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a,v EAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1927 ^ l nated themselves from the race next ! year, are 55 and 64, respectively, i While several of those most promi- I nently mentioned seem to be rather i old to assume the arduous duties of THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. | President, we may be reminded that President von Hindenburg of the Ger- tillje QHjnnwlr PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY WILSON W. HARRIS Editor and Publisher Enured at the Clinton Post Office-as matter of Second Class. - Terms of Subscription': One. year .... - $1.50 Six months 75 Th ;ee months 50 Payable in advance man republic was 78 when elected to that office and is still going strong at' tbe a"e of 80. | own canoe. Why cry over losing two arms or two legs! The joy_pf living is just as sweet.” I hear and read of many people who are having rough sledding. They have housemaid’s knee or dandruff or some other trouble that make them think there is no use going on. I have had several letters from peo- The Chronicle eeks the cooperation of its subscribe s and readers — the publisher will a all times appreciate wise suggestion and kindly advice. Foreign Advert it inf Ritpretentelive THK AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Make all remittances to T H t CHRONICLE PUBLISHING ( 0. Clinton, S. C. CLINTON, S. C., SEPT. 29, 1927 10 PAGES SUPPORT THE BOYS Presbyterian college stRdents in their efforts to produce their college publications, are entitled to the en couragement and support of the bus iness concerns of Clinton. The Blue Stocking. The Collegian and the PaC- SaC. if they are to be possible, must receive an advertising patronage from our business men since their subscrip tion lists are entirely inadequate to cover the costs of productoin. The existence the past year of a so-called canteen at the college, in re ality, a general store selling every thing, resulted in a considerable cur tailment of advertising and interest these publications. The students OUR WATER PROBLEM The Chronicle for the past two years has refrained from advocating additional bond issues of-any kind be cause we have felt that there must be a retrenchment after the extensive public improvement .program the city has recently completed. There is no denying the fact that city taxes are high and that they have increased at a rapid rate until they have now reached the high mark of 40 mills. Likewise, our school, county and state taxes have been continually climbing during the past few years until they pie seriously contemplating suicide because events were all conspiring against them. It would do them all good to go out and see this gentleman. He ought to build a circus ring and charge admis sion. Then somebody would probably go and see him. It wouldn’t need any preaching nor anybody to point the moral. Just looking at him would be enough. To me he is equivalent to a good spanking. I want to brace up and tighten my belt, wipe my nose, pull dowh my vest and try again. If this man with no arms for al most sixty years is still cheerful and hopeful, goes out and mows the lawn attacked her husband with the axe while he lay in bed at home and then went to the home of her father and murdered the two children and herself. A neighbor of the Gregorys’ said Mrs. Gr|gory had brought the two chHdren in a baby carriage to their home earlier in the morning and had persuaded the neighbor to take her and the children to her home near Be- thune, but had given no inkling of the gruesome tragedy that had occurred at the home. Neighbors of Mrs. Greg ory said she appeared to be demented at times but the tragedy came as a terrible shock to the community. Mr. Gregory was a native of Taxa- haw and had served as policeman in the towns of both Bethune and Jef ferson and was engaged in the mer cantile business at Midway. He has four brothers. Mrs. Gregory before her marriage was a Miss Parker and was a member of a prominent family living near Bethune. have also become excessive. With the general business deflation of the past and otherwise paddles his own canoe, three yeacs, brought about by crop failures in this section, the tax ques tion has been made all the more bur densome. We have therefore favored no new bond issue expenditures unless absolutely essential. The building of a city hall, as well as other desired improvements, can be postponed with out the city .suffering and thereby give the taxpayers at least a breathing spell. This has been our position and we know that it is the feeling of a great majority of "the freeholders of the city. But the problem of th> city’s water shortage cannot be approached from this viewpoint or dismissed with