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FACE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C THURSDAY. MARCH 26, 1925 U;hi> (IljrmtirlE PUBLISHKI> JilVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. favorable psychological moment of it is, nobody will question their ac- any period in the twenty-four hours, tion. and the result is seen in the great for tunes that have been built up through approaching people by newspaper publicity. 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 Three months 50 Payable in advance , Foreign Advertising Repreeentttive • THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of 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. C. CLINTON, S. C., MARCH 26, 1925 12 PAGES USELESS LEGISLATION A picture .of the job ^ work that awaits the U. S. Congress at each ^ session was given by r-»cent s‘ate-I ment that 18,000 measures were of fered to the Congress that adjourned a few days ago. It is safe to say that the great majority of these proposi tions were uncalled for and absolute ly useless—Congress did well to drop them. Nevertheless, many things on which action is needed had to go over undone and this happens at all ses sions. This suggests that the federal ’egis- lators have a great deal more work than they can ever do under the sys tem by which they m'w operate. It w’ould be a great help, as well as relief to the country, if all this useless legislation and expense could be eliminated. It would be wonderful if our legislators could think of them selves as citizens and accomplish in short order what they are expected to do, but what's the use to talk atwut it. THE CHAUTAUQUA Clinton’s Seven Day Redpath Chau tauqua opens this year on May the first. This means that the whole city will soon be in chautauqua swing once more, j^nd beginning today, every Clintonian should become a booster for the event. The program will be up to the usual standard, affording all at a nominal cost, a week of high- class, wholesbme entertainment. The chautauqua has come to be an Institution in the life of Clinton, and while it has always required hard work, and lots of it, to put the propo sition across from the financial end, still it has always been accomplished dua ta4.„e untiring cffor'.a of a num ber of the city’s public-spirited Then and women. It s a community propo sition, pure and simple—one in which ah should be interested for it means the making of a better town and citizenship. The chautauqua is a great institu tion, national in its scope. If we will use it, the community will be benefit- ted. Right now is the time to catch the chautauqua spirit—everybody. — Ever notice how'some young men work—when the boss is watching them. Many young men are perfectly "will ing to tak,e on the burdens of mntri mony, if they can find a girl who has the money. Folks used to fear the “man on horseback” 6ut the man behind the steering wheel is thpe thing that is dreaded nowadays. The fellows who step on the gas often have to breathe it later at the hospital. Seven weeks of revival services for Laurens. This town ought to show big improvement. The' United States senate has ad journed. Why on earth can’t out legislature take the tip. 1 So the price of gasoline is going to be increased two cents more per gallon. The grocerymaji around _the corner will feel it. ‘ ♦ En Passant * W. W. H A great many of our churches can’t meet the budget because their money is spent for gasoline. A New Jersey woman left $50,000 to her two dogs, but then who wants to be a dog?^ , Even if a man can pass you with his auto hT'WlA'T be behind with his payments. A man sang over the radio the other night in Missouri. A young girl Hearing him, married him. Dan gerous things. A St. Loyis girl was fatally burned the other day when she fell asleep while smoking a cigarette in bed. A tip to Clinton girls. ‘ ' , We suppose the country is safe now. We see that Blease has made his maiden speech in the senate. > cmr PUBLICITY The Chronicle last week carried a financial statement of the City of Clinton covering the receipts and ex penditures for the past quarter and giving detailed inside information as to the status of the city. Mayor Jacobs in his platform upon which'he was elected, stated that he was in favor of giving the public information regarding the council’s actions. The quarterly financial statements that appear reguifcrly are in fulfillment of this plank aa> incorporated in his plat-, form in tha. recent municipal, cam paign. The public has a perfect right to know what is going on at the city hall. The City of Clinton is a cor poration in which every property owner is a stockholder. Therefore, there should be the freest publicity*of the city’s affairs for it is to the inter est and welfare of every citizen and taxpayer to know how much money is being spent and for what purposes. The people like to, and have a right to know, the acts and doings of their city council, the men who are elected not to rule, but to serv^ the public. The municipal affaira of the city should be made as clear as A B C’c. Publicity is essential in every busi ness, whether it bp the individual or municipality. These financial statements, publish ed from time to time by the adminis tration, should be intelligently studied and understood by the community’s taxpayers! It is claimed that many college stu dents can’t write legibly, but dad is usually able to make out that they want money. Spring onions will soon be with us again, which means you will have to pick your seat in the picture show. It used to be that when a man was in love his barber got his money. Now, when he’s in this fix, his filling station gets rich. RENT A CAR Drive Yourself OPEN AND CLOSED CARS DAY PHONE 357 NIGHT PHONE 156 Ellis Auto Livery Having worried until March 15th about our income tax returns, we can now change and worry the rest of the year about how we are going to pay the tax. There are 26 rooms in the house at Swampscott, Mass., which president Coolidge has hired for the summer Write Cal you’ll be up to see him. Here is a refreshing thought—the spring poets are said to have been so busy on cross-word: puzzles that they are not offering any verses this year. It is claimed that too many young men now go to college but none are accused of over-work in the class room. While the flapper may be open to criticism, you don’t see them stand ing on the curbing trying to see which can spit the longest distance. If the legislature will put out the fire, knock off and quit right where Dr. E. Mood Smith Dr. Felder Smith OPTOMETRISTS the rear of sajd vehicle a license num ber as shall be acquire^ from the State Highway Department of South Carolina under the law providing for such license number. ’ Any violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed a mis demeanor and shalh be punished by a fine of not less than $5.00, nor more than i $100.