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e; I V.. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C THURSDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1931 (54? Qlltntnn (£l|runtrlp EfftnhliKhrd 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE POBLISHING COMPANY .Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): Ore year $1 5(\; Six Months Tf) cerus; Three Months 50 cents Entf"*'d as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C, The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise 8us:;;e3tioit3 and kihdly ad- vice. I'he Chronicle wiil publish letters of jreneral'interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymou.s communications will not be noticc<l. This paper is not Te«f»'.rsible for the views or opinions of its corrc-pondent.s. . • I»ans and Discounts j Overdrafts Statement of the Condition of ‘The Commercial Bank Located at Clinton, S. C., at the Close of ItusinesM September 29, 1931 RESOURCES .. $253,800.22 NONE Liberty Bonds Owned by Bank Bonds and Stocks Owned by Bank Furniture and Fixtures Other Real E.state Owned Ca."h (^n hand and due from Bank.s Checks and Cash Item.s Other Re.sources Statement of the Condition of M. S. BAILEY & SON, Bankers Ix)cated at Clinton, S. C., at the Close , of Bu.siness September 29, 1931 RESOURCES Leans and Di.scounts $714,1.54.01) 20,000.00 Overdrafts ir>0,.542.4r) i Bonds and .Stocks Owned 122,100.00 by Bank .3.3,219.42 3,000.00 Other Real E.state Owned 10,5.37.49 23,205.43 Cash on hajid an(l due fro.m —. Banks * 33,730.31 44 .3.32.49 Cherks and Cash Item.s 504.06 7.38.7H 725.00 TOTAL $983,018.76 I i- TOTAL LIABILITIES $167,902.92 I .stock Paid in $ 20,201.40 ( LINTON, S. ( ., (HTOBEIl 1.5, 1931 SurpluH Fund ’Jndivided Profits, les.s (Cur rent Expenses and Tax- i)!icatiori of the Biblical teachint: which ,, ^ , ' I Due to Banks and Bankers LIABILITIh]S Undivided Profits, less Cur- Capital Stock Paid in $ 50,000.00; rent Expenses and Tax- 9,172.10 .Ml UDKK MUST OUT II .should hi a matter of the jjroat- as profe.ssin^ Christians we cannot' i)ivii]end.s Unpaid est concern tn all citizens of this com- cscaiu*. I Individual Deposits Subject to ChtK'k .NONE NONE munity- the fact that after the lapse The committee to head this relief Savinffs Deposits of nearly thiec weeks, the Ka.sor miir- work already has its plans formulated xj^e Certificates of De- der at (’ros- 11.11 remains an unsolved to jfo forward in a systematic and ef- posit . , A trained Salvation Cashier’s Checks Bills Ktt-dis- 25,000.00 es Paid Due to B.in1t3 a.nd Bank ers 2,62'.). 15 Dividends Unpaid N(JNE Individual Deposits Subject 68.00 to Check 655,774.73 Time Certificates of De- 194,103.1.3 po.sit 257,171.65 .3,464.26 Certified Cheiks . 1.00 rashier's Checks 627.88 169,379.09 9.53,575.26 759.29 Bill.s Payable, including^ Certificates for Money 2,500.00 - Borrow ed .. NON FI Other Liabilities 100.00 20,000.00 TOTAL ' $983,048.76 State of South Carolina, .ss. i my.stery in spite of the diligent work fective manner Notes anil of county and st.itc officer.s. But while Army worker, under the direction of ^ l ounted it is still iinsoKcd, further efforts to the committee, will head-up the work. Bills Payable, including detivt the criminal should not wane. V'xI the e emergency cases | Certificates for Monuy I Borrowed It is* not difficult to understand that'that arise right under our own doors, ^ a criminal may slay a man and make'=o to :speak, are m:nis'.ered unto, that.TOTAL t Countv of Laurens good his e.