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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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PUBLISHED. RVERY THURSDAY
BY
THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING c6. [lows:
Alabama
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North Carolina, “T^fSkes a poor show
ing in tbe accumulation of wealth. In
pur state onlv 9 millionaires are listed,
while North Carolina is credited with
127. The distribution by states foi-
4runkard. For that reason his son
never touched it. He knew the weak
ness was in his blood and he avoided
it. This is the main thing for which
heredity is good. It ought to teach
us what kin<t of temptations to avoid.
TAX SALE
WILSON W. HARRIS
Editor and Publisher
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CLINTON, S. C., NOV. S, 1927
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ITS NOW MAYOR CLARK
,L.ck H. Clark of Forsyth, Ga., a
Clinton citizen for a number of years,
was elected mayor of his town last
week over the incumbent, A. M. Zell-
r.cr. his only opponent. Congratula
tion.? *re in order.
Mr. Clark is editor of the Monroe
Advertiser, one of the best weekly
papers in Georgia. He is also pastor
of the Presbyterian church of For
syth, and now he has added to his du
ties. the job of mayor .which means
that he is a busy man.
Mr. Clark was educated in the
The mwell orphanage and Presbyteri
an college of this city, and later at
Union seminary in Richmond, Va. He
is a fine, modest fellow, wonderfully
capable, and it is a safe bet that he
will render a service as mayor to be
appreciated by his home town.
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Ualifornia ....)
Colorado
Connecticut 708
Delaware .... 143
Florida .: f. 14229
Georgia 142
Idaho .... ....
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa ... ....
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine ....
Maryland .... ... ....
Massachusetts . ^ 1,951
Michigan. 1,192
Minnesota - 337
Mississippi : -t.. 34
Missouri jC.tr
Montana VM 23
Nebraska .4. 58
Nevada 10
New Hampshire
New Jersey .... 1,373
New Mexico .
New York ....
North Carolina ....
North Dakota 2
Ohio 1,338
Oklahoma 174
Oregon 77
Pennsylvania 3,086
Rhode Island 282
South Carolina ( 9
South Dakota 5
Tennessee _ 141
Texas 380
Utah - 30
Vermont 44
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Any ma b who goes devil is
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the maker of his own downfall. We
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never place a false stone in the edi-
...1,694
fice of our career unless'we do it our-
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selves.
708
Likewise, any man who achieves
.... 143
success is entitled to credit for it. Oth-
.1,229
er people and events may have con-
.... 142
tributed to his venture, but they
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would have meant nothing without
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his cooperation.
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The one thing that a successful man
125
clings to is his sense of responsibility.
.... 80
He is the master of his fate and he
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ought to be the captain of his soul.
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Our true heredity is from God and
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we all have in us the power to make
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something of ourselves.
1,951
The Orientals deify their ancestors,
1,192
but all we use them for is to put the
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blame of our actions on them. If ev-
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erything that is said about heredity
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were true this world would steadily
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go to the dogs. As it is, it is growing’
58
better and it is improving because
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there is a continual crop bf new ba-
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bies entering into it and humanity is
1,373
always starting again.
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No matter what your father or moth-
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er or great uncles were, therefore, you
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should not be downhearted.
* \ DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT
That was a deplorable accident last
Sunday afternoon that so unexpected
ly took the life of little Nelle Mitchell
while she was innocently at play. The
heart of the city was touched by the
t’agedy and expressions of sympathy
on all sides have been expressed for
the bereaved family.
It is always hard to understand ex
actly how such accidents occur. Often
times they are due to reckless driving,
while as often they are the fault of
children who unconsciously walk into
danger as they play on the public
streets. We would not attempt to
place the blame in this case for we are
not called upon to do so and we must
recognize that such happenings al
ways have two sides. We are all
agreed, however, that it was a deplor
able accident and the kind that we
should all work to avoid.
