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r PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1929 (Oltntnn Sl|rnmrU Established 1900 WILSON HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 60 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher, will at all times appreciate wise susrgestions and kindly ad- \ice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. wants to go and the tree and rain 'frogs live in trees if they want to, but 'have a perfect right to come down on the ground. Flies is the principull dite of the toad frog but the Lord only knows what the other 3 kinds eat, as I have never sow them eat nothing, but the legs of the bull frog is good to eat according to some drunk folks. Signed, , Tad Pole, 6th Grade. bug and drought are being blamed for that, but Messrs. Supply & Demand are still bosses of the fleecy stap>le and the biscuit and corn-dodger world. But we farmers are indeed grateful for those radio programs. | Hii*Bi:i!B!l!Bi Throw Out the Life Line Did You Ever Stop To i Think? !■ By Edson R. Waite T> r # A 1 o ^ . 0. L. Price, general manager of the Farm Relief, A la Government, about 9 months old, but the poor thing i rm. 4. j • j ^ • 14. ‘ ui 4. -4. 1 4. J 'That advertising nas done more to amt able to sit alone yet. He doesnt , 4.1. -* j j 4? i- e ..u u 1. 4. * j -..i- 11 * 4.U 4. •/vn the standard of l:v4ng for the know what to do with all of that 5001 4., j ,, ,. ,, , masses than any other economic agen- million dollars his Uncle Sam placed 1 , ; *1. n 1 4. 1-- j-4. 4.1. J 4.1. X 1 cy and likewise the so-called poor to his credit the very day the stork' , 4.1. 1 u • .V u.,4 rtople are the mly ones rich enougn I i left him at the White House, but he's; stili thinking. CLINTON, S. C., OCTOBER 31, 1929 imerce is n'ot-a selfish proposition and A THOUGHT Christian Sure-Footedness. — Sure footedness is of prime importance in.^a dangerous place. The Christian life is beset with pitfalls on every hand, as most Christians have realized, and yet God’s promise to us is sure-footedness in just such places. In the one hundred ^ .. 4.. 4.. and twenty-first Psalm we read, of thus contributing to the will not suffer thy foot to be moved (to slip): he that keepeth thee will not slumber.” Psalms 37:23, “The to make business prosper.' Wealthy men and wealthy organi- c, . 1 u 4. o-A 4.1. J J 1 isations can only create the upportu- So far, only about 3o0 thousand dol- r u • rn. , u u 4. 4. 4. 11 nity for business. The masses are lars have been put to any use at all, •4U 1. 4. J ., . ~4. i fbe only ones with enough money to and that went for salaries and office , , * . , ■ . J , X 1 «ake it possible to do bu.sine.s.s. I'n- equipment and secretaries and tele- - .u * 4. 4 j ^ • 4. 4. . . . .4. „ , 'CSS the masses can oe interested ;n grams and entertaining visitors. But , 4. • 4.1. • 1 u j 4.1 • , q ^ ® A A ^ 4^ bartering their labor and their money I I Have Your Winter Clothes CLEANED Send us your last season*s Dresses, Coats, Suits, Sweat ers, Hats, etc., to be put in first-class condition. Don’t'wear shabby clothes. At small cost we can make your winter wardrobe look and wear like new. ■ LADIES* GLOVES CLEANED FREE. Buchanan’s “KLEANERS WHO KLEAN” ‘ PHONE 28 Dry Cleaners and Steam Laundry i:i!iBii;iB:i':Bi;:iB!iiiB)i!B:i:iBi!B!!iiBii'!B:''BiiiB'i!iBi;!iB iiiBi!:!i iiBi:;iB!iiBi::!Bii'!BiitBai does not »4ek support on this b«is. It I ^ expended last r-'Vnu-""“rTr' . n ' ' J u J 4.- 4.1. , ‘ i utilities of life, tr.cre can be no steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.”—S. S. Times. won t appeal to the man who wants'week by the board broadcasting the ■ .. , * , J 4..J. 4V 4. 4.U ^ ... I lasting, prosperous businc.^s. glad tiding that if the farmers will' xr j 4.- • v 4. . J , Newspaper advertising has aonc put their stuff in a good warehouse i 4. • % *.1. r .u 1' ^ . .. . , more to inform the masaes of the real 1 and get a pretty little lithographed „ ~ j i i • 1 .. , J .4. 4 4. progress this modern world is mak- receipt for same, and send it to the .. n 4.u . 4 i 1 -4 . . J 4t. .4 4 .. 41. bhan all the text boiks in cxist- Irearest office of the system, they xt j • v r- 4 4 4- f ^ ^ ence. Newspaper adveni.siiig h'^s first will entertain a request for a loan • 4. j 41. 