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Letters To The {Iditor 1 have heard today — Friday, Dei. should have a wide awake' County Chamber of Commerce. The State <« should have an aggressive South Car olina Chamber of Commerce. All these Academy St School Roll Of Honor dress by Dr. William Weston, similar to the one recently given to our Cham ber of Commerce—similar though not the same, but equally stimulating if not more so. I am moved to ask, To what purpose are these and other like addresses, if nothing is to be done ? Is not right now, before the turn of the year and before men make their plans fdr the coming year, the time to ge Clements," An- and push and vision; in the smaller nie Lee Bell, Sallie^Mae Grady, Eva the college, another fine ad-, should have paid secretaries w^th pep First grade • ' - . 1 s 1 ?_ Ai_ - 11 j r>^ii communities the secretaries could be paid for part of their time. All these crganizaticns should be perfectly ar ticulated together. The legrislature soon to convene should provide funds for the needs of the State Chamber of Commerce and for the County Cham Gregory, Lucile Leecrastes, Carlyle Driggers^ Jesse Carter, Mildred Wind sor, Ettie Lou Grady. Second grade: Charles Williamson, Carl Campbell, Harry Hudson, Cleve land Campbell, Amanda Milam, Sara Grace White, Mattie Williamson, Dor- bers of Commerce. Every live citizen; othy McMinn, Edwin Bell, Dollie Wil- of a community should belong to the L.A, something going? Dr. Weston, after I local Chamber of Commerce. Every his address to the Chamber of Com- citizen of a county should have merce and after much questoining, asked almost tragically if we couldn't start something. The query was (luite timely. Are we to lie back and boast that we' would be rich if we only ] members. Representatives of the wanted to? Are we to pride ourselves | Community and County Chambers that South Carolina could be the wealthiest and most prosperous State in the Union if we cared for it to be so and l^t it go at that? Are we to content ourselves With a self-conscious potency and allow our most spirited young people to go bff to other states to make their fortune? Are we to re joice that God has given us natural resources that are wonderful and in exhaustible and then wait for others to discover this and move inland de velop them? Are we content to sleep and dream and nearly starve, instead of reaching out and taking v hat lies to hand? Some states are prosperous because of industrial development. Some are prosperous because of aggressive ag ricultural development. South Carolina can be both, because of its vast power resources on the one hand and of its soil characteristics on the other. There is just as much heed oT”diversification in nianufacturing industries as there is need for diversification in farming. It would seem, when we- face all the facts, that our farmers should turn away as quickly as possible and en tirely from cotton, and even tobacco, to vegetables, fruits, dairying, poultry and food animals. It should be said of us as it has been said of Florqlians, I believe, that “We eat what we can, and what we can't eat we can, and then w’e eat what we can.” But not all. For Men and Ek>y8 SENSIBLE XMAS GIFTS ' liamson, Elizabeth Harling. Fourth grade: Beatrice Asselin, Nora Cannon, Nelson Lindsay, Kar- his name on the roll of the County, vey Driggers. Chamber of Commerce, with several! Fifth grade: Marian Chaney. Ruth of the representative citizens of each j Brown, Pauline Whitmire, Florence township ’to be the active and direct-1 Howell. Siixth grade; Eloise Crowe, Mildred Vaughn. should constitute the State Chamber, j Other details can easily be worked out. . 3. Cooperation. Nothing can suc ceed without this. There must be co operation among the farmers; there must be cooperation between the coun try people and the town people; there must be cooperation between the pro ducers and the consumers. Every town the siz^ of Clinton should have a first- class cannery, but men can not be ex pected to put their money in canner ies unless the people in town and country will produce enough to keep . .... the canneries busy and paying a prof-1 '““"'y- it. Nor can the canneries run very ! •'•C,E"* Bell, Miss Ora Bell, all of Laurens, Mrs. Ida Dempsey of Greenville;! three sons, R. J. Bell, Will H. Bell and, J. W. Carl Bell, also of Laurens. 1 Death Claims Mrs. M. E. Bell Laurens, Dec. 6.—Mrs. M. E. Bell, 81, widow of Jerry Bell, died Thurs day night at her home in Rocky Springs church community. Funeral services were held from Rocky Springs Presbyterian church Saturday after noon at two o’clock. Before her marriage to Mr. Bell, she was Miss Maggie Duvall of the successfully if the people of the vi cinity—both town and country—pre fer to order canned goods from other states instead of using those preserv ed in their own neighborhood. There should be cooperation among the farmers to mak^ every square foot of land pay in something. People say, “Oh, you can’t get the Negroes Shirts Munsingwear $1.00 to $2.50 Underwear Sweaters $1.00 to $3.50 » $1.25 to $8.50 Interwoven Hats Sox 35etir$1.50 $1.00 to $6.50 T* Lumber Jackets and In Christmas Boxes $1.00 and $1.50 Rain Coats $3.50 to $9.50 Gloves 25c to $2.50 Shoes Pajamas and Oxfords $5.00 and up $1.50 to $3.50^^ Bedroom Oxfords Tailor-Made ' Suits 75c to $2.00 $25.00 and up Ask your dealer to send you a fresh package of and tenant farmers to raise anything! QalfoH Pckotiiifc but cotton.’’ I don’t believe that, ifj .^auea rCanUlS. Many Other Gifts Are Here Cigars arid Cigarettes in Christmas Boxes L. B. Dillard they are shown that it pays and howl £ j* to do it. If there be such as won’t, let j Oag for yOUr dlUie* them be dismissed and others imported ropl Tor’trem.'' Then there must be cooperation on ^ the part of the merchants and bank- i ers in not requiring the farmers to fine pasturage, if not deemed best to bs reforested. Much can be turned into orchards and be pastured at che samq time, or made to produce winter feed. It is a shame and disgrace how South Carolinians import feed for their animals and canned goods for themselves almost entirely—over 90% —and this from states characterized by iodine deficiency. I sometimes think they would import water from other states if they could! What is needed is Vision based on knowledge, Organization and Cooper ation. 1. Vision must ;>e developed and made vivid by the dissemination of in formation in the schools, through the newspapers and in the Community Forum, by farm demonstrators, etc. Of course, some of this is being done; much more need to be. » 2. Organization. Every community I VV HAT DO of 1,000 or more should have a live' P. S. JEANEJS Chamber of Commerce. Every county j For we can raise vastly more than we pl^^f only carton or tobacco. That is can ourselves consume—canned as well There should be coopt r- as fresh vegetables and fruits and , Ibe part of the industr.es and milk, live stock and cold storage meats: schools in using our own products from South Carolina will more and! "Tiere possible. Lastly cooperation on more be in demand in this country and} towns in backing up abroad ! Ibeir own countrysides. There should not be an idle acre. Much more could be said, but we no Impoverished and abandoned land can ' wish to be lengthy, jia/ing bopei soon be brought up and/leveloped intol^'*^^^ what we have said will be read and will lead to something, even ;f it be no more than further discu.ssionj and constructive criticism by others, j Surely we do not wish to be like the i fellow who, though he had a paved 1 road six miles long from his home to j town, continued to drive over a nine- mile road, rough and muddy, because: it had been good enough for his grand- j father and father and so it was good enough for him! D. J. BRIMM. campbel:. 5.0DGE TO MEET FRIDAY Quality (^ Service The cold, blizzardly weather of the past week held no terrors for the careful housewife who is shopping the Quality Service Stores way. Delivery trucks in over twenty cities operate between Quality Service Stores and the homes of their friends and customers without a mis hap. This all-season, all-weather service is yours for the asking at NO EXTRA COST TO YOU. No wonder almost everybody is using their telephone again. Campbell lodge will hold a regular meeting Friday night, Dec. 13, at 7i30. Sandwiclies and coffee will be served. All members are urged to be present. V* P. Adair, Sec. DO? Pillsbury's Pancake Flour 2 For 25c Do better work Arm & Hammer SODA 6 for 23c Snowdrift i^. $1.09 Wesson Oil, pts. 25c Quaker Oats 9c Mornind Joy Coffee, lb. 44c RED DRDM COFFEE Coffee Market is Down - . Here is Your Value lb. 22c 9 MILLION « Uj ’“Pause and refresh yourself At tool or oooBter, at your desk or oa the street, you work faster and better if yoa*re*feeliag good. And you feel yow beat when moat refreshed. Whenever yon find yourself tiring, aa ioe<old bottle of Coca-Cola, with ha tingling, delicioua taste and cool after> aenae of refreshment, is a quick way-to get beckon top of your job. Whole- tome, p^Li aud gusd,jt makes a little minute long enough for a big rest. BALLENTINE’S PURE LARD 4 lbs. 64c BALLENTINE’S PURE VAfNArSP Ik 90^ PALMETTO BRAND PORK DiilJD/VvJlJ ID. LyC PURITY SALT, Iodized, 3 for 25c WRIGLEY’S GUM BABY RUTH 3 for BANAN.AS 3 lbs. for lOc iOc 25c BEE BRAND PEPPER 3 For 25c V Fancy Winesap Apples doI. 19c These Merchants Are Members of Clinton-Newberry-Prosperity Group: GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. Greenwood, S. C. IT HAD TO BE GOOD TO GET WHIBB IT IS CLINTON, S. C. Baldwin’s Grocery, 50-50 Grocery, Blakely’s Grocery, J. M. Pitts, I. C. Bohnd, L. V. Pinson, Clinton Mercantile Co. PROSPERITY, S. C. A. K. Eptlng W. C.‘Barnes GOLDVILLE, S. C.—Joanna Mercantile Co. NEWBERRY, S. C. Boozer Brothers, The Carryteria, S. 0. Nesley, J. J. Senn, S. L. Shealy, Senn and Jones, G, J. Jones, R. G. Wallace, Thornton Bros., D. D. Dafby, C. A. Shealy, Layton Bros., D. C. Driggers, Johnson-MtKi^rackin Co. WHITMIRE, S. C—Young Bros.