Two lessons we gather from the in
cident—the importance of, careful
driving on the part of the public, and
the obligation resting upon parents to
keep their children from playing in
the public streets where the danger
of being run over is always great.
Drivers and parents alike, need to be
careful and take the needed precau
tions. Today it is Mr. and Mrs. Mitch
ell’s little girl; tomorrow or next day,
it may he some other little pal quite
so dear.
Virginia ^ 140
Washington ' 101 HAVE YOU A CHURCH PAPER
West Virginia 100 kN YOUR HOME?
Wisconsin ... 288 \ church paper in every home
Wyoming 10 means that the pastor’s valuable as-
District of Columbia 272 sistant is there; that the church
Hawaiian Islands 60 member’s indispensable informant is
However, millionairing in the Unit- there;' that the friend of the young
ed States is a comparatively recent people is there with program and de
development. Back in 1914 there were votional helps; that the friend of the
only about 7,000 Americans in the mil- children is there with stories for the
lionaire class, while today 30,000 are story hour; that the friend of old age
recognized by the government through j s there with comfort and strength in
their tax returns. Mr. Helms says: we ii written articles and sermons; and
Back in 1914, for instance, when that all members of the family who
there were but 7,509 millionaires, each are leaders in any of the church or-
had an average income of $150,000 for ganizations have a real ally present
i the year, From that time on, how- i n the home.
ever, the average income shrunk as the The week of November 6-13 is
number of millionaires increased. The « church paper week » with the Presby-
income figure kept shriveling until j er i ans Your pastor wants every fam-
1921, when the average millionaire * jjy tQ rece i ve regularly one of the
net receipts totaled but $95,000, or. tkree denominational papers. Make
less than two thirds of his 1914 in
Dr. Johnson once asked a woman to
marry him and she replied: “Sir, I
cannot because my condition in life is
not equal to yours. Besides, I have
two uncles that have been hung.”
He answered: “As far as position in
life is concerned, all men are born
equal, and as far as ancestors are con
cerned, while I have no uncles that
have been hung, I have several rela
tives that ought to be hung.’’
come.
Then it started slowly upward again.
In 1925 it reached an average of $122,-
000 for each millionaire. .Quite a con-
papers
an effort during church paper week
to reach the goal of a church paper
in every home. Hand your name to the
president of the auxiliary today if you
want to subscribe. Be an informed
trast 1925 ^with 30,517 millionaires p resb yt er j an> Subscribe for a church
paper and the Presbyterian Survey.
each receiving $122,000, and 1914 with
7,509 millionaires each receiving $150,-
For ready comparison, the Treasury ! CllRmpion
has divided the millionaire group into
WE MUST HAVE WATER
The election next Tuesday to pro
vide funds with which to enlarge the
city's present waterworks system
should be approved at the polls and
doubtless will. The whole question, in
volving the expenditure of $75,000, is
to provide water for the city, which
is as essential as bread. The surveys
ar.d investigations recently made have
revealed that the city’s water supply
from Beard’s fork is entirely inade
quate. and that an extension of the
present water line is imperative. It
sounds the part of good common sense
to carry the line on to Duncan’s creek,
where the supply is 1 adequate to relieve
the present situation in order that we
may not again be called upon to face
the same problem that is now be/ore
us.
The whole question has been care
fully gone into and the fa-’ts given
the public. The requirements for the
calling of the election have been met
and next Tuesday the bond issue will
be either approved or rejected. The
outcome is in the hands of the quali
fied voters who number 153.
It is poor economy and senseless to
refuse to relieve our present water
shortage. There is nothing so impor
tant to a community, or that ranks as
a greater asset, than an abundance of
potable water in all seasons. There
fore this issue now before the city, is
one extremely important and cannot
be side-tracked because of the addi
tional expense it will involve. The
bonds should be voted and the exten
sion of the present system made as
soon as possible.
