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K t l A « «v ■ (■H ?. » PAGE FOUR L.. r 7 THE CLINTON CHRONIC* T? CLINTON. S. C. WILSON VI. HARRIS Editor and Publisher Entered at the Clinton Post Office as matter of Second Class. Terms of Subscription: One year .$1.50 Sia months - .75 Three months 50 Payable in advance The cultivation of attractive flower they are not so different aftdr all yards and lawns should be encouraged, from some of our folks. ; as well as tfne gospel of cleanliness i and attractiveness throughout thq city. I ’Sfunny, but we trust some people With, the towp almost entirely paved, because *re know them, and distrust ■* * - others for the same reaison. w-, i' • Another reason why some people re main poor is that they buy so many unnecessary things in order to get trading stamps. (Eh? (Ojrnnirl? PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY ' BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CQ. the matter of beautifying now be t comes a much easier task if we can ( THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION once get our people aroused and in terested in such things. This organi zation will prove helpful and far- reaching in such work if it will under take it. * For the newly re-organized club, we wish every success. If our women The Chronicle • eeks the cooperation of its subscribe 1 s and readers — the publisher will a all times Appreciate wise suggestion; and kindly advice. Make all remittances to t THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. * Clinton, S. C. CLINTON, S. C.. FEBRUARY 3, 1927 8 PAGES BRUSHING THE LAW ASIDE When it comes to attracting atten tion to himself by freely granting par dons in cases of murder, manslaugh ter, prohibition violation, larceny and ether forms of theft, assault, battery, etc., ex-Govetnor McLeod has been surpassed only in this state by Cole Biease, and by Ma Ferguson out in Texas. In his four years of office, McLeod extended ^clemency in 766 cases. Is it any wonder that justice and the courts are hampered and that respect for law and order continues to sink to a lower plane? If there’s a place in South Carolina where backbone is needef it’s in the governor’s chair, and in these latter years, it has been conspicuously ab sent. tics. The attempt of scientists to elimi nate the necessity for sleep will be Ten Chicago women were indicted for election frauds. And yet some will interest themselves in such work, | ™ en B ** < ^ women could not learn poli- which in this period of depression is far more essential than many other things to which they are liberally giv ing their time—they will be able to contribute their part in the program for “Greater Clinton.” With a united effort on the part of all, this organ ization will rank high in its attain ments and results for the building of Clinton and the promotion of our best interests. Dr. Frank Crane Says— THE TROUBLERS ARE THE i f TROUBLED A sentence worth pasting in the pro verbial hat and remembering is— The troublers are also the troubled. Those six words explain a lot in life. They help give perspective to the irritations of the day. In the schoolroom the children hard to manage, who cause most of the trouble are the ones who are troubled themselves—who are in some sort of ill health, who have poor home envi ronment, who are unhappy. ■ In large families where one child Sternly resisted by the mattress mak- ( occasions more worry it is poorer ers .health or more highly strung nerves. j Ill-health of some sort is the secret The politicians cuss almost every-1 ^ "J® 8 * cantankerousness thing under the sun, and yet you hear childhood of them say little of the flivver trust. A GOOD BILL Representative Keith of Greenville, has introduced a bill in the legislature that should pass. Its enactment would mean that members of the legislature would be ineligible to any office filled by the assembly. Its passage will rem edy a condition now existing that does not look good on its face, and should be eliminated for various reasons. As the legislature convenes each year, the first part of its time, us ing two to three weeks, is given over to balloting for various offices to be filled. Always, without exception, the prominent leaders in the races are members of the house or senate, who, with their prestige and “pull” of friends, are out for the jobs, and us ually they land them. Any man out&ide of the legislature, regardless of his qualifications, has little chance of election as the situa tion now stands. In fact, it has about reached the point when a placard should be placed over the doors of the halls, reading thus—“l4o one should apply who is not a member of this body.” Col. Keith’s bill should pass. A LAW WITH TEETH The state of New York has appar ently shown the way toward a check ing of crime through the Baumes law, which became effective last July, and which provides among other things that a criminal convicted of felony for the fourth time must be given life im prisonment. This provision of the law recently has been upheld by the state supreme court. Other features of the law make it more difficult to secure paroles and pardons, and on the whole it is de signed to remove the operation of justice from the hands of smooth crim- iral lawyers and judges susceptible to corrupt influences. Even in the short time the law has been in effect it is said to have reduc ed crime in that state to such a mask ed extent that other states contem plate the enactment of similar meas ures. Crime in this country has assumed the proportions and character of a highly organized business, and as such it must be dealt with. The idea of re