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-i-,1 .V‘'S THK CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, 8. C THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1030 (Slinton (Clj^’nntrlF Estahlinhed 1900 Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE. PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscriptioh Rate (Payable In Advance): One year $1.50; Six IV^onths 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered a.s Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chri.nicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise sujfgestions 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 rot responsible for the views or opinion.s of * its correspondents. Uncle Pete died with gallop-piny con- 'cred, and make her right.” Would not! MTien we “jumped” a rabbit, I did-' fall 40 or 50 feet, but the things were I this he the finer w'ay of making Amer- j dent have time to th.ink of anything not good unless they were at least 95 i sumption, but he never knew he had jica first? |except over-taking that rabbit, which’ to 100 feet up in the air. I usually d*d' it till he got to the grave yard. , ,— > I usually did. ' my falling from such heights. ' jT % Nobody’s Business By Gee .McGm Ordinarily when my mother wanted me to go fetch a bucket of water, or , tote in an armful of stove-wood, or go slop/the hogs, my misery was indeed From .Jure through ‘.August, I was] spotted all over from being stung by i wasps and yellow-jackct.s. My legs ' DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists Wanted: A Job (iotCT,,. and ahan I n;nv;d, I groaned T*' “'"*>'’''’“<‘’5' skinr.^ up to n,y and grumbled, and wa.s all bent over knees. We were so tough back then,: we d.ddn’t go to bed for such di.-x*a:e3 SPECIALISTS as measles, mumpis, whooping cough Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed : foot. Work was very, very painful-tel West Main .Street I. j i:i-- r _ i Something like typho d fever or pneu- Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service monia to bring any of us dowm. My I Clinion, ». C. ! flat rock, s. C. novem. 18, 1980.'and was walking on one side of my jcol, auther woods, chief job hunter, ‘left foot while limping on the other Washington, d, c. deer sir; ' me*, crppled up like I wa.s. i noti.s where you ha' e be.mi ap- pointed to hunt up jobs for the job- j I was especially fine at having Iwils les.s enduring the pressem; hoover i in the wrong place. We could have prosperity, and i hope you will ha-.e sold all of our chairs and the benches good suck.sess with same and that, in the dining-room one summer, and they will pay you well. ' I never would have missed them. I I ♦ CLINTON, S. C.. NOVEMBER 20, 19.30 ; had to stand up so long on account of therofoar, i seat myself to rite you !I finally got where I never, few lines to ask if you could downr Another favorite i me in the south in the capacity of as- P-Uce for cow-bunck!es ’ that’s whatj NCES ,tifi< ates, accounts and notes payable. | job hunter, as there seems to <’alled ’em then—was under the’ of the City .\gainst this expense figure the city ^ be hard times down here too jifst like'^"^’ back of a guy’s neck. I THE ( ITY’S FINAN( The financial statement of {'Union for the past two years, is ha.-> an estimated income of approxi f'/uhli.shed in conileri.stKl form in t'.xlay s matx'ly the same amount. i you have up north among the dimmer-' usually kept one in each place. , crats ansK)forth. j JThe above facts are gatheri-d by; j j fi^icn apples and green plums also' The Chronicle in condensed f. rm from j ha'-e had considerable oxperients i -me nurting in certain parts of^ the leporl appearing in to<lay’s pa- hiring men, as i run a stoar once j per and are presented here in order also a farm with as manny as .3 j through the fruit sea-, tluit they may be more fully under-j tj,j,,^ants at once time; i kept all of paper. It reveal.s the jiresent financial status and problems, and should lx* read carefully in (»rder that the tax- paver.* ni.iy 'I’.