the declaration that it, too, can be post poned. No individual or city can do without water. It is as essential as bread. The surveys and investigations recently made by engineers and city council revealed that the city’s water why shouldn’t I ? There are lots of brave people in the world and it takes more courage and “intestinal stamina” to go on and keep your chin up and look pleasant than it does to go out in the garden and eat worms or select a nice tele phone pole and hang yourself. Any body can quit, and self pity is the easiest bog to slip into. But me for the man with the in domitable spirit, the man who refuses to be licked and the man who takes Did You Ever Stop To Think By Edison R. Waite R. B. Kennedy, editor of the Whit tier (California) Daily News, says: That the greatest incentive for care ful management and honest effort is personal gain. ’ That private capital in public util ities protects itself by securing the best management available. That the best management of pub lic utilities returns dividends to the FOR SALK l pair used 1000-lb. platform scales .. $12.50 l used farm forge ; 6.60. 1 used Greene Bone Cutter with* balance wheel on stand 10.00 l used No. 3 Oliver Typewriter with case, in good condition 25.00 { 1 used Roll Top Oak Desk and Swivel Chair 25.00 l used 3-horsepower Johnson motor 25.00 l "New Perfection Oil Stove, slightly used, four burners 25.00 4 used Counters, from 12 to 22 feet long $1.00 per foot; 1 No. 2 used pea huller, hand power 25.00 8 pieces Dry Poplar Boards. 1x12, 12 ft. long, suitable for wagon body 3.85 1 1-8 h. p. Electric Motor, suit- 9 able for sewing machine, etc. 12.50 3 Iron Pulleys, 8 in. face, 18 in. diameter, 2 1-2 in. bore, each v 8.50 1 pr. used platform counter scales, 25 lb. capacity. 2.25 2 Iron Rod Frames for window protection, each 5.00 J. A. BAILEY Clinton. S. C. WHAT DO t\ S. J £ A M S with a grin whatever Fate sends him and buckles in and makes the most of whatever he has left. These are people who are the back bone of the country, and the people DO? “I should say not. But I have no trouble in choosing suitable food. I deal at Denson’s.” Denson Grocery Co. W. S. DENSON, Prop. 50—-Two Phones—54 in purchased practically everything they wanted at Griffith’s “store,” and the result was the merchants cut down their advertising for the reason that almost no patronage was derived from the college boys due to this competition. The abolition this year of the col lege store has brought about a chang ed view-point on the part of the mer chants and the advertising columns of the students’ weekly publication al ready reveals this fact. The merchants of the city have al ways .manifested a cordial and help ful spirit towards the college and its students. They will continue to do so to the degree that the students recip rocate by distributing their patronage among them. Give the P. C. boys your support in their college activities. public in better service and lower rates. That usually community business and ; political business become mixed with a consequent lowering of service and who win wars, the people w’ho present j an elevation of costs, an unbroken front against the as- That the rate paid to a community saults of pessimism. owned utility for service is not the What this world wants is cheering ! : — up and bucking up. It doesn’t need supply from Beard’s Fork is entirely anybody to teach them how to weep, FLOOD RELIEF REPORT Secretary of Commerce Hoover re cently reported to President Coolidge that 46,000 persons left destitute by floods in the valley of the Mississippi and its tributaries are still being fur nished food by the Red Cross and oth er relief agencies. At one time the number of persons dependent on pub lic support reached 614,000. All the refugees have returned to their homes and provisions have been made to continue relief work until January 1, and longer if necessary. Cooperation between the mortgage holders, local banks and the Emergen cy Finance corporation has been es tablished to give financial support to farmers in making their 1028 crop. A strong health unit has been es tablished in each county touched by the flood, financed for the next 18 months jointly by the states, the coun ties, the Rockefeller Foundation, the U. S. Public Health service and fur nished with supplies by the Red Cross. Except in a few counties, the state of the public health is now better than -normaL It is expected that emergency re pairs to all important levee breaks will be completed by December 1, but Mr. Hoover points out that the es tablishment by Congress of effective permanent flood control is essential to rest -ing confidence, security and credit to the devastated regions. Considering the magnitude' of their task, the various