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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CIJNTON. 8. C THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1$30 (ilife €ltnton (Ht^ronirU Bi««bBifced IfOt WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher T Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): 'Ore year |l^; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 60 cents Entercil as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its '«ubscnl*er!> ami readers—me publisher will at all times appreciate wise sujr^restion* and kindly «i- vice. The Chroijicle will publish letters of sfeneral interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not respon.sible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. ^ menians ^tn't seem to he hungry and i Postoffice'Asks naked and atarvinj:. I think now is a good time for those Near East friends of ours to start a drive for th-* relief of the Near West in the United One good turn deserves another just think what 35 years turns” desene. Help of Public Blakely Named Special Agent | BOND FLOWER SH(H> tiled States.; Pc3.ira;ttr Blakely and his force is | J, Aldine Blakely of this city, hasi pi Q^vEPS FOR ALL OCCASIONS nother. and j asking the co-operation of the public appointed special agent of o. PWe M s of “gocdijjj mailing Christmas clinls and pack- 1®”* county for the E^partment J_ ling Christmas cUrds and pack ^ ^ , „ . Commerce, Bureau of the Census, at,, . ages early. By getting your .w^y^irigton. He succeeds Nathan H.IA Congress met f;r the purpose of,m« mail sUrted early, it can be d.s-! Xabors, who has held d^nrks” to o-fice. P-t:hed more rap:dly and the last^ several year. past. new shipment of this position lamps received this appointing “lar.e d^icks” to . . ^ • ... When a poHtician loses his job as infusion is avoided. ^ yesterday ■ ator or congressman or le''isla*‘'r, he 1 •» asked to catch the *>?'*■- the cotton ginning.^ for I..auren8 jpuch lOWeT ’.t--sh6p early. It is also announced' ® than last is given a pla:e at the head o' r. ;iv.e j 'j 1 county from the 1930 crop prior • a gsiii* «1ta commi3sion.crmvest:gata:r.gcom.ii..<'^f- the public windows at the post-j „,jChnStmP.^ ^C OUT CllS- -’'■.'vTn’ii'vr.hat rrr.;;:'; ^ ■ ,ic~- .a ,, h-.e . fun honduy .ftev .ho fo' PRATHER-SIMPSON tee, or perhaps—a seat Qn the gra.y train — run by the highway cor..m'-- sion.s of the country. • heavy Christmas rush. I crop of 9,7.').3 bales. FURNITURE CO. Jim Arrivcf by P!r.-!t;, in Time for Chr* CLINTON, S. C.. DECEMBER 18, 19.30 HE NEVER CLOSES SHOP While at some seasons he may have to operate •»n a more restricted seal", one gentleman who never closes up shfup and goes out of business is that ’well known benefactor called Santa Claus. If he had to quit, it is probable that there would be heavier hearts among the old than among the young whose faith in him adds brightneis to the pathway of childhood. Nobody’s Business VfT \V.\S Cliristmi ner hetre radl.'it First Year Men Select Leaders SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLEi •HiaSCKIBE TO THE CHRONICLE By (ice IMcfice tmiis eve. 'I'lie •lor itp<l file spirit sf'l !iiq>p!iie.‘'s <if t'liristnuis. Soft Mirin> tilled the rootns; holly wreoths hon- In file windows, and a ci-eit fire w;.* Iduzing on tlie liearth. There uns i fninilv reiiriii ti: the rhihlien were nl T*he frethman c!a?s of the Presby terian college held its fir^t. meeting within the paAt week and was organ ized for the co.Tiing year. Officer.s elected were: Robert Lynn, president;! Dossey McF'adden, vico-pre.sident; there now exeept ,Iim. iind tliey were Brandenburg, secretary-trea.s- Mir/sing Word Contest deer reader.-:: ple.