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■1 r PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1929 (Elironirlf PUBUSHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. WILSON W. HARRIS Editor and Publisher Entered at the Clinton Post Office as matter of Second Class. Terms of Subscription: One year ..$1.50 Six months 75 lliree months .... 50 Payable in advance form of lawlessness found every where. The pathetic part of the story is that the gambling wave makes its appeal directly to young boya, who, for the sport of the venture, or either from a lack of sense, are its preys. The gambling devices should go. The effort being made to wipe them out will meet with the hearty approval of all law-abiding citizens. as the result of the state finance com mittee’s success in borrowing that amount of money for financing the state’s educational program, under the 6-0-1 law and the school-aid act, unitl taxes are collected next winter. llte finance committee accomplished a remarkable fete. It went into the market some days ago, to borrow four million dollars, expecting to get a low rate of interest. Instead, the best rate obtainable was over 6 per cent. All bids were rejected and later new bids THE CHAUTAUQUA Announcement is made in today’s paper that the ?ale of tickets for Clin-, were received. They again were reject- ton’s RedpathT'Chautauqua begins to-1 because of the high rate. It was morrow. J. B. Parrott is heading the decided to sell state notes to movement as chairman of the guaran-j individuals in small tors committee, and in his efforts he fuuounts and receive bids again on should receive the whole-hearted in- In receivnig new bids on the loan, The Chronicle j.eeks the cooperal. ' of its Subscribe’s and readers — tiu publisher will ai all times appreciat( jterest and support of the community wise suggestion ! and kindly advice, Chautauqua has come to be an in-j state committee got a rate of 5 i stitution in the life of the town and'P®^ cent, according to Comptroller Clinton is a better informed, more cul-1 Genei’al A. J. Beattie. Twenty-two tivated community by reason of it. j banks subscribed to the notes, and the The Chautauqua is the champion of i total amount was oversubscribe^. The neighborhood life at its best. It ap-' Peoples Bank of Columbia and affili- would say: Be good to them, love and try to make them happy while you have them. They, too, will be gone some day, so just remember that you will have no other so good and true as your own dear mother. Ah, my mother she was true. To her children and her home. She was kind and good and true And loved us all. ’Twas her hand that touched my brow; I can almost feel it now. You will never miss your mother until she’s gone. Mrs. Byrd Meadors Byars, Newberry, S. C. AT SHADY GROVE Mother’s and Home-coming day wpl be observed at Shady Grove Presby terian church, Sunday, May 12. This special service is to begin at 11 A. M. The morning sermon will be by F. G. McHugh, ministerial student at Pres byterian college, following which lunch will be served at the church. T. H. Grafton, of the Presbyterian college faculty, will have charge of the afternoon service, which begins at 2 o’clock. Mr. Snipes of the colege, will have charge of the song service during the day. Former members and friends of the church are invited to attend. Cf» What Do P. S. JEANES Do? . CLINTON, S. C.. MAY 9, 1929 DEATH CLAIMS YOUNG MAN 8 PAGES E. C. Briggs Passes Suddenly At Home of Sister. Funeral Ser vice Held Saturday. A THOUGHT All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my mother.—Lincoln. E. C. Briggs, son of the late Mr. and pea^s to and for the whole family. It|®^®^ banks subscribed to $1,5000,000: Mrs. E. C. Briggs of this city, .died at pulls with father and mother for the I notes, the largest single bid. ,^he home of his sister, Mrs. Julia best interests _ of their children. It of placing the notes in glorifies home life and is always safe small amounts and getting the lower What are Raphael’s Madonnas b’ut the shadow of a mother’s love, fixed and conservative. The Chautauqua pays a hundred fold in community betterment. In rate, $50,000 was saved. IN MEMORIAM boosting it as citizens, we proclaim , My- Dear Mother Mrs. J. E. Bishop our faith in all good things, and we in permanent outline forever.—T. W. | progress, ’it is the ' 0^* Mother dear, you were so near, Higginson. | It breaks our hearts from you to part. Men are what their mothers make them.—Em'ei^on. . - _ ! the church, the commercial organiza-1 Your loving smile was always sweet. ;hurch, — and The ^school kids a.