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- ‘ ’>'^ •■•"■.?TT' -^•' 1 '.i page eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C. COUNTY TREASURER’S NOTION 1931 ^ Tlie booke of the County Treasurer will be open for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year, 1931, at the Treasurer’s office from October ir)tlv to December 31, 1931. After Decem ber 31 one per cent will be added. Af ter January Slst, two per cent will be added, and after February 2‘Jth, sev en per cent will be added until the 15th day of March, 1932, when the books will be closed. All persons owning property in more than one school district are re quested to call for receipts in each of the several sc-hool districts in which the property is located. This is im portant, as additional cost and pen alty may be attached. All ahle-bc.die<l mule citizens be tween tne ages of .wenty-one (21) and sixty {(iO) years of age are liatile to pay a poll tax of $1.00. Commuta tion 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 trustees, school teach ers, ministers and students. Proper att<piti<»n will be given those who wi.sh to pay their taxes through the mail by chink, money order, etc., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1931 Mistrial Called In Bank Heziring! Jury In Trial of Former New berry Bank Officials Fails To Agree On Verdict. . Watkins requested the jurors to make another effort to agree. No agreement had been reached 12:45 pi m., and Judge Watkins or dered a mistrial. at! NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNTING AND DISCHARGE will the duties of my tru^t a.s executor of said estate. All persons having claims against the estate of said Leander R. Stone will file the same itemized and veri- I GreenwoiKl, Nov. 15. — A mistrial was ordered in the case of Budd €. Matthews and Thomas K. Johnstone, I former Neov'berry bankers, twlay I when a federal court jury after near- KUBHER ; ly eight hours of deliberation report- .Mr. Kdison died just a few day.< tooled it was unable to agree on a ver- soon to iearn that the goal of the la.st’dict. gn at .scientific quest in which he wasl .Matthews^ former president, and engaged- had been reach<*il by some-1 Johnstone, former vice-president of I'cdy else. This was the search for ajthe defunct National Bank of New berry, were charged with misapplica- tiop of funds and false entry. U. S. restrict Attorney j. A. Tol bert said the case against the men JOANNA MILL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. W. R. ) Notice is hereby given th'jt I rendei a final accounting of my acts and doings a.s executor of the estate(fied cn or oefore said date or be for- ' of I^eander R. Stone, deceased, U> C. ’ ever barred. 1 A. Power, Probate Judge for L^iurensl ■ County, S. C., at I..aurens, S. C., on H. D. HENRY, n( w sourci* of rubber. Mr. Edison .sought it in jilan^s. The 1 f u synthetic rubber is, a proiiuct of I’e great chemical resei’-ch labora- ,ries of E. I. Du Pont De Nemours : Company, who have alreaily lH*gun ) build a factory for its commercial .nanufacture. Insteail of being maile Tom a vegetable source the raw tna- erials out of which this artificial lublHT is made are coal, limestone, salt and water. It is not yet certain that this new: giving name of townshij) and numlxo j y.jn answer every jiurpose for of school district. Tlio tax levy is n. follo’v.s. State Tax .. 5 mills Ordinary County Tax 6'/i mills Road and Hri«lge , K mi Ms Railroad Bond 1 mill Road Bonds 6'-^ mills Past Imlehtedness 3 mills Statewide Si’hool (6-0-1) 1 mflls Weak Schools 1 mill High Schools 2 mills Constitutional School :i mills ri... '' ".V== whiih rubber is now us*<l, but for many of such uses it is said to Ik* su perior to the natural product. At any rate, it gives the United .States an in dependent soun-e of rubber, from which wc cun never he cut off again in time of war as we were a few years ago, and the supidy of the nec essary raw materials is literally un- Ivmifv'd. I.aiirens .SchiMd Districts No. 1. Trinity-Ri<ig«‘ HPi- mills No. • ) •»» I’rospist 16 mills No. 3. Harksdale-Narnie - 17'^^ mills No. 1, Baib'.v 7 mills No. 5. ('opelantl-FIeming S mills No. 6. Oak Grove 6 mills No. 7, Watts .Mills . a mills No. 11 , Uiurcns •>o mills No. 12 Ora 1 1 'a mills Youngs School Districts No. o » Friendship (I)-5) 24 mills No. 1. Bethany 12 mills No. 5, Grays 17 mills No. 6. Cent ral 10'a mills No. 7, Youngs 17 'v mills No. H. Warrior Creek .. 