^e take notis than i am now put ting on a missing word content, an<l if is my ho'ie tha^ all of you wh > i^ eli gible ac,,. rding to the rules set forth PASTURE DEVELOPMENT . , , - Many farmers arc now turning their under take to fill rn tat? wssing attention to dairying. There are thous ands of acre.s of land in this section that should Ik* grazing cattle instead of washing aw^iy, Mr. Hayne B, ^ Wor|cman. well’known and sucees-sfui farm^ uf our^eo^t^nl^, some limb ago began the work of improving his pasture for his dairy herd and has been very succeasful. Mr. C. B. Cannon, demonstration agent for this county, make? thi-> re port of the progress that has been made by*Mr. Workman: “The carjwt grass demonstration conducted by .Mr. Hayne B. Workman of Clinton, i.s proving very succe.ssful. On November IS.the county agent vis ited the pasture after killing froat and found the carpet grass in a very thrifty grow'ing condition. All other native grasses were killesl. Mr. Work man has about 20 acres in carpet grass on bottom land. He has 3(! or 40 acres of splendid pa.sture land. This demonstration has been carried on fur three years. Mr. W >rkman claim* that -it has cost him alwml .'*.'>00 to in'^'rovo hi.s pasture, which im-ludes c''- ii '.ng up, mowing il.iwii hit.er w'cd; ami filing in vs dh drag pa;) and leu n, oKl stream tuds. In th s nasturc dur- i: g t hi.s fall 20 iu*ad of dairy cattle a d ten head of mules pastured svith n< feed at all with the exception of a lit le grain ration for the dairy eatMc. M ■. W'orkman claims that his [*H.s‘ure is the nio.st paying piise of land on his farm ami intends settling more caipel gta-is early next spring.” wolds and win a prize, (p. s. send ull anims to !‘m;I:e Clarkv rfd, C-or mr. gee megee, andcf».cn> s. <’.) here is the sentence with the 2 mi.ssing words In 8am»: \ ‘ “he struck her on the hip with his ( ) and she wheelosl around and kicked him on the ( ) and .broke 5 ( ).” looking for him at anv nioiiK-nt. Then tin* feleplione rang and .Tim's volei^ came over long distniice. \\<* had taken a Infer train and had niih: ed corineetlons at (Tilcago—there was no way of getting there tonight, lie expressed the dei'pest regn*Ss: he had thouglil there was |)lenty of time to jiick u[i a few last-minute gifts between trains. 'Vliy, they just would be lost with out .Urn. they were all saying present ly; careless .nni, who witi'Thiif life of the crowd. And h# would miss thv very host part of urer; .1. L. McKendrie, class poet; H. Storey, class historian. The presi- ier.t and vice president are both Clin ton boys, sons cf I>r. and Mrs. L. R. Lynn and Dr. amf Mr.s. M. J. M:Fad- den. annual meeting board of COUNTY (O.MMl.SSIONERS Notice is her''by g'ven that the an-1 nual meeting <f the Board, of County] Ciimmissipner? of J.^irAni WilV be‘he'd, as provided by law, on January 8, 1931, at the office of the' rules of the contest 1. grass widders with overJL^living husbands will not be allowisi to guess. I Uhristn-ns with them. H was Just too ' County Supervisor. All persons hold- hud tills had to hupiien. But .Ilm. dear ! ing demands of any kind against the nhl .rim, always would he careless. county, not previously presented to Tkeii the telephone rang ngiiin, and , Board, are required to file same tliev found he would be with them ] with the Clerk of the Board on or be- iifti-r all. A passenger [ilane was leav- ifore the first day of January, so that ing f'hh-ago and lie would be home In I the same may be examined and order- t\>o lioiips. The m-w mode of travel |ed paid at the annual meeting. 2. a married woman with over 14] children will bt* allowed 2 guesses pro-i vided she has not l;enn married .3 or 4 j times. I Would bring Jim In plenty of time to make their Christmas reiniloii com- ' p;i‘te. Katherfie Kdelrnan. ! <(?) H30. Wwilern N>wi<i>«|>,r Union.) | j —::;*v— ■- ' ^ -:;"n Dated I)<h- 2. ch’ldien under U months of age •.;id ex-governors of republican stales which has gone dimmer cratiek is her«>l)y out-lawt-d. J. D. W. WATTS. Supervisor. ll Y. CULBERTSON. Clerk. 