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PAGE EIGHT THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925 THURSDAY and FRIDAY — at the — Casino Theatre “AMERICA” HISTORICAL! EDUCATIONAL! Don’t Miss Seeing It! COUNTY TREASURER’S NOTICE 1924 The books of the County Treasurer will be open for the coUgction of Taxes for the fiscal year, 1924, at the Treasurer’s office from October 15th to December 31st, 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 ohe township are request ed to call for 1 receipts in each of the several townships 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 taxes through the mail by check, money order, etc. The tax levy is as follows: State Tax 6 mills Ordinary County Tax 814 mills Road and Bridge 4 mills Railroad Bond 1 mill Jail Bonds 4 14 mill Road Bonds .... 814 mills Past Indebtedness 14 mill Statewide School (6-0-1) .... 4 mills Weak Schools 14 mill Constitutional School 3 mills MUSCLEf SHOALS. NITROGEN. OR POWER? FORD OFFERS AID. UP TO THE PRESIDENT. At the request of the War Depart ment, Henry Ford offered to develop the power plant, built by the people at Muscle Shoals to provide nitrogen from the atmosphere for use in war time. Nitrogen can be made into ex plosives for war and fertilizer for peace.' No. 1 No. 2 .... No. 3 .... No. No. 3 No. 4 Total 36 mills Laurens School Districts No. 1 1614 mills No. 2 8 mills No. 3 16 mills No. 4 7 mills No. 5 ; .... 13 mills No. 6 7... .... V... .... .... ... d~miHa No. 7 ., 8 mills No. 11 22 mills Youngs School Districts .... .... .... .... 8 mills .... .... .... .... .... 8 mills .... .... .... 8 mills No. 4 16 mills No. 5 17 mills No. 6 .*. ll mills No. 7 .... 17 mills No. 8 13 mills No. 10 22^4 mills Dials Schodl Districts No. 1 .... 8 mills 2 - 12% mills .... .... 12 mills 8 mills No. 5 20% mills No. 7 i k8 mills No. 8 12 mills No. 3B 24 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 milh Waterloo School Districts No. 1 12 mills No. 2 9 mijls No. 3 19 mills No. 4 v 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 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. K9 No. R42 No. 16 15% mills Jacks School Districts No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 6 No. 7 No. 15 Politicians in Washington rejected Ford’s offer, although the entire South and all the farmers demanded that the Government accept it. Ford, wearied of Washington’s vacillation, withdrew his offer. Scuffletown School Districts No. 1 8 mills No. 2 8 mills No. 3 3 mills No. 4 4 mills No. 12 :... 11% 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 bus} during the month of December. ROSS D. YOUNG, County Treasurer. WHAT DO P. S. JEANS And the Muscle Shoals plant, as things now stand, is scheduled to be put under control of a great power monoply. Every voter in this country should read Henry Ford’s statement concern ing Muscle Shoals made this week, in response to a message from W. R. Hearst urging him to re-enter the Muscle Shoals contest, and again try to rescue the people’s property from selfish exploiters. These are points in Henry Ford’s statement that interest every Amer ican: “I am willing to co-operate with the Government in developipg Muscle Shoals into a great nitrate plant, mak ing cheap fertilizer for the American farmers. » “In my opinion, the Shoals should be used for the production of nitrate ahd fertilizer. “I believe that the Government could itself keep Muscle Shoals and run it, not as a power plant but as a nitrate plant, to help the farmers in pease and safeguard the country in war. The people of the United States spent $140,000,000 to create a govern ment nitrate plant, not a power house. We should not lose sight of the origi nal and biggest reason for Muscle Shoals being built. “If the Government, keeps Muscle Shoals and operates the nitrite ]>Uni by the army and navy, I shall be glad to put at their service all that the Ford company has of knowledge and experience. Our engineers have been working for three years on the problem of making cheap nitrogen from the air for farmers. We believe we have discovered improvements on the present process. We believe air nitrate can be made at a price that will materially reduce the cost of fer tilizer on the farm. “The Ford Company will turn over to the Government, without cost, the results of its researches. “We will lend the mf" tn hi»lp build up an efficient organization to run the Shoals. As a citizen’s duty, we worked with the army and navy during the war. We are ready to give the same co-operation to the Government in at3 of the farmers now, cost free, to the Government. “It is a mistake to say that the Government cannot run the nitrate plant as well as any private party. This is the very lynd of business the Government ought to engage in. Elec tro-chemical methods of air nitrogen fixation do not require great forces of employes. It is a straight job of letting the forces of nature work for you. The Government has as good men as there are in this field. We talked with some of them when we were figuring on the Shoals. v “If the Government Iceeps Muscle Shoals and runs it for the farmers, I will help, so far as technical help goes, just as much as I could have helped if I had taken the property over. “HENRY FORD." The question is, “Shall Muscle Shoals, which the people own, be de veloped primarily as a nitrogen pro ducing plant, and secondarily as a power plant, both in the public inter est ? Or shall the great enterprise be given to private monopolists to be ex ploited on the usual bagis of all that the traffic will bear?" DO? President Coolidge will decide the matter. Congress will not send him a bill if it is known that he will veto it. Write the President and tell him what you think. Farmers, especially, should write. The President is al ways glad to hear, from any citizen. 