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/ v Thursday, December BO, 1948 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Three Street trucks doing^-dfayage whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per, year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. STREET WAGONS OR DRAYS— Street wagons or drays, per 10.00 the wholesaler’s goods. , U Undertakers whose gross an nual income does not exceed $5,000.00, per year 35.00 and, $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. V . VULCANIZING AND RE- contravention of any law or law's ofi the State of SoUth Carolina, such' shall not affect any other word, clause, sentence or section hereof. Section 12. This Ordinance shall go int effect on the first day of Janu ary, A. D., 1949. Done and ratified by, the Town Council of the Town of Clinton, S. C., ^tsstsS TSLmrnmuuu New Year Brings Joy, Hope, Sadness y ear 10 00 CAPPING SHOPS, per year ... 15.00 Per day ..a .....i 1.00 SHOOTING GALLERIES— Shooting Galleries, wJi o s e gross annual income does not exceed $2,500.00, per year 25.00 and $.50 for each additional $500.00 of gross income. Whose gross weekly in come does not exceed $500.00, per week «. 10.00 ! and $.50 for each additional $100.00 of gross weekly in come. Whose gross daily income does not exceed $10.00, per day .• 5.00 and $.50 for each additional $10.00 of daily gross income. SHOE SHOPS— Shoe Shops whose gross an nual income does not ex ceed $1,000.00, per year 10.00 and $.50 for each.additional $1,000.00 of gross income. STORAGE BATTERY CHARG ING STATIONS, per year 10.00 W WOOD SHOPS AND WAGON MANUFACTURERS— Wood Shops and Wagon Manufacturers whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $2,000.00, per year 15.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. WAREHOUSES— NOTH E OF SFIZI RF. LEVY AND I TAX SALE State of South Carolina, (County of Laurens. Please take notice: Superstition and curiosity prompt- That I. R. A. Babb, under and by ed the Anglo-Saxons to climb upon virtue of certain tax executions is- i their roofs as the hour of midnight sue d by the Treasurer of Laurens approached on New Year's Eve—it County, Vo me directed as Delinquent porate seal of the said Town of CUn-j clock has had the privilege was'believed that something might Tax Collector for said Laurens Coun- | ton hereto affixed this the eighth day 1 of striking midnight and being when the Ne "\ Y . ea I burst ty against R - C Bradham for unpaid | of December, A. D„ 1948, and in the the first to announce the arrival of ln and everyone wanted to be in a taxes, with penalties and costs there- One Hundred and Seventy-third the New Year for only about six cen- P° s,t,on to s< ‘ e for on for the year and amounts shown X F __ t 4.1-. — C? A r-T •. «/ in Council a’ssembled and the cor-i i Year of the Sovereignty and Inde pendence of the United States of America. L. EABISHOP, Attest:. \ Mayor, t, WM. B. OWENS, (City Seal) I City Clerk and Treasurer** Warehouses kept for storing cotton, grain and other com modities, whose gross annual income does not exceed | $2,500.00, per year 35.00 and $.50 for each additional WEST CLINTON NEWS TAXI CABS, per year No person, firm or corpor ation shall let or hire or operate any taxi cabs or hacks, automobiles or other vehicles for hauling or transporting passengers within the corporate limits of the Town of Clinton with out first obtaining a license therefor from the Town Clerk. As a condition precedent to the granting or issuing of any license for the opera tion of any taxi cab, auto mobile, hack, or other ve hicle for hauling or trans porting passengers for hire within the corporate limits of the Town of Clinton, the applicant for such license shell first 1 fee- lequiied tu file 1 40.00 (Continued from page one) Diego, Calif., spent the holidays! turies. Before that, man measured the hours in several different ways. Primitive man measured the length of a day by the moving shadows which reflected the sun’s daily course across the feeavens. The first timepiece was probably a pole and a stone-»-the pole to cast a shadow' and the stone to mark where the shadow fell when the sun was V»» best. ; * fis man became more accus- $1,000.00 of gross income. . l ^ i . , . i*' l* Section 2. All licenses issued for w itn Mrs. WiridsoTand Mr. and Mrs. one day only shall be double the q w. Windsor. amount above mentioned for Satur- Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Weir and