The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 01, 1925, Image 4
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ANOTHER ItrRTHDAY
Today, The Chronicle, begins a New
Year. Twelve years ago we took over
the management of the paper and
without interruption we have endeav
ored steadfastly and honestly to serve
our readers and to cut the paper’s
name deeper into the heart and gran
ite stuff of the community. In the
meantime, at least, we hope we have
succeeded.
Today we light another candle and
stall on another year’s march, not
knowing what lies ahead. This much
we do know, however, that resolutions
are in order, and so we are resolved
that The Chronicle will be a better
and brighter paper every week of the
year, and that we will serve our gen
erous and patient and tolerant readers
as thoroughly as possible. With this
end in view, our plant is continually
being improved and enlarged, and an
efficient force heads the various de
partments of the business.
Business institutions are peculiar in
that their immortality is concerned
with this world and that the matter of
age brings no regret but is rather a
cause for increased corfidence and a
brighter outlook for the future.
We face the future cheeied by the
belief that better, days lie ahead and
with thankfulness that the waters
have not been too rough to be breast
ed and swum through and that there
has never been a year which has not
left honey in the hive of memory to
be fed upon with present delight. We
have wept with those who wept, and
rejoiced with those who have rejoiced,
notkig with pride the good fortune of
those whom we serve, and suffering
loss in the departure of those good
friends who have gone to the realms
where they will no longer see through
a glass darkly or lie in any way de
pendent upon the printed sheet. Our
errors have not been less perhaps,
than are common to the other pro
ductions of men, but we have striven
honestly to support the good and op
pose the evil, and we are resolved to
walk the way ahead along with the
champions of truth and justice. We
have in the past endeavored to re
flect the best thought and enterprise
of our patrons and we seek no nobler
task than to do this in greater meas
ure during the future. »
THE WAVE SPREADS
The prevalence of lawlessness
throughout our nation today is a mat
ter of common comment and has
reached the point where it has be
come alarming. Boasting as a Christ-
lati people statistics prove we are the
most lawless nation on earth and hu
man life grows cheaper every day.
The spirit of defiance to authority is
found everywhere, and this commun
ity is no exception.
It is a growing phase of that age
long struggle between right and
wrong, the hand of Cain lifted against
his innocent brother, the illicit desire
that one- person has for that which
another has earned. This is a time
when such desires are bearing an un
usual fruitage of deeds of violence.
Such a condition calls for the strong
arm of the law to be in constant ex
ercise. Law does not go to the root
of the matter and is oily a deterrent
after all, but where a change of heart
cannot be brought about a change of
action is greatly desired. This falls
within the office of the law dnd it is
possible for the law to force men to
go out and make an honest living even
if compulsion of bonds is necessary.
Criminals increase when the law is
hot properly enforced, when then
^ know that it is not hard to esvape the
* penalty of crime. Crime .increases
when the penalties imposed are too
light. There is too little imprison
ment today and too«many fines. Too
roany men are allowed/to pay for
their lawlessness, out of the gains of
lawlessness rather than by the hard
toil of penal servitude. It is a ques-
gent thrift for
gance, will win.
Business men, termed as experts, if
that means anything, are agreed that
the country is on the threshold of
sound business expansion. There will
be exceptions, of course, and if you
reap the harvest of a year of success,
you will have to buckle down to do
your level best each day.
Many will build substantial suc
cesses in the year 1925, and the doubt
ers will continue to sleep, all of
which means just this: Success goes
to the men of vision and purpose, and
failure is found where men think fail
ure, talk failure, and act like failures.
Anybody can find weak spots in any
year in the history of our nation, and
still we have continued every year to
go ahead. In the year that dawns
today many are bound to go ahead,
and it is up to us to decide whether
we will go with the procession. Vis
ion and purpose, with hard work and
sticking everlastingly to it, will turn
the trick.
Well, here’s a Happy New Year t r
all our readers.
May it be gor>d to you for 3G5 days
is our New Year wish.
The poor and the rich we have with
us always—mostly the poor after the
Christmas bills.
There are all
resolutions, but
that are kept.
kinds of New Year
the best are those
And sometimes you can tell a mar
ried man by the kind of tie he wears.
How did you like the present your
wife gave you and let you pay for ?
A man is supposed to have brains
in his head, and sometimes, he has
them.
Now, all together,
honest effort to pay
bills.
let’s make .an
our Christmas
Just be patient, in a few days all
these noise-making Christmas toys
will be broken.
You wouldn’t expect it, but a lazy
man usually overworks his stomach.
The college boys come back tomor
row—the girls will be themselves
again.
No, Jason, you .can’t tell by look
ing at the beautiful car how many
payments are past due.
