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PACE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CUNTON. 8. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 192f TS. ill? (Hljromrl? PUBLISHED EVERY 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 vear $1.50 Six months 75 Three months 50 Payable in advance Foreign AcKrerlirin* Representative 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 ail remittances to THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Clinton, S. C. CLINTON. S. C., AUGUST 28, 1924 8 PAGES THE ELECTION RETURNS The Chronicle worked hard Tues day night to give the public the elect ion news and with the exception of the Layrens and Clinton city boxes, had all the county returns posted by shortly after nine o’clock. Bulletins on the state election were also given, though they were indefinite because •f the slowness of the returns in U\e respective counties over the state. To all who assisted us in the office, and to the managers who phoned in the results, we are indebted and ex tend our appreciation. The complete returns for both state and county tickets, are found in today’s paper. THE GOVERNOR’S RACE A study of the governor’s vote in Tuesday’s primary is an eye-opener and should cause the people to stop, and if possible, to think. It shows a spirit of discontent and rebellion in the atmosphere. Politically speaking, South Carolina is in a state of chaos. THE SENATORIAL RACE. The elimination of Senator N. B. Dial from the second race for the United States Senate comes as a dis appointment to his thousands of friends throughout the state. No good can come from after-election alibis, but The Chronicle does not hesitate to say that in our opinion, the voters of South Carolina have shown a very unappreciative spirit towards a man who has proved him self to be reliable, businesslike and a safe and conscientious official. He has untiringly labored to protect the interests of the taxpayers of the state and nation, and on all questions his judgement and policy hat* been sound, he has refused to play to the political gallaries, a man of abilir.y and with courage to express his convictions. No one would call him a weather politician. In the Senate, due to his ma ture- judgement and business train ing, he has won a high place in the estimation of his fellow workers and fully enjoys the confidence of all, both Democrats and Republicans. He is in a better position today than ever before to render helpful service to South Carolina. But probably faithful, consistent and unselfish ser vice is not what the people want when compared to the tactics of but terfly politicians and the practices and methods that they follow in the business of politics. Whaf do the people think they will accomplish by replacing Dial with such a man as Blease or Byrnes? Dial, in the second race with Blease, could easily have won. It is now very probable that Blease will go to the Senate. For his candidacy, we have no enthusiasm, neither do we possess any for Byrnes. result. For the most part the house wife who is the major purchaser un consciously leans towards the house that goes frankly to the public with signed statements of its offerings and prices. Whether she retlizes it or not, she becomes suspicious of the house that does not dare to go into the mar ket place to announce its wares. The housewife is a clever buyer. She knows values and is hard to fool. Silence may deceive her for a time, but sooner or later she Wfeins to won der why it is that “Wearem & Mis fit” never state publicy the bargains they have to offer^. but prefer to whisper their prices and assurances. Then she takes a journey out of town. Then her neighbor does likewise. INDIFFERENCE TO POLITICS In addressing the Asheville Civitan Club a day or two ago, Roger Miller, manager of the Chamber of Com merce of that city, stated that “one of the greatest evils of American public life today is the average citi zen’s indifference to public affairs.” Continuing, he said, “It has come about due to the fact that the busi ness of all branches of our govern ment, local and national, is in popu lar thought all conceived as ‘politics, smalt" politics, Hr- Miller is entirely correct in his conclusion. That such is the situa tion is a reflection updR> the people. Politics should be redeemed from this stigma and it is the duty of every man and woman to have an intelligent part in this reformation work. If politics stands in need of elevation, and no one is blind to this need, the reformation can never come until the people wake up to their responsibili ties and do their part. If we are going to have good government, it is imperative that we give it some labor, enthusiasm and intelligence in a measure akin to that given to our private affairs. As long as we leave it to the peanut politicians we may expect peanut politics. * En Passant * ♦ W. W. H. ♦ Good-bye, Mudslinger McMahan. Ever notice that some of our family trees never produce nothing but nuts. Why do you call her a flapper? She has no wings and never will have any unless she reforms. Some young men are • popular on ■heir own merits, and others because they have fine automobiles. , ’Sfunny, but we trust, some people because we know them, and distrust others for the same reason. “Indians will* drink anything,” reads .a headline. They are not so different after all from some white folks. Sometimes it is conscience, and then again, it is the fear of being found out. Our idea of the impossible is a dead church trying to stage a revival. What kind of a woman would your wife have been had she not married you? Few women can do anything by themselves. For instance, she always wants some one to help her keep a secret. Love everybody is the admonition of the Bible. And yet some folks think more of Satan than they do heir neighbors. It is said that the people of Europe are very poor. Wonder why—they don’t have to support bootleggers. Good times are ahead for the busi ness rpan; it does not matter much what happens to the gambler. He never has and never will help build a nation. about making a flivver last longer- by diminishing the carbon. Here are his rules, they may be worth some thing to you: 1. Taboo for coffee, tea and tobac co, as well as booze. 