-ape. but it is extremely the lives of little hungry children Before me came R. C. Adair, Cash- difficut to understand how a comniu- be protected and saved. Unles.s we; Hefore me came F. M. Boland, Cash- a^’o^e named bank, who, nitv can listles.dy allow moss to gath- rally to this appeal for the helpless, 1 jer of the above named bank, who, be-i duly sworn, says that the above nurni. n>lwo<i'. _Jing duly aworpl aaya -tb^aboverlAI^ ^tatqrpentJji,ft true QQP- o?T«fd barfR; is shrm«m bv ttrr Therefore, we hope that when the « — every effoht li/ward his capture andl punishment. solicitors call next week they will be books of said bank. R. C. ADAIR. We are enc/urageil t7lea?'n that the met with a smile and with a generous ...... . , _ : I > . Sworn to and subscribed before me jM'ople of Cross Hill, at a meeting gift and a ready response m ^ this 7th day of OctolnT, 1931. calleil the pa.st week by the mayor and that our community may meet the oh-j VERA P. WILSON (Seal) addressed by leading men of the town, ligation tliat i.s ours. This whole ijues- j Notary I ubiic, S. C. have voted a reward for the appre- tion .should be approached in a broad! <’< rrec* Attest: W. I). Copela.id. condition of said hank, as shown by the bmiks of said bank. ^ Sworn’to^and subscribed before me F\ M. BOLANi). , this 8th day of Octolier, 1931. ROBT. S. OWENS. Notary Public, S. C. hen.''ion of Die man who perpi'trated Christian .sjiir t of helpfultie ... itor.s. .. I Jack M. Young, 11. I). Henry, Diroi i'ss. Ourl, ^ •” the atrocious crime. Tlu* reward is jiastors, our church members, non- .xmall, it i.s true, hut it is a step in the^-hurc-h memlxTS, all peopie of 1 Wjll liv-hl dir«s’li<.n. walks of Lfe .should IxK-ome arou’isl 3^ K. MihmJ Smith, O. D. Felder Smith, (). I). DBS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists Enter Contest The pc..pie of Luuier.s county need to the .serious situalicn we must fa e ^ to heemne arou.sed over this lirutal' with the coming of winter. It is a debt | .. —; murder. Right here in Clinton we all Clinton owes. Your ronscienr-' isl Owings, Oct. 11. At a meeting held I. alize th.it t ros^ Oill i.s only a few the only guide you have to tell you if riday, Oet(d.er 9 t he (iray ('mirt-Ow- iings chajiter of Future Palmetto mile.'. aw;i> in a -eii e is that a Cross llil! atrocity this debt has been paid. Chilton atrreity. We SI»E(’IAI.ISTS Eyes Examined fiiMSKeh Presfribect 1.5 Mest .Main Street Phone 101 Farmers organized a eommunity ini-! Laboratory for F’rompt Repair Service 'Phere i.s mi.sery and suffering in proverjient contest that will he car- p.. . u '• 1 .■ „ ; t. I ,1.. mi.ut .ins.o.n to the cureless eve'OiToher I to March I. LliniOn, h. I,, ate II' "iieaking ot a rrime lomnii.ti'il < m miilsl, unsmm lo me cariiiss < ye , , .-,1.1 ' I he class of 28 hoys was < ivniei into — a tin ii.saml m:!es av.a;,. 01 evm of one of those who are nut in want. " hen groups with a leader for ea h ; committed a hnii lrcd miles away; we i rganized charily calls in behalf of group. Wirroii Willis will lead group ^ arc -peaking of a ten il.le event th:it 'the-e unfortunate peopl- u. help re-“"‘I Tom IVden will he leader for , oceuned in mir own front yard. We iluce their winter suffering, do not U-eause of the splendid record I f-ut*mit C) ihi pi'opte of lariirens conn-iclo-'e yi ur di.nr without giving, ty Dial it \\ ul(i he an admirable ihjiig Let Clinton’s heart Im* opened, if we vv.iuhl further suhstanlially in-j " crea.-e this reward that has been of-, CAPONE "ON THK SPOT” ' in the contest. fcied by oiir neighbors. We cannot I’urrent trial in Chicago of Mr.| The hoys chosen for group one an- 666 I lOCII) OR TABLETS Relieves a llendache 01 veuralgia in made with their supervised pra.Tice minutes, checks n < old the first program last year and iHs aiise „f . and checks .Malaria in three dav s clas.sroom scholarship. The leaders fi(;() Salve for Baby’s Ct)ld chose meiivhers of the chapter to help _____ . SPECIE’ OFFER Alfon.se Capone is not a matter of .sec- Fidward Nix, John W. Peden, Paul 'shrug our shoulders and ‘let ijonal inteie.