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THE TRAINING SCHOOL
Though entirely inadequate, it is
gratifying to the friends of the State
Tiaining School located here to note
that substantial increase has been
made in its appropriation for the
coming year. The amount as it now
stands awaiting final ratification, calls
for $158.000 covering maintenance,
new building operations and equip
ment. This is about one-half what
was asked for and every dollar re
quested is badly needed.
We are glad to note 'that this
year’s appropriation includes an item
of t ixty thousand dollars fpr build
ing put poses. It is planned to erect
two brick buildings with this airvunt
to help take care of th? increasing
number of applicants on the waiting
list. This initial appropriatv.n is a
beginning in the right direction, and
with the adoption of a state building
program for institutions as is con
templated in the near future, it is
very likely that the school will re
ceive several hundred tnousand dol
lars as its proportionate part of the
bond issue. The educational w.irk
begun in the interest of the institu
tion should be continued; Once the
State is aroused to its responsibili
ties towards the school and its un
fortunate inmates, it will make am
ple provision for it rather than con
tinue its policy of stinginess and neg
lect.
General Assembly authorizes the
issuing of the stipulated amount of
bonds, and the trustees in order to
relieve the present congested and un
satisfactory condition of the schools,
are proceeding to call the election and
put the matter squarely up to the
people aa to what shall be done. The
trustees are the servants of the peo
ple and fully appreciating the pres
ent situation regarding the Clinton
schools, they have taken the initia
tive. The Chronicle is of the opin
ion however that the amount they
have designated is inadequate to meet
the needs of the present and the
immediate future.
The matter of school improvements
has been mentioned by The Chronicle
several times heretofore. Any one
who visits the schools is at once
struck with their inadequate facili
ties. , With a rapidly growing en
rollment, it is imperative that some
thing be done to relieve the congest
ed conditions and to make the pres
ent plants more comfortable and bet
ter adapted to school work. . In
both of the schools the auditoriums
have been partially turned into class
rooms to relieve the crowded condi
tions, and several grades are being
cared for in residential houses ad-
ABOUT 1,000 CANDIDATES.
“VENGEANCE IS MINK» M
COPPER NEEDS SALESMEN.
FORD. NOT INTERESTING.
IF DAUGHTERY TALKED. '
Bow many »twdy Americans wil
ling to serve'their country are now
planning to be President, do you sup
pose? There was a general feeling
that McAdoo had the Democratic
nomination unless A1 Smith could get
it away from him. It seemed cer
tain that Mr. Coolidge had the Repub
lican nomination by an overwhelming
majority on the first ballot.
But a little oil makes a great dif
ference in the political situation, and
^ '*•** Tlanv an an,biti„us American i.
spending his dollars now, handing
them to “political experts” in return
for Presidential promises.
There are probably at the least one
thousand “serious candidates” at this
moment.
conditions should not exist, and es
pecially in a community noted for
its educational taste and leadership
as is ours, there should be no such
lagging behind. Adequate provision
should be made to take care of the
district’s school needs, for when we
contemplate upon the large amount
of money now being spent for educa
tion, we readily see that every pro-
•LIVES’
—IT
is
“lives” of
OF WOODROW WILSON
hot
known yet how many
Woodrow Wilson are to
be written, but the Hon. Josephus
Daniels has not lost any time in mak
ing his “Life” of Mr. Wilson the
first in the market.
Canvassers are already in the field
and have been for two weeks inviting
subscriptions to this book, which will
be published some time when the
ed. One of the least creditable traits
is what seems to be the disposition of
“authors” to commercialize their
subjects. It is not how much I can
dignify the public service by telling
the true story of this, that or the
other figure in the passing parade
who has contributed something,
much or little, to the public welfare;
but how much can I make out of the
subject for my own sweet liftle self.
vision should be made to insure ef
ficient work.
The contemplated bond issue as w£
understand it, proposes to erect a new
grammar school and to improve the
present buildings. It further pro
vides for the erection of a decent
school building for the colored peo
ple and this should meet with the ap
proval of every citizen in the district.
