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} t— i ■) *~f PAGE SIX THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C. TT- THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1927 '■■■■■■■ 1 ■" T 111 ■'■■ 1 ' CITATION FOR LETTERS AD MINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. By O. G. Thompson, Probate Judge: WHEREAS Bertha Young made suit to me to grant her Letters of Ad ministration of the Estate and effects of Lumas Young. THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular Your Boy’s Business (Continued from Page One) her decreased to 196,309. Today the number is even less. ' J - The recent dedl^on by the South ! sured that the will of the people would j Mining Stocks . Carolina Supreme Court, prohibiting: be carried out, and that these bonds j Mines may first be divided into six the issuance of the $500,000.00 of good ; would be issued, that they have from groups according to the kind of ore roads bonds, voted by the^l926 Genera i time to time authorized the Laurens . There are: (1) the gold mines al Assembly for Laurens county, and the Kindred and Creditors of the said ( approved by the people at the last Lumas Young, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of ” Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C., on March 12, 1927 next, af:er publication here of, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand this 24th Democratic primary by 730 majority, raises the above question very acutely in Laurens county. County Highway commission to con tinue its work by borrowing, first, against anticipated reimbursement! from t^pS on Calhoun highway and route 10 con- t’he county delegation in the 1926 struction done by the county, and l^t- 1 g me |^ ers j s a very good example; (4) mines of other companies specializing of which Hollinger is generally con- ... , sidered one of the best; (2) the iron inticipated reimbursement m j nes 0 f w hich Great Northern Ore State Highway department i j s a leader; (3) the silver mines and miscellaneous mines of which U. S, fairly good; while the best either to work for or to invest in, ai;e those which produce, refine and distribute. The Standard Oil v of New Jersey ip perhaps the most conservative of the oil companies, although there are sev eral good ones today. Oil will always be used; but it may not always be “mined” or pumped from the ground. Some day oil will be manufactured LEARN DAIRYING FROM THE DANE in lead, zinc, and the non ferreous metals; (5) the copper mines, and (6) day of February, Anno Domini 1927. O. G. 3-10-2tp THOMPSON. (Seal) J. P. L. C. Faulty Flimination General Assembly were under the im- er, they have authorized borrowing pressioxv^that they could issue bonds,' against the 1927 gas tax income, so regardless' of a referendum, but desir- that at the present time the Laurens ed to be sure of their ground, and County Highway commission is al- coa i (nines. The most speculation therefore attached to the bill a refer- most without funds, and has exhausted i j las been in the stocks of copper mines, enduvu ctause, providing for an elec- its borrowing power against the $140,- 'j’be copper companies may be classi- uon < r rhej question at the Democrat- 000.000 reimbursement of the State ; a g follows: (1) the Lake Coppers ic pri mary. j Highway department, and against the Hii ; the delegation at that time un- gas tax of 1927. ■k] that such a referendum] The outstanding short term good be illegal they. ; would no doubt roads notes bear a higher average rate leader and probably still is. provided for the referendum at of interest than w’ould the bonds if low grade coppers which i'el which mine the raw ore and which once were very prosperous. Of'this group Calumet and Hecla was the (2) The use steam South Carolina Cow Produces Only 2,500 Pounds of Milk Per Year To Danish Cow’s 7,000. The average milk ck>w in South Car olina produces almut 2,500 pounds of milk yearly, the average in the United from shale, cbal or perhaps from a i States is about 4.000 pounds and the vegetable product. Whatever way oil 1 average io Denmark more than 7,000 Is produced, it must always be dis- pounds' The South Carolinian exports tributed. Hence the companies which his cottonseed meal and imports his have the markets are the ones to se-1 butter, because poor cows do not pay. Let either for employment or invest-j But the Danish fanner buys our cot- ment. These are real companies, the,ton seed meal, ships it across the At- income from which may be considered lantic ocean, turns it into butter, ships as real dividends; but the income from |it back to us, pays a tariff of 12 cents merely producing companies should ; a pound and still makes a profit. This be used to amortize the investment.! is possible, undoubtedly, because the There never yet has been found an oil Dane has u higher standard of dairy Should Be Corrected—Good Eliminatior. Is Essential to Good Health. w’ell that will not run dry. No marked change has taken place the past month in general business. There has been