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: I . ■y.l^- ' • ■,• ^ ■ V .• .-,• - •• ». |.W| Poge Six THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Thursdoy^ November 21, 1940 NOTICE OF COUNTY TREASURER •1940 The books of the County Treasurer | will be opened for the collection of j taxes for the fiscal year. 1940, at the' Treasurer's office from October 1, to December 31, 1940. After December 81 one per cent will be added. After January 31st. two per cent will be I added. After February 28th three per| cent will be added, and after March \ SI .seven per cent will be added and j the books closed. I All persons owning property in' more than one school district are re quested to call for receipts in eachj of the several school districts in which the property is^located. This is im portant, as additional cost and pen- ^ alty may be attached. All able-b(Klied male citizens be- j tween the ages of twenty-one (21). and sixty (60) years of age are liable; to pay ’a poll tax of $1.00. Dog Oumers! Your dog tax is on the tax books. You are entitled to abatement of dog tax by reason of rabies treatment. But it is necessary that you present inoculation certifi cate to the county treasurer at the time of tax payment or before. Un- les.s presented then, tax cannot be abated. Proper attention w’ill be given those who wish to pay their taxes through the mail by gheck, money | order, etc., giving name of township | and number of school district. The tax levy is as follows: i Ordinary’ County 10 mills Constitutional School 3 mills j Road Bonds 10 mills j Past Indebtedness 1 mill I "W’cak Schools 1 mill ' Hospital 1 mill .State (retirement State Bond.'-) Italian Submarine Surreilders To British Deetroyers sliithtly more than 20,000 plan^Tbe production schedule, which may be stepped up, is for 1,250 planes a month for early 1941, 2,000 a month from July 1 ooward, and S,0(^ a month beginning in 1941. Production of light tanks is going ahead at the conqip^on le wmy. ' would with the'lbxlfny. Amilicauhi’ tnust' have finished their first year in high school, be willing to work and be of good moral character. They will do office and clerical work, serve as helpers in mechanical and construe- rate of 100 a month, with heavy tank • tion work or assist in any other way production planhed to begin early next year. Besides tanks, ^e army is buying trucks, expecting to to have 25,000 delivered by the end of this yeal-. Besides the more than 200 qaval craft of aU types, from battleships I Present NYA rolls, she said in which th^ m, qualified^ Fun information as to othSr re quirements, rfie said, may be secured by writing or seeing her in Clinton on Thursday. Most of those sent to the cainps will be selected from me MEDITERRANEAN SEA . . . This Italian submarine was blown to the surface by British depth chutes, and forced to surrender. The crew of the submarine line up on her deck, waiting to be ti^en aboud sted to the one of the surrounding British destroyers, after which the submarine was blast bottom. eF A Privote Citizen Speoks His Mind SPECTATOR COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Party Label In Politics Now Means Ndthing Younge of Wofford recovered. On the next play Taggart, Terrier quarter back, tried a pass to Maness. Meisky intercepted and moved the ball to the Hose 45. But the intercepted pass was of no avail and Presbyte rian ran into trouble with penalties. The final whistle sounded with the 11^ ■ • possession of the Terriers on Lawyers In the Legislature—and the Constitution, their own 44. _______________________________________________ The Hose tried eight passes, com- pleted three -for 23 yards. Wofford •When the fro.st is on the punkinltent of the constitution is manifest;'■‘completed two out of six fbr 17 .J tv... oKaaIt Mov Hiif fHc loncTiiooc ifcAif vards. The Hosemen intercepted t^vo the Terriers none. and the fodder’s in the.shock.” Nay, but the language itself is as limpid 1 mill brother; there’s very little fodder injas a translucent mountain stream, .piisses ^ this day of advanced agriculture.! An interesting question is that of' Presbyterian’s 12 punts averaged j laboratories and nurses , 27 mills would have to say tax-exempt property. The constitu- 30 yards and Wofford’s 11 averaged; make her into the finest hospital ship when the trost is on the “taters” and •ttrm--in exempting property of cotmr 39. '' down to harbor tugs, for whidi the government has let contracts since the begiiming of 1940, the navy has begun to purchase auxiliary vessels in the open market. Since July 1 I more than 110 such craft have been I acquired, at prices ranging from $1 I for seagoing yachts whose owners jhave shown their patriotism by giv- iing \heir ships to the nation’s ser- j vice, to as hi^ as $7,000,000 for some of the passenger liners which are to be used as transports, and in one or two instances converted into airplane carriers. One of the most important of all auxiliary naval craft is the oil tank er, and some of the largest and fast est tankers afloat have been bought by the' navy from the big oil com panies. Several modem cargo ships constructed under the orders of the maritime commission for 'jadvate owners, have also been bou^t byf the navy to serve as carriers of am munition and supplies. Bought the "Iroquois” One of the navy’s recent purchases is of the spe^y passenger liner “Iro quois,” originally built for the New York-Miami run. The “Iroquois” brought some of the first loads pf refugees from the war zone across the Atlantic last year. Nqw she is ' being equipped with operating rooms, quarters to Total Laurens School Districts j the hay is in the barn—and even that ties, towns, schools, college, “chari- No. 1,. Trinity Ridge 9 mills j won’t do, because they tell us to dig'table institutions in the nature of No, 2, Prospect 8 mills: (grabble) taters afore ary frost bites ', asylums for the .infirm, deaf, dumb, Presbyterian -made 16 first afloat downs to Wofford’s one, made 277 yards from scrimmage to Wofford’s 42. No. 3. Barksdale-Narnie. . 8 millsithe vine and predisposes the, luscious [blind, idiotic and indigent p>ersons;j No. 4, Bailey 7 mills iyams (q rot. ■ -- No. 6, Oak Grove 6 mills | No. No. Watts Mills 17 mills 11. Laurens 22 mills Youngs School Districts 4. Bethany 15 mills also libraries, churches, parsonages, I burying grounds, says “'That as to Well, the election is over and goes'real e.state, this exemption shall not down in history. It‘ was'a singular j extend beyond the buildings and campaign in many of its phases. The'premises actually occupied by them. Democrats "not only disregarded all:although connected with charitable No 5 Grays ^ .11 milis sages, and advocated a third | objects. In the same section the su- As Washington Sees It THE NATIONAL SCENE No' 6 Central .9 mills Republicans, long the preme law says; “Property of asso- No. V Youngs 10 mills entrusted with power, could j ciations and societies, although con- No 8 Warrior Creek 12 mills i^**’*^ *^0 public man with a wide popu-tnected with charitable objects, shall No 10 Lanford 12 mills“PP«al, and had to choose a busi-jnot be exempt from state, county or Wt 1 o 1 * J * ,ne.<s man of fighting qualities, who municipal taxation.” DUls Scho.1 District, ,aa«ht the imagination and the fancy' No. 1 Greenpond ...13 mills: ” ' No. 2. Eden . 10 mills 1^* Specia/1 to The Chronicle? Washington,. Nov. 13.—Some relia ble facts are beginning to be avail able about the progress of the na- There is little for congress to do, and little is likely to be done on Cap itol Hill, before the new 77th con gress meets in January. Many mem- jbers are taking the vacations which they didn’t dare to take before elec tion; many others are beginning to ■pack up and get ready to go back home to stay. If a situation arose in which it was necessary to assemble a quorum of either house it would take a week or so to get enough to gether to do business constitutionally. There is no clear-cut policy of man runneth not to the contrary, the . .. . s tion’s rearmament program, concern- In spite of the custom which hM mg which there has lately been much en in effect, since the memory of «nrt somiSime. mail. No. 5, Gray Court-Owings 26 mills| j-nere is no cl j , au *1 No 3-B Fountain Inn 24 mills'party which permits ones po- constitution declares the ancient law SulliifMli School Districts litical allegiance to mean more than with great clarity; yet the general No 1 Princeton 22 mills ^ label. Long ago, in the days of the j assembly and city councils have fre- No! 2 Mt. Bethel . 2 mills-simpl® tit®, when men were just or-Iquently granted exemptions contrary No! 3. Poplalr Springs ".!!!..”20 mills i binary people, and not giants of in-jto this easily undrestood prohibition. No! 7 Brewerton !!!!!! 16 mills i^eli®®!. as they are today, we could Could farmers do worse? No; rather Kn 17 Hirknrv Tavern 2Q mills I distinguish between a Democrat and better, I think; for a farmer would W.«r rschll Dls.ri.S f ”'h^' r*' r T I- r.h^itsi;r ? “ill: "Jis JJ”-2. Vn m U'»>'><' » “ffoctored” the tariff that ft milu ^^ttUiern farmers were in perpetual sj^' fi' Mf PI., nt R'miiu:*.