-e happily ing—It won’t be U iigntryw, sing- You can’t fool a woman by lying to her, un!e.ss it’s a compliment. Regardless of the rich, the poor still can enjoy wishing for things they cannot afford. rot, if progress beats stagnation, if our community really cares for the choicest things the times can afford— we must boost the Chautauqua. Business is not altogether a ques tion of dollars. It is, or should be. In some ways automobiles are al- j equally a question of enlarged corn- most human. The cheaper the car, the ' munity life and cooperation — what- louder the horn. j ever keeps j^our town on the map. tions — ai^d every real, worthwhile I long again with you to meet, business factor in the town /md com- Your life on earth so sweei has been, munity. So kind and true to home and friends; The Chautauqua is a community Thy Toving heart was always kind; college. If education is profitable, if Your me»v»orv sweet Ih’es in our minds, culture is desirable, if morals pay, if We loved you, dear, as life itself, clean entertainment is preferred to But God has loved you better still. Griffin, early last Friday morning, death being due to heart failure. Mr. Briggs had been in ill health for several weeks prior to his death. He unexpectedly grew worse Friday morning and passed away within a few seconds, his death coming as a great shock to the family and his circle of intimate friends. The funeral service was conducted from the residence Saturday after noon, with the Rev. 0. M. Abney, Rev. C. Bynum Betts, and Rev. L. E. Wig gins,^ officiating. Interment followed •'n the family burial ground in the Presbyterian cemetery. Active pall- ibearers were: Lew Hatton, S. W. Sum- ^nd taken you on to heaven’s glory. Which gives our hearts a rapturous thrill. Mrs. Tom H. Stevens, Daughter. WRITES OF .MOTHER’S DAY crel. Dr. S. C. Hays, Wm. Bailey Ow ens, Dr. R. E. Sadler, Jodie Chandler, Pierce Ferguson and Dan Ravenel. A large concourse of friends and rela tives were present to pay a last trib ute, and many beautiful floral offer ings were laid 6n his grave as a token of esteem. Mr. Briggs was a member of one Sunday is Mother’s day again, and The Chautauqua is a matter of city to me it is the saddest day of all the I the community’s oldest and best Bad luck is usually cussed for bad and community concern. It should be year; for 15 years ago our dear moth- i known families and had lived here hick, while good luck is usually taken ! interpreted as such by all our people, er was taken away and those who 1 the greater part of his life. He was for granted. The chief objection to some of the boasting family trees is that they didn’t stop growing about eighty years Catch the Chautauqua spirit body. Sometimes talk is cheap. Sometimes it isn’t. Often a little of it costs a man a lot of money. every- have had the same sad experience [know just what it means to lose one so dear. But we cannot complain, for Stdt6 XrCRSUry Is know that our Heavenly Father doeth all things well; and I earnestly About the only inalienable right a man doesn’t have to fight for is that of siding with the majority. ■wj I * Im J uocin oil tnin^a weii, ana i earn&sxiy i\OW lv6pi6niSn6G ^ hope that He will comfort and bless every one w’ho has had so great a loss; Columbia, May 6.—Four million and to those who have their mother dollars goes into the state treasury, still, especially the young people, I All roads will soon be leading to Chautauqua. Buy your tickets early and plan to enjoy the week. ■ l HOUSES MOTHER’S DAY Mothers Day. All oVer the nation; ^ small boy, one of the most temple be kept clean and fit for such and in many other places, that ter-; ^j^^^ing passages I found in the New a tenant. The spirit of God, it seems res a sam wi come e o J®^ i Testament, and one that taxed my to me, has but little room in a temple of mens homage and veneration next|con- dedicated to moral leprosy. *^1^*^* • J- i. • ' taining assurance of “houses not made We may own a hundred hand-built There is » dispute in progrress as hands.” Had I not believed in houses; may go In and out of them as !. J"™ j God’s word, I would have branded it a we please; we may regard them as I the last word in architecture, beauty well liked by many friends who will learn of his passing with genuine sor row. He was in his 40th year of age. The deceased is survived by two sis ters, Mrs. Julia Griffin of this city, and Mrs. T. J. Anderson of Greenwood. DRS; SMITH & SMITH Optometrists SPECIALISTS '^.yes Examined -:- Glasses Prescribed 16 West Main Street Phone 101 Laboratory for Prompt Repair Servke Clinton, S. C. 1 Chautauqua Week Here — May 20-27 of ns that is unimportant an;i non-. sense. But it is easy to understand „ , / j ^ a.. Young manhood came, and with it— comfort, we may lease them to broader perceptive’ powers. Rambling others; but this house not made with through a wooded pasture, I saw a bands is different; it requires our first why any person responsible for so in- epiring a thought should cherish the credit for it and yet nothing could be more unlike a mother than to squabble' creeping by the side of a fallen and best care Even the most trifling • a1 X i_ - i_ _ ____ _ • !