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m •*if c 1»AGB FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLWTON. 8. C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1931 (EUntoii CIIl|ri:iur1t i EfitabUMlird tyi'U WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Pul'lMht*r Published Every Thursday iJy THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advame) Ore year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents: Three Month-* 50 eenls Entere<l as Second Class Mall Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks^he cooperation of its subi.m**-, - u ..i leaders—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suji^est on- and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general intere-*t when they are not of a defamtftory nature. Anonymous coiiimfodcati ins will not be noticed. This paper is not resjiorsible for the views ^lOuions of its corrc'pondent.s. * never did find out what the plot was! of prob^ibly more than 2,400,000 laws and why. . jin this country, federal and state. 1 “We have more laws and more law- i. m , for the election of officers and the transaction of such business ANNUAL MEETING The Joanna Cotton Mills of Gold- ... . ' .Hilt* Soiith Carolina will hold its an-' mav reirularly come before such meet- _ The leedin* to by-..w,, onl.n^: E. U DURGIN.- . A 5tuff to the leading lady, sick-calf act skint a block and the way c*p in speedy justice. he held hisi hand on hLs chi.st when he While he did not declare himself for Wednesday, March 4, at eleven o’clock 2-20-4tc -Secretary. was reaching up for those hijfh notes or a^^ainst the prohibition law Associ-1 was somethinjf miserable. Whoever in- ate Justice Cothran said that he did : vented a show with .si.i};ini; what-you-! not think this amendment to the con- want-to-say-to-your sweetheart in- ■ stitution has been (fiven an even ^ •stesul of talking it was a fit subject, j break. Nullification of it in this coun-, I try is as rampant as John C. Calhoun Well, our money is (rone, so let’s would have held the tariff law in 1830, .‘’or(jct it. But what I’d like to know is; he added. In Amwica crime is an industry' art,’’ Justice; ( I.INTON, S. ('.. FKBHl AKV 12. I ll He who hesitates is the rea.son rear(i <*l I ^>n an<l ov bumpers were invented. I 'tiinlc ciop.-. ih..s is ,hi er at \vh «»• -• Another l»i(f rea.stin for 'l)eiii(r opti-med es fir -ni.stie at the present time is that one- aimed. third of Kibruaiy has taken it.s place 'I'he haip'*' I f-r. rjur' a.-c the third with the past-and that‘plows once >-h se w n;. c faniiinjr operations why doesn’t the theatre ma'ia(rer uy to keep the temperature of his ami murder is a fine house more comfortable? Don’t (jet it'C othran continued. } into your head that he dlddent have ' R''ferrin(j to the jury system, Jus- [ plenty of (jord coal and a fine furnace. ^ Cothran remarked that a judije- He had ’em both and his fireman has the ea.sier time. Yet a trained man '■u(jht to have the job of chief fire-i’s selected for that position while un- I man for the .Mauretania. ! trained men serve as the jury. In En(f- j • — land the judge has the right to select. j For Ihi* fir.st minute and a half af-* , I ter I took my seat, the place seemed <f j roduo.i-n 'n their) ^arm. Within 10 minutes,, ... , , • , ' or pos.sihly II mirvutes, I realized that in a Seri** Mppemring in thi» newapmpnr Y OU and I are the two most important . rsi-tn type of farm tI'l j.sL of th“ )> ilitical .iiriic li.ural ills are ‘The law’s delay waa referred to by' minutes a.-sociate ju.stice and he sugge.sted f was being roasted. It was surely 125 matters, without them, t. ..u V..:* „i.., 1- «».. L n.. ! Illst (joing to a master, and be given •nore have begun to turn. comh'ne Ihosi' if ;h( two. They Fahrenheit plus Centigrade. My cellu loid collar began to sizzle, and rather than start a stampede, I removed it before it blazed up. I then unbuttoned the right to hand down decisions. This, he thinks, would speed up the work ing of the courts. The Bigham case and the case of* factors in next season’s crop success. If the work you do and the fertilizer I sell are the -right kind, your crop will be a money maker in spite of low prices or bad weather. So