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m i iK .■T •iXv'i- vr i* • - k T ., y ' 7 ■ ■ - t-; 4 Page four 'THE CUNTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C. .1 • I THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, K27 5hr vEhrmiirlr PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. i out of it. They are sponsors and sup- valuable pearl in an oyster in a res pecters of all forward : lo&king en- taurant. terprises. They assist in maintaining , the civic endeavor and the social and Chicago reports the formation of a welfare agencies of the community, widow’s league, but, the dispatches do "WILSON M 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 They are personally to be found in the not state whether it is offensive or de forefront of everything that requires fensive. special work on behalf of the general Training Camps For Young Men welfare. They are always first to be called upon in money raising efforts. Their enterprise gives the town its death of her” husband, largest taxable assessment on real es- 1 sound like profiteering, tate and provides employment for lo cal people in their sale' forces. Citizens’ Military Training Camps will be held in this corps area from f June 15th to July 14th, 1927. The corps area C. M. T. <1. officer In Boston a woman got a verdict has allotted fourteen plkce* to beTill- for SIS.OOO against a railroad for thej^ by young men of Laurens county. Yes, it does These men will be sent to Fort? $r£gg . (near Fayetteville, 15,000 inhabitants) -N. C. , A man’s fool friends are more dan- The merchants of our town are °ur, gerous than his enemies. You can Fomgn Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION_ The Chronicle eeks the cooperation of its subscribe s and readers — the publisher will a- all times appreciate wise suggestion ; and kindly advice. Make all remittances to THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Clinton, S. C. CLINTON, S. C., FEB. 24, 1927 8 PAGES TEAM WORK COUNTS The ret die had but one eye and the thread was weak, but the two, working together rendered a great service for the man who needed a button. This little story shows what may be done by co-operation. Few of us have .the power great things, but if we pool our re sources, if we work together, we may do anything we decide to do. Ever tHink about this? A STINGY ATTITUDE It is hard to understand why the legislature each year, with An appro priation bill of ten millions of dollars, continues to manifest a stingy atti tude towards the Training school lo cated here. Each year the request goes before that body for adequate maintenance and funds to relieve its crowded conditions, and each year these appeals are ignored. Apparent ly, the legislature now assumes the attitude that it knows far more about the institution and its needs than its management, and it cuts the appro priation and cripples the work as it sees fit. The budget for the present year asked for funds for the erection of a building to help relieve the present crowded conditions and to accommo date a part at least, of the large num ber cf applicants for admission now on file. This need has been ignored by the ways and means committee. It even went further and on an estimated budget of $109,000 for maintenance for the year, it applied the pruning knife and reduced this amount $2,000. We doubt if there is an institution in the state that is being more eco nomically and efficiently operated than the institution in question. Its per capita cost of operation is exceed ingly low, in fact lower than that of the State hospital at Columbia with a maintenance appropriation of a mil lion dollars. The work of the insti tution under Superintendent Whitten and his associates is being thorough ly done and has attracted world-wide attention fron^authorities in this field. The legislature adopts a liberal at titude towards its institutions such as Winthrop, Clemson, Citadel, the Uni versity, etc., and yet when it comes to an institution where help is need ed to a far greater extent than in these colleges, it does very little. Strong, healthy boys anj girls at these state institutions are able in a large measure, to provide for them selves, but the poor, unfortunate men tal defectives who make up the popu lation of the Training school are help less and must he cared for by the state. When the legislature refuses to adequately provide for the comfort and needs of these defectives, the re sponsibility is solely upon its own shoulders. The government furnishes transpor- friends and fellow-citizens, worthy of you r enemies but you can’t the^turn _aswvfta+Riir% , • m • ■ . v!l0 ITCvUlTri nOIH0^ XOOCl CiOwXX1I)S£ v 0OU1I)~ watch your friends. ment, medical atantion, *tc. support, standing for something in the community, keeping their own money at home and working to make a better town in which to live as well as one in which to do business. In short—the merchant is our friend. An optimist is a man who buys a! Ph y 8ic »»y «<>und young men who THE GOVERNOR’S STAND Governor Richards is well in the limelight now since he has taken a stand for the