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wSMKDvpl'. 1 . ^ PAGE FOUR She OMprontrU PUBLISHED EVEBY THURSDAY , BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. WILSON W. HARRIS Editor and Publisher Entered at the Clinton Post Office as matter of Second Class. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 Six months 75 any man who enters’* public life, places flaws and criticiae the junior sena tor. For several days past Con gressman Byrnes and John J. McMahan have been nagging at Senator Dial and hunting criticisms with which to discredit his adminis tration. Yesterday the Senator turn ed on his opponents and hurled some sharp darts at them with a vigorous defense of his record and the further declaration that he did not propose to be diverted from the main issues of the campaign by flings from those who are seeking his seat. Of course Three months 50 Payable in advance u Foraisn Advertuing Rrprf > THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION The Chronicle seeks the cooperation •f it’s subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. Make all remittaucec to THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Clinton, S. 0. CLINTON, S. C., JUNE 19, 1924 12 PAGES Another trouble with the world is that so many parents are too laxy to bring up their children properly. Be patient, with women who smoke. They might do worse, they might chew tobacco. A woman may be as old as she looks, but she is seldom as young as she paints. You may not believe it, but in a few parts of the country people are still riding in buggies. WELCOME TO OUR GUESTS Clinton bids a whole-hearted, cordial welcome to the young people in attend ance at the Summer Conference now in session at the Presbyterian Col lege. This conference is held annuaf- ly under the auspices of the Presbyr fcerian church in the Synod of South Carolina, and brings into our midst a large gathering of the leading young people* of that denomination. The attendance this year has broken all previous records and every effort will be made to provide for their comfort and enjoyment while here. With due modesty, we would in form the young people that they are now in one of the best towns in the State and are the guests of one of the most promising educational insti tutions in the South. Clinton is proud to have such a fine gathering of young people in her midst. The citi- xens of the town will join in and show the visitors every possible courtesy. We bid a most hearty welcome to our guests. That their week’s stay in our city may be both profitable and enjoyable is our sincere wish. INVEST YOUR MONEY AT HOME Every few days now one reads in the papers that some progressive city, county or state has voted or contemplates voting bonds for vari ous improvements. When these bonds are sold in nearly every case they are purchased Jby some of the great financial .centers of the country in stead of by the people of the com munities issuing them. And while this condition exists, some smooth talking “stock sales man” will 'come along and sell the himself liable to both commendation and criticism, the latter is a price that must oftentimes be paid, but it seems to us that the opponents of Senator Dial have resorted to small tactics in their endeavors to inject personalities that have no bearing whatsoever upon their qualifications for the office they seek. John J. McMahan who left the du ties of the state insurance commis sioner’s office to run for the senate, would live an isolated and handicap ped life if he should ever get to Wash ington. He says that when he is elected, he will not be on “speaking terms” with President'CooKdge or any other prominent Republicans. This wonderful* statepient came as an at tack upon Seantor Dial for holding personal communion with President Coolidge in his effort to defeat ia raid on the treasury in behalf of increas ed pensions for Federal soldiers of the Confederate war, together with their widows. A marvelous influence he would have in a body where the majority of its members are of a poli tical faith akin to Coolidge. Congressman Byrnes when he en tered the race, spoke with pride of his record in the lower house but the biggest part of his time now on the stump is being given to a criticism of Senator Dial. . At Camden yesterday he ventured out to a criticism of the junior senator’s appointments and said that no friend of the late Sena tor Ben Tillman has a chance to hold office in South Carolina as long as Senator Dial holds his present posi tion. All politicians we ever heard of, Congressman Byrnes included, favor their friends in the handing out of appointments. Then McMahan as serted that MrrDial is supporting the presidential candidacy of Senator Os car Underwood and the gentleman from Laurens replied that it was none of the commissioner’s business who he supported. As the race continues it will grow in interest and doubtless prove a live ly battle. Up to the present time, Mr. Blease has conducted a very quiet campaign and is not manifesting his old-time fire and prejudice. He will poll a considerable vote, however, but it is hardly conceivable that he will get the nomination. The vote divided beween Dial and Byrnes, it is very probable that Blease and Dial will go into the second race. With that line up, Dial will easily win. TWO KINDS OF POLITICIANS It appears that men are becoming much more practical in their politics than they used to be and are