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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1982
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CLINTON, 8. C, JANUARY 7, lf«
He who hesitates is old-fashioned.
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8i*rn of spring is s^ed
The first
catalogs.
Don’t be like a little pin
head never sees the point.
-its flat
Here is a fine 1932 mottp for us
all—live so you can pass any grocery
store in town, v ,
But once you havie told your neighbor
‘^X heat^' . such-and-such a bar^k is
practically op the rckcks” — ahd^your
neighbor and. a great many other,
people are gouig to suffer acutely. If
you have no confidence, at least let
others Ihave it. The failure of one
chain of financial concerns does not
in any way imply the weakness of all.
Do not “cut off your nose to spiCe
your face.” • ' “
Confidence, of course, goes farther
than to the banks. All.business is fed
by it. Provide it, and we prosper: take
it away, and we are in misery. Hoard
your money, and your neigM>or, and
your grocer, will'have 1|b>oard it. As
sets will freeze" tights thap a radi
ator in zero weather. Capital will
.stanck—earning nothing. Business will
come to a standstill. And you wonder
why we haven’t any of our old pros
perity. ,
. It is time to buy. Tomorrow pros
perity will start home to us again,
and prices will inevitably go up. Go
into, any store and compare prices
with those of five years ago—with
prices of the “boom” days. In many
cases values are double. Keep your
dollar today; and in a few months
nobler chapter in his life’s story than
any he has ever written in,paKt years.
The New Year may appeal to some
as a journey into an undiscovered
country. It is an adventure.^ into new, ^ ^ ^ .
field, which will unfold themMlves 5*“.*
Ninety per cerit of the men who are
looking for arguments are single
before every pilgrim, TTie days will
determine which travelers. hkve the
will and the courage to cli.Tib the
paths which lead to a cleai atmos
phere and elevated planes of useful
ness and success and which wi’lNbC
content to wander aimlessly among
the mists and the lowlands of sloth;
and failure.
The New Year represents time,
which is 6ne of man’s greatest treas
ures. The moments of which the year
is made are the gold dust of life. 11
may be coined into good deeds pr it
may be squandered in vi^ and crime.
It may be fashioned' irtto an era
u _ which is marked by some particular
C’lTY FIN.\.\’( KS SOl'NI) ' progress in the world through our ef•
The greatest asset any city can /forts or it may be a period of de-
have today i.' an unimpaired credit, struction. and disaster. For good or
FspfH’ially is this trlie during the , ill, the moments pass from us into
troublesome jierifid through which we./the vastness of the past from whic.n
It beats all how. a woman cap get
a trunkful of stuff-into a suitcase.
Here’s * anotht'r good
tion for our hwusewive.s-
door-to-door peddler.
1932 resolu-
-pass up the
ihere is no recall.
Altogether, the New Year is an
emblem of opportunity. It^gives us a
t« p ’
history, it beckons us along a trail
that will wind into the uplands of
life, it gives ^ time and an oppor-
are passing when many municipalities
are finding it impossible to finance
themselves and are l)eing choked to
death by tbe iTiTihg iip of TiqaiH'TaT^cTiance to write a bettiV pag^* into our
.obligations which they a're unable to
meet. ,
; The above statement being true, it^ -- ^
should 1)0 a .soune of extreme pride’j -t»m,.y lor th^ good that we ought to
' and gratific ation to Clintoh taxpayer's [do.
to know tha’ our city’.s financial con-1 ' —— —
ditiin t .xiay is sound and unimpa'red NO ('AUSE FOR F’ANIC
in any wa>. and that as a municipal-1 tiumyi. that shook the entire
it\ is in a U'tter comiition than jt has t^ie failure of the Peoples
Slate bank la.st Saturday seem.s to
have died down and gone its way. It
wa.i c^niy natural that the collapse of
fojtj-four widely distributed banking
c.siaolishments should undermine the
I'liianciai morale of the state lor a
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in
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CSC facts were
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luxpitv-.^
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city i.s a corpor-
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they :
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certainly should
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‘SteJ
in the
financial admin-
a curtailment
program for
I W mil’s dcyiie is done, and there is no
)>■ those who^jjj^jp it. The persons directly af-
(liiert Its K''>vern-j catastrophe are in a se
rious pcedicanie-iit—: that IS self-evi-
aeiit. i>tit"Ie‘t us do our best to make
veM'tain that panic dues nut spread.
