University of South Carolina Libraries
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1929 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CUNTON. S, C. PAGE THIRTEEN 4' t COUNTY TREASURER'S NOTICE 1929 The boo^s of the County Treasurer will be open for the collection* of taxes for the Hscal year, 1929, at the Treasurer’s .office from October 15th to December 31, 1929. After Decem ber 31 one per cent will be added. Af ter January 3l8t, two per cent will be added, and after Feb. 28th, seven per cent will be added until the 15th day of March, 1930, when the books will be closed. All persons owning property in more than one township are requested to call for receipts in each of the several townships in which the prop erty is located. This is important, as additional cost and penalty may be af.'.hcd. All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one (21) 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, ministers, and students. GOTHAM IS CITY OF THyiSSING More Than 23,000 Persons Disappeared in New York Last Year. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee Cotton Letter New York, Dec. 4.—Private esti mates from the soda jerkers union of Hoboken caused December to decline 24 points, but the horse-back riders straddled and sold short. Frost on the punkin was predicted as far south as; Florida last night, but on account ofi southern selling, hedging precipitated] a slant in March contracts, and very] few demands were made for call' money as the man who has it nowi seems somewhat deef since the stock j market broke . . . everybody e.xcepti the rich men who became richer. The farm relief board is still busy help-j ing the farmer, but nobody seems toj know how. We advise raisins in home- [ brew. ' 0 fl 1 I 0 I New York.—More than 23,000 per* tons were sought as missing In New York city last year. accordiDg to the annual report of the missing persona bureau of the police department made public recently. This is the highest number of cases reiwrted by the bu reau shjce Us inccptliin, according to Inspector Joseph Donovan, temporar ily in charge of this phase of the pa lice work. The figures for the current year, however, iM>lnt to the establishment ot a still higher record for 1929, bureau otiicluls said recently. More than 12 j q1,j that she was upj IXH) persons have been reported miss the county fair not long ago and' Ing so far tids year, they said. | gjje saw a hot dog jump out of a fry-! ing pan and chase an old man home,! and from heresay reports, it bit him I fjl right behind the smokehouse, but I, [j don’t believe a word of it. An analysis of the report showt that of the 23,147 actual cases rei)ort ed for 1928. 22,420 cases were sue cessfully concluded. This gives the Proper attention will be given those i missing persons bureau the excellent who wish to pay their taxes through! record of 97.02 per cent average of „ . u u -j- t khe mail by check, monev order, etc., j success. Inspector Donovan pointed o-yo-ing seems o e su si mg o giving name ot township and number "ut rl.n. the average rate o( saec«s 7‘- '"S'- school of school district.. ' in this work usunlly comes near W »" .v yo-yos apiece The tax levy is as follows: i State Tax 5 mills | Ordinary County Tax 5Va mills' Road and Bridge 10 mills' Railroad Bond 1 mill Road Bonds 6^/k mills Past Indebtedness 2 mills Statewide School (6-0-1) 4 mills Weak and High School 1 mill Constitutional School 3 mills per cent. 17,050 Are Located. The recapitulation of all the cases now’, and the old ladies have actually got dow-n to only 4 or 5. It’s funny how a craze runs its course and is soon forgot. Remember the walking In the report divides them Into fhiwcLy^^ 05. have, originating within New York dt, jh^ silver-buckled