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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1927
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WANTS
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PIANOS TUNED and repaired by H.
J. Tomkinson, factory expert, with
O’Daniel and Reid, Clinton. 8-25-4tc
WANTED—To do stenographic work
and typing, rates reasonable. Phone
No. 3. Miss Marjorie Spencer. 8-28-2c
I have several beautiful one*acre build*
ing lots just outside city limits at low
prices. See me quick.
GEO. H. ELLIS
Real Estate and Insurance
POR SALE—Plant tomatoes now for
fall canning. Plants $2.00 per 1000.
Cabbage plants $2.00 per 1000. Also
SOUTH COMING INTO
ITS OWN, SAYS DYER
(Continued form Page One)
with the industrial problem, the Van
derbilt professor declared that the
Germans, who had been looked upon
as preeminently successful, “when the
crisis came .... fanned out.”
“For the last eight years,” asserted
he, “England has been knocking fouls”
and industrial leadership she saw de
parting.
It was pathetic, he continued, to go
to New England today. They have so
failed that “they will listen to most
anybody now,” Dr. Dyer said, explain
ing that he had gone there to speak;
RENTAL AND SALE
OF BABIES IN N. Y.
Policewoman Runs Down Dealers In
Infant Souls, To Find Them
Within the Law.
New York, July 26.—Babies! For
rent—$8 to $12 a day. For sale—$250
to $1,200, C. 0. D.
These are the prevailing quotations
of NeW York’s baby mart, where" the
traffinking in infant souls goes stead
ily on—fully within the law.
Some of the youngsters go to wel
come homes, and grow up happy in
their new birth-right. But many pass
into hands less fortunate and *end up
in a criminal world—or worse.
“For divers are the uses of these
potato slips. J. Hamp Stone, Clinton, ,.j jjj ie them; they are great fellows, babies,” says Miss Mary E. Hamilton,
S- C. 8-28--tc k ut they have failed.” iwho as New York’s first policewoman,
RENT — One furnished rwm, And 1 he failure was due, he thought,)has run down many of these baby
FOR
modern conveniences, close in.
Agnes Kern, phone 358.
Mrs. n °t principally to location, but to the
j t p fact that they had “failed as leaders
;to c< ne with the problem.” H
th;
was
he
FOR SALE—Standard make upright! not asking them to come Soui
piano in perfect condition. Can be I wish J they would stay in New Eng-
bought for less than half price on - land and fight it out, but he did not
easy payments. For particulars ad- 1 think they would
dealers.
Miss Hamilton now is busy collat
ing her experiences for publication.
She has just finished a “One Thous
and Case Book;” is working out a
text on “Foot and Finger Printing;”
and expects to do one on “Women In
dress Post
S C.
Office Box 46, Columbia,! Tv o or three things. Dr. Dyer went Crime.
8-4-2tc or to say, had brought about this fail-
I ure.
NOTICE!—Dr. J. A. Fulmer, formerly
of Fountain Inn, S. C., wishes to an-
Unwarranted restrictions was one
Some of the babies are rented to
beggars for easier panhandling; oth
ers are used for blackmailing, shop-
of these. Industries could be given out
nounce to his friends and former pa
tients that he is now located in the
Exchange Bank building, third floor,
rooms 311-312, Newberry, S. C. 8-18-4p
KOKOMO LINE
Guaranteed Cord Casings.
30x3% Regular Cord ..." $6.50
30x3% O. S. Cord $7.50
All tires and tubes sold under guar
antee.
WILLARD SERVICE STATION
Clinton, S. C.
FOR SALE
1 pair used 1000-lb. platform
scales ....$12.50
1 used Cole Cotton Planter ......... 7.50
6.60
.. 10.00
26.00
25.00
1 used farm forge ....
1 used Greene Bone Cutter with
balance wheel on stand
1 used No. 3 Oliver Typewriter
with case, in good condition ....