forming a man who deliberately en- CLINTON FOINTS THE WAY “Farmers, -bankers and merchants of Clinton are interested in the cow, hen and hog. They are showing their faith in this type of agriculture by raising a fund of $2,000 to be used in printing pamphlets descriptive of the agricultural possibilities of their sec tion. They are organizing a party of farmers to go to Denmark this sum mer to study the Dane’s methods of farming. The plan is sponsored by Hugh McRae of Wilmington. N. C„. the South’s pioneer in colonization. Yhe details are b?ing worked out by R. E. Hanna, president of the Calhoun highway, which runs from W’ilmington to Alabama by way of Clinton. Mr. Hanna visited Denmark last summer and made the preliminary arrange ments with government officials and the presidents of farm bureaus. “The plan is to induce Scandinavians in the northwest to settle in Laurens county and thus form a contact through the American Scandinavians with European Scandinavians. It is a big scheme and looks feasible. That is the way the Northwest and Middle- West were settled. Pioneers came over, settled in these sections, pros pered, and their letters back home brought over other settlers. Dillon county’s bill for meat, butter, milk, eggs, chickens, hay and grains will approximate a million dollars a year Thus- sum equals 20,000 bales of cot ton of ten cents a pound. The 1926 crop will be about 40,000 hales. Lau rens county is twice the size of Dillon In 1925 Laurens county produced 18,- 000 bales of cotton. It is safe to as sume that Laurens’ annual bill for food and feedstuffs approximate $2.- 000,000 or the cash equivalent of 40, 000 bales of cotton at 10 cents per pound. “If Laurens succeeds in her plans to produce these food and feedstuffs at home she will increase the value of her agricultural products to the equiv alent of 40,000 bales of cotton at ten cents a pound. The same figures will perhaps apply wi$h equal force to ev ery cotton county in South Carolina Yet there are men who will tell you that we must decrease and not in crease production on the farms. Over production is not the trouble. The trouble lies in under-production of ten crops and the over-production of one single crop. You cannot divide one by ten.”—Dillon Herald. 24 YEARS AGO 1 liens Iron “Oar Monthly” of 1903, Dr. Wn. P. Jacobs, Editor Anna Theresa Anderson Anna Theresa Anderson, one of the dearest, sweetest, purest girls who has over lived at Thornwell, is dead. As suddenly as the lightning’s flash it came. In steam laundries there is a popularly ma- .nachine known popularly as wringer.” It is a cylindrical hine and rotates rapidly so that the centrifugal motion presses out the water from the clothes within. Each wringer is thoroughly tested before it is sold. The wringer in our laundry had been tested up to 2500 revolutions per minute, but for safety’s sake we never let it get above 1500. Anna had entered the laundry,* passed by the wringer and was standing at some dis tance from it when there was a sud den rupture of its parts and they flew in every direction. One large piece struck her on the arm and body and she was dead in twenty minutes. No human power could have saved her. She was not standing in what would be considered a dangerous position. The wringer was running at its nor mal speed and other girls were closer than she to it. No one was tp blame. Defective copper was the cause. Everybody loved Anna. There was no gayer, happier hearted companion than she nor one who did her duty more faithfully or who was withal a nobler, sweeter character. Our Thorn- well boys and girls are heart-broken. With reverence and gentleness they laid her away in the grave and cov ered it with flowers. She was our organist and none had a sweeter or more sympathetic touch than she and her companions draped the organ in white so it was silent in Reverence for her whose touch was so familiar. It was a scene of sorrow deep and in tense. Some four hundred people were present at her funeral, for the whole town knew and loved her. Two hundred playmates and companions, their eyes suffused with tears, their breasts heaving with sobs, their hearts broken with sorrow—these, and % as many kind frineds and not one dry eye among them. Among grown-ups the trouble- mak ers are also the troubled. The criminal class is, almost without exception, composed of those who are physically or mentally sick. The jealous husband or wife is a trouble-maker who is troubled. He lives in constant torment himself, tor tured by his doubts and suspicions. The cruel are often those who them selves are tormented by fear. The sarcastic, cutting tongue often indicates inward wounds that have isever healed. Dyspepsia and constipation are re sponsible for a large share of ill-hu mor in the world. The braggart is troubled with a se cret of being inferior, the surly per son hides behind the mask of his sen sitive timidness, the irritable person has nerves stretched to the breaking point. The nagging woman is usrally wor ried, nervous, overworked. Socrates’ famous sentence: “The, men and women who are gentle and good ate also happy and the unjust ■ < > nud evil are miserable.” derive? mueh ! J ^ 'of its truth from the obverse fact that' < I the happy are usually gentle and eoo«\ j * the miserable unjust and evil. ji > TUESDAY ■—A NEW MONTH DAWNED, AND IF IN FEBRUARY YOU WANT TO ENJOY 28 DAYS^OF PERFECT MEAL£, START THE mONTH RIGHT AND END IT WELL BY TRADING HERE. Such large and pleasing varieties of the world’s best food products, including a bounty of fresh vegetables, as to enable you to serve meals that are tasty and dif ferent Quality that knows no superior. Salespeople that are trained, experienced, capable and courteous. Prices that are right ^ JUST PHONE US—TWO PHONES FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. LITTLE 8 DENSON 50—Two Phones—54 by giv- * WHY NOT —keep your money at ing me your magaxme JAS. W. CALDWELL Anything in the way of magazines and newspapers. ALL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY LICENSED PHARMACISTS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PROMPTLY SADLER-OWENS pharmacy “At Union Station” Phones 377 and 400 Phones 377 and 400 * DRS. