The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 19, 1925, Image 8
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925
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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
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<©. 1925, Western Newepaper Union.)
Lesson for February 22
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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
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