^'orm themselves a■^ to municipal conditions that exist, bond ed in<lebtc<lnt s.s, oj.erating costs, etc. | y^ood by the public. ( ity officials have i j^bem bizxy as possible, but i am now TVe aud.l t r the t\v i-year jiciiikI ^ fj,j light or desire, to withhold uuy-j work onner count of the cotton -August 3Lt. 192H, to .August dlst, tJiirijr i. pi the taxp.iyer.s who must have quit n nrting as the farm- Ibtl'b was i^reparesl by .lohn M. I aim i ft*/1 the bill.s, The rt'poid Sii iw* how (.I'y wouVlent give them their cotton, A < (minany. public ai .-ountants, at th» taxpayers’ money is being sp<mt|jjnd the stretch out system, and the market in wall street busting son—from climbing trees to get mus- caslines. It wouldn’t hurt me much to ALL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY LICENSED PHARMACISTS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PROMPTLY SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY ^ “At Union Station” Phones 377 and 400 Phones 377 and 400 th“ direction of ('ouncil, .solely to give intormatiofi affei ting tht‘ a. livitit*.* of the city go\%Trimerit. The ref (ue the .stu(li,e<l. and -s-areTully ^1 .shou.d .studi an<I reflects an authoritative account of the city’s financial condition. Ifi there is any part of the report that is i or any. adde'l information stock up. mif clear iiMAuiii&wri 4v3t' A stiKly of the report reveals some valuable and intere.-ting infiirmation, | It ‘^how.s the city’s total assets to be e $1.L’(H..3.')7.4.5. aga'nst outstanding lia- h lities of $HHl,SH5.11t, making a sur-! pl.js or <‘xce.«s of assets above all in-*; d« btedness <»f $.519,472.2b. This shows sa;<| « gain in the city’s ilssets of $-17,- 474..3b, this figure two years ago standing at $1,1.5.3,88,3.09. A comparative summary of the city's inccmie and operating expense] for the two-year periial covered in the audit show's an increase in ny adde'l jntorma.ion "jjf ^.r hearing ypre speech; tbj payer, we are linformed that it will he y^u asked to.'*") to have reparirs made glajl^v supplied by culling at the city their hou.ses now and fix up th^ir erk and treasurer’s office. I yards ansoforth, i went out the next ■ ' I morning to hunt a job like these, but MI.SGUIDEI) I’ATKIOTIS.M 1 the women of the houses told me that Major General .Smedley 1). Butler their husbands was allso off hunting in an Armistice day speech de- up jobs like them and that they did- livend in Philadelphia: "Let’s put dent have no monney thems<*lves to America fir.st. If men gave their lives l.hire nolioddy with, for anything in the war, it was that' America should b( i n top. Let’s keep j so if you can place me next to the it there.” It might be mentioned just pie counttr, plese do so, but if you at this point that while Genera! Butler can’t i will except most anny kind in-: no doubt intended it as a compliment of w(-ik from cutting up l)eef on down t ».,ie, $247,.5.35.05 against $2:b3.(>()5.18 in 1928. The expen.se sh«*et. for the coi responding period o the .American s( Idier, at the same to running a post offis. just heap« and i ne liis utterance makes us won ier ^ heujis of niy ftilk.s voted for the repub- show's $207,- again, as many have w »n<lere(l tiefore, lican candy date, thorefoar it seems 147.51 against $177,:{99.9(), an increase whether there is much truth in the in income over expense of $ 10,.387.54. i old claim that t'h<* UnittMi Stai,es <*n- This reveals that tlu* city is en.ioying a steasiy an<l substantbil griw'h. The statement of the I'j' rati :i of the water and liph plan; iha!* it is earning a .su'o.staatial pr tfit above o;)ei:iting e';|>'.>n'*e an 1 only department of the city tered the World war for the altruis tic fiurposc of "m.iking the wor; I safe for Ihmiccracv.” 'lliere have alway.s been in Gi a country, and there Will alway.s be m is theicvamy country, over-z«>alous indiviiiu that is als who cry !'■> iiig operated at a pr.ifit. The light |Wh») imply p ant for the past two years shows | •'^l>eeches nml writings that “our na il i income of $83,388..30 us compare<l turn” should be first regardless of how to $b;{,}M52.7(( in l'.>28, against operat-i't gets there. There is nothing to t^e ’■ g expenses of $.5;M29.12. With ac- feared from the harmless sentiment t .tl co.