The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 18, 1924, Image 4
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
18, 1924
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Terms of Subscription:
One year $1.50
Six months .75
Three months 50
Payable in advance
Mr. Duke has created is to be dedi
cated in perpetuity to the finest and
noblest causes. Out of the fund North
Carolina is to secure a splendid uni
versity and much money annually to
help care for, certain of her aged min
isters, for tiie sick, and for orphan
children, the Thornwell Orphanage of
this city to share um^ythis provision
of Jiis bequest,
ft is
is all very splendid and some
what staggering for unfortunately
this is a new experience for us in this
I
Forei*n Advcrtiainf R^preaeatatrae
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ef it’s subscribers and readers—the
publisher will at all times appreciate
wise suggestions and kindly advice.
Make all remittances to
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Clinton, S. C.
(part of.the work. ..As Mr. Duke se£
! a noble example for other rich South-
! cm men in the use of his fortune to
develop the resources of his state
and section so he has again blazed
the way in this matter. What he has
done is a wonderful thing in itself.
It should prove yet more wonderful
in its fruits. The institutions of the
South have suffered because they
have lacked the rich gifts which
Northern institutions are continually
receiving. Let us hope that Mr.
Duke’s example will prove an inspira
tion to many others.
CLINTON, S. C„ DEC. 18, 1921
WOULD INCREASE
POSTAL RATES
I Sterling Offers * Biff Raising Mall
Charges. Stevenson In House
STATE of South Carolina,
COUNTY of Laurens,
TOWN of Clinton.
WHEREAS: Four petitions, signed
by freeholders of the Town of^ Clin
ton, asking for an election to be held
in the Town of Clinton, S. C., were
presented to the Town Council of said
town on November 24, }924; one of
said petitions asking for an election
to be held in the said Town cf Clin
ton, S. C., on the question of fye is
suance of not exceeding $25,000.00 of
bonds of said town, the proceeds from
the sale of said bonds, when issued,
to be used for the purpose of extend
ing the water system of said town;
and, one of said petitions ^asking for
an election to be held in the said
Town of Clinton, S. C., on the ques
tion of the issuance of not exceeding
$160,000.00 of bonds of said town, the
proceeds from the sale of said bonds
when issued, to be used for the pur
pose of street paving; and, one of
said petitions asking for an election to
be held in the said Town of Clinton,
S. C., on the question c* ^e issuance
of not exceeding $35,000.00 of bonds
of *said town, the proceeds from the
sale of said bonds, when issued, to be
rued to coyer floating debt incurred
for the purpose of s:reet paving; and,
one - of said petitiOna asking for an
election to be held in said Town of
CHRISTMAS GIVING
Gift giving at Christmas time is, or
ought to be, nothing more than a
manifestation of the Christmas spirit,
which is unselfish, seeking only to
make others happy with no thought
of the return.
The real Christmas giving spirit is
Washington, Dee. 16.—Another un
successful attempt was made in the
senate today to bring a vote upon
President Coolidge’s veto of the postal
salary increase bill. Those desiring
to override the veto succeeded by a
vote of 51 to 30 in getting the issue
before the senate, but the parliamen
tary situation prevented a decision
to bring joy, comfort, benefit to those! an d the hill went back to its place
who expect nothing, who have noth- 0 n the table.
printed or written the words, “Shall
the Town of Clinton issue its bonds in
the sum of not exceeding $15,000.00,
the proceeds from the sale of said
bonds to be used for the purpose of
street lighting in said town. YES—
NO," and the voter voting in favor
the issuance of said bonds shall strike
out the word “No” before depositing
his ballot in the box provided there
for. The voter voting against the is-
suhnee 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
Street, in said Town of Clinton. S. C. r
and polls shall be opened at 8 o’clock
A. M. and closed at 4 o’clock P. M.
Sec. 4. W. D. Copeland is hereby
appointed Supervisor of Registration
for the said Town of Clinton, and he
shall open the books of registration
for the registration of voters for the
special election to be held in the said
Town of Clinton on the said date, on
the 10th day of Dec., 1924, and dhall
keep the same opeu up to and through
the 19th day of December, 1924, after
Let Us Have Your
Christmas Orders
We are ready for the happy season with
our store filled to overflowing with ‘'Good
Things to Eat” for which we are famous.
Make up your list of Christmas foods
and let us fill them with the choicest of the
season’s offerings.
