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• i ‘ ' ■ ■^r'> w: ■fc •■"v te-- 'V. PAGI^ FOCT THE PLDffl)N CHRONICLR CLINTON. 8. C. '\ (EIfnm&lf PtTBUSHED EVERY THURSDA? ^ BY THE CHRONICLE PUBUSHING CO. WILSON W. HARRIS Editor and Publisher HI PUPILS'tO PRESENT PLAY “Hutricane Hal,” a Cleyer Comedy, To Be Staged Tomorrow Night At Florida Street School. “Hurricane Hal,” a comedy of col lege life, is to be presented by the Clinton high#school on Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the Florida Street school auditorium for the be]Mfit of Kkitered at the Clinton Post Office as matter of Secdnd Class. Terms of Subscription: One year SI.501 the.athletic a-ssociation. Six months .... :... 75 j “Hurricane Hal',” a senior always l%ree months 601 fining in love with an undergraduate Payable in advance I and “flunking” in order to remain in college with them, finally a.cttc Kay The Chronicle leeks the cooperation ttf ith subscribe’s and readers — the publisher will a> all times appreciate wise suggestion t and kindly adyice. Dixon, a senior too, and for the first time really falls in love. A false re port is rumored and then the mystery i"i Clerk andSheriff SeU Much Land - ! begins. But how it all turns out is j*$l,(H')0. Clerk of Court C. A. Power and Sheriff C. L. Owens sold a large acre age at public i^uction last Monday morning, the legal salesday for Janu ary, in the presence of a lAnge crow^. The sales made by the cleric consti tuted one of his closing acts as clerk of court, the exchange of office be tween him and the incoming clerk, T. W. Bennett, being made on the same day. The following is a record of the culcs ma^de by the two officers: Clerk of Court Nance vs Shaw, et al, 185 acres near Cold Point, sold to the plaintiff for ►AT> 17, CLINTON, S. C., JAN. 17, 1923 8 PAGES As'a demonstration of how reckless a man may be in the matter of self- <lenial. we have resolved not to at tend grand opera this year or take a trip to Europe. Those large, healthy young men in the rear pew.s are often the ones who had told the bride at various times heretofore that they would die if she I to be learned by seeing the play. Characters: Harold Miller (Hurricane Hal) the perennial senior—John Wm. Dillard. Dave Isaacs—Hal’s neaiest friend— Lawson Abrams. • Ludd Mason, a senior—Jim Davis. Bud Watkins, Ludd’s shadow — a freshman—Dorsey McFadden. Junior Harvey, song and dance man —Wallace Franks. . Pro. Joe Shuman, a fraternity broths er—Reid Locknmn. > Harrison Gregory, a fraternity man —Grady Adair. / Kay Dixon, girl who upsets things Of course, if conditions continue to grow worse, law violators may be chased out into the open, permitting law-abiding citizen-s to fortify them- selve.s within the walls of prisons. The anniversary of the birthday of Benjamin Franklin comes this month. In his time as now there was the same number of hours in a day, ani the wonder i.s that he found time enough to do all the worth-while things he achieved as a printer, pubKsher, statesman, diplomat, philosopher, mu sician, , scientist, economist, philan thropist and humorist. Burdette vs Burdette, 96 1-3 acres in Youngs <towTiship, sold t^ Huff & Huff, attorneys,’for $100.. L. S. Philpot, administrator, vs Ma rie Svrindell, 1.^ interest in 470 acres in Jacks township, and 1-3 interest in $1,050 acres in Scuffletown township, both sold to A. C. Todd, attorney, for $600. , Federal Land Bank vs Luther D. Hitch, 207 acres in Scuffletown town ship, sold to O. L. Long, attorney, for $250. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. vs J. D. W’ithorspoon, 124 acres near Mduntville, sold to R, T. Wilson,! fat Peeples Bank of Gray Court by W. ' B. Kpight, receiver, vs R. L. Smith, ad ministrator 01 e.slate of B. C. Smith, 30 a(?re3 near Gray Court, sold to Mrs! S. T. and Janie Kennedy, for $1,700. Commercial Bank, Clinton, vs James L. Brow’ning, et al, lot in Goldville, sold t) L. W. C. Blalock for $1,000. Bank of Cross Hill vs Mrs. Blanch Becky Porter, bored w'ith liT^Al- mena Milling. Sara Howard, in lo^^ with* Icve— Hazel Boland. . Ruth Colby, a Psi Chi Delta—Agnes Shexly. Angela Fisher, professor of math— Ella Little McCrary. Esther Harris, a girl who courts at tention—Georgia B. Blakely. Orpha Little, with a reputation for j R'asor, administrator of es.ate of SI J. density Martha McCarthy, with a nose for news—Alluwee Neighbors. Aunt Babby, a surprise—Sara Bu ford. It has long been the custom