The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 20, 1931, Image 7
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THURSPAY, AUGUST 20, 1931
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C.
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Senator Smith Renews Suggestion
To Reduce Carry-Over of Cotton
And Divert Land To Other Crops
Relief Of Farmer
Looming As Issue
Senior Democrat On Senate Committees On Agriculture and Man
ufactures Would Have I’pwards of Eight Million Bales Taken
Off Market At Present Prices. Producers Obligated Not To
Grow Cotton In 1932 If They Participate In Plan.
Expected To Become Important
Business For Next Congress.
Many Plans Offered.
Senator Smith of South Carolina, chase price plus overhead charges. I
ranking Democrat on the senate com- do not think it would take long to
mittee on agriculture and forestry, as start the machinery in motion. Every
well as on the senate committee on banker, not oply in the South but in
manufactures, announced in Columbia this country, ought to join heartily in
last Thursday a plan he had conceiv- this proposition. Of course everything
for relieving the cotton situation, would depend on the signing of the
by taking off the market at present contracts and the nature of the con
prices eight to nine million bales.
Washington, Aug. Ifi.—Troubles of
Southern cotton planters. Western
wheat growers and other farmers have
raised farm relief from lower case t >
capital letters as a prospective legi^lc.-
tive issues four months before con
gress convenes.
As farmers harvest bountiful
to sell them at the lowest pr
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 8th day ofj
'September. 1931, I will rend»*r a final
WANTS
for fho
ame
account of my acts and doing.s as Ad- poR .SALE-Pure Beardless Barley,
ministrator of the estate of Marv t t -u j .i. ■
j j • .u rr- , , from wild seed or other gra n.
loung, deceased, m the office of the « vi i u otn
Judge of Probate of Laurens Tuunty, Phone 359, g-27.2p
at ten o’clock a. m., and on the same|LO.ST — One pair of tortoi.se shell
day will apply for a final discharge! g'la.sses. Return to The Chronicle
»b(/ Nart ♦
crops
Rhubarb Dumplings
Wash and cut the rhubarb io inch
pieces, and stew with little more than
half its weight in sugar and just a lit- barred
tie water. While it is cooking mix a
i t.s in flour batter in the proportion of a pint 5
farm *’f flour, a half teaspooiiful of salt, '
Senator Smith said:
“In the fall of last year I suggested
a plan of removing the surplus of cot-
generations, legislators and
leaders are coming forward with vary- teaspoonfuls of baking jiowdi r 1
trac-t, Tbo rontra.-t should bo of f'"- "'li-’f. '
a nature as to make it absolutely bind-' The farm bmird, created ui I'JJS) ami '*5“P it by_the spoonful into the boiling
aiid enforceable. It shbul^d $500,0(K),0(IO and broad
frm my trust as .Administrator.
Any person indebted to said estate j
is notified and re(luire<i to make pay
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having claims against said es
tate will pre.sent them on or before
said date, duly proven, or he forever
L. I). McCRARY,
Administrator.
1931.—8-2T-4tc.
cffice. Reward.
Itp
LOST—or strayed, one light bay mare
mule, weight about 900 lbs. J. W.
Donnan, Laurens, S. C. ftp
LO.sT—A brown leather bill fold, con
taining driver’s license. Return to
Wm. Montjoy and receive rews^rd. Itc
WANTED
FOR SALE—Is. C. Smith
real cheap. See E. H.
Wilkes Furniture ("o.
typewriter,
Wilkes, at
8-27-2p
NOTICE—All eggs from the Thom-
ing
late that this cotton is to be held until powers, is a center for discussion. Its
.he fall of 1932. emergency proposal that one-third of
the
rhubarb,
hot with
The result is delicious,
or without cream.
Ei
',1 T« buy several hundred bush-
' els good sound brisht oats, at the ^
cotton crop be destroyed brought
a new flow of relief di.scussion and
criticism tvf its activities.