-—-Another difference between a man
and woman is that a man had rather
be comfortable than stylish.
A wide-awake man never waits for
old man Opportunity to knock—he
meets him with a glad hand at the
front gate.
One reason why many of us don’t
get anywhere with our prayers is
that we are always asking for more
blessings instead of giving thanks for
those already received.
March of Progress Shown in Papers
Before Annual Meeting of
Association.
Washington, Dec. 30.—Advances in
psychology, medicine, biology, chem
istry and physics were disclosed in
hundreds of papers read today before
the 15 sections of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Sci
ence, the 79th annual meeting of
which now is is in full swing.
Thirty-one hundred members were
registered during the day. The mem
bers and their guests will be received
by President Coolidge at the White
House tomorrow.
A flurry of interest was caused by
a report that William J. Bryan would
arrive in time to listen to a criticism
of his views on evolution, but he fail
ed to appear.
The largest audience of any section
al meeting thus far attended that ad
dress by Dr. Edwin L. Rice, profes
sor of zoology at Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity, a Methodist institution.
Choosing “Darwin and Bryan” as his
text, Dr. Rice in a paper characterized
the-views of Mr. Bryan on e'volutton
as “dogmatic” and “dangerous to reli-
aad ; -urged more- uupwjwlfCed
Oh, dear—this time next year we
will all be broke again after another
Christmaa.
Different folks have different ideas.
Some men, for iitstance, go to cliurth
because thtfy are good. Others think
they are good because they go.
With the automobile license and
taxes paid, fortunate Ik the fellaw who
has the pric* of a good beefsteak
left
cooperation in scientific and religious
study. ,
Mr. Bryan’s arguments, he said,
were deduced “from the assumption
of the literary accuracy of the Bible
in general and of the first chapters of
Genesis in particular. This assumpt
ion was “not Biblical” nor was it “ac
ceptable by leading Bible scholars of
today.” “Darwin’s work cn the con
trary, was represented as having been
based upon an hypothesis “following
by the most complete verification and
leading to a degree of probability
amounting to practical certainty.”
Chimpanzees not only appear to
think, but do think, Dr. Robert M.
Yerkes of the psychological institute
of.Yale university, declared in a paper
read before the psychological section.
He based his conclusions on studies
made of two young chimpanzees,
which he said knew how to study a
problem presented to them in a way
essentially like that of man and quite
unlike that of any other animal.
“The great apes are intellectually
closer to men than we hitherto have
imagined,” Dr. Yerkes stated. “The
evidence for their solution of prob
lems ‘ideationally’ is now abundant
and convincijig.”
Dr. Yerkes said one of the charac
teristics of the solving of problems by
chimpanzees was that the solution
seemed often to come suddenly to
them after a period of quiet reflection.
In reply to a question, he said it was
possible that chimpanzees might be
taught to read and write, or at leant
to use some sort of symbols.
“If they get that far there is no
telling how far they will' go,” he de
clared.
The aims of the proposed oceano
graphic research by the navy were
summarized by Dr. Austin H. Clark
of the Smithsonian institution in a
general address. They include the
discovery of new fishing banks and
an increase in food resources; better
understanding of climatic conditions
which will aid' in weather forecasting
and inr marine and aerial navigation;
fuller knowledge of ocean currents
and of the drift of icebergs; knowl
edge of ocean depths and contours
which wfU aid navigation, fishing and
the laying of telegraph cables and
knowledge of the composition of sea
water which will lead to greater accu
racy in the use of the sonic depths
finder.
“Research in Federal Personnel
Work” wan discussed by L. J.
O’Rourke of the United States civil
service commission^, who advocated
more practical tests* not merely those
which looked practical. He reported
a new method of. correction, of papers
which effected a saving of 50 per
c^nt in .the w.rrk.
IC is said t&rt ten thousand tons of
face powder were used by Amuricaix
omen the past year. And yet the
women are not snrtisfiedi for they were
never convinced, that their noses: were
not shining trust of the time.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1925
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COUNTY '^TREASURER’S NOTICE
1924
The books of the County Treasurer
will be open for the collection of
Taxes fot 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 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 trus
tees, school teachers, ministers-, and
students. Dog Tax $1.25, whichYhust
he paid not later~*thah January 81st, 1
ii£4. .—~
^ Proffer atteiAtioh will he given those
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 8% mills
Road and Bridge 4 mills
Railroad Bond .... 1 mill
Jail Bonds % mill
Road Bonds 8% mills
Past Indebtedness % mill
Statewide School (6-0-1) .... 4 mills
Weak Schools .... *4 mill
Constitutional School 3 mills
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To Our Friends
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To you, whose friendship has
helped make our business most
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successful, we send cordial wishes
for a New Year of Health and
Happiness.
