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; THE CUNTON CHHONicLEL CLINTON. 8. C Third Division Of W. M. U. To Meet ■ 7';--' "■■■"■'■ ' ' ■' THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): Ore year $11>0; Six Months 75 cents? Three Months 50 cents Enter**d as Second Class Mail ^Litter at the Post Office at f-linton, S. C The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—tbe publiaht r will at all times appreciate wise sujfKestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will j^ublish letters of ireneral interest when they are not of a defamatory natu^. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible Tor the views or opinions of iti correspondents. . CLINTON. S. C., MARCH 19, 19.^1 The quarterly meeting- of the Third division of the I^Aurens County W. M. U., will be held at Cross Hill Bapti'rt church on .March 2H, lH*g-inning' ai 10:30 a. m. An interestinj? pr. gram will be rendert d and lunch will be servtvl by the Cros.s Hill W. M. S. The principal speakers on the pro- j^am will be two rctume<l mi.ssion- aries from f’hir.a. .Mrs. E. M. B ^tic and Miss Martha Franks.- All <hurches (.f the d'vislon are urged to send delega es and.any vis- itor.s will be welcomed. The churches of the Third divisi r are; Beaverdain, Bethabara. Calvary,| Clinton, Ooss Hill, Goldville, Holly i Grove, Lydia, Mt. Pleasant, Mount- ville and Waterloo. Mrs. hid ward Long, Presideftt. FIN A L Shrn LE M ENT A few ,H*r.sm.s dejamd too much on-our power industry, but it would have, ^ake noti<-p that on the .'JOth day of them.selx'iv*, but many more depeml tfK» gone a f.nr way ;n k(‘eping new :n hi-.-^ March 1031 I will render a final ac- mueh on others. tries and caj)^Utl from entering ■state. , The bill was a gxxl o-ne <0 kdl. Mr. :cutri.x of the e.state of .Ii Tf I). Coats, FJitun',. i.-.i-.Hsh.yl in Knirlunil .h'>w; . n,- ... i, ., (he offii-.. of tho .turlKc of wi...» fh.T,.,.r;rn.,ril.v liv.. lonrorthar IVwoy OVnor of (.r,.,.nvi]l,., v-.,. .load ,,, th<-ir h 1 b.-tmC. Thus rnak'ng fsure of r.ght when he of.ens! the nid-.nn tr> Ibt' la.st w >1 i. « .strike out its ena-ting w.nl.-i. It-^ de o’clock, a. m., anri on the ,oamc day ' A .slowly-working c )Tisci<‘nc( ler thji.:) r,-\»ini, but it is aon -hin.'- ^tat<* , feat will < ontiri-!i;jt<* in a '.-iri'-e niea--- },(.*-mn', to tl\e future j)rogrc— of our how deiibe.'caN-U’ s >nie do func t m, if they oj)era‘«* at all. Most of -us hu'.a* brains: the trouble is that s^) tew t(f u.s know how to us4-^ ts-^rnis th(' prop'»s<<i mov<*- them. ' ment in ■‘the Icgidature to xton wo- 'men and min-ors from night work in There aja* various wuiys of niakim’- v;ini>us w’ays ■money, but marrying for it is a!.s)ut the hardest that has yet Inn-n devi.scKl. j will aj)ply for a final discharge from I my tru.st as Executrix. ! I .Any person ind'dred to sa’<i estate ; is notified and re(|uired to make pay- , , ment on or Ix-fore that date; and all j persons having claims against said; estate will present them on or before ' said date, <iuly prov<‘n, or be forever barred. MRS. ANNIE M. fiOATS, Executrix. cotton mills as “all bunk.’’ There is(Ft‘b. 2K, 1931.-^3-20-40. NHHIT WORK IN MFI.bS Col. I.<‘roy Sjtr'ngs of Lancasi<*-r, one of th(* Soii'h’s ')ift‘t:infl'ng rnanu- nothing humanitar'an about it. he says, but merely polit'cal propaganda, I Whm itin Tm»w Parents arc funny pt'Ople. At first ft<m mill bu.sine.s.s, we have an. idea they Uuuh -a child to talk, and then they are kept busy trying to U^ach it to keep quiK. This is true also, as often as not you can keH*p b th your friend and your moTiey by refusing to go on your friend’s n(fte. This i-* the -time of the year when tli4‘ town itran h<*gins to wonder if the dear litth* fi.