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-- f* PAGE FOtJR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1931 ditfp (Clinton (Elfronirlp BflUblislM^ ItM WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and Puhliihcr Pablithed Erery Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBUSHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): Ore year |1.60; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 60 cents 'Entemi as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. Ik DOCICik* JKiMjGSEWiMeffl 'Jmiiu cim Buy Your The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise sugsrestioni and kindly ad* vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest ^when they are not of a defamatory nkture. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its corrc.spondent8. CLINTON, 8. C\. THURSDAY, UBCBIIBER f7, 19.71 I Periodical Examinations ^ I am 100 per cent in favor of healtk examinations at regular intervals. It is my purpose in this letter, to per suade yoti into the same view, if pos sible. If you were setting out on a long (journey in your automobile, now j wouWn’ you have an expert look the ;car over, to see that it is in first- claslj order, that the trip might be made with maximum ease and com fort? You certainly would, If you used the plainest variety of common, sense. 11 I know of no more important trip than this journey tnat we esU human Christmas Presents At Sale Prices Nobody can see a wrapToed up in himself I life; we are ail on the highway; and, i man who is all any pretense of Sabbath ob.servance i * happy, su’cesWul journey is what| Granddad may have l»een a buster, but not on the golf links. sod College girls are said to be taking up boxing. They wrestle, also, but it is calltNi dancing. About 7r>n,()<M»,(K)() pencils are sold in America yearly, but we can’t learn who buys them. is made. In the. North, the Middle West, and the Wesrt, Siindav ball games and similar diversir n.s are ac cepted a.s a matter of rour»e. Nearly everywhere, motion picture bouses of all things we most want. A contemporary tells us that the doctor is by your side when you are horn- -and he will probpjbly l)e there when you pass into the great beyond. Sale Continues Through find that Sunday is their best proTit-j And, during your active yea’-s, you dc making day. Coif courses bask idly ■ your best to keep away from him;' during the week and are over-run j .,ou Uic every nostrum that you can while church pews stand er I’dy. hear of f.w your ailments tnat are!, The reformer should In' patient with us. ,\ff(‘r all, the world’s wicked ness k(H“i)s him in a job. suu* t.j come—and you send for the do( tor only when you are "all shoti to pieces,’ juid fear you are going to | diel populated, and there are few places j where people are jan»mrd together in The timely and ancient advice to j unsanitary tenements without sun- the effect th.it you should do your [light and fresh air. The fact that Christmas shi pping early is now in ( Northern cities find it virtually inp fLctlcr It is mclimioent upiin .Santa i jtossihle, they say, to enfom> SaMia'h <' lau sri !Te fi.t^;'' ^ f r ' is .sca1?'('ly a ijuestion* calling for le- Anothcr eviiieme that the days of But in a great many wavs the South i.s not like tm North. Here our communities are not crowded with foreigners who have not yet caught the spirit of our customs and b Oief.s. j This .seehis to me, the mosi inexcus-j Here our cities are not as densely i able form uf ahorl-sig/itedness that a .sensible man or woman can exerci.se. i>o you wait till your automobile is reduied to a p.te ut junk, before go- December 1931 iiig to Lne exptul n pair man ? Is your body of le.s.s importance than the car? Think about it. " miracles have not pa.ssril may lx* sm n in the fa*l that .Santa Claus i.s going to make his usual rounds regardless of the fa d th.it depression has set: led down upon the* world with unusual Umaiity. gal action, anyv/ay. The spirit of the South has always been in CHRISTMAS Tlie best Christinas editorial ev**r writtim is in the it lile. It tells, in IS every man anir wmnan s privi lege •arid duty to go to thi •• family . phy’sieian at stated interval.s and be , , . .u f , J f ,1 **'^”*i ‘^jeurefully looked over; here s the d<*' laring the first day of the wiH'k to he a real day of rest. Until that sjiiiit changes, let U-s beware that icr- tain eonirnennal elements do not at-i i, . ‘emjiL to fiut sori’'’*-hin" over