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PAGE TWO 5^ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1925 v v CITIZENS’ MASS MEETING 7:30 P. M, MONDAY, FEB. 9 Y" To Be Held In Auditorium of Old Graded School Building On Academy Street. All Citizens, Men and Women, Are Urgently Invited To Attend. The Town Council has called a mass ( passed, Clinton cannot issue the certi- meeting of the Citizens of Clinton j ficates and will find greater difficulty school in financing long term payments of to meet in the old graded building, on Academy Street, 7:20 P. M., Monday, February 9th, for the purpose of advising Council in regard to the matter of passage of a resolu tion addressed to the County Delega tion, asking for the passage of an act authorizing the Town of Clinton to issue street paving certificates and sell same, pledging the credit of the town therefor and pledging the abutt ing property assessments laid upon property abutting street improve ments. The law at present provides that the City may assess abutting pro perty one-half street improvements. abutting property assessments, and would therefore not be in a position to accomodate its citizens so readily in the matter of easy installment pay ments of these assessments. The town, however, has under the Code the right to make all of its taxes payable in installments. Abutting property assessments are taxes, and the town therefore can readily ar range for easy installment payments by abutting property owners of the abutting property assessments in case of street and sidewalk paving, but Jhe town cam\ot easily finance the opera tion, and that would no doubt deter Clerk to make entry of satisfaction on such ‘Assessment Liens’ book as soon as full payment is m&de, and the lien shall be thereby extinguished. “Section 6. That the Town Council of the Town of Clinton is hereby authorized and empowered t6 issue certificates of indebtedness showing the amounts of money due to said Town by property owners as deferred payments or installment^ upon such assessments, and to sell any of such certificates of indebtedness or to borrow money by pledging any of them as collateral security for the payment of such debt or c^ebts, and in either event of sale oi; collateral pledge of such certificates, or any of them, to pledge the faith and credit 1. Act. Numbers 14 and 16 vertical ^re the big boys in today’s puzzle. They are both nine letter words—but find thern^ 2. Horse’s gait. ’ ‘ 1 1 3. Passes off in vapor. 4. Roads traveled. • 5. Part of a book. and you have keys to work out every other word in the clever arrange ment. Virtually all of the words are PW the Mb r *!f t.'imr.oil from making terms as easy of said Town for the j^ryyt " f '!>* M >" th^rain teas- TTronT’currenF'oiTio'iiT fUrWfS," but it^m-rase-of^sueh’ p«mt>g they mtg^t ah<f to ggSraritgfe a very smalT per-cei doc.s not pfovkb that the town may j be made if Clinton had the same right for and in the name of said Town. will cause you to thumb the leaves of issue paving certbfl^irt^s against such f that other towns have under the gen-j “Section 7. The said Town of Clin-1 a dictionary. There’s ah evening of abutting property assessments. Other ! eral law to issue street paving certi-1 ton may, by ordinance, require the towns,under the general law of South. ficates or street .improvement certifi- Carolina. have the right to issue cates and sell them, payable through street improvement certificates and a period say of ten years, collecting sell same, covering the abutting pro- from the abutting property owners perty assessments made in cases of to meet the payments of the certifi- paving sidewalks and streets. Clin ton’s law, which was passed prior to the general law authorizing the issu ance of paving certificates, does not contain that provision, and Clinton’s Town Council is therefore under a handicap in the matter of terms which it can give to its citizens in the payment of street assessments owing to the fact that it is not in a posi tion to issue street paving certifi cates. Attorney J. N. Nathans, Charleston, instead cates, annual payments lump sum payments. It is regrettable that this misappre hension of the proposed act has got ten abroad in the' town. Opposition was thus unwittingly developed against the passage of an act which will be decidedly helpful to many citi zens of Clinton in the future paving grantor and grantee, or grantors and grantees, of any property, or part of same, sold or transferred after such assessment has been laid thereon, and before such assessment lefn has been of. extinguished, as provided herein, to file in writing with the Town Clerk, within ten (10) days after every such sale or transfer, the name of such grantor or grantee, or grantors and grantees, an accurate description of the property sold or transferred and the date of such sale or transfer. So that said Act as amended shall read keen pleasure wrapped, up in this small package. Try it out. Answer next week. Also another dandy puz zle. operations of the town, whether those | as follows: paving operations be financed, as re- j “Section 1. Town of Clinton author- 4 Horizontal 1. Mark left by point of pencil. 3. Term of respect. 5. A buddy. 7. Preposition. 8. Decay. 10. Money. 12. Preposition. 14. To discharge slowly. 