John- days, show days, Christmas days and' nie of Greenville, spent several days other days of public gatherings. ' recently with Mr and Mrs. J. F. Section 3. That all licenses issued yj eiT under and by virtue of this Ordi- ’ • w . q. McGee and nance shall be non-transferable, and ’vr,- except a license for a day, a week or children spent Sunday with Mr. and months, shall terminate and end on! M ^. Bennie Spires in Laurens. December 31, 1949, but may be re-1 anc * ^ rs - John McAlister and yoked at any time by the Town, Pam, of Whitmire, Mr. and Mrs. Council of the Town of Clinton, on [James Hale find children of Gastonia, satisfactory cause being shown. Ex- N. C., Mr. and Mrs. James Smith according to specific intervals of time, he devised the “water-thief.” the hourglass, and finally the me chanical clock Perhaps more, of this “something below now in default and unpaid, I might happen’’ superstition has sur- have this day levied upon, seized and* vived than is immediately apparent taken e-xclusive possession of as the Almost everyone dreads the thought property of the said defaulting taif- of being alone on New Year’s Eve: payers, L. M. Curtis and R. C Brad- if possible, we gather our families ham, the following discribed prop- and friends around us in our homes erty located in the County and Sta*.; In a more serious mood, an **ver- aforesaid, to wit: increasing number of persons at-. All that lot, piece or parcel of tend “Watch” services to greet the land, on which is located what was New Year in prayer and meditation: formerly used as a brick warenouse, and there is a universal resolve to situate, lying and be.ng .n the ;n- “do better” next year.. Gathering in corporate Limits of the C’.ty of Chn- public places, in Times Square—or ton, Laurens County, South Carolina, its counterpart—we make as much containing a fraction of an acre, noise as possible—presumably be- bounded on the North and We-d by cause our primitive ancestors uti- lands now or formerly of the ex cept license issued for a day, a week or a month, annual rate shall be c. . r, ♦Mor* ,ized noise as an expression of cele- lonial Ice Co., on the East and South W..1 1 •>”«»». believing the din would by Oak Street and S A L Rat-. reonlnr int..ri I r,f tirric .keep evil spirts and influences at a way. Said lot is irregular in shape a regular inter\al of time P^sed d ls ta nce . and is the southeastern corner of lot between the moment it was filled Jqvous New Year Bells purchased by Dixie Ice and Fuel Co., and the moment it became empty—r _ v v e . * . hv McPha ’ and •<? 'he a’ V* ,„i ij u.. The New Year bells have ceased °y -«c^naii, anq is me identical lot arut this interval could be timed by i . . lf , , , n f i lnr j Anvpvp.h r c RnnH to toll for the dying year and now 01 iana conveyed vO l*. u. tvona on * welcome the New Year with iovous the 24th day of January, 1^430, in The hourglass was better than rear wun joyous ’ -- and farjdly, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Smith and children of South Clinton, 1 charged for all licenses issued prior Mr. and Mrs. Homer Douglas of to June 30th, 1949, three fourths the Gray Court, Mr. and Mrs. Alec Har- annual rate shall be charged for all r j s 0 f Anderson, were guests of Mr. licenses issued after June 30, 1949, and M rs. E. A. Harris during Chnst- and prior to September 30, 1949, and mas the “water-thief” because it was cheaper, it would not freeze or spill and it did not require refilling. Real, mechanically operated clocks were not constructed un til the thirteenth century. The word “clock” has been derived from the one-half the annual rate for all li-i M 'r. and Mrs. R. W. Rollins and' French “cloche,” which means bell, censes issued after September 30th, d hter of Rock i n gham, N. C„ Mr. ; 19 49 and prior to December 31, 1949 d Mrs. W. T. Cameron and chil- ! Section 4. That every, person, cor- ... „ „ roQ i, i poration or partnership required by c r j n . Al , ^ n p ,, "| j nc 0 f *he hours i this Ordinance to obtain a license to, with Mr. and Mrs. O. R. RollinsJ^ng of the hours. engage in any business, trade, pro-, Mrs. A. J. Satterfield spent Sum* fession or occupation, for which a day with her mother, Mrs. J. P. license is required, shall at the time C ase y> ' n Laurens. o f applying for such license or at any Mrs. Joe Caldwell and children of other time as may be required by the Greensboro, N. C., Mrs. R. M. Wingo Town Council, furnish to the Town