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'* ■ ■ >»» . \' rZ * PAGE FOUR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1931 She ([Ilint0it (Ulyrontrl? E'itabliKhrd 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): Ore year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 60 cents Entered a.s Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The ( hronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publi.sher wdli at all times appreciate wise sugjjestions and kindly ad vice. riie Chronule will publish letters of jfeneral interest when they are no of u defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not he n >ticed This pai)er is not responsible for the views or opinions of its corro-'pondent.s. and aottins up tombstones tody that j p. R. Blackwell DiCS ' Pi Otcst TSX On I fra^rstwTn the^Snion" would be loafing were it not for au-! a rs ,erofan> state in tne union, warning itomcbiles. Ncaf 1^116 WCSt Water rower that many young men went into other ^ 'states to work, Mr. Lee asked “what ' Were it not for automobiles, the Hue West, Feb. IH.—T. R. BISck- (Continued from page one) i^re you going to do with the citiren- S2,000 highway patrols and speed .veil, 8;i, died Saturday night about .r\ir.,? to kill the goo.se that gives en-’ship of South Carolia^if you can’t find cops (now- in use in the United States) twel.e o'clock at his home near Due li.jment in South Carolina.’’ j work for them to do. would Ih* absolutely minus sufficient West. He was a native of Laure;;.- D'.scussing taxation, he said textile' Mr, Lee said that 1930 the Duke revenue to buy everything they wan. ccurty and was a Confederate already h^'d Power company paid in Souh Carolina —as their wives simpiy could net af- vivor of Company A, Sixth Cavalry, .,ie c^hI because of Uxe.s to meet oth- $f'40,3r>3 in taxes and that if they kept ford to keep them in luxury without of a I>auren3 county unit. Henry S. compeution and “we wart no'-e rising, “it won’t take but six more help -as they are now enjoying. .Shuma'c of An.loi.:on, is now the sole vvheels turning in South Carolina.” years until you’ll own the Duke Pow- survivor of the old command. . ).r romnanv The bill, if passed, said former .Jus- company tice .Marion, “means no o.h?r power And who made the hospitals what, D’^^t^kwell wa.s a son cf .1 ni 31a::kwell of the we-stern part o'" t’n.' ( LINTON, S. C., FKBKl’ARY 19, 19,31 — A man usually treaU*d like a dog. they are today? Automobiles. W'ho made it necessary for 1 g'rl out of '’'’’'■’’’•f.'’'1-:h the vi-’n*'/o. every 12 to become a trained nur .c ja-d h;s s in.- in.stead of a mother? Automobil.'S. cilucattd at Lrsi;.ne coilcg ■. What keeps the bandage and splint Liackweli, \.ho wa.- a M..s.s .L hi.- wiieels of the country a-turning? Au- Lauien: county, d.id .seveial tomobiles. What makes growing flow-' ers a profitable indulgence today? h unc ral serv:cc.s wore held i^ion- Automobiles. What has made the cof- afternoon at .b o.lool; from the fin and casket manufacutiers rich? Ureenville Pro b.'ter.an chuich, near Automobiles. And what made all of i■/urioticn. Mr. ilia kwell p’an'i will be deve’oncd.’’ He ’nir ed .Mr. Lee. The Duke Power compan'- cxe^u.ive I'lfT.ti ir.ed wo’'k <lone by the Duke vn- ■'( vment, pointing out that .v'-tain no’iirns of the funds were rc'n''(Mt'‘.l. “Wou’d you invest that money ir S' nth Carolina, knoV/ing its tax po’- '(■y?” he asked. “We’re paying in South Cnrolinu,’’ Cotton Grader In County This W^ek F'. Thomas will be in the county this week to class cotton for any one who wi.shes their cotton classed. This erviee will be rendered without obli gation or co.’t. If interested see T. G. Harris, or nhone him at 283, Clinton. who howls at everything is type of heroism of which Wa-'hingt m I the doet' rs .so pro-iwrou • ?' The drug, kwell i.v iiiivvtd by fiur and America were rno<ieis for the .stores, world at large F'rance, 1 repeat, !