1 used Roll Top Oak Desk and
Swivel Chair
1 slightly used Cole 3-row grain
dril, price ....
1 used show case, 26 in. by 36 in.
1 used 3-horsepower Johnson
motor
1 Pea Dropper
1 New Perfection Oil Stove,
slightly used, four burners .... 25.00
1 used cooking stove !. 10.00
15.00
6.00
by demagogues.
Rapid development of water power
lifting and bootlegging,” continues
Miss Hamilton.
“Along Riverside
Drive, dope and
was a preeminent problem. One could booze peddlers hide their wares in a
not tell how great the costs would be; baby carriage and cover them with an
since water power development was a infant.
very hazardous thing £he developers “In the department stores, profes-
should have the return on their invest-! sional shoplifters ply their trade with
ment. The speaker paid high praise to! children ‘borrowed’ for the purpose,
the Federal water power act. It al- j “Across the border, vendors of nar-
lowed the dividends on the money in- cotics use youngsters as their carriers.
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Business is like a bicycle; it will not stand
vested, but the state fixed rates of
products and conditions of service and
“Women who cannot normally get
lodging in respectable quarters come
derived the benefit from the value of around with a baby, tell a story about
the sites. ) the father being on the road, and then
There was a time. Dr. Dyer contin-' carry on their nefarious trade,
ued, when capital had tremendous J “The demands for such babies are
power. But capital could no longer'many; and the supply is great. For
dictate anywhere in this country; it j the big city is the hiding place of ev-
was to plentiful. In fact, capital was 1 ery small town scandal from Alaska
getting to be something of a drag; to Florida.
there was some difficulty in finding “There are thousands of unwanted
people to take it although care must babies born every year,
be exercised in the placing. “From these the i>aby dealers get
Instead of capital it was brains that' their supply. Often a girl-mother will
was dictating today; and the opportu- : pay to get her youngster off her
nities for the poor man of brains and hands
25.00
1.50
8.75
foot
used General Electric 9-inch
oscillating fan
used Counters, from 12 to 22
feet long $1.00 per
No. 2 used pea holler, hand
power $25.00
J. A. BAILEY
Clinton, 8. C.
If you want to buy a TJ AlfP
If you want to sell a ||l||y|r
If you want to rent a **
See
GEO. H. ELLIS
Real Estate and Insurance
character was greater today than ever
before.
Capital was, furthermore, becoming
distributed and intensely democratic.
There were, for instance, 19,000,000
stockholders—almost a fifth of the
population—in corporations in this
country.
He was not so enthusiastic over
great responsibilities, and if he
thought the South would bring in
“Then the dealer ‘cashes in’ twice.
He inserts an ad in the newspapers,
finds a likely customer and gets what
he can for the ‘full surrender of the
child.’
“I have ‘bought’ a baby for as low
as $250. Others have paid as much as
$1,200.
“What happens after the purchase
is merely a matter of conjecture. 0
“We found one eight-months-old
great industries that would stir up re- i baby ‘bought and paid for’ being fed
ligious and social problems, wrecking on peanuts and tootsie rolls! Others
civilization, he would not be enthusi- are even less fortunate.”
astic. ( Yet the law cannot stop these sales.
But he was enthusiastic over the' Even when there are sufficient
manner in which there had been de- grounds for believing that the baby
velopment.
Prof. E. R. Aycock
Patient In Hospital
Notice of Dissolution
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between
W. T. Jacks and Orion Woodruff, un
der the firm name of Jacks’ Market,
was dissolved by mutual consent on
July 22nd, 1927. The business will be
operated in the future at the same lo
cation under the firm name of Jacks’
‘Market, with W. T. Jacks as the sole
owner.
f (Signed) W. T. JACKS.
The friends in the city of Prof. E.
R. Aycock, for a number of years head
of the Clinton schools, will regret to
know that he has suffered a break- j \ n g
down in health and is now a patient in
■ the General hospital in Spartanburg.
