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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1925
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CITIZENS’ MASS MEETING
7:30 P. M, MONDAY, FEB. 9
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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.
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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
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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.)
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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- :
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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
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