prone to elect their representatives more from the viewpoint of what they are able to accomplish rather than a con sideration of how effective they are as orators and self-advertisers. There was a time when oratory had a larger place in political achievement than at present. It waa more the question then for questions to be fought out in debate and that man had a great advantage who was able to present his side of the question in the most people of the same community an! an d effective manner. At equally Urge investment in real es- the pre8ent time however, probably tate somewhere across \he earth, or ail stock, or some fake induatriil en terprise. These salesmen never offer six or eight per cent and safety, for they know it will fail to attract. Instead, in order to save time on account of the greater bulk of legisUtive work, men are called upon to ‘serve upon committees more often than to en gage in debate. The committee work calls for calm deliberation and the power to work well with others rather they offer fifty or one hundred per .. 4 , cent intereet end glorious over-night , *?. the ' orce of ° * fkAflI wnir*n afi**c Arts! 4-V*^ .. 1 & enhancement, which are often times I wh ‘ Ch stir " * nd excite5 the Inul swallowed, hook and sinker, by the' , T_t««sn™kn u iv ^ unwise investor. In assemblies where there ale party What a benefit it would be if the V* money that had hem. sunk in land, oil, ° “f be * , lM f I* f * ctor industrial enterprises, etc., had Uea! L” of the “Wf inyested in the bond, of our own | *'^ n ' Wh "« cities and oounties. Thousand, of ">“«'> to lm coveted, its main dollars naid ant in i-.™. , I usefulnssa nowadays is during the dollars paid out in interest to people . wrerovr * u . i da y* of campaign when the can away from home would bo paid to didlte j, a|ci hi , /turn ‘ini r our own citizens. Besides, our citi zens would have tangible property own people FORD IN FLORIDA. FIVE BILLION CIGARETTES. THE POST OFFICE PAY. “McADOO AND SMITH.” Henry Ford has bought a great tract of Und in Florida, including a county seat and a good many build ings. He gets wood for his can from forests in the North. He will now, it is said, establish rubber plantations in Florida to supply material for his tires. “From producer to consumer,” is his motto. * Watch Florida! That one State among forty-eight in this Union will before many years have passed to a gigantic nation in itself. One task in the United States is not neglected, and that's the job of burning up cigarettes. In April the factories turned out more than five thousand millions 1 of cigarettes, and the output is constantly increasing. In four months this year the country smoked two thousand million more cigarettes than in the same period last year. If young gentlemen devoted to other tasks the concentration and careful attention and choosing that they devote to cigarettes, what a world this would be for accomplish ment. It is suggested that President Cool idge will veto the bill to raise the pay of post office employees, on the ground that “the nation can’t afford it.” The President would hardly say that. The nation CAN afford it, and it can’t afford to treat faithful pub lic servants meanly. The nation supplies the President with a fine private yacht to go sail ing, one that burns many gallons of oil and employs many men. If the nation can afford that for the Presi dent, who gets $75,000 a year besides, it can afford to pay living wages to the letter carrier, who pays for his shoes three times what he used to pay. Secretary Wilbur of the Navy, says that Congress “must never have power to override Supreme Court de cisions.” Why not? Supreme Court decis ions are no better than the men that render them. And judges are no bet ter than the man appointing theta, presumably. Congress represents the people, and if the people cannot be trusted to -1 reckon the picnic season is the finest thing that there is—to set the red blood a-zippin’ and to make our emotions whizz,—O, it’s then we* can slip the halter off—an’ roll, to our heart’s content—an’ get up so’ shake ourselves, an' feel like a hundred an’ one per cent! As soon as the picnic season’s on —an* the styles begin to advance,— it’s proper to think of the custard pie, when selectin’ yer sun-kist pants . . . . And, the hard-biled egg—an’ the peanut salve, which is staple as alfalf hay—They’re items to be pro vided fer, on the eve of the picnic day. . . . Of course, there's Handicaps lurk in' around, as there alien *will be, I guess. . . . The chigger deploys his sub-mareen band, in the depths of the pic-nic dress. . . . An’ I ain’t complained, you understand, of the trysts in the coolin’ shade—b|)t, the thing that’s quickest to call my hand, is—red ants in the lemonade! BY REPKESHNTATTVE FROM SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY A lady in charge giving practical demon strations- of the company’s products— ike Mayonnaise in the showing how to mal simplef!