The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 19, 1925, Image 2

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PAGE TWO THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1925 •HTHERIA Is D"’ 1 easos we knaw JB^Arthy Brisbane JAMES SIMPSON’S PfcEDfcTION. MAN’S GREATEST WAR. GET YOUR MONOPLANE. THE QUEEN BOBS HER HAIR. Manufacturers that produce, mer chants that distribute, and workers that depend for employment on gener ally prosperous conditions, will be in terested in one paragraph of a letter just received from Mr. James Simp son, president of Marshall Field & Company. Mr. Simpson, whose business far exceeds one hundred millions a year, writes: i “Business for the year starts off very well with us, and tl^e general feeling of confidence is developing with just enough con servatism to make me feel certain that we are entering upon a period of sound business develop ment and activity.”. Mr. Simpson’s opinion does not j merely reflect the enormous retail j business done by Marshall Field & Company in Chicago. The wholesale department of Mar shall Field, biggest in the United States, reaches into every corner of the country, doing business with thousands of merchants. There is no better test of national conditions than the story told on the books of that gigantic firm. The duty of each citizen is to be lieve and say that prosperity^is here, that it will remain and grow, and that this nation will realize to the full its extraordinary position and op portunities among the nations of the world. We have everything that any nation could possibly ask for. The only thing that could injure us is lack of confidence. Secretary Weeks tells the Congres sional committee that he holds no grudge against Brig.-Gen. Mitchell for telling the truth, and that he has no thought of disciplirifr General Mitchell. That is welcome. The people would like .to think that the truth is not kept from them by official threaths. Science says the greatest battle of the human race is to be against in sects and microscopic germs. Those tiny enemies do infinitely more harm than ever was done by all the wild beasts and poisonous reptiles that men have gradually conquered. Insects and plant insects destroy bil lions every year in crops and forests. And germs destroy millions of lives. one of the dls- all about. Bre- tonneau of Tours Urst described It as a distinct disease In 1821, over a hun dred years ago. Before that time it had been confused with many other forms of sore throat and had been called “malignant sore throat,” “putrid sore throat,” etc. He called It diph theria from a Greek word meaning a membrane, because In true diphtheria a membrane always forma on the In fected spot Kleba discovered the diphtheria germ In 1883 and Loeffler In 1884 first succeeded In growing the germ outside the human body. In 1888 Roux and Yersln proved that poisoning and death In diphtheria were caused, not by the germ Itself, but by the poison which the germ manufac tures In Its growth. In 1891 Von Behring made an antitoxin or antidote for the diphtheria poison, by which the poison caused by the disease could be neutralized and the child’s life saved. In 1913 Schick found that a single drop of antitoxin, injected under the skin, would show what children were susceptible to this disease. Then Park and Zingher In New York found that children whom this test shows to be immune at two or three years of age will probably be safe’ from the dis ease for the rest of their lives, while those who are susceptible can by a dose of toxlu-antltoxln, be protected ' from it in all cases during ^childhood and in many cases for the whole of their lives. So we know aM about It, what causes It, how the germs get Into the throat of the well child, how It can he prevented and how It can be cured Yet in 1921 there were twenty thou sand deaths from diphtheria In the United States, mtat of them children under ten years of age. As Klog Edward asked, “If this di*- ease Is preventable, why Is It not pre