The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 11, 1930, Image 11
. THE g^INTON CHRONICLE^ CUNTON, 8. C.
Nobofly’s Business
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By Gc« McGm
(hir Upa and Downs
There is very little difference be
tween a boom and a bomb. A boom ac
tually becomes a bomb in the end, and
that’s where I trot it. And the explos
ion was so great that I lost 25 pounds
voirdupois, 1,000 nights of sleep, r.'.l
of my best friends, and all of my real
and personal property, plus my earn
ings for the next 283 years. The boom
dasted 15 months, but the bomb lasted
10 years.
bile: it was as long as from here to
that great big oak tree on the other
side of the street, and it had 8 cylin
ders, and 5 of them functioned at tlie
same time on a few occasions. (You
see, 1 had a large family: counting my
wife and my daughter and myself,
there were 3 of us.)
about over it, thank you.
It is consoling to know that all of
the fools didn’t live ip A^erson Coun
ty, S. C. And furthermore, it is indeed
consoling to know at this late day that
while I was a “whopper,” I did not
head the list, but a guy can’t cash in
on consolation; the banks want noth
ing but-the long green, and that’s the
stuff what simply ain’t now-a-days.
I bought a pair of mules during
March for 800 dollars. I hired a Negro
for 2 dollars to shoot one of them the
next year, he (the mule) was so no
account. I purchased cotton mill stocks
that 1 had never heard of, and don’t
even now know where the mills were
located. I took options on farm lands
that were So poor doodles would*nt
live on them. I loaned money as far
off as the third mortgage, and have
never heard of it since. I even bouj^t
100 shares of “Squirt-Hi” oil stock.
But what saved me was—I .“^pent
only my own money, and did.’^’t sor
row any, and haven’t any left. Other
sections of the country are going
through what this section has already
been through. It’s bad, folks, but you
can get over it. Look at me: I am
slightly battered up and ain’t rich, but
I have not been hungry and only
slightly naked. Yep, it could have
been wor^e.
against the folks who was considered
suspishious of manslaughter and
wreck less driving and’manny other
miss demeanors the following goods
and chattels to wit: 3 shotguns, 5
butcher knives, 7 ice picks, 89 bottles
of something that smells like cow-
bollick assid, 11 decks of cards, and 1
Back yonder in 19 and 20 when cot
ton was shimmying around 44 cents
the pound, and land jumping up 20
dollars an acre between breakfast and
dinner, I bought a great big automo-
During those few months of imagin
ary wealth and prosperity, I sub
scribed to everything from the “As-
|8ociatioin to Help the Crippled June
j Bugs of Persia” to the “Woman’s
I Club of Nova Scotia, operating sole-
jly for the Relief of Fatherless and
Motherless Sardines,” and 1 am pay
ing on some of those pledges yet. And
then something happened, and it hap
pened here first, and now we are
Semi-Annual Report
flat rock, s. C. decern. 9, 1930.
to the publk'k at large:
i herewith submit my report fbr the
ensuing year which ended december
the 1, and it cowers my reccord as
kurriner of yore vailuble county since
i was eleckted by a big majority over
3 competitors who got beat so bad
that they have swore off from polly
ticks entirely and are now trying to
make an honnest living if possible:
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chewerlays 34
shotguns and pistols 24' ^ ^'
rasors S3 V
pizen at night time 30
whiskey and bayrum 26
over sleeping 11
missy laneous 0
i now have on hands as evvidence
ax.
inqucstes hell
corpses found guilty
murder ansoforth
axcidents
unloaded fire arms ...
hommy cides .
fords
...167
...167
.... 82
52
22
42
36
i have sent 55 ca.ses up to the com
mon please onner count of manslaw-
ter of a high and agger vated nature,
malHs aforethought, and carrying con-
sealed weapons on the persons and
intimidating the citizen" of his com
munity, as well an selling whiskey
with intent to defraud as shown in
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statues xiv, page 88, civil coades of
the gen. assembly of the state and
county ^oresaid. if you dc not fully
understand this report, pleie rite or
foam me and i will correct same.
respeckfully permitted,
mike Clark, rfd..
lUilSpiASINAN
r^RUKER
HpTen Gaisford
STHKR MARTI.V felt cheat
ed. Here she was on her
first trip by air—at Clirist-
nias time—ami she couldn’t
enjoy It at all I Of course,
she had to adiult to herself,
Fred Harrington was prob
ably as surprised as she
was,'lf he hatl seen her.
ITHER a board or a beavj
piece of canihoard will do.
This should be about ‘JH
Inches wide. The top and
bottom of the hoard should
he rut a little cun’ed, as the
picture shows. Now print
very neatly the articles you
wish to include—sugar, lard.
At least he didn’t know that she
bad seen him. She had been In her
seat when she noticed him entering
the air liner and never since had her
face been turned from the wlinlow.
That wouldn’t have been so bail If she
could liave se<*n the earth and watched
the rivers and farms ns they skimii’.ed
sw’iftly along, hut with tills snowstorm
raging!