on tis I for jK*r.s( nul prof], to liirn our .Sal)-! hath into a holiday and frolic. i A HAD ) KAR FOR THAClirRS Throughout the .Sta’e tl ere Is a s moment above all others that "a i .stitch in time savi s nine.” I a n sure ' li ne ca e.H of .sjckne.s.s out of ten iminated, if thi- rlile of |M‘- riodical examinations were faithfully ob.'O'Tved. Wouldn’t that 1h* a [lay jiroposition ? A ilanget' ii. -ise in blood pressure ( may be .'ipnel i,. to tnid; a .senou.s Iveautiful simplicity, a changeless j itiioiighoul the .'Sla e If ere Is a ^ order may be recogn zed at story. There is Jhe star moving across growing sentiment in favor of sijh-jjj,,, stage for cure. 1 could iri- the heavens ami fixing itself finally riduetions in the salaries of ^ in,»re; sei' if you can’t. ' .liadein above a Bethlehem stable., ['"blic school tea hers. The city ten school tea hers. Ureenville con lidcrs a There ate the wise men ( ^ the Kid ‘.reenville corimtcrs a ten per fir-t of h'lndieds of Mi llions f. I mKl. lu.” and other localities an . 1 beiit'’ of the pni'i'g to meet disi reparicies in their o! ■mil ore t>"f lie t'le power ii" Christian ideal. 'I’here are the -hei)- budgets by similar actions. The ulti- herds in the fodii-. fni wlim th • veil, results of such mea. ures are of eternity lifts s. that the mortal '»'"'• far-rejti-hing than at first ap- vees the ' im.noital .hoirs pouring I'ai.s. Let u-. letiecta moineiil. “eond ti.lii’g-.’’ upon h 'll. There is in Already, the IS •’them A omcbition fact, for the Christian, the most lie.iu-'of Colleges and .Se-omlary Schools tiful, t-tie mo t significant and the fidwns no n a rn'iit manv of the Nundairs GOOD HOI ^KKKl'IMNG 2 I ears .or S.'f,."»() JAMF.S \V. CAl.inVKLf 'I'he .Magn/ine .Man Call .18 at 12 o’clork in; m es.sai v st'iry of all iiistory. .s<-liools of South Uunilina. In its erowiiiiig moment the narra- of institutioiks are not acenditod, and F-. .Mood Smith, O. 1), Felder .Smith, O. D. tHtSrSMn’H & SMITH ti\o superb, match he highest, and pi.O'oniues this !) .s bent liclit ii; "Cit ry t I Co l in U on earth peine ..." Tne simteiiee epitomizes tin tiun faith ami sums up living- Clory to Cod is exeniplifiml in^ an upright I’fe, pi'u »■ on eeith is ’.he; expressii n of a sublime and sensitive huma n , y. The w i l l .stniggles lira re ly t-owanl the gi al, and each pass'iig age sees the sjireailing consciousnes.i of girerous ■.iiidncl. "Mat ’s inhuman-j ity to man" yndds to the mellowing | grace ttf cwjhzetl society. Optometrists others are teetering on the very (dge I of the nsiuinmients. The stamlartls' I set us by the assiHuation are based on years of nation-wide study of school, Chris- I'tth’ more than '.V'.: . minimum that is necessary fi.r ef-l fective instruction. In many cases Examined ttiasses Hrencriliee (luctioii of teachers’ salaries will mem j Main Street Rhone lUl a fall from the grace uf the accredit-1 l-*hnr»t»ry for Prompt Repair Serviee SPECIALISTS Civilizt il soi iety is most intense in ed list. That meaijs that colleges can not accept crtnlits from these schools [ without winking at rwognized and approvisl rulings. Th ' alternative to an actual risluc- tioii in pay, as the situation presents itself in Creenville and other liHiili- Clinion, S. C. INSURANCE REAL ESTATE lav , 1.1 .. itie.s, is to merease the load of the in group. foeiise.l to(la,\ , ' . , / jt'uetors. What will this mean: rir>t common rememtirance. 4iow-J-,1 * w « i _, <• , I ..Iss f all, that somewhere, nunilM'nV of Sr the family aiound .1 to f all, that somewhere, nunilM'nV o ever far -.a tered its meinlx'rs may i , , . ,, . • nV , , r .u .'u • . hard-working leachtrs will be jolni^ii^ 111- Ii i> of the genius of the ( hnst- . . • , , , -Next, that alrs'udy over filled rla.s.'-«vs mHH TixMi fur uwiiy friMU . . . ■ All Kinds of Insurance and Real FXate. ('ity Dwellings and Business ^ the hearthstoiw can snuff the odors of the past, and snatch from the van ishes! years a wi.sp of .■xpericnce, a flavor of I ec.illiH’t ion, that holds the hi'urt -teady and the mind clear to tho^e aftections which irreviKably bind u- t .igelhcr. Th<* h me at Chrintnias i.s llie sym bol of that peace and <pen-hearted living f' I whieh the wcrld so wistful-) will he increasiHl to such proportions that the teacher cannot hope to have any ix'r.sonal contact with students, lii.st ruction wPll inevitably Itecoine more and more machine-like. There lari' few si'hoola that are not already over-stepping the reconniended lim its in conniption with the size of clas.ses. The proposed increase can only mean less ixffettive touching, and jl" i probable disbarment from the list of i arcri'oiled schoois. i In many ci mmunities there is sim- I ply no way to avoid rtslucing the Also Several Farms. Prices Attractive. B. H. Boyd, Agent Clinton Realty & Insurance Co. Phone No. 6 BILIOUS n ly .iseek-^ The gifts, the gay cries happ'.ncthe .'