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-T* • X. PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Slip QUirontrlf PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. the little opportunities for happiness that lie along their path day by day. Women ate so intent, upori gaining Bible Questions WILSON.W; HARRIS Editor add Publisher ^ v V^- 1 " v . «. . i * * . i 1. What princess was given as i some goal wh.ch hey thmk .mportant j ^ t() a ^ ieI|ow who had be€n that th^y ja'as other blessmgs which , teve ^ , j.ii.bird-? they might have by the way for the taking. * . Va . . 1 * —^Let_jis :devote all. our attention to our business in hand, but let us re- Enltred at the Clinton Post Office as member that there are other things in matter of Second Class. this world than the thing updn which Terms of Subscription: ^we have set our heart'and that some- : v $1.50 times these other things are quite as One year Six months Th ree months Payable in advance ' .75 important as our chosen object. .50 The Chronicle eeks the cooperation cooperai of its subscribe s and readers — the publisher will a all times appreciate wise suggestion . and kindly advice. Make all remittances to Did You Ever Stop To Think Xo. 2r4ieth<l G^pve 9 mills No. 3, Ekom .... 20 mills No. 4, Center Point No. 5, Oakville No. 6, Mount Pleasant .... No. 7, Mt. Plive No. 14, Waterloo Cross Hill School Districts No.* Up.Cross Hill .... 21% mills Hunter School Districts Rock Bridge THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO Clinton’, S. C. CLINTOS, S. C., NOV. 17. 1927 lO PAGES TH E COTTON VVAGONS 'By Edison R. Waite That business concerns help their customers, as well as themselves, when they advertise. That any man w’ho has a business andsref-uses to advertise has no busi- 1 ness worth mentioning. That -some concerns do not adver tise because they are- incapable of liv : ing up to the standards demanded by an advertised'business. That any worth vvhile^ business must advertise to keep worth while. The fall season sets in motion lines an( l the cheapest and best way to ad- of wagons in which cotton is being vertise is through local newspapers, carried to the gins. There is such a That in order to get business nowa- thing. as reading between these lines, days it is necessary to hit the line jus* as in connection with all forms hard. ADVERTISE! of activity there are hopes, motives That the trade territory of the av- and various kinds of history which erage cUy is limited only to the en- form a background for what we do. terprise of her business men. Th» re is much more to the wagons That to be a success men in the Bible whose,, eyes are de scribed? ? 3. Who is the only woman klepto maniac (!) mentioned in the Bible? 4. Who are the only women count- No. 3, ed among the seventy who went down ! No. 4, into Egypt? ^ 5. 'What woman gave birth to a son that was red and hairy? 6. Who are the only four women named in the first 2,013 years of hu man history? t 7: Where are girls spoken of as playing in the streets? What 400 girls were forced to mar^y young fellows they had never seen ? 9. What 200 glfls were captured as brides on a festive occasion? 10. What female god is mentioned in the Old Testament and which in the New? 11. What woman, a stranger, stir red GhYist's compassion by her utter No. 1, Long Branch desolation ? 12. What pert girl caused an apos tle to commit a great sin?? 13. What woman was the most gen erous person of her time ? . 14. What woman became lastingly famous because of a generous gift? 15. What woman seems to have had no fear of snakes? 14 milU 8 mills 1 ^ 13 njjlls rtT mills 8 mills THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 192 6 mills in business > which convev cotton than the turning means a business concern must, be of tne wheels, the efforts'of the mules, constantly on (he alert. Their goods the sn'wy Maple and the sunburned must be well bought, well displayed, faces aid calloused hands of those who fair priced and well advertised, labor n the fields that this product That the shoppers shop where they mav add to the comfort and progress can get what they want; they read the of the world. ads f to find out where and don t lose The wagons of cotton represent a time, hazardous venture in which men The careful housewife is always! measure their strength and ingenuity alert and grasps £very opportunity to against the weather, the weevil, flue- save- money; long ago she found that tuation in price, and the productivity she could save by buying advertised of the soil. The burdens which these S 00 ^?: wagons carry are made up not only of « ^ ' so' many pounds of seed cotton but also GUM CONSUMPTION of the often forlorn hopes of those ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS IN the Issue of nov. 10. 