I do my part by keeping a big supply of Chilean Nitrate. I can furnish as much as you want, when you want it. I recommend Chilean Nitrate, • • the one best nitrogen fertilizer. live On account of the prevailing I«,w I've ind;yer.d.n.Iy and romf -rtably price of oranges and the Iransporta-! .i**’''1 V'car out, ex-ept for nat- tion made pjss ble by g<HMl r..ads, urul eat.t.stroph es .su li-as floiul.s or nany of us ha.e thi.s year purrtTa7Pdf‘li’<>'*b'bt. They i i .w e:io igh of one or Florida pr(>|.e."ty more exten.sivoly , my vest (called west in Philadelphia! , • o:t ihe -0.1 ai d can continue to, Miami), and next I unfastened my ‘■•onsolulation of the Brandon, ' ' ' . 11-- ‘Poinsett and Woodruff mills were cit- .ind profitably than ever before. WHAT WK NKKI) BKIHT NOW There are many things we need in Clinton right now, but a few are vital and outstanding above all oth ers. ' Fiv.-l and foremost, we need to mile ca-'n cr.-p.i t.) tone a.i impor- lant !a ton in .he p: d i y markets, 1 ul failure in ..uy (/.ne year to cash in i n -‘uch cr-. is or riV-‘.',t. ck d eS not reduce them ti juiury or plunge them into debt. For forty years and miie the Unit ed Stales and the varibu.s state de partments of a-jriculture, as well as <)iJt df thoi preaching- the gdsper of ifiversifisnl ing Uu-refor hanl word, confidence, •ncouragement and an ojitimistic out look. We need stability—the will power to determine what i.s right and a *le- U-imiratKi’i to sec- that only that which is right prevails. We nceej^a ,« rit of unanimity the .ability and w ill.nj'iie.s.s to agree upon what we want ati.l then go after it .end g('t it. We nc-inl aggit-s.^ivenc-ss for with- -ul uggr<-s.siveiK-.'.';, ind-.'i-'ii.'e and 'tagna! on will lie our sure lot. We necnl loyalty for without 1 -y- alty wc will lie enriching commercial inten*sLs at di.sta..t point-* and imp -v- crishing our p<-oplc al h- n--. Some eommunilit*s thrive a’ 1 - rw liecause of tlu- i I’a'nia! u. in'M- '-s. Others aic* iiiadc i iilv thr h t’e loggcsl energy and pci -evei i ue of farming in the one-crop regions. Ev ery once in a while some natural or economic disaster drive;; the one-crop farmers ( f a di.strict into diver.sifira- tion, and the re.sulL is always greatc-r prospe-rity and stability, not only for the fai;ncr liut f r all th people of his (listiitt o" t -le. shirt. , About that time. I think the fire-1 examples of justice being long man .shovelc-d in another half ton of i coke, and I unhooked my union suit | reviewing cases Justice Cothran and began to fan with my hat. The! lhat the supreme court only lady in front of me was sweating j consider points of law and new great gobs of perspiration. Her tiny I ^Tclered allhcugh the mem- handkerchief was not ahsorlx*nt of the couil felt erlain the ver- enough, .so she began to mop her neck and back with her little rayon shawj. Then I heard the furnace door open diet a Ju.-*! me. He sugge. ts that the supreme court have the right to review eviden.e a.i again and unboUonc-d my britches at i well as rule on point.s, of law and be the- waist. permitted to use its discretion in such C HILEAN NITRATE has proved its supe riority in every kind of test over a long; period of years, and in all kinds of conditions —drought, flood, pest and disease. Crop cham pions always use it. For use under the crop or as side dressing it is safe, sure, profitable. When you order nitrate say CHILEAN Ni trate. Then your dealer will supply you with' many different kinds of flesh scorch- England and would, he feels sure, re-* Nobody’s i^jslness By Gee McGee •heir (•itizen>hip. Ouf’* will be what we make it as .i town luid comiminity, and vvi- shmibi m;ike it all that we can. Down with Mr. Glo(»m Ul Mi. Optimism go to ♦»at i^i i»p-i»»" 1^ ' ij," ^ flat ro.k news I efnai giving mv rc;i l<-i s tlie gcnral new.s fit m .ere, i wish t - make sona eoi reeti(;ns w hich ti ceped int-i my col- him ln:-‘•week. rn -hmuY vras ment by the way i scat in the .sMii'f, hut i lu-ar- ly had !1 fights .