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"7 * PAGE TWELVE THE CUNTOH CHRONICLE CLINTON. & C ? \ THI COUNTY TREASURER'S NOTICE 1926 The books of the*Couhty Treasurer will be open for the collection of Tax es for the fiscal year, 1926, at th£ Treasurer’s office from October fSth to December 31, 1926. After Decem ber 31 one per cent will be added. After January 31, two per cent will be added, and after Feb. 28th, seven per cent will be added until the 15th day of March, 1927, when the books will be closed. . _ All persons owning property in more than one township are requested to call for receipts in each of the sev- eial townships in which the property is located. This is important, as ad ditional cost and penalty may be at tached. All able-badied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one (21) and sixty (69) 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 31, 1927. 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 .... 5% mills} Ordinary' County Tax 5H mills Road and Bridge 5ty mills Railroad Bond .... .... 1 mill Jail Bonds V4 mill Road Bbnds 10% mills Past Indebtedness .... 2 mills Statewide School (6-0-1) 4 mills oak and High Schools V» mill Constitutional School..,., 3 mills Total .... 38 mills —■ Laurens School Districts No. 1 16*4 mills No. 2 18 mills No. 3 16% mills No. 4 7 mills No. 5 8 mills No. 6 6 mills No. 7 ' 8 mills No. 11 22 mills No. 12 11% mills Youngs School Districts No. 2 8 mills! No. 4 .... 16 mills ! No. 5 17 mills No. 6 10% mills i No. 7 No. 8 15 mills No. 10 22% nvlls No. 3B 24 mills Dials School Districts No. 1 .... ! 8 No. 2 12% No. 3 12 No. 5 ;. 20 No. L-3 / 16% No. 8 .... 12 No. 3B .. . ...: 24 •.<. SulUvan School Districts No. 1 .... .... ..... .... 18 o. ^2 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... tl No. 3 .... ....' - .... 20 No. 7 ..t. . 16 No. 8 I 12 No. 17 1. U :: 16 Railroad Tax vVj.. 3 Waterloo School Districts mills mills mills mills mills mills mills mills mills mills mills mills mills mills 2|T WAS with smiling resolution, but also with invincible vanity, thuUMr. Thomas Spriggs greeted the sunshine of a New Year’s morning. He had determined to be socially ac-<| live and pleasant, but he > had failed to reckon with himself. In assuming that everybody would be glad to see him be hud forgotten tbat hls previous faithfulness to calling lists had not always seemed to hit the mark. If some kind friend could have advised and convinced him about his faculty of getting Into situations wrong and his ability for saying the things hi did not mean to say. he might have profited by counsel, but, as the case urns, his powers In these directions were unimpaired. He was still un aware of the fact that be was Iron ically known as Tactful Thomas. Thus it was that the day opened characteristically as he sh«pk hands with old man Young and, after the usual New Year wish, stepped on his favorite corn by an unfortunate com parison. Mr. Young was on the other side of seventy, hot fond of imagining himself as young as ever, and ^mutual acquaintance of the two was this side of that meridian, bjht with the looks of Methusaleh. “How old do you lldnk our friend Smithers Is?” asked Young. “Well. I should say about sixty,” replied Mr. Spriggs, “but be looks as old as you do!” The conver sation was then abruptly ended. Nothing daunted by Mr. Young’s failure to appreciate his wit, Mr. Spriggs proceeded to find ids next vic tim, gayly wishing himself a happy New Year. On his way to Miss Rump’s reception he fell in with Mr. Ignatius Friendly, his pastor for many years, and still holding the of fice. But he presently fell out with Mr. Friendly as follows: “I see,” says Spriggs, “I see that the other church Is about to lose its pastor. He’s been In our town only about three years and now has a ^nll to Bigville. They don’t keep a good man long in Bliss town!” Arriving at the Rump homestead Just in time to be rather late, Mr. tiprtggs again distinguished himself in Jus anxiety to promote social fellow ship by introducing a young lady friend of some forty winters to one of the literary lions present. Unfortu- No. 1 No. 2 9 mills No. 3 20 mills No. 4 14 mills No. 5 . 8 mills •■(- No. 6 13 mills f No. 7 16 mills No. 14 .... 8 mills Cross Hill School Districts No. 13 21% * 1! s No. U .... 16 mills Hunter School Districts No. 3 T. 6 mills No. 4 .’8 mills No. 5 22 mills No. 6 4 mills No. 7 5 mills No. K-9 8 mills No. R-42 .... IS mills No. 16 16 mills Jacks School Districts No. 1 .... ..... 4 mills No. 2 — : .... 11 mills No. 3 ". 16 mills No. 4 .... 3 mills No. 6 .... 8 mills No. 7 3 mills No. 15 15 mills N«v 1 « 8 mills No. 2 8 mills No. 3 .... 3 mills No* 4 4 mills No. 10 , 22% mills No. 12 11% mills 1 “It Won't Be Long Now/ uately he forgot the name of the lady so he escaped from his dilemma and fell Into a new difficulty by saying. “Professor Fox, let me make you ac quainted with—with—with Miss—with one of our old standbys P* After this, Spriggs, ail unabated presented himself^ at the Gladhys in time to say to Jndge Upr'ght, who was approaching the age limit set upon his office, “It won’t be long now, judge before you will have to go ’way l>ack raid sit down.” Perhaps the most Interesting adven ture of this* colorful day occurred at. the Robinson party. There he grew increasingly careless, until he finally took his leave with a crowning bor mot. As Mrs. Robinson kept her up stairs room during the festivities, on account of a rather severe indisposi tion, her daughter. Miss Allura, hud dene the honors, and to her he made his adieus: “Give my best regards to yonr mother, Miss Robinson.” he said. “and tell her that I hope that she wii! soon be down and out!” Talking with his landlady that eve- nlng, Mr. Spriggs heard from her ^vHlwthrough Aunt Kliza’s mind, there are ntnuy queer people in the The Pine Tree and a ChrisbnaM Inspiration creaking, crunching snow n*^ 1 der foot, as well as *he crisp, frosty a!r berpuke a tempera ture s*onte degrees below zero. How ever. native