Final rejection of its plan to plow
ton in such a manner as to benefit the
cotton grower. It was this: That the “I" Washington a few days ago T
farm board purchase the surplus at <li«'ussed this plan with officials of
prevailing jirices and store it on the farm board and the federal reserve'
condition that the cotton pnalucers. 'TTte important question with
would agree to sign legally enforce- t’nem was whether the cotton farmers
able contracts that, if this cotton were would sign the contracts. I have no ■ . renlies from the IJ cover
re-sold to them at the purchase price <l<mbt but what a sufficient number ;;;;!rto Uoni the sucgeltioil^^
in a year’s time with no charges ex- farmers last fall and winter would
cept reasonable interest, storage and signed if the plan had been adop- ‘ ^roverncvs alreadv have
insurance, they would agree not to ted n> tne ixiaid. frowned upon it. .Some submitted
plant any cotton on land owned or "At the same time that 1 suggeste i ,.ounler-propo.sals. Two Democratic
controlled by them. Of course the con- the plan last fall and winter, senators; Cai awav of Arkan.sas, and
tract would not permit the producer and congressmen from the cotUm- Carolina, have offered
or landowner to have allocated to him growing states expressed themselves designed to holster the low-
by the hoard any more cotton than he heartily in favor of it, so we called a f,f ^-otton
actually produced. meeting with members of the farm * , J. on wheat, corn, tobacco
“The conditions now are more urgent hoard and laid the plan hetore jind fruits, in fact on practically ev-
for such a plan than they were a year cimsideration. which, agricultural commodity, have stir-
l^i«‘y ^ r.-.l ofw intcri-st in fiiniHTs' ills ill
take eight or nine million, bale.s of ac-s “Suh.sequent to thi^ I was jitvited. b.v j
tual spot cotton off the market at ^ olumhia Broadcasting system tq
present prices provided the producers )*tate my plans over the radio and as
would sign contracts legally enforce- » result from all over the , United
able that they will not plant next year, States I rweived letters of indorse-
the situation would be at once reliev- nient and within the past several
ed. According to statisticians, we have weeks many letters have reached me
practically a two-year supply of urging that every effort be made to
American cotton on hand now an I in l lace the plan in operation. If the
sight. If this surplus is thrown on the F>lan were carried into operation it
market now it not only ruins the price
Beet and Rhubarb Jelly ,
This is a fine relish to serve with ‘
the meat course. Take tHjual parts ( f
young beets, boiled tender, and rhu-
umler every third row of standing cot- sliced without pt'eling. ( 00k to-
ton ar-jiarently faces the hoard a'< it
gether until very tender, put through
a sieve, then through a jelly hag.
.Mea.suie the juice, an;l to a pint al
low a jiound uf sugar. Heat the sugar
in the oven, atid to the hot ju-e and
cook five minutes longer. Tiini into
heated glasses and cover when cold
with para fin.
riifhl price. Also several bushels
of ffood wheat.
Get our best prices on quality
rscratch Feed, I^ayinR Mash, Dai
ry Feeds, Cotton Seed Meal and
Hulls.
“Clinton’s Feed Store”
I.O.ST A puppy bird dog, about 4
months old, white with yellow spots.
Any informttion as to its whereabouts
will he greatly appreciated. Phone
123-.I. Bill Abrams.
FARMERS
EXCHANGE
LOST A black hand hag. between
('linton and barbecue stand on l..au-
lens road. R{‘war(i. Return to Wm. .1.
