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\ ' f • V THURSDAY, JULY 24. 1924 State of Souhh Carolina, County of Laurens, ; City of Clinton. Whereas, a petition of the freehold ers of the Town of Clinton asking for an election to be held in the Town -of Clinton, S. C., on the question of the issuance of not exceeding Seventy lliousand ($70,000) Dollars of bonds •Of said Town, the proceeds of said bonds to be used for the purpose of enlarging and extending the water works system of said Town and not exceeding Thirty Thousand ($30,000) Dollars of bonds of the said Town of Clinton, the proceeds of said bonds to be used for the purpose of enlarg ing and extending the sewerage sys tem of said Town, was presented to the Town Council of said Town on the 7th day of July, and; Whereas, upon a check of said peti tion, it appeared that the petition was signed by a majority of the free holders of the said Town of Clinton, S. rj THEREUPON the following ordi nance was duly adopted: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CLINTON, LAURENS COUN TY,< SOUTH CAROLINA, IN COUN CIL ASSEMBLED: Sec. 1. That the petition presented to Town Council ana duly fifed in the records of the Town asking for an ^election on the question of the issu ance of not exceeding Seventy Thous and ($70,000) Dollars of bonds of the Town of CHntony the nroceeds tn-b* ohly-sfS 'years: This bffeY t6 used for the purpose of etdaiying and Mi M tawton thought to be Miss Brown Gives Missionary Money Will Send Fourteen To China In Ac cordance With the Wish of Her Father. Anderson, July 20-—rAs Miss VarinS Davis Brown was en route to her alma mater, Yasser college, she stopped a few days in Richmond, Va., visiting the board of foreign missions of the Southern Baptist convention. Miss Brown told the members she wished to send 14 missionaries to foreign fields. This was good news to the board for it had ten missionaries wait ing to be sent out and no money to send them. Each missionary sent will take ap proximately $1,000, Miss Brown of fering to pay all transportation for these missionaries. Last week when the Woman’s Missionary union of the Saluda association met with the First Baptist church of this city, it was stated that Miss Brown was going to make it possible for Miss Olive Law- ton, who was one of the speakers at this meeting. to return to China as a missionary. Miss Lawton was born in China and has been in America snom omfoui Bcnnuinui ! Sunday School ’ Lesson T >.D.t D Bible (By W$V. ■ of the Evening School. Moody atltute of. Chicago.) (©. 1924. Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for July 27 THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS LESSON TEXT—Matt 4:1-11. GOLDEN TEXT—-For In that He Himself hath suffered being tempted. He la able to auccour them that ars tempted."—Heb. 2:18. PRIMARY TOPIC—Jeaua Refuses to Do Wrong. JUNIOR TOPIC—Jeaua Conquers the Tempter. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Jeaua Showa Ua How to Overcome Temptation. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Victory Over the Tempter. extending the waterworks system of said Town and not exceeding Thirty Thousand ($30,000) Dollars of bonds of said Town, the proceeds to be used lor the purpose of enlarging and ex tending the sewerage system of said Town of Clinton, contains the names of more than a majority of the free holders of said Town of Clinton, and it is so declared Sec. 2. That an election be held in the Town of Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina, on Tuesday, the 5th day of August. 1924, at which will be sunmitted to the qualified electors of said Town the question of the issu ance of not exceeding Seventy Thous and ($79,000) Dollars of bonds of the Town o$ Clinton, the proceeds to be used for the purpose of enlarging ind extending the waterworks system of said Town and not exceeding Thirty Thousand ($30,000) Dollars of bonds of said Town, the proceeds to be used for the purpose of enlarging and ex tending the sewerage system of said Town of Clinton. The issuance of said bonds shall be submitted as sep arate propositions and shall be voted on separately, the ballots on each question to be deposited in separate boxes, on one of said ballots shall be printed or written the words “Shall the Town of Clinton issue its bonds in the sum of not exceeding Seventy Thousand ($70,000) Dollars, the pro ceeds of said bonds to be used for the purpose of enlarging and extend ing the waterworks system of said Town? YES—NO.” And the voter voting in favor of the issuance of said bonds shall strike out the word “NO” before depositing his. ballot in the box, and the voter voting against the issuance of said bonds shall strike out the word “YES” before deposit ing his ballot in the box. On the other of said ballots shall be printed or written the words “Shall the Town of Clinton issue its bonds in the sum of not exceeding Thirty Thous and ($30,000) Dollars, the proceeds of said bonds to be used for the purpose of enlarging and extending the sew erage system of said Town? YES— NO?’ And the voter voting in favor of the issuance of said bonds shall strike out the word “NO” before de positing his ballot in the box, and the voter voting against the issuance of said bonds shall strike out the,word “YES” before depositing his ballot in the box. Sec. 3. That the Polling Place for the holding of said election shall be at Police Headquarters, West Pitts Town of Clinton, 5. 