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V .3 PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, 8. C. — VTY TMAaunBR-8' N(V»C> THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1925 (Ehrmttrlp PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. WILSON W. HARRIS Editor and Publisher Entered at the Clinton Post Office as matter of Second Class. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 Six months 75 Three months 50 Payable in advance l Foreign Advertising Repreeentalive I THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of it’s subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. Make all remittances to THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Clinton, S. C. CLINTON. S. C„ FEB. 12. 1925 SPACES DRAMATIZING DANGERS * The newspapers for the past week have been carrying two “human inter est stories.” They have been featured on the front pages as the world’s most important news and have been read by millions of people with more than ordinary interest. One story told of the rush, with dog sleds, over hundreds of miles of Alaskan ice, to carry diphtheria se rum to the village of Nome, Alaska. ^The other told of the struggle to save the life of a cave explorer in Ken tucky, imprisoned by a fallen boulder in a small underground passage, shut off from communication. In each case, the news judgement of the editors was doubtless right and the response of the reading public was human and natural. The appeal of those sick children in Nome, and of the tbrrific effort made to reach and save them, touched every sympathetic heart and roused instinctive admira tion for heroic deeds. What a movie that would have made! At Cave City there has been equal heroism on the part of the rescuers to save Floyd Collins, the workers toiling until ex hausted in close darkness of what threatened to be a living grave, and equal pity for the victim. Within the next few hours it is hoped that entry will be made in the victim’s cavern, and the whole world awaits with hope and sympathetic interest whether Collins is alive or dead. And yet there were but a few doz en cases of diphtheria at Nome, and only a half dozen had died. There are always ten of thousands of American children greviously sick from avoid able disease, and hundreds of thous ands engaged in killing toil, and hard ly anybody ever gets the least excited about it. Every year there are scores and scores of men killed in the stifling darkness of mines, and everybody takes it just as a matter of course. If we only had imagination enough to dramatize every-day dangers by wholesale instead of dramatizing an occasional, isolated, individual danger, it wouldn’t be long to clean up the world’s plagues and plague-spots and preventable perils. istrative influence. It develops, too, into a source of patronage corrupting to the body politic. Such a group is developing in South Carolina and it ought to be checked before it geCs out of bounds. The difference between a bureaucracy and a civil •ser vice,” says Wickham Steed, for mer editor of the London Times, in his reminiscenses of conditions Austria-Hungary under the STEWARDSHIP MEETING HERE in Hapsburg, “is that the former knows it is the government, whereas the latter admits to it self, in the last resort, that its function is to serve the public through the state. A community that allows officials to tyrannize over it abdicates its right to live.’ The bureaucrats, yet inconspicu ous, increasing steadily in this state, are assuming more and more an air of proprietorship of the government, which may grow into something like a tyranny. Tax gathering, especially if it involve inquisition; as in the com putation of the income tax, may become seriously oppressive and exceedingly hateful. Every safe guard against sueh a develop ment should be raised and the best way to insure against it is to simplify methods and keep down the number of agents em ployed. The fixing of the state income tax at a ratio with the federal tax would tend toward au tomatic collection of the state’s post. It is a plan which should be adopted now.” : En Passant * W. W. H. Wedding bells are constantly ring ing, but some of us can’t distinguish them from dumbbells. Not merely do ?olds keep many workers away from thefr jobs, but cold feet spoil many hopeful enter prises. Laymen’s Conference To Be Held At First Presbyterian Church On February 19. Two pon/erences on Christian Stew ardship are to be held in South Caro lina Presbytery this month. The first one is announced for Abbeville on February 17, while the second will be held in this city with the Finst Pres byteriaii church on the afternoon of February 19, beginning at 2:30 p. m. The object of the conference is for a general discussion of church benevo lences, and the Every-Member canvass in particular. The program calls for no set speeches but the meeting will be thrown open for short addresses by laymen and deacons affecting the various phases of church work. Representatives from all Presbyter ian churches in Laurens and New berry counties are invited and urged to attend the Clinton conference. The work is headed by C. R. Calhoun of Greenwood, and he is sending out an appeal asking for a large and repre sentative attendance. CLINTON MAYOR AT GREENWOOD The fellow who is constantly com plaining about the cold weather can get warm by splitting cord wood. J. F. Jacobs