and children of Greenville, spent the • Clerk Lor auditor of the city, such holidays with Mrs. N. W. Bigham and probably owes its connection with timekeeping to the custom of ringing bells to announce the pass- peals symbolic of the hope with deed book 58 at page .186 in o’fTice of which mankind looks forward to a ^ Court for Laurens County; brighter future and a better world. J an - 24, 1930 to D. O. Rhame. book but the nostalgic strains of Au!d P a 8o . to L. M. Curtis of Lang Svne have become so in- Packsville, S C , by deed^ recorded trinsicaily a part of our New Year’s * n deed book 88 at page 1<4, and L. Eve that even th< erings would be out * deed book 72 at page Indeed, we stand before the New ,il e °J, of t ourt for Lau- t of our New Year’s i-. - e vc - v Ea th- Curtis to R. C. Bradham by deed e incomplete with- dat !, d u S t pt - 21 ’ 193a - recorded m deed book *2 at page 4i8 in the of- Year with mingled sentiments, not County, South Carol: *v q Levied on as -the proper! na. [other and further information as may inear Clinton. be necess^y for correctly ascertain-* Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, Mr. ing the license to be assessed and, and Mrs. A. H. Parkman and Me- I collected. j lissa Ann and Patsy Burdette were Section 5. Any person, firm, eom-j v j sRors in Charleston Sunday, jpany or corporation prosecuting or, c c Colhns of PlckenSt S p e nt j engaging in any business or occupa- a , d recentl with Mr and ! lion or proiession, or keeping or, M r w fRra*i1 maintaining any establishment nam- ‘ D * . . . ed in this Ordinance without having t R U R Sellers of Pelzer, visited his I first paid the license tax imposed brother. Rev. J. W. Spillers^ and thereon, or shall otherwise violate ^ rs - Spillers Sunday. ! any of the terms or provisions of this 1 Jimmie Cathcart of Spartanburg, i Ordinance, shall upon conviction be spent several days recently with his | fined not exceeding one hundred grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. j ($100.00) dollars or be imprisoned Parkman. i not exceeding thirty (30) days with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Riddle spent i or without hard labor at the discre-, Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. tion of the officer trying the case. Horace Waddell in Laurens. Section 6. Where a license is im-[ Mr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Patter- ! posed by this Ordinance upon any son and children spent the holidays i business, profession or occupation. relatives in Fort Mill i and such business, professsion or oc- j ^ Z 9 l U °? a is t ca ! T1 £ d on or/condfceted, Birthdays and Anniversaries I agent, clerk or employee shall be r c i subject to all the penalties herein r . 31 * n Boltzclaw, Mrs. J. W. Smith, imposed should the said business, ^- am P^ e ^ an d Mrs. Gradye profession or occupation be carried 1 Sn L 15 h * on or prosecuted without the license 1 Rnt” Braswell was 4 years old imposed having been paid in the December 26. same manner as if such agent, clerk Mrs. Johnnie Wilson celebrated a of employee were the proprietor of birthday December 25. such business, profession or occupa- Mrs. J. L. White has a birthday tion. January 22. Section 7. Where the amount oL Eulas Cagle. Jr, will be 14 years “O.en House” on New Year’ll Dav licenses provided for herein are de- ! old January 2 open wouse on iscu tear 8 Day , nn ammint rwf .. », ."-T* . , , was introduced into this country by ** pendent on the amount of income, Miss Nell Chandler.has a birthday the Dutch who settled in New receipts or sales, the basis for ascer- January 4 \ . uulcn _ wno seiuta in new | taining the amount of said licenses Mrs Annie Bobo will celebrate her i Arnsterciam and were accustomed 'shall be’the amount of income, re- 57th birthday Janua v ,, b he to receive their friends who dropped per year ’ 10.00 or sales for the preceding year ' M rs Dennis Marfden will in to ofTpr the compliments of the and $.50 for each additional lending December 31, 1948. j a 5i rht J ay tomorrow ' b 1 I da y- Such calls were very mformal, $l,000.00_of gross income. I Section 8. That every person, firm,! Lerline'WonHv w*, =; ,| made and received in the spirit of company or corporation required by, December 25 y 53 Jea ‘' > ° ld ! friendship and sociability; refresh- with the Town Clerk of the Town of Clinton a policy or policies of insurance issued by a company or companies doing business in the State