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■ V . ,< Jf-, ■■ vnr* k i TwmKi. OCTOBB. a, .m ss CLIKTON, S. C. COUNTY TREASURER'S NOTICE 1924 The book* of the County Treasurer 'will be open for the collection of Taxes for the fiscal year, 1924, at the Treasurer’s office from October 15th to December 31st, 1924. After De cember 31st one per cent will be ad ded. After January 31st two per cent will be added, and after February 28th' seven per cent will be added until the 15th day of March, 1925, when the books will be closed. All persons owning property in more than one township are request ed to call for. receipts in each of the several tow/,nips in which the pro perty is located. This is important, as additional cost and penalty may be All able-bodied mal? citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one (21) and sixty (60) years of age are liable to pay a poll tax of 31.00, except old soldiers, who are exempt at fifty (50) years of age. Commutation Road Tax 31.50 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. Dog Tax 31-25, which m^st be paid not later than January 31st, Jim Proper attention will be glvenThose who Wish to% pay their taxes through the mail'by check, money order, etc- The tax levy is as follows: State Tax ; - -6 mills Ordinary County Tax 8V* mills Road and Bridge 4 mills Railroad Bond 1 mill Jail Bonds ^ mill Road Bonds J S Vfe mUls Past Indebtedness Statewide School (6-0-1) Weak Schools Constitutional School .... NEW B0NDUSUK’ ■ for city improvements A petition Ns being circulated among the free holders of the town of Clinton, looking to an election on ■he question of a bond issue of $236,- 000.00. This bond issue is for several purposes. The Plain factor in the issue will be $160,000.00 of bonds for street paving, which together with the street paving certificates which will be issued in an equivalent amount will afford a fund of $320,000.00* with which it is expected to pave about ten and a half miles of street, giv ing a total street paving in Clinton of about thirteen miles, including the paving already done. The plan in connection with this paving bond issue is to make the street assessments cover a period of ten years, so that it will fall easy upon the property owners. There will be annual payments, the unpaid bal ances being charged at six per cent interest, payable annually. It is also proposed to do the paving through Mr. P. F. Patton, city engineer, who will organize the gangs, and operate ■th^cumCLV^J^r^giadiines, and paving machines simultaneously. In hi mill 3 mills Total .... . .. 36 mills Laurens School Districts this wfly, it is hoped to save about 33 1-3 per cent’of the cost of pav ing, which will mean an equivalent saving to abutting property owners, whose property is- assessed. The law requries that special peti tions be gotten up for each street or .portion of street to be paved, and the paving can only be done on an assess- % mill j ment basis, where a majority of the 4 mills people on the street -or section of street to be paved, petition therefor. The city is now paying about $14,- 000.00 a year to maintain an infer ior surface on the dirt streets. The saving in this respect will more than pay the interest on the $160,000.00 of - bonds, and retire same in the thirty-five year period through which the bonds will run, so that this pav ing will not be an expense to the city, but an actual saving. It will also save the automobile owners a much larger sum merely in ..the washing of their cars alone, not to speak of the 3 mills saving in gas, oil and other costs of 8 mills operation, and also a large saving 8 mills in deterioration. It is estimated that 16 mills the life of a car is twice as long on 17 jnills hard surface as on dirt road, and if operated exclusively on paved streets 17 mills j there is a saving to each average car 13 mills | of about $200.00 a year in cost of No. l .16% mills No. 2 \^** —J •••• .... 8 mills No. 3 ... 16 mills No. 4 .... 7 mills No. 5 ...■ ... 13 mills No. 6 .... «.-• •••• ■•»« »»•• .... .... 6 mills !No. 7 -*• * —• •"** .... 8 mills No. IX .... .... .... - ... 22 mills Youngs School Districts hi o. 1 .... .... No. 2 No. 3 :... .... No. 4 •: No. 5 7. No. 6 : 11 mills No. 7 . No. 8 No. 10 .... .... t 22V6 mills | operation, and about $175.00 a year Dials School Districts j in deterioration. Hence from the No. 1 : 8 mills Nd. 2 12 V6 mills No. 3 , 12 mills No. 4 8 mills No. 5 20% mills No. 7 8 mills No. 8 *. ;.. 12 mills standpoint of the car owner the street paving will be a very great benefaction. It will also enable the city government to keep the streets cleaner, especially when the main highways are paved to the city limits, as there will be less mud brought No. 3B i 24 mills j down town on the wheels of vehicles, Sullivan School Districts | and therefore less dust than at pres- No. 1 17 mills j ent after rains. No* 2 8 mills, Another item of the proposed bond issue is $15,000.00 of street lighting. No. 3 20 mills No. 7 16 mills No. 17 16 mills Railroad Tax 3 mills • Waterloo School Districts No. 1 12 mills No. 2 9 mills No. 3 ... 