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PAGE TWELVE = THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1924 nULBRANSEN \jThe TtegisUring Piano The Tiegisttring Piano Piano $275.00 Player $420.00 ’Daniel & Reid 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 Deceipber 31, 1923: After Decem» Bef^T “ ter January added, and after Feb. 28th, seven per of March, 1924, when the books wi 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 aces 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 must be paid not later than January 31, 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: State Tax ...^ 6 mills Ordinary County Tax 514 mills Road and Bridge .... 4 mills Railroad Bond 1 mill Road bonds .... .... 714 mills Past indebtedness 14 mill Jail Bonds 14 mill Constitutional School 3 mills Physicians Predicted Grim Reaper Would Cut Wilson Down (Continued from Page Nine) authority that some of these oppon ents examined these signatures with the aid of a microscopy, compared them with signatures on other papers signed in Mr. Wilson’s health and were undecided whether they had been signed by Mr. Wilson or Mr. Tumulty. Meantime, there had been no meet ings of the cabinet. Some of the members who were not in accord with the polity of secrecy determin ed to force things a little. Secretary Lansing, then at the head of the state, called a meeting of the cab inet and quitsed E)r. Grayson and Secretary Tumultv about the presi dent’s condition. Mr. Lansing, how ever, was not supported by some other cabinet members as he prob ably had reason to expect he would be, and the attempt to get some in formation failed. This incident un- doubtedlv was the principal factor in Mr. Wilson’s abrupt dismissal of Mr. Lansing later when he learned of it. although it was not acknowl- • n_~-^!uTruirfnuL ZWijT Iffr edged :m--any^.of. -the, .mihlishe^ cor. ofiFpSr^ftt Win be ad*,* Af- re ^ ndence ^ contributing to the iuary '31st, two per cent will be gyp,,* event. Vice President Marshall’s^ attitude Ig^n-TttWt.- tryxnr tm*r- was ^mbshell nonton nnnn nPincr POnSttlC- • . L _ » v Total 28 mill* 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 20Mi mills Barksdale No. 6 Consolidated 10 mills Dials Church No. 7 .... 8 mills Merna No. 8 12 mills Fountain Inn No. 3B 24 mllla Special Schools SulUvaa Township Pnnceton No. 1 17 mills ML Bethel No. 2 8 miHs Poplar Springs No. 3 .„. 20 mills Brewerton No. 7 16 mills Merna No. 8 12 mills Hickory Tavern No. 17 .... 16 mills Local R. R. Bonds 3 mills Special Schools Waterloo ToWnihlTr" Bethlehem No. 2 4 mills Ekom No. 3 17 mills Center Point No. 4 14 mills Oakville No. 5' .... 8 mils ML Pleasant No. 6 .... 12-mills ML Olive No. 7 .... 15 mi Is Waterloo Town No. 14 - 8 mills Special Schools Laurens Township Laurens City .... 13^ mills Trinity Ridge No. 1 .... 16V4 mills Prospect No. 2 8 mills Laurens No. 3 .... 16 mills Watts Mills No. 7 t 8 mills Bailey No. 4 7 mills Copeland-Fleming No. 5 .... 13 mills Oak Grove No. 6 .... 6 mills Oxa No. 12 .... 11H mills Special Schools Youngs Township Ebenezer-Patton 3 mills Friendship No. 2 8 mills Warrior Creek R. Old Field 8 mills Bethel No. 4 11’/4 mills Gray’s No. 5 17 mills Central No. 6 11 mills Youngs No. T ; 16 mills Lanford No. 10 16 mills Fountain Inn No. 3B 24 mills Special School Jacks Township Shady Grove No. 2 7 mills 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 mills Byrd’s-Musgrove No. 2 .... .... 8 mills Langston No. 3 3 mills Sandy Springs No. 4 4 mills Lanford No. 10 16 mills Ora No. 12 14 V4 mills Special Schools Cross Hill Township commented upon as being conspic uously correct. He held himself apart from it all as Vice President Arthv r did during the prolonged illness of Garfield. - But the agitation in Congress final ly came to a head and it was de termined to “find out whether we have a president or not,” as one po litical leader expressed it. The Mexi can situation furnished the occasion for passing a resolution which the senate decided warranted a confer ence of the foreign relations com mittee with the president. Senator Fall, of New Mexico, a Re publican, and administration policy opponent, was named as one mem ber of a special committee to go to the White House, and Senator Hitch cock. of Nebraska, a Democrat, a po litical friend and League of Nations supporter, was named as the other. Much to their surprise, the sen ators were ushered into the sick room, where the president shook hands, with his right hand fumbled with aome documents with his left and discussed the Mexican situation with marked mental ability. That demonstration exploded the rumors that Mr. Wilson was a ma niac. unconscious, a prisoner, or so disabled that he was unable to talk business. It demonstrated, however, that he was still a sick man. show- ng a remarkable display of sand. Senator Fall said publicly after the conference that Mr. Wilson was “men tally alert and mentally able to cone with any question with which he might have to deal.” Sanator Hitchcock and his Demo cratic colleagues on Capitol Hill merely grinned with satisfaction. Mr. Fall observed, however, that he could not tell whether Mr. Wil son could move his legs, and some Democrat countered with the obser vation that “Mr. Wilson didn’t deal with the Mexican situation with his legs, anyway.” The inside of the matter was that remarkable will power, careful auraing and, skilful medical attention 2 mills . 