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T’--. ^ T" Tf “r -r; '^'V^V-'' • ■ ^'.. JijWBfvsapg tm^m ■* ■I rm :T .. ■/ /.. PAGB FOUR .f THR CLINTON CHRONICLE. CUNTON, S. C." / ^ - • ' < /• -.■■- ' '■ •• * \ THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1532 tfS.:- $lfr €lintan €(^otttrlr V. BiUbllaM lf4^^ WIL$ON W. HARRIS, Editor and PubliaKar iHibliahed Every Tliursday By '' THE CHRONICLE PUBUSHING COMPANY I t * Sobacription Rate (Payable In Advance): Ore year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, Si G. '■-— ■ —*■ —. j ■ The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—^the publisher wiH at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory, nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. . ■ . . Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee , , We Know Now There’s an old farmer living down below Stebbins Cross Roads wiho is still looking! for farm relief. He ac- Farm Demonstration Not^ ^ C. B. Canhon, County Agent Clinton Man Successful With > Home Orchard I Ibra C. Blackwood that the houses Were organized, for b\\siness. •The governor’s message, to the gen-* eral assembly will be delivered to morrow. Election of a judge for the ISthc jwiicial circuit, to i, succeed the lat.€ Judge T. J. Mauldin, of Pickens, facee DC/-, u-ii 1- • /.L legislature. The house voted to R. S. Gaskrll, living on the Clin^n- balloting at 1 p. m. tomorrow, tually believes that the government ... ^ .... is going to do something to help the i Cnnton, has 1 senate had noi designated a price of cotton and com and peas. In ' . time. fact, he is still holding the 3 bales hei l^^^ens county. Mr. Gaskill has about j Avowed -candidates are G. 'Dewey made year befor^ last and the 2 ^les l^''^° acres in his orchard and is taring of .Greenville; J. 0. Williams, i he made last yeat. He has no peas ori*®*^ same as if it were a large con'-jof Pickens, both house members, and com. • • Imercial omhard. He realized that in|;gi,to„ R. Earle, of Greenville. E. Mood Smith, O. D,. ^ Felder SmHh. 0<lJD. DBS. SMITH A SMITH Optometrists order to have an abundance of fruit as well as a good quality, it was nec- This poor old /ellow voted for Mr. Hoover because A1 Smith was a cross, betwixt a wet and* a Catholic, and he''^®*‘®^®’’®’ ‘'® taken g^at care in A resolution of assurance to "tax payers” that the-legislature will make i «sary to c^e for the orchard, effort to adjourn within 40 days i CLINTON, S. C, JANUARY 14, Isa Some men reach the age of discre-! increase business, without the strait^ tion too late in life to be able to ap- jacket of heavy taxation. Once we are predate it. It is said that too many young, men are looking for $10,000 jobs and it’s a safe bet that most of them look, only. There’s one fine thing about mere ordinary singers. They get by with it without revealing their tonsils. on our feet agaip—-once prosperity is back to stay—then you may talk of raising salaries, increasing public im- says he intends to give Mr. Hoover a .fair trial .-He-thinks times will be bet ter because this is election year—as the Republicans will turn loose some of their money. ’He doesn’t know that most of ’em turned it loose in Wall strwt in 19 and 29 — and it’s still Idose. pruning, spraying, fertilizing, and cul- was approved by the house. ! The senate spent most of its day! tivating same. Mr. GajkiM does not, executive session. Bills in have in mind growing fruit on a large scale but simply for his own use, wiih a surplus for local markets. The pur pose of this article is not to push Mr. Gaikill ahead, of any other farmer in this county, but to show other farm- It must be fine to have such faith as this old farmer has. He believes that t;h® present congress will force eluded ones to reduce the $65,000,000 highway program to $45,000,000-and to require state banks to supply bond. Among the measures received by the house were ones which would pro vide extension of time for purchase era that they too, can do the wme j automobile license plates to April! If they will Uke care of the.r orchard'i. , constitutional convention; seek j a moratorium of one year for farm- j as Mr. Gaskill does. The records" kept by Mr. Gaskill on provements, and visualizing new pro-1 " C a u ^ , Lf. h,.t nnf »,» I...