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fT. iV..-' ;Tar 'V ■ jj TWW' v" A THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1931 (ilhp (Ulintnn (EtironirU ENtabliklifd 1900 ,\MLSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate'(Payable In Advance): Ore year $i!B0; Six Months 75 cenu; Three Months 50 cents Entcrei! as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chr -nicle seeks the cooperation 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 defumatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible* for the views or opinions of its corro.spondents. let me look through her green specks. It seems just like yestiddy.” “I wa.s took to the table the first time when I was 10 weeks old and paw had made a baby chair out of 2 boards, and I was placed in that, and my brothers and sisters wanted to be funny and they kept passing things to ‘ me, and I hacked Jerry once when I! slammed my hand in the gravy and i burnt it. See that- crooked little fin-' ‘^at’s My Father A young professional man took me ger? That’s how come it is crooked. and maw let me cheftv on a small wad of bread which had been dipped in the molasses pitcher,” to a country town to call on his par- ents. The old couple have raised eight CLIN'TON, S. ('., JANUARY 1, 19:11 THE NEW YEAR ! The Old Year is gone, the last entry j made. the. final record closed and j bound in the Book of Remembrance I are its joys and sorrows, its successes . and faiknes, its happiness and its dis-i'*' pointmenis. The curtain has fallen th( last scene in the year of 19:10. Nobody’s Business “i commenced to crawl when I was al>out 14 weeks old, and I remember ■ both of my little hips got full of splin ters the first day. They let me crawl bare, as I seemed to enjoy it that way. I remember the third day after I took i up crawling, my maw missed me once, and I had done crawled up on the side- [ board and was throwing knitting' children, of whom six are living and doing w.'il. The father runs a .small store. ‘T wanted you to meet my f/oople, ’ my friend said later. They are poor. qaaintance.ship with pax’ents or rela tions. Such a world would make just about as much progress as the beetles I have made in the past ten thousand t years. We keep going, not so much for money or fame, but in the hope that I /Ur kids can say with pride, “That’s ' iiy father.” ' ^ -a It is assumed by those who view the — : social structure with disfavor that^ LIDS FOR SUPPLIES men work from only two niotives^^^ Supervisor of Ijaurens Ciounty_ money or reputation. twill receive sealed proposals from re- I venture to say that after one has sponsible bidders to furnish supplies laid by a few extra dollar.^ and has to Laurens County for the month of seen his name in print a dozen times January, 1931, a tthe Supervisor’s of- ' these two motives very rapidly lose fice at Laurens, up to 11 o’clock, a. 'their power. m., on January 6, 1931. Such supplies but I’m very proud of them. W'hen any one talks pessimistically about (motive.-?, I take it; are the calm r.p- marriage or human life in general, 11praising eyes of one’s children. They By Gee McGee flat rock news some sickness look place right after Hike'to remenrber the record of those |.two old folks.” On my way from a summer hotel I u V I .. to a nearby golf course I picked up a needles at her. Yep, I was given up to i ,, .. ^ ^ , . .. * iT u 4.U r caddv, a bright-eyed youngster of be the peartest baby that ever was , . » j / » born down around old Piney Grove, r • <»» i. r, iu I / 4 r 4 u 1 : Are you staying at the inn? he By the way, I forgot my pocket-book,' Far stronger -nd more enduring fo’ be delivered at the chain gang camps by seller. List will be furnished those on application that expect to bid. J. D. W’. WA’ITS, Supervisor. The Niw Year ha.s just dawned—i the holidays onner count of they eat w.th promise, we hope, fur better too much saw.ssage and other heavy I^ct me have a quarter till I come back." It’s been a week, and Uncle Joe hasn’t been back yet. are our judges; their opinion counts more than that of all the rest of the world. Samuel Butler thought it was a great mistake that the generations, over-lap. He pointed with approval to the example of the moths and beetles ; which spin their cocoons, surround the DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometriste th.ng.s, gii wing with service.s to be grease.s, but the doctor has announced leMlcml, re.Aponsibilities to U- .shoul- all of them out of danger excepp olfl dried. \Vh.it the new year holds for man smith and he would of been o. k. yo 1 cr fill us we cannot know. On its too if he had not of tried to mix some jia^e.s will be .