• nurrltmT wy ov liAorw/Mr tr ▼am,^ P*^^^^^^^™<g™igizigigraig|g|gigiifgfgfgrarEJgfgrgfaraBigiHJgfafgfarajaigrafgigi^ m about whose was the credit. One need only consult one’s own ex periences and seek in vain to recall a three-trunk; he was occupying his neglect may destroy it forever, and, house, which hand? had not part in [when we once forsake it, we cross its building. It was a real home, too; one threshold no more, single instance where mother sought j requirement of its : It is my house not made with hands credit for the service and love she bore j that gives me the most concern; it is ’The home may have'looked es- ■ You and I live in houses not made i^orth inestimably more than any hab- pecially tidy, the meal may have been hands—these wonderful bodies of itation that I myself might create, unusually tasty, the covers might i They have been called temples, j Therefore I will keep it clean inside have been tucked with especial care, '^’bere the spirit of God dwells. Wheth- and out, and be vigilant to protect it "the sick room may have been comfort- i they are so, I must let the builder from dangerous and^ destructive influ- ed by ber almost divine presence, yet the universe judge. I know th^t ences. I want it to last at least a hun- j such a spirit may dwell here—if the dred,years, if possible. not in a single instance did she claim credit for it. Mothers find their satis faction in something else. It will be an odd son or daughter who permits Sunday to pass without Borne message, some greeting to the living mother. And those whose moth-' ers have gone, realize what a precious | boon has passed from their lives and cherish her as a beloved memory. Mother’s Day is just what it should be- -a dear, intimate day to be cele- bratedvin our hearts and our homes. From the motherless everywhere to the mothered child anywhere goes the ' counsel to dedicate Sunday to her hon or and her service. Guideposts tq By derndrr.Mhcfadden WHY BLAME THE COLLEGES? 'A mother’s heart holds many charms. And love is ever in her arms. And in her eyes a faith divine. And home is You, 0 mother mine!’’ Not so very long ago a man, promi nent in ^ the business world, created quite a sensation by his caustic criti cism of college girls. “When they graduate from college,’’ he said, “they are thoroughly ignorant of a lot of things they ought to know. Their brains are twisted by psycholo- isryt logic and philosophy and a lot of j other stuff that only the max or wo man who intends to make it his or her life’s work, should meddle with. And along with this useless learning, they GAMBLING DEVICES GO *1116 state-wiae raid on slot machines | have acquired another sort of educa- cod gambling devises has resulted in i tion that they might well do without. the seizure of several hundred ma chines^ within the past week, and it is reported from the governor's .office that the drive will be relentlessly con- tixDed. But the fight is not to stop with the I refer to cigarette smoking, the use of slang, paint, powder, lipsticks and high-heeled shoes.” To my mind, this man is unfair in his generalization. There are all sorts of college girls, just as there are all alot machines in filling stations, eafe(r,| aorta of school girls and business stores of various kinds, and other!girls. Why blame college for the per- places, but is to go further as it versities of human nature ? ahonli, and strike the candy wheels asd t^^ambllng devices at state coenty fairs. It la to go further still to strike the carnivals and rid them of their illegal College girls, just like other girls, and know that cigarette smoking is harm ful, but most of them smoke because it makes them feel smart and sophis ticated. For the same reason they use devices. Cernivals as they are now rouge and lipstick and slang and operated, are nothing but big gam-j “spike” heel shoes. This is their idea b&ig weeks in a town. 'They are de- of fun—but is it worthwhile when it BBoralizing, immoral, unprofitable, a takes away from their sweetnses as BKnaee to a. community, and ’ should well as the strength of wholesoihe Bot oe allowed. I girlhood ? This whole effort is directed against! In the matter of high-heeled shoes, IpBxdbliof which is now a prevalent!I heartily agree with this critic. ’They are actually physically injurious for a number of reasons, chief among them being that they throw your whole body structure out of line, and dis place organs that bring pain and suf fering in later life. They jar your backbone with every step. They make you staid and sedate; stiff and rigid. And why not—since the high heel is nothing more than a short stilt. It is the deadly parallel of the vicious and cruel practice of foot-bin|ling in China, that the enlightened Chinese are now abolishing. But with the lov/-heeled—or better still, the heelless shoe, your whole mental outlook changes. Try it and see. The delicious feeling of freedom it gives invites you to run and skip as you did when a child. You are glad to be alive. . To ^et back to the college girl—the colleges themselves are not above criticism. In the past they have been notoriously lacking jn their attention to the requirements of health. Many girls and Irays have studied themselves into semi-invalidism in order to pass examinations. Some have even com mitted suicide through overwork. Education is useless unless it builds Up the body, broadens the intellectual facilities, increases one’s reasoning power and gives one the desire and ability to solve life’s greatest prob lems. Such an education is gold mine of infinite depth. 1 NEW LIVING ROOM SUITES Just Arrived New Designs Latest Upholsterings SPECIAL LOW PRICES Without doubt‘ these are the lovliest suites we have shown, the construction the best to be had, upholsterings of finest .. quality- and in most unusual and beautiful patterns. BE SURE TO SEE THESE UNUSUAL VALUES WILKES & CO. CLIN'TON -Two Store! LAURENS