to gpve mothers crwlit for the beauty, if any, of the daughters of the family. Strange to say,* the custom prevails to this day in spite of the fact that the cosmetics and paraphernalia for making them appear what they are not are paid for by the fathers. Did You Ever Stop To Think? By Edson R. Waite That it takes cooperation to build a city. That in order to do big things citi zens must be organized to. accomplish ! them There seems to be a shortage of; - ... . ... , • ij That citizens who have faith in the milk, chickens and eggs in the world at the present time. That means that they will command a good price for the next year and ,it is a .state of af-; fairs which should make it easier for home city must back that faith with work and dollars. That the people of modern cities have proven the-nseJyes aggressive and wide-awake. By cooperating in making it a big- farmers* to choose such forms of di versification a.s will give them.a de- . v *4. pendable income every month in thej^®J^®*’^ year. ' Rasor, 8 1-1 acres in Mountville, sold to plaiptiff for $200. Hank of Cross Hill vs Joseph D. Hill, 118 acres in Cross Hill township, sold to plaintiff for $300. T. J. Donaldsor et al, vs^Mrs.'Min- Jlie Green,’'103.')n .acres, sold to R. E. B.abb, attorney, f r $500. Henry P. McGee, as aministrator of estate of B. M. McGee, vs Mrs. Minnie Green Williams, 83 acres in Sullivan township, sold to R. E. Babb, attor ney, for $.500. Farmers National Bank vs W. T, Rutledge, lot in Laurens known as the Wallace house, sold to R. E. Babb, at torney, for $1,800. 102 acres of land in Waterloo town ship, belonging to Janie M. Anderson, sold under tax execution to A. M. Alexander of Spartanburg,, for $625. NOTICE TO CREDITORS By instilling home pride in the minds of all the people. The year 1928, so far a.s this section was’ con« er i^d, was one in which pros perity was read about but not exi>.r)- enced. It was a year during which j part of all business was moderate in .volume and collections were below normal. This All persons holding claims against By dwelling together in peace and j the Estate of Mrs. Ella Riddle, de harmony. . ceased, will present them to the unfder- By'pulling together to make honest! signed duly proved, and all persons industry and fair square dealing owing this Estate will make payment of their account to the undersigned. a! By good will and enthusiasm. state of affairs has extended to .nu-; Enthi^asm means a common oppo- nicipalities, counties and states. Such' sition to all things that hold a city a condition places upon us all the ne- j backward, which in turn means ^ cessit.v of ecifnomy in operation and I cleaner, happier and finer cuy i expenditure. In many instances it may' '^'bich to live and a better city mean the curtailment of luxuries in the home and a less exponsive pro gram of public improvements. Jf these economies are practiced, however, it will get us all ba''k into habits from which there has been too general a de parture in recent years. 2-7-4tc H. D. HENRY. Executor, which to do business. Through Life Insurance - a man’s love and forethought for his family live on. S. W. SUMEREL, IN .SMALL TOWNS “It’s the ..finest town in the finest state,” says Fred W. Anderson of his ’ home town, Cozad, Nebraska. : If you - could have heard him say i that with all his natural enthusiasm j before the convention of the Interstate : Merchants Council at Chicago, you ; wot{ld have begun to understand ho^v ; he has built up a general store busi- [ ness that amounts to $300,000 a year in a town of 1,300 population. ' i It was a fascinating story he told. Anderson’s beautiful store once ex- • isted only in the dreams of a little j country boy. “I’m going to be a store-' keeper, and I’m going to have a bigj store. It’s going to be the biggest store in the town.” ' ’ Aetna-izer Florida Oranges 15c doz, 50d peck Pecans.... 40c lb. Quart Ice Cream Bricks-- 35c . Eskimo Pies ^the BLUE BIRD ,n*o UMi. International Sunday School Le.'^’on for January 13 SIN IJohn 1:5-10; 2:1-6 • Rev.^Samuel D. Price, D. I). More relates to this theme and Per-1 most careful research and divine reve-1 son than any- other subject in the ^ lations. Last month, at the birthday world. The world, is indeed Christo- j celebration the vei’y air was ringing ’ So when he grew older he began to centric.. While President Coblidge's with the reechoing of the angel’s, wiitrk towarj that goal. He learned all Thanksgiving proclamation did not song, which wa.s first hearJ by the > about m^erchand’.