- t <ledii( tions made for current |‘d wanting to he first by honorable c isumed l)y the city for wuteir pump- ‘'oi^ipt'f'Uon, but there is something i that w'e woukl be entitled to .favors-at yore hands, and if p().*sible, give my famhly some nice work to do too, as they are loafering with me. rite or foam me as soon as you find that yi u can u.se me, and let me con-* giatulute yore add ministration <n | “Our nation first!” and O’.vit^;? to straighten out.the mess that! by the tenor of their S'"* with the tarriff and the speckulators and other wise moves that don’t hurt rich foJks. yores trulies, mike Clark, rfd. p. s. if the dim mere rats had of been in offis, they woulddent of thought of 'g, lighting streets and defireciation di.stinctly menacing in the senti'ment this. « 1 jilant, the excess figure of earnings that is so tersely expressed in the; (iver expense for two years is $25,- 4 f T W opsawting —cast - at.. tbei^iAi£f man; water plant for the same period was words of a well-known American Back Yonder — When Boys Were Uur Cuun.try,,jimy .shc_jik^ waj'.s he right; but right or wring— When I was lingering along he- ?!0.4,3b.07 against an income for | our Country.” ' tween 8 and 10 yeaixi of age, I always u.itd- consumption of $24,.320.44. Cost] The public which takes thi.s idea as'and ailments than any other boy in our I never knew what it was Lt the two years in excess over ex-[.stead of ilieing first, will be las*^. Such summer' months to have study of the sheet d-duction for pumping water and; its creed is taking, along with it. a. I ant depreciation leaves $15,lb2.;i7 .^ning chance that Our Country pen.se. A study of the sheet covering la public may possibly haw forgotten ir.i.s departmeiit .shows that it i.sbeingMif, indeed, it ever thought of it at r-ofitably operated and is an indis- all) that a nation is nothbig mor' p. nsable asset in helping finance the than the sum total of its citizens, ai.d j that the polieier ■ f the'nation a dem- The s’.ieot of tile report covering| ooratic nation—a.e the re.suUs of the s ni- .ng fuml investments places the; thinking done by these citizens. \Vh .’. lota! at $27,510.20. Over a long pe-ithen, should we say "hut right or ; i(h1 of years the city has faile<l to wrong—Our Country"? If our coiir.- 1 i:M up it.N .sinking fun<l. Had the re-, try i:< not right, have, we not the pow- quirMnent* Ims-ii met this figure would ‘‘r t" make it right? now slaml at $8lt,50O.00. The fact thatj 'I'rue patriotism does rot con.sist .•■lip xiniatcly .$t'‘_’.000. Ml has not l>een I •'<imp!y of laying down one’s life for j i ) .ded for in this fund to retire j (Humtiy. In the final test, sorri- less than 2 stone-bruises on my heels and at lea.st 6 or G toe-nails stubbed off. But let somehotly say something about going a-fishing or rabbit hunt-! j nig. and immediately stone-bruises j and sore toes and other infirmities I were forgot. I possibly showed very little speed until we got in sight of the creek with our fishing pole, and! .hen I’d 1 ght out at a mile-a-minutej gait, ami would out-run all 5 of our dogs as well a.s the rest of the Imys. 1 nat maturity, is commented onlf'vcs of life may bimome necess iry; in I’ne auditor's report, lli're is a hut it is wrong to think that su h a ‘‘w» :ik” .'p t in the uport an<l one;'C-crifine is the conipli te and hiuhi'st that - ty a;it hmid ccntlnual-' cxpressinn cf the love of country. I’a-■ •y \V(H’k to fling tlie requirement triotism is not as simple as th.u. It w t'in the law. , deniand.^ nmre' than one moment of* Tie eit.\’* not's payable total $T2.-iw:l<l ilevotion. It demands a life-lime i !t will he otiserved that there >’f eonstruetive and eonseientious is a sub ‘.antutl inerease in this'figure thinking. It demhn<ls that we vote, ai rs e I with tlie statement of ways, in favor of the ideals which we reamfrfor this'W W’ould have our natirtf follow*. I — 4.. 1-1^. .♦ii.i-cnj. ai... iiri: constipation K two year.- ago. The redmif for this W w’oufd have our natlriT follbw*. It lefloeted in the condenseil a.ssets and i mand.s consideration of national ques- Labilities w iiv h shows an increase in ti‘>ii3~not the consideration which ac- l)er.'.