relief agencies en gaged in assisting the unfortunate flood sufferers have secured highly creditable results. It is now up to Congress to provide the means to in sure that such a disaster shall not oc cur again. inadequate and that an extension of the present waterline to Duncan’s creek or some other point, is the city’s paramount problem just now, and one that must be met. Any one who will unfair 1 visit the present dam and investigate the situation will at once appreciate the water shortage we are confront ing. Those citizens who say there is no water shortage, and that the bond issue is unnecessary, need to acquaint themselves with actual conditions. This whole question is therefore in the hands of the city’s freeholders. Petitions asking for an election for the extension and enlargement of the water system are now being circulat ed and freely signed as they should be to meet the emergency and to give our community practical insurance against water famine. As these petitions are presented, our people should reflect seriously before refusing to sign them, for no town can develope, or even ex ist, without an unfailing water sup ply meeting not only present needs, but adaptable to future expansion. The time to act is now. It is poor economy and senseless to drift along and soon find ourselves helpless by a municipal w’ater shortage. A commu nity can offer few better assets than an unfailing abundance of potable wa ter in all seasons. It is a project ex tremely important to the community and cannot be side-tracked because of the additional cost it will involve. We must have water—the time for action is here. nor anybody to make them feel sorry for the human lot. DAY OF PRAYER TO BE OBSERVED owned utility for service total cost of that service. That with the rate must be com puted the taxes paid to purchase and operate the community owned utility, plus the loss of tax revenue which! would have been received from private capital invested in the public utility. Regulation of privately owned util- j ities has been proven best from the consumers' standpoint. In nine cases out of ten the public utility owned and operated by private capital delivers better service at lower costs to the tax payer than does the community owned utility. ALL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY LICENSED PHARMACISTS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PROMPTLY SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY “At Union Station” Phones 377 ^nd £Q0 Phones 377 and 400 Presbyterian Church In United States tailed Upon To Fast and Pray On Sunday. October 9th. Believing that conditions in the church cannot he corrected by me chanical adjustments, legislation or administration; the Presbyterian church in the United States has issued a cajl for a day of fasting and prayer for Sunday, October 9, at which time the whole church, the individual mem bers, its organization and iU courts SPECIALISTS are called upon to be much in the spir-'j. Examined .... Glasses Prescribed it of prayer before the Lord, beseech-1 _ ing Him to visit us with a great out-1 16 We8 ‘ " a ‘" S *”' t - „ Fhcne 101 pouring of His spirit, that our church 1 CLINTON. S. C. H. D. HENRY F. M. BOLAND DRS. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS AGES OF PRESIDENTS Discussion of prospective presiden tial candidates, some of whom have reached an advanced age, naturally suggests an examination of the record to see how old former presidents were upon taking office. This record discloses that only five were over 60 and only five were un der 50 at the time they became pres ident. The three of greatest age at inau guration were William Henry Harri son, 68; James Buchanan, 65, and Zachary Taylor, 64. Harrison died in office exactly one month after he be rime president. The three youngest were Theordore Roosevelt, 42; U. S. Grant, *46; and Grover Cleveland,*47. Among the men prominently men tioned for the nominations 'In 1928, Andrew* Mellon, 73, is the oldest. Oth er -Republicans include - Lowden, 66; Hughes, 65; Dawes, 62; Borah, 62; Longworth, 58; Hoover, 53. Demo cratic possibilities include Reed, 66; Pomerene, 64; Woollen, 63; Robinson, 55; Smith, 54; Donahey, 54; Meredith, 51, and Ritchie, 51. President Coolidge and William G. MAY IT NEVER BE YOUR LITTLE PAL Here is a true story sent out by the Citizens Safety Committee of Phila delphia, which should make us all more careful drivers: A wave of the hand, a kiss on the breeze, from the sweetest little pal in the world. I stood for some moments watching her, a chubby little figure in blue and white, an extremely im portant little person on her way to school. And then she turned the cor ner—it must have been about four o’clock—my mind has been deadened since—that