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i^AGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. 8, C THURSDAY. JUNE 26. 19.10 Ql^e (Slinton (E4tontrU SatabUalMd IfOO WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One year $1.60; Six Months 76 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 suggestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letWs of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonyniteus communications will not be noticed. This paper is not resp rsible for the views or,opinions of its correspondents. ton and I diddent want to bother her 'as she belongs to the h-4 club. ' as it was too hot to walk verry far, i hitched up my boss to my beef wag- gin myself as my chillun was off pick ing blackberries for dinner, but that Foxxes: If you boys know so much. Ocotton) contract now. A bull mos ment is sure to materialize within less j than 6 weeks. Why remain poor when! opportunity is knocking at your door? Yours truly, Foxx A Son, IVall Street, New York City." I replied: "Dear! ' has got nothing to do with the mat I ter, and i got 2 big hamper baskets to I put my fish in myself, as i couldn't , get my wife’s cuzzin aam to wake up jand get them for mje. but that has nothing to do with the matter. ( LINTON, S. C., JUNK 26, 1930 A man may be down, but he is not cut until he is down in the mouth. I so by 2 p. m. i had got my wirms ' and my poll and my hooks and my I sinkers and my 8 dogs all together, and started out for the afore said : creek, i am a tender harted man ann ! begun to worry about the pore inno- I cent fish which i expected to ketch I and pull out of the watter away from I their mas and pas, and i made up my j mind to fetch home only 15 or 20 of I the large fishes and throw everything I back that was not as long as, well,— why ain’t you rich? I advise you to buy a few Julys yourselves and quit work. Sorry I won’t be with you dur ing the bull movement, but let him move. Opportunity might be knocking j on my door, but she’s using a tooth-1 pick and 1 am deaf, so I have decided * to remain poor with the-rest of the dimmercrats. Yours truly. Gee Me- Gee.’’ Shock abs(irbers on autos would be better if the driver could wear them. Oftentimes a man finds he can’t make ends meet because they are loose ends. your civic pride become ar.oused. t’lcan up vacant lota and plant them | in gardens. Make a cluttered up yard a disgrace and an unpainted h -use a reproach. Cut the weeds, clean the streets and make things attractive in general. Nobody wants to live in an unattractive, filthy town. Make public opinion too hot for those who knock (and we are afflict- e<l with some of this type), who re fuse to cooperate for the community’s general good. Our town should be one where folks are friendly, where 4irogres.siveness is appreciated, where good roads in all direction.^ make it acces.sible, where proper sanitary methods’are condu- fcartdtfttiness, vKh£e& .attract when a candidate helps himself to ai-tiveness is considered an indispensi- eigaret in.sfead of offering you a ci-lble asset, where government is effi- jrm. i^’ient and popular, where living con- Many a man calls hi-j wife the bet ter half, when she is alM)ut 90 per cent of the family. How dull business w )uld he if every ma:i refrained f:* m buying until he cuuki afford it. . MiSW.AtN UNOI'FOSEI) J. MeSwain of Greenville, and a native son of this county, is to be , um>pp<)8ed in his race for re-election (this summer as representative from this district in congress. His formal ann»,uncmeent appears in today’s pa- pei. The Chronicle is pleased to note (htC Mr. .Mc.Swain i.s again to be re turned to hi.s seat without opposition. It i a compliment ti b'm ;;r .« i.)gni- tion of his fine talents and the ability and common sense with which he has represented his district in the national Iwuly at Washington. His ricnce adds steadily his loyal service. it diddent take me and that beef waggin and them dogs very long to arrive at the creek and i hitched them up to a tree up on the hill onner count they would scare the fish too bad if they was down on'the bank with me. i sot in to fishing at edzactly 3.33 p. m, by my watch which i got for 156 soap wrappers, so it must not of benn later than 4.40 p. m. the first bit i got was a chunk float ing down the streem. but i fished right on and commenced to get hun gry, so i et up jfny supper about 26 rigjbt, gp, i sot out 6 hooks up And down the streem. i baited my hooks with the The Final Hint A man sold me a vacuum cleaner and guaranteed it to pay for itselY in 3 years. I have had it 2 years already and have spent 6 dollars and a quar ter having it repaired and my electric bill for Tuning it was about 11 dollars and 22' cents up to last night and I <till owe 19^ dollars and 44 gents in installments, and it’s about woim out, j If it-has ever paid