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.Vv*r Wj%WW* im' .'V<f< E SIX - THE CUNTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, IVU ni G innings to Dec. 13. Cotton ginning in Laurens county to December 13 were 23,301 bales, ac cording to telegraphic confirmation received by Mr. C. W. McCravy, sta tistician. To the same date last year 18j952 bales were ginned. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SundaySchool * Lesson’ asis&jgsN Piano $275.00 Player $420.00 rav:~F: i: wtew&tkh. u. a. r««dh«r of Cnaliah Bibto to tb* Maodf Blbl* Inatltut* of CbloMTO ) (®. HIS. Wcattrn Newapopar Union.) LESSON FOR 6 THE CHOSEN LEADER AND THE CHOSEN LAND LESSON TEXT—Oen. GOLDEN TEXT—"In the* shall all the families of tho earth be blessed."— Gen. 12:3. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Abraham, the Pioneer. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Abraham and the Micration to Canaan. Following Adam's sin and the con sequent min thereof God gave s promise of « Redeemer (Gen. 3:15). In providing this redemption God used NOTICE The books of the County Treasurer •will be open for the collection of Taxes for the fiscal year, 1923, at the Treasurer’s office from October 15th to December 31, 1923. After Decem ber 21 one per cent will be added. Af ter January 31st, two per cent will be added, and after Feb. 28th, seven per cent will be added until the 15th day of March, 1924, 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 pro perty is located. This is important, as additional cost and penalty may be attached. 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 trustees, school teachers, ministers, and students. Dog Tax $1.25, which most be paid not later than January fil, 1923. Proper attention will be given those who wish to pay their taes through the mail by check, money order, etc. The tax levy is as follows: 19tate Tax .... .... .... 6 miila Ordinary County Tax 5Mi mills Road and Bridge 4 mills Railroad Bond 1 mill Road bonds 7 1 * mills Past indebtedness *4 mill Jail Bonds V4 mil! Constitutional School .... 3. mills Total 28 mills Special Schools Dials Township Greenpond No. 1 8 mills Eden No. 2 - 12)4 mills Shiloh No. 3 :... 12 mills New Harmony No. 4 4 mills Gray Court-Owings No. 5 20)6 mills Barksdale No. 6 Consolidated 16 mills Dials Church No. 7 .... 8 mills Kerna No. 8 12 mills Fountain Inn No. 3B 24 mills Special Schools Sullivan Township Pnnceton No. 1 .... 17 mills ML Bethel No. 2 8 mills Poplar Springs No. 3 20 mills Brewerton No. 7 16 miila Merna No. 8 12 mills Hickory Tavern No. 17 .... 16 mills Local R. R. Bonds ..: 3 mills Special Schools Waterloo Township Bethlehem No. 2 4 mills Ekom No. 3 .... 17 mill* Center Point No. 4 14 mills Oakville No. 5 8 mills ML Pleasant No. 6 .... 12 mills ML Olive No. 7 — 15 mills Waterloo Town No. 14 fi mills Special Schools Laurens Township Laurens City 13)6 mills Trinity Ridge No. 1 16)6 mills Prospect No. 2 8 mills Laurens No. 3 16 mills Watts Mills No. 7 8 taiills Bailey No. 4 7 mills Copeland-Fleming No. 5 .... 13 mills Oak Grove No. 6 6 mills Ora No. 12 11)6 mills Special Schools Youngs Township Ebenezer-Patton 3 mills Friendship No. 2 8 mills Warrior Creek R. Old Field 8 mills deemer was to come and chose a land in which that nation was to live. That leader was Abraham and the land was Palestine. 1. Abraham, the Chosen Leader (Gen. 12:1-3; cf. 18:17, 18). L His Ancestors (Josh. 24:2, 14). Abraham's people were idolaters. Very likely as a young man he him self worshiped idols. Tradition fur nishes us with some Interesting stories touching his struggle against- idolatry. He knew how hopelessly disastrous idolatry was to the morals of the peo ple and, therefore, would he able to lead them back to God. 2. His Call (Gen. 12:1; cf. Acts 7:2, 3). God came to him in Ur of the Chaldees and said unto him, (1) “Get thee out of thy country." Abraham had lived long enough to have formed strong attachments to his country. (2) “Get thee out from thy kindred." Abraham was not only to leave behind him bis native land bnt his relatives as well, even bis father's house. Since his kindred were Idolaters, he must leave them. Abraham was to become a pilgrim, to be without a home. Even in Canaan, the only land he ever owned was a burial place. (8). “Into the laud that I will show thee." Ho was not told what or where the land was. “He went out not knowing whither he went." (Heb. 11:8). While he dwelt in tents during his earthly sojourn, yet “he looked for a city which bath foundations whose builder and maker la God.” (Heb. 8:10). 