4* GTFTS THAT. LAST }. B. FRONTIS JEWELER CLINTON, S. & IMPROVED UNBORN INTERNATIONAL SundaySchool ’ Lesson ’ (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D.D.. D«*a of the Evenlnc School. Moody, Biblo Jn- •tuute of Chicago.) <©. 1925, Western Newepaper Union.) Lesson for February 22 —- GOOD CITIZENSHIP (Temperance Lesson.) LESSOR TEXT—Rom. 13:1-14. GOLDEN TEXT—“Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself."—Rom. 11:3. PRIMARY TOPIC—Love One An other. JUNIOR TOPIC—Rewards of Obedi ence. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Obeying the law YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—Obeying and Enforcing the Law. It is highly Important that the dis ciple of Christ should realize that he is a citizen as well as a Christian. In telligent Christians will show loyalty to the state as well as to the church. !n fact, the better the Christian, the better the state. The failure to recog nize this truth has brought Christian ity Into disrepute .In many quarters. I. The Christian's Obligation to the Stats (vv. 1-7). 1. Obedience to the Rulers (w, 1-4). This obligation is upon all Christians. The reason this obligation Is universal Is that civil government Is ordained of God and the rulers are His representa tives. It Is God’s purpose that man should live under authority. It Is His purpose because man’s highest good demands It. To refuse obedience to civil authority is to resist God. This of course does not mean that a Chrls- tlun*nt the behest of the state should do that which is morally wrong, Just as parental authority' does not Imply that the child Is under obligation to do that which Is morally wrong at the command of parents, but it does de mand submission as the law of the be liever’s life. The Christian frequently has need to call upon the rulers for help and personal protection (Acts 18:12-17; 19:35-41; 22:25). 2. The Spirit of Such Obedience (v. 5), It Is to be conscientious, that Is, It is to be regarded, not merely as serving a good purpose, but morally right! 3. The Nature of This Obedience (vv. 6-7). (1) Payment of personal and prop erty taxes. The citizens who enjoy the benefits of government are morally bound to support it 2) Payment of duties upon merchan dise and license fees. The business exchange between nations must be regulated. For such regulations ex penses Incur for which benefits the citizens shrould pay. (8) Veneration for magistrates— “fear to whom fear.** Those who fear God should venerate His representa tives, that Is, civil rulers. (4) The proper attitude—“honor to whom honor." This means that civil servants, officers of the law, should be honored because of the ministry they perform. , II. The'Christian's Obligation to His Fellow Citlzene (vv. 8-10). This Is summed up In the word "love.” Love is a perpetual obliga tion. Paying of debts Is obligatory upon all. .Christians are judged by their promptness In paying debts. The only debt that Is right to owe Is that of love. Although we give love to the full each day, each succeeding day calls for It over again. Love works no 111 to one’s neighbor. This love for bids defrauding In matters of • prop erty; It forbids going Into debt where there Is no reasonable certainty of be ing able to meet the obligation; It for bids defrauding in matters of moral purity. Where there Is real love^ adul tery cannot be committed, for It Is a crime against one’s neighbor. Love forbids murder. It forbids stealing. It forbids coveting. It forbids working 111 to one's neighbor. III. Tha Grand Incantlva of the Chrtatlan’a Llfa (w. 11-14). This Is the coming of the Lord. The supreme call Is to the Christian to awake out of sleep. The picture here presented Is of one asleep when the sun Is high In the heavens. Life’s duties can only be properly executed when one Is awake. The one Igolng through life without thinking of eter nity Is asleep. Each day'll bringing us nearer to the eternal goal and since that day Is at hand, we should 1. Cast Off the Works of Darkness (v. 12). The works of darkness are the sins of the flesh such as dishonest dealing in business, rioting and drunk enness. 2. Put on the Armor of Light (w. 12-13). With this armor on the Chris tian will (1) walk honestly, (2) not In rioting and drunkenness, (3) not In chambering and wantonness, (4) not In strife, (5) not In envying. 8. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ (v. 14). The only way to be free from the works of darkness is to put on Christ. Fatal Prosperity Often our trials act as a thorn-hedge to keep us in the good pasture; but our prosperity is u gap through which we go astray.—Presbyterian Record. Home—Should Come First While there are many calls upon the family purse—nothing is more vital to your t happiness and that of your family than your home environment. Home should have V ’ first call when a question arises whether to buy something for the home, some thing for the car, or something for yourself. When you invest in home comforts the entire family benefits. 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