Once the bonds are voted, the city
council should proceed to take every
precaution to see that the work is
properly handled. The building of the
line should be done by contract on
competitive bids. This is the proper
way in which all municipal improve
ments should be undertaken.
classifications according to income.
The subdivision shows that two-thirds
of the number, or about 21,000 per
sons, had net incomes of from $50,000
to $100,000 during the year. Also:
That abgut 4,800 had net incomes of
$100,000 to $150,000;
That 3,223 had net incomes of $150,-
000 to $300,000;
That 892 had net incorties of $300,-
000 to $500,000; .
That 479 had net incomes of $500,-
000 to $1,000,000.
And that 207 enjoyed incomes of
$1,000,000 or more.
America’s well-advertised million
aires are within the last three classi
fications. The number of such for
tunes apparently has shot up within
the past five years. In 1914 there
were but 60 persons in the country
with incomes of more than $1,000,000
and in 1921 the number had been re
duced to 21. In 1923 it rose to 74, in
1924 to 75 and in 1925 to 207,
A part of this increase is more ap
parent, perhaps, than real, as the low-
erinng of surtax rates has worked to
increase the taxable income of owners
of large fortunes. The foregoing fig
ures concern only taxable income and
do not include income from tax exempt
securities, of which the Treasury has
no record except for the past year or
In 1925, however, the millionaire
Raiser Found
By virtue of tax executions issued
by Ross D. Young,.county treasurer
of Laurens County, S. C., the follow
ing property; will be sold at Laurens
Court House, Laurens, S. C., on sales
day in November next, being Monday,
the 7th day of the month, during the
legal hours of sale. Terms, of sale:
Cash.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1
Austin, Amanda^et al., 1 lot, 1 bldg.
Adair, Bob, (col.), 1 lot, 1 bldg.
Blakely, A. B., 100 acres, 2 lots, 8
bldgs. - ^
Blalock, T. J„ 180 acres, 2 bldgs.
Browning, Mrs. M. E., 747 acres, 19
bldgs.
Dicus, Mrs. W. A., 92 acres, Llot,
5 bldgs.
Garrett, J. T., Sara WVISSS acres,
1 bldg. —
Holland, T. R., 3 lots, 2 bldgs.
Browning, J. L., 292 acres, 1 lot, 5
bldgs.
Jones, Shady, est., 8 acres.
' Madden, Mrs. Grace, 8 acres.”
McCravy, R. H., est., 1 lot.
Dollie McCoy, 2 lots, 1 bldg.
Nance, E. W., (col), 8 lots.
Pasley, Dr. E. C., est., 50 acres.
W. A. Robertson, 1 lot, 1 bldg.
Simpson, Willie, 2 lots, 1 bldg. ' •
Suber, Margaret (col), 23 acre?,- 1
bldg. . — J
Lude Goodman (col), 1 lot.
Adair, Kelly (col.), 1 lot, 1 bldg.
Alexander, G. C., 2 lots, 1 bldg.
Blalock, Mrs. Fanny, 13 acres, r 2
lots, 2 bldgs.
Bobo, J. H., 2 lots.
Browning, S. W., 98 acres, 1 bldg.
Dillard, J. Will, 2 lots, 1 bldg.
Holland, Merc. Co., 1 lot, 1 bldg.
Lynch, Mrs. Annie L., 106 acres, 1
lot, 1 bldg.
Matthews, J. W., 3 lots, 1 bldg.
Motes, Mrs. C. H., 65 acres.
Caroline McCoy, est., 1 lot, 1 bldg.'
Owens, Mattie D., 1 lot.
Iva Pitts, 86 acres, 1 bldg.
Tom Smith, 1 lot, 1 bldg.
Mrs. Eugine M. Teagpe, est., 231
acres, 1 lot, 2 bldg.
Williams, Reed, 1 lot, 1 bldg.
Josh L. Jones, 116 acres, 1 bldg.