^u.'ce.ss aii:l joy and hap- home brew with his buttermilk anso- p'l e<s for some, while for others sor- forth. row and. disappointment and loss. — lit this much we do know. A glad, a serious lawsuit will, take place at: 4Saturday Evening' Pont, $2.00 per year;’2 years, $3.50; 3 years, $5,00. See me for attractive Gift Offers. JAS. w. caldwel: I nodded. “Have you met the night engin- new life with enough food to start it eer ?»» SPEOALISTS successifully in the world, and then! quietly die and get out of the way. j I said that unfortunately my con- It would be much better, he .^aid. i^jgy^g Examined tiiasses Prescribed tact.s had been entirely with the day each one of us could come into the .... .... ... ' ,1 1 • 4 4 4V J 15 West Main Street Phone Ifl staff. I world wrapped in twenty thousand, “You should meet him,” the young- dollars, which w’ould see us through to fo*" Prompt Repair Service ster_ said proudly. “That’s my father.” I maturity, unencunrbered by any ac-, Clinton, ft. C. warn wright’gnd'biB ivvfmr- will ard fair. Ka*ch lay lies before us like j he tried for their lift', it seems thal]*^ a learning, radiant page, awaiting f last week, no —i believe it was we<*k ' tt final record of the year’s accom- hefoar last, sum’s old rooster got over! pi -hnu nfs. What giiater thing can into bill’.s turnip-sallet patch and he | wt* ask for than three hundred and rung his nake and throweti him back ' s!>;‘y-five splendid, uiilouched days over the fense and a fight in.sude he- for better ar. ! more conscientious ser- twixt them, some folks Itelieve u ver ve e for our busine-s relations with ) ■ I, vvf ka. '.v-that they will he as cor- (tail in the fiitiue a- they have been in th(' past. We thank you for your patronage and good will of the past year and we pnmiise that nothing will he left undone during 1!*:!! that w.H in any way heighUu ihe esteem m which our large and eontiaually growing family of readers now hoi Is dick of man slawter oughto he handed down to stop thi'iii from picking at ' (.ne another, hut it remains to he seen.| as it is up to the maggist ate. ] this town has run mighty ^cait-se of weddings hen* of late, some of the eil-1 izens say it is onner count of hard | times, while others say it is ottermo-' lu-els ami the young folks don’t see no reason to get married, it is a miss take' us. liope W«* face the future with cheered hy the belief that lietter l.t.vs he ahead and witli thaiikt'u’iie - ,liat (he waters have n it been t ■) i Migh to be hrea-ted and r.vuai through 'md that there—hit- ne\ i r lean a year V.’lii h has not left li'Uiey in th.* hive (It mem-iry to lie fed upon witlt pres ent delight. So, we ligiU another candle and V 'it *1 another year’s march, not k iowing wi'.at lies ahead. This mu h we do kill w', liowever, resolutions are in oidv'i, and we aiii resolve I that -T * 11: riltmNt! T:l\ a^tmTler a - i bl ighter paper evi'ry week of the >( ;;•, a id that we will serve our gen erous and jiatient and tolerant read ers a.- well as we know how. for anylioddy to think that 2 can live as cheap »’■' one: it might be .so when the honneymoon is going on, but the fjirubly don’t remain 2 Verry long anil! then expenses.begins to clime, the doc-' tors eharg'** 4(1$ for a visit of that kind now, and just think of a poor m:,n having that mutch nionney / a new filling station is liable to open up at this place, so we hear, as jmi long has decided to move hack here and go into hizness, and they say that a filling station is the only kind intone tbari he bas^ x*vrr Ttnr. mrr town has only 1 corners in it and all (if them 4 corners now have filling stations on same, and he will ha^er ice lh( New Year with renewed hild betwixt 2 corners or wait till the [ t )wn grows another corner, he will' [Xissibly put in a line of tuhes,'’’and | mobile some groceries, if he can get come on creddick. h( re. iii'd hall strive throughout each (by if 19:51 to give in all departments of . ur Ini. iness, the best service po.s- sibi.*. •Nil of us engage,) in making 'rilK { (tO.MtT.K wi.sh for our readers, ^’‘*ve about enuff of cotton raising. i‘.i.M*isand friends—H»>allh, Hup- plant mostly food the farmers of our section seem to p '>s, I'eare .intl Prosperity for the <'nops coming year. (.ROW LKS.^ —CET .MORE Tl at .s "he title of a little pamph let nhiih has ju-t t*een got out for free <llsti .oiition by the Fe:leral Farm b( a! 1 It is worth every farmer’s w liie to read it. ■any i rouf were needed that th<* le.'- of anv cri'* were produced, the n re a tua! money tb.* growers 'vould get, it is furnished in the figuies w l, .'b I he farm board cites. Kvery L. iKi tealiz. - th.it when poLatocv a 0 .uarce in the market he get-, a h ht t pi cc per bu.-hel. What many do not realize is that the price per they intend to boycott the| guanner agent.