some increase in un employment in certain sections. The automobile and building industry are not up to what they were a year ago. On the other hand, considering all lines and all sections of the country the Babsonchart still registers 8 per cent above normal. The most signi- cial election, or at the general Lsued, so that the county is losing 1 shovels and expensive refineries of in following the Democratic pri- money on this short term paper until which Kennecott is a very good ex- The primary election does not j it can be lunded in bond form. How- ample. (3) Companies which com mit Republicans to vote; does not e'er, the Supreme court decision hine all classes of mining and even uquire showing registration certifi- makes it clear that the Laurens county j manu f ac t ure cop p er j n to wire, .wiin* nnHronhlo in prmno#> i cate and tax receipt, and for these delegation cannot put through the! chintrles and hardware such as An ‘ . cant decline noticeable s in connec- I F you would be well, see to your care ’ ° * n . A.^hlv a hill whieb will l sninfcl f’ an 9 Hardware, .such as An- tion with untilled steel orders. This .... _ . _ ,, • reasons the bupreme court ruled the general AsseniDl> a Dill w men will en-. racon j a . , , el.mina.ton Faulty kidney at- , b d j illegal because in addition able Laurens county to legally issue i At the present time the price of ‘ If “ P r mar ' lj ' ‘° .‘ he slackening ten- twn permits tosic^material to, 0 ^ be above reasons, Laurens county any more bonds, unless the act »»;„*,** metal i. low due to t£> y aulon ’ bo,le has exceeded in previous bond issues passed and authorizing additional ; es> . Copper is indestructible and is the constitutional 8 per cent of as- bonds is approved by a constitutional , pf fejw metals used in indus- ses^ed values, and therefore this bond ejection in Laurens county. . ^ r y that does not rust, corrode, issue could not bj? authorized by the The delegation therefore is con- wear out rapidly in other ways. From action of the General Assembly with- fronted by a double dilemma. It is an industrial angle this fact is a out a constitutional referendum. | important that the short term road , great ' asse t for copper; but from a main in the blood and upset the j whole system. Then, one is apt to have a tired, languid feeling and, sometimes, a toxic backache or head ache, and often some irregularity of secretions, such as scanty or burn ing passages. More and more people are acclaiming the value of Doan’s Pills, a stimulant diuretic, in this in new building. and cows, thinks Professor J. P. LeMaster, chief of dairying at Clemson college. Insomuch as a cow inherits equally from her sire and dam her ability .to produce it stands to reason that our cows bred to better bulls will pro duce more efficient heifers. Figure it, out: Suppose our average cow is mated to Denmark’s average bull. Add 2,500 to 7,000 pounds and get the av erage, 4,750 pounds of milk a year, which may be expected of the heifer. It isn’t a bad improvement. Mate the heifer to an acreage Denmark bull, j Her production of 4,750 pounds and Declining demand for'the 700 pound capacity of the bull steel will cause a decrease in iron ; again averaged, gives a yearly produc- j mining and coal mining activity. The | tion of 5,875 pounds for the grand- or i latter, however, is better than it was daughter of a 2,500 pound cow. If we fed these improved daughters The amendment to the constitution, • notes te funded, and they cannot be j ga ] e5 , a ngle it is a real handicap. The a year ago. Cod! mining has bene fited during' 1926 from the British and granddaughters on South Caro- as regards Laurens county, provides funded by a bond issue without ‘; second-hand copper market is always condition. For more than forty years that Laurens county may “vote" bonds .‘turirg the matter to the people. This h 0 j d j n g b ac k the price of the metal. Doan’s have been winning favor the ) up to a limit of 20 per cent of as-! accentuates the importance of an car-^ other reason for the low price is country over. Ask your neighbor r DOAN’S PILLS 60c Stimulant Diuretic to the KUmeye -UilbuTQ Co., lift. RY. D. E. TRIBBLE CO. CLINTON, S. C UNDERTAKERS & LICENSED EMBALMERS A3 Calls Promptly Attended To Day or Nigkt AMBULANCE SERVICE ALL MOTOR EQUIPMENT Day Phone 94 Night Phone 205 or 24 sessed values of personal property and • !