^e and merchandising, ^ Christ it wal dated Anno; shepherd’s of Judah. The angel ex-• hut the greatest thing that he leamed —in the year o/ our Lord. Only plained to them “There is born to you or perhaps it naturally came to-him Testament Scripture portions i this day in the city of David, a Sav- —was to be a good fellow and to help the town along in every possible way. Here are some of the little things, he say.s, that he'p make a business big: “We get cn friendly terms with the farmers when they drive-in, and we he’p them carry their gro'-^ries out. “We have a league baoC.’'all team in our town, and our store finances the t'cam through the seaiton. W’e put hre in iicated for re.st*arch but many: iour, who is Ch»ist the Lord,” Luke^ could have pertinently been giveh 2:11. ^ from the Old Te.stament. ThVre are i His life was fully in accord with the I many prophecies which refer to Him claims m^e concerning Him. He did! and one of the strongest evidences of, not fall short in any respect. Ho out-, the authority of the Bible is the rec- j lined his method of working in the ord of prophecy and its fulfillment in , parable recorded by Luke. He is ever later history. Great .Shepherd vitally concerned Search out the facts and teachings | for each lamb and sheep in the entire in the Scripture portions:, Luke 2:11, | flock. His mission in leaving the on free movie shows. We4ef organiza- ; 1.5:3-7; .John 3:14-17; 10:9-11,1 throne-place in heaven, where He had tions hold sales in our store We sup- 14.37, 28; Acts 3:1-8; Romans 5:l-jb4en from all time with the Father, port the local newspaper. We n^er jj. phiijppjgns 2:5-11; II Timothy, was ta shepherd His sheep and at any knock a competitor we don t believe 1.9.10. The Golden Text is a definition cost to Himself. During the 33 years 1 m trying..tio getfahead that way, vvord “Jesus”—“.And thou shalt: on earth He revealed how intimately i “We like the towp aind its people call his name Jesus; for it is he that, He would enter into the life problem and the people who live in the country .shall save his people from their sins, for miles around the town. An J we lis-1 Matt. 1:21. bet it be noted that the ten to their stories because w’e are ’ hiatoricity of Jesus, the Man of Naza- hever too good to talk to anybody.” . , reth, is accepted by individuals ahd These are simple rules, but mix , races who do not acknowledge "Him as them with good business intelligence ; the Christ, meaning the Messaih, the j selected portions in Romans, Man 'and you have the stuff that success . Alrrointed One. Tho.se who doubt or could never make hmj^elf righteous anywhefe is made of.—Garden Grove question may wejl be referred to both! in the sight of our hol;^ God. We are (Calif.) News. ” of each soul. ' ■ •v Mankind was not saved by his ex emplary lite hut only by His supreme scarifice on the cross, at Calvary. Paul j presents the matter very cl(*arly in the ! 1 A t ^ ! I literature and art which finds its glo- j justified, not by a lifetime of our acts, What Do ~ P.S.JEANES , rious basis in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Saul of Tarsus beheld his Lord as he approached Damascus and evi dence thereof is to be' seen in the ■pk change!^ life that followed. The letters LW)* iof Paul are mature conclusions aftef but solely as our sins are given to ‘ Jesus and His righteousness is imput-1; ed to lis. He made full atonement for i i our sins in his sacrificial death on the .1 cross. Jphn also) in parabolic form, ji pictures pathway of salvation. V.VLL Abws VOL III, NO. 1 Viiginia-Caroliiui Chemioal Corporetioa Copyright 1^^29 He Shonld Try Growing It! **The price nf cotton is detennihed in New York, and goes up whop you have sold and goes down when you have bought,” says a contributor to Mixed .Goods. “A buyer was sent to Npw York to watch the mu'kot. He wired bis fim ‘Some think it will go up and some think it will go down. 1 do too. Wliat- ever .you do will be wrong, so act at once'.” - Buy fertilittr early—aitd get early deUfery, early planting, early crop*. Also early pay. ^ vx AND HE'S SURE TO LOSE Cotton takes 12 days of man labor- per acre and 6 days of horse labor. Tobacco takes 20 and 7. The man who blindfolds himself to the difTcr- ^nce in fertilisers is just taking a long chance with a whole lot of —Or in the Bag Might as well say “I can buy a four-cylinder