of South Carolina upon each taxi cab, automobile or ve hicle to be operated under such license, covering liabil ity in’an amount of not less than $5,000.00 for injury to any one person and in an amount of not less than $10,000.00 for injuries to any two or more persons as re sult of one accident, and in an amount o. not less than $5,000.00 for damages to the property of any person or persons. Said insurance shall be of a typa and shall be carried in a company or companies to be approved by the Town Council of the Town of Clinton and shall be maintained in full force at all times during the term of any license issued here under, and it shall be un lawful for any taxi cab, au tomobile or vehicle for transporting or hauling pass engers for hire to be oper ated in the Town of Clin ton at any time without having such insurance in lull force and effect. TAILOR SHOPS— Tailor Shops, ladies or gents, whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00, wholly unlike the child of Long fellow's sonnet: “Ha'f willing, half reluctant to be led. And leave his broken playthings on the floor. Still gazing at them through the open door Nor wholly reassured and com forted . By promises of others in their stead, * Which, though more splendid. * may not please him more.” Chinese Pay Debts On New Year’s Eve property of R. C. Bradham. his heirs and assigns, the defaulting taxpayers. Record of taxes due on lot in name of: 1938, L. M. Curtis, $9 54; 1939, R. C. Bradham, $9 i)6; 1940. R C. Brad ham, $9.22; 1941, R. C. Bradham, $9.22; 1942, R C. Bradham, $9:06. 1943, R. C. Bradham. $7 45, 1944, R. C. Bradham, $7.46. 1945, R. C. Bradham. $762; 1946. R. C. Brad ham. $9 09; 1947, R. C. Bradham. $9.08; 5G of amount due. $4 34, costs $1.00; total $102.14. And I will sell the same to the highest bidder at public auction within the legal hour* of sale at Lau rens Court House. S. C , on Monday, “YIPPEEE” ... We sure hope this young 1949 will grow up to be 1 lot better than the old nerve- jangler who was named ISIS. ‘Open Hcirce* Once Marked Holiday the 3rd day of January, 1949. Terms ■ of sale: Cash. > An ancient Chinese tradition de- ft ^ BABB mands that all bills be paid on New Delinquent Tax Collector for Year’s Eve: nnjene wi.o is a debt- Laurens County, S C. or on New Year's Day is consul- Dated December 3. 1948 —30-3c. ered, and considers himself, very — — much disgraced. Counting-houses NOTICE OF SEIZURE. LEVY AND hum with activity long after mid- TAX SALE night and tradespeople, shielding State of South Carolina. * lighted candles, hurry through tne County of Laurens, dark jtjeets of residential districts Please take notice: Stopping at thi$ door and that door That I, R. A. Babb, under and by to settle accounts with their cus- virtue of certain tax executions is- tomers. (sued by the Treasurer of Laurens Traditionally, creditors are ent^- t County, to me directed as Delinquent tied to tffeir money only so long as Tax Collector for said Laurens Coun- their candles remain lighted. Hu- ty against E. N. Metts for unpaid inan jiatiyg tying what is 15, we , taxes, with penalt.es and costs there- cfnimagine debtors and creditors on for the year and amounts shown have thought of ingenious way below now in default and unpaid. I of accidentally extinguishing those have this day levied upon, seized and candles or keeping them from be- taken exclusive possession of as the ing extinguished. this Ordinance to obtain a license to TIN AND TINKERS SHOP Tin and Tinkers Shop whose — — „ ... . n ,, gross annual income does engage in any business, trade, pro- lIa rold Samples will be 9 years old not exceed $1,000.00,. per 1 fession or occupation for which a li-, auary 10 o year 10.00 ! cense * s required, shall at the time _ 1 ' urrna n Samples w’as 6 years old TELEPHONE COMPANIES Telephone Companies, local, each for business done ex clusively in the Town of Clinton, S. C., but not in cluding business done ifrom other points wit - the State, or for the Gov ernment of the U. S., whose gross annual income does not exceed $10,000.00, per of applying for such license, make a 1 ^ ece ' m ^ >er 15. statement under oath, before an of- Mrs. Roy Sisk celebrated a birth- ! fleer qualified to administer oaths, | day December 5. land file said statement with the; January 17th is Miss Faye Wood- I Towm Clerk setting forth: j ward’s birthday. (1) His or her name, style of firm. Miss Dorothy Satterfield had a j name of company, or corporation. 