vented?” Because its prevention re quires action. on a large scale. To protect a single child against diph theria Is good but this will not rednce the death rate. All susceptible chil dren must be protected. The time to do this is when the child enters school In Cleveland Doctor McClelland found that two-thirds of all children examined were susceptible and that the largest number of susceptible Chil dren were found In the well-to-do homes. Not a single child out of the 30.000 treated showed any bad effects from the antitoxin. “Who would not give a trifle to pre vent what he would give a thousand worlds to cure?” Three doses <ff toxln- untttoxin will protect your child from this awful disease. Don’t be sorry when It Is too late. (©. 1926. WMtvrn Newspaper Uaisa) STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES The City ofGlinton,$.G. FOR DECEMBER 1924, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1925 RECEIPTS Cash on hand in banks December January V February December 1st, 1924 \ Light Revenue $3,221.53 $ 2,632.56 $ 3,361.11 Water Revenue 846.78 752.74 868.81 Business License 102.00 4,313.56 478.85 Business License Penalty 6.00 30.30 Police Fines 241.50 158.50 154.00 Real & Personal Pr. Tax 1924 Real & Personal Pr. Tax 212.49 441.56 281.11 * Penalty 1924 29.09 12.76 •28.31 Water Meters 28.00 , 31.11 Accounts Receivable Telephone Calls 70.48 2.20 151.50 Bad Check Accounts 7.04 . 35.00 136.79 Plant Maintenance 2.00 3.62 Sinking Fund 71.66 147.45 - 60.00 Notes Paid v 6,250.00 , Interest 321.33 1 Notes Payable i Street Maintenance Fuel 10,000.00 . 10.40 9.20 Paving Assessment 1,287.90 625.46 Advances 50.00 25.00 Water & Light Revenue (Past Due) Real & Personal Pr. Tax 1923 10.00 10J)0 .88 Real & Personal Pr. Tax Penalty .13 Street Tax 1925 • 1,155.00 $ 3,444.21 JANUARY 1925 Fighting 1 $ $ 5.00 $ Disorderly Conduct 1 30.00 3.00 Drunk 2 5.00 20.00 5.00 Stealing 4 12.50 36.00 Cursing 1 2.50 Transporting Whiskey 7 . 70.00 ^ 16.00 • A6 $47.50 $132.50 $26-00 FEBRUARY 1925 Fighting 5 $15.00 $35.00 $ Disorderly Conduct 1 2.50 Drunk 2 5.00 10.00 Stealing V 22.50 Gambling 15 26.00 49.00 ■ 5.00 Carrying Unlawful Gun ) 1 « 20.00 : •? Speeding Auto and Blow- jng Horn 2 10.00 Vgrgrant 1 Tresspassing 1 — Total February—1926 28 $46.00 $126.50 $27.50 Total December—1924 37 70.00 205.00 36J50 Total January—1925 16 . 47.60 t 132.50 26.00 < ' . 81 $163.50 $464.00 $90.00 464.00 Grand Total Paid * $554.00 41,447.54 Young men with courage and ambi tion, TURN YOUR MINDS TOWARD FLYING. Ex-service men that flew in the war, cheer up. Henry Ford and his son are build ing all-metal monoplanes, and small dirigibles, with all-metal gas con tainers. ^ That means opportunity. Be among the first to get one of the monoplanes that will “fly T40 miles and hour, and carry a useful load of 2,000 pounds. Such a machine, once he knows how to run it, should enable a younjtr .*nan of the right kind to earn $100 a day. And that sum, $000 a week, would be a “useful load” to carry home each Saturday. For information write to Henry Ford, or better still, to Edsel Ford, Dearborn, Michigan. Mark this prediction: Within twenty years a million Americans that now ride in automobiles, labeled “Ford,” will fly in airplanes also labeled “Ford” and go 100 miles on a gallon of gasoline and no tire wear. GRAND TOTAL Light & Water Sal, & Wages $ Plant Maintenance & Supplies Fuel Light Material Water Material Street Maintenance & Supplies Police Salaries Police Expense Administrative Salaries Office Expense Printing, Advertising and Stationery Fire Department Expense Rent (3 months Police Office) & Clerk’s Office General Expense Donations Rebate on City Taxes Sinking Fund Interest on Bonds ' Bad Check Account Office Equipment Telephone & Telegraph Rebate on Business Licenses Light Plant Extensions Sewer Maintenance Live Stock Expense Renewing Notes $15,000.00) Street Tax Refunded New Pump Bank Transfer Suspended Suspended i FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE CITY OF CLINTON, S. C. FEBRUARY 