15 mills No. It) , Lanford 2 4'v! mills No. 3- 11, Fountain Inn 24 mills Dials SchiKil Districts No. 1, Grecnjiond 10 mills No. i) •-* Eden 17 '-J mills No. 3. Shiloh (Sul. 17) 22 mills No. 5, Cray Court-Owings 24 mills No. L- 3, Barksilah'-Naniie IH'-! mills No. H. .Merna (Sul. 17) oo mills No. ,3. 15, Fountain Inn 24 mills Sulliian School Dist riels ' No. 1. Brinceton 1,0' mills No. O Mt. Bethel 15 mills No. Boplar Springs 25 mills No. 1, Bnw'erton 16 mills No. 17 , Ilukory Tavern mills Riii r«< ad Tax .3 mills Walerl«Mi Schiwd Districts N^., 1. Mt. Callagher N 12 mills 1 No. *} Bethel drove 9 mills No. Fkoin (Sul. 17) oo milks No. L Center Boint 11 mills No. r>. ()akville S mills No. Mount BU'asant 13 mills No. 1, Mt. Olive 21 mills No. u , Waterloo S mills ( 'ross Bill Sclusd District 1 No. 13 , Cross Hill 21'. mills Hunter School Dist ri« ts 1 ( Nt). 3. Rock Bridge 6 mills No. 4. Wadsworth K mills No. r>, Clinton 23 mills ' No. Coldville IH mills No. i, Itelfast S mills 1 No. K -19, Kinards s mills No. K- 42. Kettderville 13 mills No. 1< 1, Mi'untville 21 milh BKAVKH.S The tn ist inter<‘Stitig thing that has •w^T^tii'-d T7! ’'rTT.v”tmn t^’inTn-.v^rr years is the return of the beavers to the Iterkshiri* valley near my farm. It is jiretty nearly a hundreii years since the last of the beavers vanished with till* last of the Imlians from .Massa<liU'-'etts, but a few days ago some of my neighbors, ol)s<‘rvitig that there seemed to be more wati*r than usual in a swampy poiwl just north (»f West ,Slo<-kbri(lge village, invi'stigat- ed an<l discovercil a family i»f beaviTs hud built a dam across the little stream ami were busily engaged in finishing up their winter home. This is a <lome-sha|Msl structuri* of logs ami mml, with its luitraiice under wa ter to protect Its inhabitants from ft.xes, wolves an<l other enemies. lU*u- vers have never heim known to travel ov<*r land ami how the.se got into the West ,St(Mkbri<lge swamp is a mys tery. Unles.s they multiply and bisonie a pest, thi’se new generations of Imui- vers wil! have an easier life than di<l their aicest'ors. l■'or two humlreil years after the settlement of America by tlu' English, iK-aVer skins were the mam staple of ('('iivniefce iM't’.vcvii the m rtlwni colonies .and the old coun try. Literally millions of beavers w<Te slauglitm-ed for thiur fur, the princi pal use <if which w.is to make men’s hats. Bcavi'r fmv is still regarded by batters as the fiiu'st possibh* mate rial for felt hats, but there is very little of it on the market, and the game laws of New Knglami today im- po.s(> heavy jieiialties on anyone kill ing the btmvcr. would be called again for trial at the j k'ebruary term of court here. The dis- j trict attorney also announced that I .similar charges pending against W. W. Cromer, former cashier, and FVank i G, Davis, former assistant cashier, would “l>e disposed of at a suh.sequent term of court.” Today’s mistrial was the second that has result<*<l in the ca.se against .Matthews ami Johnstone. The first was declareil in .November, 1930, when a juror lK*came ill shortly after the ca.se w'as cuIIimI for trial. The two men went on trial here seven iluys ago. The case was given to the jury at 4;IH p. rn. yesterday ami when the jury at 10:30 p. m. was unable to agree it was locked up for the night. .Shortly after it resumeil its delib erations today its foreman, Fv A. Comlwin, of Union, reporUsl a verdict Weathers and 'Wednesday, December 16th, 1931, and Mr. and .Mrs. James P'uller spent Sun- ^also on Uwi same date apply to day in Lilierty. Mr. and Mrs. H. .M. Etsor of Sa jluda, were .Sunday guests of Mr. and i Mrs. .S. J. -Morse. j Mr. and Mrs, W. PL Bragg att nul-j ed the funeral of 0. M. Dean batur-f day in VV'inston-.Sa-lem, N, C. | .Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hunnicutt spent the week-end in Ninety-Six, ' Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fulmer w rg week-end visitors in Newberry. Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Martin and lit tle ikiughter visited Mr. Martin’s! mother in Marion last Sunday. I .Miss Pay Hall spent the week-end i with Mrs. Ervin Smith. { •Mrs. C. W. Moore of Caffney is j spending a few day.s with her daugh-' ter, .Mrs. R. C. Carr. Miss Josephine Moore of Lauren.s, was the week-end guest of Miss Ruth Redden. i •Mr. H. W. Hack of the .New York I office, spent the pa-it week here. .Mr. and Mrs. l yi e t'xqer had as their guests at Joanna Inn la^t week, her father, .Mr. Wi.se, and .Mr. and Mrs. Joe .Shealy and children, and Mr. 1 I/oraine Wi.«e, all of Batesburg. 