19 mills No. 4 ... * 14 mjlls No. 5 * 8 mills No. 6 12 mills No. 7 15 mills No. 14 8 mills Cross Hill School Districts No. 1 4 mills No. 2 8 mirlls No. 3 6 mills No. 13 15 mills Hunter School Districts No. 3 No. 4 8 mills No. 5 26 mills No. 6 4 mills No. 7 5 mills No. K9 8 mills No. R4r. 13„ mills No. 16 15% mills Jacks School Districts Noi 2 . * 7 mills No. 3* 16 mills No. 4 3 mills No. 6 8 mills No. 7 ......... .. . 3 mills No. 15 6 mills Scufflctown School Districts No. 1 8 mills No. 2 8 mills No. 3 .... 3 mills No. 4 ... No. 12 .... 4 mills 11% mills prompt settlement of all bills, which will be to the advantage of the town in all of its purchases. Besides which it is a matter of pride to the people of Clinton to keep the credit of thfe tpwn above reproach in every respect. These items altogether, total $235,- 000.00. The additional taxes .neces sary will be about ten mills to pay interest'and to amortize the bonds. It is of course objectionable to in crease taxes, but when this increased taxes brings so much in the way of saving to the coil, nunity at large the step ie very fully justified,^and the amount proposed is as small as can be proposed under the circumstan ces. The filtration system cannot be properly operated without a sedi mentation tank,* which will cost about $12,000.00, and this is now being built. This will make the cost of the filtration system including the sedi mentation tank, pumping system and filter, about $52,000.00 out of the $70,000.00 of bonds proposed tor im- pro^gKgfirTO"Tffr<facm" wiU not leave a sufficient fund pn hand tti carry out the plans of the old administration in regard to putting down.water mains and fire hydrants in the mill village and on various other streets in the town which have not yet been supplied. Hence the necessity of an addition to that fund in order to enable the paving of many streets not yet supplied with proper water mains. , A very great advantage would ac crue to the town in getting the city’s affairs on a cash basis. If a large floating debt is carried in the form of short term paper at high rate it would not be practicable to take up still other matters of grave import ance to the people. One of these is the matter of improved fire protect ion. The city should have a fire en gine, and should improve 'the sizes of its -.water mains on many streets, and increase its number of hydrants in order to secure a better rate from the standpoint of fire insurance pre miums. It is now rated 3rd class plus 10 per cent. It is entirely practica ble to secure a second class rating and the saving in insurance to the people Will much more than rover the expense involved. The best economy is in doinfc things right, and the ad ministration hopes to have the hearty support of the entire public in these progressive measures. But unless the city is put on a cash basis it will not be able to engage in expenditures for fire protection which are so very necessary. J. F. JACOBS. IN COURT OF PROBATE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. Sallie Ray Pitts, et al., Plaintiffs. ^against R. F. Pitts, et al., Defendants. Notice of Sale Pursuant' to brder of the Court of Common Pleas in the above stated action, I will sell at Laurens Court House, S. C., on salesday in Novem ber next, being the 3rd day of the month, at public auction, to the high est bidder for cash, purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, the following described real estate: located in Lap- rens County, S. C.: ‘Two hundred eighty-eight and one half (288 1-2) acres, known as W. M. Finney place, bounded by lands of Mrs. N. E. Finney, G. W. Copeland, and J. E. Adair. “Three hundred eighty-five (385) acres, more or less, known as the home place, bounded by lands of C. W. Ray, Dr. E. F. Taylor, Mrs. Park, the Burley Adair place of J. M. Pitts, and J. H. Stone. “Ninety-one and one-fourth (911-4) acres, known as the Vance place, bounded by lands of First National Bank of Clinton, South Carolina, C. R. Ray, Dr. E. F. Taylor, and public TgsaTWW Tllitroirru RtllTw; taming nine-fortieth (9-40) of aa acre, more or loss, bounded by Broad way street, lands of J. C. Mill an.’’ The successful bidder will be re quired to deposit ten per centum of the amount of his bid, with me, on the lands being knocked down to him. In the event the purchaser should fail to comply with the terms of his bid | the lands so bought will be resold on the same or some subsequent sales day, at the risk of the defaulting pur chaser. r The Jacks place and Owings place will be cut un in tracks and sold ac cording to survey. * C. A. POWER (L. S.) 10-30-3tc C. C. e. P. l&UIHS|gP I have just received a shipment of Narrisgus, Hyacinth and Tnlpp Bulbs. Also Spencer and Special Mixed Sweet Pea Seed. I. C. BOLAND WHAT DO P. S. JE.A NS DOT Seven hundred thirty-five (735) acres, more’ or less, kflqwri as ‘the Jacks place, bounded by the Owings place of J. M.