The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 11, 1932, Image 7

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f\' -€ t THURSDAY, fEgMJARY 11, 1932 h M.' THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CUNTON, 8, C, > V*" ' '^1 COUNTY TREASURER’S NOTICE 1931 r books of the County Treasurer will bg^|>en for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year, 1981, at the Treasurer's office from Octotbcr.’.5th to December 31, 1931. After J.^cem^ ber 31 one per cent will be added. Af ter January 31st, two per cent will be added, and after February 29th,.^ev- en per cent will he ^dded until the 15th day of .March, 1932, when, the books'will be closed. A-1 perso.rs owning property in 1^ C. M .T. C. Open For Applications IP PAGE SETEA Dr. Evahs Spews For The Schools fkoee who have been attending^ or. who have planned to attend during | 'i. the summer, wnll be interested in the! > By Frank Evans, LL.D., