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8 PAGES
A THOUGHT
There are two worlds—the world
we can measure with line and rule, and
the worli that we feel with our hearts
and imagination.—Hunt.
A THURSDAY PASTIME
Those who do not care to brave the
strenuosity of fishing on Thursday
afternoons, might seek a shady place
on their lawns and wrestle .with this
problem:
Nobody’s Business
By Gee McGee
A COURAGEOUS ACT
Much has been made of the fact
that Alexander Legge gave up a $100,-
000 a year position as the president of
the International Harvester company
in order to become the chairman of
the federal farm board* recently ap
pointed by President Hoover at a
salary of »12,000 This vn. a very ^ ,
pubhc-spinted act as ereryoae He was ^ '
readily admit, and for such a self-
sacrificing and courageous spirit Mr.
Legge is entitled to the thanks of the
nation.
This willingness of competent and
w'ealthy men to subjugate their pri
vate interests to the interests of the
nation at large, exemplifies a fine pa
triotism.
Mr. Legge who now heads the board
created for the purpose of bringing
about farm relief, started life in a
humble way on the farm. The story of
Uncle Joe’s Sammie was so green
in school, they used him for shrub-
t steps on sp
turned back" so
many times in the first reader, all the
pages up to “Can the bird sing?” were
worn entirely out. Every time he
sneezed, a pint of sawdust came forth.
DID YOU EVER STOP
TO THINK?
Library Adds
New Books
It took Sammie exactly 9 weeks to
learn how to cross a “t,” and he never
did decide whether an “i” should be
dotted on the left side or the right.
He continued to spell cat with a “k”
until he finished the third grade. He
thought Bonapart was prime ribs for
v,;» !» loJ^K time. He didn’t know the dif-
his successful career, is an interesting' ** , r...
one as will be seen from the following^ I'’'"'*
sketch: *^!Fonrlh of July. .
Who is Mr. Legge? How ddd he x . j a av i. j ^
frv Sammie never stood at the head of
come to be the president of the Inter- ... ,ai.ai. j
national Harvast..r romn.nv^ class but once, and that happened
national Harvester company? How
did he come to be chosen as the head
of the vitally important new agricul
tural body?
The story goes'back to 1891—to the
time when Alexander Legge started
his business career in the Council
when the rest of the kids had to stay
at home with, the measles. He could
not keep Stonewall Jackson out of the
battle of Bunker Hill to save his life.
He thought General Lee wak the name
of a new cigarette, and never did find
Bluffs, lows, branch of the old Me- the Mississippi river did not
Cormick Harvester company.
He was bom on a farm in Dane
County, Wis„ in 1866, moved to Ne
braska in 18S1, and worked on a farm
A man caught a fisht The head of until the time he entered the employ
the fish weighted six pounds. The tail
weighed as much as the head and one
half of the body. The body weighed
of the harvester company
During the war he was Bernard Ba
ruch’s vice chairman of the War In-i
a? 'much as the head and tail. \\’Tiat i dustries board and was manager of
was the weight of the fish ? j the Allied Purchasing commission.
! i When Harold F. McCormick became
j manager of the Council Bluffs branch
TsHF NEW MONEY ^
, ,1’^ 1S92. he asked Dr. Ronald MacRae, j
Tacrc bs. i-cc:, qu-.lc a demand on physician: !
thcbankstoa.iu.rcsmncofthcnew, ..j,„
unfamUia:-. :,;;rac:,yc curren The .wound here worth pushing to the tep
tieasui.v is i,;cp:ired to n;eet the dc- comnanv?”
mand onl.v t.i a ;::n:teJ extent it is j_egge,”
Stated, because ol the big problem of answer.
dis.rihution. Hr. MacRae first befriended Legge
So if yon have not any of these new
hil.3 ye., dont be worned. Twelve,
nior.ths from now the old bills will be
a curiosity, not the new ones.
