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PAGE F< V V » i-ij ■ I « LIR PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBUSHINQ CO. WILSON W. HARRIS Editor and Publisher Entered at the Clintoiv Post Office as matter of Second Class. Terms of Subscription: One year ^ * ....$1.50 Six months .... ..•• .... .... .... .... ^.. Three months .... Payable in advance i Foreign Adrertiein* Re I THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION -JlI The Chronicle seeks the cooperation ef it’s subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. Make all remittances to SHE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING 00. Clinton, S. 0. CLINTON, S. C., FEB. 28, 1924 THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY At the present rate it will only he a few years until every family, in the country will own an automo bile of some kind. Since the advent of the autonyobile only a few years ago, the number of cars and motor vehicles manufactured has steadily been multiplying. TJJie latest #tatis- tica show.-that the business is grow- ing as rapidly in the rest of the world as it is here in the United States. In spite of the enormous in crease in American to this community. It is a matte; of modientous importance, and needs the careful consideration of ojjr^city an thorities and all other interested par ties. The Chronicle has frequently had something to say on the power ques tion, because to our mind, it is the most important problem before the city today. If the city is to properly develop in the future, it must be sup plied with ample power facilities, and the bringing of some such trunk line into this territory, is the only way that the peed is going to be satisfac- •50 torily supplied. It cant be done with a municipal plant equipment, and if it could, the costs of production are of necessity, excessive. Therefore it is good business judgment on the part of the city to face the problem and to solve it in the most intelli gent and satisfactory manner possible. The Southern Power Company pro poses to contract with the city lor its needs, the city to do the retailing to consumers as at present It furth er proposes to contract with the mills here and at Goldville for their full power requirements. The extensive enlargements of their properties in centage of the world’s cars is just what it was a year ago. There are today in - the United States, 15,200,000 passenger cars and trucks. For all other countries together, there are only 3,670,000. Great BAtain comes second with 655,000 cars, Canada third with 642,- and- France founh with 460,000. Five of our states. New York, Cali fornia, Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylva nia, each have more cars than any foreign country. These figures speak for themselves and tell a big story. On the one hand they indicate material progress, on the other they tell of the enor- mptfs amount of money that is being put into automobiles, often times to •the detriment and neglect of other things. “Are automobiles a curse or a blessing to the country," is a good subject for debate for our high school pupils. to develop new territory, and it is very fortunate for Clinton that the opportunity is ours to become linked up with these stupendous power in terests. Several years ago the city had an opportunity to bring the Southern Power lines here but did not think favorably of the proposition, for what reason, we do not know. % Now that the opportunity is present ing itself again, it should be weigh ed carefully from every angle and a real effort made to link up with the company in question or some similar corporation. There are several things that must cars, our per- j ^ i n consideration as the ques- « r*nr« is mat . - TO OPPOSE DIAL The past week brought the definite announcement from Congressman Jamoa. P. Byrnaa that h* w^l candidate this summer for the Demo cratic nomination for the United States senate. This means that he has his eyes oh the seat of our jun ior senator, N. B. Dial of this county, and that'the* place will be hotly con tested fbk in the primary. We hold no brief against CongreSs- man Byrnes. During the thirteen years he has served in congress he has made an able representative and rendered his district valuable service. But we feel that i( is an inopportune time for hhn to givp up his present position, where in all probability, he is able to ( serve better than he would in the senate, This race already has Senator Dial standihg for re-election, and he is to be opposed by Cole. L. Blease, who like the brook, “runs on forever*" The Chronicle feels that Senator Dial is entitled to re-election and should be sent back to his present position by a large majority. The •pinion is general throughout the State' that ite has “made good,” and that he has discharged the du ties of'the office with unusual intelli gence and ability. He is a man of unlimited energy and sound business judgment, and unlike a great many politicians, he thinks before he speaks. He stands well with his colleagues in the senate, and during his first term in office has grown in influence and usefulness. He is in a position to render the state better service in the future than in the past. His record clearly entitles him to re-election, and we believe the voters of the state will feel this way when they go to the bal lot box. tion is approached. An honest and equitable contract should be secured that will not work a hardship or do an injustice to the city. 