Addresses Chamber of Commerce on Benefits of South ern Expoeition. Mayor J. F. Jacobs of this city, state chairman of the Southern Exposition for South Carolina, was the guest of honor at a meeting of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce last Friday night The following account of his address in that city appeared in The Index-Journal of Saturday: “Mr. J. F. Jacobs of Clinton made a most interesting and instructive talk at the Community Hall last night on the beneficial publicity South Caro lina and Greenwood will derive from the Southern Exposition which will be held in New York City in May. He cited illustrations of the advantages of advertising, pointed out that the old reference to the man and his best mouse trap would not succeed in this day when nothing succeeds unless it u given proper publicity. “New York is the logical place for such an exposition, Mr. Jacobs show Families with treasured cherry trees and active kids will be glad to get by Washington’s birthday safely. A church in New York has a man 93 years old as its chief usher. They usually quit about twenty. ed, becaused the Metropolis is the No . 3 g mills money market and trade market of the n 0 . 4 16 mills world and a proper showing made to No. 5 ! 17 mills* its teeming millions will touch all No. 6 ' H mills A pint of whiskey has gotten many a man info a peck of trouble. TOO MANY BUREAUS The continual creation of bureaus and commissions in South Carolina means the creation of political mach ines besides piling great excessive taxation burdens upon the people. In time these agencies, multiplying each year in number, will dominate and control the government of South Caro lina. The old state dispensary sys tem “story” is still remembered and should be a warning. There are too many people working for South Carolina. This does not mean that there is too much work be ing done. It only means that there are too many workers. The list should be cut down. Take the income tax business. Too much money is spent to collect this tax. The recent establishmtent of the title registration law meant first of all the creation of new and more jobs. A statement was made that already fifty thousand dollars had been spent It is no disgrace to fail; the dis grace is in not getting up and start ing again. '. You can’t always tell. Some folks who live on the fat of the land are below the average in weight. There is nothing new in this talk of trial marriages. Some marriages have always been trials. They are having some big debates in the legislature, but nobody seems to be paying any attention to them. A small boy can carry almost as many foolish things in his pocket as a woman can carry in her handbag. A horse may not be as fast as an automobile, but you don’t have to pour boiling water into a horse o*n a cold morning. The trouble with this bootleg booze according to a fellow who has trie< it, is that you have to be drunk before you can drink the stuff. No matter how mad a man may get at his wife, he always admires her judgement in having married him. Ever notice how some folks put on They even go so fax as to pretenc they enjoy' high-brow music. 1924 The 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 31st 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 the books will be closed. All persons owning property in more than one township are request ed to call for *receipta in each of the several township] in which the pro perty is located. This is 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- bodied men between the ages of 21 and 55 are liable to road duty except those in military service, school trus tees, school teachers, ministers, and students. Dog Tax $1.25, which must be paid not later than January 31st, 1924. Proper attention will be given those who wish to pay their taxc;s through the mail by check, money order, etc. The tax levy is as follows: State Tax 6 mills Ordinary County Tax 8% mills Road and Bridge 4 mills Railroad Bond 1 mill Jail Bonds % mill Road Bonds 8% mills Past Indebtedness Statewide School (6-0-1) Weak Schools Constitutional School .... mill 4 mills K mill 3 mills 36 mills Total .... .... «... .... .... Laurens School Districts No. 1 16 H mills No. 2 8 mills No. 3 16 mills hio. 4 .... .... .... .... .... .... 7 mills No. 5 18 mills No. 6 6 mills ^lo. 7 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 8 mills No. 11 22 mills Youngs School Districts No. 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... 3 mills No. 2 8 mills classes of citizens on account of its cosmopolitan citizenship. , “Mr. Jacobs used Miami, Fla., as an illustration of a city that has made its success through advertising. It is the No. 7 17 mills No. 8 13 mills No. 10 22% mills Dials School Districts No. 1 fastest-growing city in the country " -• J* because its climate and advantages ^ ^ m “| 8 are heralded to the world through' mi “* publicity. The natural advantages here, he added, should be advertised and he declared that Greenwood, fur- nishing. as it does ideal sites for man ufacturing concerns and backed up by a splendid agricultural country, is adopting a suicidal policy in not let ting the world know about her at tractions. “Mr. Jacobs is greatly interested in the Southerh Exposition and he came here upon the invitation of President Marvin S. Chipley and Secretary Geo. T. Barnes, who are promoting Green wood’s exhibit at the exposition.” We Await Your o * Order When it is received it will be filled promptly from our complete stocks of Quality Groceries. Select your Grocery Store jvith care. Try our Goods and Service once and we both will be satisfied. FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LITTLE 8 DENSON 50—Two Phones—54 : Clinton, S. C. 4 9 ■ i ■ i No. 4 No. 5 20% mills No. 7 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 8 mills No. 8 .... .