Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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«»A6EF0im THE CUNTON CHHONICLE* CLINTON. & C THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1930 (SUnton (fi^rohirU IfM WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publishor Pnbliibed ETery Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; ThrM Months 50 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 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 corrcspondentii. I mission until recently when he re signed, and promised that if elected he would get rid of Jones and about six more of the fourteen highway commissioners. I John J. McMahan of Columbia, saw I financial distrese everywhere, he said, , with big an9 little suffering, and rec- Statemen* of the Condition of M. S. BAILEY & SON, Bankers ommended a world-wide labor reform, shorter hours and better pay, but said that the idea of agriculture should not be abandoned as the basic indus try of South Carolina. He recommend- j ed that the state acquire lands that i were* being sold for taxes and mort- , gages, establish homes snd sell on the installment plan. He said that “North- j erners” were getting rich at the ex- ' pense of South Craolina and accused Governor Richards of appointing li quor heads as his assistants. W. W. Smoak of Walterboro, set forth hi.i views on prohibition^^advo Located at Clinton, S. C., at the (Hose of Business June 30, 1930 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $748353.80 OveYdrafts Liberty Bonds Owned by Bank Bonds and Stocks Owned by Bank Other Real Estate Owned Cash on hand and due from Banks Checks and Ca.sh Items 122382.41 10,000.00 Scalloped Tomataea This calls for a can of tomatoes^a half Ibaf of stale bread, salt, pepper amTbutter with a little onion. Rub the baking dish with' the onion, then ar range crumbled bread and tomatoes in layers, sprinkling each layer with salt, pepper and dots of butter. 35,066.05 9317.49 28,705.521 6,141.141 CLINTON, S. (\. JULY 10, lO.^O A hustler has no time for bad luck. I selve.s for, or inspire others to en- tru.Ht us with, greater duties tomor- Besides the weather, the gui>orna- row torial race is furnishing plenty of hot' ‘ air. eating the continuance thereof and' es Paid TOTAL $960,466.41 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in .. .. $ 20301.40 Undivided ProHts, less Cur- tent Expenses and Tax- mentioned his ten years in the gen eral assembly and his iodine work over the stste. When the mercury soars a lot of us get sore. Stuffed Tomato Salad I Peel six small tomatoes, cut a slice i ' I from the stem end of each, remove the { soft inside, sprinkle the insides with DESIRED. 2.50,000 NEW' PEOPLE (From 'The Chairleston New.s and Courier.) the coming of seven Germans to I salt and let stand, inverted, thirty min settfe oh lands in Greenwood county utes. Mash 'half a cream cheese, add 24,431.401 Some women are «o foolish they may mean nothing and it may mean ajSix chop|>ed pimolas,'one tablespoon of should have been men. 'great deal. There is plenty of r(M)m of tomato parsley, one tablespoon I for them and they lyill be heartily of tomato pulp, one-ffourth teaspoo i Another way of getting what you welcomed, want is by wanting nothing. * The News and Courier wishes that ■ the plans of Mr. Herrold that .500 Yea, we usually have some of this families be located in five years in kind of weather along in July. South Carolina shall be realised. It wishes that the number might be 5,000,, ^ A family of F.uropean iiwmigrants of dry mustard and enough French dressing to moisten. Fill the tomato cases with the mixture and serv? on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise dress ing. Statement of the Condition of The Commercial Baiik settling in- tocatW at Clinton, S. C., at the Close .MOTORING PESTS Everybody who does iRiy consider able amount of traveling by automo- bile has run into the two commonest'^’” get rich quickly. The chances pests which annoy the mrtorist. accumulating a fortune on a hun- One is the “hitch-hiker," u.sing the ^«‘*‘< « thousand acres in a term broadly to cover any stranger J years arc not Qverdrafts who tries to halt vour ear and asks! bright. I Bonds for a “lift.” The other Is the beggar ' , ^und, an indu.strious I who tries to sell you something when ^^'*''’“^ ''’“y become a landlord, ^ Blocks fuso. ' of Business June 30, RESOURCES Isians and Discounts $283,180.40 NONE Owned by 20,000.00 your car is held up in line awaiting the clearance of traffic in the other direction or when the road is under re pair. Several states have reAmtly fi*gis- i Jated against both of these |M*sts, and itV not a badtidea at all. There have been enough ca.ies in many states, of hold-up men getting | the owner of a hundred or two acres,' and that is usually beyond the dreams of a German peasant at home. If he and his family si.a I wak w'th the same diligence that they inu.st toil to Owned , by Rank Furniture and Fixtures , Other Real Estate Owned Cash on hand and due from Hanks 1 llt.IOO.OO 3,000.00 21,9.56.43 live on twenty acres In Germany, they j •1 hu.o ii Groenwo(d the fruits of ()th,.r Resources the earth almoat without limit, they | can be ind<*pendent, they can be their' LIABlLITlKf^ a “lift” and then robbing and in some masters. They can be happier, mslances killing the generous m.,tor- ^'’‘'y ‘•"j'’y “ P>')sperity far more ist.s who obliged them. t,> justfiy Icgis- ''y lation on that subjett. 