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1 w : " '-VS ■BBB • v PAGE TEN the clinton Chronicle, clinton, s. c. — 'THURSDAY, JUNE 11,1925 THE STATE TRAINING SCHOOL CLINTON.-Sr C. I * • ^ STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EX- X PENDITURES OF In 1918 tlie South Carolina, lefrtel ture passed an act establishing the State Training Sch(»ol. During the craft work are taught. The girls ro tate in the sewing rOoin, laundry, r ton raised a cash subscription of $18,-' of a boys indusifial building. T1 000, which was two thirds the omr-i men and boys do all the farm labor, chase, prieje. Qf.ther 1188 .acres of land | selected for (he 'school. This tract is two miles east^bf Clinton and fronts on the railroads near The religious instruction . is un the direction of Dr. Dudley Jones, iivuu aim iim.vojis assisted by volunteer teachers Dover Junction J Sunday afternoons. After the Sun- proved enlargements of the institu- 1 children, tion. The 1919 legislature made an, ing it is Of all the care and brick buildings. The school was open- the most important. ed on September 29. 1920, with Dr. B. ment is not permitted in the O. Whitten in charge as superinteen- tion. — dent. The two original cottages acco- • The institution is authorized by law modate only fifty each. As is true with the average institu-! irrespective of age, but certain discre tion these first years have been years i tion is given the authorities with re- of trial and discouragement. How-'gard to admissions. Regard Js had ever, the IdiH'legtslature appropriated to the distinction between mental de- $60,000 for extensions of the plant.; ficiency and insanity. Mental defi- Three nice brick cottages have beenjciency is supposed to exist from birth added with this, which gives five brick or an early age and is usually recog- buildings. There are several more of nizable before the child is ten years a temporary character. By the use of old. The large majority of insanity these the institution is now caring for J cases are not discernable till after the some 300 mentally defective people. age of ten. The defective never at- With the large number who are now I tains a normal development, while the The Town of Clinton, S. C. in the hospital in Columbia, but who •hould be in the Training School, and with the approved ‘waiting list of those throughout the state, it as evi- dent that the present capacity should be doubled at the earliest possible - A force of thirty or more workers are required to carry on this work. Dr. Whitten has an kssistant physi cian to help him. The others are such insane person is usually one who suf fers a perversion of the normal mind* In making the selections for admis sion, effort is made to serve the inter ests of the children, the family and the community. ....... The institution is* destined to be come what its friends over the state make it. Its growth is dependent on state-wide interest. The people of Clinton feel that if the rieed s for the as would be expected in a place of-this school could be realized and that if kind. The types of training instituted are pimple but quite varied. Aoademic ^ork is not stressed except with a email number. Many forms of handi- the people over the state could know how this school is meeting, and can with proper support more largely mefet the need, its future would be guaranteed. — u** | not be a complete fpol. Harry Valkes, jof Pittsburgh, makes and sells boot- j leg whiskey. He tells the judge: “It jis all right to sell, but to drink my- | self, nothing doing. Only fools drink now; wise ones.sell.” * *i ^ Arthur BrisbuM of Business on a big scale is growing in big things and little things. One chain of grocery stores does a busi ness of more SStre.DOO.flOO'a year. One five and tpn cent store chain a little while ago announced ps its ambition a business of $60,000,000 a year. It does now more than $250,- 000,000 a year. « In retail business there is unlimited prosperity for the man that under stands the meaning and use of the three magic words: “Organize, Depu tize, Supervise.” ACCURSED DISTRIBUTION. SAMUEL RUBEL, HE SAVED. THEY PRAYED, IT