enforcement of the state’s antique “blue laws.” He is being strongly commended by many for his present position, while others ridicule him and spoof the whole idea. The governor is absolutely right in his fight for law enforcement. This was one of the planks he emphasized jtr. his campaign last summer and it is refreshing to see a public official, oc casionally at least, who does not en tirely forget his platform after he has won at the polls. Governor Richards is doing exactly what he said he was going to do-—stand for a strict law enforcement and he has not misled or >oIe<f anybody:' The “blue laws” are termend as an tiquated, out of date, and not in keep ing with present day conditions. That may be true in a measure, but so long as the legislature allows them to re main on the statute books they should be enforced. If the governor looks upon their enforcement with indiffer ence and as of minor imlportance, what may be expected of other pub lic officials? If the laws as they now exist are too “antique,” if .no consert- ed effort is to be made to enforce them, then the honest and sensible thing to do is to either modify or re peal them. More and ntdre the Sabbath day is being desecrated and losing its reli gious significance. It has been made, in a large measure, a holiday, and this spirit is spreading throughout the land. The operation of filling sta tions, garages, drug stores, cold drink stands, country stores, swimming pools, golf links, etc., is more and more commercializing the day. The remaining open for business on Sun- of banks, dry goods stores, picture shows, etc., is just as reasonable as the various businesses that are now ob serving “open house” on the Lord’s Day. Sabbath observance laws have been made mere footballs and little significance is given to their enforce ment. The governor is to be commended in taking a stand for the ^forcement of this law as well as all others on the statute books. Likewise, he is right in the fight he is making against in decent literature that is lewd and has no appearance of the artistic. Much of the filth now flaunting on news stands should be suppressed. No won der the youth of today present such a problem when this immoral reading matter is put into their hands with its contaminating influence. The crusade should be taken up by city after city and such magazines put under the ban. It can be done in short order if public opinion once becomes aroused. The laws of South Carolina, in their entirety, should be enforced. Every law-abiding citizen should uphold the governor, and all other officers in their efforts in this direction. More and more we are becoming a lawless people, interested more largely in pleasure and money making than in anything else.. ♦ 4 ♦♦♦♦ + *♦*■»»■»■*** *■»•♦**♦*•*• \ En Passant j ' ~ 4 + W W H How long will the legislature con-! 4 ... ^ *444444 >44C‘44444*<>444444*4 pocketbook on credit. We don’t know. are betw f en the of and 24 years and are residents of this state! what you would call the man who sells it to him on credit. are eligible for this training. 21 YEARS AGO Items from “Our Monthly” of ^906, Dr. Wm. F. Jacobs, Editor. j Applicants under 21 years of age must have the consent of their parents or guardians. ; Applicants must be protected against small pox and typhoid. Vac cine is furnished by the government. Training at the camp will include: j infantry drill, physical training, swim- Dr. Job J. Boozer i<voluntary), tactics, group athletics, both of which are The Presbyterian church has lost ‘ ^ a . mtr f an _ during the past month its beloved el-|'° un , ry der. Dr. Job J. Boozer. He died sud- j Application blanks may be secured j denly on April 2nd at Laurens where as as an ^ additional information he was temporarily residing. The desired, from First Lieutenant D. R. News & Courier in a biographical Mniocks, Infantry (DOL), at the sketch of him says: ! P res byterian College of South Caro- Job J. Boozer was born in Newberry | ^ na » District, Nov. 31, 1832, and named by tinue to manifest a stingy, inadequate support and spirit of apathy to this institution and its unfortunate in mates ? * / Bad luck seldom bothers those who do not worry over it. HE’S OUR FRIEND Readers of this newspaper, we feel certain, need no argument to prove that money sent out of town is just as much- capital that might be. usefully employed at home that is diverted to other fields. Likewise,.they are suf ficiently intelligent to know that mon ey spent in the purchase of goods from itinerant venders falls in this class. In turning a deaf ear to the solicitat : on of their patronage by the door-to-door salesman and in bestow ing it upon their local merchant they are not alone in helping him, but they are protecting themselves. What would a town be without its home merchants? They are interest ed in its growth, in its prosperity, in its moral tone. They take a personal pride in all these things because it is their home and the home of their fam ilies. The service they render the commu nity is very great. They are the pur chasing agents for its citizens, they store stocks uppn which the family or