for itself, nobody .has been able to find out who it turn-1 ed the money over to. Of course, it has sucked nearly all of the fur out, ^f buy rugs and it keeps the dirst pumped v)ut of the cracks in the floor j so’s wind can come through, but so | far as proving a help to us rinancially,*; | * it ain’t. This thing you call "easy pay- * ments’’ is the bunk. I have never found one that was so very easy—not sineg Hoover prosperity set in, at least. biggest wirms i had and waited for ^itions are good, where the helping ^^***'* that is the fish, to grab same. as it loked like rain about 9 p. m. i backed out on ketching anny fish, so we all went home. mr. editor, anny time you want to take a nice fishing trip, rite or foam me and i will come and get you and carry you to willson’s hand is extended to the unfortunate, jWhere employment is plentiful, where investments are sound, where intoler ance is unknown, where church spires point the w’ly to Heaven and God is honored and worshipped That’s the kind of a town we should ' and fish fries is hell. * yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd. all want and woi k for. ( LKHING THE (JKAI I KK.S . Pr‘*S (Ient Ib ovci' has signtsl the bill wfiii h provides for a F’ederal systetn of licen.sing dealers in peri<hHble pro- duct.s. ‘ The effect of thi.s law will be to give ripe expe-|the government the power to regulate to the value of‘the busine.ss practices of commission I hou.ses and others doing an interstate DRS. SMITH A SMITH Optui^rMs AIWAYI in iUNNER The distinction that is Congress-1 business, man .Me.Swain’s of having no opposi-i This may prove to bo of as great tion, is proof that those who might otherwise o|>pose him are convinced «f his efficient service for and popu larity with the people. YOU MUST KNHOLL Ue.spite the, fact that the enrollment books are now open, a very small per rent of the voters have bbthefed them selves to place their riamo.s on the lH>oks. For this reason, The Chronicle is again ruling this important matter to its readers’ attention. To vote in the approaching primary benefit to the farmers of the United States as any other measure intended for farm relief. Every grower ttf eon»- modities shipped to distant markets has had, at one tiine or another, ex perience with dishonest commission houses, at the ternifhal nmrkets. Prac tices which are notoriously corrupt have been common. The HlridTvrduaT Health Hints There is a certain cigarette that is being adverti.sed which seem.s destined to r'd the country of all kinds of anti fact nostrums and sitting up exercis es. Apf)urently this cigarette will keep your tummy from ,becoming overly large or .distended and ,it will stop your goozler from making an ugly shadow. Ain’t scdcnce wonderful? Hints on Finance And if you will take time to study .some other advertisement.s, you’ll quickly di.soover that it is easy to get rich quick, for instance: Numerous stocks are being offered that will pay fO-'m 15 to 2.6_ per _ cent .annually. 1 haye often wondered why the guys 8hipj)er is at a great disadvantage j who sell these remarkablle bargains when, instead of getting a check for!<|on’t call on ,Iohn D. or Mr. Mellon: his produce he gets a hill for freight and expenses with the calm explana tion that the produce has been s|)(>iled -SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed! 15 West Main Street Phone 101 { Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service Clinton, S. C. LOW ROUND TRIP i FARES to WASHINGTON, D. C. Thursday, July 3,1930 Via SEABOARD ~ For tickets, etc. call on nearest Seaboard Ticket Agent. i YCblt PfRfOMAl UUNDflttM there is no comfort in summer - sueb.-«a?* fbat which comes from knowing you are well-clad. Fresh cloth ing and linen in the hot months is a vital necessity, and it is a guarantee of this . to have youf laundering done so that you can depend on it always. This laundry is equipped to ^^^airafe me finest oritunmier 'clothing and linens and to re turn them to you w'hen you need them. Laundry days, with us, care nothing about sunshine or rain — w'e get the work out. Know the thrill of ade quate sqmmer linens— depend on us for ser vice. Buchanan’s STEAM LAUNDRY DRY CLEANERS Phone 28 \ r SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE The Clinton Chronicle—SI.50 a Year Jw Economical Trantporiation rU'ction for county and .stale officers, hn transit, or sold on a glutted nuii - your name must l)e oti the club liook ! ket, or that some other cause had pre in the preeincl in which you live. New books are being made up this year and no previous enrollment will (juali- fy you'toi vtite. A registration certificate is not nec essary to qualify. .M that is needed is to app»*ar in per.