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THE CLINTON CHRCMJICLE, CLINTON^ 8. C
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1929
(5 bp (Cltntnn Olhrnntrlp
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
Published Every Thursday By
THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY
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its correspondents.
Nobody’s Business
By Gee McGee
CLINTON, S. C., AUGUST 15. 1929
A THOUGHT i health board issued an order the other
you, make you clean; put day that all ragweed in Greater New
Wash
away the evil of your doings before!York should be destroyed at once and
mine eyes; cease to do evil.—Isaiah j those that failed to heed would be
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aug the 15 1929.
flat rock, s. c.
deer mr. editor:—
i have made a few world’s recovd.s
myself and them long flyers and
ocean crossers aint got nothing on
me. i have wore the same set of mus-
tash for 47 yr. this coming next fall
and i have peddled beef in the same
beef wagon ever since i started out
during the drowth of 18 and 88 and
brown’s mule is still o.k. with me.
i have went with out a neck shave for
14 yr. that is a record onner count of
warts and moles, if you don’t think
these statements is true, please rite
or foam me and i wil- run and have
you examined, ansoforth.
yores trulie,
mike Clark, rfd.
thing and got it in the neck can use
these doodle diggers just- as well as
old Democrats can. These machines
will be on the market within 30 days
from this date and can be had from all
licensed bootleggers and speakeasies,
and the prices will range from 48
.cents per dozen to 15 cents apiece, ac
cording to finish ansoforth. This is go
ing to prove a wonderful blessing to
down-and-outers who are still living I
and hoping.
NEGRO ADMITS
KIlXING Wn.LIS
held accountable. It
i matter of altruistic
I
ought to be a
service. Let us
There is evil in every human heart, i ALL get busy at once. The ragweed is
which may remain latent, perhaps, j blooming.
through the whole of life; but circum-'
stances may arouse it to activity.— I FINDS A LOST CITY
Hawthorne. i Always in the news! And he de
serves to be, Charles Lindbergh.
His newest interest is air photogra-
THE IODINE STORY i
Ite Chamber of Commerce ia to be!P!'\'^“'' “Y''» Yuc.tao juo
«,ofratulated upon brinitinsr Dr. Wee-!
ton here Tuesday evening to speak on '
South Carolina’s iodized
fruits and milk. While he was heard
with interest by an unusually large
aiitdience, his message should be given
to every man and woman in the state
in order that the opportunities facing
He also has done some very important
! aerial photography of ancient ruins in
^ ‘ ‘ ' New Mexico and Arizona.
The story of these latest accom
plishments had to be pieced out from
clues. Lindbergh, who has one of the
biggest “news names” in the world,
«ur people may hi'fully underatood h* •;«
done, and much less about what he in
tends to do.
ind capitalized.
Conditions in South Carolina have
In Sweden, where Lindberg's an-
lieen at a low ebb for the past few ^ -
eapecially with our agricultural «rom people beUeve^m
people. The diacovery that our farm 1
products are rich in iodine content and
My wife’s kinfolk? came tr see us
not long ago, and after stayin.^ 8 days
14 hours, 54 minutes and 2T seconds,
they loaded up and drove off. As we
nave only 7 extra oeds, some doubling
up was necessary in the sleeping line.
I was bedded 2 nights-with little -\r-
chie and Sudie. Arcnie seemed to sletp
best with his heel in my mouth, and
Sudie laid cross-wise all tiie time and
kicked me in the nbs with vim up till
after midnight. And then I bought a
cot. They were ali very fond of steak
(which is fetching 55 cents a pound
bone and all), and we have li fewer
chickens now than we had once upon
a time. (Doctor, do you think my
nerves are improving any’).
' seems to be Lindbergh’s belief too—
as the best ^”*^-^® ®"®
important, vitally significant thing
after the other. Constantly widening
his interests.
And—refreshing in this day when
scientifically regarded
known goiter preventative, will bring
untold wealth to this state once the
l?lafd news is properly given to the
world. It should encourage diversifica-, , . .
tim. the bringing of more canneries fvepone seeks the hmehgbt-he is
to conserve these native grown vege
tables in their high percentage of min-
•czal elements, and stimulate our peo
ple to more extensive trucking, dairy
ing orcharding and other efforts be
sides raising cotton.
letting others do the talking.
MEET MR. HOWE
' There has been much justifiable
criticism that the weekly column by
Arthur Brisbane formerly published in
Dr. Weston’s message is one of en- this paper, along with thousands of
■conragement. This gospel of iodized others, while good, was and could be
foods is now being pushed. The hope! only a rehash of his column written
is that our people will become aroused.; for Hoarst dailies and others, and
The opportunity is far-reaching. The,since it went to the dailies by wire, it
time is at hand for a combinei and i therefore was stale by the time it
<oncerted action. I reached country newspapers in mat
Dr.^ W'eston’^ joessajfe should be!form,
beard in every hamlet ih the state. * The n
Cotton Letter
New York, Aug. 14.—^The weather
man was bullish on the opening and
rain was predicted in Texas and Okla
homa, but as it cleared off without
showering any, December declined to
19.64, a new high for the week. A soda
water clerk in Tennessee puts the
acreage under cultivation this year at
48,776,868, which is five acres more
than the government’s guess, and in
consequence of this boost, spots will
possibly break to around 14 cents as
soon as the farmer gets a bale or two
ginned. We advise curtailing the u.sc
of wash rags and gasoline.
