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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CUNTON. S. C THURSDAY, JANUARY 16> mO Laurens For§r?lltree Years Ago i WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publiaher . . Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate-(Payable In *\dvance): One year $1.50; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 50 cents (By C. C. Featheritone^ In th^ court house: G. W. Shell, I clerk; John W. Watts, sheriff; 0. G, I Thompson, auditor; A. W. Burnside, ' probate judgeLl John H. Copejand, treasurer — aUi^Tie except py good friend, 0. G. Thompson. ture shows, no automobiles, no radios, a circus once a'yeM*, picnics, buggy. 4;ldes, going to thV state fair, etc., werg^ refiffded as ample. ' Cotton was iiot near so high as it is today, but the farmers were in good shape, owned their own places and very few were mortgaged. Very little foodstuffs were ship^d in.. My old friend, Wells Simpson, once told me this story: i Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. * . The Chr,inicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kirdly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defiiinatory nature. Anonymous communications will not he noticed. This paperMS not responsible for the views or opinions of its corrcipondents. CARD OF THANES FINAL SETTLBMENT 1... — Take notice that on the 4th day of We "^ish tb express our sincere February, 1980, I will render a final thanks fon the love and jnterest shown I account of my acts and doings as Ad- by the doctor, the nurse, and thfe many ! ministratrix of the estate of A. B. friends and classmates during the ill- (Stone, deceased, in the office of the ness and death of our beloved son and' Judge of Probate of Laurens county, brothec. Dean, also for the beautiful at 11 o’clock a. m., and on the same floral bfferings. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Carter and Family. f (day will apply for a final discharge I from my trust as Administratrix. I Any person indebted to said estate - !is notifi^ and required to make pay ment on or befot« that date; and all -4persons having daims against said es- Take notice that on the 17th day of tate will present them on or before February, we will render a final ac-: said -date, duly pi'oven or be forever FINAL SETTLEMENT CLINTON. S. C., JANUARY 16, 19.30 He went to Dr. Barksdale to bor- The lawyers: Bail A WatU; Holmes | row U.oOO or |?,000. The doctor said, Af Simpson, Johnson & Richey, Cun-; “Wells, that’s a heap of money for a h ngham & Harris, F. P. McGowan, "^an to borrow, what do you want W. H. Martin, N. B. Dial and Fergu- "j^h that much?" • * - u j son & Featherstone-all gone except, Said Wells: "I want to buy a car.^oy’?^ domjs/s Ad-^ barred. , five. 1 load of corn." "What?” iaid the Doc mmistrators of the esUte of Mrs Lee. mRS. METTA STONE The churches: The old Presbyterian ! tor, "You are going to buy a whole 1 ' Administratrix of the Estatolfef church .down in the pines. Dr. Frier son, pastor; the little wooden Bap tist church, J. D. Pitts, pastor, and the little frame Methodist church near the business, Well, I'll have to that a week or two." Wells said that when he saw Dr. railroad cut, John. E. Carlisle, P*stor. • Barksdale was sea.cd he got scared, ^one of them standing are used j too, and the result was that he went car load of com by yourself. Risky i ^^® ‘^® f' Dancing exercises just about every-• terrible pain tfial reached from 1 for churches now; all of.the pastors jjn with somebody else and they got t 1 fVio Pisntot* AT niir i . . J ^ •isvi ftVW gbsmg except discretion. AH work and no pl«y gets Jack in wJttpe to pay the alimony. of our diagram to the center of our j anatomy. The doctor was called and National 'Bank, Dr. he came just before the pearly Jfxtes, president; and Peoples -^-4began to open. He asked us what we ^ Exchange, just organized, Al- ate