^Pitts, lands of J. H. Bell, P. B. Ferguson’s estate, and Duncan’s Creek. “Five hundred twenty-one (521) acres, known as the Owings place, bounded by Jacks place of J. M. Pitts, lands of J. H. Bell, H. M, Geer, and others. “One hundred thirty (130) acres, known as the Burley Adair place, bounded by the home place cf P. M. Pitts, lands of J. H. Stone, Mrs. N. E. Finney, and G. W. Copeland. “1 lot in the Town of Clinton, con taining two-thirds (2-3) of an acre, more or less, bounded by Florida St., on the North; Woodrow St., on the East; and lands of Young Dendy, J. I. and T. D. Copeland. * “1 lot in the Town of Renno,, con- SEVERE CRAMPINfi SPELLS, PAINS IN BACK AND SIDES “My trouble has been periodic ^cramping spells,” says Mrs. C. <3. Draper, of Atlanta, Texas. “For several years these have come on me so bad that I had to quit my work and go to bed. Every month I would stay in bed from or^nto twor’day^. “ The 'liUdnu iir my back and sides were awful. “This went on for several months after I was married un til, one time when I was having a bad spell, my husband sug gested that l try Cardui. I said l would try it, so he got me a bottle at the store and I began to take it. “It seemed like I improved from the very first dose. When I had taken one bottle I was very much better. I did not cramp so hard the next month and I ate and slept better. I was not near ly so nervous, either. I thought Cardui was fine, so I continued the treatment until I had taken five bottles, at which time I felt completely well I had no more cramping spells at all, and my health was as good aa^anybody’s. I am feeling fine now and I give all the credit to Cardui, for I had been suffering for years be fore I took it” Cardui is * vegetable extract, eon* ta.vMugi ift.fcannfHl ,im made _ with a gentle, tomry.&trengthening feet upon certain female organs and upon the svstem in generaL Its ueera have testified to its special value at the time of enter! "g womanhood at maturity and at the time of the change of life. For over 40 years, Cardui has bean tested in use by thousands of women who have written to tell of the great benefit they have received from it. "•'or over 600 years, medical authori ties have recommended one of the principal ingredients of Cardui in the treatment of certain female com plaints. Cardui, the womari’s tonic, tested bf time, is today the product of many years of experience and investigation. It is manufactured in up-to-date labo ratories by the most modem sad sanitary method* of pharmaceutical science and is for sale by all drug gists. 10 <r:—4 Persons sending in lists of names 4o be taken off are requested to send It is proposed to white-way the prin cipal streets of the town where pro perty owners petition therefor, enab ling the city government to is sue street improvement certificates t against assessments upon abutting , property for the improved lighting system. This will be subject to the I same terms, as regards the streets to be lighted as in the case of the pav ing. A petition will be necessary, and on the petition will be based the assessment and the street improve ment certificates issued. These assessments, like the paving assessments, would run over a period of ten years, and bear six per cent interest, payable qnnually, making the burden extremely light. The idea is to have handsome standards and globes distributed at intervals of about 100 feet* and a total of about 400 white way standard lamps would be installed, provided citizens of suf ficient street mileage petition there^ for. The advertising value of a beau tifully illuminated tbwn will be ap preciated by the merchants, and the advantage to the people from a police standpoint, and from the standpoint of convenience of doing business at night will much more than ry>ay this added expense. Another factor of the bond issue will be the $25,000.00 of bonds for additicnaJf water mains in those streets which are to be pjived and in which standard water mams have not been laid. This will include also the increase of the numbey of hydrants them early and give the townshi'p of j S ivl "* b '“ er fir ' far each, as the Treasurer is very busy 1 town at large. It is impracticable to during the month of December, ROSS D. YOUNG, Coupty Treasurer. HOW DOCTORS TREAT COLDS M THE FLO To break up a cold over night or to cut short i'.n attack of grippe, influenza or sore threat, physicians and druggists are pew reconvnemiing Calotabs, the nausealesa Cdiomel tablet, that is purified frorn dan gerous and sickening effects. Tho=e who have tried it -say that it acts like magic, by far more effective and certain than the old style calomel, heretofore recommended by physicians. One or two Calotabs at bed time with a swallow of water,—that’s alL No salts, .no nausea nor the slightest interference with ea.ing, work or pleasures. Next morn ing your cold has vanished and your sys tem feels refreshed and purified. Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price ten cents for the w^t-pocket sue; thirty-five cents fer the 1arge K family pack age. Ftoconunended and gnarantced by drear****. v «'*rr money hick if you are not delighted.—a dr. 1 pave streets until their under-ground work, both sewer and water mains, are brought up to standard. The last factor in the $235,000.00 bond iAsue is an issue of $35,000.00 to cover the present deficit in the town's affairs. This deficit largely aiises from improvements made with out issuing bonds against them. The floating debt of the town is approxi mately $56,000.00 against which there are quick assets wnich when collect ed will reduce this amount to ap proximately $35,000.00. This balance would have to be carried in short term paper at six per cent or seven per cent. It is much better to fund it in bonds, which will only bear five per cent, thereby saving, interest to the town, and putting the town on a cash basis, so that the taxes re ceived this fall may be applied to operating the town’s affairs for. the coming; twelve months. If this is not done, there will be consequent an noyance of parrying fhe floating debt, which in time of stringency might bo difficult to finance. This stop will not only save interest, but improve tag Credit of the town, and enable State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. D. W. Mullinax, administrator de bonis non of the estate of R. R. Milam, deceased, Plaintiff vs Mrs. F. G. .Austell, Mrs. D. W. Mullinax, Mrs. J. A. Tice, J. D. Milam, Dr. T. L. W. Bailey, et al, Defendants. Notice of Sale Pursuant to order of Judge of Pro bate in the above entitled matter, I will sell at public outcry to the high est bidder, at Laurens Courthouse, on sales-day in November next, during the legal hours for sale, the following described property, to wit: “All that lot, piece or parcel of j land, lying, being, and situate in the • TJpwn of Clinton, county and state aforesaid, containing a fraction of an acre,* and having a frame dwelling house and auto house thereon; the said lot having the following boun daries and measurements: On the north by Florida street, seventy-five | (75) feet, thereon; on the east by lot j No. 80, beginning at a distance of one hundred and thirty-three (133) there on; on the south by a lot, ^< T o. 1, one hundred forty-eight (148) feet there on; on the west k>y Adair street, one hundred fifty-two (152) feet, 6 inch es thereon. The above described lot being the same bought by R. R. Milam from A. B. Blakely & Bro. on February 17, 1920.’’ Terms of sale: Cash; purchaser to pay fpr stamps and papers; bid to be complied with forthwith. If purchas er fails to comply with terms of bid immediately, the land to be re-sold on the same or some subsequent sales day on the same terms, at the “risk of the former purchaser. Purchaser to be le( into possession upon production of deed, subject to occupancy by pres ent tenants^ who are to vacate upon thirty (30) days notice. Rent to go to purchaser from date of* deed. O. G. THOMPSON, ll-6-4tc * J. P. L. C., S. C. Dr. Felder Smith OPTOMETRIST have little trouble MODERN SERVICE Specialist Jacobs & Company Building Phone 29 I T’S the beginner and the Sunday driver who seem to have the unlucky breakdowns and repairs and mysterious me chanical maladies. The experi enced driver, the man who has been driving for years, goes purring along day in and day out without a. mishap. He knows his car’s require ments and he gives it a square deal. He sees that it gets the proper consistency of “Stand ard” Polarine just as often as it is needed. He buys crank-case oil on schedule, a schedule set by his speedometer, because he knows that five hundred miles of average driving will draw enough dust and unbumed fuel into the crank-case oil to make it a dangerous lubricant. You don’t need to envy his free dom from trouble. Look up on your dealer’s chart the right consistency of “Standard” Po- laririe for the various parts ot your car. Make a note of the mileage when you fill the crank case, transmission or differen tial. Then stick to the proper schedule of replacements; 500 miles for the crank-case oil and whatever the makeFof the car recommends for the other wear ing surfaces. That’s the experi enced driver’s recipe for a sweet running car. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) to STANDARD to - n> —- ■ -