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^AGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHKUNICLE, CLINTON. 8. C. THLUSDAY, AUGUST 7. 1930 ^ - •' ; ■ it' >'V ^ •■- . 4 (Sltnton ({li|rontrlr EiCaB1i&h«d 1509 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisbor PnblUhad Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One year $1.50; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the P<^8t Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the coopei:ation 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 correspondents. tion seems bent on making all other music ever witnessed by the congi'e- Ross Blakely, q'ualified electors of the jix boxes, one for each ward and the r'* . nattonSj live at home and learn to do gation and tears was in a great manny Town of Clinton, have been appointed electors will deposit their ballots in M without what we produce. wet eyes when he sung—“shall we managers of said election, and Mrs. the box prepared for their respective gather at theriver.” lys voice was H. D. Rantin has been duly appointed wards. Over 8 per cent of the men we elect strong and mqtch keener than here- j Clerk of said electian. ' By order of the Tovrn Cduncil, of the No person siull be entitled to vote Clinton, South Carolina, this at said election who shall not have ^ » ioon . -..v ti* the 27th day of June, 1930, , — - , , , - , registered hiS or her name with ^ • C6nt <rf the folks who tjilk very loud ' of the pastures }fot up at^ £>, Copeland^ Supervisor of Repstra- JACK. H. YOUNG, to fill important political of:fices fihve' to-foar onner count of some throte half enough brains to run a second- candy he sucked betwixt stanzers. hand goober parcher. ^Nearly 3 per' and overly" boisterously about thel?>ve a short talk on how to run a sun-'tion for the Town of Clinton, before Attest: League of Nations and the World day school and praised the superin- noon on the 9th day of August, 1930. D. C. HEUSTESS, [Court can change money and count tendent of pisgar school, (mr. mikej At the said election there will be' Clejk and Treas. 'telegraph posts and spell c-a-t and i^^^ark, rfd) for the fine work he had [ — 'patch inner tubes and push a wheel-i done and for his promptness in set- ~ barrow. Only 14 per cent of our school tling the litra ture bill which fell due . teachers believe that the North Pole! ^ast fall for the hooks and thvm pa- j 'is madeout of wood: 11 pef cent think : P®*"* the chillun used, bro brown sed I it is made of iron and the remainder • that he did not like for the Sunday Mayor. 3-14-3tc insist that it is composed of solid ice and jack-frost. ( LINTON, S. C.. AU(;UST 7, 1930 A Picnic flat nxrk, s. C., aug the 4, 1930. deer mr. editor: , i seat myself to rite up the pisgar- rehober picknick which was hell at the king spring this gone last friday and it was enjoyed by all and the pastures of both Sunday schwls seem to think Another thing that is the matter! serond primary Colonel Sloan was with the world is that we take too elected. mmh time finding fault with what' In 1900 .Mr. Blease ran third for the other fellow does and do not give governor, receiving 10,801 votes. Mr. sufficient attention to what we ought .Manning received 23,008 and (lover- that mutch good was done and these to l>e doing. nor Ansel, liO.H.oO, in the first pri-i rivals will be drawed closer together i mury._Mr. Ansel was elec-ted in the [„ the sperrit from now on. THK .NKW LKI.St'KK [second primary. j This is an amazin’g age in which fn 1008 Mr. Hlea.se contested (lover school hooks to advertiw medison ,in' them as he took 5 bottles of dr, akin pain’s roomy tism yerb juice and the only thing it done to him was get his monney. and them we all went home, rite or foam if this report is not plain to you. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd. » .u . , u 4 1, 1 • . 1 . a right had axcident happened while we are living. .A.s the street urchin nor Anse s claims to a .iccorid term, u, , i; .u n , • . ..1 1 .. ir rr /4 botts was asking the blessing as w'oj.ii say, II ha.s done wonders. If reieiving .18,010 to .'iJ.ixO for (Jover there was anytljing ne%v under the nor Anrel. sun undine at the en<l of the nine- tefVh (entury, it h.i.s been achieved dur’iig the years that have since •e!ap-ed. l:;c autonr bile and airplane have replaced the covered wagon. Tractors and harve.-^ting machines do the work ■fi The vote for governor in liUO when .Mr. H!ea.