WE INVITE YOU TO MAKE
THIS YOUR 1925 GRO
CERY STORE.
Total
Laurens
1
2
36 mills
School Districts
mills
8 mills
3 16 mills
4 7 mills
5 13 mills
6 .... 6 mills ! No
7 8 mills
11 22 mills
Youngs School Districts
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No. 6 ii mills
No. 7 17 mills
No. 8 13 mills
No. 10 22% mills
Dials School Districts
.... .... .... .... ..■■ .... 8 mills
— 12% mills
12 mills
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No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
. 3 mills
. 8 mills
. 8 mills
16 mills
17 mill*
No.
No.
No.
1
2
3
4 8 mills
5 20% mills
7 8 mills
8 12 mills
3B 24 mills
Sullivan School Districts
No. 1 17 mills
No. 2 8 mills
No. 3 20 mills
No. 7 16 mills
No. 17 *.... 16 mills
Railroad Tax 3 mills
Waterloo School Districts
1 12 mills
No. 2 9 mills
No. 3 19 mills
No. 4 14 mills
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 6 mills
No. 4 8 mills
No. 5 .... 26 mills
No. 6 4 mills
No. 7 .... 5 mills
No. K9 .... 8 mills
No. R42 13 mills
No. 16 15% mills
Jacks School Districts
No. 2 7 mills
No. 3 16 mills
No. 4 3 mills
No. 6 :.. 8 mills
No. 7 3 mills
No. 15 , 6 mills
Scuffletown School Districts
No. 1 8 mills
No. 2 8 mills -
No. 3 3 mills
No. 4 4 mills
No. 12 11% mills
Persons sending In lists of names
to be taken off are requested to send
them early and give the township of
each, as the Treasurer is very busy
during the month of December.
ROSS D. YOUNG,
County Treasurer.
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S. JEANS
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Just Off The Press
“The Story of
Thornwell Orphanage”
By L. ROSS LY&N, D. D.
“ Present President of Institution
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CITY WATER POUND TO
BE OF GOOD QUALITY
You can’t always hdl, soraeiimai
she Socks under the bed. of fear, again,
it is with hopeu
The world it getting: better; we saw
a fellow give a Wind man a quarter
yesterday-
A New Y«rk girl is said to have
danced 52 hours without stopping.
Poor fellow who maaries her,, he’ll be
kept on the jump.
At. the close of L925 we hope you
will have missed ull of tJu; bad, and
had some at the geod.
Following is a- report of the condi
tion of tthe water of Cftirton:
Sanitary water analysis No. 4179 of
water received December 22, 1924,
from Municipal Water and Light
Plant, Clinton, S*. C- Parts per mil
lion:
Color ....
Chlorine
Free Ammonia
Albuminoid Ammonia.
Nitrogen as Nitrites ...
Nitrogen as Nitrates
Total Solids
Bacterial Analysis: Bacterial indi
cations of contamination, Negative.
Remarks: Analyses indicate water
to be of good quality and free from
contamination.
Respectfully submitted,
F. L. Parker, M. D.
We more at a rapid pace. Before
the old yewr ended, fashion, makers
had spring frocks on sale in New
York. *• t
tion, therefore, as to whether the pres
denotes that WO mu»ica uiguAijr , auu uu;
have among us an unusual number | the high cost of living
of hard-heartedjcriminals or too many 1
soft-hearted rfufflc«s of the law and
top jtt&ny judges and juries.
A wonderfully interesting life-story of the noble his
tory of this institution, published in commemoration
of its fiftieth anniversary. ( »
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The book is well printed and bound, filled with at
tractive illustrations, and published in response to the
request of the institution’s Board of Trustees.
Price $1.50 per copy, postpsid
MRS. WOODROW WILSON
GRANTED $5,000 PENSION
Today, everybody rides in automo
biles, or fliea; plays golf; plays the
piano with their feet; goes to the [House,
ent wave of crime denotes that we [movies nightly; and then cusses about
Washington, Dec. 30.—A bill grant
ing a pension of $5,000 annually to
Mrs. Edith Bolling Wilson, widow of
the War President, was passed today
by the Senate. It now goes to the
WHAT OF 1925?
Aji the New Year dawns, those who
will substitute industry for indiffer-
enee, service for selfishness, intelU-
What Does
C. A. OWENS
Do?
MOVES HOUSES
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
REOPENS TOMORROW
The Presbyterian College will re
open tomorrow for the new term’s
work after a two weeks* vacation
period. TH|e students are arriving to
day and regular class work will begin
, Friday. -
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