Now, more than ever, is the time
iu have confidence" in your bank, and
ui.y4>ur business associates. Tire back-
ot,ne of inudern large-scale business
3 credit, and the only basis for credit
*s conliuence. Any bank may be placed
,11 an embiirrassing situation il sud-
imortization |>eriod. ofideiiiy and without warning all of its
Fv<*r.\.boriy has got to onpositurs make a concerted “rush.”
It: at HI. of Its ul'fair.s
ait- clc. igiiatc.i to
U'cTit.
('ountil in adop.
policy and economic a
the coining year has acted wisely—
bring’ ng to the taxpayer.s a three-mill
reduction in the city levy. This reduc
tion of tour'-’e dot's not affect the
Icondcd indel)tc'cinc'<s wi4iich is a fixed
liability autbon/ed iiy the voter.s for
.‘^trec't and 'tfier improvements, Anti
covering ,an
forty year-,
keep expoi.-c- down this year, and
that means the national government,
states, countit-'^ and municipali.ties. us
buy only half as much. And yet, at
that time, you will be eager to spend
it. That is always the way.
People who have money and have
studied economics in a thorough way,
are buying today. Cotton is quietly
being purchased at unusually low
prices. Reliable stocks may now be
bought at a small percent of their
normal value. That prices can go
much lower Is scarcely credible, for
have already reached the point
where price and value are very nearly
on a par, and profit is small. Every
individual, by using his head, may get
full value for every spare dollar.
Some day you will have-to get clothes,
or furniture, or hardware of some
kind-—why wait until the price goes
up?
not go smoothly to the crest and then
come down again; they sweep trium
phantly to the Bunomit, hesitate in a
moment of ni^ delirium, and then
crash ignobly to the lowest depths.'A
moment of ecstasy is too often fol
lowed by a week of agonizing bewil
derment, a' pe#k in which the muSclea
flabby, the mind fails to function
properly, the aj^petite is gone, and
hope has vanished,
Amycne oan'face happiness and live
through it. The brave man and the
coward havei no distinguishing marks
when there is a ^mile to cover it'all.
But bring in the wormwood and the
gall—brnig in pain and hardship and
privation — bring in depression and
broken dreams and fallen air-castles
—then it is that your hero will stand
out, with' head held high’ and shoul
ders back and determination tn the
set of his lips.
■^he first few weeks of January are
pjiychologically wrong. Everydne
wants to begin a new year by writing
fine words on the clean slate that is
;TOk»
GUR COMMON ENEMY
In these 'days ef air-tight Uving
quarters it seems sa much' easier to
“take cold”' than it was in the days
of more • liberal. circulation of out
door air. Of course people contracted
colds then, many of them due to, or
complicated by bacteria. But folks
were hardier in the early day, better
able to stand the vicissitudes of cli
mate.
Once a nostrum-vender announced
“cure your cold in one day,” every
body took notice—and rushed to buy
the nostrum. I knew those who had
been coughing half the winter, who
went to work assiduously to cpre
themselves in the one day provided
be takon every four hours for two or
three days. That’# all that‘seems nec
essary to break a common cold. No,
witchery about it; just promptness.
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. - . . . , by the quack. Of course the miracle
before him-and yet we have arri^ng-j didn’t take place, buf the quack.»rew
ed matters so that he goes to meet
the first vital days of the new year
in a mood that is definitely an anti
climax— and the, result is illegible
scribbling that cannot be erased*. Un
der ordinary circumstances It takes a
man several months to live down the
discouragements of January—the pe
riod when he feels as though his best
days have passed.
Just remember that you are now
making footprinU on, 1932 — even if
you are simply marking time. Sooner^
or later you will have to move for
ward and take up the work where you
left it before^the holidays. Don’t let
a fev? days of relaxation .“get your
to
rich just the same aa. if it had
Let us not forget this advice: Go
work to break up your cold the
moment its onset is felt. By just be
ing prompt like that, you can cure
your cold in one day. Why not learn
hew right now, and keep yourself rid
of colds, better than any nostrum-
vender on eSrth can do it?
If you feel the cold coming on, with
its sneezing, chilliness, slight sore
throat, general depressed feeling, go
to- bed. Get yourself into a sweat as
icon as possible. There wnl he a lit
tle fever following the chilly attack.
Any family medicine cabinet should
MONEY
'-s •
Bought and S(dd -
BELIEVE IT OB NOT
I deal ir new and old ooink oon*
f^erate money a s'l^ialty.
Many common pieces worth
from one cent to $10,000. Ap
praisals and information any
time. ^
L.E.MAHAFFEY
Phone 385-W
E. Mood Smith, O. D
Felder Smith, O. D.