1. Sarah, Genesis 16:21. 2. His sisters, Matthew 13:56. 3. Lot’s daughters, Genesis 19. 4. Deborah, Judges 4. See Luke 7. Wadsworth 8 mills No. 5, Clinton 22 mills No. 6, Goldville 4 mills No. 6, Goldville 4 ’mills No. 7. Belfast .... 5 mills No. K-9, Kinards .... .... 8 mills No. R-42, Reederville 13 mills No. 16, Mountville 16 mills Jacks School Districts No. 1, No white school 4 mills No. 2, Shady Grove ' 11 mills No. ..3, Renno 16 mills No. 4, No white school .... 3 mills No. 6, Odell’s .... .... 8 mills i No. 7, Garlington 3 mills No. 15, Hurricane .... t . 16 mills Scuffletown School Districts .... .... 8 mills No. 2, Musgrove 8 mills 1 No. .3, Langston 3 mills No. 4, Sandy Springs 4 mills No. 10, Lanford 22% mills i No. 12, Ora 11% mills Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off are requested to send them early and give the township and schobl district of each, as the Treas- | ufrer is very busy during the month i of December. ROSS D. YOUNG, If County Treasurer. n o. DRS. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS iving-*? Only a few days and this happy day will be here. W,e can furnish every- • *--■ ' ■ i<v . . thing for the Thanksgiving menu of seasonable choice ^foods and deli- m » cacies^ >> ViV- There’s a big variety to select from. There’s a certain Certainty that your Thanksgiving order placed here will be properly filled. Phone us early. ..... -r—* Denson Grocery Co. 17 W. S. DENSON, Prop. 50—Two Phones—54 v < > < . 6. Jeroboam’s wife, 1 Kings 14. who have toiled through rain araUgun- skine in the' expectation of a profit when the crop is harvested. The cargo of such wagons mean to n^any the promise of food and raiment and 45,009 TONS A YEAR Annual Output of Distinctly American Industry Valued at Fifty Million Dollars. *' ; Restless jaws — consuming 45,000 have an American industry with with which to go on with the economic an annual output valued at $50,000,- battles of the future. 000. The wagons which carry cotton are Chewing gum is distinctly Amevi- 7. The little sister in Solomon’s Song 8. 8. Shallum’s daughters, Nehemiah 3:12. 9. Esther, Esth. 5. . 10. Dinah, Genesis 34. 11. Sarah, Genesis 18, 12. Tamar, Genesis 38. 13. Mother of Jabez, 1 Chron. 4. 14. Rebecca, Genesis 27. 15. Manoah’s wife, Judges 13, Elizabeth, Luke 1. 16. SeeT!xodus 38:8. SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined -:- Glasses Prescribed 15 West Main Street Phene 101 CI^NTON. S. C. Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service and SEED GRAINS OF ALL KINDS ALL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY LICENSED PHARMACISTS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PROMPTLY O' SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY “At Union Station” Phones 377 and 400 Phones 377 and 400 other bare necessities of life. It is the hope of education for their chil- tons of chewing gum yearly- dren and of some measure of Capital built up an American industry COUNTY TREASURER’S NOTICE 1927 The books of the County Treasurer will be open for the collection of y°0* See us for what you need. W$, are offering Barley, Rye, Seed Wheat, Texas, Apeler and 100 to 1 Oats. We invite all farmers to call and see us and let us serve Our prices are right and iUI+ ed. a symbol, in many sections, of the last can, like horn rimmed glasses and ice taxes f or t j,e fiscal year, 1927, at the your business will be appreclat line of defense where the farmer is cream soda. America u’se^s about JS Treasurer’s office from October 15th making an uncertain stand against the per cent of the total output. t0 December 31, 1927. After Decem- encroachment of a new era in agri- However, the gum chewing ^ ankee k er