The new ones, by the way, are ex
pected to save the government about
.?1,.’)00,000 a year, due to their smaller
size. The new bills are more conven-
When Sammie got up to make a
speech every Friday afternoon, he
couldn’t do a thing but grin, and the
furthest he*ever got with one was:
“Up hill, down hill: Oh, such,” and
after that-—he stood so still for 10
i minutes the teacher thought he was
pulling a trance. After Sammie had
been in school 3 years, he didn’t know
the difference between a map and a
blackboard. And he forgot several
times, and licked his desk, thinking it
was his slate.
By Edson R. Waite
That many a city has grown back
ward instead of forward because of
the lack of pep on the part of the ma
jority of its citizens.
That they had too many citizens
who felt that the other fellow^ should
do the work, and the other fellows
didn’t work. “•
That opportunity is knocking at
the door of every city.
That opportunity bids every city
that is worthy of the name of a wide-
ayrake city to ceme forth, and take a
more prominent place-in the world.
That never was opportunity more
insistent than right now; never was
there a better chance for city build
ers than right new!
That the boosters may have a good
knowledge of their city and have full
confidence in their ability to meet all I
conditions that may arise, but if they
have not the whole-hearted support I
of all the citizenship there is some-!
' thing lacking, and that something;
i makes its^ doubly hard for them. 1
That co-operation on the part of all i
is what is needed. It must be had in ;
order to secure the best results. j
That enthusiasm is needed in help-1
ing all to w’ork longer, harder and i
more intelligently. j
A city full of citizens bubbling over!
with enthusiasm is the city that meets
with progress and prosperity.
The Clinton public library has added
during the sbmmer, a number ot new
children’s book.
Announcement is made also that
Evelyn Scott’s “The Wave,” has just
been received hy the library. This
novel sets a high mark and was re
cently v^ry favorably reviewed in The
State by Henry Bellamann.
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned will on Monday, July 29t^,
apply to Hon. W. P. Blackwell, Sec
retary of State, for a Charter for the
Spratt Poultry Farm, a Corpor^on to
have, its principal office and place of
business at CHnton, Laurene County,
S. C., and the purpose of which will
be to rai^, buy, sell and deal in poul
try.
JOHN SPRATT.
FRANK K. SPRATT.
J. F. Bolt 111
Tlic teacher asked Sammie once to
bound New York, and he told her he
didn’t have no string. He thought
twice 2 was 3, anl 5 plus 4 was 6 up
to his 12th birthday. He believed
grammar was something to eat until
, , .'the teficher proved by 3 hours work
Legge rapidly b«ame manager of should be read from tbe
the Council Bluffe branch, then mana-1 j^e back. He aeked John-
ger for the Nebraska * and Council
Bluffs territory.
In 1913 the McCormick Harvester
nie Brown once what would have hap
pened to the United States if John
Bull had not of stabbed Caesar.
^ , company was merged with the Inter-
lent in every -way, making counter-! Harvester company.
feiting more difficult and are more i Legrg-ewasappointedgeneralmana-
durable than the old bills, which will)becoming vice-president.^
improve the sanitary condition of the * i name the day after commence-
Gosh, Sammie was green. He dis-
; covered that there were two “m’s” in
Laurens, July 21.—John F. Bolt,
! former clerk of court and one of Lau
rens county’s best known citizens, suf-
fered a slight stroke of paralysis while
he and Mrs. Bolt were at Dunbarton,
visiting their son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Owens. Friday
afternoon Mr. Bolt was able to be
brought to -his home here, Capt. W. R.
Richey, Jr.,, another son-in-law, going
tor him in a car. Mr. Bolt’s left si-de
is affected, and he does not have free
use of his leg and foot. Otherwise, he
is not much inconvenienced so far by
the stroke, although he is confined to
his bedroom.
ORS. SMITH & SMITH
Optometrists
money we handle—if we have any.
. Harold F. McCormick resigned the j
presidency in 1922, and told the board
of directors:
‘The man you need irf Alex Legge.*’
Since then Legge has been president . . . , *0
# T * *• 1 o 1 I from home, and he spent 2 weeks
of the International Harvester com-^ ^ *1. „ a#*...