®ftdage to Northem industrialists. ulBut since our Demoeratic party has has “gone after” the colored vote with an energy, zeal and enthusi asm almost incredible, the party la bel means nothing. I don’t know what the Republicans will do, when No. 14, Waterloo 8 mills Cross Hill School District Nb. 13, Cross Hill’ 27 mills Hunter School Districts No. 3, Rock Bridge 6 mills No. 4, Wadsworth 6 mills No. 5, Clinton 18 mills No. 6, Goldville 11 mills No. K-19, Kinards 8 mills No. R-42. Reederville ■■.■■^..■13 mills No. 16, MoiihfvnTe*.. . !..18 mills vious purport. He would not try to prove that a club is not a society, or that a society is not an organization. The letter of the law killeth, but the spirit giveth lift I recall. Until we respect the spirit of our consti tution, why talk about a new consti tution? We need a hew attitude of respect lor law, more than a new fundamental law. contradictory and soifnetimes mall clous gossip in circulation. It is true enough that the United States is trying to do in two years what Germany took seven years to do; that is, to equip and train the greatest fighting force the world has BOYS AND GIRLS TO GET WORK IN DEFENSE* CAMPS Several hundred boys and girls be tween the age limits of 17 and 24 years will be offered $8 a month plus subsistence to do civilian woik at Fort Moultrie and Fort Jacksem to ever dreamed of, on land, on the sea. relieve soldiers now doing similar and in the air. But the members ofl^ork, according to an announcement ♦u *1—, Mamie S. Summer, NYA the national defense commission, the high officers of the army and navy and the “big wigs” of the air forces are now satisfied that it can be done^ and that the job has got off to a fast* start. “About the only thing we’re not sure of/’ said one of the men con nected Ih® working out of the defense program a few days ago, “is Meetii; Defense Ceaannieitioi Needs Today and Teaorrow area supervisor for Laurens, New berry and Fairfield counties. She quoted Dr. R. L. Coe, state su pervisor, as saying that the young men and women would be housed [away from the army camps and iwho we are getting ready to fight. How much revenue has been lost j and when.” to the state, counties and towns The air preparations are coniid- they get an opportunity; today their. through unlawful exemptions will ered' the most Immediately impor- pnncipal plank is anti-Roosevelt, never be known, but I think it more tant, particularly as one of the ma- though they seem to swallow most | than a trifle. In some cases endowed jor objectives is to furnish more aid of his policies. What has happened? . •..j'-' 4Just this: nearly everybody can vote; Jacks School Districts BUYER MEETS To be prepared for emergencies of whatever magnitude 6r urgency is a requirement to which tele phone company workers are accustomed. The National Defense Program is a new eniergency to bemet.NewswittA hoards are being installed, several thousand miles of telephone lines have been strung and large scale telephone en^> neering projects are under way to serve the fifty newly approved and existing army and navy posts and air bases located in the territory served by this Company. £6ng distance communi cation ftdlides are altd~be- ing expanded and new cir cuits have been established to assure ample long dis tance telephone service be tween these military bases and all parts of the nadoo. Soutnern Bell and the entire Bell System ate in hi^ gear, meeting the nation's present defense needs and prepared to adequately meet those of tomorrow. No. 1, no white school 4 mills' so today anything, everything, which can win votes is offered. charitable institutions have -acquired , to Brltato as speedily as possible, and farms, stores and town h o.u s e s ^ that can best be, done by augmenting through foreclosures or by will (de vise) and have rented out such prop- Since the beginning of time — or; erties in competition with other No. 2, Shady Grove 13 mills afterwards—some few got, landlords, receiving the same local the British air force. Production of army airplanes i« not. yet up to the announc^ sched- SELLER N OJR A! CCLU'MNS SoiTIHH Btu TllEPatSE «KD TEIEMAPICOMMHT fHBatPiaATCB No. No. 3. Renno 10 mills .4 mills acquired, or secured, more than oth- protection, without paying any taxes. No. 6. O’Dell’s 10 mills No. 7, Garlington .5 mills' No. 15. Hurricane : 6 mills Scuffletown School Districts ers. As people multiplied, the number Do our legislators kno\y nothing men without property increased!of the constitution; or ate they in- Hpw _of those