garters those coming from, other cities. On this basis the 1028 report reveals that 17.4.58 men and women from the five boroughs vanished. The missing per sons bureau located 17,050 of tliese In various parts of the world. The re Total 38 mills' 23.000 for last year Laurens School Districts of 19 and 20 ? And most of you recall | |] the ear-bob fad of 19 and 19, don’t you? Bustles were just as prominent when they bustled as some of these other things, but the extenuation soon eventuated up to the chest, and when 0 n 0 0 Shop Early Better Service—Better Satisfacticn Our Holiday Goods ARE NOW ON DISPLAY AND WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO CALL FOR AN INSPECTION. EVERYTHING CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED. EARLY SHOPPING AVOIDS INCONVENIENCE AND INSURES COMPLETENESS OF ASSORTMENTS Now’ Is the Time To Pick Out the Choicest Gift Things For Men — Women — Children — and the Home. were handled either as unidentified ' became the style to become flat up dead or were reported to the bureau | f^ere, every girl got flat. Oh, well, from nut of town police departments J Pass me the gravy, please. Of the 844 unidentified persons f'ound j ^ dead witldn the envinms of New York a history^of my, life lii.sf year. 713 were Identified. | flat rock, s. C. dec the 4, 1929. The missing persons bureau located deer mr. editor: 4.«m7 persons who ran away from I i have been asked by my many, homes outside of this city. A total of j friends to rite up a histry of my life] 4.745 out of town cases were turned and have it printed in the papers, and: ovor to the hureau during the year, i w’ill do so as followers: | 0 I 0 0 0 0 1 No. 1, Trinity Ridge 16‘>4 mills No. 2, Prospect 16 mills No. 3, Barksdale-Xarnie 18^ mills No. 4, Bailey 7 mills No. 5, Copeland-Fleming 8 mills No. G, Oak ^tove 6 mills No. 7, Watts Mills 8 mills No. 11, Laurens 22 mills No. 12, Ora ll^^ mills X, „ .„ : Thik lv.nrvs .,nl,v SS un.ccuntvd for No. 4. Bethanv 16 mills' ^CO.OOO Runaway.. No. 5, Grays 17 mills bnvetin la No 6 Central 10^^ mills H- A.vers with No. t! Youngs 17^2 mills 1 “ consisting of 37 men and d No 8 Warrior Creek 15 milk' detectives. Captain Ayers aa XT- ,'(\ T onfrvvri Oil/ *”ttiied Charge of this work in 1918 land tender the first few months ofi|_ WT ' D c, , ■ " V -11 ' Since his induction into office he haa my life and ketched nearly every-: || No. 0-3. Fountain Inn . ... 24 mills, ^ gOO.OOO runaway. !thing from the mumps on up. ' Dials School Districts w ’ I ■ i was horned in the state of georgy j betwixt brother bill and sister sue who: proceeded me to the grave with the! 7] measles ansoforth befoar they got big' 1- enuff to set alone, i was verry young j| No N No No. 5, Gray Court-Owings ... 24 mills No. L-3, Bark.sdale-Narnie..l6V.{ mills No. 8, Smyrna (Sul. 17) .....22 mills No. 3-B, Fountain Inn 24 mills Sullivan School Districts No. 1, Princeton 22 mills No. 2, Mt. Bethel 15 mills No. 3, Poplar Springs 25 mills v^ 1 10 rwUiai T'*'® ^^0 Toport do Dot Id , ^ ’ p,, ^ .:®l elude criminals and fugitives' from i was give up for ded by the dr. t 1 i-i ^ 99 ' h>-"tice who ore being sought by the when i was took down with the hives 40. 6, Shiloh (Sul. 1<) 22 mills I department on various’charges which settled in my a natomy onner The persons in whom this bureau i. count of being left out on the cold Interested are crlminnliy Inoffensjve. ^ damp ground 1 day while ma was cut- The police Interest in tiiera Is limited ting some stove wood with nothing to merely locating them for harassed much on except my baby clothes which relatives and finding out why they ran | made mostly for the house, but i got well 0. k. n “SCATTER SUNSHINE WITH DAVIS CHRISTMAS CARDS” Our counterxS are loaded with lovely