She lifted her vanity case for fh'‘
tenth time and under pretext of jir-
ranging her hair carefully .survey* I
the man IWo seats liack across the
aisle. He was still uhsorhed, appar
ently, In his muguziue. That was wimt
she had e.\pected, nn^ she wouhl have
dreaded meeting his glance, yet s.;j
pursed her lips In dl."content.
She lowered the glas.s and ags.iu
lo4»kfSl out of the window, trying to
cheer herself with the pnispect c.'
Christmas. Ichristmas without Frtnl!
Again.st her longing to go to him, to
talk to him, was her pride. Owe was
proud In love. She tilted her chin
higher, but- could not keep the tears i
from her eyes. i
The other passengers were chatting
gnyl.v, exuberant with holiday plans.
Suddenly there* came a hush. The
sliip was going down, slowly glldiny
earthward. Terfkely they watdied the
land seemingly come up to m^t them,
and then as the ship struck and
jolted over the rough ground a wtmMftT
•creamed.
Involuntarily Esther looked hack
•nd Into the eyes of Fred Harrington.
•DJi, Fred!” she said, and he caught
her to him.-
“My dear,” he whl."pered. “My
dearI”.
After a bit they Joined the excited
group about the pilot. “Couldn’t take
butter, eggs, coffee,
tea, lemons, ex-
tr.icts, spIccs, rice,
fl«)ur or whatever
el.-e Mother may
nts'd in the way
of supplies for
making the daily
m(‘Hls. When she
rej-elves her Christ
mas gift, she can
hang It in the
kitchen, and when
ever ,sbe runs out
of one of these
articles, she can
sti<-k a pin lieside Its name on the
board, and not forget to order it.
This also can be made out of hoard
or enrdbitani, cut a little fancdly at
t«ip and Imttom. It can he made to
hang on The wall or to stand on a
cleskr A slteet of p«t»er cut rmjml»Hke
a chick fai-e with numbers neatly
prlntHl on It must be pasted in tiu
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A Reminder Clock Will Be Appreci
ated by Father.
center of tlie board. Then from lighter
cardboard or tjiln pieces of metal, two
hands, a Httle one and a big one,
must be fastened through the middle
of the dock face with brass fastener*
or a pivot, and when Daddy has an
appointment at a certain time he will
nxive the liunds to that time on his
clock so he surely won’t forget to
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m chance in this bllr.zard.*' be wa^
•aying. "so we dropped a flare. Wc'Il
have to all stick by ^be ship till It
cfeani up. A man wouldn't get fe.
- In this storm.’*
mean,** Esther asked, “we’J(
have to spend Christmas heref
-I'osslbly.’*
. •Vh, well,” aald Fred, "what does It
^ aiatter? I think well have a very
ffaicrry Christmas — now -r-' together —
^ dWi you?”
-r And Esther, understanding, smllcf
answered, "Very.”
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How to Ui^ Am Troo
Ito combine In «|nal proportlou
Pit wad fraan Uidtta of equal biigbt-
^ OB yonr Outatauis tree is ar
«B tb* eyerfght The result
traile Mgaala gone gaLd
parts af greea toaM of red an:
more
A block of wliite paper, eitlier ruled
or plain, a pair of scissors and a
ruler are all you
need to make many
of these books “for
those you love,
f’ut one sheet timt
measures three and
one-h a I f inches
wide and eight
inches long. Then
with this for a
measure cut twelv-*
more exactly like
it. Fold them in
the middle and
make a cover of
colored paper In
w’bich to enclos<>
them. Then punch two holes where
they are folded and fasten the slieehi
together with brass fasteners. Print
the letters of the alphabet, one letter
In the right hand comer of each page,
and yoa wIR have a neia^ Mno laidexeU
address hook.
(ih ISSS. W«at«ra Newassssr VsIm.)
UIbs Christ
. b ||4te. of 4dl tba aieaaeod Idaaa
Of the rising ganeratfoa, the average
amall girl atm llkM a doU as wtU
aa she Ukca tmj aClMr Chrlitimif
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DOORS
OPEN
PROMPTY
AT
9 A. M.
FRIENDS
TELL
YOUR
NEIGH
BORS
BIG SEMI-ANNUAL SALE
Sale Begins Thursday, December 11th.
Prices Are Right
Merchandise Is Right
jk
All Ladies Ready-to-Wear, In
eluding Dressesy Coats, etc
Cut To
ONE HALF PR CE
EVERYTHING CUT - EVERYTHING MUST
GO. All Goods Marked In Plain Figures.
1- 4 Off On Entire Stock
SPECIAL
CADET HOSIERY
$2.00 Hose $1.50
$1.50 Hose p. $1.13
$1.00 Hose i—. 75c
JUST ARRIVED from New York A ship
ment of Smart Dresses to go in this sale.
MILLINERY
Our entire stock of Millinery greatly reduced
for this sale.
Store Closed
All Day
THURSDAY
arranging for sale
KING’S
"The Ladies’ Store”
Clinton, S. C.
ALL SALES
CASH
NOTHING ON
‘APPROVAL
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Here Is News of Our Big December Discount
Sale. It Comes Right In the Midst of Your Christ- ^
mas Shopping, Which Me^s Great Savings. %