RAINED. WE EAT TOO MUCH. i * It costs more to carry a sack potatoes from the train .to a store in New York City than it does to ship * __ _ , . _ _ the sack 1,100 miles by railroad. Professor Max Rubner, of Berlmfi The farmer raises the calf, weans ^ Americans eat more on the aver- it, feeds it, feeds and milks the grown a^e-S^OS chlories daijy-than any 'cow, and gets for the milk a quarter ot . h f r ™£ ,on ; . En 8 lan d comes next, of the money paid by the person that i2,997 calories, drinks the milk. I /It » 8 certain that this country eats You can bring freight across the too much, and wastes about as much Atlantic or Pacific Ocean for less than as it eats. Half wq eat keeps us alive, it costs to take it across the North I One quarter keeps the doctors alive, River in New York City*. * , ! and one quarter supports the under- The curse of business is the high; takers and cemetery owners. Eat half, • . Jt ' — ’ ‘ Sf RECEIPTS m * f 1 March April May ' Cash on hand and in banks X ■ * March 1, 1925 N » - t - l $ Light Receivable $3,358.65 $1,689.15 $2,166.88 Water Receivable , 1,001.65 750.66 . 819.31 Business License 64.00 33.00 68.00 Police Fines 165.50 355.50 413.50 Street Assessment 1,194.69 1,617.10 476.10 Street Tax 106.00 3.00 Light and Water Plant 21.00 % - '•-* Bad Check Account i 77.51 • 10.00 89.41 Telephone and Telegraph 2.45 i ^ - Sinking Fund Inv. Income 60.00 60.00 BO.OO Past Due Water and - - v . ■ t | > Light Receivable 10.00 4^5 11.76 Water and Light Penalty % 1.65 V9.56 Real & P. Property Tax—1924 111.40 108.98 Real & P. Property Taxv—1924 Penalty ■ 3.94 11.29 Real & P- Property Tax—1923 . 12.65 Real & P. Property T»X—1922 ^ • 12.65 • Light Meters 1 . 9,50 Accounts Receivable ’ 105.91 222.44 Real Estate 1,498.50 ^ _ - Plpnt Maintenance 1 15.05 Advances ' ~ ’ * 20.00' Bank Transfers ' t 1,850.00 1 / Grand Total » $2 —. DISBURSEMENTS * • *4; Light & Water Sal. & Wages g 520.00 $ 520.00 $ 520 00 Light & Water Service Mtce. 225.69 42.11 90.89 Sewer Maintenance 208.70 i . , Plant Mtce. and Supplies 788.49' *1,328.41 . 1,080.13 Fuel - - t 129.15 78.75 Street Maintenance ’ ' • 1,839.99 1,238.62 1,348.62 Live Stock Expense ‘ 294.78 33.60 362.70 Police Salaries 565.00 565.00 * 565.00 Police Expense 163.59 138.36 • 71.70 Administrative Salaries 280.00 280.00 280.00 Postage and Office Expense 27.80. 16.44 15.00 Printing, Adv. -and Stationery 170.88 . 59.40 107.37 — Fire Department Expense - .69 19.15 26:09 Bad Check Account 155.12 lO.QO 18.63 General Expense 126.62 ‘ 285.94 61.53 Street Tax Refunded ^ 6.0C ’ r ' License Refunded 55.00 ^ 15.00 Rebate on Real & P. Prop. Tax 2.49 Office Equipment 5.00 ' 40.00 Street Equipment V 230.00 Telephone and Telegraph ■ 34.98 28.07 30.68 Interest on Note 136.04 Insurance—Boiler, Et^ - 15.90 ' 23.85 130.40 -Interest on Bonds 300..00 * Rent - 75.00 25.00 25.00 Street Con. and Improvement 1,595.22 2,177.48 1 A. C. Bramlett 219.00 f New W’ater Works Construction • . . 453.74 ' Bank Transfers 1,850.00, Totals $6,125.91 $6,287.92 $9,718.96 2 Cash on hand and in banks June 1, 1925 -• - — r • $ Grand Total i * — ■ 4 > $2 6,836.31 18,727.86 $26,563.17 Transporting Whiskey 1 2.00 Csrrying Unlawful Gun. * 4 110.00 : ' •' ' > ; - //:. Stealing / 1 5.09 5.00“. Totals 82 $32.50 $302.50 $53.00 ^ -MW i .* —^ ■ Dockets Unpaid Paid Past Due I • •“ ^ - "'u. n * * ~ ^ —i ; - £ .a.: _— - andPsid Fighting 4 $ $ 40.90 $ Disorderly Conduct 5.00 Disorderly Conduct and i . x..- rT''-/ Resisting Officer * , * 2.00 Drunk and Disorderly 2 a 60.00 Disorderly Con. and Cursing - 2 10.00 Stealing ' ^ 2 13.50 6.50 Drunk and Operating Auto ’ </• ' - •! i , Without License 1 ♦ 20.00 Drunk and Disorderly, Shooting and Carrying * . Unlawful Gdn i 85.00 15.00 * v V Operating Auto With' *. Fictiticious Number 2 20.00 * i Speeding Auto 3b Driving Outo Without . id.oo 20.00 i License 6 •• 5.00 55.00 | Cursing Before Ladies, 1 ‘ . 5.00 Carrying Unlawful Gun and Shooting in .the 4 • Presence of Ladies 1 ^ 7 50.00 25.00 Drunk and Disorderly and « Operating Auto Under * Influence of Whiskey 2 ' 150.00 Vagrant , — j r 30Dys May Totals * 28 $183.50 $406.50 $ 7.00 30Dys April Totals 32. 