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: ‘ '• J,n\ J-,!I*C...JL-JLLJJ.-.— V; ; v THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, SOimt CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY I, COME ON ALL YOU REFORMERS, CRIES CONVERSE GIRL Senior of Converse Defies Critics In Treatise On Bobbed Hair. “Down With Hairnets, Rats, Hair pins, and Spanish Combs,” She Says. , Miss Mary Shipp, a Converse sen ior, editor-in-chief of the Converse Concept, and winner last year of the prize offered by the College Press Association of the state fpr the best short story, has prepared a defense of the bobbed haired girl, which ap peared in The Spartanburg Herald a few days ago. The subject being one of interest to the women throughout the country, The Chronicle is repro ducing the article. Under the cap tion, “Is Bobbed Hair An Indication •f Frivolity?” Miss Shipp writes as follows: “It is with hesitation, nay trepida tion that I pick up a stub of a pencil and twenty-five sheets of brilliantly yellow paper to begin my disserta tion on the defense of bobbed hair in sofar a£ it relates to mind. It is not at all my convictions are wavering or hesitating—no, not at all—far from that. I am as sure of myself and my subject and my conclusions as^ Napoleon was when he went forth to conquer Wellington at Waterloo. I shall not suffer Napoleon’s defeat— ho, indeed. My Wellington, like the critics of short locks, is going to find that a modern Waterloo is quite 'another thing; it has conviction, truth and universality to combat the foe. The Waterloo of bobbed hair is Girls had seen the ease and conveni ence and sensibleness of short hair, and style for once couldn’t mould it long again. Bobbed hair, out again as a style and 9 mad fad. It’s an American institution now. “Friend Philosopher says: ‘Bobbed hair will soon go out.’ You’re wrong; you’re suffering under a terrible de lusion. It’s no longer a moral ques tion, but one of preference. Take your vaudeville girl; true, she has bobbed hair; she bobbed it first. She gave the credit where credit’s due. Take your ten-cent-store candy clerk; her’s is shingled. Take your movie star; her’s is frazzled. Take your fast girl; her’s is clipped. But—take your college girl; her’s is short. Take your M. A.; her’s is cut. Take your debutante and your young school teacher and the librarian and the pro fessor’s wife—and the cook. Their hair is bobbed. You can’t tell a thing any more about bobbed hair; you certainly can’t. If you’re using bobbed hair as the indicator of a girl’s personality and mental make up, you’re dead wrong—and several years behind the time. “There’s Caroline; she’s a little, saucy, curly, bobbed hair girl and she looks like a French doll baby, with spice and pep and a touch of the ‘diable’ about her. Then there’* Annie May. She’s a tall, regal girl, with swirls of coal black hair that she couldn’t be persuaded to cut for ten million dollars worth of diamonds set in platinum. Why not? Because she considers bobbed hair a moral ques tion? No, indeed; because it would n’t be becoming. She knows her as sets, and she isn’t going to make a going to be a victor. Ergo! Why liability out of her hair, should I hesitate? The answer is simple: I am a bobbed haired girl. “Now, that’s off my chest. In the first place to roll up my sleeves and begin. Be it stated here to whom it may concern: namely to gray-haired opponents of brief locks, to preachers, college professors and deans; to doc tors who refuse to hire bobbed hair ed nurses; to school superintendents who object to shingled teachers; to mothers, fathers and great uncles; to. aid maids, and last but not least, to girls who don’t bob their hair on moral grounds—that bobbed hair does not now, regardless of a past rating, and will not in the future, indicate a certain type of girl or a certain type of mind. To prove it: “The'bobbed-lutired girls of five, six or seven years ago were pioneers. Little did they know when they blithely cut their tresses and were initiated into the mysteries of elec tric curling irons.that they were to become emancipators, of young wom anhood from hairpins, hair nets, rats and Spanish combs. Then, indeed may it have been said— and I grant you, justly, that the girl who bobbed her hair had a frivolous or an adven turous mind—a desire to attract at tention and to be different. “Mothers tore their hair, brothers ccowled, fathers fussed, sweethearts raved, old maids’ eyes grew envious “The other night Caroline and An nie May were on the train coming back to school from spring vacation. Two men, who evidently didn’t think much of what Mr. Volstead dictated to America, remarked that they’d heard that 90 per cent of C girls smoked and most of them were bob bed haired ones. (C was the alma mater of both girls.) Annie May merely smiled knowingly behind her breezy fiction, but Caroline drop ped the Saturday Evening Post she was reading and ‘told them where to get off’ with ‘nobody’s going to talk about my college around me,’ and when she ‘got through with those two men,’ they