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days for each of fense. Done and ratified by^ the Town Council of the Town of Clinton and the corporate seal of said Town of Clinton hereto affixed this the 1st day of April, 1926. Approved: J. F. JACOBS, Mayor. Attest: MARY CHALMERS, Clerk and Treasurer. MODERN SERVICE SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted 15 West Main Street Phone 101 CLINTON. S. C. LEGAL NOTICE State of South Carolina County of Laurens Town of Clinton Be it enacted by the Town Council of the Town of Clinton, South Caro lina, that on and after April 1st, 1925, it shall, be unlawful for any person or persons, without securing registra tion and license as provided under the current motor vehicle laws df the state, to run, drive or operate any motor vehicle on or along or . across any road, street or highway in the Town of Clinton without having dis played at all times to public view on sTHE RECEPTIVE MOOD The business man who desires to en large his sales has to study the prob lem of hitting his “prospects” while they are in a receptive mood. A traveling salesman does not walk up to some merchant who in the midst of a rush period is trying to properly attend to his customers or present duties. He knows that if he tackled him then, the odds are against his get ting an order. He hangs around the place of busi ness until the business man’s rush hour has passed. When the prospect is relatively at leisure, he approaches him, his chances for a favorable hear ing are greatly increased, and usually, he gets an ord^r. Newspaper advertising, likewise, does its work of solicitation under favorable conditions. It approaches people when they are in a mood to listen to sales talks. People kit down to read newspapers at times whfen their attention can be attracted. They are not working or indulging in some game which takes up their mind, hut have seated 1 themselves to read their newspaper because they have time to give to anything that interests them. They can be attracted toward any pro position that promotes their self-inter est, as well as any news article that concerns them less personally. If a salesman tails at 'the door to interest them in some article, the chances are about ten to one that they will not listen to him, even if he has a good proposition. But at that par ticular moment when tjiey sit down to read the newspaper, th^ir minds are free from care and they cap easily be approached. The merchants end business con ccms that advertise in newspapers at tract people’s interest at the most REAL ESTATE One .10 room house with two acres of land north of C. N. & L. R. R., near city limits, known as Wham place. 42 acres south of C. N. & L. R.R., part of Nash property and bounded by the new road to Lydia Cotton Mills. 100 acres Nash property, part within and part without * city limits, on north side West Main Street and West side North Bell Street. One 6-room house and lot, 100x200, on Florida Street. One 7-room house, and lot, on corner of West Carolina Ave. and Sloan St., adjoining lot of Mrs. Jessie Sparks. One lot on Cleveland Street, 67x220, north of property of L. B. Dillard. 6-room house and lot on North Sloan St., near Pitts Street intersection. 1 lot, 80x180, on Owens St., adjoining R. R. Blakely’s residence. One business lot, 26x135, on Musgrove Street, opposite Clinton Bakery. 249 acres five miles east of Clinton; Ferguson farm. 107 acres five miles east of Clinton; Barney farm. 52 acres one mile from city limits, across the C. N. k Is R. R. trade from and opposite R. M. League’s farm. 44 acres five miles north of Clinton; Craig place. 200 acres one half mile from Renno. 85 acres, 2-room house, good out-houses; Weir place. 57 acres, 7-room house; A. O’Daniel farm, one mile from city limits. 68 acres, house and barn, part of Robt. Adair estate. * *. . ‘ j, Sumerel-Stone Realty Ho. CLINTON, 8. C. eeeeeeee Charleston V VISIT Magnolia Gardens “I specialize in. gardens and freely assert that none in the wrold is so beautiful a s this.”— John Galsworthy. Middleton Place Masterpiece of a fam ous gardner using 1000 man years’ of labor. Old i i Tudor Mansion, still oc cupied. • ROUNI* TRIP FARE FROM: CLINTON $6.00 Other Points Proportional Tickets on sale for all regular trains April 0 and 4, good re turning until April 8. Schedules and information from J. E. ROSS, Agent PHONE 81 '> COLUMBIA, NEW- , BERRY & LAU RENS R. £. SQUARE DEAL GROCERY SERVICE IS THE MOTTO OF THIS MODERN GROCERY STORE ‘ v . I - ■ | Our store is always loaded with the choic- ■ est of seasonable vegetables, fruits, staple Jj and fancy groceries. We are always ready ■ to render prompt *and efficient service. LITTLE 8 DENSON 50—Two Phones—54 Clinton, S. C. l 8 i; PUNTERS FERTILIZER & PHOS PHATE COMPANY CHARLESTON, S. C. CAPACITY—Sixty thousand tons manufactured fertilizer. Dealers in fish, tankages, blood, nitrate, potash salts and acid Phosphate. A firm backed by GOQD PEOPLE, FINANCIALLY ABLE AND RELIABLE IN EVERY DETAIL. AN INDEPENDENT FIRM WITH A’ TWENTY-YEAR RECORD UNEQUALLED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FERTILIZERS. Examine the goods and convince yourself why PLANTERS Fertilizers HAVE NO EQUAL. You cannot afford not to use them if you want the best. Buy PLANTERS BRANDS and You Get the Best. JNO. A. FRANKS & SON, Laurens, S. C. C. R. WORKMAN COMPANY, Goldville, S. C. i/- Quaint Windsor Types • * * ■ » ■ i s This chair with a Gothic bow is one of the . ■ ■ ■ '*•"*' ( o «.■ many Hey wood-Wakefield Windsors which j: we are showing. All are accurate in design and bear the double guarantee of the mak- I ers’ '99-year reputation and our well known policy of value giving. • SEE US FOR ANYTHING IN LIVING ROOM FUR- • NITURE—FIBRE SUITES, REED SUITES, CANE - SUITES, OVERSTUFFED SUITES. FULLER - SIMPSON FURNITURE COMPANY J I . . . ' 1 ' •, •; “The Home Makers”. Clinton, S. C. . , • .\ ’ * ' . * * V r • - ,,,,Ml