'rbeie are enough risks incident to motoring without that one. The ..ther type of Carolina is .still easily p,Hs pest, the fclb w who runs up and «'''le. but it require* intelligence wants to ,s«'Il you something every $»77.”.53.2H .\’ew York «)r ('bicago. To live well and des’entlv on a farm The time your car stops, is also a plain un mitigated nuisance, and should be sub ject to the vagrancy laws. We are too soft in dealing with minor crimes and misdemeanors, in moat parts of the I'nittMi States. W'e are too ihcTlheH^ to be sympathetic ^ilh the man who makes a pretense of trying to eaAi money, even though we know it is only a pretense. Every once in a while the police in the big cities discover that some corner beg- furmer will produi'e nearly everything that the family want if its members can Im* content witlH>ul. full |>ocket- books, without the fancy things that only money can buy. One ha.s known aniall farmers in South ('aroiina who were never com pelled to buy corn for their horses and cows, who never had to borrow money from a bank, who always had tables loadeil with a variety of good food, who usually had aoniething to sell, and were never wealthy. 'They c»r has ..cuniulato.l a foi tuna ami ia ^ P^Pli- ■"'•i »at»fia<l. One has known not many of them. i apital .Stis-k l*aid in i Surplus Fund ’Individeil Profit*, less Cur rent Expenses and Tax es Paid Due to Bunks and Bankers Dividends Unpaid Indiviiiual Deposits Subject to (’heck Savings Deposits Time Certificates of De posit Certified Checks Cashier’s Check.* Notes and Bills Re-dis counted Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed .50,000.00 2.5,000.00 3,738.1,5 NONE 2,0.52.00 1.51,.327.15 9,926.77 174,270.04 7.00 931.27 10.0(M).00 .50,0(8)00 better able to ri<le in his own car and , ^ hv. in I..XU. V than in.Hl .,f those who '.’‘'■•Pt""". The wolf was drop their iHuinies and nickels into his hut. j .So long as human nature i.s what it is,' however, we suppose there will bo a fair (|uola of people trying and of ten succeetling to get mon«'y without working for it. HOW TO BE HAPPY . "Jf you don’t care for the things you can’t obtain you will be fairly happy." On the surface it is not an inspiring message. Not to care for the things we can’t obtain i.s to resign, give up. Ital, South Carolina needs new be -upine. .\nd when we quit in life’s struggle we pay a dear price, indeesl, for our meagre mete of happiness. .Most of us. perhajis, would rather keep on fighting. There is joy in the fight; joy at least to know there is f ght in us. ^ Ix't us reverse the formula. "If you care enough ‘for the things you have oKtained, you will Ik* su premely happy. (i<»4*’fn*t it The humble farmer—on his little never at their doors, the “problem of the unemployed” meant nothing to them, penury and starvation were nev-' er around the corner from them. Thks i.s a time w’hen any man can own lamLs in South Carolna, but, most of our people prefer automo biles. Some of the politcians^say that they do not desire aliens In South Carolina. The News and Courier would like to see 2.50,188), or more, come into the .state wdhin the next two decades. More than anything, more than fac- tores, power developments, new capi- men, wliite men, new blood. Protestants, Catholics, Gentiles. Jews, all will be welcomed. 'TOTAL $477,2.53.28 State of South Carolina, m. (’ounty of Laurens. Before me came K. M. Boland, Cash ier of the above named bank, who, be ing duly sworn, says' that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of amid bank. F. M. BOlJkND. Sworn to and subscribed before me this .5111* day of July, 19.30. VERA P. WILSON (Seal) Notary Public, S. C. (turrect .Attest: J. Lee Young, W. 1). ('opeland, H. D. Henry, Directors. Meeting' Held At Newberry (Continued from page one) pleaded for law and order by citizens 'That sounds better,''officers, strict economy and said that the tax system of South Carolina wa.H all wTong. tana—Wes that farm-—mav l>e Thc^, big man ..vs not paying Abe happy beyond compare. If he loves it little m«n is crushed well.’be will till it well, intelligently, the