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Clinton. S. C.
CLINTON, S. Ci'FEB., 27 1919
10 PAGES
Help
House.
Clinton Grow—Bull'd a
may deem necessary, to appoint all
^sub committees to sub-divide the
bounty into sections, so that every
section can be thoroughly canvass
ed; to appoint sub-committees for
each and every section for the pur
pose of canvassing the fanners and
securing signatures to the reduc
tion pledge; to arrange for the
holding of meetings in every sec
tion of the county; to arrange for
the holding of a members meeting
on “Pledge Reduction Day,” Fri
day. February 28th, this day being
set aside by proclamation issued by
jthe Governor to be used for the
purpose of securing pledges. This
matter being of suyh vast import
ance that the governors through
out the cotton belt have set aside a
special day to be known as “Pledge
Reduction Day,” and larrangc
that dl place® of business be closed
up this day and every one rally to
the support of the South in this
time of great need. Our comitter-
cial freedom is at stake.”
K H. IK. BIMY
HAS PASSED AWAY
Some of our property owners
place very little valuation on their
Property about tax paying time, [ We had four large geese for dinner.
From Store Wright.
• Spere, Germany.
My Dear Ma and Pa:
■ W T el1, I came here to be treated in
the hospital. Well every one here is
French, doctors, inmates and all. When
they get you on the tbale it is all off
with you, for they hold you, and you
can’t move, explain or do a thing. I
will write about our Christmas dinner.
hut when one starts out to buy’ a
building lot its valuation has soared
away beyond the heavens.
1'p in Laurens they have up a
squabble about their jnjwer rates
and'the city’s contract. The Citi
zens are paying a rate of 10c a kilo
watt and the argument is made by
some that cheaper current might be
Ibul if the city government owned
and conducted its electric utilities.
Here in Clinton we are paying 15c
per kilowatt, one of the highest, if
not the highest rate charged in the
state. Clinton folks, like our, Lau-
The cook sent them to a cafe to he
cooked and we all went down there
for dinner. We had soup, mashed po
tatoes, cabbage, gravy, cheese, goose,
and a quart of white wine apiece. You
bet. we all enjoyed it. Christmas mom-
ing some of the boys (went out and
killed four deer, only a short ways
from where we are stationed.
- (Dec. 31st, and the last day of the
old year). Gee, but I am lonesome.
Our meals are: Breakfast—tea and
bread; dinner—soup, meat, beans and
bread. I don’t get meat but get mash
ed potatoes and milk where all the
rest get wine. Supper—same as din
ner.
The scarcest things here in Germany
are tea, soap, sugar and candy. You
Mrs. Ella Campbell Blakely, wlf$ of
Mr. H. M. Blakely, died at her home
in Clinton on February 13, 1919, being
53 years of age. She was married to
Mr. Blakely oij Dec. 26, 1900, at Ridge
way, S. C., where she had lived from
hpdhood. She was the (laughter 0 j th e
late Dr. John Campbell of Ridgeway.
She leaves the following brothers and
sisters: Mrs. Wm. Campbell, of Crarles-
ton; Mr. Don Campbell, of Sumter ; Mr.
Archie Campbell and Mr. Colen Camp
bell, of Ridgeway; Mrs. W. P. SHoan.
of IDavidson, N. C. T .and Mrs. Maggie
Widner, of Texas. She was a lifelong
member of the First Presbyterian
church of Ridgeway, 8. C.
For;a number of years Mrs. Blakely
had been in bad health. But seeming
ly her health was greatly Improving
when on last Tuesday evening her hus
band came in from the store and found
her prostrate upon the floor and un
conscious from a stroke of paralysis.
Medical aid was called hut nothing
could be done and death came about
9:30 P. M. ;
A short funeral service was conduct
ed at the grave by Dr. Jones, pastor
of the .First Presbyterian church of
Clinton. Her remains were then laid
to rest in the. family plot at the Beth
any burying ground. > , x -
She leaves a devoted husband and
an adopted'child to sorrow her loss,
besides many relatives and friends. No
husband and child could have been any
more devoted, and everything that skill
and loving hands could perform was
done to relieve her suffering. But her
time to depart had come. The messen
ger was calling and her spirit entered
its eternal reward. May our Heaven
ly Father comfort those who sorrow
and ever cheer them with the promises
of His love and everlasting word.
S. R. B,
CITY ORDINANCE.
At a special meeting of Cify Council
called by the Mayor Monday night, Feb
ruary 10th, the following ordinance was
passed in compliance with request from
Local Board of Health*.
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The State of South Carolina,
County fo Laurens,
Town of Clinton.
An Ordinance Relating to the Public
Health.
Whereas, the keeping of hogp in the
Town of Clinton, except as is hereafter
provided, is detrimental to the .health
of the community; Now, therefore, ’ -
Be if ordained by. the Town Council
of the,,Town of Clinton;
Section One. That on and after the
adoption of this ordifiance, it skgU 1)0
unlawful for any person, firm or corpora
tion to keep' live hogs or pigs in the
Town of Clinton during the months of
April, May, June, July, August and
September; ^provided, however, this
ordinance shall not prevent regular li
censed slaughter houses, conducted
under the rules and regulations of the
Town Board of Health of the Town of
Clinton, from keeping .hogs for slaughter
for a period of not more than fiv'e daya
previous to slaughter and. not less than
five hundred yards from the residence
of the person residing nearest the place
of keeping.
Section Two. Any person Convicted
of a violation of this ordinance shall be
punished by a finest not moj*e than
fifty dollars.and pbt less-than two dol
lars, or by imprisonment at hard labor
for not more than thirty days.
