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PAGE EIGHT THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1825 COUNCIL DECLARES BOND ISSUE ELECTION NULL AND VOID Election Protested and Outlawed on Irregulari ties. By J. F. JACOBS, Mayor of Clinton The election resulting in a major ity in favor of bond issues amount ing to $235,000 was protested at a 'meeting of council Monday, January 5th, by Messrs. R. L. Bailey, B. H. Boyd, L. H. Davidson, A. J. Milling and J. M. Pitts, represented by At torneys A. C. Todd and R. E. Babb of Laurens. Council thoroughly investi-u gated the claims of the protestants, and found that those claims would not affect the majority for the bonds, and that the election was clean and hon est. Attorney Wade held that the irregularities on which the protest was based could not affect the valid ity of the election, with the possible exception of the failure to swear the managers of election. He pointed out that so far as he was aware there had been no decision as to the effect of such an irregularity on an election for bond issue in this state, but^ that mremratr other points made -by the protestants, which decisions were favorable to the maintenance of the idea that the pur pose of an election is to discover the majority sentiment in regard to a bond issue, and that irregularities in the conduct of the election, if they do not affect the majority of the votes cast for bonds, would not invalidate the election, nor invalidate the bonds. Attorney Wade, while contending that the election was valid, and ques tioning whether council could declare it fiull and void, in view of the major ity being favorable to the bond is sues, stated that he thought this ac tion of declaring the election null and void in favor of another election was wise under the circumstances. It is a question whether any election can be so conducted as to avoid any pos sible ground of protest, inasmuch as the law governing elections is very complex, and there are wide differ ences of opinion as to what the law is. One of these differences appeared in the discussions of the attorneys, the attorneys for the protestants claiming that the electors should have been required to display at the polls not only the town registration certifi cates issued by the Supervisor of Registration, W.' D. Copeland, but also fbr—the- pre vious year, and the town tax receipt for the previous year. They also con tended that registration certificates should not have been issued by Mr. Copeland merely on evidence of coun ty registration certificate and county tax receipt of the previous year, but that he should have required also a town tax receipt of the previous year before issuing the town registration IMPROVED UNIFORM OfrERNATIONAL SundaySchool * Lesson’ (By RBV. P. B. PITZWATBR. D.D.. D««» of th« Evening School. Moody Bible In stitute of Chtcego.) ((E), Itlt, Western Newspaper Union.) , 1 ■ 1 * " — Lesson for January 11 THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS „ LESSON TEXT—Matt. 15:81-4«. GOLDEN TEXT—“Inaamuch as y* have done It unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done It unto Me."—Matt. J6H0. PRIMARY TOPIC—Kindness Pleases. JUNIOR TOPIC—Christ's Picture of the Judgment. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—Christ's Picture of Judgment. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Practical Christianity. Mr. Wade held that on the matter of | certificates. It is highly probable swearing the managers of election a j that other attorneys would hold thac court decision would be necessary in — u ~ ; ^ order to make the matter clear as to whether the election would be invali dated or not. It was generally agreed that the election was conducted in a fair man ner, honestly and clean, and in line with similar elections which have been conducted here and elsewhere in the past with no less irregularities, but owing to the fact that there were irre such a requirement might invalidate an election by excluding from voting those who are qualified by being able to show county tax receipt yf the pre vious year and county registration certificates. A careful study of the law and authoritative legal opinions will be sought by the mayor before another election is ordered, and the next elect ion will be conducted under regula- gularities, and that citizens of Clin- ti<yis more stringent than any elect ion protested the election on the ground of those irregularities even though they did not affect the pro per expression of majority sentiment, the mayor recommended that the elec tion be declared null and void. Mayor Jacobs stated to the protest ants that the entering of the protest would make it difficult to Sell the bonds at all, and would unquestion ably adversely affdbt the price of the bonds if it were possible to sell them in spite of the protest. He pointed out that bond houses would not pur chase bonds which were not approved by well known, efficient bond attor- neys, and that no bond attorney of high standing would approve bonds if any of the citizens of the town were protesting the election until the ques tions involved are decided in court, or else the bonds validated by the Gener al Assembly. He asked the protest ants if, in view of the fact that it was generally admitted th^t the election was honest and represented