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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTpN, S. C.
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tY TREASURER’S NOTICE
1927
cs of the County Treasurer
ipen for the collection of
the fiscal year, J927, at the
’s office from October 16th
iber 31, 1927. After Decem-
ie per cent will be added. Af-
Jary 31st, two per cent will be
|nd after Feb.-28th, seven per
be added, until the- 15th day
!:h, 1928, when the books will
jd.
persons owning property in
Ian one township are- requested
for ^receipts in each of the sev-
5wnships in which the property
Fated. This is important, a» ad-
lal cost and penalty may be at-
&d.
I] able-bodied male citizens be-
;n the ages of twenty-one (21)
fifty-five (55) years of age are
jle to pay a poll tax of $1.00, ex-
k old soldiers^ who are exempt at
(50) years of age. Commutation
Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty,
le-bodied men between the ages
id 55 are liable to road duty
lose in military service, school
school teachers, ministers,
lenttj. Dog Tax $1.25, which
paid not later than January
HE HAD FOUND THE
JOY OF CHRISTMAS
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VKR Judea’s hills the Star shone
resplendent. The ancients be-
When Phillip Received
j That Christmas Gift
iRISCILLA
P RISCILLA was making pumpkin
pies. The fruit cake hud been
lieved that stars were window*
through which God disclosed a
glimpse of Uie shining glory of heav
en. They regarded the stars as
guides and when the stars could not be
seen it was a token of iiypendlng
daugur. On the first Christmas Eve a
star shone? Kepler, the noted astron-
| omer, calculated that conjunction of
Jupiter and Saturn todk place. The
star attracted the attention of three
wise men who followed it. Tradition
Informs us they were three kings and
“in one of the cathedrals of Europe
can be found their skulls, each
adorned with a Jeweled crown." An
other tradition says they were three
saints, representing the three great
f;:millW"of the earth. They came
ripened and the turkey lay in festive
state, stulted with sage and onion. Al
though it was really a chicken, one
didn’t mention that, no more than one
mentioned the fact that daddy was
Santa Claus, or that the little black
stockings which hung before the
• hearth fire would not be very full.
There was only one blot in Priscil
la’s Christmas Joy. "I can’t give IMiH-
lip anything,” she said to her mother,
worriedly* “It isn’t as if he were a
youngster and satisfied with red-yarn
knitted mittens, Or as if he were a
poor boy, even, bbt when he sends me
orchids, mother, I—I don’t know what
tp do.” Phillip was the yonng man
from the city who had been exceeding
ly attentive to Priscilla. Flowers he
sent, and fruits and dainty candies.
FOR SALE
8.00
8.50
hr attention.will be given those
Esh to pay their tatfes through
(Fail by check, money order, etc.,
fng name of township and number
[school district,
le tax levy is as follows:
lie Tax S’a mills
linary County Tax 5 Vi mills
id and Bridge 5 Vi mills
^Railroad Rond 1 mill
.fill Bonds .... V4 mill
Road Bonds 11 mills
Past Indebtedness 2 mills
Statewide School (6-0-1) .... 4 mills
Weak and High Schools Vi mill
Constitutional School
Total 38 mills
from the East, perhaps fr«uu far-away but not the simple, Jiomely kind to
Air.bin. They brought costly presents which she had been accustomed. It
with them. The first held in his hand was not this air of richness though
a casket of golt): the second, frank- that made Priscilla’s heart beat quick
Incense, and the third, myrrh. Some and thrllly. It was the simple, boy-
persons have seen In this, three-fold 1 isb way of him. Dear? Yes, she hajd
gift a beautiful symbolism; the myrrh ' just admitted It to herself,
having been offered to a mortal, the And now he was coming to Christ-
gold to a king, and the frankincense to mas dinner with her and her happy,
a God. ~ humble family and Priscilla in her un-
Tradition tells- us of a Roman ' worldliness, felt that she had no gift
Xused Greene Bone Cutter with
balance wheel on stand .... ....
I used No. 3 Oliver Typewriter
with case, in good condition .... 25.00
l used 8-horsepower Johnson ,
motor .... 25.00
l New Perfection Oil Stove,
slightly used, four burners .... 25.00
l No. 2 used pea Huller, hand
power 25.00
8 pieces Dry Poplar Boards,
1x12, 12 ft. long, suitable for
wagon body 3.85
3 Iron Pulleys, 8 in. face, 18 in. '
diameter, 2 1-2 in. bore, each
1 pr. used platform counter
scales; 25 lb7 capacity
40 inch Pulley, 9 inch face, for
2 1-4 inch shaft, key seat ....