* new w .n. “>« legislature to reduce Ux- his orchard show that he cared for jerts, but not now. Just now we are weary and “broke.” Beware that the straw (or rather^ the heavy log) does not break the back of the camel. REASCkN for HOPE The news of the week opened with Whatever it is that makes a man two specific indications'that better tell hix story 40 times^ it isn’t a sense, times,Jess disorder, and increa.sed se- of humor, or any other kind of sense, j curity for money depo'sited in banks, will be with us in the near future. es on farm lamis. He read that in his 200 peach trees, spending $6.65 for ers indebted tp Federal Land.banks;! reduce the salaries of state employes; make the prices of state automobile paper, Grit. He doesn’t take any pther i fertilizer, $4.83 for spray material, licenses $1 except to vehicles for hire, paper and sBys Grit is good enough $32.95 for ‘labor, ,$2.40 for paraside j which would abolish revenue support- SPEaAUSTS a Eyes Examined -> Gtssses PreKribai 15 West Main Street Phone If 1 , Laboratory for Prompt Repitfr Serriee Clinton, S.C. SSURANCE REAL ESTATE All Kinds of Insurance and Real Estate. City Dwellings and Buslneas , Property. , Also Several Farms. - n Prices Attractive. ^ B. H. Boyd, Agent Clinton Realty & Insurance Co. Phone No. 6 ✓ n Anotber trouble with a' great many people is that they have no convic tions^ of their (cwn hut puddle along with publif opinioq. IKINT HIHK IT AWAY / The National Credit Cffrporation. in. a statement is.sued a few days ago, estimates that more than a thousand , . . , * u- x, , ,, , . . , . g have been anxiously watching the pro- mi lion do ar.s has been taken out of . numuHi eu\n d , , . r i 1 .J I,..! ! gress of the $2,000,000,000 Recon- circulation, out of the banks, and hid-i ... tv .. , - a, y C. , , •. L 4,x„ struction Finance Corporation which den awav in safe deposits, mattress-' j j- • * ; . , 1 k.r ihas been under discussion for several es, stocking.s and other piaces by i , m. * ui- l . t ' weeks. The establishment of such an frightened people. The confirmed pessimists must admit that times can scarcely grow worse; ■ thit big mouth of wisdom he possess- for him—and I think he Ought to feed that paper to all of our office-holders —so’s they’ll, have some grit in them. "17^ F like to hear tnis old gentleman talk: it's great to feel that yOu know just a little bit more than somebody else knows. He permitted the follow ing facts to ooze and effervesce from the undaunted optimistic see in these reeds, evidence that the wind "has changed—rthat we may now round the buoy and head tor home and increas ing prosperity. Bankers, financiers, and other well- informed citizens all over the nation In the ordinary course pf business every dollar changes hands seventeen organization would insure the stabil ity of shaky banks all over the na tion, revive the long-dead optimism es: “No, it ain’t no use for Al Smith to-r-un for nothing else no more— that air man, Rass Cobb, ruint him in the last race, but I think he was ruint before Cobb jined in with him.” in the control of trunk borers, and $1.30 for basketo, or a total cost of $48.13. From his orchard, he sold 28. bushels of peaches to trucks and 311 bushels in small lot? locally,*or a to tal sale price of $241.60, beside the fruit used in ■ his home and the 60 quarts canned. This left him a net profit of $193.47 received from the 200 peach trees. . ing the state highway patrol. “If Al Smith would jine the Bap tist church and line up with proher- bition, he could possibly be^pressy- dent, but the folks wont stand for his kind of -religion. A man told me that Mr Uawes might run, but he ain’t never done nothing that I ever heard of except smoke his pipe bot tom upwards and give Eurup.a plan times in a year. Tp-take a billion doN confidence of the American pub- to beat us out of our money. There lars out of cir- ulation means a lo.ss of seventeen billion d)llars of bu.siness, and that, the exjierts say, is large lie, and perhaps give consideraJite im petus toward a real return to “good business.” en<iugh to keep four mfliron persons at, . ^ ^ But such a corporation, involving . , . , i -"uch