Henry, Jr., ('linton, or .Seneca Jour
nal, Setu’ca. Itc
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Rhubarb and Orange
I'ut the rhubarb in sh irt lengths an
cuver with sugar for an hour before
cooking. Then cook in a double-lioiler,
with the juice one orange stiueezed
over it, and tio water. When tender
T. J. Blalock, Mjjr.
Clinton, S, C.
not only ruins the price 'would automatically dispose of the
as it has done for this year, hut will surplus within a year, give t.Ue cotton
leave a surplus destructive of cotton pHslucers year of diversified farm-
discussion of the 'e«pializa-
tio.n fix* and the export debenture
plans came last, week through an
nouncement that the American . Farm
Bureau F<*deration ac'^ain would throw
its weight behind hte fee principal of mestic
relief on fhe grouiul that present farm 11*
legislation is inadequate. There also
have he«*n .suggestions for a
rium’’ on farm debts.
Sardines
You have no idea how many varie
ties of sardines are to he had at the
large gnveery stores. There are do-
sardines from (’alifornia,
sanlines with and without
bones. .Sardines that are both skin-
morato- and boneless, sardines in oil and
sardines in tomato sauce, sardines in
FOR RF.NT- F'ist flo(»r aoartment on
.South Broad street. Five rooms,
bath, breakfast roi ni, garage an 1
large ganlen. Also thia-e-rooni apart
ment on second floor. Occupancy .Sept
first. Phene 373-W. .Mrs. 'w. H.
Smith. tf
We wish to announce to the
people of ( linton and vicinity
that we have been very fortu
nate in securing: the services of
Mr. Al^ie Bobo as our represen-
FOR RENT OR SALE — Ten-room
dwelling hoii.-^e on ,Musgro\e street,
HCiw,, frmii Avalon, formei lv occu-
plwFfiV■ wmitri
l»ed rooms, living rotim, parlor, din
ing rodiYi, kitchen', two bath rooms,
two halls, ample eloset and pantry
.space, front and ba’k [loivh, poultr.v
house. Fully screened, in gixxl state
of repair, recently remodel.d. Rental
^ Senator Reed. Republican, of Penn- ti'i in and sanlines in wine
sylvunia. has ailvocated almlition of from France. Then there are
, .the farm board. Indication that the t^ardines from Portugal ami .sardines . .
prices for many years to come; but if mg without cotton and an opportunity (],.ange will urge adopti.in of from Noi-way, and for sandwiches and and dry cleaning, dTcinjf, etc.
the farm hoard or a holding company ‘>f recouping some (»f the los.ses that ,i,.iH.ntiire |)lan and ttie favorable appetiz<-rs there is sardine jiasle lha,
can take this cotton on the agreement are now inevitid)le.’’ nttitu<l(> of sunie Western Repu'.ilican ct'incs in glas.s jars and in tubes. Our prices are the low’est con-
that it will not be duplicated and tht
I $3,").0(1, payable in advance. .Sale price
$■1,300.0(1. financed on easy install-
i merits if desired. Wm. P. laeivbs. teb*-
(ative, and will be Rlad to have phones 23h or 222. < lintmi. s. ('. tf
yen call him for your laundrv;
pro<lucers Ik* given the equity in it a.s
above indicated it will be eijuivalent
to the produ<*er making a crop or hav
ing a crop already made and in the
warehouse without the cost of produc
tion and with no costs except the pur-
)().\NN.\ MILL NEWS t. 1 .,1
Th;'
Mrs. Y. T. I’hillips and son
week-eml in (luntersville.
Renew Your Health
Purification
Craft spent
by
Any physician will tell you that
“Perfect Purification of the System
is Nature’s Foundation of Perfect
Health.” Why not rid yourself of
chronic ailment.s that are undermin-
■Mr. and
spent last
Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. (b-orge
last week in Greenwood.
Mjs. Hattie .M^d’ullough and ehildren
visited friends ip ('linton last week.
.Misses Jeanette and Elise Dickey
visited relatives in Blackstock last
w«*<*k.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Tboma.s and Wil
liam Thomas visited relatives in ('hes-
ter and (’harlotte during the past
attitu<i(‘ of Sana* Ws'sK'iai Repu'.ilican
congressmen towani it may mean an
airing of the whide farm reliid ques-
the next congress. 1
farm board may comy iiialer
direit attai’k when tla- names of .'^am
H. Thompson and Frank h'.vans. newly
apiMiinted member.^, aie presented to
the s4-nati‘ for confirmation.