‘iboiit the sanw and am glad to cvpla:ii the n ;<) the inihliek at lar ing at the same time in my life. I •fubl tell that automobile mwhanics were suffering becau.se of the oil odor, and the finest ladie.s in town were l-k'-wi-'e being blistert*d, as the aroma f .Miulam LaVour‘s perfume floated abmit in the air, and then I smelt a l lacksmith getting his, and there weie ,ilso some farmers and some store lerks, but when the 2 legislators 1k*- gain to [)-.irri, 1 had to leave. It’s l)u:l e.nough to freeze to death in u movie, Init it's much worse to lie baked alivi* n OIK*. The ushers stood it all right because they coubi run out and cool iff every few minutes. But everything .vas (I. k. <*xc«-pt the price an I the heat. suit in justice being more fully admin istered and fewer trials ordered. DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists on forl)€UeFp7ofit. Thit’onfeli^rd CHILEAN is your protection . . . your dealer’s too. Re member the two kinds — Original Chilean (Crystalline) and Champion Brand (Gran ulated) both natural nitrate. U. S. Has Most Laws H}^v. And Lawlessness Judji^e Cothran Says SPECTALIS'TS Kye.H Examined -:- (ilasses Pre.scribe<) 15 West .Main .<<treet Phone 101 (.ahnratory for Prompt Repair Service Clinton, ». C. 666 A POLITICAL TIK-l P The legislature has now been in ses sion a numtli and a good portion of -ts lime has been spent in endi-avor- ing lo ek*ct au associate justice of the •>tate supreme court. Up to yesterday sixty ballots ha«l been taken with the •x-sull still a complete deadlock and little liks'lihoud of an early decision. jemib- veeve brown’, name was left out of the memher- of third "'ra<le at schoOi, .Ml ple.-e ta.ki- niti;- that she nrt<-r benn in the list. mr. brown’s lit ter of jiigs was ;• in te ! of 7, so he ha.s tw(i more pigs^ to .<ell than was ex- peckted by me. preeihing was hell at 11 ;3(t insted of 12and the eollee- tion WHS 22c, and nut 21. as my pen made me sav. 'The reason for -uch a tie-ii|i is otivi- iius, of loarse politics. This place with rcaxiiialile willingness and intelli- geru I ihi vvn. could have been filled in .in ti -ur lunl the memlM-rs of the gen eral . ss< n\J)|y so (lesii'i'd Hut the “y a I--*'* h ul to be played with the on- Jim irie<-n iTf -fits" who <l;dt TunT was the fifth son ol tiis .Ilia and palTrsTed of the ninth son as i .stated; he ninth son’s name is samniy, and h.- ih all right so far lev. smith led in p-;i>er at the giay funnel al and not rev. n'dd, so pb-se take iioti.s of iia* e.n re. ion. the pob- hearers should --f i iclujedjim (From The Greenville k’ews) “Wi- have more laws and more law- le.ssness than any other country in the world,’’ declared .Xssoeiate .lustice J Thomas P. Cothran of the supreme I court of South Carolina, in an address ; delivered to" the niemhers of the Ki- wunis (dull at it.s s»-iiii-monthly ineet- ' ing Thursday at the Poinsett hotel. •lustice Cothran also ♦leclared that ; in his opinion the prohibition law hud not had an even break, that there are _lou .many -UtwK ami that a revisitm nf I the judicial system of the state and- LIQUID or TABLETS (’uri* (’olds. Headaches, Fever 6 6 6 SALVE ( URES BABY’S COLD LOWEST PRICE in years NEW 100-lb. BAG The bag without a backache Chilean Nitrate of Soda EDUCATIOKAL BUREAU 810 Carolina Life Bldij.,CcIv.tr.b;a,C.C. fn trritiag for liirralure or informa''nn. p’-'ftrt rrf't to id No. 67 ’iie Mt« .1- ."•peclators. \Vr cent on- a iiredu lioii a member if tlu pi'seiit legislature or state liem h, will finally be elected. This will .ifford a se-'i-n 1 “bat He of ballots" to t l«'v;il<’ another lawyer to the vacant post. In the in* niiwhile, with all thi.s (. (uv- • tiny talk emerging from the bgisla- ^tvt" h.tllr• Tfiri al 1 rected primdpatty al a n l.i t- '-- Ul t ■;i.her*' sal:iri»'s it w I I I In lilt* i st:!!}-- i.- km w how much r.i If- c ha. thus far iinne.'cssat- ily lui-'i w;\si,.,i in tin. attempt t-' -lanic an tssov kite jnslice. ,\nd it night be uldcii the legislature w ll make i t* e (irogres.s so long as its m nd r^a^Tir-iird in thi^ pnlitiral ra m. tiotts: he i diddcnt the ci-ffiii V,as left tint uiincr c -iii’t ol .si-e hi • 'vlu n lie tripe to : et nation is needed. The aildre.s.s was the same as that I iea<l before the "Thirty-Nine c!ub’’j aiul was made at the n-tpiest of the) Kiwanis club. .Associate .lustice (iolh-i ran is a mciivbcr of the b-eal l’rtvmTri-c+ »!