2. Eat raw foods and less meats. Never white bread. “White bread isn’t fit to eat,” he says. 3. Get rid of all medicine. It usual ly injures rather than helps. 4. Keep out of the way of automo biles, if you are a pedestrian. IRON FALSE TEETH. WAR AND CRIME DOESN’T PAY. SOME CAN’T WEAR ’EM. The great Krupp concern, makers of big cannon on which the Kaiser’s power used to rest, now manufactures false teeth of steel, enameled, the same steel that once went into fight ing machinery. * Can you imagine anything stranger in history than the possibility of the Kaiser wearing a set of false teeth made by the Krupps? Not the same bite in that set as there was in the old cannon. Two things never pay—crime and war. The big war cost two hundred and fifty billions of dollars, besides lives lost. The Chicago crime that attracts attention will cost at least $600,000. It’s expensive even for tax- pavers. They will supply about $100,- 000 as their share. The parents of the depraved youths that murdered young Franks wil' spend about $500,000. That is the price of two young men’s attempt to get $10,000 by kid naping. Their two necks may be ad ded to the total. A Hollander is on his way to Mhr- sielles, a distance of 700 miles. To win a bet he must travel all the way turning somersaults. Starting in November, 1923, he has until next February 12 to finish the trip. Abou* two million somersaults will cover the distance. The man is well padded and seems quite happy, like many that think as he travels, also in somer saults. Italy doesn’t know what to do with' her wine crop this year. She has not enough casks to hold it Citizens can walk into a wine cellar and “drink as much as desired” for a few cents. Good prohibitionists will say, “What terrible drunkenness there will be in Italy.” But they don’t know the Italian people. They don’t get drunk whether the wine is cheap or dear. Judge Talley says, “The United States is the most lawless nation, and most criminals are youngsters.” That’s just it. The United States is a youngster. Youth is always law less. Lawlessness is terrible, but there is one worse thing, and that is stagnation. — Parts of the West that were once most lawless in the old gold fever days are now typical law abiding. This country will settle down. “There is a cure for exuberance, none for sterility.” NO ELECTION IN MAGISTRATE RACE Richbourg and Templeton Lead and Will Enter Run-Over Contest. 1 In Tuesday’s primary, no magis trate was elected in Hunter township at Clinton. E. T. Richbourg, the in cumbent, headed the ticket, with J. C. Templeton a clo.e second. They will run over in the second primary. The total vote of the township stood: Richboura Clinton 193 f 1 Clinton Mill 55 j Lydia Mill 73 Hopewell , .... 16 Goldville .... 48! j Mountville ^ .... 20, Total : —405j Templeton ' • Clinton '. / 99 , Clinton Mill 235 jj Lydia Mill 32 Hopewell 7 j Goldville 5 Mountville !. .... .... .... .... .... .... ...a Baldwin Clinton Clinton Mill Lydia Mill .. Hopewell .... Goldville .... Mountville Total .. Heap Your Table With Gobd Food • . f ■■{"■■ Your habit of purchasing Quality Food is reflected in the health and happiness of your family. To as sure wholesome and appetizing eatables at small cost, give us a call Umi 8 DENSON Putnam Clinton 108 Clinton Mill 10 Lydia Mill .... :... o Hopewell ........ 14 Goldville 20 Mountville 23 Total 175 i Bobo 1 Clinton 21! Clinton Mill 10 Lydia Mill 46' Hopewell 1 Goldville 11 Mountville 15 Total 104 I ■ 50—Two Phones—54 ■ Clinton, S. C. ■iasnaHnuiuannauunnunHun Cotton Meeting To Be Held Friday Former Congressman I .ever to Ad dress Laurens Farmers On Co- Operative Marketing. Former Congressman Asbury F. Lever, of Columbia, will be in Lau rens tomorrow to address a meeting of farmers on co-operative market ing, according to announcement made the past week by L. M. Beacham, field agent of the South Carolina Cotton Co-operative association. Mr. Lever will speak in the court house at 11 o’clock in the morning. Mr. Beach am said that he was especially inter ested in having non-members of the association to attend as Mr. Lever’s message would be of particular inter est to them. Mr. Beacham said that the asso ciation had disposed of all of its short cotton and that final checks would be mailed out to members on or about September 1. Whitmire Schools Will Start Soon Session Begins September 4. Several Changes in Faculty. List of Teachers Given. Newberry, Aug. 24.