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4 PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON^. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1924 all|j (JIl|rnmrie PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. WILSON W. HARRIS Editor and Publisher Entered at tho Clinton Post Office as matter of Second Class. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 Six months 75 Three months c. 50 Payable in advance Foreign Adrertieinc Repreoeotatiro 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 remittances to THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO Clinton, S. 0. CLINTON, S. C. AUGUST 1, 1924 A GOOD HEALTH FEATURE. In line with many other progressive newspapers throughout the country, The Chronicle is today beginning a good health feature column that will prove an interesting and profitable department of the paper. The column is entitled, “Keeping Well” and is written by Dr Frede rick R. Green, editor of “Health”, and a high official in the American Medi cal Association. Dr. Green's varied experience, together with his train ing as editor of Health, combine to make his writings both scientifically sound and easy to read and under stand. In offering this health feature to readers of The Chronicle, we hope to do our part to satisfy the growing demand for accurate information of health topics. An article in this de partment will appear each week be ginning with today’s issue. THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN The opening gun of the county po litical campaign is to be “fired” next Monday at Langston church. The time limit for the entries of candi dates has expired and an itinerary covering the county has been arran ged for the candidates in order that they may come in touch with the peo ple and present their views on matters of importance, both from county and state viewpoints. The voters should attend the meetings, and re spectful and courteous hearings should be extended all the candidates. There are a number of problems confronting the State of South Caro lina today that call for intelligent con sideration. The responsibility is there fore upon Laurens, as well as every other county, to send to the legislature men that are competent and intelli gent, of sound judgment and experi ence, men of vision and dependabil ity who wiH Represent the county wisely and well in all matters affec ting its safety and prosperity. As we enter upon the selection of our three representatives and county senator, men of integrity of life, thoroughly capable and efficient, should be elected. Only such men can be of service to our county; be a resident of the same state with themselves. Each electoral college then makes a list of the names of all | its candidates for President aftd vice- President, with the number of votes for each; the list is signed and cer tified by every member of the col lege, is authenticated by the gov ernor of the state, and transmitted to the president of the senate of the United States. On the second Wednesday in February the electoral votes ar. e opened and counted in the presence of both houses of Congress, assembled in the chamber of repre sentatives, and the result is an nounced by the president of the sen ate. The .persons who receive the highest number of votes, respective, for the officer* of President and Vice- President, are declared elected, pro vided they have received a majority of all the votes. In case of a tie the house of representatives, voting by states, each state having one vote, is to choose between the equal candi dates for President, a majority of all the states being necessary to a choice. The senate has the power to choose in case of a tie in the vote for vice-President. In the same way, in case there is no tie, but the leading candidates fail to receive a majority of all the votes, the election of Presi dent is thrown into the house, and that of vice-President into the sen- The present position and . func- : En Passant * ■: W. W. H. Dial is good enough for find no fault in him. us. We The problems of the day will all be solved next Monday at Langston It i& said the milliners of Paris are ill men. The women don’t rule the world after all. . When a man asks your advice you should try to find out what Re wants and then advise him accordingly. Yep, the dummy in the show win dow is sometimes about the liveat thing about the atqre. The United States is growing in nail-drivers. The latest census re port shows two hundred women car penters. When the county campaigns open, the candidates will all be discussing taxation but it’s a pretty safe bet that none of them will do anything about it. — / -What- will man do next? On top of Jangfraupoch, in Switzerland, THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE The Electoral College of the United States provides the machinery for the election of our presidents. It is com posed