1 Winchester Rifle in good con
dition .... .... ....
1 used single barrel breech
loading shot gun ....
1-2 doz. Fire Place Cooking
Ovens, each ....'
1 used 32x4 Casing and new jn-
- ner tube
1 used Tabic or Counter, 6x6 ft.,
nicely finished out of pine, 4
turned legs, nice for a seam
stress or display .... ....
2.00
16.50
18.50
7.50
fldvei
Gleaned N<
Everybody is going: so
something out of the
mad holidays. There wiH
greet, new friends to meet and a vast num
ber of social functions to (attend. Natural
ly^ the season makes gr
clothes than ordinarily
mean that your clothes
cleaned and pressed, but gleaned and press
ed by—
ewhere or doing
I for the Christ-
old friends to
7.60
ter demands on
Such demands
ust not only be
prince who, while feasting In his pal
ace on Christmas Eve. heard a rap at
the window. Looking toward lt_..J}e
saw a beautiful face of a little child,
and then heard a voice which, like
music, whispered, “The Christ Child
Is hungry." Angered at the interrup
tion, the prince commanded his sol
diers to drive the child away and im
mediately the food upon fiis table
turned to sand. Again he heard the
voice, “The Christ Child is cold.” The
soldiers drove the child away once
more. At the same time the fire upon
the hearth turned to darkness and the
3 millau coI( * of/winter dispelled the warmth
of the palace. The selfish 'heart of
the prince melted. He commanded his
Laurens School Districts so,diers ,0 seardl for ,he oh,,d - Pres -
No. 1, Trinity Ridge 16^ mills ent, y thtl - v brought the child, together
No. 2, Prospect 16 mills
No. 3, Barksdale-Narnie 16^ mills
No. 4, Bailey .... 7 mills
No\ 5, Copeland-Fleming 8 mills
No. 6, Oak Grove .... 6 mills
No. 7, Watst Mills 8 mills
No. 11, Laurens 22 mills
No. 12, Ora 11 Va mills
Youngs School District
No. 2, Friendship 20 mills
No. 4, Bethany 16 mills
No. 5, Grays 17 mills
10V£ mills
17Vk mills
.. 15 mills
22Vfc mills
No. 6, Central
No. 7, Youngs
No. 8, Warrior Creek
No. 10, Lanford
No. 3B, Fountain Inn
Dials School Districts
No. 1, Greennond 8 mills
No. 2, Eden ...*12 , k mills
No. 3, Shiloh .... .... .... 12 mills
No. 5 k Gray Court-Owings .... 20 mills
No. L-3, Barksdale-Narnie, 16V6 mills
No. 8, Merna 12 mills
No„..3-B, Fountain Inn 24 mills
Sullivan School Districts
No. 1, Princeton 18 mills
No. 2, Mt. Bethel .... 8 mills
No. 3, Poplar Springs 20 mills
No. 7, Brewerton 16 mills
No. 17, Hickory Tavern 16 mills
Railroad Tax ' 3 mills
Waterloo School Districts
with other hungry children, to the pal
ace. Henceforth his table was their
table, his palace their home. The
prince had found the'joy of Christmas
by first giving it to others.
The hunger of the race is three-fold
for food, truth""'ai»d God. These
hungers are satisfied not by hanging
all our gifts upon our own Christmas
tree, but by sharing with those less
fortunate than ourselves the blessings
of life.—Leonard A. BarrelL ■)
'(£), 1927 Western Newspaper Union )
for him. Her mother, though, was wiser.
She looked with a teiyier, wist
ful pride at her fair young
daughter, the daughter with soft
ejes shining, with hair curled
gayly in the steam of the fragrant
kitchen, with rose-petal cheeks,
blushed warm by young love and by
Christmas. She finished her cooking
and set the long white table where the
hearth fire glowed and the Christmas
tree was festive with red and tinsel.
Then Phillip had come and the din
ner was progressing, fluffy potatoes
and gravy all brown, the roasted tur
key which'*was a chicken, really, the
old fruit cake and. last of all, the
spicy pumpkin pie. The mother
watched and smiled, but her eyes
were moist a little, for every bit of
food. Priscilla served was as a gift. If
....'24 mills THE GIRL, THE BANlT
AND HER CHRISTMAS
only Phil. <;ould know.