There is one other boai'd va‘an y *
existing. (lovernor .Miller of .\lal*aina,
vesti-rday winal S<‘cretary Hyd«* of
the agriculture dejiartinent, asking
his support in the appoint merit ot a
“re.l1 .Southern Inadi'r’’ to that m-
eancy.
Legion And G. A. R.
Are Hit By Report
-ii.stcnl with Rood work.
Another Shipment of
Sterling Silver
Just Received
('arneeie Foundation President
Raps Soldier OrRani/ations On
Pensi( n and Bonus Activities.,
ing your vitality? Purify your en- week.
tire system by taking a thorough
course of Calotabs,—once or twice a
week for several weeks—and see how
Nature rewards you with health.
Calotabs purify the blood by acti
vating the liver, kidneys, stomach and
bowels. Trial package, 10 cts. Fami-
V package, 35 cts. All dealers. (Adv.)
Mr.,
few
Clinton Realty and
Insurance^
B. H. BOYD, Agent
Representing Several of the
Country's Oldest and Strongest
Insurance Companies.
Office:
Second Floor National Bank
Building—RiMim No. 6
Telephone No. 6
Residence Phone 107
Mr. and Mrs. Ma.son Rowland,
and Mrs. .Sloan Rowdaml sjient a
(lays last week in Walhalla.
Miss Eug(*nia Brazil sjient the pa.st
week in ('olumhia.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Turner, Mrs. J.
H. Turner and children attended the
.Newberry college reunion at Little
.Mountain Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. W
I Mrs. Lee Thomas and Miss H<‘Ien
Th.mas visited relatives in Forest
City, N. ('., during the past week.
Misses Nellie and E<lna Hamm
siH'nt the past wei*k with their sister,
Mrs. Walter Wright in .Spartanburg,
Miss Doris .Abrams spent last week
in Lyman.
Mr. and .Mrs. Gradv Gokb'n vi.-‘’*<d
DOCIC
MORE FIRST AID
A small boy isn’t worth a cent that
doesn’t try to eliriib the shade tree in
J. Thomas, Mr. and the rear lawn once in a while. Natural
ly he may fall in his effort to get
somewhere that he doesn’t belong. H"
may tumble from his trieyele in an uri
usual spurt (if sjieed. He cuts his
scalp; it bleeds something fierce; hi
runs to mamma howling for first aid.
Don’t fear fracture of the skull
from a trifling injury. Don’t fear
bleeding to death. Wash the vvoum:
PAINS
QUIT COMING
.Mr. and Mrs. P'. Chrystell in (’halta
nooga. Term., last week.
Mr. and .Mrs. J. (I. Franklin and
childien visited relatives in .Sj:artaii-
hurg la.^t week.
.Vliss Millie ('ole is visiting her aunt
Mrs. Tom Dunnaway, in Colurnbbi
j Mrs. R. L. League and daugbte •.
Mary, of Greenville, spent several
[days last week with Mr. anad .Mrs. P
B. Mitchell.
''When I waa a gM, I suf
fered periodically with ter
rible pains in my back and
sides. Often I would bend
almost double with the ln«
tense pain. This would
last for hours and I could
get no relief.
.“Z tried almost eforj-
thing that was reoomr
mended to me, bat found
nothing that would help
until I began taking
CarduL My mother
thought it would be
good for me, eo eho
got a bottle of Cardul
and started mo taking
. tt. I soon tmprovod.
Tbm had spoils quit
eomiag: I was sooo
la nonnal health.”
-4Cfa J«w«l Banta
Tszaa
with clean soa{) and warm water, 111
ing clean things always. Dm’t po r
periixide in a scalo wound a’ any ju’-
riod. .After washing as above, pa nt
the Wound with tincture of iodine; 1!
smarts a little, but apiily. it freely.