28TH, 1925. Petty Cash Bailey’s Bank« Commercial Bank First National Bank Accounts Receivable Notes Receivable Assessments—Street and Sidewalk % Assets 25.00 4,715.38 446.67 1,673.26 1,105.45 401.94 12,370.18 Liabilities * $44,891.75 Street Equipment 1,380.37 SBURSEMENTS Fire Department Equipment 2,489.80 558.84 $ 560.00 $ 536.67 Police Department Equipment 574.55 1,470.57 424.84 1,426.74 Office Equipment 1,521.32 603.28 1,262.87 1,152.22 Plant Service Truck 451.50 7.50 4.13 Tools—Light & Water 451.79 7.50 4.12 Tools—Street 52.25 Live Stock 1,362.50 1,301.65 1,144.78 984.47 Light Material 24.63 - 600.02 550.00 565.00 Light Meters 256.81 40.75 15.90 14.40 Water Material 75.86 234.00 243.34 275.00 Water Meters 156.67 5.42 20.10 82.65 Light & Water Plant 113,481.64 Rights of Way 500.00 8.50 - 149.70 51.80 Light & Water Plant Extension 506.24 346.90 1,058.40 352.43 Sinking Fund Investment , 28,275.44 Sewerage System 31,844.54 100.00 50.00 47.50 ' Sewerage Extension (New) 17,181.00 190.33 211.90 103.50 Street Paving 157,144.81 12.79 10.60 Sidewalk Paving 36,728.93 51.00 26.75 Real Estate 3,274.25 8,554.55 Curbing and Gutters 61,245.89 5,750.00 2,506.25 Preliminary Water & Sewer Taps 243.95 2.04 70.00 ' 147.97 Accounts Payable 87.21 244.69 2.19 Notes Payable • 25,000.00 28.93 36.53 26.08 Accruals for Closing * 1,656.55 10.00 Bonds—6% Refunding 10,000.00 500.00 . . '” 1 Bonds—5% Water & Lights ^ * 25,000.00 4 : — 327.08 Bonds—-5% Water Works Extension y 20,000.00 . ' : • 81.18 Bonds—5% Sewerage System 45,000.00 161.41 Bonds—5% Street Improvement ♦ 100,000.09 3.00 Bonds—5% Water Works Improvement 70,000.00 13.95 Bonds—5% Sewerage System 30,000.00 2,771.83 Light Revenue 1 t , 15,799.44 * Water Revenue 4,973.19 $20,119.26 $ 6,356.05 $11,581.13 Tapping Fees 90.00 The Queen of Belgium bobj>ed her hair, and there is much excitement. Kings and queens take up new ideas cautiously. The King of England still drives to the opening of Parliament in a gilded coach drawn by six or eight cream-colored horses. And he wears a crown on state occasions, although everybody knows that the crown has long been the property of the House of Comipons. If Carlyle, creator of “Sartor Resartus,” were here he would find deep meaning in the Queen’s bob bed hair. Total i Cash on hand*in banks March 1st, 1925 GRAND TOTAL $38,056.44 $44,891.75 THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT COVERS RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE RECENT $100,000 BOND ISSUE, FOR THE MONTHS DECEMBER 1924, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1925. RECEIPTS Water Works Improvement Bonds Less Discount Net Real & Personal Property Tax 1923 • 1.34 Real & Personal Property Tax 1922 187.80 Real & Personal Property Tax 1921 396.10 Real & Personal Property Tax 1920 * 315.60 License 1924-1925 & Penalty 6,150.46 Real & Personal ^Froperty Tax 1923 260.67 License Receivable 217.75 Street Tax 1924-1925 . 1,156.00 Police Fines 1,576.50 New Pump 13.95 Real & Personal Property Tax 1924 34,311.36 $70,000.00 Real & Personal Property Tax Penalty 1924 700.00 Surplus Account Available for Disbursements Judge McGowan Simpkins, of Edge- field, spent last Thursday in Clinton and was guest at the Rotary lunch eon. REVENUE BILL FOR THE YEAR IS OFFERED BY COUNTY DELEGATION DISBURSEMENTS Dec. Jan. $69,300.00 Feb. (Continued from Page One) schools in Laurens County, tuition for the high school pupils coming from oiit of the District and expended under the direction and supervision of the County Boarcf of Education. Sec. 6. The Judge of Probate shall allowed 25c for indexing and 25c for paying out pension claims. Sec. 7. Laurens County Highway Commission is hereby authorized and required to pay over to the County Treasurer the balance due upon the Ora-Watts Mill road. Sec. 8. That the revenue derived from the gasoline tax shall be turned over by the County Treasurer to the Laurens'County Highway Commission for the purpose of building cross-country roads. Sec. 9. That the Seven Thousand Five