32.50 302.50 53.00 March Totals " 28 57.50 130.00 35.50 JEft'and Totals ;88 $273.50 $839.00 $ 96.50 30Dys • 839.00 . . - ' Total Cash i. *■ $934.50 cost of distribution. Production we understand; in distribution we aro as backward as Fiji Islanders. . Samuel Rubel came from Russia a few years ago. He hadn’t a dollar, but he did have a distinct idea that a dollar was worth having; also he realized that the only way to have many dollars is to save the first fevrr A little while ago he was peddling coal for a living, today he is head of his own $50,000,000 ice cream and coal concern. Young gentlemen, it pays to save even a little. Hie prices of automobile tires have gone up from 10 to 12 per cent in London. They are going ap here. If you need tires, go and buy them. They will be much dearer before they are cheaper. “yl.'Si. leave the table for ten once digestion .starts you’ve eaten enough. minutes, and you’ll know Uncle John The United States Go^nment in vestigates what happened to wheat, whemthe price suddenly dropped from $2 to $1.40, makjng millions in profits for “shorts.” They are gentlemen that riever dog in the ground, ran a har vester or a tractor, but that know enougifeto rig the market. The Government may investigate, but it wen’t-do much to protect farm ers from cut-throat manipulation until it imitates the French Government. ~ That njitidh passed a law to punish with imprisonment with hard labor for life certain kinds*of grain gamb ling. If you need recreation as time flut ters by—go get you a swatter and swat the dam fly.> Start out in the mornin’ with vision alert—don’t fool with no necktie nor shot-strings nor shirt. Then, malce^g few passes to limber yer arm, and learn how to sneak without givin’ alarm. You'll notice the enemy buzzin’ around— then you start the advance without makin’ a sound. Most any sharp tac tics is worthy a try—go get you a swatter and swat the dam fly. Now death an’ destruction is terri ble germs, but you got to be fierce when you’re dealin’ with germs. The battle is lost that results in a draw— and all sorts of pests is contrary to law. A fly on the baby is. somethin’ to dread, the same aaait is on a fel- ‘ler’s bal bead. Dear friend, if you’re sinful—not ready to die, go, get you a scatter and swat the dam fly! If you greet the fust fly .with a vigorous slam, you’ll slaughter ten millions by killin’ their dam! 3,430.38 $25,563.17 The Following Statement Covers Receipts and Disbursements of the $100,000.00 Bond Issue for the Months March, April and May, 1925. . , RECEIPTS Water Works Improvement Bonds Less Discount Net $70,000.00 700.00 Available for Disbursement $69,300.00 70% of Bond Expense'" L. J. & F. L. Wagner Rights of Way Miscellaneous DISBURSEMENTS March April 633.47 32,500.00 770.00 20,955.09 e Ma y $6,176.40 $2,626.29 $3,656.96 $67,218.20 Balance on Hand RECEIPTS $ 2,081.80 Sewer Extension Bonds Less Discount Net $30,000.00 300.00 Available for Disbursement DISBURSEMENTS March April 228.61 3,500.00 — 13,452.39 $3375.78 $4,757.74 / $29,700.00 30% of Bond Expense Geo. C. Odiorne Miscellaneous May $3,885.48 $29,700.00 Balance on Hand » Balance on Hand Water Works Improvement Bonds None 2,081.80 r Financial Statement of The Town of Clinton, S. C. May 30th, 1925. Petty Cash . Baileys Bank Commercial -Bank ' . Natiqnal Bank J Accounts Receivable,., . Light and Water Receivable . Notes Receivable . j - Assessment (Street and Sidewalk) Street Equiyment * Fire Department Equipment Police Department Expense' Office Equipment Plant Service Truck Tpo}s—Light and Water*. Tools—Street Live Stock Light Meters , Water Material ’ . Water Meters Light and Water Plant Sinking Fund Investment * Sinking Fund Investment Income Light and Water Service Maintenance Sewerage System Sewerage Extension _ ' Street Paving Sidewalk Paving Real Estate Curbing and Gutters Preliminary Water and Sewer Taps Notes Payable . Accruals for Closing Bonds—^% Refunding Bonds—6% Water and Light Bonds—5% Water Works- Extension Bonds—5% Sewer Extension Bonds—6% Street Improvement Bonds—5% Water Works Improvement Bonds—5% Sewer Extension (new) Light Revenue . • ' Water Revenue Tapping Fees Assets 25.00 3,199.82 ‘ 112.15 118.41 910.65 1,192.22 “ 401.94 9,555.41 3,225,87 4,222.20 574.55 1,564.13 451.50 451.79 52.25 1,362.50 210.31 35.24 Liabilities 210.67 116,205.94 28,500.00 404.56 90.89 32,523.49 * 29,700.00 157,144.81 36J28.93 1,775.75 61,245.89 243.95 25,000.00 2,771.99 10,000.00 25,000.00 20,000.00 45,000.00 100,000.00 ..