4 li. 4-r on 4 i- 41. • 1 .'informed the masses as to those utili- equal to 80 per cent of the value of to use everything for his own selfish ends. The man who joins this organi zation should do so with the sole in welfare of Clinton. The Chamber of Commerce is not a club or a money making scheme for its members. It is the organized citizenship of Clinton fermed for the general welfare of the whole community. When approached next week in the THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Next week has been designated in Clinton as “Chamber of Commerce j interest of this organization, either as Week.” The officers and membership! active or associate member, don’t committee have perfected plans for canvassers off by saying, “You the launching of a membership drive during this period that is deserving of the hearty co-operation of our busi- have enough without me.” No excuse could be more selfish. Because other men are willing to pull a load up hill ness men. is no reason why you should catch on TJ>e Chamber of Commerce is one ^jp^ind as a citizen and ride. The more of the main arteries in the heart of members this organization has, the any community that makes any pre-1 it will be, and the more it tention to progress. It is part of the Clinton. There is no •4>es that make life morj desivabh and interesting, and then inspired them to possession of these advantages. Newspaper advertsiing is 10$ mod- . 4. 4 .. . , J ,,.4. , , i-ern economic miracle that has put m that It ,3 already a polht.cal plum ecoT,om-.c power In the which the politicians have begun to fuss about. In order to strengthen such corn, cotton, oats, or hogs that the said farmers might own. Farm Relief is running true to form sary in every present-day progressive town. No growing community can, or VsTien any political group becomes so pious and so considerate and so lib eral and so thoughtful that it will work earnestly and honestly for the welfare of the men who plow and hoe and reap and sow, I say it will be time for us to get ready for the mil lennium . . . because then the wasp will be sleeping with the billy goat signed to promote and lead in com- make your living in this and the adder will be the baby’s pet. munity development work. communi.y, you ought to be willing toj'^^®^ ^^en a time that good An active Chamber of Co»^«^erce towards its advancement; i f*^ht!igforthTloan'[Vnd^thro^^^^ backed up by the people of all trades j^^jp Clinton “Grow Greater” through ^ advantage that Mr. Hoover’s'pet bill life of a community. An organization! xhe problems of this cdiaracter is absolutely neces-' duties are unlimited. Get in the Chamber of Commerce and don’t stand on the outside and \\ill, undertake to go along without gj.|^jgjgg you an organization of this type and de- should, join in and help. If communi. their hold on their respective constit uency back home, the senators and congressmen from the grain belt are howling and cussing because the cot ton producer is nursing at the bung- hole, and those from the cotton belt swear that all of the help is going to the wheat and corn farmers, when, as a matter of fact, neither farmer is getting any help from any source, and Wall street is still fixing the price of what the sweat of his brow has brought forth. A million-dollar advertising cam paign can bring more materV.I enjoy ment to the masses of any country a billion-dollar victorious war could bring to them. WHAT DO P. S. JEANES ED? ^&)ce»6L One Cent Sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday READ our circulars, VISIT our store, SEE our display, — and — SAVE with SAFETY at SMITH’S PHARMACY Your Rexall Drug Store • 1; The Clinton Chronicle—SI.50 a Year ESTABLISHED 1859 "4. w • <A '1* PAN ROLLS ^ ctoz, FULLPOUND \ and professions, is a clearing house eommercial organization, for the problems and situations that confront a community. It is a kind of community family affair where peo- and business people especially. Nobody’s Business p.e a:e brought together in a closer bond ct community interests; where they learn to know each other better, and understand the conditions of the com- has to offer is a slightly lower dis- count rate than tho Fedora! Re.strve might be using at the time. In other words. Farm Relief will ultimately prove itself to be a big money-lending piece of machinery, and that’s all. By Gee McGee Ticker Tape Brokers loans on Wall street amounted to $3,654,788,500 one day munity to a better advantage, and last week. This is the amount of mon- leam what progress^ they are making, jey the banks let Messrs. Bull & Bear ^ I have to bet one ano.t^er that certain All wide-awake, progressive towns wdlifd'to^ up or down. If they and cities have active Chambers of went up, Mr.i Bull would win and if Commerce, through which they trans- they went down, Mr. Bear would win. ., ,. This is poker and crap-shooting on a act business with the outside world, respectable scale. The amount of ar4d are instrumental in bringing new business to their borders. The outside world, seeking information concerning a tpwn and its advantages, does it through such commercial organiza tions which are the mouthpiece of their respective'communities. •' As the officers and committees therefore attempt this membership campaign, we need to remember that a Chamber of Commerce, like a river, can rise