properly a majority sentiment, they would withdraw their protests and permit the bonds to be sold in a most favor able market. He further pointed out that delay in the sale' 1 of the bonds would almost certainly involve secur ing a lower price and stating that he had had two offers of par and ac crued interest for these bonds, which would net, together with bank inter est on balances before the complete expenditure of the proceeds, about 101, which would be about $20.00 per thousand higher than the last bonds were sold, thus indicating a very fav orable bend market at the present time. He also^tated that he had had an offer from a responsible contractor to put down paving of exact specifi cations of the asphalted concrete pav- ion ever held in Clinton or perhaps in South Carolina, but even with the most stringent regulations and the most able legal talent, the law itself is sufficiently indefinite to leave sev eral questions in dispute and there fore admit of some faint ground upon which to base a protest. However, it is unlikely that public sentiment will submit to minority rule by legal protest methods based on faint tech nicalities, and should protest occur again after a careful, conscientious conduct of another bond election, the election will no doubt be declared and the rights of the majority defended even iff it requires lengthy legal pro cedure. The interest of the public lies in progress and majority sentiment will require this. The Boy is Right Teacher: “Jimmy, give the defini tion of salt.” Jimmy: “Why, er-r-r, salt is the stuff that makes meat taste bad when you don’t put any of it on.” 1 E a a E ■ii Hi E E E E E E E E Almost Right Same Teacher: “Jimmy, what is a fraction?” Same Jimmy: “It is a part of any thing.” Same Teacher: “Give me an exam ple.” Same Jimmy: “Why, er-r-r—the l&th of January.” Ed Purdy’s Philos “Don’t be discouraged. Think of ing put down during Mayor Cope- the mighty oak. It was once a nut.” land’s administration, at a price 27 per cent lower than the price paid at that time, and that the price paid at that time was a lower price than other towns in South Carolina and North Carolina were paying for pav ing of the same specifications, indi cating that the present time is an excellent time to do paving owing to the low prices. He’s Still Running Wife: “Charles, dear, is it true that sheep are the dumbest of animals?’” Hubby (absent-mindedly reading paper): “Yes, my lamb.” Then He Shot Her Captaid: “Yes, miss, this is a mighty good boat. Right this minute He further pointed out that since we’re making eighteen knots ^n hour.” the election a wave of optimism rela-| Sweet Young Thing: “Oh, mercy, tive to business was resulting in lift- j we’ll have a whole boatload of knots ing the commodity market and the before we get there, won’t we?” stock market, so that the cost of doing the work contemplated at a later date would almost certainly be higher, as this wave of prosperity and optimism advances, but that by the same token securities bearing a fixed rate of in terest would decline as the more ac tive business world demanded money for its operations, thereby, raising the interest rate, and that we could therefore anticipate a decline in the bond market, and a rising commodity market, so that the town would prob ably lose considerable sums by de lay. However, as the gentlemen protest- Omigosh Old father Graffe Went to the safe To get gome dough for a collector. When He got there The safe was bare; Burglars had jimmied and wreck ed ’er. It’s the Meow Flossie: “Oh, I had Ihe most won derful Christmas. Loads and loads of gifts and not one duplicate in the lot.” The subject selected by the lesson committee Is ‘The Last Judgment,*' but this Is an error. According to legitimate textual and contextual sig nification It Is the judgment of the living nations which still lies In the fntnr^ The idea of a general Jal _ judgment wldrh Is of su^h frequeht jf occurrence In religious literature find teaching Is a fundamental error. It Is not once found in the BIhle, neither the idea which It Is intended to con vey. Doctor Pentecost most truthful ly says. “It is a mischievous habit that has led the ChrTstlan wor^d to speak of the judgment as being one great event taking place at the end of the world when all human beings, saints and sinnerS. Jews ahfl Gei,tiles, the living and the dead, shall stand up be fore the great fchlte throne and there he Judged. Nothing can be more wide of the Scriptures.” The P.ihle speaks of several Judgments, different In re spect to the subjects to be Judged, the place of judgment, the time of Judgment and the result of Judgment. I. The Judge (v. 31). It Is the Son of God wjio came and died to redeem the human race. He Is now seen clothed with majesty and power sitting upon His throne acting as Judge. Thofce who accept Jesus Christ now as their Savior shall not come Intf Judgment (John 5:24). —Hr The Time <v. 81). This Judgment will take place when the Lord comes In His glory accom panied with a retinue of glorious angels. This will take place after He has gathered the elect remnant of Is rael. There will be no resurrection In connection with this Judgment III. Ths Place (v. 31). The prophecy of Joel, the third chap ter, and Zecharlah 14:1-5, show that ft Is to be In or near Jerusalem. The angel Said to Maty, "Thou Shalt call His name Jesus. He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of. His kingdom there shall be no end." (Luke 1:81-33). As David was a literal king and reigned In a literal place, there shall be a literal judge occupying a literal place of judgment. IV. The People, Judged (w. 32-45). These will be the living nations upon earth after the church has been translated (I Thess. 