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\ < - - -t- ^AGE FOUR THE CLINTON CKRONlcLE. CLINTON, S. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1929 k a[l|p (Elintou Qllirontrk Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly ai- \i(e. The, Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not rc'pcnrible for the view’s or opinions of its correspondents. here when the girls discard, their furs and substitute sheer hose for the hea- ivy rayon type and cut their dresses lower at the top and higher at the bot- ‘tom, and when the wind blows, new colors and thinner materials will con vince the curious that step-ins have stepped out and made room for the school teachers’ models. Personally, I am very fond cf fall and waffles. The majority of the fools are in the asylum ,but'<q[uite a number of them are still running loose and trying to fly across the Atlantic. .\nd then there are about 20,000,000 more who think they can run an automobile and raise a family on 20 dollars a week. The wind developed about 5 this after-’Mr. Gooding. ‘Tt means that, she must noon and increased in velocity as the hours fore on. lay over six eggs each week and over 26 eggs per month throughout the ’year. Only a vigorous hen with unus- Rock Hill, Oct. 1.—From J o’clock ual vitality and ability to eat and di gest large amounts of feed can make ^a S2C-egg record. yesterday morning until 11 o’clock this morning 3.54 inches of rain had fallen in this vicinity, according to figures registered at the Duke Pow'er company plant on the Catawba river several miles northeast of Rock Hill. Tonight rain that had been, falling all day had not ceased. Winds were in creasing in force. j WHAT DO i P. S. JEANES DO? DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed 15 West Main Street Phone 101 Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service Clinton, S. C. CLINTON, S. C., OCTOBER .3, 1929 Be Your Age The average man beats the devil around the stump until he is 50 years of age, and then the devil be.gins to beat him abound the stump. But at 50, he firms up, becomes more positive and sincere, and calls a spade a spade. A THOUGHT ihmded by Mr. Peeples of the Abbe- He likewise has learned to be cau- Harden not your hearts, as in the U’ilie chamber of commerce, and Coun- and he leans more toward in provocation, in the day of temptation ty Agent Robertson, told Mr. Hart Sat- vestments rather than speculation. H^ in the wilderness.—Hebrew’s 3:8. :u!day that Greonwcod could count on‘'*s owned and controlled by his family, j lOu per cent coopera^^ion from the cit'- account to them for his The most powerful symptom of love' ztns of .\bbeville. A list of those w’ho ^o>*’Jrs out and comings in. is a tenderness which, at times, be- will be personally interested in the' comes almost insupportable.—Victor, establishment of a eheese factory here ^^e know-all age is between 17 Hugo. Newberry, Oct. 1.—General rains over New’berry county caused streams to rise rapidly todav. Newberry had D.64 inches cf rainfall since yesterday afternoon. Traffic through Newberry had almost been halted tonight, the only route open being to Greenville. George F. Scruggs, c:,unty mainte nance superintendent, said traffic is being routed via Strother and Monti- ■ cello. Bl.ack’s bridge over Saluda river will probably be closed tonight. Flood gates at Lake Murray have been, thrown open. | FOR SALE One house and lot, on Elizabeth Street. Terms to suit. JOHN D. DAVIS ClintoA, S. C. A TRUTHFUL EDITOR FOUND The will be mailed Mr. Hart. 20. The, “smart-aleck" period be- A letter from W. H. Ikirtin. Edge- at 21 and last through 25. The field countv a.gent, state ! that he was “buck-passing” age runs the gauntlet cooperating wi.h B. T. Lanbmn of the 10 years and releases the fool at Edgefield County Resources cMmmis- “willing-to-learn ’ age sets in around 35 and ends at the graveyard. The “wishy-washy” age in some men Time may be money as' some say, but you can’t settle a' bank note with it. Long legs are pronounced a sign of intelligence. .A.t any rate, a long step in that direction. Sion. L. C.. Barksdale, se-retai v of the Laurens Business league, and f'ou’ity