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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1925
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CLINTON, r*. C.. JANUARY 15, 1925
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SENATOR DIAL SPEAKS OUT
Regardless of what may be said
about it, the speech Senator Dial
made in the Senate a few days ago
contained a big bundle of truth. Nat
urally, it brought wrath and bitter
denunciatioa from some of his col
leagues and was termed by them as
ill-graced from a senator who hs«’
been defeated for re-election; for in
his indictment many of the so-called
“prominent" leaders were included. If
Senator Dial felt as he did about it,
he is to be commended for having the
courage to speak out and to put his
finger on some of the sore spots that
are clearly apparent and that must
be healed if the Democratic party is
to survive. The mistake the senator
made was in retracting what he had
said, even though it did not sound
pleasing to some of the entrenched
leaders whose chief aim is office-hold-
change in some of the policies that
are now being followed and that are
more and more working a hardship
upon the taxpayers.
THE YOUNG BUSINESS MAN
One of the most interesting prob
lems of modern days is the young
business man.
An elderly gentleman stated some
time ago that when he came to Rich
mond some fifty-odd years ago to go
into business, every position of im
portance was held by old men. “Even
the clerks in the stores and the banka
had reached that dependable age at
which the men of today begin to
think seriously of retiring from busi
ness. But today everything is chang
ed. It isn’t that I am so old that
middle-aged men seem young to me.
It ia literally that younger and young
er men are holding more and more
responsible positions and holding
them responsibly.’’
Otto Kohn considers the young
business man sufficiently important
to have made him the subject of in
teresting address before the Harvard
Club in New York some weeks ago.
His talk was so interesting that some
ol it will bear repetition.
In advising the young man in busi
ness to eliminate the word “perfunc
tory” from his vocabulary, to give
as much attention to seemingly un
important details'as he ^ -more
mg.
Senator Dial did not criticise the
Democratic party but attacked the
methods of its leaders, especially in
Congress. He said that the party had
fallen into shifty opportunism, seiz
ing every fad of the moment, yielding 1
to every pressure from lobbies and
galleries, veering to every wind that
seemed to promise popularity, regard
less of the direction from which it
came. Continuing, he charged that
the Democrats have committed them
selves to dangerous and strange com
panionships and associations, to co
partnership with representatives of
weighty things he reminded his audi
ence that his own first promotion
came /rom licking stamps and stick
ing them on circulars so accurately
aifd rapidly that the boss, who was
standing near, concluded he was
worthy of better things and promoted
him.
Reputation comes next on his ad
vice list, and this, he thinks is a mat
ter which can be and must be acquir
ed because the most indispensable re
quisition of the young business man
1s character.
For the third and fourth requisites
he advises him to think, exercising
the springs of his brain as he exer
cises the muscles of his body; and to
use his imagination, keeping it under
careful control. His next point is
that every young business man should
be prepared and ready for his next
step up in business. “Keep a sharp
lookout for opportunities, but hide
your time and know how to wait.”
Be hard-headed, he advises, but not
hard-boiled. Don’t think you can
raise jrourself by thrusting others
down. There are plenty of oppor
tunities in America for every one who
can take advantage of them. “Throw
overboard envy, jealousy, and ill will.
They are worse than useless ballast.”
His seventh commandment is one
which most young men find it excep
tionally hard to accept: “Don't be an
eight-hour-a-day man,” tho he also
adds, “Don’t permit yourself to be
come a machine.” Keep your ideals
Don’t scoff. Don’t lose faith. It ia
mote from American democracy. In
short, the senator said that our poli
tical leaders have bean obstructing
everything and constructing nothing.
The indictment of the senator
should be a warning to the Demo
cratic party. Overwhelmingly de
feated in the past two elections, with
all the odds in -the party’s favor,
shows clearly that there’s something
wrong and that there must be a
tightening up all along the lines if
the party is to continue to exist.
There must be devolped a broad and
constructive statesmanship that will
deserve and win the renewed confi
dence of the people.
With so brilliant a standard bearer
as John W. Davis in the past election,
opposing a rotten and corrupt Repub
lican administration, the verdict was
an overwhelming defeat. The time
has come to gird about the party
strength and weapons. In this way,
and only this, will we be able to re
sist those who would destroy a party
with a long and glorious heritage.