«e was elected in the second ’NOtiK E OF MUNIC IPAL ELECTION State of South Carolina, County of Laurens, Town of Clinton, Notice is hereby given that an elec tion will be held in the Town of Clin ton, County of Laurens, State of .South Carolina, on the I'Jth day of pr mary was .Id,250 for him. against I of the smith boys pulled a pitcher of ice tea on top of his hed while . ^ , reachhing for a peace of chicken and' j it vVas thought once that mebbe his 1 : ing a Mayor and six Aldermen. The His .50,00.5 for (1. (’. F'catherstiru*. majority was .5,0'o5; • Mr. Blease w'p reelected governor in 1912, receiving 72,043 to 60,.518 for the .skull was fracterred, but it turned out polls will bt* open at the Police Head- that he had only swaliowHl the liver. well filled baskets was fetched, by everybody except the joneses and the I greens and the whites, hut noboddy -.,.f ,inKl,e-bl«lc plow l.t« Ju,Ilf.. In. B. .lone,,. Ill, plurality; ai,.pp„inte,l,"., they had . .and the .scythe. ^ | over Judge Jones was .5,49.1, but John fetched annv hefoar but-it tharWof thewruiif meff _ea?44v*;-i»i4vhyar»4ghl* of the tallow candter^lfnajority was huUC The radio and telegraphy have an- In 1914, Mr. BIea.se, then governor, nih lated distance. ran for Utiited States senator. He re- Cood roads and modren methixis of ceived 50,913, to 72,2CW; for K, 1). transportation have uboli.shed rural Smith, whose plurality was therefore isolation. 15,3.53. L I). Jennings and the late W, Industrial development and intro- p. Pollock receive<l together 3,022, so diiction of the machine into industry that the majority against Blease was .have increased production and short- 18,97,5. ^enid the working day. I In 1910 (lovernor Manning was a .Ml there is left for civilized man candidate for reelection, Mr. Blease to do is to learn to take the fullest ran against him, Mr. Blea.se re^'eived advantage of the pnxlucts of hii own :o,:8.5, Governor Manning 71 (09. nad ingenuity and to make the best pos-j (;„vernor Manning’s majority was siole use of the new leisure they bring 4,084. ' \ him. What does leisure profit a man ! in 1918 Mr. Blease was a candidate if he wastes it-? for United Stales senator and nveived 1 we are made of the right stuff p. Dial received 0,5.001 and we will use our increased leisure in Mr. Kice 5.317. Mr. Dial’s plurality improving (lur.selves physically, men- vvas 21.008 and the majority against tan,v a.n'd fiiianciallj. In the past the Mr Blease was 29,925. •• Aiiev.can p.-opie have always proven i i!»22 Mr. Blease was again a can- theii steiling Worth and there is no j dilate for governor, this time against re.i n to belie\e they will fail in this Thomas i] McLeod. He received 8.5.- 915 to 100,111 for .Mr. M I.eod. Mc- I.eod’s majority was 11,109. 1‘hDLS'l KI.XN.S’ BKHI'IS In 1924 Mr. Blease was idecled appy titos along o. k. sammie green et nearly all out of 1 basket befoar he wa.s saw and slapped oved by my wife, as it was her basket. after everything was et up and the papers and plates was scattered around over the ground by the chillun, a song service was hell, and it was led by mr. mike Clark, rfd, and it turned out to be some of the finest quarters on Pitts street at 8 o’clock A. .M,, and will close Ji^4 o’cliK-k P, M„ j on the same date. ; W. .M. Sumerel, J. W, Leake and I DRS. SMITH & SMITH Uptometrists SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined -:- Glasses Prescribed 15 West Main Street Phone 101 luSboratory for Prompt Repair Servic. Clinton, S. C. SUUSC RIBE TO THE CHRONICLE CAfM MUCt r.as ssyroM Porcelain-on-steel inside and out in beautiful glacier-gray Here is a Frifidairc ia a strikingly beautiful glacier- gray Porcclaio-oo-steel. It has selves that are ele vated to a coovenient height. It has rounded comers and roomy food storage space. Most impoitaht of all, the mechanical unit is completely enclosed—the design that has made Frigidaire famous for eficieucy, long life, and low operating cost. “Cold Control*^! cliJs Ingjidaire troeass ice and desserts wi ~ with incredible speed. It is extra powerful yet remarkably quiet. Call and see a demonstration. Selea your own terms. Aa little down as yon wish to pay. Balance arranged to suit your coovenicoce. Electric Refrigeration Co. Wr. C. iALDWm, Reprsseatatlve Cliatao, S. C. CHEVROLET AIVjVOtlNCES DE LUXE WIRE WHEELS I'll* pcdc.stiiun ha.H a right tu a L'niteil Statca .senator. In the second' rting chance in cro.s.sing the .street, primary he received KMl.OHO and James| al"*. loiigh seine of oui' fool drivers F. Byrnes received 98,405. Mr. Blease’s' *r n t .seem to know it. i 'najority was 2,221. Byrnes and Blease! I this is a sf-raiige, almost revo- ^ each carried 23 counties. j Mr. Blease’.s political career began i at no extra cost TiTtMiiary doctrine, is admitteil. Th« pot. ntatcs and p<»wers that rule the with his candidacy for the house of thoi ughtaics seem never t(» have repn'sentatives in Newberry in 1888. heaid of it. from the traffic coj) to 'fhe vote in the August primary was: the makers of traffic rules, they are .1. M. Johnstone 1,4.50, George S. int. rested only in parking restrictions. Mower 1,294, K. T. Hunter 1,144, K. paiking phne.^, one-way streets, all P, Uhulmers 907, C. f,. Blease 900. In j kirn!