didn’t think that 90 per cent of C’s girls smoked. They’d changed their opinion of one short- locked lady at least. By the way, Annie May, bored at the discussion, had slipped out to the dining room, purchased a pack of Camels from the porter and was smoking merrily away while Caroline argued. “I am not saying that people don’t suppose bobbed hair indicates a type. I merely say, it doesn’t. It is no more an indication of frivolity of mind than long hair was an indica tion of brains a few years ago. It it were, Heaven help the feminine youth of America today. The majority, by far, then are frivolous minded. “Serious minded girls are bobbing As they criticised the vain cries of their hair, brainy girls are bobbing ‘a craze,’ ‘a fad,’ ‘a vulgar thing,’, it, fine girls are bobbing it, and nice woman’s hair is her beauty . ! . her; girls are bobbing it. It’s a perilous crowning glory,’ filled the air. Emi- j thing to strike you. A serious girl nent psychnlogiata predicted the ‘end, with long hair will state definantly: of the farce’ with the ‘passing of the j T never intend to bob my hair; I flapper’—and, lo, the flapper has wouldn’t cut it for the world,’ as she pasaod, and left bobbed hafir Trnhihd. ‘ flnliliaa up her psychology paper Last year, yes, a great ‘back to long about 12 o’clock at night. On the way hair’ movement, instigated by public! upstairs she meets a girl with a pair •pinion, long skirts, frantic hairnets * of scissors. ... In the morning she’s manufacturers, wnd heralded by Van- j in the bobbed hair class. But can ity Fair and the newspapers and her brains be changed by the scis- ‘whey say’ was begun. The styliah *ors cutting off her hair? We are bobbed heads were stricken. They supposing that mental content and must be in style. They began to grow not hair is the basis of the brain, •ut again. The reformers licked their j “I am not defending the aesthetic eheps—too soon. A revulsion swept aspects of short hair. I disclaim that the country almost immediately, intention. Yes, verily. Candor for- tt- . Dr. McCain Is Right | 8 « ‘ Much over a century ago the most famous school for boys in the South was the academy at Willington, South Carolina, conducted by Dr. Moses Waddell. Some of the lads he train ed who rose to greatness were John C. Calhoun, George McDuffie, Judge A. B. Longstreet, and J. L. M. Curry. Doctor Waddell insisted that his boys should be not only good scholars but also good speakers. The com mencement exercises of his school were celebrated for the speeches made by the most promising youngsters. The academy was located in a forest in Abbeville county and thither flock ed great crowds from numerous places in South Carolina «nd Georgia when the institution had its brilliant commencements. The multitude sat on log benches under the trees and listened raptly to the young orators. Among those who often attended were John C. CalhoUn and George McDuffie. They made it a point to encourage the youthful speakers and to urge them further to cultivate and develop their gifts for public utter ance. Last Friday night history repeated itself in Abbeville county, for that amiable gentleman and ripe scholar, Dr. J. I. McCain, head of the depart ment of English in Erskine College, was so elated over the fact that one of his students had won the State oratorical contest at Greenwood tHat he ran over to the dormitory in some disarray of attire^ and joined enthus iastically in the general jubilation over the victory. He insisted that the boys go back and ring the college bell longer. In fact, in the argot of the day, he seems to have been “the life of the party.” A dispatch from Due West says that, while the students are delighted with the triumph, they derive perhaps more genuine pleasure from the happiness it gives Doctor McCain for “they know that to him little things like a baseball pennant or a football championship are abso lutely insignificant compared to the achievement of ‘John’ Marion in best ing the State’s finest college ora tors.” The incident reminds us of another which is said to have happened at one of the larger Northern universities many years ago. A student, over joyed at a victory won for his alma mater, late at night rang the college belli This was always regarded as a signal for a big bonfire in celebra tion of triumph. Out of the dormi- torias poured the students and soon there was a greet blase about which they danced and sang for many min utes. Finally, it occurred to them that they didn’t know what victory they were celebrating. They inquired as to who rang the bell and the pale, studious lad who was responsible said that he had done it in order that another victory for his alma mater might be properly signalized. Asked what it was, he replied, “Why, I won the chess championship, from Yale this afternoon.’’ Doctor McCain put emphasis in the right place. If the colleges and uni versities oughts to celebrate any thing it is victory in the realm of intellectual ability. That is what they did in the days before the advent of intercollegiate athletics. Yet, nowa days most of the acclaim goes to the victors of the arena, instead of those of the forum. The “tumult and the shouting” are for those who triumph in, battle of brawn, rather than brains.