The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 08, 1925, Image 8
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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
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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.)
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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.”
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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-
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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.
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Effective January the first, Mr. C.T. Cooper of
Greenwood, purchased an interest in the business of
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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
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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.
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# 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.
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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.
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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”
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