■ ovn. it was nil's, pcterkiii u.c trab.i in lu-r old car for a in w one. ;inil not mr. peterkin. i tlruight it was him. but as Ip- has some Ju Igmeiits ag nst liiiu at the coart house, he '.'.Hn't own no fonl in his- name ne they might lake Tt away from him. so, creditors it is her'n. and yea might as well let il organization. Th«* late president and chief justice, William Howard Taft, was ipiott-d as aying the udministration of justice in the United .'states was a disgrace to civilization. .lustice Cothran then told of the many .law in ihc country. Only last yewr. be piimt-ed mrtT the^ lrgtalBtluT'“ passisl 242 general aefs and lUlO local act.s. There are now. he added, a total) alone. t:ie way to si ell .lUie may ' ~ black’s nanu- is alive mae, -o k.n.lly j note that, as lu-r feelings is hurt. | DIMDF.D J.MO lintKK ( LASSES Oct- of il. drawbacks to any dis- jssic.n of the farmer and his prob lems is Ou- un.ertainty as to what ■*oil of la ir.ng i.s under «lis*u?sion riiere ar*- 'lirce tlifferent types of tarmer, a-'d ni almost every fiart the Cnited .Miites :,1! three are to h of at the wtiMing of -a'lic sneed a-ul mjt b. siumd {m+ k-n-hs her dhough the culler sk»t ni w.is jiipk rc*v s and japy neest- hrit.-i ns to m.it !i, aii.l not leti ones as i caieb- sly .veil, s i k'li lly lie advised of the change, mr. skecd- addle has (i pups insleil of .7, and i, was mrs. sik< * wlio sold 22 hens to the chicken c;ir and not inrs. bikes as i setl. }io k !'*lly oli't-rve that mr-. .sikes has sold all of her jvi!tr*'y, BiKou^ F-ie%|G fuim-l .s'kle by side. The m t uiticly-distributed tyjic is whxt n-av he ailed the non-iMmniei -: c.al" fanner, the great group with whom far -iuig is n it so niueh a husi- ne.ss as a nuxle of living. This type r*;.s« s 11*1 oii.'i.lerahle am Hint of any ir.e “moi;* V cr.ip," but grows on his tA^n laihf the means of .subsislenee fvT his family a^d, cjunting out the*eggs, bullei I I other marketAhle produce traded in .ew-n for store good.s, hand-j i^s very' I’itlla cash in the course of a I year. The group of farmers who are »pee- '■ ialistii. "m e-crop’’ farmers, is piMli- «bly the largest numerically and in acreage under fence. They are busi ness men, in the broad sense, produc ing noHiirg but a single commoility whicli they‘sell or hope to sell, for morey. and growing nothing, or al- nothing, khich they themselves ciaiYuaie. The single crop may be cot ton, wheat, corn, oranges,-apples, cel ery or potatoes, depending upon loca tion. Dependent upon their money re turns from the single cash crop^tbr tbeit* 's a I'-ht smart of news aroUTui here, hut i am afraid to say mutch aliout it ii' i might send it in wrong, hut mrs. mike ('lark, rfd.. din- neresl with her husband, mr. mike Clark, ifd.. last Sunday, mr. mike Clark, rfd.. sptnt inonday at the coart house on bizness and got home o. k. that night, jim Clark has a nice chance of turnip sallet in his back yard. mr. jerry Clark has a new suit, mis.s annie Clark seems to have the sore throat, (mr. editor, that is all for; this time, you won’t run no risk print-i ing this ne-ws, as i checked up on same) > befoar jotting it down, rite or foam what you think of the farm bored so far). yores trulie, mike ('lark, rfd., corry spondent. I WM a child, if I did not fe«l well, or if I had a c<^d, my mother gave me Black- Draught.” eaye Mra. Orpha Hiil. of Wolford. Ky. "When I was married, it be^me a fami ly medicine in my own home, as it waa in my mother’o. *I take it for headache and eejpecially for constipation. When I get biliova, my skin yellow and I have a very Hot-To-Mollie taate in my mouth, and a drowav feeling all during the day. My eyea bum and I Mt di^, or my hand is 'awun- ming.* Whan I taka Black- Draught, it seema to driva tha imourlties out of my ayatem ana I feel flna. I am a^om without this raliahla ramad]!*'* 'raEDrOSD’8 I went to a movie-talkie tonight. I’lftty good show for only 50 cents: in fact, it was easy worth 20 cents everything which they eat and wear, during these times of bread-and-soup these are the first to feel the effects lines. The leading lady had a brogue of a fxfneral business depression and that was a cross betwixt Yankee and Aare constantly at the mercy of com-1 H. f.cntot. 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