Dust freely with talcum p- wiier a'ld
apjily a loosi* band-ige. Keep t!i:'
wound dry until recovery.
For a “crop” rtf chigger.^, gel at ’em
early as possible, before they hav,
Mr. and Mrs. .1. J. Clark, Sarah aer* bored in deeply, h’ir.stta scniblnri 4:
Dorothy, spent a few days last v.cek with good soap and water; dry, and
in Virginia. apply the bug-i-cide, whatever you
Mr. and .Mrs. J. L. Delafiy returned have. I u.se a mixture of carbolic at id,
Sunday from a two weeks vacation one dram, spirits camphor, one ounce,
spent in Lowell, Mass. mentho’l twenty grains, and r ise-
Miss Margaret Warren returneJ water, enough to make four ounces.
Saturday after spending a few days This can be daubed over the lesion.s
at WrightsviHe Beach. N. C. freely, allowing it to dry without w p-
Miss Hazel Home and Richard ing off.
Horne of Clyde, N. C., are spending Sunburn is not to Ik.* sneez(*d at- it
the week with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. has been accompanied by big doses of
-Odell. the ultra-violet ray—-a blessing in dis-
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dendy have re- guise. The oxide of z.inc, a dram to
turned from a visit to Mrs. Dendy’s the ounce of rose-water ointment, will
former home in Savannah, Ga. soothe the imflamed skin in ^me. Keep
Mr. and Mrs, P. B, Mitchell spent out of the fierce sunlight until well,
the past wee-end in Greenville. For a child’s “busted toe,” bruised.
.Nt‘w Yiirk, .Aug. Ki. A report
which ranged from an analysis of the'
coll«*ge senior as little wisi'r than the
fre.slimaii, to a deminciation of the
|M‘n.sion [xtlii ies of (he Aiiii-rican [.i*-|
gion and the G. .A, K. was issued to-'
day tiy the ('arnevie fonmlHtion for |
the advari cmerit id t{*aching. 1
Henry .S. Pritchett, president of the
foundation, in his section of the re
port. (lei»arte(l from an analysis of the
organization’s 2.') years of activity to
(iiscu.'':s "patriotism, |>ensions and |K)li-
tics.’’
He latielled as "nolitical colonels’’
those members of the G. .A. R. and
American Ix-gion who worked for pen
sions and bonus legislation, and said
an ex-service man who accepted a bo
nus or a pension, unlcs.s hi.s health or
eariung cower liad lieen afecteil, has
abandoteil his position as a p.itriot.’’
In disciisnioti of college students, the
ri‘p()rt said the "ravages of forget
ting” cause the senior to lose, (‘ven
before re eiviiig h:s shee|)skin. much
of the knowledge he has a •qiiired.
These conclusions, made public to
day, were based on answers to an ex
amination jjiven by the foundation to
1 (),()(»(( sliiiierits in Penn.ylvania col
leges.
rile graduate was pictured in the
findings as a person who had reached
the {leak of his knowledge in many
subjects in his freshman year and had
added few if any words in his vi.cahu-
lary while in college.
"The college senior recognizes only
(’ll out o*" KM) words in familiar use by
educated persons,” the report .said.
“The effect of college on the word
supply of the ordinary student ap-
{ears to be almost negligible and in
some cases positively injurious.”
GREENWOOD
STEAM LAUNDRY
“Jiisl (Joed Work—Thal’.s All”
A Jr it* Hohq, Local ARent
Rhone 181
Lowe.sl price.s within seven
teen years. Now is the time to
fill in those lonR-wished-for
pieces. 41^,
Won’t you visit our store and
see our .splendid assortment. It
will he a pleasure to show you.
iraflim
FRONTIS
Jewelry Store
Clinton. S. C.