0., thought to be very generous. NovTshe is to he one of $4 to be sent by Miss Brown. At the death of Col. Joseph New ton Brown his great wealth was left to missions at the death of his daugh ter, Varina Davis Brown. As she wanted to see the fruits of this labor, Miss Brown decided to give this amount now, when it is so much need ed by the foreign mission board. Those who have already been as signed through the gift of Miss Brown are: Dr. Mansfield Bailey, Nashville, who will be a surgeon in the Baptist hospital of Wuchow, China; the Rev. J. S. Richardson of Arkansas, and Miss Delia Black of ve ce and polls shall be opened at eight (8) o’clock A. M. and closed at four (4) o’clock P. M. Sec. 4. W. D. Copeland is hereby appointed Supervisor of Registration for the said Town of Clinton t and he shall open the books of registration for the registration of voters for the special election to be held in the said TWn of Clinton, on the said date, on the 16th day of July, 1924, and shall keep the same open up to and through the 25th day of July, 1924, after which date said books of registration shall be closed. Said Supervisor shall gi’ publhrTiotice of-the^ time^amL plai of opening and closing of said regis tration books for said election. Sec. 5. J. C. Templeton, T. F. Milam and J. H. Donnan, three qualified electors of the Town of Clinton, S. C., are hereby appointed Managers of said election. But in the event any of said parties are unable to serve the Mayor is hereby given the right to appoint some other qualified elect or or doctors, as Manager or Mana- C ers in the place and stead of the lanager or Managers herein appoint ed so u.iable to serve. Sec. 6. That notice of the election shall be published in The Clinton Chronicle, a newspaper published in the Town of Clinton, S. C., at least twice, once at least twenty (20) days before the election and once within the period of fifteen (15) days before the election. Done and ratified in Council as sembled 1924. this the 7th. day of July, W. H. SIMPSON, Mayor. DORCAS MASON, Clerk. 7-24-4tc NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That upon a petition of a majority /of the freeholders of the Town of Clinton, Laurens County, South ‘Carolina, a special election will be held in the Town of Clinton, S. C. on Tuesday, the 6th day of August, 1924, at which will be submitted to the .qualified electors of the Town of Clinton the question of the issuance of not ex ceeding Seventy Thousand ($70,006) Dollars of Bonds of the Town of Clin ton, the proceeds to be used for the purpose of enlarging and extending the waterworks system of ssid Town, and the issuance of not exceeding Thirty Thousand ($39,909) Dollars of Oklahoma will be married before go- ’ race, ing to Africa; Mrs. W. W. Enete of Missouri, will go to South Brazil; the Rev. P. E. White and Mrs. White of North Carolina, interior China; the Rev. I. N. Patterson and Mrs. Patter son are assigned to Africa. Mr. Pat terson is from Alabama and Mrs. Pat terson, who was Miss Sarah Lee Bobo, is a South Carolinian. The Rev F. T. N. Woodward and Miss Mabel Wil liams will be married and go to China. Mr. Woodward is a native of North Carolina, while Miss Williams is from Alabama. Miss Brown visited some of the bat tlefields around Richmond while there. Her father, Col. Joseph New ton Brown, was a noted leader in the Confederate army, commanding unit at Fredericksburg, after General Mc Gowan was wounded. Miss Brown I. Its PurpoM (v. 1). The Holy Spirit led Him Into the wilderness with the speclflc purpose that He there meet and overcome the one whose works He came to de stroy (Heb. 2:14). Hls temptation was sendf 1 *** n* usually thought, but rather the opening of the dreadful cunfttef between Christ and Satan, which was to Issue in Sa tan’s defeat It was not to test Jesus to And out ss to whether He would stand fast—to see whether He would sin. The eternal purpose of God as to redemption absolutely could not fall. It was rather to exhibit Him as an ob ject upon which faith might rest, to show that a union between Ood and man had been effected which would Insure man’s reconciliation. , II. The Conflict (tv. 2-11). j 1. The Combatants (v. 1). (1) Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, the Divine. Man, Is now enteriug upqn Hls mediatorial work. He went immedi ately from the place of anointing and heavenly recognition as the Son of God to meet the arch-enemy of the (2) The Devil. He was a real per son and, while always Ailed with cun ning and malice, In this case the Initia tive was taken by the Lord. He was dragged Into the presence of Jesus Christ and forced Into the struggle. 2. The Battle Ground (v. 1). It was In the wilderness of Judea. The Arst man was tempted In a garden with the most pleasant surroundings and failed. The second man was tempted In a barren wilderness, surrounded by wild beasts, and gloriously triumphed, 3. The Method of Attack (vv. 2-10). Since as our Redeemer Christ sus tained a threefold relationship, the Son of Man, Son tf God and as Messiah, each one wag made a ground of attack. (1) As Son of Man (vv. 2, 3). This was a test of the reality,of Hls human ity. To demonstrnt*-whether the hu manity which He obtained through the virgin birth was real, the appeal was made to,the Instinct of hunger. Hun- NEW DESIGNS —BEAUTIFUL FINISHES — GOOD WORKMANSHIP—MODERATE PRICES. wrote of seeing the stump of the tree! 18 not the resqlt of sin. While the Shat was cut down by bullet^ during this siege. For a few weeks Miss Brown will visit in New York state and then be on the Jersey coast for the remainder of the summer. Final Settlement August, 1924, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Execu tor of the estate of J.