more apparent AgenCC. B. Cannon in a letter also other time. Old age overtakes around 38 than promised 100 per cent cooperation man in the early 60s, that is—if , , , All business men of Greenwood “monkey glands have not been resorted An optimist is the fellow who be-: themselves to, but monkey glands will keep a man heves it will soon stop raining. : ijg^^tily in favor of the movement young for 2 or 3 months, or until he and each one promises to do every-■ despairs. "u * (thing possible for its establishment! woman boasts of her age w’hen w’ho boasts she’s under 18 and over 80, and she “It is the biggest thing w’e have about it between. Short dresses had to come our way in a long time,” have done more to help middle-aged W. J. Moore, member of the house of females look young than has any oth- representatives said Saturday. “I hope ^Ifency, except paint and horseback the chamber of commerce will not riding. And the disappearance of whis- stop until it lands the cheese factory i^ers has meant much to the human and I want to see the day come in the race and prolonged longevity in man near future when there will be milk 'beyond his fondest hopes and expec- stations on ^11 our highways for the tations. Weak legs and the double chin convenience of our farmers.” j^re signs of the approach of flowers Claude L. W’ells, dairyman, said: j and soft music. Bare-legs don’t mean ... J xi. No one has any doubt now that we much to a guy af.er these incapacities in operation in this county and other ^ r , > j ■invp in y. • X X rm. J • r must do something else besides raise |na\e set in. counties in the state. The drivers of . , .. . .. . I , -x- if X cotton and I am sure that the cheese' these buses occupy a position of great . ^ • xu u x '• * factory proposition is the best wav You have noted also, that there is little hope for the man about how much he knows. This is true also, some pedestrians are just about as careless as they say automobiles are. Some people would never be able to start a conversation if weather had not been invented. THE SCHOOL BUS There are a number of school buses!, j A Kansas editor announced he would try for one week to print the truth, and he is still in the hospital. He didn’t get by the first day. The follow- ; ing item appearing in Monday’s issue, and now the boys are getting out the i^iaper. This is what he said: “Married, Miss Sylvia Rhodes to James Cannahan, last Sunday even- I ing at the Baptist church. The bride I was an ordinary town girl, who didn’t know any more than a rabbit about j cooking and never helped her mother ithiee days in her life. She is not a I beauty by any means and has a gait 1 like a duck. The groom is an up-to- I date loafer, has been living off the I old folks all his life and don’t amount j to shucks. They will have a hard life ! while they live together.” ory proiiosition is the best way A young woman with a sorry hus- out for the farmers of this section, band and 6 children is 55 at her thir- ognize, especially at present when our reason whv everv farmer i'-eth birthday. And a poor fish who is responsibility as every one must rec- roads are in deplorable condition due to the exce.^.sive rains of the past month. The position requires men of judgment, men of caution and pru dence and free from the habit of liquor drinking. One of the great railroad systems of the South has recently is sued a bulletin captioned: “WTio drives the school bus?” from which the following extract, which is worth thoughtful reading, is taken: “A tremendous responsibility rests upon these drivers. They are entrust- e<I with the safety of as many as 20 cr 30 children. The trip to and from can not have 10 cows. Of course he ^5, and has a flapper wife (with no will have to build up to it, but that childreiv), who plays cards late and building process will be fast if he can. sleeps late, and makes him eat out or get a good financial start from the do his own cooking, looks like a grand- sale of milk even from one or more I'be time. His face carries a cows.” paralytic frown and his limbs remind ! us of rheumatism and the doctors all mistake his trouble for sciatica when I it ain’t a thing in the world but matri- monial. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee Champion Egg i Layer Found I Clemson College, Sept. 27.—A hen i'owned by Glenwood Farm, Spartan burg, completed her year’s recoid Ju ly IG with a total of 320 eggs, says P. jH. Gooding, extension poultryman, ;who states that this is believed to be jt.he greatest number of eggs laid liy j a hen owned and bred in the South. With the establishment of this rec- j ord, hens in South Carolina that lay ' 300 or more eggs are no longer myths. I Out cf 1,200 hens which were trap- ; ped on the Glenwood farm th’-ee pass ed the 300-mark with records of 320, 309, and 305 eggs. “Do you know what it means for a hen to lay 320 eggs in a year?” asks MEN! EN! REAL SHAVES in Your Own Razor 10c EACH Pkge. of five 50c 12 for $1.00 Hurry and join the crowd of happy shav ers that are g-jtting smooth, quick shaves from theao newiv arrived blades. Wad "T r £ Cl UTCHER © )»)>»> 5 IA L~->" + Curved Blades A Product of WADE & BUTCHER Maker* of Fine Sheffield Cutlery, Carver* and Razor* for over 200 year* I Poverty is the chief cause of pre- ‘ mature old age. A man with a million , who has seen 70 summers come and The 19 and 10 flapper carried 3 big > gQ is usually more spry than the boob the school must be made in all kinds trunks full of clothes wi.h her when who works for a living and is only 45. of weather. When it is raining there ' she went to a summer resort to spend a married woman w’ho is old at 48 be- ia a temptation to put up storm cur- the week-end, but her daughter hustles comes a young widow of 35 when ta.ns which prev’ent the driver from a “spare” into her hat box with her “Dear John.” passes and leaves insur- having a clear \’:ew on either side. The bathing suit, and she’s gone. i ance a-plenty, and when Mandy wears desire to be on time for school or to ^ My dentist plugged a tooth for me; herself out at the wash-tub and bend- huiry home afterwards leads to a ten- the other day. Having met "With many j over a hot stove and passes on to dency to take chances that are little : accidents in my past life, I thought‘I glory, old Bill, who has been trying short of criminal. iknew what suffering was, lyU that'.o dodge the poll tax which is elimi- “Unless the driver of the school bus plug taught me a new lesson in mis-jnated at 60, immediately dyes his mus- is fully aware of his rei^^onsibility and ery. I went back to the dentist for fully capable of meeting any 2n*er- j relief, but he told me that I’d get used gency which may arise, accidents are t© it, and I Asked him if he could get likely to happen which will strike at used to sitting on a tack and he said FOR SALE BY SMITH’S PHARMACY Let This Dining Room Suite GRACE YOUR HOME the heart of every family with chih dren of school age.’ ENDURING MEMORIES What is your most pleasant mem ory ? What do you look back to as the ‘tache and shines his shoes and sends his collars to the laundry, and begins to look around for a 25-year-old dame that suits a wise widower of only 42 no, and finally he removed the 15-dol- summers this coming next Sabbath, lar wad and charged me 3 dollars for After all, we are just as old or young doing so. as we feel. New Design Lovely Finish Modest Price Cotton Letter New York, Oct. 4.—The last gov- greatest event in your life, or your' ernment estimate was so bullish, the best friend? What is it that you turn , market broke 115 points in sympathy to, in the past, to cheer you when the | with basis. The speculators felt that blues or periods of depression come?! Uncle Sam didn’t know what he was Memory is either the greatest bless-; talking about when he reported a ing or the greatest curse given to; shrinkage pf 700,000 bales in 30 STATE FACES SEVERE FLOOD man. Memory atones for defeat. It sweet ens the bitterness of present failure. It destroys the glamor of ill-gotten •W’ealth or eases the strings of poverty. It illuminates, with the rosy colors, the drab and dreary now. days, hence the break, therefore we advise holding for a lower discount rate or a few showers in Texas. South- Continued from page one) the wire reports stated. Newberry said approaches to the bridge over Enoree river on the' SpArtan^urg- Newberry highw’ay were expected to go out before day. u tv ^]X I 'A'l j) Greenville, Oct. 1.