Senator Dial has sounded a timely
warning.
theories amHoetrfnes amLpolieiea re- ^ t o pick up an ideal which baa
tho barber shop after a lady had va
cated the chair.
Sixteen persona were killed on the
roads of South Carolina during De
cember, which shows how much safer
it ia to walk than to ride.
The average girl can make fudge
and mayonnaise, but young married
people can’t live on those two things
alone.
A fine way to get your past, pres
ent and future, is to run for an of
fice. , .
You may not believe it but there
was once a time in this country when
children went to bed right after sup
per instead of to the movies.
It is said that hanging on the front
gate produces rheumatism, but you
will never make some girls believe
it.
COUNTY TREASURER'S NOTICE
' 1924
Hie books 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 Slat; 1924. After De
cember Slat 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 th«
books will be closed,
v AD 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 ia 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-
A woman s idea of frankness is to bodied men between the ages of 21
have some other woman say nice aiu j 55 are liable to road duty except
things about her. I those in military service, school trua-
tees, school teachers, ministers, and
Leap Year is gone but that doesn 11 students. Dog Tax $1.25, which must
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ning tasty, tempting, enjoyable meals in
our assorted.quality stock.
The best of everything awaits you here
in great variety. Join our list of custom
ers and judge for yourself whether it will
pay to continue.
keep the women from going right be paid not later than January 31st,
ahead and proposing if they want to. j 1924.
Proper attention will be given those,
It is stated ^that ^ $25,000,000 was J who wish to payjjhfiir. taxes through.
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for autos. - No wonder the poor gro- The Ux levy ia as follows:
cer has such a hard time. | State Tax .... .... ,...6 mills'
Ordinary County Tax .... .... SM mills!
There are 593 auto dealers in South I Road and Bridge 4 mills
Carolina. There are not enough fig- Railroad Bond 1 mill
ures to count the filling stations. | Jail Bonds % mill
Road Bonds 8% mills
LITTLE S DENSON
50—Two£!hones»*-54
Clinton, S. C.
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It is unlucky to be bom rich, but Past Indebtedness
if you want to tackle the hardest job Statewide School (6-0-1)
you ever struck, try to convince a I Weak Schools
young man that this true.
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Constitutional School
% mill
4 mills
hi mill
3 mills
Last year the people of the United
States spent $390,000,000 for candy, |
an average of $1,000,000 a day, and
yet there are still millions of sour j
folks in the world.
Total
Laurens
Don’t be discouraged—a Boston j
man has written a book on “How to|
Get Rich.”
36 mills
School Districts
16H mills
8 mills
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16 mills
. 7 mills
13 mills
. 6 mills
. 8 mills
22 mills
No. 4 ....
No. 5 ....
No. 7 ....
No. 8 ....
No. 3B .
8 mills
....20^ mills
8 mills
12 mills
.... 24 mills
The former Kaiser says nobody
cares what has become of him. “Ain’t
it the truth?”
A Russian says he doesn’t believe
in heaven, which is natural. Folks
seldom believe in the things they
know nothing about.
A manufacturer advertises an in
destructible phonograph. What a
pity]
This much can be said of the wo
man who married eight husbands, at
least, she had. a lot of curiosity.
No. 11
Youngs School Districts
I - — 3 mills
No. 2 g mills
3 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 8 mills
No. 4 :. 18 mills
No. 5 .... 17 milU
No. 6 11 m iH s
No. 7 17 mills
No. 8 13 mills
No. 10 22 * mills
Dials School Districts
No. 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 8 mills
No. 2 12% mills
No. 3 12 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
No. 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 16 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 H% 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.
WHAT DO
P.
S. JEANS
DO?
THE AUTO LICENSE LAW
There is considerable talk and com
plaint about the doubling of the auto
mobile license this year, and especial
ly as regards the tacking on of a dol
lar for the recording of a title. This
dollar added strikes us as unnecessary
and is worth practically nothing to
the owners. Moreover, the roads will
get very little, if any, benefit from
this tax. The State Highway Depart
ment has a complete record of every
car in the State from the tax records
that owners are required to make, and
there is no necessity of making still
another record. The doubling of the
automobile tax will go largely to the
main highways and will be of 1 ttle
benefit to the rural sections and its
farming population, where the need is
imperative for an improvement in the
public roads.
