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I * *10 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 4, 1958 DR. T. LAYTON FRASER . . . THE HOLY LAND Article No. 12 Dr. Fraser, Professor of Bible at t Presbyterian College, recently re turned from a trip to Europe-and the Middle East On Monday, August 4, we took a tnp from Jerusalem to the nortfi, as far as ancient Schechem (now Nablus) and Samana Not far from Jerusalem, the town of Berps was pointed out as a day’s journey from Jerusalem, where Joseph and Mary are thought to have missed Jesus when he was twelve years of age, as they returned to Nazareth from the Feast of the Passover You will remember that they returned to Je rusalem and found him in the tem ple. The locations of Bethel and Ai were pointed out without to much satisfaction 1 was quite anxious to see these more closely, but being with a group. I did not want to in sist, and too. I found that my arabi lions had to be curbed somewhat. I had held up the group too much al ready, taking pictures, but the members of the group were won derful, and exceedingly patient with me, which I sincerely appreciated. We saw ancient Shiloh to the east of the road, where Eli the priest and young Samuel ministered in the temple It was from here that the Ark of the Covenant was taken into battle with the Philistines and then captured by the enemy, not to be returned until the time of Kind Da vid. Earlier, we saw Mizpah, Sam uel's burial place, to the west, and Anatoth, Jeremiah’s home, to the east Then we saw Ram ah, Sam uel’s home, and the road to Em maus, with Emma us in the dis tance, across the border in Israel. The road to Emmaus is one that 11 would like to have traveled, for it was the scene of Jesus' appearance to two disciples after his resurrec tion This was forbidden, however, because of the state of war that exists between Jordan and Israel. Beyond Shiloh we saw the Valley of Lubona. where it is said that grapes were grown for the tern ole wine. \ The valley and town of ancient Shechem (modem Nablus) were of great interest to me It was in that valley that Abraham encamped, on his journey into Canaan from Ha ran in Mesopotamia, built an altar and worshipped It was there that Abra ham’s grandson, Jacob, returned on hrs journey from Karan with four wives and eleven children and en camped for a while It was there that he dug the well that was made famous by Jesus’ conversation with the woman of Samaria, found in the fourth chapter of John. Schechem was also one of the six cities of ref uge in the days of Joshua, and was where Joshua buried the body of Joseph after bringing it back from Egypt. It was there in the val ley between and op the slopes of Mt Ebal and Mt. Gerizim, that Joshua called the people together and told them of the blessings that the Lord would give them* in the land, if they obeyed his laws, and also of the curse that would come upon them if they disobeyed his laws. I will have to admit that I was disappointed in the condition in which I found Jacob’s well. I knew that a Christian group had begun to build a church over it, but in addi tion to that a different curb had been built around the well back in medieval times. If people would on ly leave these sacred places in their natural state, it would be wonderful LAURENS COUNTY Tax Books Now Open The tax books of Laurens County will open for pay ment of the following taxes: 1 £ I * Laurens No. 55 18 Ijturens No. 56 18 Greenville N<> 520 18 Ware Shoals 51 18 Z 1 if * X 34 30 38 42 ]| JZ I ; x || H IS i i Vi v. s _ 22 53 53 56>J» 60*. (County-wiBe includes: ordinary county, 9 mills; U.nds, 8 mills: hospital. 1 mill—total. 18 mills.) (Mauldin-Simpsonville-Fountain Inn Water District levy, 8 mills.) Every male l*tween the ages of 21 and 60 years, who i* not physically disabled is required to pay $1.00 poll tax. Tax tsioks o|»en November 1. 1958. and will remain open without penalty through December 31, 1958. Taxes will be collected through April 15, 1959, with penalty added, and will go into execution April 15. 1959. The fol lowing penalties will lie collected: January, 1 per cent; February. - wnt; March, 3 per cent; and from April 1 to April 15, 7 per cent. ALLEN D. COLEMAN ( OI NTY THKASI KKR Anyway, it was there that the Lord stopped to rest, and asked the wo man for a drink of water. Because of his conversation with her, she be came a believer, and during the two days that Jesus remained in town, many of the inhabitants became Christians. In Schechem. we went to the Sa maritan Synagogue and saw the Sa maritan Pentatuch. The priest claims that this Hebrew copy of the first five books of the Old Testa- menf was giv^n by Joshua to the death of Moses, but scholars claim Israelites thriteen years after the that it is not tha told, because of the way some of the characters are formed Monsignor Patrick Shehan spoke to Us later on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and he said that it could not be older than the 12th century A. D. We went to the city of Samaria and saw the ruins of Herod's palace, and the ruins of the temple he built and dedicated to Caesar Augustus on the ruins of Ahab's palace. We also saw the ruins of the palace of Omri, Ahab’s father. It was here that the exceedingly wicked king and queen, Ahab and Jezebel, lived at least a part of Ahab's reign They evidently lived a part of their time at Jezreel Going a little fur ther around the hill we were show n the traditional prison of John the Baptist. It is a dungeon* entered by a door that is just about flat against the ground. It is, of course, a hor rible place to keep man or beast that Salome danced and, winning the favor of Herod, asked for the head of the great forerunner of Christ.I cannot say. but evidently it has been thought so for many cen turies. In ancient times a church was built over the dungeon and w'as used by the crusaders, but it now stands in ruins. We were so very hot and tired and just plain worn out by that time, we were grateful for the ruins, for we sat and rested for a while in their shade before be ginning our walk down