P.ut no one could explain to Phil
After the meal was over and extrava
gantly praised, the rich boy from the
city seemed comfortably at home. He
and Priscilla took a walk through the
crisp, snowy Christmas starlight and
still she could not tell him that she had
no gift for him. Back to the from
steps they .came, then out of the shad
ows Buddie jumped and ran into the
house. Phillip saw the mistletoe
first and suddenly there was no need
for explanations. The stars and the
snowflakes saw him take the sweetest
gift of all.—Maxine Chapman.
(©. 1327. Western Newapaper Union.)
««Y es
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"ES, mam, overdrawn. Well, I
believe the fheck was one hun
dred and twenty. Yon will make it
good? Yes, right away. If you please.”
Tfie receiver was replaced on the
hook by Mr. Reid, .vice president of
the Valor County Trust and Savings
bank. The clerjc in the cage along
side of the vice president’s office, .al
though apparently busy attending a
client’s wants v had overheard the con
versation. When the account had
been entered, he turned to Mr. Reid.
The American Turkey |
P ERHAPS the most distinctive
feature of our American j()
Christmas dinner is the tur- .j,
key. This noble bird Is a \\-
Christmas feast requirement, r
whether the dinner be prepared 'p
in Texas or Wisconsin, New
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“Isn’t that girl you just talked with
No. 1, Mt. Gallagher ?L2 mills* one w j 10 weekly visits here
No. 2, Bethel Grove 9 mills money? She wears a bluish
teresting to recall the origin of
our national Christmas bird.
The story of Capt. John Smith,
fresh from Ids wars with the
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No. 3, Ekom 20 mills
No. 4, Center Point 14 mills
No. 5, Oakville 8 mills
No. 6, Mount Pleasant 13 mills
No. 7, Mt. Olive 16 mills
No. 14, Waterloo 8 mills
Cross Hill School Districts
No. 13, Cross Hill 21% mills
Hunter School Districts
No. 3, Rock Bridge 6 mills
No. 4, Wadsworth ’.. 8 mills,
No. 5, Clinton 22 mills
No. 6, Goldville 4 mills
No. 6, Goldville 4 mills
No. 7, Belfast 5 mills j
No. K-9, Kinards 8 mills
No. R-42, Reederville .... * 13 mills
No. 16, Mountville .... t 16 mills
Jacks School Districts
No. 1, No white school .... ’...*4 mills
No. 2, Shady Grove 11 mills
No. 3, Renno .... 16 mills
No. 4, No white school 3 mills 1
No. 6, Odell’s 8 mills |
No. 7, Garlington 3 mills
No. 15, Hurricane 16 mills
Scuffletown School Districts
No. 1, Long Branch .... 8 mills
No. 2, Musgrove 8 mills
No. 3, Langston 3 mills
No. 4, Sandy Springs 4 mills
No. 10, Lanford 22% mills
No. 12, Ora .• 11% bulls
Persons sending in lists of names
to be taken off are requested to send
them early and give the township and
school district of each, as the Treas
urer is very busy during the month
of December. ROSS D. YOUNG,
tf _ County Treasurer.
Turks, surveying the wild fowl' n.
SEED GRAINS OF
ALL KINDS
See us for what you need. We
are offering Barley, Rye, Seed
Wheat, Texas, Apeler and 100 to
1 Oats. We invite all-farmers to
call and see us and let us serve
yon. Our prices are right and
your business will be appreciat
ed.
Farmers' Exchange
T. J. BLALOCK, Prop.
Clinton, S. C s .
opsemble which roatriies the blue
her eyes exactly, and—’’
“Y’es, Frank. Mj, but you are obr
saving .and may I add, that your
memory does not fall you. It seems,
or rather she tells me, she wrote this
check a month or so ago and thought
It- had been cashed, so now has
overdrawn her account. She hasn’t
quite enough to cover the check, and
she doesn’t want to part with the
amount she has, for she tells me that I
will spoil her plans for Christmas'I
presents. So there you are.” 1
Frank said no more but fell to figur- ;
Ing with pencil and paper. A few mo- |
ments later, “Mr. Reid, I’ll cover that !
check."