mid-westerners looked for. anticipated and expected a quanti ty of istism and cold we:dber for the Christ tin's holidays. Their experts rions were usually right with an added cold stre^-h long before the holidays, and long after them. The hard lines of the missive, bulky, stone Central Administration building of the college was del ght- futly contrasted against the dead white, fluffy, fairy-like snow all ah<m« It. . This building, as did four others, faced a huge stretch of campus, with groupings of trees scattered plcasn.g- ly about to break the wide expanse. Trees, heavily hung with the almost artificial-looking cottony webblnt formed an artistic group across the road and In front of the bnilding. In the center .of the group stood s well formed, tall, perfect specimen of a .long-needled pine. It was singled out to be the proud possessor of many colored lights distributed abmt gen erously among Its branches. Deserving of praise was this awesome tree, and its surroundings. Silhouetted against the sky. form ing a background for the proud pine tree stood the campanile, the pride of every student on the campus. In the dull afterglow of the winter twilight the chimes were extolling the Christ mss carols. At the foot of the narrow winding staircase of iron which leads to the j belfry of the campanile, upon cUr^e | inspection could be seen a maid and • young man—not the first time, nor would It be the last time the cam panile should witness such a sight. The meeting had been planned in view of their separation on th* morrow when both would go to their homes. Moved by the iifght of the proud pine, its symbolism, and Jhe chimes, they hade each other farewell in fore em brace, carrying away with then, the spirit of the proud pine tree In Uie>; hearts.—Eleanor F. King. <©, 1S2*. Wpatwn. Xowspapw Catos » 1 ™ T *****~ % ^^ •*•*• i THE CHRISTMAS SEASON TK|APPY fatigue. Rushing, hurrying, sitting up late. ^ Doing up bundles. Posting packages. Delivering presents Getting so tired out you don’t know how you can ever finish and then a new vigor and energy and Christmas spirit coming over you so that you feel you can continue more than ever. .Wondering whether It wiU snow and the snow arriving Just in time for Christmas, the stars twinkling down on the white, white earth. Bright red apples with the real* flavor of the coun try. Memories of other Christ mases and New Year's* blurred at other times somewhat, bat poignantly vivid in the harf^l- ness of Christmas-tide. This Is the Christmas season.—Mary Graham Bonner. « <©. 192*. WMtern U»k>nt *« •••*».*•» - ... — Persons sending in lists of names t c ** e 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. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS The regular annual meeting of Stockholders of the Commercial Bank of Clinton, S. C., will be held Tuesday, January 11th, 1927, at 4:30 o’clock p. in., in the office of the bank, to elect directors for ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may come before the meeting. H. D. HENRY, Dec. 30-4 tc > i JJ • DJ 4 t. Expert _ _ pairing done at O’Daniel and Reid’s world. When h.- replied that this would undoubtedly continue to be tW after they both had left It, the good lady overlooked the implication and wished him good night Nothing Interfered with the slum hers of MiT Spriggs, No ghostly con sciousness of an imperfect New Year’s day seemed to stand accusingly about his bed. He awoke the next morning to put <Mi the magnifying glasses of conceit with fresh assurance. Ho will flare forth on January 1, 1927, to com mit new depredations upon the con ventionalities of society. Bat people will wish him a happy New Year Just the same. They know that lie means well with It all and they take his mis takes as contributions to the merri ment with which we all desire to s&- ter upon new and promising eras. Some day he will laugh at himself, and, although that would deprive us of amusemeut. It wttl do him good. If we could see ourselves as others see as, who would dare to be funny? And if we ere queer It avoids monotony ■ltd gives us of that variety which has called the spice of Jife. (fe im. WMUra N»w*»MT USflMhl Making Others Happy Will Bring Happiness U NT ELIZA had lived alone for many years; her finances had' dwindled, and her health as j well. It was Christmas Kve and as Atmi j Eliza returned from town with a few ! little things that her scant purse could | buy, her heart was a little heavy, for ! the winter was before her and her | strength was failing fast. “I’m glad I got that knife for crip \ pled Jim; he so enjoy^ cutting out < those animals. Life is worth while so I long as we can give others pleasartW and there is always some one that we j can help. HI read to Mind Jane to- < morrow and that wilLhelp hc{ and me i pass away the day. Tonight I must try to think of some way that I can eara money. Sister would help me If i she knew, so would the church ladles, j but I simply can’t tell any me. Well,! the only way to be happy to to make some" one else happy, so 111 take Jim-! my’s knife to him. God has never j forsaken me.” All this was going | 1 As she opened the door she atom! j face to face with her only sister. She ! was overcome with Joy. “Oh, Eliza, ail the children want for Christmas is you. and the; sent me for you. We have a alee home next { to ours, for you. We Will start to { night so we can get there tor dinnet I tomorrow. You shall never feel lone 1 ly again." . Eliza continues to believe that mak j Ing others happy brings, happiness.—; Emily Burks Adams. ' j «& 192*. WMtvr* 1ST Cstoa.) ". *—• j : For the Tree 0 ■ • . . I Has any one ever tried cutting little stars, circles, fir trees* etc, from j pumpkin rind for the Christmas tree? Peel pumpkin with ns wide n peeling as possible. Then cut out your circles, j j etc., with scissors or knife and feme to a piece of card. i According to an eld belief mas Day brides are frivolous and fond of > V \ \ • a. 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