1 (2) The trade, business, profession j or corporation for w’hich a license is j required. . (3) The amount of business pro-! birthday December 11 Wayne Robinson celebrated ids 2nd birthday December 28. FINAL SETTLEMENT '»»••• ST* i ■»«« that o„ the 19th da. 50.00 25.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES OR AGENCIES—' T e 1 e g r a p h Companies or Agencies for business done in the Town of Clinton-,• but not including business to or from points without the State, or for the Govern ment of the U. S., whose gross annual income does not exceed $5,000.00, per yeaf TRANSIENT DEALERS IN FRUITS, ETC.— Transient dealers in fruits, etc., bread and cakes, meats or merchandise of whatso ever character and kind, selling from car or common carrier except as hereinbe fore or hereinafter provided, per year Apple Wagons, per day 2.00 This license applies to any other (fruits or vegetable such as cabbage, oranges, grapes, etc. TRUCKS, DELIVERY— Delivery trucks, delivering goods, wares, cotton, mer chandise or any other com- mdities into the T<*wn of Clinton and over the streets or alleys of the Town from outsidfe of the Town, each truck, per year Each truck, per day Provided, however, that wholesalers delivering goods to retailers in the Town of Clinton shall not be charged a business license by the said Town of Clinton unless such wholesalers maintain within the Town of Clinton a ware house or mercantile estab lishment for distribution of j ments appropriately consisted of homemade snu^ks afid centered around a large bowl of punch, made -according to the host's favorite re cipe. The custom grew with the country and, eventually, the nation—or the increasingly populous communities thereof—outgrew the custom. Dur ing the latter part of the nineteenth century., it was customary for those who intended to receive their friends and' acquaintances to send “at home” notices to the newspapers so that would-be callers might plan accordingly. . The majority of such calls were made in tjie spirit of friendship and sociability which had given impetus 1 on or prosecut-i Jud g e of Probate o f ‘ La ^rens County,! ^ the custom in the first place r H at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same’ However, human nature being what shall therpnnnn day will apply for a final discharge it is, receptions were often crashed 1n?o™a, i r e ,/ a r e Au i "ed Wl, Se Jan r r> / ,94 »' 1 2 , '" al amount of business done during the ac ^ount of my acts and doings as previous year in the same occupa- Administratrix of the estate of Mrs. tion, trade, business or profession, if J °h n D. Dominick inf the office of the the same was carried ed the previous year The Town Clerk shall thereupon day will apply for,a final discharge ! assess and collect the proper license f rorn m y estate as Administratrix. 4 hy strangers attracted by the pros- j tax as provided for in this Ordi- Any person indebted to said estate 1 P ect of Ree P unt 'h; likewise, hosts {nance, and upon such tax being paid, is notified and required to make pay-i an d hostesses were frequently em- shall issue to the applicant the prop-* ment on or before that date; and all barrassed by guests who, muking er license. persons having claims against said Section 9. For any business, trade, estate will present them on or before occupation or profession not enumer- said date, duly proven, or be forever ated in Section 1 of the Ordinance, barred, the license shall be fixed by the May or and he is hereby given full power and authority to fix same and such _ license therefor as shall be fixed by Dec. 8, 1948.—6-4cw the Mayori shall be as binding in every- respect - as though it was spe cifically enumerated or designated in this Ordinance. MRS. BESSIE D. SUBER, Administratrix. their seventh or eighth call, arrived in excessively boisterous or mellow moods. ) These abuses contributed to the BIG BEN ... In London. Eng land, the most famous Hock in the world annually welcomes the New Year wil K the booming of its great bell. • 7%)< FINAL SETTLEMENT Take noti9e that on the 20th day very private bowl of punch. of January, 1949, I will render at Section 10. The license taxes here- final account of my acts and doings in imposed are levied for the pur- I as Executrix of the estate of William pose of raising funds to meet the Alexander Moorhead in the office of annual ordinary expenses of the the Judge of Probate of Laurens Town of Clinton for the fiscal year, County