—The Whitmire schools will open September 4. Sev eral changes are to be noted in the faculty. C. M. Wilson, who was sup erintendent of the Whitmire school for three years and who resigned to become secretary-treasurer of the All Well Regulated Homes kt Are Planting Pecan Trees Orders are now being placed for this Fall and Sea son’s planting. AH trees are budded and grafted on thrifty three and four year old seedlings, and are, there fore, very hardy and satisfactory. Nurseries are free from any disease. Certificate of State Entomologist at tached to all shipments. PRICES EACH 10 100 4 to 5 feet heavy $1.25 $12.00 $115.00 5 to 6 feet heavy $1.35 $13.00 $125.00 6 to 8 feet special $1.50 $15.00 $140.00 The Antrevilie Pecan Nursery Specialists In STUART AND SCHLEY VARITIES Jess B. Harkness, Propagator AntreviUe, S. C. state teachers’ association, ia succeed ed by R. C. Lake, who was superin tendent of the Kershaw schools for five years. Several changes have * been made in the high school and' grammar schools. | The following is a complete list for next session: R. C. Lake, superintendent, science! and English; Miss Lila Nicholson, 1 Woodward, mathematics and history; Miss Gladys Sanders, Barnwell, Eng lish and Latin; Miss Mary Hayes, Kershaw, home economics. Gramma school: A. R. Erwin, Antrevilie, prin cipal of grammar school, coach o athletics; Mrs. S. A. Jeter, sixt grade; Miss Birdie Walker, McCoi mick, fifth grade; Miss Ruth Nora worthy, Tennessee, fourth grade; Mis Ada Edwards, Augusta, third grade Miss Claire Connor, Greenwood, sec ond grade; Miss Julia Salley, Sallej first and second; Miss Mittie Wil Hams, Laurens, first grade; Miss Mil dred Cochran, Abbeville, music. (’HERE SOME MERCHANTS FAIL Community building presents many omplex problems. The most per- lexing seems to be the arrival of tie public mind at the happy medium etween sleepiness and inactivity, and npetous action which has brought o much trouble to small communities, addling them with heavy debt, weighing the people down with tre- lendous taxes and strangling at birth he growth of potentially healthy vil- *ges and towns. There is some dis pute among economists as to whether n the building of the community in- rease of population follows in the rake of good stores or good stores re the basis of increased population, t is certain, however, that good tores attract home seekers and that be property of the merchant in- reases with his trading population. La a fact, most merchants hold their ate in their own hands and fail to ense the fact. They complain that rade goes to nearby and larger cen tra. When this is a fact, then as a ule the merchant himself is to blame. Zither he fails to handle the line of ■od^s demanded, he fails to give ade- [uate service, his prices are too high, r he fails, to let the people know the haracter of the store he conducts nd the trading opportunity he af- brds. Too few merchants appreciate^ be value of advertising—too many egard it as an expense instead of an ivestment. They fail to see ita silent >rce, preffehing to rtdaaure It By the ardstkk of direct and’ immediate Many of us can’t stand obstacles or setbacks in life. While all is run ning smoothly, we smile, but when things go contrary to our likes, we get restless and impatient. We can learn a lesson from Abraham Lincoln. When he was a young man he ran for the legislature of Illinois and was badly beaten. He next entered busi ness—failed—and spent 17 years of his life paying up the debts of a worthless partner, vye are told. He was in love with a beautiful woman, to whom he became engaged—and then she died. Entering politics again he ran for Congress and was badly defeated. He then tried for an ap pointment in the United States Land Office, but failed. After this he be came a,candidate for the vice-presi dency, but lost the race. In 1858 he was once more defeated, this time by Douglas. In the face of all this, he eventual ly became one of the country’s great est men. How would you stand in face of such setbacks? Disease is one of earth’s mysteries. And most mysterious is the trouble that Nature takes to protect disease germs against their enemies, includ ing man. For instance, the tubecular bacil- lusi which kills millions, lives encasec in “a heavy capsule of fat,” which gives it elasticity and protects it from its enemies in our blood. Sir Leonard Rogers, who has spec ialized in fighting leprosy, noticed the resemblance between the germs of leprosy and tuberculosis, and tried on his consumptive patients injections of sodium morrhuate, that worked well in leprosy. It is the salt obtained from the bodj of codfish, and has shown extraordi- . nary results in leprosy and tubercu losis. Most of us cut our lives short by fast living. More moderation in our habits will mean longer days of life. Henry Ford in speaking the other day at the Wayside Inn in South Sud bury, Mass., owned by him and dedi cated to Henry W. Longfellow, gave out a set of rules which he practices, and by which he believes ho will live to be 100 years of age. The rules as laid down by Mane Henry are simple, and he is going about the-task of living to a ripe age just as he goes Knickerbockers are sensible, worn at the right time, but they are not for every female figure. In the North you see hundreds of young women in knickerbockers that remind you of the stone wall built by the honest farmer, “Three feet high three feet wide,” so that if it blows over it will be just the same. Some young ladies in knickerbockers would look about the same if they blew over But why fine the poor creatures? Many are fining themselves to the value of one husband. A woman, eighty, bobs her hair partly because she is tireik of hear ing young people of fifty and sixty talking about it. Some of the young sters consider an eighty-year-old “boyish bob” amusing. But many a woman of eighty is literally younger than the worn-out flapper of eighteen or thirty-eight. It’s the youth in the eyes, not in the years, that counts. WHAT DO P. S. JEANS DOT Sectional Bookcases Have your children cultivate the habit of reading good books, it lays the foundation for future success. Two or three sections with base and top make a good beginning. All Globe-Wemicke Sections are fitted with dust-proof glass reced ing doors. They are substantially made in oak or mahogany and beautifully finished to match sur roundings. 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