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ulljp Oliirnntrlf PUBUSHED ffVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO WILSON W. HARRIS Editor and Publisher college if cordial relations and good I will between institutions is #orth any- ' thing. His latest bombshell emblaz oned to the newspapers is that Clem- will not play Furman* next year in Greenville under any circumstances even though this ultimatum result in a future improvements that have been out of the question during the past year, r^fhe public should study this report. It is published solely to give informa tion affecting the activities of the city government. City officials have no right to withhold anything from Entered at the Clinton Post Office as institutions. Mr. Gee is offended be- ‘break” in relations between the two)the taxpayers whose money foots the matter of Second Class. Terms of Subscription: One year ’...$1.60 Six months 75 Three months -50 Payable in advance cause of unpleasantness at and after the game in Greenville on Thanks giving. A short time previous to this an nouncement, Mr. Gee had stated that Clemson would not play Wofford. And about the same time there came the official information from this Mr. Gee, directed to the athletic authorities at Presbyterian college, announcing a severance of all relations with the ~ Make all remittances to I Clinton institution because of a dis- ▼HL CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. a ^ reen ? ent over finances in connection The Chronicle .eeks the cooperation of its subscribe - s and readers-r-» the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestion: and kindly advice. i Clinton, S. C. CLINTON, S. C., DEC. 1, 1927 lO PAGES SATISFYING THEJ»UBLIC The general complaint that business is poor is all bunk. In the selling of actual necessities of life, this is true in a measure, but not so as regards and enter- bills. ’The report gives an authorita tive account of the city’s financial condition and if it ^contains anything that taxpayer* do hot undestand, ex planation may be gladly had by the asking. Dr. Frank Crane Says— . RULES FOR INVESTORS It ^ is about as hard to keep your money safely as it is to make it in the with his year’s game at Clemson. place.-It requires almost as much It would bo Interesting if Mr. Gee care, ingenuity and foresight it doc* would give the reasons for the “break” tu rarn the money. ’ with P. C. The itemized expensh eel. Jo “ h *• Nutt - <* the Un- oount of the game, as charged against 10 " Trmt 'omp*ny of Cleveland, has P. C. and deducted from its part of »>«” “> * l‘ s ‘ »f question, which an the gate receipts, would prove an eye-^ft.*"" 1 ^ 1 woul ^ want ""W'M opener, it was the most expensive ^ f _°, re re,chm K » " game we have heard of in a long while for Presbyterian college. The facts ir. the case would throw’ light on the , , , , . . , •break" and it appears to us that the ^ al »“t a bond w» s , )r.. »» ke. the bank buy it?” If the bond i decision about a bond. By the way, one question a friend of mine who has large means said he Will wasn’t case” should not be dismissed with , , . , . , . A {the statement that financial disagree- e 00 - 1 onough for a bank it wasn t good ment is the cause. Ha.s the point been , ,, r ” irn reached when two well known South non-essentials, amusqment tainment. The expression is commonly heard that the country ‘‘has gone crazy” on Carolina institutions can’t go into a football from the college president contract and come out with both par- down to the newly matriculated f^esh- ties testifying that a square deal has man. The season just ended furnishes been had. Turn on the light—secrecy an eye-opener to help substantiate the begets suspicion. charge. Estimates gathered by the Incidentally, Clemson had bettor not Associated Press from all sections in- discard too many colleges. Mr. Gee dicate that the aggregate attendance ma y beg for games yet if this policy at all games thiis season was between, that is now being pursued is continued. 25,000,000 and 30,000,000. There is no j The boycott may turn against Clem son. . THE CITY REPORT Mr. Nutt’s questions are as follows What is the corporation’s^, earning record ? Have the earnings been analyzed?. Sometimes a sufficient allowance has not been made for maintenance and depreciation, although the earnings of the company amount to more than their interest charges. ' What is the company’s financial condition ? How much of the assets are inven tory ? Have the company’s books been au dited ? Sometimes without auditing, way of reckoning the figures exactly, or of getting the. final financial re turns, but it is fairly conservative to place the total “gate” receipts some- |^. . . . , where about $50,000,000 for the past The financial statement of the City]the books may show accompany to ap- three months. The climax was reach-j of Clinton for the past three months pearmo r e prosperous than it really w. ed last Saturday when the greatest !