—Greenville Piedmont. (Ms, & Stomach Trouble Kills Negro On Public Highway Black Draws Goa and Fires, Bat White Man’s Charge Takes Effect. York, April 27.—Bud Latta, negro, forty years old, was shot and killed by Bert Clinton, white, forty-three years old, two miles south of York on the Chester road at 7 o’clock, last night, as the result of an old trouble that culminated in a gun fight. The inquest was conducted in the courthouse this morning by Coroner Paul G. McCorkle. According to the evidence given, Latta was walking along the road, when Clinton, who was in a wagon with Jim Clinton, relative, and Walter Benfield, a friend, came up. ‘ Without any ex change of words, Latta drew an au tomatic pistol and Clinton a shotgun and fired on each other almost simultaneously. Latta’s bullet miss ed, but Clinton’s load of shot took effect in the right armpit, causing death within a few minutes from hemorrhage. The two combatants were only about fifteen feet apart when they exchanged shots. After the killing Clinton went to the home of a relative where he was arrested last night and lodged in jail. Trouble has existed between Clinton and Latta for a long time, it is said. Hearing that Latta wgs carrying a pistol for use against Clinton, friends of the latter have several times had the negro searched, but no weapons were ever found on him. State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, Town of Clinton. WHEREAS: A petition of the ma jority of the freeholders of the Town of Clinton, County of Laurens, State of South Carolina, as shown by the tax books, has been filed with the Town Council of the said town pray ing for an order for a special elect ion in said town for the purpose of submitting to the qualified, registered electors of the said Town of Clin ton, the question whether or not the said Town of Clinton .South Carolina, shall issue coupon bonds of the said town in an amount not to exceed )100,000 and that the proceeds from saia town; ana 10 levy a tax ior me retirement of said bonds, and said bonds to be issued on such tortus as may be deemed most profitable and the water plant and system of said act as managers thereof, and town and such other purposes as may I open the polls at said place in be necessary in procuring, maintain-' expedient by^ the Town Council of t^r of Laurens, State of South Caro- said town. And, WHEREAS: 1% appears that said petition is in due form of law and has been signed by the required num ber of free-holders, as prescribed by the Constitution and Statute Laws of this state; and, WHEREAS: The Town Council of the said Town of Clinton in Council assembled did on the 22nd day of April, 1924, and by virtue of the same, order, ordain and resolve that the prayer of the said petition be granted. It is therefore by the Town Coun cil of the Town of Clinton, County of Laurens, State of South Carolina, in Council assembled and by virtue of the same, ordered, ordained and resolved: That the question of the said bond issue be submitted to the qualified registered electors of the said town at a > special election to be held in said town on Tuesday, the 20th day of May, 1924, for the pur pose as required by law of submit ting said question to the qualified, registered electors of saioL town. That said bonds, if authorized by a majority of the qualified, registered electors of said town voting in the election hereinafter ordered, shall be issued by the Town Council of the said Town of Clinton; the interest rate on said bonds not to exceed six (6%) per annum; said bonds to be issued in such denominations and maturing at such period or periods as permitted by law regulating the issuance of Municipal securities and as may be determined as most expe dient and profitable by the Town Council of the said Town of Clin ton. That W. D. Copeland is here by appointed supervisor of registra tion of. said town and he is hereby directed to open the books of regis tration twenty (20) days prior to town at 8:00 o'clock in the forenoon and close at 4:00 o’clock, in the noon the same day, iThat the To' Clerk shall give notice of said elect ion by publishing the same in “The Clinton Chronicle,” a newspaper pub lished In the Town of Clinton, Coun- once a week for four weeks prior to said election and by posting copies thereof in three public places of said town four weeks before said •lection. y ; .r’*,:' •. <f \ Done, and ratified by the Town Council of the Town of Clinton, in council assembled this the Mtod day of April, 1924. W. H. SIMPSON, Attest: Mayor. DORCAS MASON, Clerk of the Town Council, Town of Clinton, S. C. Notice of Election Notice is hereby given that an election upon an issue of One Hun dred Thousand Dollars Bonds for the purpose of improving and extending the water system of said town and that the proceeds from said bonds, when issued, be used for the pur pose of purchasing water-rights, erecting