a large sum of money, will prob- Thi.s hoarded moiu^- must be put discussion for a work before vvv reach an end of hard meantime,'* Sena- tinies. Money us not o ^ ® , tor Thomas and RepresehtaitiVe Beedv ^alue except, to spend. Hidden away; introduced into both the upper it earns nothing. j and lower houses of Congress bills If vo'r are holding money because i»roviding for the immediate estab- of fear, invest it to,help bring pros- li.shment of a “defxisitors” relief fund perity back. A'i(kjt i.s our opinion that j of $150,000,000. This fund would be Fruning De monstratUm There will be a pruning. demonsAra-' tion on the farm of J. Talmadge Pat-1 terson, Lanford, at 3 p. m., Thursday, | January 14. The.purpose of this dem onstration is to reach a large number of farmers in regard to care for or chards in order .ihat better home or chards will develop throughout the county. ' «• I>e<*ember and January are the best months to set out fruit trees. They may be bought at small cost this year. Due to the oriental fruit moth, ain’t but 2 Kood men left in the'field! *'>''!> amonKst the Republicans thatlstandi i a chance to be elected, and them is- Cole Bleese and Tom Heflin of Ala- bamma.” ** the safest of all jilaces to invest is in impDved real estate. Now is a gOiKl time to buy. available for the reorganization of hanks which have failed since the be ginning of the new year, as well as for banks which may fail in the near future if relief is not forthcoming. Kvery indication is that this “deposi- (J’The poor man has to pay all of the taxes anyhow. The rich fojks have bought up all of the bonds that they varieties of peach trees that ripen af ter the Elberta. - There is no need to try to grow fruit without projierly spraying for the control of scale and worms ii fruit. The spray for the control of scale is to be done while.the trees are in . dormant condition. The trees burned, following spray. with the winter STATE FX'ONO.MY NEEDED South ( arolina legislators will be ^yj.jjt* fund is favored by both concerned, primarily, with consider- parties, and may receive prompt at- ations of finance during the session tention. Early in the week party lead- of the .A?spm'l)lvy which began this were confident that the measures week. Greate.st intere.st i.s focused on pass handily and go to the the discussion of the new budget, (orj^yhite House, for President Hoover’s at pre.sent it i.s unknown to what .^ijrnature not later than Saturday, gree the two bixlies ai^e divided in; {'ohsideration of this important re- tbfir sentiment for and against econ-j measure brings us home to South omy. In-general, it i? safe to say that, lamented Peo- most meniliers of both hou^s favor State Bank, whose 44 members f lowers: tK'oni. rny to .stime degree, but it is ^jo^e.l doors less than two weeks ago. probable that argument ovei the pro- chain of banks, having failed posed budget, involving, as it J''^‘’' '.,aince the dawn of the year, will be eli- the rno.st drastic cuts in every <»♦*-. for government attention under partment, will Im- hot and hea\y. I the provisions of the Thwm^as-Ileedy ■As jirojiostd by the Buibtet f om- bjUs. « mission, the new s<.’hedule wouhl/ lie j From other sourc<*s have come pro- last don t hafter pay no taxes on, and ♦hat .1.. jr-* u , . X # X XL I should be pruned fi»‘st and the brush leaves the working man to foot the 1,1 j ...ol xl bill. The railroads have raised the freight ratei^ so’s the bonds them fel lers has wonr'beJike a second'mor- gage, but I'll beteher*they will lo«e more money trying to get mo-re than they will make by taking what^ithey deserve. Well, niy mule.? is about done eating, so I’ll have to go home. I did n’t get no tag for my Ford, so I fell back on old Pete and Beck. Good- day.” LET US HATCH YOUR EGGS ^ 3c for lafirer quantities. 