*-’, but unless they get more cash than ihey now have, it looks more like the guanner agents i will boycott them, things is down in; the dumps as to farming and if a change ain’t made by the farm bored, somebuddy is going to get hungry be-1 foar Idackberries a'ld waiter melon.s get here. I inr. editor, rite or foam it you got this articke. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd. A One-Time 1‘rcxligy Uncle .loe came by the office again bushel 1.- .so nuii h higher, in time of not long ago to find out what the doc- scant sapjily, that he acttially niake.s tor tohl me was the matter with mi-rc money on his smaJl crop tb.an ' t'ou.sin Sallie’s little baby. I like ha- when he grow.s a large crop. ^ hies very nurnh, and told Unrie loo - Tho'potaLO figure.s are the ones ‘h?^ that'T tR'oughrthat grand^baRy of hia'r •farm iMiard uses. In 192K the UiiUed <Vas extraordinarily -bng'hfy' atrd • he SUtes had the largest potato -roii on promptly notified me that the kid rvronl pr. million bushels. The av- look that brightness after him, and erage farm price for potatoes that we will let him tell the balance of this! year was Or. cents a bushel, an-l the -story. ! total received hy the farmers wa.< ^ ) 1H5 million dollars. In 1925 the po- “(4ee, you don’t know it, but I can | tato crop was small -only 321 miir. m' remember nearly everything tha, ever bttshel.s. .As a result, the average price happened i.o me when I was a baliy. was af^ full dollar higher than in the Th«' fnrtherest back my mind goes year of the big crop, or $1.(>6 a bu.sh- wa.s when I was 3 weeks old and maw- el. The furmor.s received iWT million let the cradle turn over w'ith me and dollars for less work and less exp?ns‘* I bumped my head on the churn which than when they got only five-eighths' was setting before the fire where the aa much. j milk would get hot enough to turn. Of course, crop reduction won’t' Feel that bump there? Well, that’s work to increase farm prices unless it.” «U. or most of the farmers in a given I — ditirict, growing the «ame commodity.] “When I was 5 weeks old, my gram- to cut down their acreage. One i maw, who fell offen a horse and died of the results of the cooperative sys-'on the way from church when it got teni which the farm board is charged hy law to inaugurate, is a wider ex change of information among farm ers, and a better mutual understand-i mg. so that it should be easier in the' scart of a big old hog which run out of the bushes behii^him, fetched me a nice bi'fal) made oiiAjof oil-cloth. “I remember my ma-w^ook me out' future than it has been in the past, to the wash place wj^n I %as 8 weeks * for farmers to agree to reduce their. old and she set me dotyTr-ok the ash- acreage !n adieat, com, cotton, pota-jhopper when I could see her wash,' toes or the other staple crops, to the {and ever time she would come to some! advanage of all. Fewer acres under cultivation, larger jields per acre, are the only secrets af real farm prosperity. of my clothes she said I would smile and wink my left eye ata her. I got' some ashes in my eyes and cried 'Out j loud, so she took me in the house and Where You Can Save Real Money ODD LOTS AND ODD PIECES In every department you will find attractive new merchandise offered at ’ prices so low that you won’t want to miss them. These Values as Well as Hundreds of Others Not Listed Here. OFFERED FOR SPOT CASH Imported China Vases Variety of shapes and beai^tifully decorated. 10 inches high, only— 39c 12 inches high, only- 59c Console Tables 1/2 off Lovely tables, mahogany and walnut finishes. All sizes and shapes to select from. Hand Painted Chin^ Lemon Plates With Forks Only 39c Several shapes and varie ty of decorations. Fancy Mirrors 1-3 off Latest styles, all shapes, best quality, variety of frames. Odd .Pieces In ■xt '• V Fancy China Worth from 75c to $1.50 J ^ Only 47c Bon-Bons, Salads, Vases, Nut Bowls and other items. , ’ i Lovely Windsor Rockers 1-3 off New goods, lovely finish, variety o f styles and prices. All-Wool Blankets Special Low Priceai.--— Very heavy, fine quality, all color plaids. Rugs special prices on all Wool Rugs. Complete assort ment of sizes and patterns and wide range of prices. V2 Wool Blankets At Bargain Prices Full size, heavy, all colors of plaids. Odd Chifforobes Walnut finish, larjre size, French plate mirror in hat box door and full-leniifth in long door. Regular price $39.75, special price— i $29.50 4-Piece Bedroom Suite Enamel—finish;—Hegniar price $115. Special price— $55.00 Floor Lamps 1-3 off h A va'riety of styles and prices to select from. Sale Starts Jan. Ist. - Closes Jan. lOth. Don’t fail to come. You will find lots of odd pieces at Bargain Prices that are not listed here. Wilkes & Clinton — Two Stwes — Laurens i 9 , • ■ ■ ■ " — .11.. - ' ^ f sieii aa^a^^a^aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. d, ^ i IM $$ $7|I