>’ decision by the people. The other real estate. The decision of the Su-; factor is that hundreds of applicants preme court indicates that the word pood roads, who have offered co- “vote” means a constitutional election operation in the way of right-of-way on the subject by the people of Lau-! ^nd top soil privilege signatures, willing tremendous supplies and the rens county; in other words, an elec-; Dot be given relief until additional i t .h ea p ness 0 f labor, these mines are tion to which all qualified voters are funds are supplied from some source.! bolding down the price of copper all admitted, and the qualifications are j The only logical thing therefore is to over the world. How long this will be the great low grade mines which are being developed in Africa. The Ka tanga mines in southeastern Africa 1 are the largest at present. Owing to strike, ^and from improved labor con-1 Hna cottonseed meal and other farm ditions in this country. The present 1 feeds, certainly our profit should fear of another coal strike to begin | equal the Dane’s payment to the in April of this year, is helping now I steamship companies and his tariff to to market coal. If such a strike comes, I the government. however,, it will effect principally the South Carolina has a good supply siates of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, of good bu!]s because 15 or 2 o breed- and Illinois, which today mine approx- lers attesting their pnrebreds for imately 35 per cent of the coal com pared with 75'five years ago. registration certificate and tax receipt j carry out the will of the people as ex- for the previous year’s taxes. The pressed at the Democratic primary, tax receipt must bear the date within by the repassing of the act, amended the period when taxes are legally due; to provide for an early special consti- i. e. prior to January 1st of the year tutional election, allowing only time following the year in which the taxes enough for the proper registration, are due. an< ^ legal closing of the books of regis- Laurens county delegation is there- tration. with proper length of time be fore confronted with the necessity of fore the election is held. Such an elec- either disregarding the will of the tion will no doubt have a larger per- people, as expressed in the Democratic centage of favorable votes than at primary election of 1926. or else of the Democratic primary because many rtpassing the bill, amended so as to honest and fair Democrats, who voted on r the for submission of the question to the only be a validation election to vali- people at the next general election.! date the will of the people as express- The next general election will not oc-Jed in the primary, and by voting for cur for about one and one-half years.! the bonds in a constitutional election, Postponement till that date would be j would consider that they are merely at least partial denial of the will of upholding the principle of majority the people. All of the members of' rule. Moreover, not a few who voted the General Assembly from Laurens against the bonds in the Democratic county are Democrats. All of them primary" have since learned that in understand that the Democratic pri- stead of voting'against raising taxes, mary is the most complete expression i they have actually, by voting agamst of the will of the people of Laurens the bonds, voted to increase taxes, county—more complete than the gen-' since the interest on the $175,000 of eral election, and more complete^than short term road notes must be paid COAL! a serious factor, no one can tell; but at present there is no little immedi ate hope for very much higher prices. Yet these very few facts may ipake the better copper stocks a good pur chase later. Oil Companies It would be unjust to the “oils” to discuss mining companies without a word about the oils. Surely they rep resent a very important industry which is attracting a fine group of men. Oil companies which only pro duce oil, should be avoided; those which both produce and refine House Now Being Moved are The residence of E. R. Knox at the ! corner of South Broad an<5 Gary streets, is in the process of being moved twenty feet to make room for th erection on the adjacent corner of the new building to be occupied by, the Southern Bell Telephone company. R. A. Self of Spartanburg, has the contract for moving the house. production, breeding the besbones and offering their sons for sale, says Pro fessor LeMaster. These could be bought by South Carolinians, if they only appreciated good bulls as much as do outsiders who are now paying for them. For Sore Throat Subscribe a year. for The Chronicle—$1.50 Rub throat and cheat with Vicks; cover with warm flannel. It* double direct ectlon (Inhaled and abeorbed) brings welcoma relief. VICKS V VapoRub DIXIE GEM AND CLINCHFIELD any special election. The will of the people is now known. The majority was overwhelming. The out of personal property and real es- STITIONERY tate taxes until provided for other-! wise, and the only other provision that |)|Y|A Iaa ft C||a| 'question as to that majority. Argu- l/IAIC Iww OC lllvl VV meat did not show evidence that there bond issue was not attacked on any i has been proposed, or that seems prac- Clinton, S. C. < was any fraud in the election, but only ' that the election was not a constita- 6 6 6 is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flue, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It kills the tional election. In the meantime between 000 and 800 land owners in Laurens county, whose lands are isolated from high ways, have applications before the Laurens County Highway commission ! ticable, is the issuance of bonds, re payable