10, 1930.-l-K-.3tc. 4. old maids who have nevvei lienn Guests Out of the S!:y, Cary’s Christines 44 DBS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists ki8.sed may iiave f) giies.«t.s, pro'. <led, I 'ill" there are anny of same now living. hi'over dintmer erat.* may enter i -he contest if they will c nfes.s ihcir' sins and gel hack into the pat ty at '■ onee. ; (5. ukey-lallee plajers, .saxafoam, blowers, leg\‘‘lat :rr, .spied co;; --, jui -c-i harp pickers, cakae eulers, and ex- flappers will not be give a chance to | guess: we intend to keep Lh\s conle.sli ^clean and desenl^ 7. preacher.^ who have collected sal aries up to within I luonlh.-i cf the •TIIIOU*’ C.MtY wn*- the lit lie wiiiuiill \)hii li\ed nil ii'mie eti I lie iH iiirie niisliig bi‘»>s This vi-nr the smr.v ..IS deep and h.ii'd en:s|ei| .K| e \\iiH li’elcy to do Iho o«‘enll!il ill les iihoiil fill* place ‘iiid it siirelv sei-i’teil she wo-il'l s|iejid t’hrisin-is n!i :io. ' • 'iiisu’ful soul that she oa*. she de cid'>d In pretend slie was goii'g le liiive n geest. At noon a gni.d diii'.er w.is read), a cheerful Are was f»n*-i ing lu her llreplare when sudden!v site lie.ird till' whirr of an airnhine motor then If mis.sed. Mpiiliored and .a jJlUie'l. .She. run to . ilut-wiL4PnV—l^r fitii.' to si'v a for<-ed landing almost ui hor \er\ door. Till 11 ► SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined (i]as:-it*s Prescribed 1.3 M’est .Main Street Phone 101 I.ahnratory for Prompt Repair Service Clinion, o. C. Make This a Year of Useful Gifts Our 'Fine Feathers’ Hose Make An Ideal Gift aoo, $1.50, $1.95 A Pair of Our Shoes will please anyone—from the youngest to .the oldest. PRICED TO SUIT YOU BLAKELY BROS. COMPANY “Clinton’s Exclusive Shoe Store” Clinton, S. C. i CHRl.STMA.S i The bo.st Chri.-itmas editorial ever 1 wi.tten i.s in the Bible. It tells, jn I beautiful .wimplicitv, a changeless' «'"> '' lieu su.ry. There i.s the star moving across I this reggerlati.n i.s so strick. we, - o-.r. she knew iho.i, the heavens aivi fixing it.self finally as a diadem above a Botblehem stabh*. Theie are the wi.se men of the Eas .j ” fit t of himilri“<ls of millions to bend have hugged theli own be ore the power and beauty of tht do not look for anny attempt.-, to w.n ffrv m the pasator-ra'.i s. wives since the forth week after they < i.ristian ideal. There areThe shep-j*^*'^ herds in the fields, for whotn the viMl^''y ‘‘‘l of eternitv lifts so that the mortal «hey have anny. but a.s thi.s rule is go-^ .sees the immor.a'l ehoirs pouring ling to affect ne ’v all married men, "g.Mvd tidings" upon him. There is. in prei).;.e to get anny re- f tcl, fur the Christian, the most beau- an.soforth. ^ tiful, the most .signifieant and the] “ j most necessary story of all history. ‘ noboddy connected w;th i.he In its crowning moment the narra-*where fizzy-olligy is tea. lH'dl live pronounces thi.s superb, lualch-. "allowed to enter this contest,; less benediction: : astronomy teachers and chemmis-j man nml woman In Cio p' o-e they ean'e to the m at o'li i- from (de lures in tin* papers. "It's Im kv f n .veil to land safely and Im ’ y 1 v is ehlldisli i-iioii 'll to pi-e'.i'iiil. Come in. nr < Iii-isinnis dinin r's readv.’’ .'. graieful pair they were end .Moilier C.ii-y a happy Utile old Indy .'<lie )i;is never tired tell,tig the sforv I),' how shr expected a guest iiliil twi cane out of the sky—for Christinas — .Noiii C|ai ;i r.ailev. W tKtcrn Nui^Ki»aper I’ulon ) i:r “(dory to God in the highe.st. and ‘’’y Principals, as well as all janitors,] on earth peiue ...” I may send in all the guessts that they Ihe sentence epitom./.es the ('hris-1P®y Postage on. rite or foamt tian faith and sum.: up Christ-like liv ing Glojy to Gmi is exemplified in an upr.gh; life, jieace on earth is the ex pression of a sublime and sensitive humanity. The world struggles brave-, ly toward the goal, and each passing! age )ees the spreading, con.soiousness of generous conduct. “.Man’s inhumani yore gues.sts al once to the above named gee megee, anderson, s. C. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd Up There and Down Here The republican “Unemployment Du ty to man” yields to the mellowing grace of civilized society. —^ Civilized sveiety is mo.st intense in the family group, reau” Has been functioning for 4.3. days with the foJlowing result: Speeches made 1 104,655 focused today i*^**.'® talks bropdeasted 74,999 . around a common remembrance, how ever far scattered its members may be. It is of the genius of the Christ mas season that men far away from the hearthstone can snuff ‘the odors of the past, and snatch from the van ished years a wisp of experience, a flavor of recollection, that holds the he.nrt stea ly and the mind clear to those affections which irrevocably bind us together. The home at Christmas is the sym- _ bol of that peace and open-hearted living for which the w^orld so wistful ly seeks. The gifts, the gay cries of happiness, the sweet union of kind ness together fernv the cradle of man kind's better destiny. It is a wonderful story, whose STw-ivds sing down the corridors of time ■■eclaiminf and inapiring countless generations. No other narrative has aniocked so swiftly the door to the human heart; none other is able to .llit <uir imagination so tenderly into anivertal communion. Articles written 65J222 New bureaus created 44^33 Public meetings held 36,656 Big business promises 32,666 Applications for work filled .5,777,888 Jobs actually got 7 666 ^ f- it^a Aoetar'n Preacripttaa faf a-'. ud HEADACHES Mi^y rwaedy kaowm h ftbltto Cotton I..etter New York, Dec. 20. — Moisture in j ^he neighborhood of Texas, together with weaker cables, had a tendency to lower Southern selling and West ern hedging, but advices from the Orient and Zichtixx, Poland, that cur tailment of underwear among the lasses was being anticipated by the massee, and in lieu of less favorable news from the League of Rations, Jantmry hiled quiet to dull on the opening in sympathy with prize fighting. Mr. L^ge advises more goobers and less wheat in Oklahoma, while Mr. Williams says that he will insist on acreage reduction—even if a sensible congress is convened later on. Wf advise selling. An Osh) scientist has just given out the report that the Irorld is 1,654,766,- 962 years oM. Well, 1 am glad that question hat been-nettled at, last. > There's oat bright side to our pieseat Hud-timss: thoose little Ar- • Clothes '3iroai I started Black- Draught, three years ago, my health was very bad," writee Mrs C. C Caraoti, 946 Concord St. Beaumont, Texas. "I suffered constantly firom constipation. I had headachsT when I got up in ths morning, and I fslt dull and sluggish. I hardly ats a meal that my food agreed with me. Frequently I would have gas on my stomach, aiul fdt awfhL *1 rsad about Black-Draught, and I thought it might hdp ma. I had take] Aitsr I had taken Ha little while, I ^ much better. It relievee ooostipetion. I keep H on bend eo whim I seed' a laxative I will have it In the three yeeze I have been taking H, I have never found anything as good for oon- etipetion." Wi^SK who ars ma^towa, aorvoos, or •uffar ovory laoaUt, *oiad taks “The MsfaMne Man” Saturday Bventhg'’ Pest, fUK) per year; 3 yeera, lASt} t years, ^.M. See me for attractive Gift Offmrs. Phone SIS at 1t;3i P. M. 46 May be had very cheap by having our cleaning and dyeing depaftments make your old c!othe8 fur ail the family look like new. Phone Us For Quick, DependaUe Christmas Service 4. ‘Hare that Suit, Coat or Dress cleaned and made attractire for the holiday season. Our careful and painstoking effort assures you the finest work possible. Our charges are very moderate. Call 2& Todiw—Don't Dday I%one 28 s. ■ '4.- — . ^ i"'