8. What God Promised Him (Gen. 12:2, 8). (1) The Father of a Great Posterity (v. 2). This has been liter ally fulfilled. So far aa the lineal de scendants of Abraham are concerned, hin posterity la great, but his spiritual aead la almost numberless. We are all children of Abraham by faith. (2). To Have n Great Name (v. 2). No name In all history equals that of Abraham In Ha honorable Influence. His Is the name of honor among Jews, llohnm- REAL HOME-LIFE AT THE STATE TRAINING SCHOOL Amid Home-Life Atmosphere Boys and Girls Romp, Play and Study Aa If Just a Great Big Family. -far~thir-day of machine Hka, soul Tess7 wKolesare ‘apgfitUmB -(me wuuW expect, in a State institution, parti cularly an institution for the care and training of the feeble minded, to find a cold, heartless, rigidly preemptory management under priaon-like, hard hearted regulations. And anticipating such a picture one would be greatly and agreebly sur prised upon a visit to the State Train ing School for the feeble minded in Clinton. Indeed thousands of homes will be found to be more lacking in the genuine home spiriL A recent visit to the institution found the children (for indeed they are all children, ranging from six to sixty years) happily engaged, some in study, some in useful work, some n providing this redemption und used 'leaii* sM ioIWl unru il uw limul JbttLjILgcgupied and happy the Ue^ The boys JhaiuuJbe..farming,ti >n£» gardening to do interspersed with a few hours on the baseball field or the basketball court or a few hours at basketry or’ rug weaving, carpentry or academic study. The girls studying practical domestic science, helping in the kitchen, din ing room or cottage, also have their games, their music, outings, their dancing, as well as profitable time spent at weaving, sewing and study. True the progress is slow and some times the improvement practically nil, yet, improvement or not they are 1 all occupied, happy, with their minds on the better and more useful things of life and their hands out of mis- chief. support to such a program by a ver bal and personal endorsement, made to their own county delegation, noth ing more would need to be done. Our law makers need only to be assured of our intereaL (This article js voluntarily writ ten by an interested citizen of South pastor of Lucas Avenue Baptist church. The deceased is survived by his wi dow and six sons, James Todd, Augus ta, Ga.; Albert W. Todd, North A»- fcusta; D. E. Todd, B. R. Todd, Acy Todd and Guy Todd, of the Barksdale community. WHAT DO P. S. JEANS TT* iJV *■. DOT fWin. whn n f hi, o„n aivnrd vr.1- » <11 i Ct? ♦ ♦ untarily studied conditions at the State Training School and gives his impressions resulting therefrom.) OUTLOOK BRIGHT * * FOR THE FARMER M. W. ADAMS Tinning and Plumbing vV Secretary of Agriculture Gives a Re view of Conditiona for Past Year. Washington, Dec. • 30.—Secretary Wallace, in a review of the year from an agricultural standpoint, declared in a statement tonight that conditions augured well for continued improve ment in the material prosperity of the American farmer. “The industry, courage and faith evidenced by the farmers of the na- ESTIMATES FURNISHED FREE We Guarantee Evervthinsr We Do TELEPHONE NUMBER 353 peeking for the source of happi ness portrayed by the broad smile 11)6 mills .... 17 mills .... 11 mills .... 16 mills .... 16 mills .... 24 mills Township . ”... 7 mills Ing to Others (w. 2, 8). He was not only to become great and share God’s blessings, but to be a blessing to others. Tills la the prevailing law of the spiritual life—being blessed to be a blessing. He was not td* go out pri marily for what he could_gel but for what he could do. Those who respond to this law of the spiritual life be come tbe very touchstone of God. so precious to Him that He will bless those who bless them and curse those who curse them, God makes common on every face, one would have to go back to the fundamental principles guiding the management of this well directed institution. The answer is found in the fact that every male or female is kept busy, every mind is kept occupied. The answer is al so found in the parental care and fatherly' and motherly affection shown by the officials of the institu tion. It is worth the trip of a hun dred miles to see the sparkling eye and the smile that will not wipe a siowiy TJrin: Secretary Wallace. “Improvement in agricultural conditions continues, not as rapidly as desired or needed, but nevertheless, it continues. “The promise of the year has been fulfilled. So we come to the end of the third year of post-war depression with a feeling of greater confidence born of better times already realized and with justified hope of still further improvement in 1924. “There are discouraging conditions still to be overcome. There is the burden of debt. There are heavy taxes to be met. The cost of pro duction and of what the farmers buy remains