3Vic less than 100 lots. « We are equipped with three Petersime Electric Incubators that will-.hatch every Katchable egg. Get strong chicks |by hatch ing the electrical way. THORNWELL ORPHANAGE y’linlon. S. C. A. A. May, Manager Schaeffer yfeTime X Pens The makers of Schaeffer Pens" are precise in every detail. Every pen must measure up to a standard that is unquestionable n<4 for just a few months, bui for a life time. Their per fected methods assures you of this service, yet the cost is low considering this fea ture. ^ Guaranteed for life against the slightest defect. < Designs and points to meet your individual require ments. y . Other Pens are carried, priced from— $1.00 up CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Stationery Dept^ rift rock MpeciaiR i have benn asked to rite up or foam in a copy of the minnets of the last meeting of our lodge which was hell as usual in the lodge hall over the post offis, and i will do so as fol- Indian Bread Mix thoroughly’the following ingre dients; One cup of white corn meal, one cup of yellow corn meal, one tea- spoonful of cayenne and one cup of chopped suet. Add a'cup of cold water and stir thoroughly. Form this batter into rolls about five inches long, roll in greased paper and bake moderately for an Hbur. They should l>e served hot. According to the government re port it was the custom of the Indians to bake thepe cakes by rdlling them in husks of corn, a practice which is rc< 0 ni me ndc(1 to ca ni pe rs. the lodge was called to order by the chair and the pass word”wa8 given out by him as the old one gave out in Klecemlief and it was—“Be reddy,” and it was accepted by all press<*nt. LEGISLATURE NOW IN SESSION (Continued from page one) night, indicating that there woujd be little delay in getting legislative ma chinery in motion. Few preliminaries marked the open- eonsid<*rably jower, than last year, posal.s for reorganization-of the Poo-1 The .seeker terry, mr. mike Clark, However,' the Ways and Means com- State Bfnk. News dispatches telf rfd, read the minnets of the meeting! ing, Lieut. Gov. James 0. Sheppard! mitte ha.x made further arnputotion-s, us that vertures have been made by a [ befoar last and they were approved called the senate to order while! © and the present form of the budget Delawar** finance corporation, in con for 1932 is a scycely-recognizahle: junction with the firm of Buist and remnant of the earlier proposal. A? >11 ^ Charleston, for such a reor- will go before the .Assembly for dis-j jfyj^iyjjtion. This plan will be submit- cussions and voU*. Uie amount of tht;!j^.(j depositors as soon as final budget nearly $1,;)()0,0()0 lower than check-up has been made on the asset? the one offered by the Budget C oni-' „f defunct banking chain. mi.'*?iori. Whether from goveriiment or pri- For the present, ec’ohomy is a good vale sources, relief Is relief. It thing. The slate, like the- nation, is | little difference whether the deposi- vilally ill. Recovery is in the near fu- tors vote for Messrs. Buist and Buist* and throwinl it out of the winuer and ture, but it will 1m^ a slow convales-prefer to await possible aid from it hit a feller on the head arid he is cense a convalest erne requiring P^-1 t)n» Federal government. In either j thrtattening to .-’Je the perpy traitors case, it seems highly probaiile that | thereof, but he can’t prove who •'they *‘re many days have pass<*d, depositors j were. as read, but he could not find hi« de- cenuber minjiets and he explame 1 thal^ his wife might of used them to cook a cake on or something, a? he'left them on theH^hle one night. -PI. 'j it was move<l and seconded to move the old Christmas tree out of the hall and throw it away, as Christmas was over. bro. king and bro. long took it tience, self-sacrifii-e, and self-denial on the part of every citizen.. Until business wake.s from its long winter sleep — until circutatibn of money is ,;re,storeil to its normal state, until the skeleton, confidence, solidifies and shows indicattorifi of bc*ing able to support the ailing body,' the patient: pvent will indeedIfive reason to sing h^s no busine.ss on his feet. U't us j the song, “Happy Days Are Here ^give our.selves a short breathing, again.” The gloom of the past two will be able to recover their money up to the full amount of their ac counts. At least, let us hope so. * For many families and many indi viduals in South^ Carolina, such an apell. by a unai'iir.ojs vote, which was seconded by the seeker terry mr. mike Clark, rfd, 4“new spittoons was ordered for ♦ k lodge hall and the mendvei's was asked by the chair toj spit straighter at same than they