The continual adding on in Colum
bia of special fees and increasing
present taxes and assessments is be
coming a nuisance. But these things
have to go on to make jobs for office-
seekers and clerks in Columbia. With
the convening of the legislature each
year there is a scramble for jobs, for
the creation of new committed^ and
commissions, clerks, etc., resulting in
the establishment of useless offices
and expenditures to make jobs for
clerks and provide for office overhead
expenses. The taxpayers, of course,
must foot the bills and they can’t help
themselves.
This.policy is due to a concentra
tion ol too much power and authority
in Columbia, a policy that the nation
al government has adopted and that
many of the state* are following. The
people are helpless now, but some day
they trill wake up and demand a
once been thrown overboard.
Young business men should, he
says, take an interest and a due share
in public affairs. “Don’t be reaction
ary, but put your intelligence and ex
perience to use ... to advance social
justice and to promote the common
welfare.”
And again: don’t go through life
filled with suspicion and distrust.
Meet your fellow-men with confidence,
unless you have a good reason for
suspicion. Be helpful, courteous and
conciliatory.
Success is not a gift. Like every
thing else really worth having in life,
it has got to be paid for. Make
\t a point not only to be approach
able, as you go up the ladder, but to
seek and welcome contact with the
workaday world so as to remain part
and parcel of it.”
And as a parting apology for so
much good advice, he adds, “My son
is about to enter business. I greatly
desire him to succeed, but I am giv
ing him no message in any way dif
ferent from the one I have given
you.”—Gaily Ryland in Richmond
News.
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column of this sort of stuff, you jpst [
try it sometime.
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Twenty-eight men at Princeton [
[m they have never kissed a girl.]
others >tell the truth.
When Senator Dial made his speech |
in the senate the other day, he told
a bundle of truth. That’s the reason
some of the politicians are making
such a noise bver what he said.
The Aim
You can’t down women, and a sensi
ble man never tries. In England they
have started an agitation for smok
ing compartments on trains for the
exclusive use of women, which means
that they will have them.
Every farmer in this section should
have heard Mr. Coker’s address here
last Wednesday. Summed up, he said, j
“If the farmer doesn’t conquer the |
boll weevil, he will be conquered by
the boll weevil and turned over to the I
sheriff.”
of This Bank
An editor and a merchant were dis- ]
cussing the virtue of billboard adver-1
tising. The merchant contended that;
more people read the billboard than
the newspaper. After a lengthy con-
Towards depositors new and old, may
be summed up in just four words, viz—
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The way of the law-breaker is hard
—occasionally.
A man’s mind is what he thinketh
until his wife changes it. *
Ever notice, that the fellow who has
plenty of p.:sh never needs any pull.
Are you facing the New Year with
courage? Much is offered for the
strong-hearted.
give in, the men parted.
The next week the merchant came
tearing down the street to know why j
the obituary of his wife’s mother was
not in the paper, especially after he]
had seen that a copy was taken to the
newspaper office.
“Well,” said the editor, “I know
you wanted the obituary read by the I
people, so I took it out and nailed it!
up on/your billboard.”
Courtesy
Assistance
Security
Service
We don’t know where this cross-
word puzzle came from, but it has
about set everybody crazy.
Charity is a good thing, but it
should be practiced at home before it
goes a-visiting.
Dr. E. Mood Smith
Dr. Felder Smith
OPTOMETRISTS
If without a strong banking connection,
be sure and talk with us at once.
MODERN
SERVICE
Sometimes a woman makes a fool
of a man, but more often he attends
to the job himself.
Sometimes a man works in his of
fice at night, and then again that is
what he tells his wife.
If taxes keep soaring, It^Sfill al
most become a capital offense for a
man to have money.
A married man in town had an aw
ful time last night. His wife found a
hair on his shoulder hut he Anally
convinced her that he picked it up ia
Eyes Examined
Glasses Fitted
FOR SALE—Two beau-
tif ul lots situated in the
heart of Clinton’s nicest
residential property. See
J. L. Wright l-22-3tc
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C. A. OWENS
The First National Bank
MOVES HOUSES
“CLINTON’S STRONGEST BANK”
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