dam, purchasing right of way for tank line, erecting and con structing pumping station, filtering plant and tank line, either within or without the corporate limits of the said Town of Clinton, and for the purpose of extending water mains and sewer mains and other extensions or improvements on the water plant and sewerage system of said town and such other purposes as may be neces sary in procuring, maintaining and supplying an adequate water supply and sewerage system within said town; and to levy a tax for the re tirement of said bonds, on such terms as may be deemed most profit able and expedient by the Town Coun cil of said town, will be held in the said town on Tuesday, the 20th day of May, 1924. said election and keep them open for The polls will be opened at the a period of ten (10) days for the City Station-house at eight o’clock ^ ... _ * A _ . * Al_ — .g A Ae n m purpose of registering the names of the qualified electors of the said Town of Clinton and that he shall give due notice of the time and place of opening said books of registration. That at said election, only qualified, registered electors of the Town 01 Clinton shall be entitled to vote; that the books shall be open at 8:00 o’clock in the forenoon and close at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon; that there shall be printed two ballots and a sufficient supply of each and on one ballot shall be printed the word “Yes” and on the other ballot shall be printed the word “No.” The the sale of said bonds when issued electors voting against the issue of be used for the purpose of purchas ing water-right, erecting dam, pur chasing right of way for tank line, erecting and constructing pumping station, filtering plant and tank line, either within or without the city limits of the said Town of Clinton, and for the purpose of extending water mains and sewer mains and other extensions or improvements on bonds shall vote the ballot contain ing the word “No”; and the electors voting for the issue of said bonds shall vote the ballot containing the word “Yes.” That said election shall be held at the City Station-house in front of Bailey's Bank in the Town of Clinton, S. C., and that at said election T. F. Milam and J. Calvin Templeton and J, H. Donnan shall A. M., and remain open until four o’clock P. _M., T. F. Milam, and J. Calvin Templeton and J. H. Donnan have been duly appointed managers of said election. - No person shall be entitled to vote at said election who shall not have registered his name with W. D. Cope land, Supervisor of Registration, for the said Town of Clinton. ' The said W. D. Copeland will have his office open- for the purpose of registering voters from 9 o’clock A. M. to 4 o’clock P. M. at the office of the store of J. I. Copeland A Bro., in the Town of Clinton, on each day except Sundays from the 29th day of April to 12 o’clock noon on the 10th day of May, 1924. By order of the Town Council of the Town of Clinton, S. C., this the 22nd day of April, 1924. W. H. SIMPSON, Attest: Mayor. DORCAS MASON, Clerk and Treasurer. beinf Black-Draught liver med icine since he and Mrs. Smith began keeping house, mrny years ago. 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Get a package today. r^for on your BIACK-DKAlKifr A Purely Vetfetible Urer Medicine cea me to that course. Bobbed hair dm be the ugliest, most unbecoming, most miserable looking, most comical, most pitiful looking thing in the world—except some long hair. Some bobbed hair is pretty, some is hide ous. Some long coiffures are pretty, some biscuit knots or figure eights. It’s a fifty-fifty. When girls wore horrible,jmffs and rats and things the world criticized. Now, that we have bobbed these off, the world still criticises and says that we are frivo lous and indicative of a ‘certain type of girl.’ “And do let me say by way of parenthesis before I close that this article refers to young girls with bobbed hair—not old married and grandmotherish women. Sobbed hair is youth’s privilege. On age it indi cates worse than frivolity of mind. (Here, take that, O. Reformer.) “In conclusion, I, a bobbed hair girl, have written this defense, not only of my brain, but of all bobbdil haired girls’ brains. There are, I grant, frivolous bobbed haired ones, but, come out of hiding, O, frivolous long-haired ones. And now, 0. con quered at Waterloo, as the price of peace, I demand that you stop judg ing a girl by her hair or her lack of it. As for those of^us who possess a lack of it and a lack of frivolity of mind, we can only quote: “They say—— What do they say? Let them say.” New Series B,&L. OPENED APRIL 15,1924 ■«v ' Books of Subscription will remain open for 30 days. Stock payable in monthly installments, $1.00 per share. Prospective stockholders are asked to send in their remit tance for first installment covering number of shares desir ed. Make checks payable to— B. H. BOYD, Sec’y-Treas. AT FIRST NATIONAL BANK Clinton, S. C. “OWN YOUR OWN HOME THROUGH THE BUILDING & LOAN WAY.” r * k ■jr$ f . 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