-t; it is a matter of na- Stephens, Cresswell Shell, Algia Cosmopolitan $2,50 per vear. $1 io it.” The s:ifety of any community tional and even international concern.' Rums, John Harris, Ziwk Gray, Car-' Jown and «<.cnna 1 m , ,h,,.at..m.,l wh... n,u,-,l..r,..a “.Scarf..... Al" ha, 1,,.,.n th.. | r„l| SUahlar.l. (ll..,. Har.h.tt, i'harl.., i •’»' world s most famous gangland king.! Kellett, William Thomas Ball and ; commit .luring ami .lastardly ciimes exploits are narratcsl in newspa-1James Gray. The menrhers cho.sen for and gel away with Iheni. L'litil the pers all over the gl(d)e. Now that ’he group two are Roln'rt Putnam, F'.arl guilty i>ai ty ..r parties in the Cmss UnitiKl States government is facing I Williams, Hamilton Wilkie. Jack ()\v- JAMLn W. ( ai.dwell Notice for Payment ♦ t : t of City Taxes Notice i.s hereby given that Town Taxe.s for the Town of Clinton, will be due and collectable between October l.st and November 16th, for the year 1931. The Tai^ B.ooks will be ope ied for i he co’lection of taxes at ti e Office of the Town Clerk on Octnlacr Ist, and will remain open each day there.af er, Sundt.y e.xcepted, up to and through No vember 16th. A penally of fifteen (lo'i) per cent, wdll accrue on all taxe.8 not paid on or before Monday, November 16th. The le’.y for current fiscal year is forty (40) mills; fifteen (15) mills for current operating expenses and twenty-five (25) mills for interest and sinking fund on various Bond Issues outs.anding. The foregoing notice i.s given pursuant to Ordinance pa.«.sed by the Town Coui.cil, September 7th, 1931. I). C. HEUSTESS. Town Clerk. Dated Sept. 8, 1931. McKesson Heavy Mineral Oil,' pint Rubbing Alcohol, pint . 40c 39c Milk of Magnesia, pint 39c Cod Liver Oil, pint 75c No. 59 Antiseptic, pint 59c Peroxide, pint 40c Zinc Oxide Ointment, tube 20c Hinkle’s Pills, 100 for ;. 25c Aspirin Tablets, 100 for 69c White Pine Cough Symip, bottle . 25c Sadler-Owens Pharmacy TEI.EPHONE 400 TELEPHONE 377 o o o o o ♦ . I, , • t*''” lists, thi* world is nigs, Shaw Stoddard, Alton Knight, Hill tragoii.v haw )»‘im »roug i ^ . prifking up its ears and turning its Zi4) Vance, S. B. Owens, John Cheek, tice, we may blame ourselves for any ..yes on the great city which he has Milton WooiJs, Madison .Sutton, Kus- similar ..c ui rciues within our own:successfully rultnl over so long a,sell Edwards. .itv r,periiKl Wirron Willis will repre.sent the ...nnt.v .it> limit.. ■ ^ Murder will ^-hapter at the state fair school in Co- r- out the worm will turn he who lunibia from Ocl.d.er 17 to OctolM-r 22 LET I S OPEN OUR HEARTS sheds the bloixl of man shall in >u» Wirron and Tom Peden ma.le the .same turn have his blond shed by tuan. ^ jjyj.ruge when their scholarship record, Next w.'.k b.i.s been designated as , l , ,, , ... .1, There seems to Iw little chance that he, supervised practice rei-ord, anil con- ( linton Uelie. W.ek, dot ng whi h ^.,u j,,yen the .supreme penalty for te.st rword, were examined. Sime p<‘ru>ii ii cuiivuss will his ciniios, l)uL it is rnori* thiin proh* school is ullowod o?ily oiii* dole- made by it*)n'e-enlatives from the Wo- *'^“7/!'.!* present apimarance of the members drew for rvpresen- tation, and Wirron made the lucky things, that the renowned “Little Uac- : sa 1 e head- surveying life and rememiliering past; mans chd> to la -e hinds for local rc- underworld will shortly 1h* draw. ..iganization’s pre.sidenl, k'l'uies within the narrow confines of, “four walls each morning four walls' lii'f work. The campaign wi e.l by tlu' .Mrs. ('. K. C illoway. aiid it is hojied night” that our people will contrilnite liberal-, In the past, Mr. Capone’s marvol- Iv to thi.