DRS. SMITH & SMITH
Optometriste
SPEQALISTS
Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed
15 West Main Street Phone 101
Laboratory for Prompt Repair Serrlee
Clinton, 8. C.
*oat.” Take, Sff your ebat and' get to '‘’f ‘ablets provided^ the fam
work.
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A STIFF UITER LIP?
The period after h holiday is al
ways one of great s^ain, tension, and} '
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ily doctor, and these will reduce the
temperature, relieve the congestion by
getting the surface circulation active j
—the cold is broken/Tight then! A'
five-grain tablet of aspirin every hour '
till three or four are taken—till free |
sweat occurs. Nothing else needed, ex
cept to see that the digestive tract is
not overloaded—a gentle but effectual
lax^*ive may be needed.
\ quinine cap3ubr->"v«n^ grani,. may
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
All Kinds of Insurance, and
Real Estate.
City Dwelling's and Business
Property.
Also Several Farms.
Prices Attractive.
B. H. Boyd, Agent
Clinton Realty & Insurance Co.
Phone No. 6
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WhaPs New
in the New Chevrolet Six
you read whdTs new in the finest Fisher bodies Chevrolet has ever intr<(*
ChetroJet Six^ you, too, will duced. And the same qualities of reliability and
agree it's the Great American Value for 1932: 'economy that have won the approval of millions
Syncro-Mesh and Free Wheeling combined for of Chevrolet owners. All these you will find in
the first tipie Jn a low-priced car! Engine and ' the new Chevrolet Six at one of the lowest prioee
. chassis improvements that raise performance to' in the market! That’s why |iie new Chevrolet Six
new heights of power, speed and smoothness! The is called the Great American ValuC for 1932.
rti).- t'uot that so muiiy South Carolina
tmnk.'b have met such stampede, and
have even e.xl.-nded bunking hour;, m
well as individuals. ( ouiuil has com-, jrivc everyone an opportu-
rnitted itM'lf, we are infor;ned, to a
poliey of 'oriiittiiig all new projects
nity to w.thoiuw his money.' should
indiiale that there is no ground for
for the year arni W ill keeji its expen-^^.n^ral hysteria. One or two innlitu-
ditures clown as low as pc'issihle witli-' kions have reported that after an ex-
out c rijijiling the eflivieiu y of its va-, peciod of withdrawals oonfi-
rious deiiartnuMits. i Pence was restored and by the end of
The fact that our city, in spiU* of.^ij^. jay deposits exceeded by a notice-
the (iist?:rs«ir;g financial conditions I al.-l*. niargin. •
now prevailing, i.s enjoying an A-I Ready cash has been rushed into
credit and ex})er.«n> ing no -difficulty } state by plane. This dues nut mean
miiki
its financing program, should
us fei
courage’iuiit iiul
Our people
mand of its
they m;iy' la*
^ - - that all banks are tottering cr basic-
proud ao<l bring us v-n- unsound; it was simpiy .i luea.'i-
-iifi^.. nee,
— ure to make sure that actual
rs
_ . dolla
.'^n )u!d inskst and ‘lc- ^j,j eentc,’.vill be on hand to pay"^out
cit> officials, whoevtH-^^^^ those who are afraid. Banks rare-
Unit ,piir u-,l,..,krn „„ hand enough ready eaah to
r,rd .n ndv.ing „ur oh igation. he inatant-all deposit,ra to
inamlained, l lat it.s bonds and otheY
SyncwMfh Trangmliiloti
This wrll-known (eature^of highq)riced cars
brings new handling ease and car control to
the low-price field. Syncro-Mesh permits
you to ahift gears with marvelous quickness,
quietness and ease. As a safety factor,^t is
especially valuable. For it enables you to
ahift rapidly from high hack into second, any
time you want to use tLe en^ae as a brake.
A Smoothtr, IioiiroYwl
SIz-CYliiuter Ingint
New thrilla await you in tbe Chevrolet Six—
new power, pick-up, amoothneas and speed.
For Qievrolet’a valve-in-head engine now
has down-draft carhuretioo, a new-cylinder
head, new manifolding, a counter-balanced
era idksh a ft a>d r ii bber moun ti ng, feature# that
increaae power 20 {>er ceni to M horsepower.
Simpinitd Vm* WIiMlIiig
Chevrolet Free ^lieeling is a new and ad
vanced type, extremely simple in construc
tion. You may take advantage of ita thrills
by.aimply |>reAaing a button on the daah.
