours was introduced by i A. E. Hutciflnson, reading clerk of the ] house. He had all the members of the' house stand in the aisles of the hall! and then march in a sort of perpetual line, so that each man passed every < other man and shook hands. Many members characterized it a “love feast,” and praised the reading clerk for the idea. ^ A large delegation from the house marched to the senate chanfber sing ing “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah,” and “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” fn the senate a humorous session was held and Dr. Olin Sawyer of Georgetown, made a speech filled with humorous references to members and measures. Representative Mefilvaen oi Sumter, also entertained, with singing and whistling. A bill by Repjpesentative Keith, to require that all aurety bonds in con nection with state highway Contracts be handled by the state sinking fund commission, was postponed to 1980. A bill to instruct the sinking fund commission to investigate the situa tion surrounding highway aurety bonds was passed. The^nate by a vote of 20 to 9 sus tained the house in ovwHdil^ the gor ernor’s veto of an Hem of $15,000 for a new building at .the State Trhininf school at Clinton ai^ by 4t-vota ^ 10 to 1 sustained the house in overriding the veto of $12,000 for the market S j'-. ^ > This Easter, Boys Are Ludky Jt J^EVER before have We been alije to offer such values as these “ilonny Boy” Suits represent. The styles are real^^boys’ styles—snapllll^ but comfortable. And they are tailored like a man’s fine suit. Every ‘wnny Boy’’'suit we have is made of long-wearing, > all-wool fabrics, sititdily - J stitched, and with reinforced pocket thai .can^ 'rip or tear—*ap4 they are guaranteed for service by ourselves and the makers. The suits are made for boys of all ages up to 18 years, with two pAifis of long trousers. ‘‘Sonny Boy” clothes are made to stand up undet the hard knocks, of school and schoolboys’ play. MEN’S DEPARTMENT Copeland-Stone Compairy “One Price yo AU” Phone 47 Clinton, C. r-» r Jri n rj r-i rJ , \ ■ , w • < \ V , '-.i •'4 ■K ■■