A varied assortment—Quality always.
which date the said books of registra
tion shall be closed. Said Supervisor
shall give public notice of the time
and place of opening and ctaoi&g-of-j]
said registration books for said elect
ion.. •--- A
LITTLE S DENSON
50—Two Phones—54
ing in return save gratitude, and who
as a rule are neglected or overlooked.
Just to exchange tokens or parcels
with a set of friends who in return
will respond in like manner, falls too
far short of the Christmas spirit and
places it on the most sordid, specu
lative, selfish grounds.
IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?
A little boy, all excited, ran into
our office yesterday and asked us.
“Is there a Santa Claus?” He had
never had any doubt on the question
before but some smart kid at school
had all upset the lad by telling him
there was no such person, and his
Christmas, in a . large measure, was
already spoiled. We told him there
certainly w^s a Santa Claus, and af
ter convincing him, he darted out of
the door apparently satisfied and fill
ed with hope and expectations.
Let the children believe in Santa
Claus. It brings them sc much hap
piness and it can do them no harm.
How dreary and dark the world would
be this Christmas if there were no
Santa Claus. The eternal light with
which childhood fills the world would
be extihgu ; shed. There would be no
child-like faith then.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might as well not believe in fairies.
Yes, he exists as certainly as love and
generosity and devotion exist, and you
know thdt they abound and give to
your life its highest beauty and joy.
No Santa Claus! Thank God, he
lives and he lives forever. A thous
and years from now, little boy or girl,
yea ten times 10,000 years from now,
he will continue to make glad the
heart of childhood.
The move for immediate considera
tion of the veto was made by Senator
Ashurst (Democrat) of Arizona, dur
ing the opening hour after Chairman |
Sterling of the postoffice committee 1
had introduced a bill proposing in-;
creased postal rates in line with
recommendations by Postmaster Gen
eral Ntw. The Arizona senator ob
jected to the second reading of the
Sterling bill, thus preventing the!
measure being referred to a commit
tee.
As a result of today’s skirmish, the
postal pay situation is practically at a
stalemate, Senator Ashrust said later.,
The Sterling bill can not be referred!
to a committee for action until routine!
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT
For the past two or three weeks,
The Chronicle has had it on its list
to £ay something commendatory about
the Clinton fire department and its
work. Several fires in the city re
cently, has shown the promptness and
efficiency with which the members of
the company respond to all calls, and
in view of their equipment, certainly
their work is commendable. Through
their heroic efforts in the past few
weeks, several buildings have been
saved from ruin and adjoining pro
perty protected.
The fire department is purely a
volunteer company. The men compos
ing it receive no remuneration other
than the small exemption of paying
street taxes. Their work is hard and
dangerous, and expensive in the mat-
ter of abusing and oftentimes com-
pletley ruining their clothing in their
effort to save the peoplels property
and to protect human life. The de
partment deserves, and should re
ceive, the sincere and cordial thanks
and appreciation of the community.
^ And while speaking on the subject,
we want to give a little piece of ad
vice in the hope that it will be heed
ed. When you go to a fire as on
looker, as most of us do, keep your | j-e increased on third class matter sc
legislative business again is in order.'
Likewise, the vetoed measure caa not
be called up in the face of unanimous
consent agreements giving right of
way to the Muscle Shoals bill and |
then to the Isle of Pines treaty, un-j
til the same opportunity is afforded.
Representative Stevenson (Demo
crat)’ of South Carolina took up dis
cussion of the postal salaries bill in
the house and declared tl^e measure
was “being chloroformed by loading
it" with a proposal calling for in
creased rates. He said it had been
estimated that a $67,000,000 surplus
would occur in the treasury this year,
and that the proposed increase in
salaries would amount to only $60,-
000,000.
Thirteen Republican senators voted
today with 24 Democrats and two
Farmer-Labor members to bring the
veto before the senate, while three
Democrats opposed immediate action.
Supporters of the president’s position
declared later that several senators
who recorded themselves as for dis
position of the postal pay bill would
have opposed a move to override the
veto and that, lacking • these votes,
the opposition had failed to show suf
ficient strength to reenact the vetoed
pay bill.
A tangled parliamentary situation
developed from Senator Ashrust’s mo
tion to take up the pay bill, which
was met by Senator Sterling’s move
.that both the bill and the veto be
referred to his committee. Under the
rules ,this ordinarily would Tiave
thrown wide open the doors of debate.
Several anti-veto senators, however,
at once called attention to the unani
mous consent agreement entreed into
Saturday by which debate today was
to be limited to ten minutes by any
one senator. The chair ruled that the
agreement had applied only to the
Muscle Shoals question. Senator Mc-
Kellar (Democrat) of Tennessee, ap
pealed from this decision. The ap
peal itself then was taken by Sena
tor Sterling as opening another un
restricted debate, and he proceeded
to hold the floor until the conclusion
of the “morning hour” automatically
displaced the postal bill.