automobile for $250” as to say you can buy a certain analysis of fertiliser for this price or that. Neither means anything. The rial question is—Who made it? Then you know what's under the hood. T-c Plants, like all other form* nf life, mmifeed in order to grow. Every plant the farmer grou's is crying for food. Feriilizers contain plantftuxiii.” —J. C. PaiDllOKE -v-c- Ldok for the V-G! Sot out to buy a tractor, and you see it demonstrated in your field. Get in the market for an automobile, and they'll ride you all over seven counties. Ask for a pair of slioos, or a liat, and you try them on. But go to buy fertiliser, and yoi^ cjui’t try it or test it or do anything else but use it—with your cr(»p to l<jse if i(’8 bad. > Vou’vc got to de- psnd OB the name on the bag. —And More Friendly Country customers who step on the gas ud carry part of their tn^e to the city nowadays have just added one more problem for the country storekeeper. But hg’s meeting it as he’s met others in times gone by, through changing his methods a little to fit new conditions. * Good merchants are the same* wherever you find them. ■ Your country mer chant will always carry a stock of things vou need that you can’t fiiul ii V-C, for instance. And he still has the advantages of being cloaer to home, more convenient, more help ful. -v-c 1— 'Wlir lat^M farm aoag —«ib«— *T1»« Frrtillsrr Bine*.''The word* ala’I aacli but jrou’ll aever forget tbc cir.** ^ —UlMmd C»od» .\4:~ '^Penny Jf'ise, Pound Foolish” A difference of a few cents for a ton of fertilizer looks mighty puny aloi^ide $4(X) a ton for cotton or S800 a ton for tobacco. Yet some misguided farmers will make half a dozen trips to town and lose good time and make their crops wait they try to ^ct two or three tlimes off in the price of their fertilizer. Meanwhile their smarter neighbors have gone on and bought —and plowed—and planted. It*'8 Got to Be Too . Dietwe^ southeast andjnuthwest the fight is on for profit' in cotton fanning. Fidds lie flat in the southwest, in the newer smls of cheaper lands, and the crop ia made wholesale by m^hines at low cost, generally without iuni« fertiliser, according to The Fertili^ Review: and the yield runs around 125 pounds of lint cotton per acre. North Can>liiUi,'~uiing feirtiliaor, makes an average of 252 pounds—a diffirenco of 127 pounds in favor of North Carolina, or about $25.40 more per acre with cotton at 20 cents. The' southeastern farmer * knows he’s got to use fertiliser in order to win, says Jbe |leview. V.C • “FaittfWO IN THK OLD WAT IS CN8AFB.”—tS. /. High. V-C- “A POUND OP GOOD P3!jq;jLizRn . should bring an increase of about ' ^»yjUUdj#JtUHl Hlt^PBL^is hlAilw true up to around 800 iHiimds of fertiliser' per .acre. It’s a good tradfe.”— The Fertilizer Review. . V “ Now i* the beat time in th irty years to buy a farm. There are opportune tie* right now that will yield a divi~ dend,"—Renick W. Dunlap. -V4J. -V-C- Order your fertilizer early, good farming. v-c That'* “Of all factors that support civilized peoples, sffil fertility—the gauge set up by Nature—i-y the ntw by which their perpetuity is vwusured— ' Exchange “Gf all important supplies liought by the American farmer, the lowest priced is fertiliser.”— The Fertilizer Review ^v-c Fertilizer> Cuts Cost -’•''^Fhe.average cotton grower pro- duciw his crop regardless of c.xpt'nse and then tries to boftst -the market to whc're he can sell at a profit. This will not work. Siiiee wc (!an not control the price, the only alt r- native is to reduce the eost of pro duction. This can be done in tlinv ways—by better preparation ana cultivation, the use of g'xKl seixl, and improving the fertility of the soil. I never intend (o p’aiit an acri' of cotton to which fertil zi r can not be applied. 1 know J h '’jw to reduce the cost of prod i- r L. E: li. •VmGI’V|*.rAl»OT»N4 , , inv. SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT Will be the merchant who buys his merchan dise well, gives courteous service, displays' his stock well and runs a systematic advertising campaign. Competition is keen and if you want to keep on selling ’em you have got to keep on telling’em. The advertising department of THE CHRON ICLE will welcome the opportunity to discuss your publicity campaign for this year. The advertising columns of this newspaper offer you a sure way of increasing your sales . and making new friends for your store. .L. <1.. N. 4- “The Paper Everybody Reads” •*»