^wii't union of kind ness tl g» iher form the criulK* of man kind . better lie.stinj. I school budget. However, there areoth- It 1." a wonderfu! story, whose , • u . . . .u u i . , , I f,- ITS which look to the school system words sing wn the corr dors of tmu . . .. . • ... simply as the easiest prey. Certain 'inspiring countless , . *u • . j * , . pe .pie always t'lrn their eyes toward narrative has ' ' . • • ediuation when .something reclaiming and ge.ii'i atiom . .\’.i other unliKkid si> swiftly the door to the human h.atl; none other is able to • . r • » . fi tenderly into ''1'’^ majority of us are just a trifle when .something niu-t be saenficed. The rea.son for this is that liifl our ima'.’inalion so universal communion. SABBATH OBSERVANCE short-sighted. As ever, the old say ing, "A bird in the h.ind is worth two in the hush,’’ comts hinne strongly. The effects of a goid and thorough A le enl controversy in Spartan- educational system are not felt im- burg has attracted consideraibJe at-^ mediatoly—-they are diffustnl through lentil n. It s. enis that the City Coun- ,the community and bear fruit in in- cil or the Chamber of Commerce or telligent citizenship. All of this means whatovee rganization it is that is- impiovenient tomorrow. We do not sues j ern.its for public entertain-! seem to realize that we are pcnaliz- menls on a large .scale, granted per-jirffe our own children as much as we mission for an "air carnival" which arc penalizing a multitude of over- was scheduled for Saturday and Sun day afternoens. The ministers of the worked teachers. ’The “bird in hand** —immediate reluf—is worth more to city immediately protestixi this vio-jus than what we consider “two in the Ution cf the snirit of Sabbath ob-1 bush’’—the communitv aa it will be aervance. The responsible organiza tion refused to reconsider the permit. The case in point is simply one in stance of what seems to be a growing ■movement in the South. Everywhere people are allowing public entertain ments to violate the spirit of the Day of Rest. If the movement is al lowed to gather weight, it will mean that church attendance will continue to fall off, and eventually religion will Mil altogether as a dominant factor in the lives of so-called Chris tians. For a long time the South has b?er the only section of the country where tomorrow. But the old aduge does not apply hoi^, for the community of to- morrw is not an elusive thing, but a sure thing. The “two birds in the bush’’ must, without fail, be ours eventually. What we are doing is this —we are feeding a very small bird in hand, at the expense of starving two very handsome, large birds which we must eat in the future. If we do this with our eyes open, let there be no complaints when the two skinny birds are served tb us tomorrow. W’e must reap what we so-w. “I have used Black- Draught . . . and have not found anything that could take Its place. I take Black- Draught for bilious ness. When I get bili ous, I have a nervous headache and a ner vous, trembling feeling that unfits me for my work. After I take a few doses of Black- Draught, I get all right When I begin to get bilious, I feel, tired and' hin-down, and then the headache and trembling. But Black-Draught re lieves all this.**-^. o. For Indigestion, con stipation, biliousness, take S4H SUBSJRIEE 'TO THE .'HRONICLE ThedFords BLACKH DRAUGHT WouEN who n«ed a tonic should tnk* Casoui. Osod over It yoanL ■4^ Whdt gift could be more ippropriatc, more appreciated than one which lightens Mother's most laborious and time* consuming tasks ... the cooking of 1095 meals a year. Let electricity lighten Mother's labors of love for the family. Give her WHAT SHE REALLY WANTS for Christmas... a new Advanced 1932 Hotpoint Automatic Electric Range. GENERAL ELECTRIC Automatic Elactric Rang# Visit the City Clerk and Treasurer’s office and see the new 1932 models now on display. AU information desired gladly given. LET US INSTALL ONE OF THESE STOVES FOR MOTHER’S CHRISTMAS GIFT. City of Clinton WATER-LIGHT DEPT. #!