individuals may draw in large. or small measure. They make good the unsatisfactory purchase and they which to make sure that their cus tomers get quality and value. Most important of all is the rela tionship they bear to the city with whose fortunes their own are insep arably connected. They have an in terest in it far beyond what they make You have noticed this, also, you never hear the ice men complaining about hot weather. Many a woman mourns for her late husband while he is stilLliving. There is little sympathy when the man who butts in is made the goat of the situation. Some of our modern chauffeurs are more daring than the old-time cow boys ever dreamed of being. One sure way of not getting your salary raised is to object to doing more than you are paid for doing. Men talk of things they want to sell, while women talk of things they want to buy. 'I he Bible tells us that faith will move mountains but experience proves that it won’t-pay grocery bills. Some of the candidates can’t under stand why so many people reatj the sport page in preference to the po litical page. and in honor of Chancellor Job John- stone. - ———————— His father was George Boozer, bet ter known as “Squire Boozer,’' and his mother was Sarah Boozer. He was of a numerous family, there being fourteen children, seven sons and sev en daughters. Dr. Boozer spent his early youth on his father’s farm, working on the farm and attending the country schools, until he was seventeen years of age, when he determined to study medicine. In order to prepare him self for this profession he attended the Presbyterian high school, of Greenwood, S. C., for three years, tak ing a thorough classical and scientif ic course. He then read medicine un der his brother, the late Dr. Thomas W. Boozer, and under Drs. Hair & Huet of Columbia. His next step was to enter the Medical College of South Carolina, from which he graduated in March, 1854. After practicing one year with his brother, Dr. Thomas Boozer, Dr. Boozer located permanent ly in Laurens county, near the town of Mountvflle, where he practiced until 1870. On Nov. 3, 1857 he married Georgia A. Griffin of Pendleton. To them were born eight children, four of whom sur vive: Mr. George G. Boozer of Mis sissippi, Mrs. J. R. Little of Laurens, Mrs. R. S. Thompson of Augusta, Ga., and Miss Anna Boozer of Laurens. Upon the death of his father in 1869, and the inheritance of a tract of land in Newberry county, he farm ed in addition to practicing his pro fession, in 1870 and 1871. In 1872 he moved with his family to Clinton, where he practiced medi cine continuously for thirty-three years, until the infirmities of age and ill-health compelled him to retire ear ly in 1905. He was the village doctor in its early years, and his patients multiplied as the town grew to its present population of more than three thousand souls. Enlisting in the army in Company B, 3d Battalion, South Carolina regi ment, in Oct. 1861, Dr. Boozer was soon promoted to the medical staff and served as a surgeon until the close of the war. There are many kinds of Democrats. In politics he was always a South Car olina Democrat of the old school. Dur ing Reconstruction Days and in res cuing of the State from vandalism he did his full duty. In his church re lations he was a Presbyterian and held the position cf a ruling elder in the i Clinton First church and at cue time; or another represented his denomi nation in all of its courts, from Pres bytery to General Assembly. A charter member of the Order of “Knights of Honor,” he was contin uously an officer, both .in the sub ordinate and grand locfge. 0 To that great charity, the Thom- well Orphanage, Dr. Boozer was a firm friend and he was a member of its board of trustees from the time it-earne into existence. Always interested in education he was to the front in building up the schools of Clinton. By arduous work, in the face of great lethargy and op position, he more than any other man, aided in all the establishment of the present well-equipped Clinton graded schools. He was chairman of its board of trustees for many years, and was also a trustee of the . Pres byterian College of South Carolina. The companion and helpmate of his earlier days was called to her reward some years ago, and about Feb. Ir 1905, Dr. Boozer gave up his prac tice in Clinton, where he had lived for so many years and where his friends included the entire community, and from that time until his death resided in Laurens with his daughter, Mrs. J. R. Little. He was warmly welcom ed to Laurens, and wherever he was known he was honored. A quaint sense of humor was his unfailing characteristic, and his companionship was ever a pleasure to old and young alike. j. B. FRONTIS JEWELER CLINTON. S. C. The Latch String The latch string is always on the outside to YOU. We wish you to visit us personally at every opportunity. True, we have many customers who dtr not enter our store for weeks at the time, because we sene them so completely with our delivery system, and because we un derstand their But we also wish you to come in. 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