Under th eSterling bill, rates would
mouth shut and don’t try to give so
much advice or criticise what is being
done. The firemen know better than
the on-lookeis what should be done
and they do all in their power to
handle the situation. They should
not he handicapped by outside inter
ruption.
THE GREAT DUKE FUND
The action of James B. Duke in
creating a great trust fund to be
used for the support of education and
charity in North and South Carolina,
is the most splendid event of its kind
in the history of the South. It ranks
with the greatest benevolences in the
history of the country.
Already the South owed much to
the Dukes because of their courageous
and farsighted leadership in the build
ing up of the hydro-electric industry
as to yield about $18,000,000 more
each year, and on fourth class matter
to increase the income by $12,000,000
while $12,500,000 would be sought
from postal cards and miscellaneous
first class mail. $10,876,000 from sec
ond class, including newspapers, and
$14,161,000 from insured and C. O, D.
mail. Chairman Sterling expressed
the hope tha thearings might be start
ed at once before the subcimmittee
which, he said, would be appointed a:
soon as the senate authorized refer
ence of the bill.
issuance of not exceeding $15,000.00
of bends of said town, the proceeds
from the sale of said bonds, when is
sued, to be used for the purpose of
street lighting; and:
WHEREAS: Upon check of said
petitions, it appears that the petition
in each and every case was signed by
more than a majority of the freehold
ers of sn'd Town of Clinton, S. C.;
THEREUPON: The following ordi- 1
nance was duly adopted:
BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE
TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF CLINTON, LAURENS COUNTY,
SOITIII CAROLINA, IN COUNCIL
ASSEMBLED:
Sec. 1. That the petitions present-!
ed to Tcwn Council and duly filed in ^
the records of the town, asking for
av e’ecticn on the quest 5 on of the is-1
?unn e of no f exceeding $25,000.00 of 1
bonds of sa : d town, the proceeds^ of
he sale of said bonds when issued to
be used for the purpose of extending
he water system of 4a : d town; and
on the question of the issuance of
not exceeding $160,000.00 of bonds of
the Town of Clinton, the proceeds of
said bonds to be used for the pur
pose of street paving; and on the
question of the issuance of rot ex
ceeding $35,000.00 of bonds of the
Town of Clinton, thetproceeds of sajd
bonds to be used to co er floating
debt incurred for the purpose of
street paving; and on the question of
the issuance of not exceeding $16,-
000.00 of bonds of the Town of Clin
ton, the proceeds of said bonds when
issued to be used for the purpose of
street lighting,* contain the names on
each and every petition of more than
a majority of the free holders of the
said Town of Clinton, and it is so de
clared ;
Sec, 2. That an election be held in
the Town of Clinton, Laurens County,
South Carolina, on Tuesday, the 30th
day of December, 1924, at which will
be submitted to the qualified electors
of the said town the question of the
issuance of not exceeding $25,090:00
of bonds of the Town of Clinton, the
proceeds to be used for the purpose
of extending the water system of
said town; $160,000.00 of bonds of the
Town of Clinton, the proceeds to be
used f6r the purpose of . street pav
ing; $35,000.00 of bonds of the Town
of Clinton, the proceeds to be used to
cover floating debt incurred for the
purpose of. street paving'; $15,000.00
of bonds of the Town of Clinton,
the proceeds to ife used for the pur
pose of street lighting in said Town
of Clinton. The issuance of said
bonds shall be submitted as separate
propositions, and shall be voted on
separately, the ballots oij each ques
tion 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 $25,000.00
the proceeds of said bonds to be used
for the purpose of extending the
water system of said town. YES-
NO,” and the voter voting in favor of
the issuance of said bonds will strike
out the word “No” before depositing
his ballot in the box provided there
for. The voter v, ting against the is
suance cf sa.d bonus will strike out
ihe word “Yes” before depositing his
ballot in the box.
On another ballot shall be printed
or written the words, “Shall the Town
>i Clinton issue its bonds in the rum
,f not exceeding $160,000.00, the pro
ceeds of said bonds to be used for
itrect paving in said Town. YES—
( NO,” and the voter voting in favor of
the issuance of said bonds will strike
out the word “No” before depositing
his baiiot in the box provided there
for. The voter voting against the is-
juance of said bonds will htrike out
.he word “Yes” before depositing his
ballot in the box.