at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the commencing on the first day of Janu- same day will apply for a final dis- ary, 1949, and for the purpose of charge from my trust as Executrix, paying in whole or in part any legal Any person indefeted to said es- indebtedness of the said city incurred j tate is notified and required to make for ordinary expenses thereof failing payment on or before that date; and New Year’s Gift abandonment of the publically an- Q f Broken DisllCS nounced open house and revival of the very informal New Year’s call- Most Americans would be per- the same ^,11 , exchanged only among intimates plexed to find a pile of broken crock- disc j lar g e from ’ ' tpp v a nna ‘ , property of the said defaulting tax payer, E. N. Metts, the following de scribed property localud in the Coun ty and State aforesaid, to wit: All that lot, piece or parcel of lahd in the city of Clinton, County of Laurens, State of S C., contain ing one-half acre, more or less, bounded on the north by JO-foot street, on the west by lands of W. B. Owens, on the south by lands ?f W. B. Owens, on the east by lot of Wiii Duckett. Levied on as the property of E. N. Metts, formerly Eveline Metts. As sessed for taxes in name of E. N. Metts. Record of taxes due on one lot in name of E. N. Metts: 1938, $4.31; 1939. $4 35; 1940. $4 41; 1941. $4 41; 1942, $4 35; 1943, $3.82, 1944. $3 32' 1945. $3 87; 1946, $5.12; 1947, $5.13! 5^ of amount due $2.19; cost, $11.00; total $56.98. And 1 will sell the same to the highest bidder at public auction within the legal hours of sale at Lau rens ( 'urt House, S. C , on Monday, tnc 3r I day of January, 1949. Terms of sale: Cash. R A BABB. Delinquent Tax Collector for Laurens County. S. C. Dated December 3, 1948.—-30-3c. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 10th day of January, 1948, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Executrix of the estate of Eugene Murphy Timmerman in the office oi the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock am. and on toasting the New Year around • j ery on their doorstep New Year * my trust Js Execu “ oT^" ‘.v“ , s *■.**«. dish which comes to grief during m . n . on , * 1? J a - V ' the year and to hurl it all against ment on or before t that date: and a!, persons having claims against said due duping the said fiscal-year. All annual licenses must be paid f ° n altvod^n^diH^n^/m I beforeTaTd date,^d^y proven, or be L am done w,th the dead and the old. mormng’attestT'the popularity*" of ! the front doors of friends and neigh- H4f „, ; ii _ * , ‘ * burs on New Year's Eve. Sfi da J du ? '. h * ro 'll or , b *'" r ' ! The tossers are supposed to toss ba—ed ' or Je I on?v er and run, but > not too fast Before LEON EM smith tixixt a v ; they get away, the householder is LLL SMITH TIMMERMAN,. ! supposed to open the doot and in- Dec 9 1948 6-4 P X vite them in for^oftee and dough- ’ * s. all persons having claims against j ^ anri done tbe y ears that ’A pile of broken crockery around said estate will present them on or' . were, I am quits, any Danish threshold on New Year's penalty of an additional 10 per cent , t T rwharao after tan11artr ^ie-t t# i:~ forever barred. 50.00 2 00 charge after January 31st. If license is not paid by February* 15th, 1949, the business will be closed by the Police Department,, and action brought in the Town Court, unde Section 5 of this Ordinance for the misdemeanor of doing business with out license. Section-11, If any word, clause, sentence or section of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or in ANNETTE MOORHEAD HENDERSON, Executrix, Dec. 20, 1948.—13-4cw. THE CHRONICLE Completely Covers Clinton's Trade Area for Advertisers There Is No Substitute for News paper Advertising They are mires worked out, I delved in their pits, I have saved their grains of gold— Now 1 turn to the future for wine and breadw- 1 have bidden the past adieu— I laugh, and lift hands to the year ahead. Come on: 1 am ready f°r you!” | *‘ R , ch i ace cur ( aLns w hi c h nothing si BSt’RlHK to thk ruffoviii ■ —Ldwin Markham ! cost.” F* n T ^lan.-i BSC RIB E TO THE 4 I R the householder and is a compli ment to his wife's ability to make delicious coffee and tasty dough nuts. Gift .t j “A New Year’s gift to the world,” said the Frost, CITY SHOE SHOP Pitts Street Expert Shoe Repairing: Clinton and Goldville S. I). Dawkins & Sons —C- G. Leland “The Paper Ever) body Heads’* - * \