12-l0-5tc Executor. the court for a final discharge from j SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE INSURANCE REAL ESTATE at any season of the year without hacking out of .the garage as soon as the engine starts. Some of the deaths reported (MTurreil because the wind blew the exhaust ga.si’.s hack into the garagi* although the floors were wi<le open. (’arl>on monoxhle poisoning comes without warning, as the gas is entirely odorlei^s. It costs nothing to he careful. All Kififfs (lUInsuriipce and (’ily Dwelfinus and Busines.s ProRefty. Also Several Farms. | Prices Attraclive. j B. H. Boyd, Agent ('linton Really & Insurance Co. Phone No. 6 McKesson Health Helps Cod Liver Oil, pint 75c Heavy Mineral Oil, pint .^50c Heavy Mineral Oil, gallon S2.00 Virgin Olive Oil, pint 90c No. 59 Antiseptic, pint 59c Navap (inhalant - colds) 50c Frens (sanitary napkins) 12 (or 33c Rubbing Alcohol, pint 39c MiLkj>f Magnesia, Aspirin Tablets, 100 for 69c Sadler-Owens Pharmacy (ORNKR AT UNION STATION PHONES 377 and 400 Ne. No. No. No. .lacks School Districts 1, No whitf* si'hiM)! 1 mills 2. .'^hady Grove 11 mills Kciitio I'i nulls 1. .No white siiiool 3 mills No. (i. O’DrlTs 13 ni'lls No. 7, CarliiigtoM 3 mills No. 15, Hurricane 6 mills Scuffle(i*wn SrhfMd Districts No. 1. Long Branch S. mills No. 2. Milsgn.\e '''ills No. 3. Langston 3 mills No. I, Sandy Springs I mills No. H>, Lanfoiai 21'n No. 12. Ora H mills Bersuns somiing in lists of names to he taken off are ve«iuest«‘d to send them early and give the townshii> ami school district of each, as the Trinis- un r ’.s very busy during the month ol Decemlnr. 1). KOV SlMBSON. tf c'ounly Treasurer. BUII-DINC The higge.st pixdilem that confronts Bri'sidi'iit Hoover’s e»inferenee on home huihling, which will begin its session in VV’ashington shortly, is the prohlom^of finding a substitute for the present system of s<*eond mort- giigi’ financing. Half the families in the UnitiHl States own their homes, hut most of them have paid mueh nn le than’ they should have i»aid, Ih'- ■au-e ( f the high cost of second mori- gagt' money. If the |)resident’s conft'rence can work out a nationally aceejitable plan unde' which the young man who has -aved un a thousaial dollars can buy a hoarn' without having to pay e\or- hilaiB nreiniums and interest oh the j lia’anct, it will go a long way toward I stimulating the Iniilding industry and all of the other industries that de- pen<l on it. KI.YINC Twenty-five years ago only haH a dozen ne'I'le, friends of the Wright , 1 rothers, had ever seen an .airplane i in flight. Bractically nohoily else Ire- lieveii it wovrlil ever lu* possible to fly a heavier than air machine. In that >ear. IPOlt, everybody was enthusias tic about lighter-than-air craft, 'rhi* balloon with a motor propeller, what , we now call a dirigible, was the thing. I nolrody dreamed of anything ap- j preaching the Uniteil States navy’s inew airship, .'\kron. which took 203 _ ^ .ipecple on a ten hour voyage the oth- Pure Texas Red Rust-proof aay. Seed Oats and W inter Beardless in the last few years thc.c have Barley, Pure Abruzzi Rve. Seed!''‘‘‘‘" w<>»<i<‘rful improvements in :r - \ /•« 44 J Hi* 1 J planes. It is prohaWe that every plane Wheat, (oltonsevd Meal and Hulls, Milk-F lo Dairy Feed, of ten years and that the plane of the Horse Feed, all kinds Chicken future will look ami act entirely dif ferent from anything we are familiar with now. NOTICE Texas Red Feed. Call 157 for (luick I)eli\cry. W'e Deliver Any where In the City. PUBLIC HAULING Of All Kinds. • FARMERS EXCHANGE ■l—. “Clinton’s Feed Store” T. J. Blalock, Mrt. GARAGES This is the time of year when many automobile owners commit uninten- ;ii.nal suicide by starting up their cars in tightly closed garages and not getting out .side as soon as the engine fires. In the past twelve months the New Y’ork staU‘ department of health leports forty-two death.s from carbon monoxide poisoning in closed garages and forty-three narrow escapes from death from the same cause. It is seldom safe to let a car run Thursday, Nov. 7:30 P. M. Oh, Jack-in-the-Box is happy. As happy as can be; F^or never before has Santa (liven such cause for glee. His sack with treasures is bursting. With toys and gifts galore; W’ith trains, and dolls and engines. That girls and boys adore. Come see them now at Penney's. Bring Dad, bring Mother, too; To twinkling, blinking Toyland Where Xmas dreams come true! Holder of this ticket presented at Toyland, with name And address, will receive a 16-page Colored Christmas Story Book. Name Address. J. C. Penney Co. E P A E T 7-9 M B N T • S T O Musgrove Street 4'^ 1 “T