<on to the secretary of your club and sign thf roll. .All of which means that uide.ss you wish to be disfranchised, you must not over- U>ok this important duly of cilizen- ihip. If you reside in the city of (’linton, vented its sale at a price sufficient to cover the costs. There are honest commission hou.s- es, of course. Probably the great ma jority of dealers in pnaluce, live stock, p )ultry and dairy protlucts do busi ness a.s honorably as business is done anywhere. Their risk.s are large. an<l they are entitled to profits propor tioned to the risk. But there have been enough instances uncovered of decep- : tion and fraud on the part of com mission houses to make such legisla- they wrtuld buy all of 'em without bat-' ting an eye or wiggling an car fommunicate with L. B. Dillaril, sec- lion as this necessary for the protec- JuKt Plain Hinta And there is a man out in Chicago who advertises that he has a little jigger that he wants to attach to ev erybody’s Ford carbureter that will as.suredly give them from 50 to 60 miles for every gallon of gas they in ject into lizzief It looks like Mr. Ford would hunt that man up and buy that thing and then corner the automobile bu.siness of the world for a fact. So far as I know, no one in our town has been getting over 22 m. p. g. There fore, they have evidently not bought that amazing gas saver. rctary. If you live in another precinct get in touch with" the secretary of your club. tion not only of shippers hut of the honest men in the produce business. July Some More Hints M<v. f 1 I . . I <la.V8 ago, 1 received the fol The redei-al government seems to .... „• , I .u •. 1 • L 1. lowing letter; “Dear Sir be the only authority which ha.s a | chance of cleaning up this situation. State and local authorities are not in clined to pre.ss the claims of farmers] PUKSBYTEKIANS TO BUILD It is inleiestiiig to the community to know that from the ashes of last fbcemlMT, a beautiful new church edi-i shippers w ho pay taxes several > fice for the First Presbyterian eon-1 thousand miles away, against j fiegalion is soon to arise. The con-}own citizens and taxpayers. The ‘ liact has already lavn let. ground government alone can excr-j bioken on the new site, and work will|^‘'’'® authority over interstate com- scon be under construction. i merce. ^ The church is to be Gothic in struc-j It is to be hoped, that the machinery aiid of ~granite, and when com-j for the enforcement of this new law pitted and etjuippi^l, will represent an, will he sot up speedily and that it will •xr-entruiire of $100,000. It will be a operate efficiently enough to give the ▼ery handMime building, complete in grower and shipper the assurance •Very detail and adequate to care for that, whatever other causues may op- di s denomination’s growth for years orate to keep him from getting the Ui come. i best price for his products, he will at The F irst Pre.sbyterian church, w’ith I least not be cheated by the agent to| JtJ long and noble history, has always' whom he has consigned them, he’d a commanding position in the, — Things I Ate Hurt Me synod of South Carolina. It was found ed by a band of self-sacrificing pio- ■eers and stands today as the mother ehurch of the orphanage and college. Congratulations to the Presbyteri ans are in order on what they have accomplished through a fine, unHed spirit of love and devotion. Nobody’s Business By Gee McOm A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE Work for and with Clinton. Beautify it. Improve it. Make it attractive. Help make it the kind of a town that you really want to live in. The best advertisement of your business is the town you live in if it’s Ae kind of town it should be. Jowns get reputations as well as wen. Repetition makes reputation. Make your town’s reputation one that will attract favorable attention. It will thus draw people and where peo ple come there is prosperity. Help rid Clinton of one eyesore after another. If you have any, let Mike Turns Fisherman flat rock, s C. June the 18, 1980. leer mr. editor: the followers of ike walton of this community have asked me to rite up my recent fishing trip down on will- ion’s cresk which runs betwixt one towmship and another, but that has got nothing to do with the matter, as fishes stay in the watter and not the township. The creek in question rises in a pas tor about 8 miles from where it emp ties into nother creek by the same name, but that has nothing much to do with the matter, as i went a fishing in the first named creek, i dug my own bait as my wife was hoeing cot- **1 HAD a ssvure case of indigea- tipQ," says Mrs. BoU Buckhdbriar, 7 River St, Piedmont, S. C "So many things that I ate hurt me, 1 elmoet quit mir ing. *1 would bum in my cheet I had eevers headache, and each a tight, emothering flMling. 1 would be obliged to eat a little^ then it would hurt me. "A friend eaid to me: *Why don't you take Bleck-DrenghtT* "I was just too weak then to do my work. 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