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THURSDAY^ MARCH 26, 1925 • THEr CLINTON CHRONICLE, CJJNTON, S. C. PAGE SEVEN ABOVE THE KNEES. PLEASE. 20 MILLION FEET A DAY. v SALMON BUT NOT CHILDREN. AN OLD BIBLE. Paris rulers of fashion say to wom en all over the world: “Wear your skirts above your knees and paint your ears red.” And tfye pathetic fact is that mil lions of women will wear skirts so short as to be silly, and paint their ears without loss of time. Also the eyelids are to be stained dark brown or blue, the eyelashes curled, and the inside of the nostrils btained bright red. Quarterly Meeting of W. M. U. at Bethabara The quarterly meeting of the Third Division of f^aurens County W. M. U. will be held at Bethabara Baptist church, March 28, and the following program will be carried out: 10:30-*-Devotional, Mrs. E. V. Hud son. Welcome, Mrs. Ernest Boazman. . . Response, Mrs. P. H. Miller. Roll Call and Minutes. Reading, “The Power of Prayer,” Mrs. Jessie Sparks. Missionary Address, Rev. J. A. Mar tin. Demonstration Program b^ G. A.’s of Bethabara. \ Talk, 1‘Value and Activity of Good \^ill Centers.” 12:30 to 10:30—Lunch Hour. Devotional, Mrs. T. J. Coleman. Talks, “W. M. U. Work Amopg the Negroes," Mrs. T. L. W. Bailey. Reading, “Little Ann of Lost Gap,” Mrs. J. B. Parrott. Story, “The. Way Out,” Frances Dutton. Report of Committee*-^ MRS. EDWARD LONG, Pres. The short skirt, in reason, is sensi We, a step toward common sense, and away from microbes. Red ears, when natural, indicate good blood condition. But for women to wear skirts that would look foolish on a child, paint artificial health on their ears, curl their lashes and color their eyelids, that seems too much. However, back of it all theri is divine wisdom, un doubtedly. Woman is on her way to some grand destiny. Let us observe and admire, but not criticize. We can estimate the wealth under ground in this country. The Barland Oil Company strikes a new oil well in its Colorada territory. The roar of the gas, rushing out, twenty million feet a day, can be heard for six miles. If gas were worth one dollar a thous and, which is called “a cheap, confis catory price,” how much would that well yield in money? - And the wealth in the ground is perhaps less than the wealth in. the air. Floating above every farm, wait ing to be taken out and used, is enough nitrogen to fertilize many such farms. We buy nitrogen hauled all the way from South America, and there are billions of tons of it above our heads. , And what is the wealth below the waters of the oceans, seas and lakes, that cover the greater part of the earth ? Here and there, along the Pacific coast, you see oil weeds out in the ocean. will explore the ocean's bed, as they now explore Alaska, or Africa, and £ive to the farms, from the aft:, the nitrogen they need. Henry Ford would do it now, if he had Muscle Shoals. February Honor Roll i of Providence School First grade: John Cooper. Second grade: Helen Bobo. Third grade: Willie Webb, Blanche Leake, Edward Ferguson, Virginia Gregory. • Fourth grade: William Bobo, Lewis Gregory, John Splawn, Gladys Har vey, Christine^Whitman. Fifth grade: Carl Johnson. into fertilizer fish fit for human food. THE AUTOMOBILE /LS A HEALTH DANGER DR. FRKDURICK R. GHUKN Kdltor of “HEALTH” What about an act that would pre vent exploiters of child labor turning young lives into dividends and grind ing up children into profits? Isn’t that worse than grinding good sal mon into fertilizer? The Supreme Court was not able to uphold the constitutionality of an act to protect children, although cer tain so-called “radical” justices on that bench did uphold it. However, our highest court - does find a way to protect fish and game. About a hundred years ago, in a Vermont log cabin, a young mother read to her children old Bible stories, about the whale that swallowed Jonah, Elijah and his chariot of fire, and the fig tree that withered under Divine rebuke. The Supreme Court decides that the game and fish act is constitutional. Phe National Government, therefore, lias power, where game and fisH are concerned, to protect the interest of the people. TJie Monterey Fish Products Com- pany must now discontinue turning That mother was poor and all her people were poor, and ours was a yo\mg and poor nation then. The old Bible from that log cabin, carefully wrapped ujj, was taken to the brohd platform before the Capitol. With his hand on that Bible, Calvin Coolidge swore to do his duty as Pre- stdent of the United States. He is the grandson of the New England woman that owned the Bible 100 years ago. *T'HE automobile is a great advance in methods of human transporta tion. But like all advances, It bas some disadvantages. So rapidly^have the manufacture and general use of the automobile developed, that w* have hot yet had time to resize Us dangers and to protect ourselves from them. Just as In the early days of the railroad, before safety devices and protective measures had time tc de velop, many lives were lost, so the early years of the automobile are cost ing many lives which could be saved. The first danger, of "course, Is to the drivers and pedestrians. In 1021. the United States census bureau re ported 18,000 deaths for that year. The number for 1024 will probably be much higher, 'from eighteen to twenty thou sand. This appalling loss of life can only be lowered by better and more carefully guarded roads, greater care on the part of drivers and greater cau tion and watchfulness on the part of pedestrians. “ A growing- danger Is ttrat-from Hie, carbon monoxide Id automobile ex haust gases. Hardly a dally paper now which does not record one or more deaths from this cause. Owners and drivers of automobiles must learn that It Is highly dangerous to run an automobile engine In rf small closed garage. Keep the doors and windows of the garage open until you have stopped your engine. The exhaust from even a smafl car can overcome you in about three minutes. ^ What special dangers to workers In automobile factories, battery factories, repair shops and garages are we do not know. Another health danger is that too many of us are riding too much and walking too little. This means too much fst, especially among the well-to- do and middle-aged. Fat causes di abetes, Bright’s disease and heart dis ease. Lastly, anything which Increases travel Increases the spread of disease. Diseases are carried from one place to another by Infected people. The role Of the automobile In the spread of dis ease Is an Important sanitary problem which -must be studied and solved. <•. 192ft, WeaUrn Nawapapar Uoloa.) IT SAVES MONEY This is the land of opportunity and growth. What will itr be in years' to come, if the 112,000,000 now here work as hard and hopefully as men and women did in the days of Calvin Coolidge’s grandmother? The cheapest way to find and secure new customers is through advertising. The business that does not advertise is dying, like its old customers. The sheriff is usually the uniidMaker, through a forced sate, of the business that does not get new customers. THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everbody Reads” Magazines NEWSPAPERS At publishers prices or less. Domestic and Foreign. JAMES W. CALDWELL MAGAZINES—NEWSPAPERS Phone 243 at 12:30 Both K ri^r.r, • v * f!- • <Sfor*cl' 'WeeAlySimJutbeStlaM Invert a little each week for UliS summers vacation for Sunday picnics. Small weekly pay- v - '., ments out of earnings will soon give you delivery of a car. Under the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan you can start with practically any amount you want, and make deposits of any size you find most convenient. 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