Clinton, S. C.
Sec. 5. J. C. Temtlr 4 "" W. T. Put
nam, anJ Wm. Bailey Cwens, three'!
qualified electors of the Town of i w ^
cm.ton, S. C„ are hereby appoints j EaHBlBSMHU&UUIGU&BaaMUUMUMMl
managers of saia election, but in the 1 _
any of said parties are [ ~
e vent that
unable to serve, the Mayor is hereby j Tuesday, the thirtieth day of Decern-J Street, in the Town of Clinton, S. C.
given the right to appoint some other I her, 1924, at which will be submitted Polls will be opened at 8 o’clock A.
qualified elector o»’ elector^ as manag-1’he qualified electors of the said
er or managers in the place and stead i Town of Clinton the question of the
of the manager or managers herein
appointed so unable to serve.
Sec. 6. The 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 days be
fore the election, and once within the
period of fifteen days before the
election.
DONE AND RATIFIED in Town
Council assembled this the 24th day
of November. 1924.
J. F. JACOBS, Mayor.
Attest: MARY CHALMERS,
Clerk and Treasurer. 12-18-4t
STATE of South Carolina,
COUNTY of Laurens,
TOWN of Clinton.
issuance of not exceeding Twenty
five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars of
bonds of the Town of Clinton, the
proceeds from the sale of said bonds
when issued io be used for the pur
pose of extend : r.g the water system
of said town; and the question of the
issuance of not exceeding One Hun
dred and Sixty Thousand ($160,000.00)
Dollars of bonds of the Town of Clin
ton, the proceeds from the sale of said
bonds, when issued to be used for the
purpose of street paving; and the
question of the issuance of not exceed
ing Thirty-five Thousand ($35,090.00)
Dollars of bonds of the
Clinton, the proceeds from the sale of
said bonds when issued to be used to
cover floating debt incurred for the
purpose of street paving; and the
question of the issuance of not ex
ceeding Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00)
Dollars of bonds of the Town of Clin-
M. and closed at 4 P. M. on said date.
J. C. Templeton, W. T. Putnam and
William Bailey Owens have beea x ap
pointed managers of the election.'
J. F. JACOBS, Mayor.
MARY CHALMERS,
Clerk and Treasurer.
November 24, 1924. 12-18-4t
NOTICE OF ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ton, the proceeds from the sale of said
upon petition of a majority of the
free holders of the Town of Clinton,
County of Laurens, State of South
bonds when issued to be used for the
purpose of street lighting.
These questions will be voted on
Carolina, a special election will be -separately. The polling place will be
held in the Town of Clinton, S. C., on at police headquarters on West Pitts
STATE of South Carolina,
COUNTY of Laurens,
TOWN of Clinton.
NOTICE OF OPENING BOOKS
OF REGISTRATION *
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the books of registration of the Town
Town v of! of Clinton, S. C., for the registration
of voters for the special election to be
held in the Town of Clinton, S. C., on
Tuesday, the thirtieth day of Decem
ber, 192-1, will be open at the store of
J. I. Copeland & Brother, North
Broadway, Clinton, S. C., on the
tenth dajrof December, 1924, and will
remain open to and including the nine
teenth day of December, 1924.
W. D. COPELAND, ‘
Supervisor of Registration.
Town of Clinton, S. C.
November 24, 1924. 12-18-4t
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makes the Christmas spirit and
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to the smallest pieces. Do the
family justice by inquiring at our
furniture store.
We wish all a very Merry
Christmas and a happy New Year.
Co-Ed Glee Club
To Appear Here
The Carolina Co-ed Glee Club of
Cplumbia, will appear here on the
evening of January 9th, under the aus-
in this section. They were the pion-! pices of the Junior class of the Pres
eers. /The water power has always byterian College. The event will be
been Here and itf jpotentialities had looked forward to with unusual inter-
been recognized. , ' jest by the music lovers of the com-
\ And now the vast industry ‘ which munity. ..
On another of said ballots shall be
printed or written the words. “Shall
the Town of Clinton issue its bonds
in the sum of not exceeding $35,000.00,
ihe proceeds of said bonds to be used
to cover floating debt incurred for the
purpose of street paving in said town.
YES—NO,” and the voter voting in; !
favor of the issuance of said bonds
shaU strike out the word “No” before
depositing his ballot in the box pro
vided therefor. The voter voting
against the issuance of said bonds
shall strike out the word “Yes” before
depositing his ballot in the. box.
On another of said ballots shall b
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