-.anenl improvements <luring the iiuie.sce.s meekly to the action of au- two Near* of SdT.48».:iS. This note in- thority, hut the consideration that dehU'dne-s also includes money bor- supjwrts actions that are right and lowed for bond intere.-t. and undue erjubats actions that are wning. rotes on the new^fire truck. The great- “Right or wrong—our country,” is er part of the.se notes fall due during the creed of the misguided patriot, November and l)ece:nber and are to and “Our country first” is .he cry be paid f**:'-m the city’s real and per- with which he dashes headlong into sonal pix)5>erty taxes. battle, without ever stopping to con- f.ie outstanding item, of course, in sider whether his country is on the the city’.s indebtedness is its term side of justice, honor, and humanity, and serial bonds payable which now In times of crisis, nations are wont to, aggregate $522,i)OO.UO, issued during a<lopt the mob-spirit which cannot be the period 1906 through 1925. During, satisfied with anything but a fight, the past year $7,000 of these out-j Any nation which repeate<My rushes! ftar.ding bonds matured and were re- in to do battle or to abuse other na-i tii'ei,'’the total two years ago being [tioms, simply because its citizens do $52p,000.00. These bonds cover water not exercise their right to demand walks and electrei light plant, sewer!sane and well-considered action, is aystem, water works extension and riding for a fall. The true patriot la improvements, street paving, etc., and 1 the one who, aensing that his country - wrong, advocates loss of * cover a long period of years before reaching maturity. The sum of $26,- 100.00, annually is required to meet the interest on these outstanding fcooda. An estimated budget sheet pre pared for city council for the ensuing year, ahowa that total estimated dis- borsenttnts required wiU be 1168,- 079,00, covering opermting expenses of all OepartWMsU af the city govern- SMttt^iiptemit on bonds, paving oer- IS prestige on the side of justice rather than glory on the side of injustice and inhumanity. Instead of saying with ao-called “patriotic fervor”: “Our Coxmtry, may she always be right; but right or wrong—-our Country,” would it not be better to say: “Our Country, may she alwaye be right; and if ahe ia not right.,let ua rise aa one man in the name of everything whlcl^ we hold sa- HAD a atabbom caaa of constipation after a very aevere spell of grip," says Mr. John B. Hutchiaon, of Neosho, Mo. “Whan I would get constipated. I’d feel ao sleepy, tired and vrom^mt. “When one feels thia way, work ia much harder to do, especially farm work. 1 would have diszy headadhea whan I could hardly ace lo |i work, but after I read of Black-Draught, I began tak ing it 1 did not have haadachaa any more. “Whenihavethe ainggiah. tbred fealing,' I take a few doeei af Bladc4»r«eghfeaaA> it eeema to cenry a# the poisoa and I feel juat ina. I nae Bleck-Ihraiifhl at lega* lar tntarvala. It ia eaqr to take and I knew it halpa ■a.'* Thia BsadiciBa ia oonpoih ed of pan botanical reata tad harba. bo eala. la : . <r* J \ CAaeat igtaaiti Fine Foods HOMl OWIilD Right Prices HOME OWNED Quality - Service - Savings Irish POTATOES, 5 lbs. 19c Pinto Beans 3 lbs. for Caraja Coffee, lb 34r .Uttle Daisy Brooms, each . ..47c Prunes, nice juicy, Ib .. 14c Cleen-Made Noodles, pkg. ... 8c Pork & Beans, 3 for 25r Pink Salmon, 2 can for 25r Borden’s Evap. Milk^tall .. .. 10c Borden’s Evap. Milk, small ... 5c packag Clinch River Com, 2 for 25c BALENTINE’S Smoked Links, lb 29c Always Ask For Claussen’s and Clinton Bread Guest Ivory SOAP VERIBEST Vienna Sausage, 3 for 25c Shaped to fit the hands. 2 for Bananas, lb 7c Bee Brand Spices, pkg 9c LETTUCE ea Super Suds New Bead Form Soap for Modem Disliw'ashing Cleen-Made Macaroni, pkg. .. 8c Cleen-Made Spaghetti, pkg. .. 8c Upton’s Tea, 14 lb 23c 8 lb. bucket lard 95c Kingan’s Reliable Ham, lb... 29c NEWBERRY Creamery Butt«r. lb 47c WHITER Southern Style Ba^KMi, lb. ELERY sta THESE MERCHANTS ARE MEMBERS OF QUALITY SERVICE: CUNTON, 8. C. Baldwin’s Groeery, J. M. Pitts, IWnfcsiy’h Grocery, 1. C. Boliiiid, L. V. Pinaen, Cttn- ton Mercantile Co. WHITMIRE, S. C. Youb* Bros. Scott Grocery Co. GOLOVILLE, 8. C.—^oamut Here. Co. \ V.' iifcr .'iit'’ mli