••• .••• •••. .... .... .... 12 mills No. 3B 24 mills Sullivan School Districts No. 1 17 mills hio. 2 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 8 mills No. 3 20 mills No. 7 16 mills No. 17 16 mills Railroad Tax 3 milh Waterloo School Districts No. 1 A „ 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 15 mills Hunter School Districts No. 3 6 mills No. 4 8 mills No. 5 26 mills .... 8 mills No. 6 4 milk No. 7 —. .... .... .... .... .... 5 mills No. K9 8 mills No. R42 is mills No. 16 15 % mills Jacks School Districts No. 2 7 mills 16 mills . 3 mills ...8 mills . 3 mills . 6 mills ^1 .... .... .... .... .... ^lO. 4 .... .... a... .... ... No. 6 No. 7 ! ... No. 15 Scuffletown School Districts No. 1 8 mills No. 2 8 mills No. 3 3 mills No. 4 4 mills No. 12 11 Vi 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? A VALENTINE PARTY The ladies of the Lydia Mills vil lage will give a Valentine party in the school auditorium on Saturday j night. The admission will be ten and fifteen cents. Free refreshments will be served and interesting games play-1 ed. NOTICE OF MEETING ir^Jr—>||—rEr? Ir^fT^r^irz^r nr 1 a Some people never think about re penting until they get in a tight place and are afraid of getting caught. Carelessness is usually at the back ground of our failures, or just plain laziness if you don’t like the first word. The United States has about 25,000 1 miles of concrete road. This informa- for the setting up of the machinery ti on j s given for the benefit of the of the law. It was estimated that it would bring in two hundred thousand dollars, so the cost of collecting has already, amounted to one-fourth of the total revenue. This is all out of pro portion. Too many people are tied to the machine—too many folks are hold ing fat jobs at the expense of the tax payers. These are but samples of the waste. Such conditions as these constantly call for luxury taxes, indirect taxes, and all other kinds of schemes that are being put forth to raise mofe revenue by gouging the taxpayers. President Coolidge said, “We need more work but fewer workers.” The South Carolina legislature needs to adopt this slogan. TTie Charleston Evening Post has a very timely warning on the dan gers of the tendency of more bureaus and commissions in this extract from, an editorial headed, “Taxes and Bu reaus”: - “The growth of a bureaucracy is Always to be deplored in a gov- * ernment. An army of employes, especially in a revenue branch, soon comes to be a solid mass and a voting *bloc/ subject to admin- Jacks Township folks. The world is improving after all. Men no longer wear rings on their thumbs as they once did. NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of Joann aCotton Mills, a corporation or ganized and existing under the laws of the State of South Carolina, for) the election of directors for the en suing year and for the transaction of I such other business as may properly come before the meeting, will be held I at the office of the corporation at Goldville, South Carolina, on the third day of March, 1925, at three o’clock j in the afternoon. AND FURTHER NOTICE is given I that at said meeting a proposal to in crease the authorized capital stock of said corporation from $750,000 to $2,000,000 will be submitted for con sideration and action by the stock-' holders. By order of the Board of Directors. | Dated January 21, 1925. EDWARD L. DURGIN, 2-26-4tc Secretary. A mother asks, “What shall we do with our children?” Meanwhile the children are deciding what they will do with their parents. You can’t always tell. Some times a fellow may “go back to the coun try” because the city rent hasn’t been paid. Once upon a time children obeyed orders. Now they lay them on the table for further debate. In the last election, 472 out of every 1000 failed to vote. So far as is known, none of them forgot to draw their monthly pay. Some one asks what is the proper thing to wear after 10 p. m. Well, that depends entirely upon where you are. RENT A CAR Drive Yourself OPEN AND CLOSED CARS DAY PHONE 357 NIGHT PHONE 156 Ellis Auto Livery Dr. E. Mood Smith Dr. Feldej Smith MODERN SERVICE OPTOMETRISTS Eyee Examined G las see Fitted 15 West Main Street Phone 101 CUNTpN, S. C. j • s Big Shipment Kitchen Cabinets from the cheapest to the best at right prices These are as well built Kitchen Cabinets as any manufacturer makes them and we have them in oak or enamel finishes and the prices range from $30.00 to $90.00. We urge every one to visit our display just to look at these beautiful cabinets. These Kitchen Cabinets are great step-savers be cause they have all the conveniences. Why trot, trot, — trot? Just sit and reach and get what you want from one of these Kitchen Cabinets. • Fuller-Simpson Furniture Ce. 0 0 0 0 il 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CLINTON, “THE HOME MAKERS” ■ f - , ' - • , - - • SOUTH CAROLINA' 1 ru^-J! rrn < \ -L.. JSSSSS} _ — T