J u • J X IT X looking for the registrar. After the
pany, and when President Hoover cast *
about for recommendations fox the
juu J# 11**- sent him home by freight. But an ed-
farm board, he heard from all snes . ,. ’’ ®
X J 1. ucation am t everything. Sammie now
the oft-repeated phrase:
“The man you need is Alex Legge.”
CROP OUTLOOK GOOD
It is a source, of gratification to
know that general crop conditions
throughout our state at present are
exceedingly bright. In the Piedmont,
the Pee Dee, and practically every sec-
iton, weather conditions have been fa
vorable for the development of cotton
and marked improvement has been
shown in the past two weeks. Dusting i BHnk6r Bcid
against boll weevil ravages is being 1 1 1? 1 17 4 /'i
actively pushed, while the farmer who j III HlSC llilli]*3^ 1^2186
fails to take this precaution is headed
for- the rocks and bound to collapse.
With favorable weather throughout
August, we have just cause to turn grand jury in Federal court here j
our faces to the sun and feel optimis- charging William Godfrey, former
tic and profoundly thankful. In our president of the National Bank of
own immediate section, prospects are Cheraw, with making false entries and
excellent and our farmers are -liligent- j misappropriating for his own use
ly at work. The master farmer of one ! funds on deposit
ment. Uncle Joe decided to make a
legislator out of him after he looked
over his examination papers. Sammie
j was sent to college in a town 14 miles
professors interviewed Sammie, they
everything,
has a job with the highway commis
sion at $350.00 per month. He is time
keeper for the 2 boys that keep the
weeds cut down between Punktown
and Podunk.
SPECIALIS'TS
"ilyes Examined Glasses Prescribed
'6 West Main Street Phone 101
(.aborstory for Prompt Repair Service
Clinton, S. C.
FACTS THAT SPEAK LOUDER
THAN CLAIMS
i
1928 was not only the ereatest year in Goodyear sales
IT WAS THE THIRTEENTH SUCCESSIVE YEAR
IN WHICH MORE PEOPLE RODE ON GOODYEAR
TIRES THAN ON ANY OTHER KIND!
Sometimes you see a company come to the front for
a year or so, but it doesn’t hold its lead. So, when you
see a comnanv rise to leadership in tire sales as Goodyear
did in 19^—AND THEN HOLD AND INCREASE
THAT LEADERSHIP EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER—
You know that they’re gcod.
Isn’t that evidence enough to show you why we have
picked GoodyeiJr Tires and why you get the best buy of
your life when you put them on?
Millions More People Ride On Goodyears
Than On Any Other Kind
McDANIEL
j
Vulcanizing Works
R. P. CHAPMAN, Manager
Telephone No. 2 West Main Street
f:
of the most prosperous counties in the
lower section of the state, informed
us yesterday that “the crop outlook
in his county is the best it has been
in ten years.”
Let us all take courage and work.
There is no need for discouragement
and whining. Bright prospects that lie
ahead shotild encourage us all and
. , I am not a diagnostician of laws
Columbia, July 2^. A true bill was j bills, but so far as I have been
returned early thja afternoon by the *q learn, the new Farm Relief
measure which our recent congress
gave birth to amounts to this, to the
average farmer:
1. He must grow a crop.
2. He must join some reliable mar
keting association.
3. He must place that crop in the
warehouse of the marketing associ
ation.
4. He can then borrow up to 80 per
cent of the value of the crops deliver
ed and pledged.
There were 11 counts in the indict
ment and the total amount of money
involved was $29,767.
Local Talent
Play In August
Andrew Jackson Johnson Brown,
will be pre-|Owmed a house in Bakerstown,
our part. It is time for optimism at
the bat. Gloom and pessimism should
be knocked to the four corners of the
earth. A brighter day lies ahead for
which we should all be deeply grate
ful.