Until you pull the button out again, you are
•”in” Free IX- heeling. You coast along on
momentum, when your foot ia off the
accell;rator. And you shift with msgteal esse.
obligations In* met promptly as due,
and that the city’s iiilcrest-s never be-
thc full amount of their accounts.
Such precautions are usually unnec-
. , , . 1 ,,essaiy. It is a peculiar thing—"when
come dissnialed by the piling up of . . *u ; »
‘ * people can get their money from a
unwarranted debt.'i that will ulimate-;.i. .i_- . l .
ly mt an. a dcjileted treasury and a
bar.krupt community.
Very
bank at will, they never think about
it; but as soon as the bAnk gets into
a situation where it heeds the confi
dence and trust of ita depositors (and}
'Illh .N’EM ^ EAR quite often on the strength of idle}
few of us are sufficiently' iunior, even when Its does riot need}
mindful of the, wisdom of the philoso-1 ctnfidence), the public goes “hog-
phy of forgetting the thing.s that are! wil’d,’’ sterms the doors, scrambles for
behind." It is a har.i practice even j money, and thereby forces‘t'he con-
when the de -.re is present. The*past. • cern t«(Hhe wall, causing painful ioss-
with its triumphs and defeats, its | es to everyone. In times'of prosperity
trail both of laughter and tears, is a, anyone can give excellent advice. .\ny
part of the baggage that we lug along jT’om, Dick, or Harry will tell you that
with tii into the future.. As much as the intelligent thing to do in connec-
possible,^ perhaps, we should crrryltion with a shaky bank is to leave it
with us into the tomorrow the! alcne unless vqu want to lose every
Btrengi'h, in piration and goodly^ les-icent you have entrusted to it. But the
sons of yesterday and leave, out of'same Toms, Dicks, and Harrys are
account the backgrounds which might the first in line when'the first intima-
MtaTA Mllea a« Raw
aad Faster Acaelsratiaa
New features in Chevrolet’s six-
cylinder engine enable it to de
velop 65 to .70 miles an hour and
give it a stop-watch acceleration
irom 0 to 35 milea'in 6.’7 seconds.
Ptstiwtira Raw fra^^
Aj new chromium-plated radiator,
built-in radiator, grille, double
tie-bar, trumpet-type horn,
and buHet-type headlamps form
a striking front-end ensemble.
Mawrtlim
A new method 6f mounting front
fenders, lamps, double tie-bar and
radiator to the frame—exclusive
to Chevrolet—gives a fine feel-
ing of steadiness on rough roads.
Tbe new Fisher bodies are tbs
smartest ever to appear in tbs
low-price field. Their famous
wood-and-ateel conatmetioo is
even stronger end quieter. All
occupants enjoy greater viaiaa.
camber our progress. The ^burden of
the years should never be sMowed id
become so heavy as to caul;e^us^^ Iq^
our ^sion of a golden age in the fu-
* ture. . “
Tim New Year is caj^able of a va-
ricRl presentation. It |i; a^whitc, un
blotted psjgs on which are to be writ
ten the record of sthe future. Each
year a nuin may tfius take the pen of
achievement in hand and write
wHh a snrer^and better stroke than
he ever wrote before. Tbe wisdom, and
^ wan^nga and lessom of / experience
with him and lay npon him the
lonity of writlif a fairer and
tiofu oL dagger has poisdn^ the air.
Perhaps it is just human nature—it
is certainly not'dntelligence. . '
And that brings lis to another very
vital matter. In trying times such as
these, a joking word about the integ
rity of a banking* esablishment may
result in a stampede which, coming
unexpectedly, may force a show-down
and cause the failure of an otherwise
sotuid firm. It is Ubm to keep mouths
shut. If you are nervous or uneasy
about -your bai^, and if you cannot
keep still, go q^atly^nd inoffensive
ly and cloae your account. VwVill be
safe, and no one else will be affected.
Hm dowB-drefk carburetor ie a
big factor in Cbevrotet’s iner
performanre. An i ntake ailaiioer
and beat coutrol device are cons-
biaed with it lor greater quiet
ness. and effideaey et aO ^teeda.
An interesting convenience in
Fisher Bodies ia tbe new adjuet-
•bU firoot seat. A touch on a
lever enables you to move tlie
seat to anyjpoaithm. This is ax-
dustva to (jbavrolet in iu field.
And the following Chevrolet features that have
won the approval of rhiUiafts of owners: Powerful
V
Four-^ heel Brakes . . . Hydraulic Shock Ahsorbers
. . . Semi-Elliptic Springe . , . Full Length
Frame • • • Insulated Driver’s Compartmwitt
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