Qne p er cen ^ w j|j jj e added. Af- j culture. W h£n the wagons become soldiers carried the idea to I ranee and j er January 31st, two per cent will be fewer and their car^o lighter and the England during the war, and since added, and after Peb. 28th, seven per pathway to gin becomes a less beaten 1918 exports to those two countries cent w jji be a( jded, until the 15th day- one it is a prophesy of a day when have doubled and tripled. of March, 1928, when the books will 1 diversification :.will enable the ability In spite of aill the British jokes be c i ose d . # ’ . Farmers 7 Exchange T. J. BLALOCK, Prop. Clinton, S. C. D. HENRY ‘ 'K. r. F. M. BOLAND H. D. Henry & Company insurance STOCKS - BONDS - REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED and energy of the toiler and the qual- against the American habit, approxi- ities of the soil to banish such forms mately 4,000,000 pounds of .chewing of financial slavery as now exist- in gum were exported to England last connection with agriculture. It is the year, the department of commerce re last stand in many communities of ports. / tr «ir-.g!e money crop, the failure of France appa/ently did ndt take to which cannot but bring widespread the habit as readily as the British, disaster in its train. Present condi- French import ition of American gum lions are such that the road to the totaled but 141 000 pounds for 1926. gin leads to a land of promise only American to irists also aided in the in so far as the road is so rough that spreading of me habit to the remote it -.vjjl turn us from a hope in one crop comers of the world. Not a nation on to an “assurance in many. the globe has escaped. : - ;i - Chosen, formerly Korea, uses 62 pounds yearly; Japan imports 107,000 pounds; Turkey 386 pounds; Barba- THERF’S TOO MUCH CONCEN TRATION AT TIMES Dr. Frank Crane Says— ;doa l0 pounds and even Asiatic Rus sia uses approximately 35 pounds of chewing gum a year. Denmark has adopted the habit to Sir Oliver Lodge the other day said: j the tuJ)e of an annual consumption Srence pursues a narrow road * n 0 f 230^00 pounds. What they do with search of truth, looking neither to the io,000 pounds of chewing gum yearly r.ght nor the left. Well, it will soon j n A r abi a the land of the- sheik, is off. The! ha\ e to take its blinkers n ads are not the whole universe.; f jg ure ou t There i* a good deal of ground in be tween. It looks at present like a jun- . _ -. , pie and thicket-uncivilized. Well, we P ort aPTfoximately 31,000 pounds All persons owning property in more than one township are requested to call for receipts in each of the sev- ! | eral townships in which the property is located. This is important, as ad-' ditional cost and penalty may be at- | tached. - ' * All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one (21) and fifty-five (55) years of age are,I liable to pay a poll tax of $1.00, ex- cept-trtd soldiers, who are exempt at fifty (50) years of age. Commutation Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. All able-bodied men between, the ages of 21 and 55 are liable to road duty;, except those in military service, school trustees, school teachers, .ministers, | and students. Dog Tax $1.25, which must be paid not later than January I 31, 1928. Proper attention will be given those who wish to pay their taxes through the mail by check, money order, etc., I “A COMPLETE STATIONERY STORE” -V > ^ V - f Christmas more than th^iepactment experts can giving name of township and number of school district. The Malay straits settlements im- will have to civilize. it.” The fault to which Sir Oliver refers is not confined to scientists, although it is' common among them. A man may look so intently at that thing up on which his attention is fixed that he fails to'see important things about him to which he gives no heed. Some of the most important things of life come unexpectedly. Some of our most vital events are not those to ward which we labored. A man should keep his eyes and be able’ to see things “out of the tail of his eye.” The best things that ever happened to us have not been those things that year from the United States! Scotland uses 175,000 pounds, while the Irish chew but 10,000 pounds every year. Rumania is content with 75 pounds. British South Africa Vieeds 28,000 pounds to fill the yearly demands. When Thomas Adams became fas- The tax levy is as follows: State Tax .... 