of 531 voters, and to win the presidency a candidate must receive 266 votes. In 1916, Woodrow Wil son received 277. .JL- change of six electoral vote* would have defeated him. Very few people understand the term, “electoral college”, yet it will he the common expression on thousands •f lips from now until the general election in November. In order that the readers of The Chronicle may have a clear idea of the electoral college and it’s duties and functions, the following defini tion is taken from the New Interna tional encyclopedia: “Electoral College—In the politi cal system of the United States, the body of electors in each state'-who have been chosen to select the Presi dent and the vice-President. The ex pression does not appear in the Con stitution or statutes, but is a popu lar designation of the electiors, adopted by analogy to the college -of cardinals, to which the choice of the popes is committed. It is some times employed of the whole body of electors for President ' and vice- President, chosen by all the states. The Constitution prescribes (Article II and amendments, Art. XII) the number of electors and the manner in which they shall exercise their high functions, but leaves to the states the mode of appointing them and to Congress the power to de termine a uniform time for choosing them and the day on which they rilall give their votes. Accordingly the members of the electoral college in each and every state are chosen simultaneously^ by popular vote on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November. Their number it equal to the whole number of representatives which the state sends fc> both branches of Congress. They flre required to meet at some place : designated by tho legislature of their atate on the second Monday in Janu- a*7, and then and there to vote by W* “ “ - - - tions of the electoral college furnish a striking illustration of the way which a written and stable constitu tion may be undermined and amended by the silent process of cus tomary observance. It is obvious that the Constitution contemplates that the electoral college in each state shall be a deliberate body, freely exercising an untrammeled choice for the high office which they are called upon to fill. They are not re quired, nor are they expected to vote as a unit, still less to meet for the sole purpose of registering a result which has already been reached elsewhere by others. That this re-' markable change in the conception of the constitutional functions of the electoral college has been brought about is due to the course of our oolitical developement, and particu larly to the national convention sys tem of nominating candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency. These conventions are not recognized by the Constitution, nor have their nominations any legally binding force, But the electors, subsequently nominated and elected for the sole ourpose of giving the vote of the state to a certain party candidate, sre as securely bound to that course if action by custom and honor as hey would be by statute. The peo ple consequently elect the President and vice-President by states, and the college is a cumbrous machine for formally conveying to Washington the wishes of the majority. Since 1801, with one exception (the dis puted election of President Hayes in 1877) the vote of an elector has been known with certainty several weeks before it is cast and several months before it s offically announced. The electoral system has constantly en dangered the state on account of the general law to govern the presdent of the senate in his canvass of the votes, and the tendency of Congress to decide every case of doubt or dis puted returns arbitrarily as it arose. Nothing was accomplished, how ever, untl 1887, when as a result of the Hayes-Tilden election contest, a law was passed to cover the con tingency of rival colleges antf dis- puted returns. Under the terms of this act each' state is conceded to have the right determining all controversies or contest regarding the appontment of ts own presiden tial electors; and in case of any such contest Congress is to accept the state’s settlement of the same as conclusive, and it cannot reject any electoral vote, duly certified, unless both houses concurrently decide that that vote has been irregularly given. If more than one return from a state is received, only those votes are to be counted which the state itself has endorsed as regular; but if the state has been unable to settle the ques tion, owing to its having two or mtfte rival sets of authorities, or from any other cause, then the two houses (the federal senate and house of represen tatives are to decide the dispute.’ a hotel is being built with an eleva tion of 11,480 feet. Its guests will be literally among the clouds. How easy it is to make excuses, but of what value are they to the individual. But it is always possible to offer a perfectly plausible excuse for doing anything we wish to do and for leaving undone anything we wish to avoid. John Temple Graves is to edit a daily newspaper at Hendersonville. If he writes as long as he talked here the night of the Chautauqua, his subscribers will get more than their money’s worth. The stage is all set for the county campaign which' opens next Monday at Langston. The candidates, twenty- six in number, will all have the task on their hands of telling the people why they should he elected. The voters should go out to hear them and accord to all courteous and respectful hear ings. Candidates and taxes we must have with us always—let’s make the best we can of th^n both. If you are going to be absent from home on August 26th, special pro vision has been made to enable you to vote if you are sufficiently inter ested or not to lazy to qualify. Either see or write the secretary of your club telling him you are to be absent and give your address in order that he may forward you a ballot to be voted and returned by election day. August 23rd will be the last day you can qualify. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING To the Stockholders of the Lydia Cotton Mills, located near Clinton, South Carolina: Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Lydia Cot ton Mills, duly adopted at a meeting of the said Directors, held on August 5th, 1924, a meeting of the Stock holders of the Lydia Cotton Mills, lo cated near Clinton, in Laurens Coun ty, in the State of South Carolina, is hereby called, and will be held at the office of the Lydia Cotton Mills, lo cated on their premises, near Clinton, South Carolina, on Tuesday, Septem ber 9th, 1924, at the hour of 3:30 o’clock, p. m., for the purpose of con sidering a resolution, duly ’adopted August 5th, 1924, by the said Board of Directors, to increase the Capital Stock of the said Lydia Cotton Mills* all. of which is now Common Stock, from $160,000.00 to $400,000.00, by is suing 2400 shares of additional Com mon Stock, of the par value of $100.- 00 per share; also for tre purpose of considering a resolution duly adopt ed August 5th, 1924, by the said Board of Directors, that Preferred Stock, bearing date October 1st, 1924, be issued by Lydia Cotton MiLs, to the amount of $300,000.00, divided in to 3000 shares of the par value of $100.00 per share. The said Preferred Stock to pay dividends not to exceed seven per cent (7%) per annuov-payable out of the net profits of the Company semi-annually, on the first days of April and October of each year. * At the expiration of five years from the date of the issue of said Preferred Stock, the Lydia Cotton Mills shall have the right to redeem by lot or otherwise, as the Directors shall de termine, all or any part, of the said Preferred Stock, by paying therefor, the par value, together with all ac crued dividends. All of the Stockholders of the Ly dia Cotton Mills, are respectfully in vited and requested to be present at the Stockholders meeting hereby call ed to be held on September 9th, 1924. R* S. BAILEY, President. C. M. BAILEY, Sec. and Treas. Clinton, S. C., August 5th, 1924. 4t-c E ATTRACTIVE specials I w*, MARKET SPECIALS Is i BAKED HAM DOIL HAM DRIED BEEF FRESH PORK SAUSAGE STUFFED WEINES SLICED BREAKFAST BACON ARMOUR STAR HAMS SWIFT PREMIEM HAMS FRESH PORK CHOPS NICE TENDER STEAKS any cuts wanted. GROCERY SPECIALS CALIFORNIA CELERY ICE BERG LETTUCE APPLES ORANGES FRESH CORN oil cob COUNTRY MELONS on ice ■ i S 8 Extra Special While They Last Bananas 15 and 20c Doz. Fresh Dressed Trout with heads off Friday UTILE 8 DENSON SO—Two Phones—54 Clinton, S. C. YOU NEED NOT FAIL There were just two things that Tom Kendall could do well. One was to shave his father on Sunday morn ings and holidays; the other to press the old man’s trousers once a month. Tom’s father, John, was a back woods York. He opened a small tailor shop on Broadway. In one year he built up a trade that encouraged him to open a larger shop. Just before the world war he mov ed to Montreal where he opened a still larger shop. On the day war BINEX Guaranteed to Relieve Asthma* Hay Fever. Ca tarrh. Ask for Free Sample.' Sold By SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY man in the hills outside of Lynchburg, ^ r 1 a 1 8 n ^ c are ^ 8 °^ W* business for Va. His mother and sister had been v 11 ; 000 and ^ enlisted in a Canadian burned to death in a forest fire. He r ®K linent * “e was gassed in the Ar- was scarred and partially crippled in * on ® e wounded in a later engage- the same flames. J f nen *\ J . c ^°* € °f the war he re in 1904 when Tom was 15, his father U1Pn was killed. Tom made his way on foot to Richmond where he secured employment as a talley boy in the freight yards of the Southern Railway. He was paid $5 a week and was allow ed to sleep in the rear of a locomotive shop. Two years later with $96 he had saved from