>s published in today’s paper. It| What is the character of the com- of all times. 113.000. should be read and carefully studied « n y * business, competition, etc.. football crowd of all times, 113,000,1 packed into Soldier’s field in Chicagoan order that it may be understood, to see Notre Dame's warriors nose out j A study of the report, shows that Southern California. ~ ' all outstanding notes against the city There is still plenty of money in the,^ ave been liquidated during the past country as football attendance and en-! year, and credit for this excellent thusiasm indicates. People don’t ob- piece of. financing is <jue largely to ject to spending their money, but it I Mayor McMillan. Note* payable as of must be for the things in which they August 31st of last year, stood at $87,- Are interested and really want. A col- 811.00, practically all of this amount lege gridiron makes a far stronger ap- being due in New York for money peal to the public than an endowment borrowed by the city for improvements fund campaign. Folks are going have whfit they want. This truth more evident every day. PLAYING SAFE While the following method of farming is not recommended or prac ticed in Laurens county,It is a comic and overdrawn presentation of what some are tempted to do.^_ ^ Many examples of failure due to oaotious hesitation could' fee cited, but the whole story is told in the anecdote of the Georgia cracker who sat, bare footed on the steps of his tumble-down shack, smoking a corncob pipe. A stranger stopped for a drink of water. Wishing to be agreeable, he said: “How is your cotton coming important ques- is the company One of the most tions is, How well managed ? Have all necessary legal precaution* been taken? If the principal and interest guaran tee. what does that guarantee amount to and is it enforceable? To what purpose is the issue? Will the borrowing purpose be ful filled? \ Are future bond issues restricted? made during the previous administra-i tion. This amount has been paid in Can the company redeem its bonds full as the financial statement reveals, i upon maturity ? and today the city does not owe a dol- I s a sinking fund necessary ? lar to local or outside banks and its What are the precautions .regarding credit is gilt edge. This is a condition taxation of the bonds? for which every property owner should 1 the property free from liens? be profoundly thankful. In addition the income return in keeping to liquidating its outstanding notes, with general market conditions? $32,825.00 has been paid during the Investing has become a science. If same period for interest bn bonds. you arq untrained in it, you can hardly Other than it. bended indebtedness k;«k «cqo nnn i., it is better to sVomit to an ni Laurens, N3v. 26.—Jesse A. Lea- man, 36, well known young oitisen of thip city, died Friday night shortly af ter 9 o’clock at his home on East Main street, after a brief illness of acute imtygestion. At 1 o’clock in the after- noon of Friday he suffered a slight attack, and after supper he was seised with a more violent attack which re sulted in his death a few hours- later. Funeral srevices were held from the home at 3. o’clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by his pastor, the Rev. W. D. Spinx of the 9 First Baptist church. For more than.ten years Mr. Lea- man had been connected with the Lau rens water and light department and was a faithful, efficient- employe. He was a native of Cross Hill. Ten yean ago he married Miss Sarah Hender son, daughter uf Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hendenon of this city. She sur vives her husband, together with, three brothers, Weldon Leaman of Cross Hill, Guy Leaman of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Hugh Miller Leaman of Witeville, N. C., and by two sisten, Miss Marie Leaman of Washington, D. C., and Miss Agnes Leaman of Cross Hill. Thp deceased is also survived by-his moth er, Mrs. Bija Bryson Leaman of Cross Hill. Methodists To Meet At Anderson In 1928 Anderson, Nov. 25.—Anderson will be host next year to the upper South Carolina Methodist conference for the first time in 15 years. The conference comes to St. John’s church as a result of an inritation extended by Rev. E. R. Mason, pastor. Several other invitations were ex tended the conference, but were with drawn in Anderson’s favor when, it was brought out hy Rev. Mr. Mason that St. John’s celebrates its centen nial next year and that officers and members of the church felt that it would be appropriate that the church be host to the conference during its centennial year. O- DRS. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined -:- Glasses Prescribed 15 West Main Street Phone 101 Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service . SAVE STEPS — SAVE TIME — SAVE WORRY AND SAVE MONEY ' v , # % ' V ■*' . .. * * * Ry buying highest quality Meats and Grtf- ’ , i , t- \ . '.if ' .. • . caries from us and having us deliver your *~tbrder right to your door. ' • I EVERYTHING FOR CHRISTMAS ’ / -•—^ — o—. Denson Grocery . Co. W. S. DENSON, Prop. 50—Two Phones—54 1 4 ALL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY UCENSED PHARMACISTS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PROMPTLY SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY “At Union Station" Phones 377 and 400 Phones 377 and 400 H. D. HENRY F. M. BOLAND What Do P. S. JEANES H. D. Henry & Company insurance STOCKS - BONDS - REAL ESTATE • *'*v LOANS NEGOTIATED y Do? S P t on **« said the any ? tasked cracker, the ’fraid o’ ‘how is “Ain’t got none,” “Didn’t you plant stranger. “Nope," said the cracker, “ boll weevils.”' “Well,” said the stranger, your corn?” ’ “Didn’t plant none,” said the crack er.’“ ’fraid there wa’n’t gpin’ to be no rain.” *. • • * . _ - The visitor was abashed, but cheer ful still.. “Well, how are your pota toes?”'• . ‘ “Ain’t got none, scairt o’, potato bugs.” ^ ’ “Really, what did you plant?” asked the stranger. •'% • “Nothin’,” said the cracker, “I jest played safe.” . • THE PROPER THING TO DO That was a magnanimous thing that the Clinton Thanksgiving congrega tion did at the First Baptist church when, the entire pffering taken was wajr s ^ ou ^ open up, it appears to us. which totals $533,000, the city’s only indebtedness at present is a $12,900 balance on the new fire truck and hose which covers ^ payment period of. sev eral years. In addition, the city has $11,000 on time certificate with local banks, this amount having been re-1 ceived for the sale of the store room on Musgrove street formerly owned by the town. When one contemplates that ap proximately $120,000 has been paid out by the city during the past four teen months for outstanding notes and bond interest, it clearly reveals that a splendid piece of financing has been accomplished ^nd that in spite of this burden, the city has been able to “car ry on” and promptly meet its operat ing expenses which amount to $3,000 a month. This policy of debt liquidat ing, however, has meant retrench ment all along the line. No perma- 4 nqnt improvements have been under taken and in all departments a policy of strict economy has been pursued. In fact, the city has suffered in some instances because of this policy, and yet it_ appears to us as the only sen- sibl^course to have pursued. With thAse* obligations met, and the city now on practically a cash basis, the ment house or have confidence. a bank in hivest- whom you J. B. FRONTIS JEWELER FORMALDEHYDE FOR SMUT Don’t take chances on losing your grain crop. One pint of Formalde hyde (50c per pint) will treat 80 bushels of grain, enough to plant 40 acres. Usepije pint Formalde- hyd£to ten gallons of water. SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY AT UNION STATION given to 'the Thornwell orphanage .rather, than divided between the church orphanages in tha state as has been done heretofore. .The suggestion did hot. come from the orphahage au thorities but was entirely the volun tary action of the pastors and congre gations of the city. While Thornwell orphanage is dis tinctly Presbyterian in .its' ownership and training, its doo/s are not dpsed to needy Children of other denomina tions. Preference is given Presbyterian i children, as it should be, and yet ap- , peals for admission of children of oth-1 er religious inclinations are constantly - being made and tnany are favorably { . acted upon. The orphanage family to-| day, copiposed of 358 children, is made j up of 138 Presbyterians, 87 Baptists,! 57 Methodists, 16 A. R. Presbyterians,' 7 Lutherans, and 53 all others. This shows clearly that this great institu tion’s field of service and usefulness is not one of denominational narrow-1 ness or selfishness. The orphanage, v with its 52 years of noble service for orphan children, should therefore en list in a larger measure than ever be fore, the support and sympathy of all Clinton, irrespective of denominational lines. Just Call a funeral e should When the need arises fo director, call q^nce. No t: be lost. Regardless of w)mt the hour of the day may be, phonh immediately. It jwilLbe* found that this organiza tion is on duty every hour of the twen ty-four. 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