- fund from which disburse- organizatiion^^perhaps the most efficiently controlleil of any organiza-j meiUs aie to he made to the poor and tion of any kind in our modern world); destitute to helji reduce winter suf- has effectively come to the rescue of fering. The ■■imeial committee direct- 't-- debonair monarch. On one occasion; the noose of the law slipped harmless-1 ing this cliari y work is headed *>.' jy over his head after henchmen had j ('apt. R. FI. Wysor who hopes to make filched what rumor tells us were “in-j criminating papers” from the office of; the prosecuting attorneys. But this, PAINS QUIT COMING a succes.s of thus community effort. The Chronicle mo.st heartily endors- time it is hard to s<‘e just how the re- es ’.-he plan a* agreed upon Ui handle dinrbtairle beer king will elude the charity w. ik thi.s winter through one P^a^tom of justice which has so long cast upon him it.s shadow. Heavily cential committee. This means f"atitrappcsl by one of his own: there is a pooling of all interests in letters, facing for the first time wit- the eomm.nvtv hmU fh,. nsirt nf'"‘‘ssfa who are Willing to speak out. le communitv. both on the part of' '“Al’s” case seems hopeless unle.ss his individuals and orgairzations, thereby iliminating undeserving appeals and name succeed in intimidating the jury, carrying to those who are destitute^ there is always a chance. Although it has never been and heli'.c.is, t.ie assnstance they definitely established in court, it is to help hold soul and body together, j well-known that Capone is a liberal The que.nion of providing for the,^***" spot. Dead men tell no , , tales, and men who are alive do not unfortunate of a community is one^j^j^ be in such a condition that which every city must face and one in they can no longer tell tales. Although which every Christian professing com-1 seems to be gathering and . .. tightening inexorably, there is always munity should whole-heartedly unite. 7 ^^ance that “the big chief” may It is a br.^ad humanitarian obligation come out with flags flying and bands that we are called upon to discharge To bring the matter clo.ser . home, we may liken Capone’s trial to and It la a shama on any community p c.-Mercer football game of last to turn a deaf ear to such appeals.! Saturday—win or lose, the game is al- The responsibility is ours and cannot exciting as long as “Pinkey” . J la a • J. D'alden is there. One never knows just be escaped. It rest., upon us as .nd..!„hat Pinkey will do next. And Caprone viduals and as churches to arise toTs a better broken-field runner than this task. It calls for the response football player that ever lived. a. •* . i. * a- 1 iOur advice is not to bet that he won’t the community 8 heart, a practical ap ' score. “When I was a girl, I suf fered pcriodkally with ter rible pains in my back and sides. Often I would bend abnost double Mdth the in tense pain. This would last for hours and I could get no relief. *T tried almost every thing that WM recom mended^ to me, but found nothing that would help until I began taking CarduL My mother thought 'it would be good for me, so she got a bottle of Cardui and started me taking It r soon Improved. Hie bad spells quit coming. I was Axm In normal health.” —lira Jewel Hairta Wlimeboro, Texaa geld df Att Drug atorrt. |.,Tt j Tako Thedford'e Black-DrsniRUt for Constipation. Ir.dtsestiua, and RlllotunifSii. THE GENUINE and ONLY HEATROLA No_ other circulator or heator will compare with it. The minute you start using it, you will save coal. For the HEATROLA is stingy about using coal, generous about making and sending out heat. There are inside reasons (or this — notably, the wonderful Intensi-Fire Air Duct and the solid and air-tight ash box. No other heater has these features. r 1 COLD WEATHER IS COMING! May we show you the difference between a HEIATROLA and ordinary circulators? Prather-Simpson Furniture.Co.