his scanty earning he laid in a stock of candy, cigars, mag azines, fans and gum and was per mitted to sell them on passenger trains. Trainmen taught him to read and write and by the time he was twenty-one he had educated himself, equivalent to the first year in high school. Incidently he had saved $1,425. With this money he went to New to Montreal, drew out his money and bought a prise chicken farm in Ottawa. Today he is mar ried, has a palatial home, two grow ing boys and is called wealthy. He says he will eventually quit, re turn to Lynchburg, buy a home and enjoy the life of a country gentle man. Swim In LAKE THOMAS u It seems to me the time has come for “viewin’ with alarm” when we spend more on elections than it takes to buy a farm. They’ve banished old John Barleycorn, an’ drove the dope away, but the campaign contribution crook is on the job to stay. It ain’t no use to grumble at the way elections goes, when we practice rank dishoneaty and praise it, mercy knows! These campaign contributions sorter makes a voter feel that we’d pass a law to stop ’em, if we didn’t love to steal! I reckon ideas differ on the preva lence of crime,—but I’ll say she’s epi demic jest about election time.. .Of course, the Press exposes—an’ the smell in’ squad probes in,—but its mighty nigh impossible fer. honest men to win! , The campaign contribution is the power behind the throne, but the fel ler it is spent on is the man to let alone; if political promoters could be Undid in the pen, we might elect a In the great Southern Exposition to be held next February in New York, there will be a number of ex hibits from Southern states. The exposition is designed for the pur pose of impressing upon the North and East particularly, the accom plishments of the South from an in dustrial and commercial viewpoint. It will be an effective means of forci bly setting forth the South’s innumer able advantages. —Ever notice how complacent and satisfied some people are. They dantTWant to be bothered about any thing. Just let them live, eat and sleep, and they are satisfied. But when we live on this plane, we are missing the genuine joys of life. The greatest happiness in life^comes from the greatest activity but many of us have never gained this experience. Each day has its problems and duties, enough to entertain the aver age man and woman. There’s no need of worrying over what’s going to happen tomorrow or next week, for when we allow ourselves to be overcome with these imaginations and fears, we fail to properly use the pre sent. Doing today’s duties honestly and well will enable us 'to meet and intelligently perform the duties that lie ahead tomorrow, next week or next year. a American children and “grown-ups are both “starving for sleep” "American children are kept orTa starvation'rnLmn nf cE' a ..^ d f SI T ialist ! n the care of little folk de- lhls fact 18 a serious menace to the new gen- It doesn’t cost anything to practice kindness, yet it is impossible to measure its power and influence. To do a kind deed to some one in need, to lift a burden for a friend, to scatter sunshine where sorrow formerly pre vailed, develops strength and brings joy to the heart of the lowest and the highest. Kindness makes the whole world akin. The selfish man never thinks of others, he does not know the joy and satisfaction to he derived by helping some one in need along life’s rugged road. ticket that’sqp*pose4©f worthy apm! yo! coUtcks A colored pastor and his congrega tion recently had this conversation pertaining to his unpaid salary: “Breddem and sistern,” said the pastor sadly, sunreying his dark flock with a face full fo woe, “when I done took this congregation, I was promised a salary. This salary was to be paid in chickens. Now I has been ex poundin’ de scriptures for two months, and now I wishes to ax—WHAR is dem chickens?” , There was a long silence. Then a gaunt deacon arose, and aaid! “Rev'rend Jones, we is raos’ heartly sorry dat yo’ has been de victim of a mistkenahip, but yo’ has raisunder• stood de method oh which our peelers is paid. We provide you wid de t$n- aitd den eration. 5 He might have added that most American “grown-uns” are much nearer the starvation point on sleep than our ■ 311 WOrk har . der > P la y lon Ser and rest less than any other race or nation on earth. Yet all authorities agree that it is only during sleep that our bodies and brains rebuild their tissues and restore the balance of physical and mental energy used up in our w»k?r ptaT" 0 matter Whether “ Pe " d The longer and deeper our sleep, the more complete this renewel, and the firmer the hold we keep on youth ner sonal force, and efficiency. youm ’ per - We invite you to let us help solve the sleeping problem Come in and let us show you an outfit that real comfort for ’ long time. mean Fumitiire Co, “THE HOME MAKE S” CLINTON. 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