8 mills . 6 mills 10 mills 15 mills Cross Hill No. 1 Cross Hill No. 2 Spring Grove No. 3 Ow Mountville No. 6 .... Cross Hill Town No. 13 ....Special Schools Hunter Township Lisbon No. 1 12 mills Rock No. 2 8 mills Rock Bridge No. 3 6 mills Wadsworth No. 4 ..„ 8 mills Reederville (part of No. 4) 13 mills Clinton No. 5 20 1 4 mills GoMville No. 6 4 mills ELinards No. 49 (part of No. 6) 8 mills Belfast No. 7 5 mills Hurricane No. 15 .... 6 mills Mountville No. 16 15^4 mills Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off are reouested to send them early and give the townshib of each, as the Treasurer is very ouay during the month of December. ROSS D. YOUNG, County Treasurer. thousand dollars in savings well in vested. His salary as an educator never was large and his pay as gover nor was also small. He had been raising a family of girls, and al though he had written many books his royalties were desultory; When he came into a salary of $75,000 a year—the largest he ever had receiv ed—years of thrift asserted them selves and he saved money. Royal ties from his writings jumped sud denly and tremendously because his books came into great demand. So cial activities at the White House were discontinued because of the war, and he saved a great part of his salary. It was estimated that when he left the White House, Woodrow Wilson was worth more than a quar ter.of a million dollars. Mrs. Wil son had a modest fortune of her own before her marriage. Nobody ever knew completely what his feelings were for politics dur ing his retirement. He took no active part, but there were some times in dications that those close about him were urging him to do so. He once asked his medical advisers if they thought he could undertake a cam paign and was advised that a politi cal melee surely would kill him. Ap parently he gave up the thought if indeed he had any, and contented himself -with--expr-ess»qar--hi<nCT4f -on- political questions when asked by some correspondent. He never lost, haweyer- arL_0PBQitunitx_tq drop a ning for re-election, who had failed to o Mppo r + his policies while he was in the White House. . On some few occasions he ac knowledged the ploudits of admirers what gathered in the street in front of his home and once or twice de livered addresses by raido but he made few public appearances. The most notable of the latter were at the funeral of the unknown sol dier and at President Harding’s fun eral ceremonies. Besieged to write his memoirs or his own account of the peace treaty fight or anything else for that mat ter. Mr. Wilson always declined ex cept in one or two instances. He spent a good deal of time writing, propped up in bed, after the habit of Mark Twain, but it never was what publishers were asking for. All his material on the peace treaty he gave to Ray Stannard Baker with permis sion to write what he would. “Write what you will,” he told Baker. “I’ll answer any questions you ask but it will be your book, and I don’t ever want to see what you write.” had been showing their effects. XTT these served to prolong the sick man’s life. They enabled him to walk again with the aid of a cane, which he ^hereafter facetiouslv referred to as his “third leg,” and they enabled him 'o use h’s left hand and arm to some extent although when he appeared in - public Mr, Wilson generally hooked his left thumb in a bottom pocket of his coat and supported his disabled nrm in that manner. His disability : n walking he later referred to as his “lameness.” After many weary months in bed, Mr. Wilson got back strength enough f o sit at his desk, dictate letters, pre side at an occasional cabinet, meet- ingrand go motor riding, but the con stitutional breakdown left its marks upon hinf' and made him almost a shadow of his former self. He left the White House an inva lid whom doctors said might live “five minutes, five months or five vears,” and despite the fact that he had his ups and downs his tenacious hold on life was the marvel of all the specialists who attended him. Washington, Feb. 3.