-'h drtwn ■ in the creek aren’t gsdtlng hungry. that. Col. Sjyrings is -hot far from' right m the conclusion he has drawn. When we .slow up Southern cotton mill pnxluction, additional people are thrown out of work an<l from w'henre ara* they to get their hre.ad and meat ? And when we throw nur jjeonb- out of] New B.& L Series To Open April 15,1931 We wish to announce that employmiuit to cuitail pnHluciion, art* Series No. 27 will open on this we not playin' (l'’'e t’v ‘ ■» th" hantls-i date. of the eotton mil u'iu.-iry .f New | your reservations for b.nglaml ? , • ' stock caHv—books ncm' open. There -r-e thui and-i of peunle in * ' Citizens B. & L. th ui and j of peuule in r'h Ca: liiia wo’-j-b'"' -on nb.’bt shifts in our cotton nr’'s d le t 1 'h fact that thoro is not .<ufr;<-:ent em- plovnienf for all in the day tinu*. If Association !l. H. HOYI), Sccly.-Treas. I*h(>ne No. (> itoom No. r», Second Fl(M)r Nalionai Hank Building APPRFt lATKl) AT HOME When^ the <’hamlH*r of CxuniiK'n-e .s;ngle<l out I>r. .lohn McSw<‘(“n rc'(uit- lh<‘-e people, both men a-ul w irri-n ly as the c-iunmunity’s mn t u^^efiil ''‘-'di'sire and iiecsl to \v irk, is it w' e t 1 ir.en diirT* the na-t .v« if, it o' fh-'vipa“s a law that w'fl ad I t'ni-m the bedivved this hoti ir. T!ie di-tir.'t'in already immen''e unernpl o’l I lame in ii--I'.rnit'm of his uut ”'""- II strikes us that when men or wimeii and urt 'clfi.-li effor s m l)''' '’f ' f through necessity must work for an I'ri ■ liytei’;ui »-<kl!ege ami f th" valu- honest living, that thev sh iild n - t' be , 'i#* ■•i" Hid'.' null''lity he has hr iught ti ('I'n- deprived of that privilege through t ri as the h.'me of this indiluti n. 'legislative interference, regardless of DUS. SMITH & S.MITH Whih' the collej’s* has n d yet .whether their hours he a. day oc crossed ‘.he stix-am, it has overcame' night. ’ 1 many of it^; obstacles under the influ-' One of the naram imt trouhlc.4 in* e:i'e an.I dire-rtion of Pri'sident Me-lour state today i.s the unri'-t ard ar'- SwMU. He gies alvout hi.s work in a tation that' is hrooght abmi* ea h gonuine spirit of loyal s<*r\-ice and j year through proposi^d new U'gis’a- ha.H incte;vs<sl no little a spirit of gooil (ion. Most of the stuff that origi- wMl tow.vixl the in«titutii>n. The honor naU*s in ('ohimbia, and stuff is a gc <1 Optometrists SPECIAIJSTS E\es Examined (ilMSHes Prescribed ha-s therefoie lanm worthily lM'stow;cd , wonl, .shoukl he thrown in the trash lE'* 'Vest Main Street Phone 101 liy the Chamber of Ci mmerce and weUan. . LahiM-jrlors for Prompt Repair Service hope will bring encourags'ment ami I Clinton, S. C. EIGHTY-SIXTH ANNUAL STATEMENT NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY DARWIN P. KINGSLEY, President -J A Purely Mutual Company — Incorporated Under the Laws cf the State of New York Founded in 1815 1930 A PROSPEROUS YEAR New insurance paid for in 1930 . Over Insurance owned by policy-holders on December 31 Over Number of policies owned by them .* . $900,800,000.00 $7,600,000,000.00 2,812,938 1930 PAYMENTS to POLICY-HOLDERS and BENEFICIARIES . Paid to Beneficiaries in Death Dividends (included above) . . Paid to and on account of policy holders and beneficiaries since Over $13.5,000,000.00 Over- $66,000,000.00 Over $70,000,000.00 Over • * $3,176,000,000.00 SUMMARY OF BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1930 Amount of the Company’s obligations (liabilities) and the funds held to meet them, . showing a surplus or general contingency fund of > <'V(*n grvati-r Mix'ingth and dvtorminn- tion to him in t.h«' difficult task he' has undertaken. FOR A GREATER ( ITY If one of the objectives of a eom- 1 munity is to ib'velon the hoine-own- ling passihilities and to siwure n^'W residents, there should he eapital'?.’