15. To press. 17. A sharp, sour taste. 19. Insect. . KEEPING WELL WHAT IS NORMAL? DR. FREDERICK R. GREEN Editor of •‘HEALTH” T HIS Is an age of standardization. It the scale. :e wrfh’ hand Shuttle. gards the town’s part, from the pro- j j ze( j assess abutting property for 1 ^l- Uniform ceeds of the bond issue, or with cur- S. C., wrote under date of December | r<mt funds. permanent improvements. Be it en- j 23. Result acted by the General Assembly of the! of extensive alcoholism (abbr.) 15th, explaining the situation as fol- 1 This act has no bearing upon any. gt a t e g ou th Carolina, That the Cor-I 24. Moharainedan prince, lows: “I note that the act approved | P ar ticular bond issue. It will not add porate authorities of the Town of 25. For example (abbr.) the 11th day of February, 1918, Atts Council’s authority in the matter j cii n t on be, and they hereby are, au-! 26. An exclamation used by horsemen. 1918, page 704, authorized the Town' taxation in any form, nor will it, thorized to levy an assessment upon I 28. Distress call, of Clinton to levy an assessment upon : rob the people of their rights under ( a b u tting property for the purpose of! 29- Walked on. abutting property, etc., but does not the law in regard to the requirements paying for permanent improvements ^l. Number, provide for the issuance of paving °f a majority of abutting property on streets and sidewalks immediately! 62. Ship s diary, 9. A measure of weight (abbr.) 11. Means of transportation (abbr.) 13. A color. 14. Belief in doctrine. 16. Always fresh. 18. Bustle. 20. Prefix meaning recent. 22. Self. 26. Result of 59 horizontal. 27. A numeral. 29. Also. 50. Twenty-four hours. 34. Past* 35. Mixes together. 36. Substance resulting from decom position by electrolosys. | 37. Take away. ! 39. An animal. I 43. A passing fancy. ! 44. Period of time. ^ | 46. Worn by ancient Romans. 47. Cravat. 49. Indefinite article. 51. European river. 53. Preposition. 56. Minister (degree.) abutting such property: p ro vided,, 23. Constructed. That said improvements be ordered; 25- Offer. certificates and the guarantee there- | owners signing a petition betore any of by the town, and as the general 1 abutting property can be assessed for _ * — act, which was passed in 1919 (Secs.; street improvements. The only change: on iy U p 0 p the written consent of a' 38, W1 d revel 4506-4513, Code 1922, Volume 3) p^o- 1 eontom P* ate< ^ hy the act is a change' nia j or jty 0 f the owners of the pro-j Move, vides that the act shall not apply to which will enable the town to do the per ty abutting upon the street, side-! P‘ ums any city or incorporated town which financing of long term installment as- j NVa lk or portion of either to be ini- ‘*2. Half an em. has heretofore under special constitu-, sessments without any financial com- proved, and upon the further con- ' diiton that the corporate authorities shall pay at least one-half of the costs “A Bill to amend an Act entitled of such improvements. Answer to Last Week’s Puzzle tional amendment and act in pursu-, P^ ca tio n s for *'he authorities ance thereof, provided for the issu-! The proposed bill is as follows: ance of bond/and.assessment of abut ting property for permanent street Improvements,’ you have no teglsla- tive authority for the issuance of pav ing certificates and guaranteeing the payment thereof, so it would appear that some further legislative enact- An Act to authorize the Town of, “Section 2. That the assessments so: 43. Cunning. 45. Conclude. 46. German (abbr.) 48. The young of a goat or sheep. 50. Preposition. Clinton to levy an assessment upon laid shall constitute and be a Ken upon ‘ dQUbk ‘ abutting property for the purpose of, the property so assessed and payment, t _ n j j:__ tn rhent paying for permanent improvement, j thereof may be enforced as the pay-1 ^ ^.“Teanin J do«^ on streets and sidewalks immediately; men t 0 f Town taxes is enforced: Pro-. |- 7 ' N_ 0>n *: v „ /•nninnntinn abutting such property, approved; V rj(j e( j t Such assessments be entered in e-q’ P i j himoAif 58. Placed himself. 59. To unite two or more numbers. ment will be necessary before you can j February 11th. 1918, by providing a book kept by the Town Clerk, to be issue these certificates. I would, | for the method of enforcing and col- j entitled ‘Asessment Liens,’ stating the I therefore, suggest that no action be! lecting such assessment and authoriz-j name 0 f the owners, the location of; taken covering the assessment of | ing the issuance by the Town of Clin-j the property and the amount of the | sale or transfer, the name of such UjUlQui LJUJLuS ESlElUiS u2 EjaaQ m a IS N A N PKHGlNj IeJBIa] Bil mMY e: TTsTe si N E S abutting property until an act cover- j ton of certificates of indebtedness, | assessments and the time or times of grantor and grantee, or grantors and ing the situation has been passed by and to pledge the faith and credit of payment: And, provided further, That grantees, an accurate description of the coming legislature.’’ j the Town of Clinton for the payment, suc h lien shall continue from the date ’ the property sold or transferred and In pursuance of the above advice | thereof, and to guarantee the pay- 0 f entry on such book until the expira- the date of such sale or transfer. received from Mr. Nathans, who has j ment of the same for and in the name been employed by authority of Town - of the said Town of Clinton. Council, to pass on the proposed pav-j Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen ing certificates to apply against the ( era i Assembly of the State of South bonds, the mayor requested Senator' c aro jj na that the Act of the General Goodwin and Hop. Carroll Nance to; Assembly of the State of South Caro- pass the act which Mr. Nathans had , jj nai entitled “An Act to authorize the suggested. Senator Goodwin wrote to T own 0 f Clinton to levy an assess- several gentlemen in Clinton, asking men t upon abutting property for the opinion as to whether the Clinton peo- purpose of paying for permanent irn- ple wished this legislation. One or ( provements on streets and sidewalks more of these gentlemen misunder-. immediately abutting such property, stood the legislation and it was gen-! a pp rove< j p e b rU ary 11th, 1918,” be and erally circulated that the mayor was same is hereby amended by add- endeavoring to get a law passed which would enable the.town to issue such certificates without consulting the people, and the spirit of opposition thereto was developed, due to a mis apprehension of the facts. The object of the meeting is that all the facts may be known ^and in order that as many people as possible know in advance just what the ma tion of five years from the date when “Section 8. This Act styall take ef- final payment is due and payable, un- | feet immediately upon its approval by less sooner paid. Upon default in the the Governor.” payment of any installment or defer red portion of any assesments, at the and Council will no doubt pass resolu tions in line with the viewpoint of the public meeting. Council is called to meet imme diately after^the public meeting at the graded school to (Jispose of ’his matter in the passage of a resolution requesting the County Delegation in doesn't mutter whether it’s the number of eggs laid by a hen, or the number of flivvers turned out by Hen ry. Tables of “normar weight are found on penny-ln-the-slot machines, In every waiting room, depot, elevated station and lunch room. Mothers wor ry over tables of “normal” weight for babies; grown people pore over tablea showing “normal" blood pressure for different ages; freshmen entering col lege have to take examinations for “normal mental reactions.” Reports issued by the weather-bureau show “norhjal’’ temperature or rainfall. Stockbreeders pore over tabulations of “normal" milk productions and stockbrokers study compilations of “normal” security values. All these collections of information are of value. They show that knowl edge, In many lines, Is not only great er but 'also Jhat It Is being much more carefully analyzed and more widely used. Bnt the human mind- Is’curious ih Its workings and this widespread aver aging has developed ‘ the Idea that “normal” means healthy, or sound, and that variations from “normal” are dan gerous. This Idea Is changing our con ception of the word “normal” In fact, a recent medical dictionary defines “normal” as meaning the same aa “healthy.” If_ this la correct, then anything which Is not “normal” Is unhealthy. Vet “normal” comes from a Latin word “norma” which means a carpen ter’s square, or a rule or a measure. Now, there’s nothing either healthy or unhealthy about a rule. It’s simply a standard of measurement, by which different objects are measured. So the “normal” Is simply the average which Is used as a measure, to find out whether the particular thing being measured is greater or less. There Isn’t anything dangerons or unhealthy in a thing that is not av erage. If the average rainfall for a month in a certain section of the country Is more than “normal,” that doesn't mean that there Is going to be another flood and that we’d bet ter go to work building arks. Or If it's a little less, that doesn’t justify us In concluding that the world is going to burn up. So don’t get the idea that there’s anything sacred about an average or that any variation from the “normal" is dangerous Napoleon had epilepsy but It was the generals he defeated who usually had lits. Charles Steln- metz was a tubercular hunchback, who had only thirty cents when he went through KHi» Island, yet he died the world’s greatest authority on electric ity. Darwin showed that It was the variations from the normal that pro duced new varieties. An average Is a yardstick, nothing more, and a vari ation from the normal is not neces sarily either fatal or undesirable. (®. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.) J t J All citizens of the town, women as, well as men, are urgently requested' General Assembly to pass the act time and in accordance with the terms to presen t and to express them- i through th£ General Assembly, and conditions fixed by ordinance, the} se i V es in recard to this matter, in' Respectfully submitted for the total amount of any speh assessment then unpaid including deferred in- FOR SALE—Pure S. R. I. R. cock erels $1.50 to $3.00. Three year old privet plants $2.00 per 100; cuttings 15c per 100. Mrs. J. C. McMillan, Renno, S. C. Itp ing thereto after Section 1 thereof the following sections: “Section 2. That the assessments so laid shall constitute and be a lien upon the property so assessed and payment thereof may be enforced as the payment of Town taxes is enforc ed: Provided, such assessments be en- stallments or payments and interest, shall immediately become due and collectible as Town taxes are collect ed, and with such penalties and costs as are now provided for the payment of such taxes. Section 3. The assessments shall be payable at such times and on such terms of payment and such rate of interest on deferred payments, as may be prescribed by ordinance of Town Council. “Section 4. That the amounts of money raised by such assessments, i selves in regard to this matter, in! Respectfully order that Council may be well ad-»Council, vised as to what the people desire. J. F. JACOBS, Mayor. J. Roy Crawford SURVEYOR CLINTON, S. C. Telephone 2604 ill NEW GOODS 4 ! v) tered in a book kept by the Town, L/, Kp pntitled ‘Assessment 1 together with the amounts added facts are council suggested that the ns ’, 8tating ^ name of the own _ j thereto by the Town authorities from facts be expbnned in The Clinton ; ^ the ]ocation of the property and the Town treasury, shall constitute | Chronicle. The proposed act is pub-, ^ amount of the assessment9 and ‘ a "d b * kept as a separate fund to be lished at the bottom of this article.. th3 ^ or timeg of payTnent . And> used only for the purpose for which it A close perusal will show that the ob- ; ided further> That such lien shall was raised and appropriated, ject is to enable the Town Council j continue from the dat€ of entry on | “Section 5. That it shall by ordi- to utilize the authority which is ^ book ‘ g ^ the expira tion of five ! nante ^ made the dut y of the Tovyi en to other towns in South Carolina iearg from the date when fjnal pay _ C i erk to mak e entry of satisfaction on under the general act of issuing street ment ig d , ie and pa ,, ab i e( un i ess soon- ^ch ‘Asessment Liens’ book as soon paving certificates against abutting e „ pai(J Upon defa ‘ u i t in the payrnent as full payment is made, and the lien property ..assessments whenever such of any iRgtaUment or d ef e rred por- shall be thereby extinguished, assessments have been levied. These tion of any as8essment8( at the time | “Section 6. That the Town Council assessments, however, can only oe , . tprnia of the Town of Clinton is hereby au Arriving Daily Goods That Will Please You FAST COLOR LINENS, HALF LINENS AND SUITINGS for —— ... ,unpaid including for the improvement, and onl y n I nie nts or payments and interest, shall b y property owners as deferred pay- in case the city authorities match the lmmediate i y become due and collect- ments or installments upoq such as-] local abutung property assessments ibIe ag town are col i ected and sessments, and to sell any of such] i * from * * • * * * * * v with an equal sum of money general funds or bond funds. with such penalties and costs as are certificates of indebtedness or to bor-1 now provided for the payment of such row money by pledging any of them l AM. AM.1 1 M 1 A A A «<* %** 4 vr 4 ■% A v«n«vw%AVt4 S as collateral security for the payment The town already has the authority to assess abutting property and has j « nu. * u n ■ of 8U ch debt or debts, and in either „„ ...... onH ■ “Section 3. The assessment, shall event o{ aal( , or collateral pMge o{ been doing so on street and sidewalk pa\ ing, but it has not been able to > Payable at such times and on such extend to the people long terms of f e ™ s of payment and such rate of settlement, and this has constituted interest on deferred payments, as may a hardship on some of our citizens be Prescribed by ordinance of Town who are not in a position to pay im- \ Council. , mediately their abutting property as-j “Section 4. That the amounts of sessments as a whole. The object of ] money raised by such assessments, to- the act is to make it possible for the gether with the amounts added there- town without financial inconvenience such certificates, or any of them, to pledge the faith and credit of said Town for the payment thereof, and to guarantee the payment of same for and in the name of said Town. “Section 7. The said Town of Clin ton may, by ordinance, require the grantor and grantee, or grantors and- : SMART SPRING FROCKS We have just opened these fabrics in the popular colors, each distinctive in character and guaranteed to be absolutely fast color. MANY NEW GOODS We invite you to call often and see our Spring Showings. to by the Town authorities from the grantees, of any property, or part of j Town treasury, shall constitute and be kept as a separate fund to be used only for the purpose for which it was raised and appropriated. “Section 5. That it shall by ordi- to collect abutting property assess ments on the installment plan through a period of years, and in order to finance the operation street paving certificates can be issued provided this act is passed. If the act is not’nance be made the duty of the Town within ten (10) days after every such same, sold or transfrered after such assessment has beep laid thereon, and before such assessment lien has been extinguished, as provided herein, to file in writing with the Town Clerk Farmers Mercantile “You Always Get Quality Here” l \ "■ ■ ■"* fci 1 ^ -1- - \