“Miss Blue Bonnett
stimulate us to move ahead and dojsented in Clinton on Monday evening,' He bought a car for to get about,
X Tx X * X _x August 12th. This entertainment willjxhp house is gone and the car’s worn
be coached and costumed by the i out. *
Wayne P. Sewell Producing company!
of Atlanta, and promises to be a very, There were more people killed dur-
fclever and well rendered local Ulentring 19 and 28 by automobiles than
RELIEF FOR THE FARMER
The Hawley tariff bill as passed by
the national house of representatives,
has been a subject of discussion, both
pro and con, throughout the country
as to its aims and ends. It has many
“farm relieP’ features which doubtless
will receive the endorsement and high
praise of the advocates of the pro
tective tariff, especially in the Repub
lican party. Here are just a few sam- j
pies as pointed out by a well known
newspaper: .
An increase of 50 per cent in the
duty on the alarm clocks which get
the farmer up at 4:30 in the morn
ing.
- A new duty on the shingles which ‘
keep the rain and snow off the farm
er.
A 20 per cent tariff on the shoes
in which the plowman homeward plods
his weary way.
A 10 per cent tariff on the cement
with which the farmer builds his po
tato cellar and with which are built
play. It will be staged for the benefit ^'ere killed at the battle of Gettys-
of the high school athletic association.: burg. If the Confederates could have
owned a few Fords and Chevrolets,
and loaned them to the Yankees to be
jused among themselves, they would
have won the war. A 6-pound shell
don’t amount to nothing compared to
London, July 22.—-King George’s;a bare-headed nut in his daddy’s car
progress continued satisfactory today, [ and a flapper almost in his lap—with
King George Continues
To Show Improvement
Use the “Iodine Label”
On Your Letter Heads
It is Interesting
It is Attractive
It Shows a Cooperative Spirit
It is to Your Advantage
/
it was stated officiallly at Bucking
ham palace. His majesty’s doctor’s
ipaid their usual morning calls.
TO CLEAN CEMETERY
the throttle wide open.
All interested parties are asked to
come to Hurricane cemetery on Thurs
day morning, August Ist, with neces
sary implements to give the cemetery
a thorough cleaning.
School Notice
^ The Clinton public schools will re
open .for the session of 1929-30 on
Monday,. Sept. 2. Those failing on
their work during the past year who
wish to be proVnoted will take reexam-
the roads for which the farmer’s taxes j inations on Saturday, Aug. Slat, at
help pay. • .9:00 o’clock a. m. It will be necessary
An increased price, through textile ox-der to be advanc^ into
tariffs, for the overalls in which the | ® -e, as it is impossible to
farmer farms, and the Sunday coat in | pupils in work they are not pre-
whkh, if he. is able to have one, the We are very anxious that
farmer at church praises God—or is
it the tariff—from whom all blessings
‘flow?
An increase of a cent a pound, mak
ing 3 cents tax altogether, on the
"^'sugar for th* farmer’s coffee and ip
which his wife puts up her winter’s
lit
pupils advance but we are unwilling
to try to teach them work they are
hot capable of carrying.
J. Harvey Witherspoon, Supt.
WHAT DO
P. S. JEANES
DO?
A certain man was elected to the
legislature from a certain county in a
xrertain state last year. When the time
came for that honorable body to ae-
semb’.e, this cexrtain duly elected legis
lator heard about it, so he went and
borrowed 5 dollars and paid his way
Jo the capital of his state, and he ar
rived at his destination in due course.
The conductor showed him how to get
off the train. The legislator walked in
to the depot, thinking it was where
the legislature met. He thought the
ticket agent was the governor, and he
decided that the train crier was the
speaker of the house. He sat in that
depot 3 days and nights waiting on
the other members to come, and he
nearly starved to death. He is now
on the Ways and Means committee,
and is as smart and wise as ever. He’s
a lawmaker. He helps managb our tax
system. He tells how our money
should be spent. He is ]^opular. He is
soft. Lobbyists dearly love him.
J. B, Frontis, Jeweler
CRntoa, S. C.
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