no higher than its source. Our erganization will be successful in ex act ratio to the enthusiasm and co operation of the citizens which it money advanced to these gamblers every day is more than the total bank deposits in 3 important Southern states. . Chicken Dressing It doesn’t cost so much now-a-days to dress a flapper. I took stock of 1 the other day. Her 10-ounce dress cost $4.98. Her silk hose bore a 98-cent tag. The pair of ??xx:.?!! stood her only 79 cents, and they were real pret ty, too. Her slippers were of the no leather kind: she got them for $1.19 as she wore a size.3 AAA, ,Her beads were wrapped up by Wool worth for a dime. The paint on her cheeks stung her for about 25 cents. The marshmal low dust on her nose pulled her leg The Farm Relief plank in the plat forms of both parties was full of knot holes and splinters. It was used as a bait and we bit. The bill \fas enacted, | and ever since it became law, practi cally all commodities have declined in price. Of course, the citrus folk are getting a little bit better price for their stuff, thanks to the Mediterran ean fly, and the potato grower is reap ing a slight harvest, and‘the potato DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists Suniijrfield Butter lb. 53c net ■ m I lb. m V4 lb. Pi^ts SCOCO OR SWIFTS JEWEL SHORTENING 11c SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed 15*We8t Main Street Phone 101 Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service Clinton, S. C. MAXWELL WHITE HOUSE EVAPORATED \ HOUSE MILK COFFEE lb. 45e S SL 39c but that’s all she had on. to the tune of 2 cents, but she had to serves. We need to further remember j every 4 minutes. And her— that the larger its membership and the financial resources at its command, the greater the service performed and j the results obtained. When the campaign is made next Cotton Letter New York, Oct. 24.—Rain in Texas this morning put spots down 20 points while rain in Texas this afternoon put spots up 20 points. The recent congres- week, we will have an opportunity to gional tilt between Mr. Hoover and a Ehow our colors and prove our mettle, j certain member of the house ooncem- This organization is now already com- illegal ^oze in i^ash- jington reduced the daily deliveries to posed of many public spirited and pro-,patrons of all political inclinations gressive buusiness men of Clinton, j from 45,234 quarts to 45,237 quarts. There are many out of it still that.’^'^t according to the Republican re- . X . . , .. ports, there are now only 2 pints of should be included in its membership. | the‘District of. Columbia The doors are open. The co-operation! and that is being kept for medicinal 0 purposes only—all of which caused the December longs to hedge May and thus combat so much Southern sell ing. We advise holding till the govern ment ginners’ report comes out wroijg the other way to the tune of 423,000 bales, then store yoru 2 bales, and wait for farm relief. and help is desired of every citizen who is wide awake and willing to help himself and others. (}et into the or- i;anization. Don’t allow yourself to be branded as a knocker, or as one who is willing to accept the privileges and benefits derived from residence in this community, but will not give his time , Frogs j , „ , My teacher has ast us boys to write and a small amount of money or make ^ compersition on some kind of reptill an effort to shoulder a share of the!common to our own community and responsibility for its improvement and f ^ave chose the frog of which there is 4 varieties including the bull and PAINFUL INDIGESTION *1 surmsD from indi> gestkm — everything I ate gave me haartbom,'* aaya Mra. Mattie Mnl> lina, <jf PomuL Va. *Tor months, I did not see a well day. I woiv zied along, hot never frit wdL got a package of Thed- ford’s Black-Draaght at ^ store and began t«lriT»y H—a doM every night before going to bed. I had been having an awfhlpain. After I had taken Black-Drani^ this pain en> tirdy at(q>ped. I began to gain in weight, and rested well at In a frw months I was ^Mling final M^ health was bet» ter than it had been in years. *1 ke^ Bla^Dranght in onr boma^ and we all ta]^ it for* cooatipatioa aond qpaal atmnach.'* Ineiiit on Ihadfixd’i PINK SAUMON PEAClIES?i;r^r ^'sslSc Meal or Grits Red Ripe — Full Pack Best TOMATOES Pure Lard ib. 15c CUCQUOT CLUB TKMIKK SWFET PEAS 2 23c I SnowdriSt lO.XA STKIN<.LF.SS BEAHS No. 2 Can lOc upbuilding. Some men join a lodge or a church foi’ what they can get out of it in a business way. The Chamber of Com- the toad and the tree and the rain ail of which lives in the water except the toad and the tree and thj rain and the'toad he lives about and about on the ground and hops everywhere he /bv COHSTIPAnOM, MOICUnOK BILIOUSMBSS Atilantbc & Pacdfiic jtmkiiimiMillU ^ bottles ^OO Lb. Bucket