Christmas Eve Frank sat in his i
room reading his paper when the tele
phone rang.
“Mr. Sweet? This is Miss Johnson. '
It has taken me all this time to ex- j
tract a statement from Mr. Reid as to ;
who so kindly indorsed my check. 1 I
want to thank you from the bottom |
of mj^ heart for making my Christ
mas.'*
Frank gasped, gulped—
“Now, don’t you think It would be
possible for you to take dinner with !
us tomorrow? It will be rather lone
ly to eat Christmas dinner in a res
taurant.”
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Frank's head reeled. -“Yes, thank
you, most certainly. Merry Christ
mas until tomorrow.”—Eleanor E.
King.
((c). 1927. Western Newspaper Union.)
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in the forests of Virginia and f)
of his uproarious laughter upon
seeing the turkey gobbler strut
proudly before the hens is per
haps fresher In the minds of our
school children than in our own
At any rate, we agree with his
comparison of the proud gob-
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bier, for he “is exactly like the f.
proud Turk showing off before
his harem.” So the name tur
key is no longer familiar just to
Americans, but has fust become
au international medium of cele
brating the happy Christmas
season.—Frank H. Sweet.
<©, 192J. Wsstern Newspaper, Union.)
Mistletoe and Kissing
The mistletoe and kissing are <u
ways inseparably connected in the
minds of Europeans, and as far back
as tradition and history can go the
quaint berried plant and kissing have
always gone band in hand together.
Oldest Feast Period
As a time of feasting the Christmas
period is one of the oldest in the cal
endar. The ancient sun worshipers
probably started it with their cele
brations and rejoicing over the return
of the aun, signifying the beginning
of the end of winter.—Capper’s Week
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Christmas Day
Christmas is the sweetest day of the
year, for the reason that It Is, in its
proper observance, utterly unselfish
and because it is the golden link ot
time that serves to bind heaven aati
earth in a closer understanding.
Singing Christmas Caroler
Christmas carols were sung ais far
back as 1521 and were said try he tl*>
songs sung by angels at ta^/hirth ot
Christ • ,
Observance
Puritan Fathers' Christmas
The first Christmas celebrated In
our land was when the I’uritan fathers
finished their first house at JMyinontt^
having spent more than a raonUi Iti
-wandering about in searrij of ^fplact
tt>i settlement—Farm and 1'
First Ci
The obsenr^dfice of Christmas began
about the Yourth century. It became
a generrii custom only In the Thir
teenth. century.
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Holly Unlucky
In some parts of England there Is a
superstition that It is unlucky to tak*
holly Into tike house before Christmas
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Reduction
Every fall dress, and coat in ou
to cost and less. None reserved
coats in the latest styles, shade
$6.95 and $9.95
JERSEY DRESSES
store reduced
all dresses pnd
and materials.
$24.75
DRESSES
In one apd two piece models. -Solid-colors
and new fall fancy effects—
$4.95
$10.75 and $12.50
DRESSES
A variety of attractive styles in pretty
colors and materials — Crepe Satins,
Crepe de Chines, Georgettes, Wooj(
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DresJes in the newest styles, materials
and Colors for fall wear. These dresses
are ^wonderful values for—
$19.75
Sf:
$27.50 to $32.50
DRESSES
Crepes, Pin Stripe and Jersey-
$8.95
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$17.50 and $19.75
PRESSES
Designed to sell for $20 to / /$25. Smart
lines and clever trimmings in. one and
two-piece models, in lustrous satin
crepe, flat crepe, georg;^tte and, crepe de
'chine. Newest colors^—
$14.75
Silk frocks—Satin frocks—Wool Crepe
frocks. The collection is made up of
new fall and winter models in the ap
proved colors. You’ll be entranced by
the styles, amazed by the values. “Come
early’’ is good advice— •
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$24.75
$39.75
FROCKS
Frocks that attract—and hold—the at
tention. Sophisticated grace is theirs,
and subtle lines, and supple fabrics. We
invite you to come and see and approve
them. Your choice of a wide selection—
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$27.50
$9.95 to $12.50 Coats, reduced to;
. $7.50
A'l 7.50 and $19.75 Coats reduced to . . $12.50
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$24.75 and $27.50 Coats reduced to .
$17.50
$32.50 to $37.50 Coats reduced to ... $19.75
All Coats from $39.75 to $75.00 . 1-3 off
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