for Supper and we said biscuit and, president. All out of busi- Boys leave the farm because they he said what else and we said a little Bate to plow through life. ness, the officials gone, except my piece of * boghead souse and he said' friend, Gus Watts. — (what else and we said a small bite o [ Newspapers: Laurensville .Herald,!' Exercise alone should give you slen- pork sau-sage an.l he said what else j g Crews, editor,-and Uurens Ad- dlcr lines. Look at the tongur. . and we got mad and turned over and ^ organized, with J. C. • —— — deruied juat to go ahead,.aitd die .g^jtttrrrBnth of the ^dirofi And evt‘n the establishment of ural death without a doevor* But n*^' are dead, venality can’t keep a great many peo- squirted something in our arm and | merchants, some of them (I p\e from envyin-- th«ir superiors. made uS take a pint of castor oil. He g _____ went home. And we did not gel to the, „ jraynham, Jake Visanska, Gray 4^ office till late that afternoon, It sygjp-s ^ jj Martin, J.. M. Philpot, funny that what a fellow likes to eat ;y j g y „ (;ilker-. best hurts him worst. sor^, Minter & Jan^ieson, J. J. Martin^ the car together Might one not, with profit, compare forty-three years ago with 1930? No sanLc man would, of course, want to go back to 1887, but a great many sane people would like to go back to the fundamental basic and sound con ditions that obtained then. think aboiit^ of Laurens county, at 14 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will, apply for a final discharge from our trifst as Administrators. I , Any persons indebtdid to said estate is notified and required to make j>ay- ment on or before^that dat/e; and alii persons having claims against said es tate will present them on or before said date, Ady proven qr ’ae forever barred.' ^ R. E. MADDOX, ' J. M. MOORE, , Administrators, Jan. 9, 1930^2-6*4tc. A. B. Stone, decaased. Dec. 30, 1929.—l-23-4to.. DRS. smith & SMITH Oiitometrists \ SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined Gfasses Prescribed 15 West Main Street Phone 101 Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service Clinton, S. C. lUE PEi)|)LEK NUISANCE 1 Oral housewives, as well as else pkaVnt is' against the peddler IS' against the peddler an^ -to-hou«e canvasser, and relief is in their own hands. flat rock news deer' mr. editor:— -JW, X. myd, TTrr ICeftrtfay’s, TohiC O. Sheahan^ J. J. Roland, J. 0. C. Flem ing—all gone except one, the Kenne- «.i»ties by the knocks and ringing of j ^bank farm which.4hey taken she doorbell by persons with ^way from mr. jones last yr. onner tbVftg to sell.^ For surcease fnim these! t-ouid not pay for his ford and as yore present corry spondent is! 1 . il is nn every day occurrenc^e for the have been asked by'i 4' ^ a single mercantile busineiss at Eoa.'wwife to be called away from her . hrnthpr bill lives on the fed-1 , ® single mercantile Business at u.. L „„.i "®'^ other bill (who lives on the led-1 place it was in 1887. The doctors: McCoy, Poole, Simp son, Dial, Aiken—all gone except my good friend, Dr, Dial. No water works, no electric lights, no laundry, no cotton mills. . ^ow did the people get along in those days? The people were happy and 'Con- tented and lived well. Living was cheap—frying chickens 12 1-2 to 15'^<ent8; eggs 10 cents a /ntrmiptions' and annoyances she mast play possum or go shopping. Not only the housewife suffers from the groWing invasion of canvass- srrsw They rob established business of 11* legitimate trade and carry from the community money that would oth- ruiel'te be used for its own upbuilding. Home merchants render an indis- pr.D.'