||||pwayl All ladies cordially invited. The demon stration will give many helpful hints and suggestions to housewives. ALL LADIES CORDIALLY INVITED DEMONSTRATION ONE DAY ONLY L PERSONAL MENTION < Mrs. B. M. Anderson and Mrs. W. C. Anderson and children, of Spar- tanburg are the guests of Mrs. S. A. Kern. Mrs. J. S. McGregor and children have returned to their home at Ruby after a two weeks’ visit to Mrs. T. (X Sumerel. Mrs. Hines, of Columbia, is the guest of Mrs. B. O. Whitten. Miss Fannie Mae Hare, of Colum bia, will spend the coming week-end with Miss Lois Sanders. Mrs. L. T. Lawson and children are visiting relatives in Charlotte. Messrs. E. W. Ferguson and C. R. Workman were in Charlotte this week on business. Mrs. R. L. McCraken and little daughter, and Mrs. Toney and Mrs. John Lindsey, of Columbia, spent Thursday here as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Sloan. Mrs. W. H. Riddle has returned from several weeks’ stay with her daughter in Batesburg. Miss Louise and Grace Davis are visiting relatives in Spartanburg. Bln. Nannie Ferguson and Miss LITTLE 8 DENSON 50—Two Phones—54 Clinton, S. C. J Julia Ferguson have returned from a month's stay with relatives in At lanta. Mta^Dorothy Archer, of Atla^a, is i. rU: n- vsiting her grandmother, Mrs, nie Ferguson. Mr. snd Mrs. William Bailey Ow ens and little Billy attended the Lea- man-Adair wedding in Greenwood on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wise were the guests of their sister, Mrs. Frank Kellers, for several days last week. Messrs. Raymond Pitts, Irvin Cole man, Gus Mason, Lew Hatton, and Harold Flanagan were in Greenwood on Tuesday for the Leaman-Adair wedding. Miss Lillis Russell is visiting her mother, Mrs. A. B. Russell, at the orphanage. Messrs. Graham and Banks Hayes and Harry Warner left last week for Camp McClellan, Ala. Mrs. L. A. Dugan, of Greenwood, spent several days the past week with her mother, Mrs. L. M. Dugan. Mr. and Mrs. James Davis, of Lau rens, attended the Phillips-McMUilan wedding here Tuesday! •* CARD OF THANKS For the splendid vote I received in the recent municipal primary, I wish to erpress my sincere thanks and ap preciation to my friends. FRANK KELLERS. Final Settlement -u \ Take notice that op the 14th day of July, 1924, we will render a final ac count of our acts and doings as Ad ministrators of the estate of Martha H. Me. E. Copeland, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 11 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from our trust as Administrators. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be foreter barred. J. L COPELAND, J. ML COPELAND, 7-3-4tc Administrators. m THE OLD manage their own affairs, including their own Supreme Court judges, they ought to go back to the kindergarten under King George of England and not pretend to rule themselves. Apparently LaFollette intends to run independently for the Presidency. He now says he will do so “unless both old parties are purged.” It isn’t likely that either party will consent to such a purging as Dr. LaFollette would prescribe. LaFollette cannot be elected, and knows it. But he can spoil all the plans and calculations of politicians, if that seems to him worth while. Some that know him well do not be lieve he will run the risk of being responsible, toward the end of hit career, of making a Democratic Pre sident. That was Roosevelt’s fare well accomplishment. as an advocate for their support, ex pounding his platform with which he ■ tock ^ ^ ^'“t. which often times represent little or _ . .. , no worth. I to “ on|tor lt Possible, but the w* ,1. i consideration should be whether We need to adopt the slopin, “Be- a,, is , ^ wl|| u fore you invest, investigate.” And we need to become interested in our •wn enterprises to the end of invest ing our surplus wealth in them. THE SENATORIAL RACE TBe senatorial race in keeping with the weather, has been warming up cioctod for the sake of the adver- able to adapt himself to the machin ery of government of which he will be a part when he takes up his work aa a representative of the people. Such men in the long run will do the most for the people whom they rep resent, for after all, men should be Dr. Chiera, professor of Assyriol- ogy at the University of Pennsyl- vania, discovers a Babylonian writing giving the age of Noah as 64,8009 years. This makes of Methuselah a poor second. Exaggeration of time and other things, on the big and the little side, was common everywhere in the old days; Periods were twisted out of shape, made shorter or longer.* Palaces were built in a second, the World was created in six days. Wise men lived thousands of years. All this does not invalidate the fundamental vwlue of historical records. RELIABLE Buck’s Stoves and Ranges Better Than Ever-But a Less Price i during the past few days. Senator. ^*big which they may gain in spec Dial, who is seeking re-election with! tacular debate, but rather for the Whatever else happens in the Democratic convention. Smith and McAdoo combined could control it if they could get together; it would be their convention. Possibly they wfll get together. McAdoo wants to be President; nothing else would do. A! % S’ We beg to announce that the prices on the old reliable Buck’s J Ranges are lower than for a long time. We have iurt riSelvfi . « ' an< J and have all sizes from a small No. 7 to th"lanre ran/cl * s . hlp ? ent $19.00 to $126.00. Buck’s Stoves are not orZ^Toves and wf?^ ^"^ fr ° m that they cook quicker and better, take less fuel and last lornrer thin Fk° Ve Jj? you kind. And remember what we sky about the priS^CheS^S * ° rdln ‘ ry If you .are from Missouri, let us show you contenders for the office. They WHAT DO not discussing their own morite! P. 8. JEANS peeially if LaFollette decides to run and cut a large independent piece out of the Republican vote in several v-iumri iSHiisjs. Sy. A v-.J. 5 *, *■ • • V V. ; v * •: i* * ■ -v,