—Torrential r’ain, ern selling forced December to 18.87, coaxed along by a 40-mile wind, de but realizing set in at that figure, and scended on this section late today, ren- "Bombay became a buyer while the Bering many roads impassable, doing , . , , ... ... i>3s®*^ent became a cellar. The limita- heavy damage to crops and sending Or else. It broods, hke an evil spirit,, tion of armament will not have any streams roaring out of their banks, from which there is no escape, tortur-, effect on July the Fourth, but heavier xhe Saluda river at Ware Shnak ing the mind with thoughts of things underwear will probably be worn (by rising at a rate of over a foot an that should not have been. men) betwixt now and the De^’emher g^rly tonight, according to ad- \Vhat are you doing today that will government report. ,,ices from that point. At Greenville be pleasant to remember or worth re- “ .u x ■ • i i . • xu , , the stream was rising more slowly membering in the days and years to fiat rock s C Ockt thp x i- ux • r u • xi.- , J' J iiat rocK, s. c., ucKi me owing to a lighter rainfall in this vi- come? What are-you storing in mem- fipcr mr u t • • x j x j g ., x -11 lx X X xs cinity and no great damage was fear- ory that you will later want to for- j notis in the paper where you found c(j_ !a pocket book w’lith some bills in same -The secret of a happy life is to ac-|and want to return it to the feller Gaffney, Oct. 1.—Cherokee county’s cumulate a storehouse of precious, what lost it, so i am riting ot tell you ^.ain highways continued open to- worth-while, sweet memories. jthat it is mine, and you can send it to ni?ht as waters in Broad river and j me. i don t know edxactly how much lesser streams grow higher from two THREE COUNTIES monney i had inthe pocket bcok be-'days rain, which is still falling. The OT A TVfTT' ^ same, but mebbe there was | crest of the flood is expected to de- •I- VxXV v./J.XrjlupJ-i A I some Is or 2s and possibly a o or so, jvelop during the night or early to- : arid if they was a 10 or 2 in it it was! morrow. At 6 o’clock tonight Broad Representative Citizens of Abbeville,! wine just the same and i have forgot river was still within its banks but Laurens and Edgefield Counties the color of my pocket book, but it was j was rising slowly. either a brown or a black or a tan or i hiebbe just a tobacco poke, but i can' Union, Oct. 1.—Heavy rainfall to- \ -' g m V c~ " S 9 W A Joy Forever A suite you will be proud to show your friends — correct in every detail — a lifetime of service and satisfaction. Heard From. Greenwood, Sopt. 30.—Business men of Abbeville, Edgefield and Laurens prove that the 1 you found is mine if May started streams on a rapid rise counties are 100 per cent in Oct. mhjyou wil send it to me with the cash'and further damaged crops. 'Traffic counties are in favor of a large cheese j Still in it and get reward, rite or foam* was hindered, and a bridge over Tyger Visit Our Display factory locating in Grecnw’ood, Sec- when I can count on getting 'my mon- retary S. R. Hart of the Greenwood ney back, chamber of commerce said today, and , yores trulie. he expects to get favorable responses from Saluda, Newberry, McCormick, and other counties, all of whjCh are asked tp lend a hand in bringing the mike'Clark, rfd. river on the Union-Cross Keys high way w’as endangered by high waters. Chester, Oct. 1.—=-This cky is being! lashed tonight by a heavy wind and j We are showing a complete variety of dining room furniture from Berkey & Gay and other good makers. Wilkes & Co. Fall has arrived. One does not have sweeping rain. The rain began shortly X., depend upon the falling of the after midnight and has continued prac-i factory here since ic will behefit all' leaves and the browning of vegetation I'tically all day. The weather observer | counties in common. ‘ jto know this, nor need the crisp air j here tonight reported 8 inches at 9:20 A delegation from .Abbeville county, jTetch forth this information. Fall is 1 with the rain continuing in torrents, i CLINTON -Two Stores- LAURENS ■ V •