high. Farmers in the Spring wheat territory, especially, are in sore straits from conditions largely beyond their control. “Experience gained during the years of depression, however, to gether with progress already made, warrant hopeful attitude for the com ing year. Gradually crop acreage is being better adjusted. The domestic markets continue strong. The chil dren keep coming, and that means a steadily increasing number of months to be fed. Those who stay by the farm and do good farming can look forward to better times as a reward «■ Mother’s Bread Is No Longer | “In It.” (From December 29, 1923 Issue of Baker’s Weekly.) :: :: n - I for their years of toil and hardahipa. ,X if USed for feedin|t eX ? eriment »' Would furnish * rowth when the aupeHntendent or .ote one *»<*« <«- 3 and ^ and be Capable of bunding a body which COUtd superintendent of his official family is near. Close personal attention to the child’s needs, careful solicitation of the child’s comfort and peace of mind, a strong fatherly or motherly guidance and sympathy with the child’s trou bles, a deep appreciation of the child’s misfortunes and always a deep par ental love; these are the attributes so frequently seen at the institution that have earned for it not only the medans and Christians. (8). A Bless- title, “a real training school,’’ but more than that; the well deserved name “Home and Training School for South Carolina’s Unfortunates.’’ For indeed it is a home, a home in the true sense of the word. It ceases to be an institution the minute you en ter its gates. Thus it is that through an honest, consecrated, most useful service, the State of South Carolina is caring for it’s feeble-minded. Under the limi- cause with Hla people. To maltreat tations of aize and equipment the in- God’s children Is to lift tbe hand against God. No one who goes against Him can prosper. Bethel No. 4 Gray’s No. 5 .... _ Central No. 6 Youngs No. 7 Lanford No. 10 Fountain Inn No. 3B ... Special School Jacks Shady Grove No. 2 Renno No. 3 .... 16 mills Hatton No. 4 3 mills O’dell School No. 6 8 mills Garlington No. 7 3 mills Hurricane No. 15 6 mills Special Schools Scuffletown Township Long Branch No. 1 8 miila Byrd’s-Musgrove No. 2 8 mills Langston No. 3 3 mills Sandy Springs No. 4 4 mills JLapford No. 10 .... 16 mills ~ No. 12 14)6 mills if! Schools Cross Hill Township ^ Hill No. 1 2 mills Hill No. 2 8 mills ipg Grove No. 3 6 mills Hountville No. 6 .... .... 10 mills Hill Town No. 13 .... 15 mills Schools Hunter Township No. 1 12 mills. No. 2 8 mills Rode Bridge No. 3 6 mills' Jsworth Wad* No. 4 .._ 8 mills Reederville (part of No. 4) 13 mills GHnton No. 5 20)4 mills GoidviUe No. 6 «..., v 4 mills Kinards No. 49 (part of No; 6) 8 mills —• — vr A i « s 4. Hla Obedience (Gen Abraham fully obeyed God. At HU call he departed, went ouL not know ing whither he went. II. Paieatine, tha Cheaen Land. Although Abraham was a pilgrim and was permitted to sojourn In the land, the land itself was given to his seed. Israel, God’s chosen and most favored nation, the nation to whom He came nearest and gave moat, in order that they might pass on Hla goodness to the other nations of the world, was given the moat strategic position in tha earth. “Palestine was adapted a« no other country to God’s great purpose of establishing a pure religion and sending it to all the world. To this end a single nation was selected, trained and placed In the center of the world so that when the time came to pub lish the true religion all lands could be reached.” Full pence and blessing can only come to the world when Israel, the priestly nation, shall come back to her own land. 12:4-A). School there are a hundred similarly stitution could hardly do better. But could South Carolina do better? For every child in the Training rectly upon farm purchases can find decided encouragement in the grow ing gross income of the farmer, for he will buy as his income expands. “The year 1924 comes with the pro mise of continued improvement in the material prosperity of the farmer and the farmer continues to be the ma terial and spiritual backbone of the nation.'” W^PAT TODD Laurens, Dec. 30.