« Real and Personal Property Tax Penalty—1923* Real and Personal Property Tax—1922 Real and Personal Property Tax—1921 Real and Personal Property Tax—1920 -—~- License—1924-1925 Grand Total Bank Balances: $ 2,081.: 80 First National Bank Comihercial Bank Baileys Bank $2,081.80 None None $2,081.80 iA. Last week, led by the Rotary Club, 4 the business men of Denver, standing *■ tn .silence for two minutes, prayed ior rain, and the next night, in almost every part of the state, rain fell in -torrents, and the weather bureau an- , pounces more. RENT A CAR Drive k.V * ! • / Notiling could he more edifying, but farmers in Colorado are puzzled. They cannot understand * why Providence should answer the priyers of business men that only- dear in crops after ignoHng the prayers and heavy losses of the farmers that raise the crops. However, the ways of Providence are beyond human understanding,-and ought to know it. * OPEN AND CLOSED CARS DAY PHONE 357 — • — -,1—r - - -X- “.. ; _ " ~~~ NIGHT PHONE 156 - Ellis Auto Livery \ y Jt is possible to be a criminal and *6 6 is a prescription for ^ Malaria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or. Bilious fever. % and May, 1925. MARCH 4 i * _ l . l r Dockets Unpaid Paid >■ e > Fighting . ' 6 $ 5.00 «* $ 17.50 Disorderly Conduct 1 - 5 17.50 10.00 Drunk 6 12.50 - 20.00 SpeedingAuto Stealing —- . 1 2 • 5.00 10.00 Drunk and Disorderly 2 12.50 17.50 Gambling ' 6 10.00 . 60.00 Transporting Whiskey Disorderly Con. and Resisting Officer 2 —— X. s —y..«ww . i ■ li ’ _ - ' -A * *-' Totals 26 \ $57.50 $130.00 APRIL -r ■ f l'."-*“4 ; * ' . . Dockets Unpaid PM4 ^ Fighting / 3 $10.00 $ 10.00 Disorderly Conduct 1 ■ - 4 , 10.00 35.00 Drunk i S 7 7.50 45.00 Speeding Auto 2 . Drunk and. Disorderly " * ‘~^ r . r - t’ t *r- •/- & il It kills the germs. : ■ ■ A ' ' ’ Past Due an^-Paid $ 3.00 Real and Personal Property Tax—1923 License Receivable. Street Tax . Police Fines Real and Personal Property Tax—1924* Real and Personal Property Tax Penalty—1924 Real and Personal Property Tax—1924 Unpaid Surplus Account • Fuc} Light and Water Salaries and Wages Insurance Pfepaid Interest Accrued ^ . Plant Maintenance and Supplies Power Purchase Sewer Maintenance, ~ ' j -_ 'Insurance—Fire, Boiler, Etc Street Maintenance Live Stock Expense - Police Salaries Police Department Expense - . Fire Department Expense Street Improvement and Cokhtructioa Administrative Salaries Office Expense ahd Postage Printing, Advertising and Stationery Telephone and Telegraph 5.001 Donations 1 , - ' Rent ~s Interest and Discount interest on Bonds * Advances Water Extension (pew) Water Extension (General Funds) General Expense Bad Check Account Bank Balances^—First, National Bank 70,000.00 * 1. f f - ■ 30,000.00 k 22,372.26 t 6,818.37 /i, j 114.00 1.34 175.15 7 385.40 322.60 . > • _ • 277.15 “ 5,245.46 , 217.75 - * :•$ * - 1,259.00 J- 2,511.00 34320.30 ' 104.95 1,923,6^ 6,425.91 5,045.84 118.75 218,678.93 19.04 20.56 1.00 6.00 $35.50 fast Due and Paid $ 7.00 14.00 12.60 11 87.50 (Continued on Following Column) , ■ V '*1' •r 6,019.43 1,170.50 356.83 256.25 12,195.91 927.01 5,129.56, ’ 685.42 80.72 2396.48 4 2330.60 196.77 864.96 236.43 139.79 ( 240.00 170.13 7,850:02 54.00 67,218.00 778.65 1389.36- . 196.26 K 2,081.80 v . • / $619,731.87 $619,73137 Th. Above u a true and accurate statement of the Receipts and Expendi tures of the Town of .Clinton, S. C. from March 1st, 1926, to June 1«t iotk Also of Police Court Receipta, Status of Bond Funds, and of AWa and Liabilities. Hie Mayor or City Clark wH be rUd to or give any information desired by tkc public statement/ (Sighed) (Signed) MARY CHALMERS, A Treasurer. answer any questions In connection kith this J. F. JACOBS, Mayor. ;V. r-Jti A rit -.'*i n. nMi rrw- . ► a It 1