The plant now furnished our colored
people is a disgrace on a civilized
community and has been condemned
and termed by the state department
of education as the most disreputable
colored school plant to be found in’
a similar community anywhere in the
state. The building is a fire trap
and should be torn down and a neat,
comfortable brick building provided
for our colored population. We are
glad that such a movehient is con
templated in the trustees plans. We
are unwilling to ‘vote for a bond is
sue that does not make provision for
the colored people and there are hun
dreds of other citizens who feel just
the same way. It’s merely a matter
of justice, of giving these people a
square deal to which they have long
Friendly warning to big men in
clined to injure business and scare
little stockholders 4m revenge for- the
Senate oil investigation.
DONT PO IT. J*
It won’t pay you in the long run,
and, besides, it is written, “Dearly
beloved, avenge not yourselves * * *
vengeance is Mine, I will repay, saith
the Lord.”
been entitled and have not yet receiv
ed. "
The matter of enlarging our school
facilities should be given serious and
intelligent consideration by the peo
ple. If you are not familiar with
conditions that now exist, the press
ing needs that confront us for addi
tional facilities, visit the plants and
acquaint yourself with the facts.
writing of the story has been finish-' Few towns can boost of more bright,
attractive children than Clinton, and
as the school question is now ap
proached in the coming election, the
matter of making adequate provision
for their educational training is the
paramount issue that confronts the
district. It should be faced and acted
upon intelligently, both by the trus
tees and the people.
THE BIBLE IN OUR SCHOOLS
Those who have underwritten the
facing of Bible jazSroetien in* our
city schools arp'to be congratulated.
Their action is highly commendable
and will result in s wholesome and
helpful influence upon the lives of
the boys and girls. Long before
Aqiw, the Bible should have been in
cluded in our public school curricu
lum. The ignorance of the average
citizen on the teachings of the Bible
is appalling, and its institution into
our school system will have an edu
cational value.
Several ladies of the community
have kindly, volunteered their ser
vices as teachers and this spirit of
unselfishness and interest on their
part should be appreciated by our
people, especially the patrons of the
schools. It is planned with next ses
sion to employ a paid teacher to give
her entire time to this work and such
a move on the part of the community
is highly commendable. A familiar
ity with the BiblA And living by its
teachings is badly needed in the
world today, far more so than a
knowledge of much of the instruction
that is being given through out pub
lic school system.
Uncle John
THE SCHOOL ELECTION
An election upon the question of
issuing $80,000 school bonds for the
district has been ordered by the
board of trustees for April the Sty
a perusal of
r *s paper.
Ur thf
It never fails—before election—
witness in its resurrection, the hoax
of by-gone days. The demagogue
with hardened liver points out some
poor, old, nasty river—and howls for
“waterways.” Of course, we have
the transportation that jerks our
goods acrost the nation, and lands
’em, double-quick. - . . It’s fun to
hear some jobless critter explainin’
how it’s vastly better to float 'em
down the crick! He wants to hear
the steam-boats tootin' and watch
’em, splutterin’ and rootin’ among
the snags and bars. ... He wants to
see the palace floatin’—and tells us,
if well do the votin’ he’ll junk the
railroad kyars. ... It used to set
my hopes afire a listen ~at the cam
paign liar discourse on “water-ways”;
I’ve helped elect in admiration—to
come at cheaper transportation,—
but them wm by-gone days! So
now—I stand around and shiver, and
view the same old, nasty river—the
smug job-hunter’s pqt; I watch its
slippery, sludgy awvement, that nev
er showed the least improvement,
and—ntrer will—you bet!
Public officials have had a warn
ing, learned a lesson. Some will get
more than a lesson. Valuable truths
have come out; others are coming.
• On the whole it’s a small thing,
which really doesn’t amount to much
more than catching little Willie tell
ing a fib. No reason for breaking up
the family. Send Willie to bed and
let business go' on.
General could reveal more about the ■mHWPRB
real character of certain officials than
half a dozen oil investigations. He
knows what senators and others are
trying to do, whom they are trying to
shield, and whom they seek to pro
secute. ’
Publication,of Mr. Daughtery’s pri
vate information would cause a
“splash” indeed.
There is even worse news about
whales than about bees. Whales are
not coming up from the South Pole
as they used to come, offering oil
from blubber, whalebone from their
mouths, and proof of evolution, in the
two little hip bones concealed to their
fat carcassee—although they no long
er use the legs to which those hip
bones were once attached.
The wholebone doesn’t matter, for
ladies now go loose around the waist,
as a rule. But the whaling industry
is in bad shape.