4:16, 17). These are nations to whom the gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached just prior to the comlrig of the end. “And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached In all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” (Matt. 24:14). This gos pel is distinct from the grace of God, which Is now being preached. The preachers of this gospel will be the Jews (see Revelation 7 and Romans 11). These ^re the brethren of the Lord in the flesh who move among the nations of the world with the startling message of the news of the Lord’s approaching kingdom. Some of the nations will gladly receive the message and kindly receive the king dom messengers, giving them clothing, food, shelter, etc. Others will perse cute them, thrusting them Into prison. Here the first will visit the messengers of the King and provide for their wants. At this time the Judge will separate the nations, placing the sheep on the right and the goats on the left hand. The sheep are those who have given proper treatment to Chrlst'a brethren. The goats are those who rejected and mistreated his brethren. If these three classes, the sheep, the goats and the brethren be kept sep arate, all confusion will be avoided. V. The Issue of the Judgmer? (▼• 46; Cf. w. 34-41). 1. The Sheep Entering Into the In heritance of a Prepared Kingdom. 2. The Goats Going Into Everlast ing Fire Prepared for the Devil and His Angels (v. 46). This judgment shall determine their destiny. ing the election declined to withdraw! , ^ ^ W0 .^* their protest he recommended to coup- de J tul Chnrtm.s, but I did get quite protest cil the passage of an ordinance de clearing the election null and void and giving the people an opportunity to call another election by petition, which election he promises would be con ducted under the advice of competent attorneys as relating to every step, and an effort would be made to avoid if possible the slightest irregularity, though he stated that it was question able if any election had ever been con- dneted that did not contain any irre- gaiarities of any kind. This latter viewpoint seemed to meet with the ral of all the attorneys pres- \ a few duplicates (shrug, shrug)—un der the mistletoe.” Not Bad Cross-Word Puzzle Fan: 4, What is a three-letter abbreviation, meaning ‘the nearest thing to man’?” Smart Guy: “Gee, that’s easy. It’s B-V-D.” The Bunk The printer is waiting; He wants one more joke, To fill out this column so funny. I hope that he gets it; He will. This is it. For writing this junk I get money. 1 E B El E I I s n Effective January the first, Mr. C.T. Cooper of Greenwood, purchased an interest in the business of <> the Adair Furniture Company, and in the future the firm will l)e conducted under the firm name of Cooper Furniture Company, with P. B. Adair, W. T. Adair, and C. I. Cooper as owners. The business will be conducted^* at the same location on South Broadway and the same policies that have been followed in the past will be coptinuedlfi^iOStur^' • ‘ : r r : It shall be our purpose to render our customers and ffriends the best Service possible during the coming year, and we hope to have the pleasure of supplying your Furniture needs. Accept our thanks for the liberal patronage accord ed us in the past and on the eve of the JSew Year we express the sincere hope that these pleasant business relations will continue uninterrupted in the future. Cooper Furniture Co, “Sells It For Less” Cliotoo, South Carolina |jiaaiisatiasi>saii=ai=ir=tr=irs=Jr=if=ii=ir=J=ip=ii=ii=Jr=Ir3 E 1 I n E I I E Have Not Yet Seen Him The fact that none saw Christ after His resurrection except those who loved Him Is suggestive that His ene mies have not yet seen Him and do not know Him.—Echoes. I4 1 I 1 I E E E E 1 & 111 E E I ilparajisalaisnsaisaigig i cr^fEdJSJc— 3 nEELTEELT # With One Hand God chastens us by many tnstrn* ments, but with one Hand.—Christian Evangel 1st. God Knows Man takes account of our failure, hut Qod of our striving.—Christian Evangel iat Today and Tomorrow The talents, our today, may be manded by the Dwner tomorrow.— Herald and Presbyter. E E E 1 START THIS Year Right 1925 If You Are Young There is one habit among the thousands known to human kind that youth should acquire above all else. That is the habit of Thrift. And Thrift comes through saving. v » If You Are Middle-Aged You'll find the going faster from now on, and each year will see you nearer the day when your ability to earn will be cur tailed. The best protection is a bank account. If You Are Aged You do not have to be told how different it is to grow old with a nest egg from attaining it as a dependent And you owe it to the younger generation to point <5ut to them the les son of thrift you have learned. ' THE MAN WHO STARTS A SAVINGS ACCOUNT THE FIRST OF THE , YEAR WILL SHAKE HANDS WITH HIMSELF A YEAR FROM NOW. The First National Baiilt “CLINTON’S STRONGEST BANK” j \