Christmas Cards. We have just the sort you will Jike—gay cards, formal cards, cheery ones—cards of sentiment and beauty. Come in today—browze over our tables. Our de signs will intrigue you and a little money goes a long way at our card counter. Cards from Ic to 50c. GIFT DRESSINGS — DECORATED CREPE PAPER SEALS, TAGS, RIBBONS Everything needed to make distinctive Christmas Gift packages. We invite you to call and inspect our holiday goods. Make your .selec tions now. We will gladly put aside any articles you may desire for later delivery. STATIONERY DEPARTMENT Telephone 74 Clinton, S. C. ^r=ji=ii=IiS'» • II awny. inspector Donovan said. “Many of the runaways have tried to get awny from their poor environ No. 7, Brewerton 16 mills > ment,” Inspector Donovan pointed out. No. 17, Hickory Tavern 22 mills ‘They are In many instances clilldren Railroad Tax 3 mills i who have rebelled against a too rigid Waterloo School Districts No. 1, Mt. Gallagher 12 mills No. 2, Bethel Grove 9 mills No. 3, Ekom (Sul. 17) 22 mills No. 4, Center Point 14 mills No. 5, Oakville 8 mills No. 6, Mount Pleasant 13 mills No. 7, Mt. Olive 21 mills No. 14, Waterloo ^—8 mills Cross Hill School Districts No. 13, Cross Hill 21H mills Hunter School Districts No. 3, Rock Bridge 6 mills disclidine by tlieir parents or forced to flee overcrowded housing conditions of the poorer sections.of the city. In about 00 per cent of the cases they return of their ow’n volition, having found that paddling their own canoe in .strange waters was too severe a task. ‘‘The summer months always show a higher number of runaways. The i learnt to crawl betwixt my 4ih and 5th birthday and could clamb up by a i cheer and hold pas hand pretty’ soon and when a nother yr. rolled around, i was walking all about and could wash my own face ansoforth. i started to school when i was only 10, but my teecher wasn’t mutch, so pa stopt me and put me to plowing but i got plen ty edgercation for them times. i finely got grown and started to cavorting around w’ith the wimmen and i turned up married one Sunday mutch to the surprise of my home heat probably stirs their wanderlust Tn the case of runaway children, the ; folks and they made us move out to parents are often at fault because i our selves where we had a right hard VT°’ a M forget that children require ■ ! time, my wife turned ou to be a good _ f ’ Wadsworth ^8 mi Is j amount of liberty.” i field hand and me and her together i _= No. 5, Clinton 23 mills j i made pretty fair crops till the boll; ssz No. 6. Goldville 18 mills; rot t w’eevils and corn borrers set in and No. 7, Belfast 8 mills | Pays for Stolen Me&I then w’e commenced to slide back- No. K-19, Kinards 8 mills • Cleaning House wards. No. R-42, Reederville .....u 13 mills 7,^ ® 'M.x 1C 91 milk I Trinidad, Colo.—The fabled thief of No. IG, Mountville . . . .... 21 mills, evidence here a great many of our younguns was _ VT T Districts , g^irls ^hich was a mistake as they = No. 1, No white school .4 mills, returned from m would not plow and lal of it fell on No. 2, Shady Grove 11 mi s shopping tour she notlcei’ that smiie me, so i graduly got plum disgusted No. 3, Renno 16 mills j visited her home. She was with farming and started out to ped- No. 4, No white school 3 mills' {hau surprised to find the dlsh**i« dling beef which proved a blessing to No. 6, O’Dells o mills crashed, the floor swept' and things to 1 us all, and befoar w’e thought about No. 7, Garlington 3 mills j general tidied up. | it, i had saved up $19 and put it in the No. 15, Hurricane 6 mills i Making an Investigation she found j bank just befoar it busted and i had Scuffletown School Districts 1 this note: 1 to begin at the bottom again. 