EVERYTHING IN
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Book Fillers
in tubes and bottles
Scratch J'ahlets
Lead Pencils
School BaRs
Book Straps
Comhination Fountain Pen and Pencil Sets
.■)() Sheet Note
Water (’olors
Paste and (JIue
Wax (’rayons
Composition Hooks
(luick-dryinR Fountain Pen Ink
Pencil Sharpeners
IliRh School Dictionaries
Stafford’s Ink
Blackboard Frasers
(Jonstruclion Shed Books
Pencil Boxes, complete
With every tablet purchase, we Ri\e
one lead uencil with eraser.
PC each, or oBc dozen
1 for 5c, 2 for 5c, 5c each
25c, 50c, 75c and .SI.00
5c and lOc
oc
5c
5c
5c,
10c
SLOO
5c
and 10c
and 10c
and 10c
10c, 2.5c
15c
5 c
98c
bottle
and
5c
25c
10c to
\ou free.
10c
50c
GALLOWAY-McMILLIAN
BOOK STORE
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Legion Head Denies Charges
Portland, Oregon, Aug. 17.— Ralph
T. O’.Neill, national commander of the
American iK'gion, today branded as
“erroneous and unfair” a statement
attributed to Dr. Henry Smith Pritch
ett, president-emeritus of the Carne
gie Foundation for the Advancement
irf Teaching, criticising the American
Legion for its “intended raid on the
Mr, and Mrs. A. D. Barron went to torn and bleeding, soak the foot in treasury of the United States.”
Savannah, Ga., last week. Mr. Barron water with a teaflf>oonful of car’oolic “'phe American Legion never has in
has returned but Mrs. Barron remain- acid—or formalin—to the pint. Make past, and in my opinion, never
ed for a longer visit with her mother, the memlber clean. Then aoply soft future, ask anything that
— dressing of carbolized or borated vas- or that will place an unjust
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS eline and wrap comfortably. fmancial burden on the country,”
j MEETING And, 0, green apples! Colic. A big o’Neill said.
‘ The annual meeting of the stock-'dose of milk of magnesia quick. NVno objective of the
jholders of the Citizens Building and would object to fifteen drops of pare- ^^on had been to get disability
Loan Association of Clinton, S. C., goric for the pain ? compensation but that it never had
'will be held in the office of B. H. " ask^ a nension for able-bodied men.
M0U At Att Drug
Mfr—. ■.ml
CARDUl
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Helps Womtw to Health
Boyd, Sec. and Treas., on September ON FEDERAL JUKI Referring to the adjusted compensa-
3rd, 1931, at three o’clock, P. M., fos; tion bill passed by the last congress,
the purpose of electing directors and For the fall session of United States O’.Neill said the bill was indorsed by
for the purpose of passing on the pro- court, to be held in Rock Hill, begin- Legion only after it had been
ity oi^e hundred dollars per .■’hare, ul- juror. C. R. Bobo of Gray Court, R. B. gaid,
timate value one million dollars, and Childress of Laurens, and E. F. Cog- their
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Take Tbadford*e BUde-Draogh;
far OonetlpatSeii. IndifMtluo.
and BlUoiieneee.
isht
Ml.
posed increase of capital stock to ten ning Sept. 8th, Brooks Davenport of passed by congress.
thousand shares, par value at matur- Laurens, has Tieen drawn as a grand “The only thing this hill does,” 'no
i.s to allow veterans to borrow
their own money at a rate of
to transact suth other business as gins of the New Prospect section, are profitable to the government.
may come before the meeting. petit jurors for the first week, and — '
' B. H. BOYD, Sec. and Treas. Carlos Boyd, L. C. Barksdale and Carl IF IT IS A MAGAZINE OR NEWS-
A. V. MARTIN, President. Davis, all of Laurens, are slated for PAPER "^HAT YOU NEED, SEE—
interest
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8-27-4tc.
I the second week.
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JAMES W. CALDWELL,-
New
Fall Hats
Light in weight and new in shape
and color.
All
the New Shades.
$g.OO
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