Tasteful
Little Boy Killed
On Railroad Track
Three Year Old Clarence Bailey
' Struck by Train While Mother
Attempts Aid.
g, I0flircn8.—Clarence
Hasten Bailey, three year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Bailey of Arca
dia mills, three miles west of Spar
tanburg, was instantly killed about 2
o’clock this afternoon by southbound
train No. 37 on the Southern railway,
while his mother was seeking fran
tically to reach him in time to snatch
him from the path of the fast vesti
bule. The child was knocked sqme
distance and its skull crushed. The
engineer stopped and carried the re
mains to the home, 150 yards away.
An inquest will be held tomorrow.
The little boy was riding his tricycle
on‘the track at the time.
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LITTLE S DENSON
Phones—
Clinton, S. C.
Airships equipped with skiis instead
of wholes for taking off and landing
on the snow are seen in the mountain
districts of Switzerland.
The Proper Thing for
Early Spring. L.B. Dil
lard.
Another copper concern, the inspi
ration Copper Company, followed the
example of the big Anaconda, and
skipped its dividend. That means bad
salesmanship and not enough adver
tising. If the copper men would ex-*
plain, through advertising in' plain
language, what copper ' means and
what it SAVES in building, no com
pany able to produce copper at 20
cents a pound, or better, need iack
business.
The House at last will take up
Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals offer.
It seems hard to get anything mov
ing when no gentleman “on the in-
aide” is to get any money in a satchel
or any “loan” from a friend.
Ford offers millions to the Govern
ment, cheap fertilizer to the farmei
and t most ^ important, demonstration
of the use that can be made of water
poWer. But that isn’t enough to in
terest gentlemen accustomed to “pri
vate talks,” “private codes” and “pri
vate financial arrangements.”
.Mr. Mellon, Secretary of the Treas
ury, says the national debt has been
reduced $983,000,000 in the last year,
and four thousand eight hundred mil-
liom in four and a half years. Your
glorious country now owes $21,781,-
966,852. It takes a big afflfffiogper-
ous country to owe as much as that.
And while we ought to pay off rapidly,
we COULD owe five times that
amount, and more, too, and not be
bankrupt.
Men and women with more self-
confidence than intelligence intend to
produce in New York a play, “All
God’s Chillun Got Wings.”
In this play a white woman falls
in love with a negro, marries him,
and, kneeling before him, kisses the
negro’s hand. A full-blooded negro of
unusual intelligence will ‘ play one
part, a white woman will play the
other.
Shoes called for and
delivered. Phone 364.
Clinton Shoe Shops A. E.
McIntosh, Prop. \
SPRING IS HERE
Now is the time to have your light weight coat suits,
capes, one-piece dresses, gloves, skirts, waists, and deli
cate material of every description, FRENCH DRY-
CLEANED.
By this method every vestige of grease, grime and dirt
are removed and the garment restored to its original
lustre and color.
We send for^and deliver all goods and absolutely guaran
tee satisfaction.
BUCHANAN’S
PRESSING CLUB
PHONE NO. 28
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A French aviator established a new
record for hydroplane speed when he
averaged 7$ miles aa hour ever the
Shine. ' • C' ■ • >
There is perhaps no law that can
stop this foolishness, but common in-
tplligence and decency should stop it,
IF ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF THE
NEGRO RACE. r
Hie dullest mind connected with
that theater must know that to show
a white woman falling on her knees
and kissing a negro’s hand is a had
tiling Yor the colored people, of whom
there* are tens of thousands in New
York—to say nothing of millions else
where.
Attorney General Daughtery de
clares that “If some Senators do not
resign he, Daughtery, will cause some
splash.” •
Mr. Daughtery knows the difference
It Is Not Enough For a ChesHo
Real protection from moths, dust and dampness is
found only in a chest where the interior is fully fash
ioned from genuine red cedar heartwood with a thick
ness of .at least three-quarters of an inch. And it must
be as airtight as it is possible to make it with specially
joined panels, interlocked corners and perfectly fitted
lid.
The LANE is just that kind of a cedar chest. It af
fords the most effective and convenient security for your
furs, woolens and daintier apparel, from day to day or
year to year. And in addition every one of the many at
tractive designs js as fragrant and beautifully decora
tive as your heart can desire.
The LANE provides an attractive window seat or
dressing lounge for the foot of the bed. Some styles are
nished in mahogany or walnut to match your furniture
ices are unusually moderate.
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