♦ on-, thi Rev. Divid J. Biaekwell. pa.-»- : tor of the First Pre.-by.erian chur-h Science hasn’t yet pnaluced a loud should depart from established usages I • vMiat i.-^ it that give.s emplo>ment ^ Homer S. Rlack- speaker that can beat a self-made and do honor to one whose fame is be-^to installment agents and yond comjiarison with that of others.’’ <> \..* i.:i.... wu.. — _..!‘''Kbth judieial circu.t: \V. I. Rlack- . In .-Xmerica long ago this Washing- ^anv A eongre^i.^man is suing for hnoich ton became into.mparable. We have hired every year in the commercial man. of promise. Sujipose startiol (io;ng ;hat. lat ot otners. collectors? Automobiles. Why can so' i • ^ e thi., W»»hinK- thititsan,!., of bool<l,..n,.r, 'l, and DeWitt Blackwell of ( he.ster; four i daughters, .Mr.s. T. N. I.atimer of Dae Ue.s., .Mi.s.i ?I:iiy Blackwell of Due i’onstituents had o'her great men, hut we think ofjcjj.fji^ ag«*ncies? Autonio))il(‘s. And none of them as of Washington. Jef- think of the obLintb puncture fixers oi Due lerson’s place in hi.story is a.s.sured. I ard bh.w-«ut patchers that would pos- Jf'"‘1, s He was a patriot, a .srhalar, a true ^ibly he riding the blind-baggage were ..'f*"., rt friend of ilemucracv. but he is chieflv fU one si.stf i, .Mr.s. Arnet* F.lh? of The ph;i..S('|.hy of a great many is that the world eml.s every n;ght and fpiend of ilemocracy, but he is chiefly jt n„t for the autonodiiles. stait.s out new again ovmy morning, hon: led as the^ founder of a party. — Alexander Hamilton was the great Mn-«t Ilf ns learn bv exneri»‘n''e. F'ederuli.'-t. But Washington, wh.i lived i • iVlost ,11 ns Main nv ixni* i I or men, women and firreigners now, chihlren ore rf wWon' Dr »i,-h-«i-,l r Wire men are tho.^e who learn by the at the same time with them and n,Hking cars and drillini^ / ’ u V ^ ' ; ‘.hers. And a fool is one fitted by the counsels, wa.s above jiar-, , • . .. *f|(urry, is hem. suigt.m of a .h spital TDu<> We-<t; and a brother, J. i). Black- I well of Laurens enunty. He. is also And don t forget t^e t,r>Kl,222 oth- survived ),y a largi’ nui'.r.(*r of grand- exjienem ( of who keeps on making the same old ty. No man now would think of saying. oil wells and running filling stations njistukejs Watth,iiDif(nn jn«l^ 'in British Columbia, jasae.-. leader-of my parly,’;’ but every citizen iTail-ligTit.s and otherwise getting our - STOCKHOLDERS’ NlJl'It K % Perhaps it’.s'^ the no place like home that keeps many; “^'Hshingtoh was the fafher of my Joy buggies ready to roll. .Nope fonvuiinh ih,.r..-,'ha, ihf riKh, to thr.ii .1 thf '•‘■"■■'r *ivan that th.. aa Bring Them "back Home 99 by '^elephonei t I lolidays over . . . children back at school . . . friends scattered . . . grown sons and daughters off to the city again—their holiday ended. But there is one sure way of folks away from it. counlrv.’’ Oftentimes, the son who follows in his father’s fo. tsleps is likely to win<l up in the cellar. ^ Nobody’s Business ^ , , .... , nual stockholders’ meeting (,f tht jvou ,t„,, th,m, If.litin.!,, wouW haw , ,,,k,Coriiai ation will la- hfhl u- ’ : Ih,. dLh at p. Taur.-dav. I 0,h...|,.u.l.22 annually to f,.,..| ami'.uary III. f„t thf put po..,. nf aV; tlnu ■rlnlh.- th.. .l,Kt,l,.H,P paraon., that ara „th„ I given employment by them today. You 1bu.