'The city’s interests must be protected, and at the same time, a fair and reasonable at titude must be exercised towards the Corporation in question. From in formation wC have gathered, the Southern Povfor Company does busi ness in a reputable manner jmd shows no disposition to infringe upon or take advantage of the various towns and communities it serves. Therefore, we see no reason why the whole question can’t be conaidered id a fair-and un biased light, and a contract arrived at that will prove mutual and satis factory to the interests of all con cerned. No other such contract, we are sure, will be considered by May or Simpson and his associates. We trust that tomorrow's confer ence will therefore result in some thing definite. As we have before stated, Clinton is suffering today for a lack of proper power facilities, and if the opportunity now before us h yaiaed' t»/, may LilJL.V 2 t THE WONDERFUL SOUTH. STARTLING QUICK GROWTH. BUY THE LANDS OF NO REGRETS THE “IF" CANDIDATES. FALSE, FOOUSH ECONOMY. This is written at Palm ,Beach, happy land, where those with noth ing to do are doing it energetically. The blue sea is beautifully calm, the breeze that sweeps across it is mild. The water is warm. Human beings are bobbing up and down in it. The big hotels are packed. Think what it will be in a few, years hence at Palm Beach, Miami, St. Au gustine, Jacksonville, all the marvel- s tesorts of Florida, Georgia, and the Carohnas when chine annihilates distance. Buy land in the South, well cho sen, and you won’t regret it. Those that live North know lit tle about the South and the rapidity of its growth, surpassing all growth elsewhere. Thirty-seven million people live in the South. The value of their pro perty is estimated at sixty-five billion dollars. That sum, sixty-five times one thousand million dollars, is a' deal. Bui it represents only a frac tion of the real wealth of the South. Florida alone is worth several times what is called “the true value of pro perty in Southern States." The thirty million of acres now unemployed in Florida would yield under ordinary cultivation an annual profit of one hundred dollars an acre —that’s a low estimate. That alone would be three billion dollars a year, five per cent on sixty billions of dollars. Under intensive cultivation, with irrigation and pro per fertilizing, the thirty •million un used acres of land in Florida would easily produce a net profit of $500 an acre, enough to pay off all public debt of the United States with ease in less than four years. That is real wealth, and all that is required to develop it is more good population and capital. Millions of good agriculturists that would eagerly come here from Italy and elsewhere should be welcomed with open arms and helped to get a start instead of being stopped at El lis Island and turned back with strange stupidity. in twenty years. The building into the city of these big trunk lines will be an accomplishment extraordinary, as We have before stated, about the biggest thing that has oome our way since the Seaboard railway was built through here. It is not that we need cheaper power, but ample power. The saving of a few cents or dollars on the family power fill is a matter of small importance when we take into consideration the great benefits that will come to us by the placing at bar ^disposal of an abundance of cheap power for future commercial and manufacturing development. Anoth er cotton mill in this community, or other manufacturing enterprises that are desirable and needed, will in all probability never be realized until this relief is given. But once Clin ton can announce to the world that it has an abundance of cheap hydro electric power, together with an ample water supply which is just about as serious a need at present, we will be in a position to go forward wi^h the proper cooperation and leadership in the community. Tomorrow’s conference, if it results in the linking up of this community with these big power interests, will be a big step forward in the march of progress. It U a golden opportunity thatf is ours—one that we trust will not pass by^: unseized for it may be years before it presents itself again. In fact—it may never come again. THE POWER QUESTION AGAIN The power question, for several months past before city council, comes up agaim, tomorrow for consideration. The news columns of todav’a oaper carry the announcement of a joint conference to be held here tomorrow between the city and John W. Fox, engineer of the Southern Power Com pany, and the heads of the large man ufacturing enterprises of the com munity: The conference is expected to result in some definite decision as to'the bringing^* th* ttbnk l&fes af this greet ‘hydro-electric company in- Uncle John Old Ezry Shiffless takes a spell, in the early part of spring—it’s hard to ketch him feelin’ well,—he never works, by jing! He’ll tell ye where the trouble is, and never miss a, spot, —he’s pestered, with; the rheumatiz— and his stomach hurts a lot. Last week he got newralgy in the angle of his jaw—which bothered hhn to swal- teir jW the worst-you And, also, he’s afflicted with an The grusrih' of the Soath Witniii the last few years is the marvel of industrial and financial history. Southern bank resources, exceeding eight thousand millions, are 35 per cent, greater than in 1910. Capital invested in manufacuring has increas ed from throe billions to oyer nine billions in eight years. plane service between New York San Francisco. * ' * •: . '' v • ''>4 . & ■ ‘7 * ;$Sl3 That piece of unfortunate, narrow-minded, short-sighted, economy reminds ydu of the day when members of OongVess were defeated for re-election because they voted money “for such a'nonsensical schenfe as trying to tend messages on tele- graph wires." ~ That item of a million and a half for a flying service between New York and San Francisco would be the best possible investment that the country could make. We appropriate tens of millions for old-fashioned ships of the navy and their upkeep. Five millions spent on the develop ment of the flying machine and on marksmanship in bomb dropping would make our naval collection of floating steel junk unnecessary and enable us to sink any fleet approach ing this shore. Flying ships above the water, in visible submarines below the water, will supply all the protection this country needs at sea. And every Congressman that votes against machine votes against the welfare aKd the safety of his country. i-v. , Wm ■HMNHKIteHNteNMMtetffe r L ' *>. v/'iv.'y Ex parte D. J. Brimm, Sr. In re estate of’*’ Elizabeth Muller Brimm, deceased. NOTICE To all kindred and those interest ed in the estate of Elizabeth Muller Brimm, deceased, notice is hereby given that I will make my final re- good turn to' Honorable O. G. Thompson, Judge of Probate for Laurens Coun ty, at his office in the Court House of said County, on Friday, March 9, at 11 o’clock A M., and will at said time apply to said Court for final dis charge as Administrator Will Annex ed of the aforesaid estate. D. J. BRIMM, Administrator Will Annexed. Feb. 7-4tc It win be carefully selected as though you came io. the store. Our Delivery Service is Prompt It Saves Your Tinfe LITTLE 8 DENSON 50—Two Phones—54 CIFTS THAT J. B. FR0NTIS JEWELER CLINTON. 8. C. To Please You and Your Car! t * We maintain a guaranteed garage service. At small cost you can have your car gone over regularly—and as experts we can' advise you as to “motor-care.” We are equipped for transmission, differential and crank case service. Edwards Auto Service On Broadw.ay Mr. Denby’s resignation clears up the political situation. President Coolidge is as fortunate in condi tions that face the Democratic Party as he is in the fact that the public thus far holds him free of all respon sibility in the oil scandal. What is supposed to be the elimi nation of Mr. McAdoo actually leaves the Democrats without any recogniz ed conspicuous leading candidate, with the convention only a few months away. Nearly every Democrat mentioned is an “if” candidate. They say Senator Copeland might get it IF it should prove impossi ble to nominate Al. Smith. Senator Reed, of Missouri, undoubt edly the most forceful and hvailable candidate, might get it IF he had not made so many enemies. It is said that William Jennings Bryan might be drafted, because of his known capacity to get votes, IF he had not been Secretary ^f State. Nominated or not, Mr. Bryan will have a good deal to say about the man that is nominated and also about several that will not be nominated. Hie House of Representatives pass ed a bill for $729,000,006 to provide funds for the Post Office 'and the Treasury, and strikes out an item al lastin’ cough, till it won’t be unex pected if he’d up an’ shuffle off! This spring he’s lost a splendid chance of raisin’ garden truck,—he took the “flu" and had it right—gol-darn the blasted luck! He sets around the live-long day, recitin’ of his woes . . . If Ezry couldn’t eat an’ sleep, he’d perish—mercy knows. . . . But “Eat an’ Sleeps’* his middle name, and has been, all his lifv -if this ain’fc evidence enough—go talk to HI /i •-• A charming atmosphere of hospitality and cheerful re laxation can be brought to your home with the-delight- ful new reed and fibre furniture by Heywood-Wakefield. For ninety-seven years this furniture has been built to an unusual ideal of design, material and workmanship. Suites and Odd pieces in Heywood-Wakefield Reed and Fibre Furniture offer artistic design and notable dura bility. There are lovely chairs, tables, desks, day-beds, lamps, davenports, ferneries and other appealing mo dels.' If we don’t have just what you want in Heywood-Wake field Ft|rniture, we can get it on short notice. ;: CLINTON, “THE HOME MAKERS” SOUTH CAROLINA fflttffiffiiwttmtma % 4 **; fc'J