The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 07, 1930, Image 4
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THE CLINTON CHKUNICLE, CLINTON. 8. C.
THLUSDAY, AUGUST 7. 1930
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Electric Refrigeration Co.
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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.
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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
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These wheels incorporate many Important
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A rarietyy of attraetire
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In addition to this de luxe wire wheel equip
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You are invited to come in—NOW—and attend
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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. In the The present Republican administra-
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8«<taB DaUwry *5V9
Llftb* P*H**cy
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Roa<}at«r DeHvery. *449
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IVhTo«ChaaBte....*539
Wlib Cab *629
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