Adair, Mrs. J., 245 acres, 3 lots, 5
bldgs.
Ball, H. J., 100 acres, 1 bldg.
Blalock, Mrs. Fannie Y., 20 acres, 1 1
bldg.
Mrs. M. E. Browning, 900 acres, 1
bldg.
J. Will Dillard, 213 acres, 3 bldgs.
M. S. Garrett, 212 acres, 1 bldg.
H. M. Geer, 1600 acres, 3 bldgs.
J. N. Hatton, 509 acres, 6 bldgs:
Fed Johnson, 120 acres, 1 bldg.
J. B. Johnson, 103 acres, 1 bldg.
John W. Madden, 94 acres, 1 bldg
M. H. Setzler, 260 acres, 2 bldgs.
C. L. OWENS,
Sheriff Laurens County.
Here Are Phone Numbers To REMEMBER
For Satisfactory Grocery Buying In NO
VEMBER—
Phones 50 and 54
IN ORDER TO MERIT THE PATRON
AGE OF CLINTON HOUSEWIVES—
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We sell only the best of food of all kinds,
and offer always a complete variety of sea
sonable vegetables and out-of-the-ordinary
eatables.
We render quick, careful service always. ,
Shop here in November and enjoy the ut
most satisfaction in grocery buying.
Denson Grocery Co.
W. S. DENSON, Prop.
50—Two Phojies—54
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Phones 377 and 400 Phones 377 and 400
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STOCKS
BONDS
REAL ESTATE
LOANS NEGOTIATED
T. Hamp Holland, well known and
successful farmer of the Long Branch
section, is the champion sweet potato
grower of Laurens county in all prob
ability. A few days ago he brought
to The Chronicle office with his com
pliments, an enormous Porto Rico yam
that weighed exactly eight pounds!
when put oh the scales. It was raised j
by Mr. Holland in his fine potato patch j
and was appreciated by the editor. {
Unless some one steps forward with a
specimen that will exceed eight
pounds, the championship title goes to
Mr. Holland.
“A COMPLETE STATIONERY STORE”
Christmas
Lovable Woman
Claimed By Death
Cards
so.
class received tax-exempt income of
abffut $150,000,000.
Friends in the city of Mr. and Mrs.
B. C. Blalock, will regret to learn of
the death of the former’s mother, Mrs.
Estelle Cowan Blalock, which occurred
in Wadesboro, N. C., on Oct. 24th. She
was preparing to move to Clinton to
reside with her son, when she became
ill.
Mis. Blalock was a woman of lovely
Christian character and her friends
were numerous as was attested by a
lengthy and beautiful tribute paid her
in the Wadesboro paper by a life-long
friend, Mrs. J. M. Dunlap.
Dr. Frank Crane Says—
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OUR MILLIONAIRE CROP
What is the number of millionaires
in the United States? If you are in
terested enough to ask the question,
the answer has just beep given by
William P. Helm, Jr., in an article in
the Wall Street Journal, giving the
table by states, ‘ t
-'South Carolina in comparison
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to
DRS. SMITH & SMITH
OPTOMETRISTS
DON’T USE THE HEREDITY
ALIBI
Dorothy Dix had a good article re
cently on the heredity alibi. She point
ed out that this is one of the most
abused alibis in the world and one nf
which the . weaklings' are especially
fond.
It seems to be limited to the weak
lings. No man who is honest, upright,
and has the other virtues attributes
it to the influence of his grandfather.
He always takes credit for such things
himself.
But when a man is a drunkard and
loose in his sex life or otherwise self-
indulgent, very often he or his moth
er for him will attribute it to the in
fluence of his father’s uncle or some
u such person.
If a man has a hereditary leaning
for instance, towards liquor, why does
n’t he leave it alone ?
I know a man who is prominent in
politics, himself the governor of a
state and his father before him a gov.
ernor. The father 'Had been a great
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,— • / Clinton, S. C,
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