!- JUST ARRIVED j Car of Choice TIMOTHY HAY. We still have a few bushels of l()\.\S FOR FARMERS i 'Thpiugii the effor^^^^^ iCoker Strain Folghum Seed Smith, a twi million <loll:»r appi'opri- f.jvornhle comiitii ns whiih abound.| j . . ation fji" .sc4‘d_,iind feptib’r.or loans ha'’ jn Clinton iH'A'n secure.! for the farmers of South Carolina. trCKirgia, North ('aroUna and l’p-to-datA‘ fueilities of all play an iinpirtnnt, interesting, ami Morida. ! h:s amount is to he us«'<l by' (jm-ing the early stage-s the Cnitvcl Stat«^s de|)artment of ag-.^f program. The advent of iruiu-'r'al i nterpr:'--• riiulture to make advances to f.'irm- iws m the'e four states who suffei<■ I prov iiled they do not ■ 'me t .‘Lorm oi <lroug-ht lo.sss's t > their erojis in I'.eJ'.' and lO.’U) where it is foun I that ('mt'i-gi'iiey neisis for such « ' s', arice ex.s;.;. The money is to he.u’ed for tile purclwisc of seed of su t/\b' <’ro{'-, fer!il'.7.('i, fi'isl fi-r stock 'O' quickly, tenils to stbimln'e, <o 'Oats and Abruzzi Rye for spring kimls. sowing—at attractive prices. Low prices on best grades of j Oats, Sw eet Feeds, Dairy Feeds, I Laying Mash and Scratch Feeds,, (’ottonsced Meal and Hulls. fm a*' marked degree, home devel ijnn ;it Clinton should, therefore, si'ck vow- comers w ill due c( nsi(b'ra’-oM g^•l'n to nresligi, good wdl. civic and ’oriul conditions. 'I'hcre aie m;iny vabi.-iiiU' ‘-"'’ing ;aMs which we nosse’s luMe in Clinton wivich shell’d plav their p-i>-‘ 'ii r*'-;- f r t ra tiU's u --e I for or pt d.ii V >n. No loans wMl lie nnidc t ' an a]ip!;c;int in excess of $()('(). .< a.h r.n o'ina's n'l.'tnu nt of th:.-' .levelopment. 'Hie-e T.is do r d fil’d IS and it is to he d'”-;.,,,,! .houid net interfere with tho <ie- FARMERS EXCHANGE T. J. Blalock, Mgr. at Have \M’. hero in Cliiton. gixc’ conv idem Con to the anpe:il er tlv an ti.iutiii uiuii'r tile dre.'tion ot 1 ''''^J,•,.],)p|lUMlt .jjf - uuai._tU:UUUUi-vee-JWHl oifir n mmitti’s's ami finH'iy apnroved t'V , the (li'iiartment of agriculture Wa.-'bington. Th:s relief wd] he a great heln tO p,,^j|,, will create new resilenti the tanner who finds hinnelf ‘.n no po- till! t i supi>1y I'ltlier fertilizer <'r Tourists will pass and mcri'’y-’m 'e for the niak.ng of a hew enev honrlastio I'laims w^hich cannot he jiroven when I'lice on the ground. Home M-ekers, seei Rut it mu't. he under-steml that th-'S4'-fnrmnrs are oTTfitlrrt-t o thr^ v'd HTmiFTiH'kers. new residents, an wh.i have suffered from st-rm ‘ v Th,.y ,'\p'ect w'hat is prom- sliought boi’es. 1 hey are tho elass t! ’heme builder depemls up:>n Painful Condition money h:is Unm aiipropriatnl for. and j, offeivd to 1h> as mpre’ented. they are the ones to whom it 'h >u’..l Ih’ |f disappoints him one makes un- d .'ti .buted tsi nus't an '’I'ler'gcn.'V f,>j-ever and a day someone ncf .i ovi r which ,hey had no eontr ,„ig.hi have iH'Come a part and - parcel of the community. i .\ (,()()1) BILL ro KILL I If one’s analysis of a community Ihe lower hou.se .sh wed '' Himl ■ forth the fact that one of the ju'lgment lue.'day n.ght when ;t k;!’.-. l]ohief objectives is the newcomer, then' the hydro-electric power tax hi'l that piopcsed ievying a tax of one-half of one m il on each kilowatt hour gener ated in the state for sale. that objwtive should he promoted mj earnest, on a sound economic basis. And while on the subject we must j not overlook the fact that jobs and Infcrmaton re ••ntly pre«t'nti\l to financial assistance will be vastly^ the legislative hiwly sh-wwl that the more important than climate and' power companies are already paying <icenery in obtaining newcomers to I their proportionate share of taxes, as Clinton. W'blle these latter are