the boss sent for me. “Bob,” said he, laying his hand bn my shoulder, “there’s been an acci dent, and you’d better hurry to the house.” Well, there isn’t much more to tell. That little pal of mine—she—she wasn’t at the window watching for me as usual. For an instant I faltered, it just seemed as if something in me went dead, and I had to fight for breath. In a little time I went to the gate, just as I had that morning. And !I looked " down the street as best I could. Right over there, a short block away, was where she turned the cor ner—and passed forever out of my life. Today, it was my little girl; to morrow, or next day, it will be some other little pal quite as dear. And so on and on until the consciences of men shall cry a halt to this passion for fast driving in localities where dan ger stares drivers plumb in the eye. may be refreshed from the presence of the Lord, that our sin and weakness and reproach may be taken awfcy, that our witnessing for Christ may be done in the power and administration of the spirit, and that evangelism shall become the definite, determined, per manent and passionate work which supports and furnishes all other work of the church.” • The call is issued in the name of the general assembly of this church .by Rev. R. F. Campbell, D. D., Asheville, moderator of the assembly. Doctor Campbell was a member of the survey committee that made the report to the last assembly, calling for such action. The chairman of this committee was Rev. Ernest Thomp- sen, D. D., Charleston, W. Va., who is the present chairman of the assem bly’s work committee, the new com mittee of forty-four, elected by the last assembly to do the executive work of the whole church. . > Detailed plans for the observance of the day of fasting and prayer have been made by the committee on edu cation, and are being sent to all the leaders in the church. The members of this educational committee are Rev. Homer McMillan,: D. D., Atlanta, Ga., chairman; E. D. jGrant, Nashville, Tenn., secretary; Rev. Henry H. Sweets, D. I)., Louis ville, Ky.; Rev. Gilbert Glass, D. D., | Richmond, Va.; Mrs. W. C. Winsbor- Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service H. D. Henry & Company INSURANCE STOCKS - BONDS REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED Hie Clinton Chronicle—$1.50 a Year ough, St. Louis, Mo.; Rev. R. C. Long, Atlanta, Ga. TRAGEDY COSTS THREE LIVES Fourth Is Near Death. Claim Woman Killed Two Children and Self and Batters Husband’s Head. Kershaw, Sept. 25.—A tragedy, costing the lives of three persons, .fcnd probably a fourth, was enacted last night or early this morning at Mid way, six miles east of here in Lancas ter county. GleHrT Gregory, son of Roach E. j Gregory, was found by a passing neighbor this morning about 9 o’clock j lying in his bed with his head crushed ) and a bloody axe in the room. Six or j eight blows had apparently been j struck and the unfortunate man after [ receiving medical attention was rush- 1 ed to a Columbia hospital with no, hopes of his surviving his terrible i wounds. , — . J While neighbors were trying to find J out the party who had done the bloody j deed, information was received from , the home of Mr. Gregory’s wife, near I Bethune, that Mrs. Gregory had arriv- * ed there with her two small children, j BUCK’S Dr. Frank Crane Says— MR. LEISURE CURES DISCOUR AGEMENT When I am discouraged, when my toe aches or my eyes bother me or something happens to make me fell sorry for myself, I like to think about 1 Mr. S. M. Leisure who lives in a little town near me. Mr. Leisure yvas seventy years old the other day and he was out. mow-1 aged about 16 months and four years, I :— i respectively, earlier in the morning 1 and that Mrs. Gregory had taken the two children in the yard and cut their , throats with a razor and then cut her own throat with the razor. •! It is indicated that the : Wtoman first “No matter what happened.” he McAdoo, who have apparently eiimi- said, “I was always able to padule my mg the lawn. This is quite remark able when taken in connection with the fact that since he was thirteen years old he has been without arms. Making Stoves for 80 Years Never Sacrificing Quality— But Keeping the Price Reasonably Low No stoves and ranges are more splendidly construct ed with every cooking detail attended to. They heat more quickly and more evenly and hold Jthe heat better than ordinary stoves. They are made of the best new pig iron, no scrap iron used at the Buck factory. Easy to operate and to keep clean. This store has been selling Buck’s for sixteen years and invites you to come in and see a demonstration and make comparisons. Fulltr-Simpsoi Finitnre Co. FURNITURE, STOVES, FLOOR COVERINGS “The Home-Makers” - , Clinton, S. C.