- of turns foi vehicles, tail lights, 1890 Mr. Blease was elected to the! band signals, tralfic lines, speeil lim- bouse, later to the senate. He was also Jts—anything and everything -oMnect-. mayor of Helena and of Newb«*rry. 1(1 with vehicular traffii*. But they j Had ho ro(*oivod 2H9 itiori^ Votes in his 'Spay litl«* "I no attention to regula-! first contest he would ha/e 1'een third lions designed to make it safe and ' man and elected. »*asv for the tn'ilc.it 1 iaii to cross tlu* , » .street. Icdestiiaiis in this motor wild age .*-er m to be regaided as nuisances w ho I venluie into the street at their own ' ri.sk. The talk is all of making it more | convenient for the liiotonst. .Not a we;(i. is said about making it less ]i»i;lou.s for the pi'(l**sti'ian. ^ J I Nobody’s Business By Gee McC^* Vital Stati.stir.s , ... Over 10 per cent of the women who lo inanv inoioris's the* iieilestnan is i • . i m i l , ' . .1 di ive automobiles know how, and most •-oMeSiine> a niiaanci*, vet walking is; ,u . • . j ^ , I of them use their mouths instead of j.s necessary a-, inotowng. even lo th« aut'iiiintiile or truck driver. 1 is the established rule of the stieel that sidewalks are fur pedes-!,; • . i- i ' u. • i-i 5 e ' ticians can be bought or influenced hy their heads in an emergency Less than 99 per cent of our poli- tnans ami driveways for vehicles, but ibt street intersection is neutral either money or booze, and when one[ happens to “sell out.’’ he keeps it a . .11,.. r . onp leiia co sen oui, ne Keeps ii a gioond to which all forms of traffic , ... -c r- i . , I 1. 1.1 . • L , . I S‘‘®r‘‘t, hut his wife finds it out by tiave equal right. I laiiilv it is the djtv u- w . . • • l- , , . ,* [.searching his pockets or riding in his <'{ both driver and p.<lestnan to he' ta.itious and vourteous and for the ’ traffic officer to give all an equal Let’s give all an cliance at the tstreet crossing, make it less perilous foi' tl 'se who walk. Only 1 perSoh out of every 9,999 will he'KeJped by the new tariff meas ure. if you happen to manufacture merchandise from* any kind of raw 1 materials, you will get rich by reason of its protectivity, but if you grow or FACTS .VNI) FKH’UES _ ^ _ In the present senat tidal campaign, produce raw materials, you get what Senator BIea.se has boasted repeatedly the little boy shot at when he thought of his numerous eU'ctions to office as he heard .something .say: evidence of the strong hold he has “w-i-o-u-c-h.“ held with the voting public. One of .. his opponents, Mr. Uon Harris of Rvery third person who is ambu- Anderson, has challenged his state- lanced to the hospital nowadays gets' ment and has .said repeatedly in the! there by reason of speed or* booze i present campaign that Blease has Over 80 per cent of our court house been defeated oftener in South Caro- cases are due to the same thing, but Hna than any other candidate, except' mostly booze. About 90 per cent of John T. Duncan of Columbia. I the folks who steal do so in order to The Charleston News and Courier i get money to buy gasoline with. Only has been moved to search the records, 20 per cent of the polecats ever let us from which it produces the following I know that they have visited in out facts and figures recalling more than community. They use more “scents” thirty years of South Carolina politi- than some folks I know, but not all of cal history in which Senator Blease them. (Meaning the folks), has been a conspicuous figure: I Chevrolet again adds extra valne to the Chev rolet Six! Those who prefer may now have any passenger model equipped with beautiful de luxe wire wheels~nr no additional cost! These wheels incorporate many Important features that have won favor on cars much higher in inice—large chrome-plated hub caps, bolts located inside the hub, and an unusually large number of spokes. A rarietyy of attraetire new eoiors In addition to this de luxe wire wheel equip ment, Chevrolet now makes available a wide choice of new color combinations on all models —colors that are rich and distinctive. You are invited to come in—NOW—and attend the first showing of six-cylinder Chevrolet models with these new extra-value features. Less than 85 individuals in the Unit- 1900 Mr. Blea.se in a ed States control more than 98 per In the year contest for lieutenant governor ran cent of all our wealth’ Mr. "Hoover's fifth and last, receiving 9,556 votes in a good president for those few fel- the first primary. lows, but the masses seem to get along In 1902 Mr. Blease was again a can- fairly well anyhow. Nearly 2 per cent didate for lieutenant governor, receiv-: of the foreign countries like us fine ing 19,42() votes. The late Mr. F. B., and we like Brazil and Iraq all right Gary received 33,370 and the late Col-1 ourselvbs, so this makes it mutual, onel John T. Sloan, Jr., 39,369. 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