—W. Pat Todd, well known citizen and substantial farmer of the Barksdale section of Laurens county, died at his home Thursday night, after an illness of seVefarweeks^daratioft. Funeral and burial services were held at Chestnut Ridge Baptist church Friday after noon at 3 o’clock, the exercises being conducted by Rev. Jodie A. Martin, “Home made bread no longer can compare with the product of the scientific bakeries.” No, this is not part of an advertisement of a baker but is the heading, in large type, over an article by Dr. Frederick W. Murphy in a recent issue of the New York Telegram. The Doctor conducts the pure food department of said newspaper, and it must be gratifying to the industry, indeed, to hear bakers bread thus publicly praised and upheld. In defining his conclusion Dr. Murphy says, among other things, ‘The commercial baking of break, through nu tritional studies, has advanced in greater proportion to its size than almost all other commercial food industries. a degree "J riU£ jority of that.which is produced in the home. I do not wish to belittle the efforts of the careful mother, but she has not had the time to follow the nutritional experi ments on feeding which have been conducted by baking experts, and therefore has continued to make the ‘staff of life’ upon the old recipe handed down to her. I doubt very much if bread produced in the majority of homes, •ILO CilCAJt CIIIIIVJO^ wc»i awva assvtvaovj The nutritional quality has ijraproved to-such a dej that commercially baked bread is far superior to the < > reproduce animals which would again be capable of re production into even a second generation. . . .” Dr. Murphy has surely paid the commercial baker of today a splendid compliment, and we trust that bakers every where will show themselves worthy of such praise by giving the nation the very best bread that it is possible to produce. a* < * * ► “Clinton Maid Bread Is Your Best Bread" The Clinton Bakery “Get It At Your Grocers" !■ •> i * * !■ 11 F+i <.<4 »4 111<M» God's Leva. There are quentions which, nothing can answer but God’s love; which nothing eon meat but God’s promise, which nothing can calm bnt a per fect trust in His goodness. There la shadow and mystery upon all the cre ation until we sea God in it—there Is trouble and fear until we see God’s love in It.—Dewey. No. 7 ....A- 6 _ne No. 15 .... 6 mills Mountville No. 16 15)6 mills Persons sending in lists of names ' to send Tha Past O, there are some who want to get away from all their past; who, If they coaid, would fain begin all over again. . . . But you must learn, you must Jet,-God teach you, that the onjy. way to get r?d of your past 1a to get-a fu ture out of It. God will waste noth ing.—PliUlips Brooks. requested to aeno e the township of orer is ^ very busy Hatred. Hatred of a fellow-being la Hke a deadly cancer In the soul, it dkstroye all the fln^r sensibilities and nobler Im- "vlees. \ unfortunate outside; scattered over the state, a draw-back, a burden, yes even at times a menace to the state. For every child properly cared for there are several on the waiting list, hoping against hopes for admission. South Carolina has just begun in this noble work. She has just taken the first step. She has seen enough to give her a glimpse at the enormous field and opportunity. The institution is full to over-flow ing. Many of its present enrollment of 205 being cared for in temporary quarters. Many others are crowd ing the reformatories and State Hos pital, where they do not belong. The waiting list at the training school out-grows the equipment rapidly. The need of greater facilities is not only apparent but it is growing; not only great but getting greater, not only appalling, but positively alarming, not only serious but absolutely> im perative. A program is prepared for sub mission to the State Legislature, ask ing for equipment funds to take care of more children and care for them better. A program that will not only improve the efficiency of the institu tion but likewise open the gates for many of the poor unfortunates who are clamoring without. . Every true citizen of South Caro lina, in the interest of humanity, in the interest of better, moral, physi cal, intellectual and social conditions in South Carolina can help in the program. The suggestion program will he before every county delegations shortly. They must provide the way. They need bnt your eup$M>rt, your ap proval, your intereaL If every civic or charitable organisation, and every true citizen would lend sympathy and Yaking America £>■§§ Its Feet! Overland Success is the Talk of the Country * i The year just ended has been the greatest of all the fifteen years oi Overland history. A great year made by great cars—the greatest Overlands ever built Greatest in looks, power, action, cofiifort—and money’s worth? Look at the new Overland Cham pion, for instance. It brings a quality dosed car with features and utilities .hitherto unheard of within reach of every ptusa. America’s first all- purpose car—conceded to be the moat useful motor cat on wheels. The Champion and all Overland models have the bigger Overland engine’—brute power with extreme economy. Leaders in economy — leaders on the road—leaders In the many satisfactions they bring to owners. See them. 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