Hundred ($7,500.00) Dollars appropriated in 1924 for the road from the Town of Watts }4ill to Yar borough’s Mill by way of W. D. Byrd’s, Sandy Springs Church and J. S. 70% of Bond Expense L. J. & F. L. Wagner Rights of Way Miscellaneous Materials, Etc. Balance on hand • Sewer Extension Bonds Less Discount Net Available for Disbursements $ 633.47 32,500.00 770.60 8,608.61 $6,066.76 $3,710.93 $2,668.79 54,758.56 RECEIPTS $29,700.00 DISBURSEMENTS Dec. Jan. Feb. 30% of Bond Expense G. C. Odiorne Account- Miscellaneous Materials, Etc. $ 228.61 3,500.00 399.86 $5,228.02 $3,784.73 $4,039.78 Balance on hand , Balance on hand Water Works Improvement Bonds # Total Bank Balances: First National Bank $9,020.14 14,541.44 $27,060.44 Craig’s, be turned over by the Treasurer of Laurens County to the Laurens' Commercial Bank ... 13 A « 1 County Highway Commission to be expended by them upon said road Sec. 10. That the funds from the former Laurens County Highway Com mission be turned over to the present Laurens County Highway Commission by the Treasurer of Laurens County to be expended by them in building cross-country roads in Laurens County. Sec. 11. That the Laurens County Highway Compnission is hereby au thorized to borrow Five Thousand Five Hundred ($5,500.00) Dollars and pledge the credit of the County therefoY to be paid by the refund from the State Highway Department that has already been pledged as a ^refund on a portion of the Calhoun Highway, said money to be used in completing the road work that the said County Highway Commission has already begun. Sec. 12. That the County Treasurer of Laurens County is hereby au thorized to employ attorneys to represent the interest of Laurens County in the litigation pertaining to the failure of the Bank of Mountville, as pertains to the deposits of county funds in said bank. Said Treasurer is not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) Dollars in employing said attorneys. Sec. 13. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re pealed. Sec. 14. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. Bailey’s Bank 9,020.15 9,020.15 $27,060.44 POLICE RECEIPT? FOR DECEMBER 1924, JANUARY AND * FEBRUARY 1925. DECEMBER 1924 Fuel 6,260.15 Light & Water Salary & Wages 3,485.84 Plant Maintenance & Supplies 6,882.30 Sewer Maintenance 327.08 Insurance—Fire, Boiler, Etc. 204.85 Street Maintenance * . 8,163.73 Live Stock Expense 266.18 Police Salaries 3,434.56 Police Department Expense 311.77 Fire'Department Expense 1,767.19 Real Estate Appreciation Administrative Salaries 1,490.60 Office Expense & Postage 85.09 Printing, Advertising A Stationery 527.31 Telephone & Telegraph 195.15 Donations 139.79 Rent 115.00 Interest and Discount Water Main Extension 1,367.08 40.47 Interest on Bonds 8,551.00 General Expense 916.27 Advances 74.00 Water Extension & Improvement 54,761.62 Bad Check Account 188.43 Bond Bank Balances: First National Bank 9,020.14 Commercial Bank 9,020.15 Bailey’s Bank 9,020.15 TOTAL $606,803.72 89.72 213,255.28 3,500.00 • Past Due Dockets Unpd. Pd. Finee Paid Fighting . ^ 1 $27.50 $ 6.00 Disorderly Conduct 4 15.00 90.00 ■ - Drunk 7 6.00 80.00 1.00 , Transporting Whiskey 1 20.00 10.00 Speeding Auto 2 7.60 Gambling Stealing and Driving Auto 12 50.00 30.00 10.50 Stealipg . .... ... , 10.00. Robbing Auto Stealing and Robbing Store Highway Robbery 8 2 1 .87 $70.00 $205.00 , $36.50 $606,803.72 The above is a true and accurate statement of the Receipts and Expendi tures of the City of Clinton, S. C., from December 1st, 1924, to March 1st, 1925. Also of Assets and Liabilities, Police Court Receipts, and Status of Bond Funds. The Mayor or City Clerk will be glad to answer any questions or give any information desired by the public in connection with this statement. (Signed): (Signed): MARY CHALMERS, J. F. JACOBS, Clerk A Treasurer. Mayor. WHEN IN NEED OF JOB PRINTING THAT WILL BE NEATLY AND QUICKLY DONE CALL ON US. ^ CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY \ Telephone Number 74 High Court High Court