burden of taxation.” he de- thoroughlv, and it will yield him rich adding that South Carolina’s store. The widowed mother, in the the highest in the United little cottage, ha.s her children, and if V, she loves them well they will Ik* her said that outside capi- life. The clerk at the desk, if he loves tal was afraid to invest in this state his work, will be happy at it. Or the Koing to North Carolina, Vir- motorman m his cab of steel, may Kima and Georgia because of taxation, fhid in the easy response of the throb- that the system was “worn oi^ bing eng.ne a sense of re.sjxinsibility ups*de down. for the passing multitude that bring him pride and joy. will Olin D. Johnston of Spartanburg, told the story of h«s life and recited To b. truly h.poy it our lot wo .’’t.Hr”” I"'’’"7.*:''*'','”e tanburg. He said that South Carolina was changing from a farming sUte to need not be contented. Indeed, happi neai and contentment while we keep moring on life’s highway, are not to r:.!q .f a X T ^ b. Toconcilod. H we love the work we * population was now texUle population. He urged the reduction of working do we shall be thrilled not alone to do it wdl, but to do it better _ . hours and atUcked the $66,000,000 Par away fields are always ^^re.■*n , highway bond issue, saying he would to too many of us. But, if the field at .-efuse bo sign the bonds, if elected, oar door is not attractive and verdant w. H. Keith of Greenville, stated It IS because we do not w-ater itsUhat .Johnston had gotten his mind shrobs and grasses. If we love our confused about bhe situation, concern- field we will tend it. And, more impor- ing the bond issue but that he believed tMt, tend It we will come to ^ unconstitutional. He said he wants j the state to have good roads but not And this happiness comes to them , in the way it is getting them now, in ediotn ambition bums. Only by the He accused (jovernor Richards of degree to which we prove true to the being controlled by C. E. (Cip) Jones, maiast^k of today can we fit our-ichairn»an of the state highway com- Thin, Pale, Weak BAD bean through a had spall of si^- naaa which left ma ▼axy weak,” says Mra. Virginia Spnies» of Stapleton, Vs. "I was pale and felt lifSslaaa, and my strength di4 not ratum. *1 spent moat of my tiEM on the bad. I was very nervous, snd the least thing upset me. I did not, have strength enough to lift a broom. At timea I would have bad headaches, which would hurt ms until I could hardly sea. "Someone sdcad ma why I did not try CsrduL 1 had read of it, so I thought I would sea what it would do for ms. It was really rama^hls how 1 cams out. My strength re* tnniad, and my health was hat* tar than it had haaai jayaasa. I gained .In weight about tan pounds. My color was good, and I oaa^ to aoffnr from haadachaa. I bava told my friends about Gardui bacauaa I was hanafltad after taUng it* GARDUI Hilft Wf«ea to Htahk Take Thedford's Blsiok-Drausht tor Oonstlpatton, IrnltgesUon. BlliousnoBS. 1 cent a dose. C-IS41 WHAT DO P. S. JEANES DO? Due to Banks and Bank ers Dividends Unpaid Individual Deposits Subject Ao Check 573,945.70 Time Certificates of De posit 314,104.4.5 Cashier’s Checks 2,155.80 527.66 NONE Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed Other Liabilities 890305.95 25,000.00 100.00 total : $960,466.41 ' State of South Carolina, ss. j County of Laurens. ^ ! Before me came R. C. Adair, Cash- ‘ ler of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true con- ditiop. of .said hankj^as. shown^ by the books'of sa(d bank."^ R. C. ADAIR. Sworn' to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of July, 1930. . ROBT. S. OWENS, Notary Public, S. C. Dr. Frank F. Hicks DENTIST Office National Baak Bnildiag Dr. Smith’s Former Location Phone 1.53 28,.5.53.93 737.52 72.5.00 DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists SPECIALISTS Kyrs Examihed Glasses Prescribed 1.5 West .Main Street t Phone 101 l.aboratory for Prontpt Repair Service Clinton, S. C. WHAT DO P. S. JFANES C€ TO WORK mam M en are a funny race—they start the day smilinR or scowling. And there ‘ is no more .safe way of sending them off with a sihiJe than to -have them dive into a drawer filled w'ith clean shirts. Guarantee his summer-day .supply of shirts — .see that they come to you on time each week. Send your laundering to us each week, and you w ill not only realize a dependable ser vice but will eliminate the home-laundei’ing nuisance. A ^YCjp uimBmiii It's cheaper in every way to send your laundrv. Buchanan’s DRY CLEANERS STEAM LAUNDRY Phone 2S Did You Know! That For Less Than $100 You can buy suite^^for any room in your house and you will be proud of it even thodigh the cost is small. Investigate this today. 0 Prather - Simpson 64 Furniture Company The Home Makers” Clinton, S. C. Mi- ^>1:;