are combat ■e rapidly than the number with | different to it? ' f | planes and how many training planes more property. Npw, since Abraham, if not tho^ ule, but it is gaining. The program for October called for 1,133 artoy planes, and only 900 were produced. »cunicM.wn before, those without property envied i 111 o 12 with proj^rty; but only recent-1 WOftOrO IriininCQ ly have politicians unashamedly of- i I fered every conceivable thing to vot ers, however fantastic, in order .to ride to power. No. 2, Musgrove 10 mills No. 3, Langston 7 mills No. 4, Sandy Springs 8 mills No. 12, Ora 10 mills Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off are requited to send j whenever some one says that we 'them early and 6*ve the township, have lawyers in our legisla- < wd school district of each as ^qw does it impress a farmer? Treasurer is vep’ busy during the^^g would'not be struck with admir-• ation if he should study the consti- itution of our state, or some of our Homecoming Day month of December. T. LANE MONROE, Tannery and Calloway Score To Win 12-6 Tilt Here Saturday. , are items which are regarded as mili- itary secrets. ! Trateing Planes Needed I It is certain that a high proportion I of all military planes must be lor [training purposes, for the plans call for the training of at least 12,000 ad ditional pilots annually, and fiiat will take a lot of airplanes. How many of jo 8 are to [: the present output'of planes are (0| go to England is another point on which there is official silence; but it iis apparent that allowing for every- Coach Walter Johnson’s silver an,-[thing, the army is beginning to get| County Treasurer. gta(u(eg j doubt if any farmer could niversary and homecoming celebra-! planes faster than fver before, andj — 'do worse than has been done. Let us tion was culminated here Saturday'the navy is getting iis share. j WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING see: Section 17 of Article 3 says that' afternoon by- a 12 to 6 victory rttog A year ago the total of military I tf —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Dr. FeUer Smith Dr. Duncan S. FeMer OPTOMETRISTS Specialists In Eye Examinations Ofllee Hewrs: Dr. Smith. Daily, 4:15 to 6. Dr. Felder, J>aily, 8:39 to 6. Phone 29 for Appointment CLINTON, 8. a “Every act or resolution having the t,y Presbyterian over Wofford. j planes of all kinds being produced force of law shall relate to but one Calvinist eleven gevji the Ter-1 per month was 120; now it is above subject, and that shall be expressed riers a taste of real Johnson football . 900 and increasing. From 700 air- in the title.” Clearly a bill relating<Respite Wofford’s score .in the open-[plane engines a month the manufac turers have already stepped up pro to the local affairs of Oconee county, jng minutes, and that expressed ip the title, can-, j. Hilton, speedy Wofford back.lduction to 2,000 a month, and great not constitutionally carry an extra _ bj^xiught the fans to their feet in the [new plants are under way to treble pi^igion dealing with o^er mattors, first thr^ minutes when he received that output in a year or less. of state-wide import. TThat is clear if language means anything and if we respect the constitution. But rid ers or bobtails are conmum practice. BENJAMIN & SONS PLUMBING HEA'HNG SERVICE TdcphdM 92D8 WE ARS HUNTING . TROUBLE a Presbjrterian punt on the Wofford j Ther has been a great deal of criti- 20 and raced 80 yards for a score. [ cism of the deMy in producing the The try for extra point failed. new semi-automatic (Jarand rifles. The Jedmson men came back with:So long as there semed to be no so that a bill with one subject passes!a drive from their 28 into pay dirt|hurry, the goveriunent arsenals at by unnoticed, oftentimes, because joe Mclfeill, Hose end, on an end' Spri^ield and $tock laland ambled something entirely different, and un- around play placed the ball within [along turning otR 500 a month of the related, has been tacked on. All such I scoring position and Fred Tannery [new weiqi^ons. Now the productUm in measures should be challenged in > moved across the stripe. Sufton’s try 'Government plants b dote to 3,000 the courts and a watchful citizenship for point was blocked. i rifles a wedc, and private manufac- Midway the second quarter after | hirers are about to begin making the the ball had twice changed hands,|Same type of guns. ' the Hose began a long drive downi The defense commission has given field fallowing an 18-yard dash byloift a partial list of the contraets eral assembly shall not authorize i Captain