^abk* service. Peddlers do not— the land too) to rite up the flat rock news this week which is as followers: born to mrs. oldhani 1 baby boy who ancers to the name of samtnie jr after his daddy who run off a few munlhs ago when his still w:is tore up down on the branch in the rare of his house by the . sheriff but he was never kelched. both of them seem to j dozen. What one v^ore cost little. If fa/ from it. They purvey nothing not doing as well us possible eon.sid-j a man hud paid more than $20 or $25 t*V!avnahle in stores, and their | ering not having much of a doctor! for a suit lof clothe#; or $4.00 for a gins' are too often fradulent. Lx with them and he come too late. t*avagant claims are part and parcel j rof *heir profession; their fly-by-nighty health of the community is o.k. nmerce holds them to no guaran-, ^^xeept john Clark and his darter susie trv'v And in thjs day of telephones and I yffre umbull scribe has been up fiwVk deljvery the argument of acces- ^ right smart by liver puddin •-iV^ity does not hold. u^from a hhog which i killed la.st week for the present plethora of door-1 neated 224 pounds 'after be- merchants the housewives alone jj.^^ ukalldeil anaoforth, and qiiy wife has a bad cold allso which was ketched by grinding sausage oUt in the back yard insted of in the kitchen, like i told her. 'arr-to blame. Without patronage they »*» aM not ply their pestiferous trade. pair of shoes, he would have been rc- ganled as extravagant. $4.00 was re garded as a big price for a woman’s hat and $10 or $12 for a dress was re garded as out of sight. , How about amusements? No pic- COPELAND-STONE LOCALS Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee i a singing was hell at jim Clark’s ' enduring the Christmas holly days I and was led by me and the organ was uv 'played by miss sallie Clark and base News Around Our Houmc - was sung by derbey Clark and a fiddle We had an egg apiece for breakfast was allso played by me after the ser- '^ia morning. The change from gravy j vice and the same'' was enjoyed by all MMd bread was due to thi recent ,de- j present and then simmon beer was dine m eggs in sympathy with Gen- served by the host with some ginger .nml Motors. 'My -wife's kinfolks came up Wed- ay morning to spend the week cake and a stick of candy each was took home to the little fellers. 4twHl qmrtity Work iHoveir^ $1.00 and $2.00 a pair. , | Women's and Misses’ Oxfords — $2.95 up to $4.00 a pair. I Young Men's CoHegiate HuiU, made to order—$22.50 up. Young Men's Footwear in the sea son's newest styles—$5.00 and $6.00 a pair. the whole community was made sad Ham is 5U cents a pound, steak is j last friday night about 9 when some- •h higher, and so is lemon cake, j body knocked on 'our door and told us y like all 3 of them. 1 that old man jack hartshorn had breathed his last at the supper table Tbe plumber and his helper came just after he had drunk too much but- A real good Top ('oat for $13.50. Men's Dress Shirts in good qiality broadcloth—$1.00 up to $3.00 each'.' •p and did 25-cents worth of work last work. He did not forget to send the loCowing bill; “To time of plumber amd help»*r $7.00. To 1 washer 5 cents, Twl*) $9.75.’’ Children's Pajamas in winter weight -50c and $1.00 a suit. termilk and fell over on the floor and never sed another wor except where is niy hat. he will leave a large fam ily and 2 mules with a morgage on. same and other kinfolks top tedious 1 Men's-Neckwear — .3.')C,' 50c, $1.00 to mention to mourn his loss which ' U.50. Boys’ Neckwear—2.5c and was expeckted as his blood presher' Wintef weight Pajamas — $1.50 to $2.50 a suit. Il 1* right singular, but 14’of the rastallment collectors who w’ork our | went up when cotton \vent down last «idbry«>t e\ery week are closely related f®!!- he was berried by the side of his I have what you want in Rain ‘dr “other” side of my house. She 1 "'ife next day who .succeeded him to j 1-<*•(** 1” style.for men, wo- im>n4s that the 64 that are not related | grave 4 yr. hence Iai her are some of “mine" that are .