Says He W’as Hired To Slay Green
ville Sheriff. Other Arrests
Expected To Follow.
Greenville, Aug. 12.—Blair Rook,
Negro, held in the Greenville county
.iail since last Wednesday, has con
fessed the killing of former Sheriff
Sam Willis and claims he was hired
by another man to slay the sheriff.
Greenville county officers admitted
the Negro had confessed but beyond
sairing he claimed to have been hired
would go no further in implicating
another person in the slaying, al
though aydmitting other arrests are
likely to follow. No formal warrant
has as yet been sworn out against
Rook.
he killed the Greenville sheriff. He
could not be apprehended then and
King returned to Greenville to become
a fleputy sheriff. Rodk, is said to have
returned to this city last week and
was arrested.
The Negro’s confession has been re
peated several times since his arrest,
officers said, and has been witnessed
by several county officials. Solicitor
J. C. Leatherwood, and a member of
the county delegation.
If the Negro’s alleged confession
stands up it will solve the tw’o-year-
old mystery of who murdered the
sheriff as he alighted from his car in
the backyard of his home shortly be
fore midnight on June 10, 1927. After
the killing Mrs. Willis and Henry
Townsend, deputy under Willis, were
arrested and charged with the murder.
Both were acquitted when tried in
court here.
A
666
is a Freacription for
Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue,
Bilious Fever and Malaria
It is the moat speedy remedy known.
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The Negro’s confession as to his
movements on the night Sheriff Willis
was killed check evenly with the story
told by Mrs. Willis after she had been
awakened and rushed into the back
yard of her home to see a “tall, dark
man in a faded blue overall jacket”
run from the scene. The Negro, ac
cording to officers, says he threw' the
pistol with which he fired the fatal
shots into a stream during his flight,
the officers claim and they are search
ing the stream in an effort to locate
the weapon but so far have not been
successful.
The arrest of Rook came about
largely through the efforts of Deputy
Sheriff George King, officers said.
I^ing says he was in Florida some
time ago and heard the Negro say
DRS. SMITH & SMITH
Optometrists .
If there were not so many “bear”
legs the bare-leg fad would become
more common. 'The rayon add silk pro
ducers ought to feel mighty thankful
for warts, freckles, very-coarse veins,
superfluous hair and off colors of the
nude. These afflictions alone will save
them from bankruptcy.
THE HOME MARKET
A l:::rge department store of Phila
delphia has advertised recently what
it terms a “Home Market Sale.” It is
^f^pecializlng in merchandise manufac
tured in Philadelphia. Its purpose is to
improve the home market for home
made products.
This is good business and a agita
tion is needed. To buy home-made
goods and home-grown fruits and
vegetables is to keep money in circu
lation at home.
epe has been expressed by
many that we might be able to^find
a writer of equal merit who wrote
straight to the hearts of people living
in the country towns, and whose work
: would reach them as fresh, timely
I copy, and who was tied by no affili-
, ations.
I That writer has been found and his
name is Ed Howe — the Ed Howe
! whom the late Dr. Frank Crane called
! “The Sage of Potato Hill.”
I Begrinning today his i^^kly column,
I “Here’s Howe,” starts in The Chron-
!icle and we are pleased to make the
I announcement. The Chronicle’s con-
We understand that the highway
department will have 300 good jobs
open in a few weeks. Only the kin
folks of the commissioners and men
with strong political pull need apply-
The jobs in question will pay $275.00
per month, and the duties of the job
holders will be to keep the English
sparrows from pecking holes in the
cement pavement, 1 man to ev(*ry 2
miles. Squirt guns and fly swatters
will be furnished by the department.
This community makes and raises a, ^ ^ ^ ^
i.ur.,b*r of wtlclM ind food producto ".1’
in general use. How many of them.
vre wonder, are soli at home? How
■mar.y people, price and quality being
«qual, think to ask for products of
local industry?
very best features to be obtained
Don’t fail to become a regular read
er of this famous writer’s column in
this paper.
Bom at Treaty, Ind., in 1854, Ed
Howe has been in aj>d around print-
The time is long since past, of . ... .
. u ling offices since the age of 12, and
‘course, when any community can be . * n x ,x
Something New Under the Sun
I have just recently invented a
dodle digger for use by the many po
litical lame ducks of this country,
who are still waiting on a change in
the administration. This doodle digger
is simply marvelous and will take
place of all previous doodle digger
models regardless of price, location,
adaptability, or construction.
TV AIVAI MiAT V-X/Sll AS ■ Vt AS 1W V VC»AA i. • 11* Ax
»lf.suffici«.t. Th, day when each J" ‘“'""“ A!