Dick Meisky to the Wotfmd' vriiich have been let. Among them is payment to any perspn of the si^lary 40. After a series of off plays one for the building of the world’s should be alert to keep the stream of legislation reasonably clear. Another section commonly disre garded is 32 of Article 3: “The gen- of a deceased officer beyond the date which netted flic Presbyterians twOjfirat and only plant lor the mass pro of his death.” This is so plain that I firgt downs Meisky’s flat pass to End dtxrtion of thoaa tan wonder how the legislature mobile lots on cat- gets [Billy Galloway resulted, in a toudi- erpUlar treads which the British in- around it, unless it tries a quibble, down but again the convar^on tir assuming that since the constitution [tailed Irodtseed in the MForld war under, the forbids payment after the date of death: and since death is a continu ing ^te or condition, the salajor should continue, too. !^t the plain intent of flte ooostitiitkm sbodld guide us; not the word twiatfaig and juggling. ; Of course we recall the clear inhi- bftkm against holding two ottkm or poattiona. Any work ia aUbar an of fice or a position, obviously. The ha- At ttia-op«a|ag of the second half, Taanezy raoSlved the kidc for Prea- bytarian on his own five and return- sH it to the Presbyterian 80. Fram thefa hk pushed deep into. Wg^foed tacritory but. lost the ball on dawns* Hirougbout the’ haU Woftetfk kida kd^t the Predayterians Wofford threat a punt hy Hiiteo Aown nanie of “tanks” and whiA^iil Hi4*[J [ ler’s baadS' hawa-^fproved .fiie moat deatruetive of land armamoils. Two suaD^aiaas powder plMta.. bs'va baan contracted fol, two plants lor aukim hidi explosh^ five *daall>'ldadtef gtets ud several oomplate new T*** tor gnoa. «f thorn are privately owned and op- NOTICE OF SALE OF LANDS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF the ESTATE OF J. F. BELL On Qeeember 3rd, 1940, CMiinencingr at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon, the Executon ^ the last will and testament of J. F. deceased, will offor tfiir sale to the highest bidder, the real estate and pmonal intip- erty of said estate, at Renno, S. C. The real estate will be divided into convenient tracts and consists of the following property: The H. y. Bell place, at Renno, containing 800 acres, more or less. The Copeland place,' near Renno, containing 298 acres, more or less. The Brick House place, near Renno, cemtaining 400 acres, more or less. The residence house ai^ lot at Renno. The store house lot at Renno. The crib lot at Renno. Other small lots at Renno. ^The personal property consists bf: 4 mules, farming imple ments, mower, poison machine, 2 wagons, feedstufls, household goods. And 10 shares of the capital stock of the Bell Company. All other assets of the estate. 'Tern^ of Sale: perso^l {sroper^ fw.eash, ea ^ of sale. luu^ to de- AU bidders, other than the heirs at law, will be reqv posit, with the Executors, before bidding, a sum equal to 20e per. unt to DC returned to the unsuc- acre, 00 the farm lan<]p> the amount cessful bidders, and the amount daposited by the succcasful bidder to be applied on me purchase price. ’The succeasful bidder make m« deposit on the lands b^ng knocked down to Mm, of five per centum of the amotmi at his bfal, ak a guarantee of his Mth in the bidding. deposit inate prior to the bidding Tiie sale of the real will be a portion of the five ve jper centum, cesh, bahmee payable in one add two a por estate will be tor one-third 3rears from the date of the sale, wifii InterMt from date, at the rate of five per centum per annum, payable anmudly, and me credit portion to be represented by notes of the mseghSscr W fends pur- cured by first and purchase money mortgage over chased, the notes and mortgages to contejn me usual obvaniata. The purdiascr will be permitted to pay a larger amoiMd« orTiis entire bid. In,cash. The cash payment will be made*en teu mracu- ti<m and dolivery of deeds to the lands purdiased. TImi wiU be required to pay for stamps 00 tha^^eds, gmd ration and recording and stanms on notes heir bidding on me recording the deed. Any heir interest m the estate as a guarantee of hJs gopd ding. In the event a successful tedder should fail by toe Executors sBi at the risk of the defind^iig purchaser. Prospectfev may be shown the luds on application to J. R. Bsl Copelaad at Renno. mqtewm'Qf itea 4lm.Bmeiml4$K)Qid^ fay 4dm 4 ~ llqpildtead^iimagM atfiTtoe msrfy ra-aoU JM tor his. intfaibid- — wnii Of J. D. Signed: J. H. BIDX, ^ MARY HENRY AET|>Um . U3tA B. COPELAND, i#’ '4 r '4' I Vi ■ V >1 iM