The following account of his illness
was taken from The Journal of a feW
days ago:
may come to no good end. For most
of these infants are under one year
of age, and the courts have ruled
that—
A baby under one year of age has
no morals, and therefore, cannot be
corrupted!
So the baby dealers kt^p flourish
ing, and their market keeps a boom-
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ROTARY
MEETING
“Prof. E. R. Aycock of Jonesville,
one of the most prominent educators j
of the state and the moving spirit in j
the establishment of the public school
system in Clinton, is at the General
hospital here undergoing treatment.
Prof. Aycock has been ill for a short
time and reports are that he is show
ing a marked improvement.
“Prof. Aycock’s wife was formerly
Miss Carrie Eison and her parents
formerly lived in this city, occu
pying the old Petty horn, on East
Main street on the site of which the
First Baptist church now stands.
“For a number of years Prof. Ay-
Edited by Publicity Committee
of Clinton Rotary Club
Mounting optimism as the business
outlook for Clinton during the coming
months was expressed by Homer D.
Henry, president of the Commercial
bank, in an address delivered before
the local Rotary club at its regular
weekly meeting ir the Mary Musgrove
tea room last Fridgy.
Taking his theme from the words of
a song which the club had sung just
before he was presented. Mr. Henry
cock taught school at Bald Rock, Fos- declared it his belief that the “blues”
ter and Jonesville. In 1896 he went should all be driven away and that a
to Clinton where he took an active spirit of hope and determination to do
part in the educational interests of should prevail. Drought stricken
that city and was prominent in the I crops and low priced cotton forced se-
movement for the establishment of the vere retrenchments during the past
graded school system in that city. It year, he continued, but in so doing,
was through his efforts the site for, they made people learn to do without
Grain
the school building was purchased and
a bond issue floated resulting in the
completion of the extensive education
many things which they formerly be
lieved essen ial. With this knowledge
of how to do without things, and with
al program. He remained at the head the inflow of money which present cot
of the school for about 12 years, and ton prices and crop prospects promise,
then located at Ridge Springs. I he added, Clinton should enjoy a
“Recently he has been conducting » greater degree of genuine prosperity
preparatory school for boys at*Jones- than it has known for several years.
ville and in addition to his education
al duties looked after his extensive in
terests located near that place.”
BALTIMOREAN KNOWLEDGE
Bring your grain to State
Warehouse No. 217, Clinton, S.
C. We will store it at 3c per
bushel for wheat and 2c per bu
shel for oats per month. This in^
eludes storage and insurance
charges. You can borrow money
on your receipts. Bring us your
grain.
The club entertained as its guest,
Lieut. Ray Nimocks, a former mem
ber, and a United States army officer
who until the end of the present ses
sion was on duty with the Presbyteri-
an College R. O. T. C. unit. Lieuten-
o ... . on.- ^ant Nimocks, who had just returned
Some quotations from Baltomore from a ^ of dnty Camp McCle ,_
lan, Ala., with R. O. T. C. students
from various colleges and secondary
schools in the Southeast, and who was
on his way to Greenwood where he
will serve with the unit at the Bailey
Military institute, told the club that
school examination papers:
A blizzard is the inside of a hen.
A circle is a round, straight line
with a hole in the middle.
George Washington married Mary
Curtis and in due time became the
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fat il e! : *V S country. 'members of the Presbyterian college
Sixty gallons makes one hedgehog. *
T. J. Blalock
MANAGER
Local State Warehouse No. 217
~ . , . j . , , unit had taken second place at the
by Pe ° ple wh °>mP. Pi** h.vin* been .warded
to The Citadel of Charleston.
CLINTON, S. C.
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had been executed.
A mountain range is a large cook
stove. '
Achilles was dipped in the tjver
Styx to make him normal.
Pompeii was destroyed by an erup
tion of saliva from the Vatican.
Typhoid fever is prevented by
cination.
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