«inness. WORTHY OF Sl'I’PORT While it is hard to get the average man to realize it, there is no factor that attributes .so much% in the ud- vancement of a city as a live com mercial organization. Jncliided in the memiKUship of such a clui, should l»e every business and professional man in the community, working to promote the interests of the community , By (Jee Mcfiee Agriculture (iiini.ient flat rock, s. (’., feibbj 20, l!t31. | now.) mr. fed. landbank, 1 have perhap.s forgotten that there aie about 17,000,000 people in the C. S. right now that derive their livelihood from the manufacture and u.se of an timobiles. (But mine is in the shoj) 1 tc. B. O. Whitten.^’res. W. I*, .luc yb.s, Se:-.-Trc-i>. . wit hingten, <!. C. i „ri:— - ANN UAL .VIKETINC no dout, you will lie s irprise to Ch** Ioanna Cotton Mills of (Jold- learn that i have moved onto yore •'•H'*- South Carolina, will hold its an- in Johnson farm Just below town which ,'"'‘U meeting according to by-laws, on which he makes his living. What right you sold from under him when he 1 ‘‘d'i‘**''day, March 1, at eleven o’clock DRS. SMITH & S.MITH Optometrists have we as citizens to e'.pi t I the iim- bought tl t big cadder la k it yr. **• Hie election officers and irTunity to .supjiorl cu? luimu - c^ aTiiUhence, aiurquit farming, the sed farm ti'^^n.-action of such business us then in turn to rcfiist to give ur aid wa.s vacant, so, as i thought you. iici'd-, regu...rty come before such n*et- lo all of Its uiMicrtal.ingI that make i>d a good teiiiiant, i gioved in. hng. . F^. I.,. DURGI.N |•2-20-Uc for progres.x. V The Chamber of Ctmiricm local organi?.ation which we Secretarv. SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined -:- (DHsses Preserfbed 15 M'est .Main Street Phone 101 I.ahoratory for Prompt Repair Service Clinton, S. C. is the i have aln-ddy done some turcing in! shoubi the field iM'hime the hoii.se, and will' line up behind and give our undivided . comments to clean up briar pat. lie.'- su,)poi t. Tin effort soon to be madi*. ansforth us soon as i can get a little to enlarge its membership should find Kelp, so plese send me '2 inatticks and a iinileiT ro.«pon.«e, for the larger its 1 pi, k anil 2 shovels and some hoze. membership the great'er will be the allso aliout 1 barrel of flour and tlirough the year. By telephone! Taking to them i$ next best to seeing them, and it costs little. . . . The lowest Station-to-Station rates on calls to points outside the State of South Carolina are in ef fect after 8:30 P. M, On Station-to-Station calls with-- in the State of South Carolina, tht lowest rates are in effect after 12 Midnight. Ask "Long Distance” for rates. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. *T H r Cost Smai. I. XI’hfiiexex You Call’ service performed and the results at tained. enough meat to eat same u|) with. (.FORGE WASIlINliTON (leoige Washington, who.-'e birthday i.will plant as mueh cotton as you think the farm honsl will allow, so j send aliout 5 turns of S-‘t-3 fertvlize .stands out in n'd on the calendar, has jm,! o turns of soday for corn and oth- ach'.esed immortality. From tune to j.j- jiatches of small gi:iin. the big time appear writings aiming to add to |;ei,| ,i„wn below the pastor will be the gi-neial body ol knowledge cm- |,u( in peas, if you will send same a ii rmtig him. But most of ;hem fall little later. " flat. 'I he ".rui- Get rge Washington” has been exalted to a jilane up m wbii-b he defies injury. He not only is “fir-^t” in the lu-arU of hLs_i.r.'unlry- meii; he i.- eiishrine.l tiie'e. (M a *’U''t solicitude ti(*i iiise III th a”.I ;ia i ;:im bavs' overlaid and .1 a. p .e • in- lea! Wa.'bington. This n • d -ill.' the millions. 1 ae pi*o- ! J! A \\ 1 h n ‘..n as they want to !-• - h m. 'i atiCiiute to him iho.-e t' : , whh! t'ney iile.il'ze as th.ise of a grea* ai I good man. He cou'd I . I i a !:»•; hi w u'd not be king; i . ■ il the hi* loved iienco; he i think the lu w ground will be mighty fine for long steeph' ii'ttjin, so kimlly send some long'Td^orpti' .