had* benn doing in the past, as it ctsts too much money to scrub up the flO ir weeks, both in the hearts of those^ after ever meeting, bigger ones will Increased taxes can only mean fail-j who sustained direct losses, and in e to' collect. When a man has no'the ai.nles nf stei-e* whieh '‘/LrHinat-iiv .te ore money, he cannot pay, and it is use less and unreasonable to expect that the state will undertake to sell all property for the sake of taxes. It is futile to make a budget which bound to cause trouble and cannot be It is time to look the situation ■qusurely in the facje and recognize the necessity for loosening the pressure on the people. .|^lf the tax-payer does not have to pinch and save to meet exorbitant taxes, he will be able to buy—and in- oreasod buying is just what is needed to put the bug-bear of^^pression to flighL Increased taxes will only tjghi- «n ihe already over-tight purse- atringt pf a fear-sDudfe nation. 'Hiey vtU <lrive us steadily from had to wpoM. ,>To our legislators we lay—give us a )|rear of coipparative peace. Give us a Ihaitfeilo ■ ga4 back on our feet. Give : the aisles of stores which ordinarily I do a thriving business and now do none at all, has been appalling. This ray of light strikes across that gloom with the cheerineas and promise of better weather and bettw'^times in the near future. Perhaps we may read a direct symbolism in the actual wea ther-conditions, for after four or five days of continuous rain, the sun has come out again, and spirits every where are picking up. If the Peoples State Bank does in deed reopen and pay 100 per cent on deposits, we may rejoice in more ways than one. The reorganized bank will be clear of the weaknesses which un dermined it previous to the crash, and will stand steadily and, healthily in full seciuriiy. With a miw start and reinforced aaaeta, people, peed no longer be afraid. Let nervousness be relpgated to bad dreams of past days. Let us prepare for the new era which " t<r be installed. .r:’ .. ' .* on motion of bro. redd, it was mov ed not to pay his brother, jim redd, anny sick bennyfit onner count of his case of flu, as he had not P*ld anny duel in 6 months and after the treas ure, ri|r. niikp Clark, rfd, reported that ityiddent have anny money, the motion ^as tabled witifout i' secqnd. on motion of Tiro, smith, it was car ried to thank mr. mike Clark, rfd’, for being sj^ch^'a good janitor for the past 12 months and he^ was honnored with the' same job for 12 months more, but.they asked that he keep the 2 swi^ng lamps a little bit fuller of kero^ne, as they always go out in the middle of the meeting. ’ Speaker John K. Hamblin, of Uniqn, j wielded the gavel in the house. Com- j mittees were sent to inform Governor ; PAINS QUIT COMING “When I was a girl, X suf fered periodically with ter rible pains In my back and sides. Often I would bend almost double with the In* tense pain. This would —^ ' last for hours and I could get no relief: *Z tried almost every thing that uras recom- me^ided to me, but found notbiffig that would help " until I began taking CarduL My mother thought tt would he good for me. eo she got a bottle of Oaidid end started me taking tt. I aoon Improved. The bed spella qtfft coming. I wee aoon in Dormel heelth.'* —Mra Jswsl Barrta SwifFs j2Wel‘ SHORTENING 8.!5;.59c4,il 29c IQNA BRAND FLOUR 96 the. Looee \ lb. Bag 1^99 COCOA Quaker Vi Ib. M*W1 Can lOc ENCOItE-llEADY-TO-SERVE SPAGHETTI 4 cans 25c Grandmother’s Full Pound Wraiqx'd Loaf Sc CI^N BREAD Large Pan Loaf ... ao-os. Wrapped 7c Ltrge Pullman 14-01. Wrapped lOc b>na Extra Standard ^ J^o. 2 Cant 25c * TOMATOES Full Pack 4 No. 2 Cant 2Se El RIo COFFEE 2 ts. 2Sc A&POATS Regular or i% Qtuck Choking» pkgt. tnv. 15c •sM At AB there being no further biznesis be foar th« lodge, it was adjourned till the next ti^ie and all o^The. toohi was put up by mr. mike,Clark, rfd, cheef CARDUl Helps Women to Health MEAL « GBITS loose 5 te. 10c BELLIES ^ 3 HL.2SC , PRODUCE VALUES CARROTS, fresh screen tops^^upch 10c Irish POTATOES, U. S. No. 1^) lbs. SPINACH, cleaned, no (frit, lb. 10c CAUUFLOWER, trimm^, lb. 15c PEPPERS, large firm pods, Ihi. 12y.c S. C. Green CABBAGE; lb... Ic The Great At^ntic dk PaeiHc Tea Co i I i- s -Lsi ■ r