■t/« good to own it. f- '""‘Vt-,, men and children. crops is about all gatli'i^red except min#, but i am working on halves anJ TBm- following, items were reported have got my half out, and as i am tcw^ljr out just as I was leaving for! gonner mo'^e next yr., it looks like my prainr-roeeting last night: .Sugar, cof-' land lord*will hafter pick his bale his- Itiv *oap, flour, balogna. cheese, rat | self, unless the farm bored helps the pawn, chicken feed, perfume, wash . farmer to make a crop i may move jra,pi, coal, cash, blank checks, baking | to town and peddle Iwef altogether .ponders ar.i ink. and cut out working in the. field an-i soforth. mr. editor plese rite or foam me and i will let you print thi? so’s it will help you to get some more sub scribers down here. yores trulie," mike Clark, rfd. Suits in all-wool quality, for, men 'aind young men, in the newest ityles and patterns—$18 OB to $25.00. l^idie.s Silk Hosiery, in all colors— 50c. $1.00. $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50. Ladies’ Novelty Slippern—$2.9.5 ap to $4.95 a pair. ^ * Tbe electric light that her aunt left buraing in the closet upstairs was dis- ■re’jnred this morning when the man riai our meter and fainted. Boys' i'ants in straight legs and knickers—$1 ..50 to $2.50 n pair. ■Tbe let.er we sent to our friends in Ajftorgia 8 weeks ago telling them not visit uj until 'April w'en( to the Mrnd-letter dffjce and was returned to oe 4 days after the “company’* had HmSu It seenis I addressed Jim and Bkomaly in N. C., instead of Ga. But there were only 7 children and 2 *mxdbers-in-!aw with them. bens seeinOd terrible excited r mominf and we rushed out JU kIB tbe mink or possum or polecat, awA bthcr varmint as might be disturbing tlmm. We found tCiMB 1 af the hens had lahKan egg and Fords Give Million To Berry ^hool Children's Shoes in tan and black leather—$1.95 up to $3JiO a pair. Children’s winter weight Union Suits—50c, 75c, and $1.00 a suit. Mount Berry, Ga., Jan. 13.—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford were identified today as the donors of a $1,000,000 group of famous Georgia educational institu tion for mounuin boys and girls. Announcement of the identity of the donors, of the buildings, the last of which was completed a year ago, was made following exercises today com- lq.rma $he first egg the other 13 hens foundinrof the whool 28 years ago by Miss Martha Berry, daughter of a northwest Cieorgia farmer^ /Men’s winter weight Union Suits— $1.09. $1.50. $2.00 and $2A0 n suit. Boys’ “Security" Shirts and Blouaes —$1.00 each. Buttons won’t come off buildings at the Berry school, a Jiay—they are reinforced. rmtMsvtaw “'Wa. Energise—^the perfect dry cleaner —S5c n cnn. 1 rooster ever aaw, set of a Qproar. A man nak^ me last tf 1 kept hens and I told him %wt soi why and how. 'Vo woke op tbe other morning bo- wixt SdW a.' m. aad mm-up with a HUAT DO P. S. JEANES BO? We alwayd have what you nood ia Shoo PoMah, Shoe Lacca, Shoe Bnnh- ea and Danhers. 1^- Mon’a high t<H> Leather Boota, quality"—15.00 and 19.00 a pair. Copeland-Stone Co. *t)im frko to AQ" MO 47 • CMutnn. S. FoUow the ttTAOLlSHID •059 WHERE ECONOMY Mills* Shop at AOkP Food Storea FLOUR A&P Plain or Self 0S« (48 K; EAGLE MILK c«> 18c GORTON'S CODFISH- Read J -to- Frjr or Flaked - Cans 23s CAMPBELL'S BEANI^ - Cans 25c RED SALMON No. 1 TaUX::an 8 oXLOCK COFFEE Ibo Sic Aunt Jomima'a Pancake Flour pkg. 14e CHEESE lb. 27c | OnakorOata X" loe MIXED VECETABLES 2 ^‘ISe BED RIPE TOMATOBS Fall Itoek No. a oana 25c ■4-. Creamery BUTTER Cut Ftcah From the Tub lb. 45c CORN lO.NA BRA.XD lOc I Pcaa -rynder Sweet .\o. 1 ('ana 25c KEIFER PEARS Iona Brand No. 2 Cana 25c PURE RIO COFFEE $1.00 GRANDMOTHER'S BREAD Full Pound Wrapped I«af N. B. C. COMBINATION OFFER 1 POUND OF N. B. C. STARUGHT TREATS OR N. B. C. ROPENA MARSHMALLOW PEAKS AND A Sc PIKG. OF UNEEDA BISCUITS ^ PALMOUVE SOAP cakes 20c SUGAR GrJS^fated lb. 5 1-20 SHORTENING ticket $1.00 COFFEE 4tc New Low- Prkel; m (!dffee t ^ -V. . BOKAe- lb.37e 8 0’CLOCK ib: ^ RED CIR€bE Hb. 33c : TH(t GRIAT ANTie & Ft*