“ ' 12 he was already an accomplished
typesetter, and after several newspa-
household lived largely by its own la
bor?, or at least when any village
might withdraw itself and continue to
jfet along fairly well, is long since
.gone.
Howe/er, if we use at home what
wr make at home, we keep both the
goods ani the money. It is a factor
hi prosperity worthy of the attention
this merchandising firm is giving to
it in Philadelphia. The example is
Viorthy of emulation in this comniu-
aitj, ar.d everywhere else.
DESTROY THAT RAGWEED
Authorities say that about 90 per
«eBt of cases of hay fever are pro-
daced by the pollen of blooming rag
weed. We are not ourselves suscep-
tiUe to hay fever, but there are hun
dreds of people in Clinton who are. he named’his ’autobiography.'
"What are often called cases of sum-1 jx Howe who said “It is bet-
Mer cold are in fact attacks of hay j fgj. jjg than sorry.” In fact,
^ever. Dr. Evans says that about 40 jjjg epigrams have become
ycT cent of sufferers from hay fever national inheritance.
»r or later develop asthma. Both | jjg jg leading exponent of coun-
per jobs and ventures he became in
1877 editor and proprietor of the
Atchinson, Kan., Globe, which he made
the most famous weekly newspaper
in the United States by filling its
pages with his clever observations on
life. He retired over thirty years lat
er, after becoming world-famous and
writing several important books,
among them “The Story of a Country
Town.”
Ed Howe has the most thorough in
sight into small town American life
of any present-day writer. His work
has a deep human appeal, and is pre
sented in a simple, homely style—his
articles have all the qualities of good
convewation between plain people.
Plain People,” by the way, is what
Now, here’s how my new doodle
digger is made and operates: it is
composed of a wire-spring contraption
very similar to that used on a mouse
trap, and is attached to the big toe of
the lame duck, and it is so arranged
that wh^n the said lame duck wiggles
the said big toe, a tiny jigger on the
end of the spring revolves around and
round immediately over the hole of
the doodle and gradually goes down
into it, and as the doodle comes up to
see whatinthehell is the matter, the
spring turns loose just as soon as the
doodle touches it, and he is “histed”
out on the side of the so-called den.
fever and asthma weaken and im-
the physical organism and open
sates to the inroads of other dis
and so they are economically
opensive. Surely none of us can be
iafifferent to the welfare of others.
A little effort, a little expense is
ily not to be considered when so
of the welfare of others is at
vtake.
!E»ch one should consider himself a
covnnittee of one to uproot and burn
try journalism—though he has had
many offei's, he has never consented
to work in a city newspaper office.
His life has been devoted to Atehin-
son, Kan. By making the little town
of Atchinson, Kan., his chit? interest,
he has somehow found his way into
the hearts of the entire world and is
t
1 known wherever English is read or
I spoken.
And, furthermore—the lame duck
will not have to go to the trouble of
saying—“Doodle, doodle, come out of
your hole, your house is on fire. ’ A
small graphophone record is affixtjd
to the digger which is hung onto the
big toe as above stated, and it plays
the tune—“Doodle, doodle, come out
of your hole, your house is on fire,”
and continues to play the same as long
as the toe is wiggled. This will con
serve the energy of the lame duck,
but up to this time, he will have to
do his own spitting, as my machine is
only perfect enough to get the un
suspecting doodle.
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Our i^intin^ plant is equipped to do almost any
kind of^rinting and our workmen are all skilled
mechanics, men who know how to do satisfactory
printing — the kind you want.
Accuracy is also a necessary adjunct for satis
factory printing and that is one^f the guarantees
our customers are assured when they bring their
work here.
It makes no difference to us what kind of print
ing you want — it may be a simple ticket or it may
be a fancy program or booklet, a letter head, envel
ope, office blank or a large advertising circular, it
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•vary ragweed on his premises. There CLEAN OFF
art great patches of luxuriant rag-
waed all over Clinton. The city ad-
xojiartration, the city health board, the
pfapswians, everybody should get busy
4A ot&ce and see that not a single one
ol Orese nefarious plants is allowed
fco survive in our city limits. Our farm-
^ friends can probably be relied on
t6a help la the surrounding country-
aode. The chairman of the New York
SARDIS CEMETERY
Sardis Cemetery association makes
the announcement that the cemetery,
will be given a thorough cleaning on
Tuesday, August 29th. All parties in
terested are asked td be present and
to bring all necessary implements for
the work. Also to bring basket din
ners to be served on the grounds.
The design of the machine i.s indeed
unusual: 8,987 patent Attorneys out of
a total of 17399 now located in Wash
ington all say that nothing has ever
been invented or ever will be invented
that is equal to my doodle digger in
appearance, resilency, compaclicity,
and lowness of cost of construction.
It thas a stream-line base and is Du-
coed in 14 colors and its wheel-base
ranges from 14 inches to 28 inche.s, j
this being necessary to' fit the many j
sized toes of the lame ducks which i
emerged from the offices of the gov
ernment when Mr. Coolidge was elect
ed.
Of course, my dear friends, Hoover-
Democrats who were expecting some-'
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