'No. 1, Long Branch 8 mills | “Dear lady: j i commenced to run for the offis = No. 2, Musgrove 8 mills' “Ate a little grub as I was broke of kurriner of our county and endur-| = ;No. 3, Langston 3 mills, 1 did not touch anything else in the ing the fifth attempt, i w’as elecked No. 4, Sandy Springs 4 mills housel but cleaned It up a little as n by a over whelming majority and i iNo. 1^, Lanford .'.....24Vii mills matter of returning a favor. I thank .bavehell this posishun ever cents, mr. No 12. Ora HVi mills' youse very lots. editor, plese rite or foam me if you “A HUNGRY MAN. piece and you can print it V if you want to. ‘ Start* Prairia Fira | yores trulie. They’re Rolling Out Fast At These Prices! WHO WANTS TO TAKE CHANCES WHEN NEW GOODYEARS COST SO LITTLE? , Building nearly twice as many tires as any other company — about 1 tire out of every 5 in the world today — Goodyear is setting the fastest pace in the industry for high quality at low cost. Why not come here where your dollars buy the most trouble-free mileage? We take a genuine inter est in seeing that you get absolute satisfaction at all times. It belongs to a family of pioneers, this rugged Pathfinder. A family with the greatest name in rubber. Big, hapdsome, rugged—broad of tread— you can see it is built for traction, and long, eco nomical wear. You can tell that here is high value at surprisingly low cost. GOODYEAR PATHFINDER TIRES High Pressure Size Cash Price 30x3 Cl. Cord 4 $ 4.68 30.X3 I/2 Cl. Cord 4.98 30x3'/2 Cl. CordOS 5.10 31x4 S. S. Cord 8.90 32x4 S. S. Cord .... 9.6O 33x4 S. S. Cord 10.20 32x4'/2 S. S. Cord 13.4.5 33x4»/2 S. S. Cord*. 13.90 34x4'/2 S. S. Cord 14.60 30x5 S. S. Cord HD . 20.45 32x6 S. S. Cord, 10 ply 35.65 Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off are requested to send them early and give the township and school district of each, as the Treas- j Red Bluff, CaliL—Eugene . Hardy urer is very busy during the month' turned Ids poeket inside oui when It i caught fire from a match. Ember.- i dropped to the dry grass on his grand nidflier's range land near here and tlie whole field blazed up. Firemen pin it out. ' Balloons = Size Cash Price mike Clark, rfd. — .of December. 10-Sl-tf ROSS D. YOUNG, County Treasurer. FRUIT CAKE Is a Wonderful Dessert Any Day. CLAUSSEN’S “Since 1841—South’s Favorite’ wmmMMmum mu »»»»»»»»»»»#«» \ \ New York Village | Outlaws Airplane % Pelham Manor, N. I.—The board of trustees of this village ^ has outlawed the airplane. The board passed the follow- i ing ordinance recently: I 11 “The construction on or use v i of any property in the village * for an airport, uviution field 01 ^ other Similar project or for the ij- commercial development of alr- plaDe.s, seaplanes, dirigibles or other flying devU’es Is probib : c H He ited." ♦ Sugfgestions for Christ mas presents: living room, bed room or din ing room suite, odd chairs, davenport or odd ^ table, electric lamps. = phonograph, enameled = table, kitchen cabinet != Bea^tyrest mattress, |= rugs, mirror, smoking 1= sets, end tables, cedar ^hest, card table, etc.is Buy now from us, we de- = liver Christmas. 29x4.40 S. S. Balloons $ 5.83 29x4.50 S. S. Balloons 6.65 30x4.50 S. S. Balloons 6.65 28x4.75 S. S. Balloons 7.90 29x4.75 S. S. Balloons 8.05 29x5.00 S. S. Balloons 8.35 30x4.75 S. S. Balloons 8.30 30x5.00 S. S. Balloons 8.55 Size Cash Price 31x5.00 S. S. Balloons $ 8.85 30x5.25 S. S. Balloons 9.85 31x5.25 S. S. Balloons 10.20 29x5.50 S. S. Balloons 10.45 30x5.50 S. S. Balloons 10.65 31x6.00 S. S. Balloons 1.3.40 32x6.00 S. S. Balloons 13.50 33.x6.00 S. S. Balloons 13.70 Good^ar Speedway Tires Cash Price $6.05 Size Cash Price Size 30x3^2 - $4*25 ‘ 30x4.50 29x4.40 5.35 McDaniel ValcaniziBg Works S Phone No. 2 R. P. Chapman, Mgr. W’’est Main St. \ PRATHER-SIMPSON jl FURNITURE CO. in ni