Done and ratified by the Town Coun
cil of the Town of Clinton in Council
assimbled this.,the 10th day of Febru
ary, A. D. 1919, and the corporate seal
of the Town of Clinton hreeto affixed.
J. R. COPELAND,
DORCAS MASON, Mayor.
* < Clerk and Treasurer.
Every one will notice the Council has
extended the time for getting the Ijogs
out of town to March 31st. So please,
everybody,.act accordingly and avoid
trouble.
NOTICE
Time for paying Street
Tax expires on March 1st.
All able bodied men be
tween the ages of 18 and
50 must pay.
Miss Dorcas Mason,
jj The Hew Season of Fashions
irwe are Showing Wonderfully
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r LD ROBBERY IN . .
HEART OF BROOKLYN
New York, Feb. 14—Two assistant
paymasters of the United States ship
ping board were held up and robbed’
of $12,000 in the heart of Brooklyn to
day, according to a report received at
police headquarters.
rons neighbors, would welcome a ran buy soap anU candy in some of
reduction along this line. .Wedon't
know what it casts the city to man
ufacture power but we see no rea
son why it should cost more here than
imular towns. < •* ***
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RAINK LKSS<'OTTON. .
A campaign rrndw Itcing waged
throughout the cotton growing
states to secure from the farmers
pledges to the effect that they will
no! sell cotton, for less ban 35c per
pound and that for 1919 they will
reduce their cotton acreage by one
third. Such action, the wisdom of
which should readily be seen by
the farmer,, ean be justified upon
two iqani grounds. In the first
place, the future of cotton is very
uncertain. The conditions which
are to determine peace may not be
definitely settled for several months,
and even if their establishment
comes earlier than anticipated, fi
nancial arrangements must be made
and factories rebuilt before Europe
becomes a factor in the cotton mar
ket. Furthermore, the reduction
o r cotton acreage Is a duty which
the South owes to herself. The
South is capable of feeding herself
but has made no great strides in
this respect. In canned * 1 * * * V goodsi
alone she purchases' from other
states to the .amount of $10,000,000
--those goods which might just as
well be raised on her own soil and
canned in hoi: own factories. Here
tofore too large a cotton acreage
has made such a course impossible,
at least it has not been pursued. It
appears, therefore, that the raising
of ’food will do much toward the
financial salvation of the South.
In order that the fanners of
South Carolina may escape 'the
dangers which lurk ih too large a
production of cotton in 1919, u
campaign is now being waged to
bring about the desired results of
tvbieh we have been speaking. Tau
tens County, along with every oth
er county in the State, is asking to
organize for the movement. A com
mittee to have char£e~of"the cam
paign, headed by W. L* Gray of
Laurens as chairman, has been
named by Gov. Cooper.
“It is the duty of this commit
tee to meet without delay, to add all
such additional members as they
the shops, but P Lb not ...very■'good.
Have just -got a couple of books that
L,ieut. Allen sent me by one of the boys
so I can make out fine now. Think I
will be able to leave tomorrow or next
day.
(Jan. 1, 19t§.) A happy netw year to
all. Well here it Is another new year
and am goin£ to make some resolu
tions. First, to be sure and stay out
of hospitals, especially foreign ones,
'where you are not understood and
cannpt understand. So you are going
to 'buy a new car. Can’t you find one
to suit you. Try a Pathfinder oy a
Packard. The Y. M. C. A. gave us
fjptne tobacco and 4 bars of chocolate
for Christmas. „ , -■
•(Thursday. Jan. 2nd.) Well, have
just gotten up and had my cup of tea
and feel fine, only could take on a lit
tle more breakfast. You know I have
always waijted to go to Roumapia. but
I am cured now. No* more foreigners
for me. and if ever I get back to God’s
country again, am "going to die there.
Have just been made to understand
that I can go tomorrow, by one of the
attendants. Did you ever get the silk
handkerchief I sent. ■'Will mail you
some postcards of Nancy, France,'and
Spere,’ Germany, in a day or two. I
don't believe l ever had the hunting
fever as bad as I have got it now. I
want to go out after some pheasants
so bad, but p doubt if there is a. shot
gun in the .country. There ts a little
old raf-faced Frenchman with about
3 tee^h in the cot next to mine and he
is a curiosity. When he can get 1 the
rest quiet for a minute, he takes the
floor and of all the jabbering and ges
turing you ever heard/ I bet they
drink lees water on this side of the
pond than any other country. If you
offer one a drink of water he will
throw his arms in the air as if you
had insulted him and say, ‘Wo good”.
They drink a kind of a red wine called
“penon” without any sugar in It..
(Friday morning, Jan. 3.) Great
gee! Have just been Informed that it
is the 7th instead of today when I
am .to get out and have no books to
read. 'There Is one thing about this
place< You can’t feel better, or not so
good. It has to he one of the two, well
or sick. If you are well all is O. K.,
but If you are feeling a little bad and
say sick, on the table you go, while
you are explaining all the .way to M,
that you are npj: that sick, so I have
forgotten the word sick, and can re
member the word, “good” fine.* Say-,
the doctor has Just been in for inspec
tion and we bad a heart, to heart talk
and I thin^ he 4s Jf^lng to" let me go
today hut hart, not certain, for you
know I don’t savvy the lingo very^well.
Well, they did let me go so am back,
so wiR mail this.
% Your loving ago,
V ' Steve.
B.L.
Telephone Number 45
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