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS MODERN SERVICE SPECIALISTS Eve* Examined >: Glanaoo Fitted 15 West Main Street Phone 101 CLINTON. S. C Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service MX H. D. HENRY F. M. BOLAND H. D. Henry & Company INSURANCE STOCKS - BONDS - REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED : En Passant • W. W. H. ♦ ♦ No matter how good an excuse may be it is seldom satisfactory. The man who buys a used car often thinks he has been badly used. Some homes are comfortable, and some are kept scrupulously clean and stiff. By the way, have you joined the Clinton Booster Club? There is a difference between pre judices and convictions but lots of men don’t know it. The commencement of the Presby terian College of South Carolina was j in every respect a very successful oc casion. On Sunday, June 7th, Dr. T. W. Sloan preached the baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class of six young men. At night Rev. S. C. Byrd preached a sermon before the Young Men’s Christian Association. Office Supplies il 0 i Remember, that people will judge you by your actions rather than by ters upon a life of crime is a joke and + your line of talk, is utterly futile in practically every case. ..When one persists in a crimi- Does anybody know what has be r.al career after three convictions for CO me of the great army of second lieu tenants we had during the war. felonies, it is pretty safe to conclude that he is utterly unfit to be at large, therefore upon the fourth conviction There’s a difference in S. C. gover society is justified in getting rid of norg . Rivards says he is for convic him for good, as the Baumes law pro-. tion and law enforcement. McLeod vides. j was j n f avor 0 f pardons flowing free ly. The death of Miss Annie C. Spencer >n the early morning of the 24th of I June saddened our whole community. She was loved and honored, having won her way to all hearts by her own steadfastness, purity, gentleness and j energy of character. For a number of | > ears as a teacher in our graded school [ jf Clinton she had influenced many | young minds to the right and to faith- j 'ul work, for she was a most accom- • pllshed teacher. She was a member of . the Clinton Presbyterian church, the • teacher of its young ladies Bible class, | a leader in the Junior Aid society, and i she was always ready for every good : w ork. To lose such a worker in the j very prime of life is hard, indeed. She | was a sister of President A. ET. Spen- j cer of the Presbyteriaq college. We ^ laid her’to rest as the sun went down, ssd the. evening shades were falling. But already the sunlight has bright ened her skies forevermore. The New Year Calls For New Supplies For the Office THE WOMAN’S CLUB 1 The Chronicle notes with interest, the re-organization of the Woman’s club of our city. New offlicers have been elected and an optimistic out look for the future was expressed by all who attended the meeting during the past week. Here is an organization that should have included in its membership, ev ery woman in the community, espec ially the Wives and connections of all business and professional men in the city. Its roll should easily reach one ^ hundred. We understand through the Bewly elected president, Mrs. John W. C Little, that a “drive” is to be launched far new members and such an effort im the part of Mrs. Little and her co- arorkers should find a sympathetic in terest and hearty co-operation. -- We offer the ladies the following suggestion. Why not put on an in tensive campaign to beautify Clinton^ Teeth in the law is what makes the lawbreakers gnash their teeth. You have noticed, of course, what Gov ernor Richards said in paying his re spects to the Aiken grand jury. Sometimes it is conscience that talks, and then again it is the fear of being found out. Rev. Thornwell Jacobs, the vice- president of the orphanage, and Miss Maud K. Lesh. daughter of Dr. J. H. Lesh of Newton Center, Mass., were united in marriage at the residence of the bride’s father on the 30th of June, Rev. M. Noyes, pastor of the church (Congregational) of Newton Center, and Rev. W. P. Jacobs, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs will return to Clinton about the dose of August. Why call her a flapper? She has no wings and is not likely to unless she reforms. Some folks are popular on t^eir own merits, while others have fine automobiles. A headline reads “Indians Will Drink Anything,” which shows that Only one change is to be made.this year4n the Presbyterian college 'fac ulty. Mr. Both well Graham of Ath ens, Ga., takes the chair of Latin left vacant by the resignation of Mr. Mc Whorter. Mr. Graham comes well rec ommended, and will keep up the al ready strong Latin course which his predecessor has built up. What Do P. S. JEANES / r.. Do? 0 a a o 0 o 0 0 0 0 il ■* ’ • We can supply Ledgers, Cash Books, Dav / • Books, Ink, Rubber Stamps, Pads, Rub ber bands. Pins, Files, Pencils, Type writer Ribbons, etc. Let Us Serve You. i - Chroiiclt STATIONERY AND CtlFT DEPARTMENT < . 1 , / 'V .t * < ' ‘ &