de.sir- they should, into the state treasury, able and often enjoyable, it is impos- this figure pasksing a million dollars ^jhle to live on them as an exclusive last year. There '’s no factor in ouri diet. «tate that is contributing morx‘ to' its upbuilding than these great hydro electric 'lines by which employment is made powible for thou.'ands of our p<*op!e. Why strike further at th's valuable industry and at the same time say to tbe outside world that we are CTxieavoring to drive out capital and ther^y x^etard 'indutitrial develop ment. •Rxe passage of this bill would Tjot mdy have cripnded the development of Communities that cannot offer tan gible things cannot take care of more jx'ople anxl absorb them. Is not this another phase of our lo cal situation that deserves the best thought of our people in its solution. ’’When I was just a girl i‘X home,” writes Mrs. B. F. Riggan, .of Baird, Texas, ”1 took Cardui fur cramp ing and pains in my side and back, and it helped me at that time. "After 1 was married, I found myself in a weak, run-down condition. I auf- fered a great deal with my back, which was ao weak it hurt me to get up or when I would stand on my feet I fell off in woight I "A friend of mino, ing how bad I felt, ad vised me to take Cardui, which I did. By the time I had taken two bottles, I I fait stronger and better than I had in a long time.' I ( Saturday Evening PuKt, $2.00 per ye^r; 2 years, $.3.50; .3 years, $.5.00. See me for attractive Gift Offers. CMDUl JAS. W. CALDWELL Taka Tbadford’s Black-Draught fer Conatlpattoa. Indlfaatton. Blllouanae ASSETS Real E.stale owned $34„307,572.19 FirHt Mortiiraice lAians on Farms, Homes and Busi ness Property^ 578.255,940.83 Bonds of the United States. Other (lovernments. States, Uities, (’ounties. Public Utilities, Railroads, etc. 706,752,997.95 Preferred and (luaranteed Stocks 73,662,042.00 Policy Loans, (’ash and Oth er As.sel.s 396.089.181.OS'* Total Funds for Policy-hold ers’ Protection $1,789,067,731.00 LIABILITIES Reserves—ample to meet all contractual obliRa- tions $1,.588,057,722.02 Dividends payable to Policyholders in 1931 72,541,788.00 All other Liabilities 7,455,677.00 Total Liabilities $1,668,055,187.02 General ('onting^enev Fund , ' 121,012,516.98 Total $1,789,067,731.00 HUGH L. EICHELBERGER Special Agent w H i Ei^en the ^BARGAIN HUNTERS I * 59 CHOOSE this Mattress . . TL F amous BEAUTYREST (Ain’ROVEl) BY SCIENCE) for *395 Beautyrest Box Spring to match . . . ^39-^^ ^—' DARGATN HUNTERS” know they get more for their dollars in the Sinynons Beautyrest Mattress and Beautyrest Box Spring. Their longer life and actual lower cost have been proved in over a million American homes. The scientific sleep investigation at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh,^ proves something else . . . that you need this type of mattress and spring to get refreshing sleep. The marvelous inner-coil construction of the Beautyrest supports and rests you evenly — in any of the 12 to IS sleep positions you turn to in your sleep. The ordinary mattress sags, lumps, prevents many restful positions. See this mattress and box spring . . . here today. Let us show you why scientists say— Beautyrest Mattress and Beautyrest Box Spring are the ideal type of sleep equipment. 1 Motion pictures taken during the sleep ^ investigation show: 1. No on/ position rests ail parts of your body during sleep. 2. You need to sleep in over a doun positions to rest all your organs and muscles in turn. 3. Vou can t if you have an ordinary mattress. ^ 4. You can if you sleep on a Beautyrest. Its mar velous inner^U construction supports you evenly, rests you completely in all posidous. i Wilkes & Co. 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