^ W. C. Bell, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at 11 o’clock a. m., and on the sgme day appetite Is not sinful, to have satisfied It in a wrong way would have been sin. (2) Son of God (w. 5, 6). This was a test as to whether the personality which had come from heaven and taken upon Itself humanity was divine. The Devil quoted from a Messianic psalm to get Him to presume upon God’s care. God does care for His own, hut to neglect common preenu- Our display includes more than a dozen styles and prices to select from—Made by manufacturers who make furniture to endure years of service as well as to be pleasing to look at—Suites that you will at once recognize as exceptional values at the prices we have marked them. Now is the time to get those pieces for the dining room you have wanted so long. Wilkes Laurens, South Carolina l |~ 1 f^F^ | ^rt=Jr=Jr^g3r : =Jf=Jr= : Jr=^r=^r= J r= J r^r^r=Jr=Jr=Ji Take notice that on the 25th day of tQ ilo the nncalled for .thing— Just to put God’s promise to a test Is slaanddcaLh, SatBatempumenla- dny to do the spectacular things In or der to get publicity, to ‘gain the ears of the people, (3) As Messiah (vv. 8, 9). Chriat’s mission as the Messiah was to recover will apply for a final discharge from Ibis world from the Devil. The Devil offered to surrender to Him on the my trust m Executor. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and* all persons having claims against said es tate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever | barred. . W. E. BELL, 8-14-4tc Executor The two main forms of sport popu lar in Australai are mountaineering nnd football. Bonds of said Town, the proceeds to he used for the purpose of enlarging end extending the sewerage system of «aid Town of Clinton. These ques tions will be voted on separatelv. Polling place will be at Police Headquarters, on West Pitts Street, ‘n *he town of Clinton, S. C. PoPs will be opened at eight o’clock A. M. and closed at 4 o’clock P. M. on said date. . . J. C. Templeton, T. F. Milam, and •T. H. Donnan have been appointed Managers of the election. W. H. SIMPSON, Mayor. OORCAS MASON, Clerk. Tuly 7, 1924. 7-31-4tc simple condition that He would adopt hls method, thus obviating the neces sity of the cross. The kingdoms were really Christ’s and He knew that they would ultimately b» come Hls. The In ducement was to get Immediate posses sion without the sufferings of the cross. • 4. The Defense (w. 4, 7, 10). Christ met the enemy each time and repulsed hls attack with the Word of God. Each time He said, “It Is written” and quoted from Deuteronomy, the book which the higher critics ^would dis credit. Christ had enough confidence In It to use it In this, the most crucial, hour of the world’s history. 5. The Issue (v. 11). (1) Satan vanquished. The enemy was completely routed. The strong man was so bound that the spoiling of hls house was possible. (2) Angels came nnd ministered unto Him. This event wns so notable that these glorious beings were sent from heaven to give It recognition nnd to minister unto the triumphant King ZtRle of South Carolina. NOTICE OF OPENING BOOKS OF REGISTRATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: Hmt the Books of Registration of the Town of Clinton, S. G.Jjpr the regis tration of voters for thespecial elect- ; on to be held in the Town of Clin ton. S. C., on Tuesday, the 5th day of August, 1924, will be opqped at the Store of J. I. Cooeland A Bro., North BroadK Street, Clinton, S. C., on the 16th day of July, 1924, and will re main open up to and including the 25th day of July, 1924. W. D. COPELAND, Supervisor of Registration, Town of Clinton, g. c. July 7, 1924. 7-31-4tc Man’s Sorrows Man’s sorrows are n mystery, but that sinners ahonld not have sorrows were a sadder mystery still. And God pleads with us all not to lose the good of our experiences of the bitterness of sin by our levity or our blindness to their meanings.—Alexander Maclaren. A Prayer We pray Thee, O God, thnt Thou wilt help us to be faithful, earnest and true In all of our work, whatever It may be. YOUR SHIP —will come in on time if you so will it. You and you alone steer its course—and its arrival depends entirely upon your judgement, your intelligence, your vision, your industry, your watchfulness, and your desire to reach the port of Peace and Plenty. j • c Start today—on the good ship THRIFT—maybe in a saving account, maybe through putting your savings to work for you in sound investments—maybe through ex pansion of business along methods which have proved effective in smaller ways. We are in position to assist you. Drop in some day soon and let’s talk it over. \ 2fc Clear Conscience Lots of people regard a dees con science as more of a luxury than a necessity. rt Considering Others Is always easier to discuss the if others, than to do oar ows. The First National Bank “CLINTON’S STRONGEST BANK”