-ee-j when you send the 2 imili's i will man! to w uk t!''' -^ed crop witli, allso send about .hO oushels oat.s an<i a mlik eow, fix'sh in, arid i can w.iit till apull or June f;>r you to ship tlie pig so’s i can diversify and live at home, iiir. carl williams says we must do that or bust wusser. I'l.i. ,1* I n, lugl" g air ii’ces; he h.ited t a n; i“' ■ J ilepre -ail'd f-ictioiialisin; '(! I'o' -cn p!e life aho.e the o' p I -,l on. r h.i. ■ 1 ■■ cr (It- to no (iher chur.uter i.i yon might a-’ well send some lumher to pat.'ll the hi'Uj^e with, as it leaks in every room except the setting, and i will need about oti glass winder lights, as the green f lys ha\e nail throwing-matche.' at yeiire house for the past year, and then' ain't a s.ilid ir.aee gi\in. .\ *'i w g'nss in ii, aii so i.-- the fi oiU d 'or. m',-r (u-.'pli wh.o have s.niggied for fi.e'im h’\t iheir liberators, hat Wa hingk 11 in the mind.' ..f the Vmer- 11 a" p pie 's lu i-i- than a liberator. The iu'\. 1 ition.iry war might have been w.ni without the leadership of \\ a-h rigi."., 1 ut it is not at all cor- tanii that, without the .steadying in- flueiu-e of \\a.'hingtoii. the ship of .slate , ould have been launched safely. In the lengthy annals tf Fbtglanil there s no name held in re'eren e hy the English as the name of Washing ton is n-vered hy .Americans. The F'rench people and the Germans have no such herv. But all these, hold ng in common a high regard for freedoirl aud the rights of man, have claimed a share in Washington. Fmgland has been glad to proclnim Washing! n an Flnglishman. When the news of the death of Washington w’as taken across the Atlantic, Flurope mourned, and in an official report, the French minister of foreign affairs said: “His own country now honors h's memory with funeral ceremonies, hav ing lost a citizen whose ptiblic actions and unassuming grandeur in private life were a living example of courage, wisdom and unselfishness; and France, which from the dawn^f the American revolution hailed with hope a nation, hitherto unknown, that was discard ing the vices of Europe, which fore saw all the glory that this nation would bestow' on humanity, and the enlightenment of governments that would ensue from the novel character of the'social institutions, and the new you cirtiiirily wa.-^ lucky to get a guixl U niiniit like me. i will sh.>w you how to grow crop.> this year if you will only stick to me with the ri’-shi 'ns ansoforth to work with, i will need alMiut $2r)l) in cash, so mail check at once for that so’s i won't hafteP move, rite or foam when 11 Icok for farm relief. yore.s trulie. mike t’lark. rfii. 3Vant-er Ride? Folk.s. please don’t cuss th? auto mobile. It has done more toward fur nishing employment to individual.* th8n.^anyDu«J.g else since the huildiikg I of the pyramids of Egypt and the I Chinese wall—of .Japan, as a sc'aool teacher would say. SEE OUR NEW LOW PRICES ON LIVING ROOM FURNITURE New Styles - New Upholstering - Fine Quality Mohairs, Velours and Tapestry ALL NEW SPRING STYLES Todhy the automobile is giving work to 1,5.55.777 farm hands in gar- lage ri'pair shops. With cotton and I wheat selling for might nigh nbothing 'per pound and per bushel, respective- I ly, what in the world would become of all of those plow-hands and ho<‘- ;hands if they diddent have jobs in : garages. And as little as you think of it, the automobile has increased the number of undertakers and assistants (since 1900) from 6,432 to 99,752. Every body knows that there ainst enough positions in beef markets and abat toirs to keep all of this bunch of men at work. And thousands of men are constantly engaged in digging graves PRICES LOWEST EVER OFFERED WILKES & CO Clinton—Two Stores—Laurens