hill. Down below us in the valley was a beau tiful view of an olive orchard, and through it ran an old Roman road, threshing floor such as the ones we On our way down we passed a read about in the Bible. Another in teresting scene was the village well where many women and children were washing clothes and drawing water to take back to their homes. On our way back through Scho- chem, we. saw the minaret that is thought to mark the spot of Jo seph's grave. It was placed there by the Moslems in honor of Joseph It is interesting to see how the Mos lems honor the great men amon,' the early Hebrews as prophets As we made our way toward Je rusalem again, we were about to pass something that really caught my attention, and I felt such a ter nfic impulse to stop, that I almost ,Ht like jumping out of the car Gei ting out. I was able to see and pbo tograph an excellent ihmstration of the vineyard pictured in a parable given by the prophet. Isaiah, in his fifth chapter There was the hedge of stones and the watrhlower in the midst of it, Jim as pictured There phesied that ev«a< though the Lord were no vines, and it seemed to have been deserted Isaiah had pro had planted Israel as a choice vine yard. the vine* had brought forth wild grape* that were no good Therefore, hr would break down the hedge and would allow wild beasts to trample the wnryard They had Changes In Your Social Security By MARTHA F. PRESSLY (Manager of the Greenwood. S. C., Social Security District Office) Social security benefits are in tended to replace in part loss of in come brought about by the death, disability, or old age retirement of the worker. For this reason they are related to the average earnings of a worker in employment or self- employment covered by the social security law. Obviously, social se curity benefits are affected by changes in the national economy. Since the last benefit increase was put into effect in 1954, wages have increased by about 12 per cent and that adjustments in the benefit scale prices by 8 per cent.. Congress felt were in order and voted an across the board increase in the amend ments which the President signed into law on August 28, 1958. These benefits become effective at the be ginning of 1959, and will be includ ed in all benefit checks for Janu ary which will reach beneficiaries early in February. As I said in the first article in this series, it is not necessary to visit your social secu rity office to apply for these in creases. They will be made auto matically. The benefit increases for retired workers amount to about 7 pier cent over the levels provided in the old law, with a minimum increase of $3 00 in the benefits payable to a retired worker who came on the rolls at or after age 65. Slightly smaller increases will be shown on the benefit checks of retired women workers who elected to retire at age 62 or at any age thereafter before reaching age 65. Proportionate in creases will be made in benefits piaid to benefeiiaries who are the dependents or survivors of retired or deceased workers. For retired male workers now getting benefit payments, the monthly payments, the monthly payments beginning with the pay ment for January, will range from $33 to $116, as compared with $30 to $108 50 under the old law. For turned away from the Lord and wor- ' shipped other gods, refusing to obey his commandments, so the Lord de parted from them. The prophecy come true, for in 606 and 586 B. C., the armies of Babylon came and de stroyed many cities and p>eop)le of Judah, and took others in captivity. Our journey through the Holy Land was of tremendous value, for be fore our eyes stood so many of the towns, places and things of which we read in the books of the Old and New Testaments women workers now getting retire ment benefits the increased checks will range from $26.40 to $116 per month. This slightly lower mini mum benefit is due to the fact that some women chose to retire before age 65. Another change in the law will make possible larger maximum benefit payments for many p>eople comirtg on the benefit rolls in the future. This will be due to the change in the so-called “earning base” on which payments are fig ured. Right now, only earnings up to a total of $4,200 in a year can be credited to a worker’s social se curity account. The largest monthly benefit payable to a retired worker with average yearly earnings of $4,- 800 will be $127. However, this max imum benefit cannot be recalled for several years. Along with the increase in bene fits will come an increase in social security taxes. Begining with Janu ary, employed persons will have one-fourth of 1 per cent additional taken out of their pay; the tax rate will be 2 1-2 per cent each fat em ployee and employer The rate for self-employed people will go up from 3% per cent to 384 per cent on their 1959 net earnings. The old rate, however, will apply to self-em ployment earnings for 1958 which must be paid when income tax re turns are filed early in 1959. In the first article of this series I discussed briefly changes in the disability provisions of the social security law. In my next article I shall explain how these changes can mean payments to many people who could not qualify for benefits before the law was amended. AWARD OF FREEHOLDERS STATE OF SOUTH CAROUNA COUNTY OF LAURENS IN CONDEMNATION City of Clinton, South Carolina, Petitioner, —vs — Leona Wilson Elmore, Lillie Wilson, Pearl Wilson, Valoris Wilson, and all other heirs at law of Cad Wil son, deceased, and all persons en titled to claim under or through Cad Wilson or any of his heirs at law; The Federal Land Bank of Columbia; and any and all per sons unknown claiming any right, title or interest in the real prop erty described in the Notice of Condemnation herein; any un known adults being as a class designated as “John Doe”; and MRS. B. HUBERT BOYD k Now Owner and Operator Of CLINTON REALTY & INSURANCE CO. Formerly Owned and Operated By the late B. Hubert Boyd Your protection is our business and our pleas ure. We shall provide efficient service. 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