principal and interest out of j the gas tax, and out of reimbursement; from the State Highway department j as it comes in. This reimbursement is i to be paid in ten annual installments! of approximately $14,000.00 per an num, beginning in 1929 and ending in 1938. — The interest on $175,000.00 would Bilious dull feeling for the construction of roads in their probably not average as low as 5 per sections, and they have signed right- cent, but if it should average as low of-way and top soil pmileges. believ- as 5 per cent on short term notes, it ing that they would get their roads would require $8,750.00 the first year through the use of funds resulting to be charged against personal prop- from the sale of this issue of bonds, jerty and real estate tax. That sum They have been paying taxes for many would add almost one mill to the tax- • years to give good highways to other es of the people the first year, a little sections of the county, but they have kit less the following year, and would "not themselves profited by road de- continue growing less until finally the A Big Offer! velopment in their sections. reimbursement and gas tax sources “TbfY old «tand-by is Thedfbrtfs x Black-Draught—I have used it off and on for about 20 yeara,” says Mr. W. S. Reynolds, of R. F. D. 2, Arcadia, Lau **1 get bilious and have a had taste in my mouth. My head feels dulL I don’t just fed like getting around and doing my work. I know it isn’t laziness, bat biliousness. “So I take a few doses of Black- Draught and when it acts well, I get up feeling like new—*full of pep* and ready for any of work. “I can certainly recommend it." In case of biliousness and other disagreeable conditions doe to an inactive liver, Black-Draught helps to drive the poiaonoaa im purities out of the ■y*—» and tends to leave the organs in a state of normal, healthy activity. Black-Draught is made entirely of pure medicinal roots and herbs ! and contains no dangerous or harmful mineral drugs. It ! be safely taken by everyone. Sold everywhere Price 25c. I, Two townships of the county have would wipe out the debt, been almost wholly neglected. Youngs' Under the bond issue plan the inter township has but one road across it. and on its narrowest dimension. Jacks One 50c Package of Wickford Cloth Finish Paper and Two 25c packages of Envelopes, All For 75c - - t-7-^ ■ township has but one completed road running diagonally through it. AH other townships have been better pro vided, but have large areas in which there are no highways, and in all townships of the county applications have been made for additional high ways to complete the system, so that est on this floating debt would be re duced, as bonds call be sold at a low er rate of interest and yet bring par and a premium. The carrying of the | floating debt would therefore be less ; expensive from an interest-bearing j standpoint. The retirement also would be slower, as the bonds would be is- • sued to cover a longer period of ma- j and the annual retirement J ■t l V 1 f tunties, all roads will be connected up into a would not be so large. The county system admitting of travel from any has everything to gain by complying ■ . . , 1 .-.L .L :n . i_ ! ! An Extraordinary Offer $1.00 For 75c ! ” / Thedford’s i connections to all highways in adjoin-j vide for an early resubmission cf the ing counties. question in the form of a constitution-1 j These hundreds of land owners and al election. To do otherwise would j occupants of their lands themselves, antagonize upwards of half the people rand others, will be intensely disap- of the county, and would cause the pointed at any delay in the construe- county a further loss in interest, and ; jtion of their roads. most decided discouragement would ■ I The fourth town in size in the coun- be added at a time when the people • ty. South Clinton, or Lydia Mill, with Deed to be encouraged, labor employ- : j 1200 population, is not in touch with ed, aDd relief given to isolated lands E any highway. All the other mills arc and population by further road con- : ) now provided with, or will shortly be stryction. ; provided with hard surface or oil 1 am confident that the county dele- : ■ gravel highways. Lydia Mill, with gation will do for the county what is ; jits 1200 people, hasn’t even a top soil w *sest to be don^, and they can have ; • highway connection with the highway ’ the assurance that the public is be- J system of the state and county in ul '' A ’ ru '' DON’T MISS IT LIVER MEDICINE Laurens county. This is but one of the illustrations of the case, demon- . strating the unfairness of discontin- j uing highway development in Laurens county, short of the completion of the , highway system to serve all parts of ’the county. | The present county delegation in the General Assembly have been so asq hind them. The delay in action be fore the Supreme court has already cost the county some thousands of dol lars of loss. Further delay will only add to that misfortune. , - Co. 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