—After Wood- row Wilson left the White House in 1921 he took to the life of a retired man of letters, which he continued until death. He lived alone with his wife in a comparatively modest home for a man/>f his place and maintained a modest establishment of three ser vants and a used car. His daily routine was modelled on the eight-hour day which he once told congress was “adjudged by the thought and experience of recent years, the thing upon which society is justified in insisting as in the in terest of health, efficiency and con tentment.” He always said grace before meals, even in the days when life was at a low ebb and he had to steady him self on the back of his dining-chair and whisper the words. He never failed before closing his eyes for what he knew always might be the last time, to read aloud a few verses from the Bible, which lay upon the reading table at his bedside. Fighting for life day by day Wood Messags Carried By News Boys President Learns of the Death of Mr. Wilson While At Church. Washington, Feb. 3.—Newsboys crying extras carried the first word of former President Wilson’s death to President Coolidge, who with Mrs. Coolidge was attending services at the First Congregational Church. It was at 12:10, just as the pastor the Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, who had delivered a sermon on Mr. Wil son, was about to offer benediction, that the. shrill voices of the little | newsboys pierced the stillness of the, church with the news, “Wilson dead.” President Coolidge, sitting well up front, was visibly affected, according to Dr. Pierce. The minister herfltateq. In the ser- GOOD FURNITURE Was Never Priced Lower Than v You Will Find Here Now vice to call attention to the news boys’ cries. Within another moment a church attendant, who had gone out i to confirm the sad news the lads were shouting, walked to the pulpit and whispered to the pastor, and Dr. Pieroe formally announced that I the war Executive had entered into eter- pal peace. President and Mrs. Coolidge then led the congregation in standing for a moment in silent prayer, suggested by the minister, who said: “Thank God for such a life.” At the conclusion of the services a few minutes later, Dr. Pierce walk ed with the President and Mrs. Cool idge from the church. The minister sa : d: “It is a great thing to know that a man had the universaF love and. sympathy of all the people. I glad he is peacefully at rest.” The President replied: “I am glad, too, since Mr. Wilson could nojt recover from his illness, that his life has ended so peacefully. In his sermon delivered before hearing that the end had come to the former President, Dr. Pierce said: “Because Christ had power among men, because he brought to me sanity, strength, love and the recognition that human life was the most valued thing in the world. And it was irr those qualities that Mr. Wilson had leadership. Insofar as he saw truth, and made men sane; insofar as be effected cooperation increasing their strength; insofar as he revealed and compelled love and the recognition that life was of supreme value, Mr. Wilson followed in the footsteps of Christ as the leader of men.” am “The Great Lion” Gone j Save money on Shoes bf having them re paired. Clinton Shoe Shop, A. E. McIntosh, Drop. Senator Overman Refers to Wilson’s De*th. Washington, Feb. 3.—Senator Lee S. Overman of North Carolina makes the following statement on the death of Woodrow Wilson: _ “The gre'ht lion, a martyr to the row Wilson realized that he lived in!cause of civilization, peace and liber- the presence of death. A man of his aged, stricken with a similar ail ment—paralysis and general break down—seldom lives long. The best medical skill, careful nursing and the constant attention of a devoted wife, however, lengthened his span of life toward the three score and ten as even his most ardent well wishers had not dared to hope. Mr. Wilson took a modest fortune with him from the White House and although he never earned any money during his retirement, he was able to live comfortably but carefully on ty after four years of intense suf fering has at last succumbed to the inevitable, and the vile tongue of the slanderer will now hang silent. “His place in history is fixed and his greatness will grow greater and greater as the years come and go his name will shine with golden glory as one of the four greatest men this country has produced. He carried on.his shoulders a heavier load than was ever carried by man before, and bore' it with patience and sublime courage. Men in the days to come will erect shrines to his memory. 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When he came to Wash- ’ will be said of Woodrow Wilson he f err tha vo^emorship of New died on the field of honor in the • Jersey he brought with him a few cause of his country.”