5% mills j| Ordinary County Tax 5% mills Road and Bridge 5% mills Railroad'Bond 1 mill J Jail Bonds .... .... .... % mill Road Bonds .... j: :... 11 mills Past Indebtedness 2 mills. Statewide School (6-0-1) .... 4 mills W’eak and High Schools % mill ' 3 mills i I : cinated over a piece of chewing gum handed him in 1866 by the Mexican, Constitiltipnal School general Santa Anna he little dreamed his discovery of chicle and sugar Total .... .... ....' 38 mills j would eventually set the jaws of the . Laurens School Districts world to work. No. 1, Trinity Ridge 16% mills! The chewing gum industry has No. 2, Prospect 16 mills grown to such an extfcntrth^t the sap- No. 3, Barksdale-Narnie .... 16% mills; we so arduously searched for, but 1 product of the wild rubber tree in the things which have, bumped into us un- Dutch Indies, is being used to a great expectedly. extent as a substitute for chicle. It is all right to pursue one subject Followers of the habit do not real- with concentration, but we should not ize how neaf^ they came to being de concentrate odilla, or chewing gum tree, is becom- No. 4, Bailey .... .... 7 mills ing rapidly exhausted. Jelutong, a j No. 5 ( Copeland-Fleming 8 mills No. 6, Oak Grove .... ! ,. No. 7, Watst Mills .... .... 6 mills 8 mills No. 11, Laurens ... 22 mills No. 12, Ora 11% mills Youngs School District see entrate so much that we do not prived of chewing gum. Only the fact! ^°' friendship 20 mills other things. that chicle failed to make good rub- Jj 0 ' t’ Bf tha ny' m ! 8 Many a man has been so busy with ber turned it into the present industry. L 0, £’ p ra ^ S . " ' ..y/ “J!,* his trade or calling that he has failed Mexico and Central America provide! Vq 7* Youngs 17% mills Ih/rseWes uponhta" 11163 U “*'* hn “ t : *•* £•»***:•««? ° f . the ! No. 8, Warrior Creek - 15 milla memseives upon mm. g Um base. The best chicle comes from vr lft r nn f nr j - . 0014 pi^Twith SS 8t that irhas°^e U J Y r UCata ^,r here plantation8 ! No’. 3B, Fountain Inn' "..""... 24 mills pied with his faith that he has taken G f sa podilla trees have been developed r»i«la «rhnni nutrirta m none of the indubitable facts that by African planters. Last year ap- ^ Sch0O, D,StnCU surround him. proximately 10,000 pounds of crude So, also, some scientists pursue their chicle were imported from Mexico. ! No. 1, Greenpond 8 mills No. 2, Eden 12% mills! ,S“ t . hey **«• to . TI Britoh Honduras'" prevideV 2£JMKW j % Grey Coortowm*. Il 20 mills pounds and Guatemala 1,000,000 No Barksdale-Narnie.16% mills pounds. Today the American chewing gum industry is carried, on in 41 plants with 2,180 employees. the spiritual realities that occur about them. A concentrated mind is a good gibing, but it shinild also be an alert mwUKMVe should press forward to ward the goal in view, but we should be ready to jump at prizes that lie by the roadside. / There is jsuch a thing as too much concentration. Men centering all their attentions upon the pursuit of i ealth do no‘t see What Do (. P. S. JE i ES Do? No. .8, Merna *. 12 mills’ No. 3-B, Fountain Inn 24 mills i| Sullivan School Districts No. 1, Princeton 18 mills No. 2, Mt. Bethel 8 mills j No. 3, Po]jlar Springs 20 mills; No. 7, Brewertdn 16 mills No. 17, Hickory Tavern ......... 16'mills ilroad Tax .... •.... 3 mills, Waterloo School Districts , o. 1, Mt. Gftllagher 12 mills!! Vi. Perhaps you have not even thought of Christmas Cards yet—but you will purchase some between now and Christmas, so why not attend to it while stocks are fresh and compete? Our sample books, containing the choic est seections of leading manufacturers, are ready for your inspection. Great variety, for personal and busi ness use, in a wide range of prices. Get this much of your Christmas shopping out of the way before the hol iday rush. .. If it is not convenient for you to call, we will gladly send samples to your door. Phone us. X. « Chronicle Publishing Co. Stationery and Gift Department ‘You Will Always do Better at a Stationery Store” /.'./V ■' it ( '« ■ T V. V.;'-' '■C" A Y\ /' -s- , \ v . ••1 ... ^ : .. V /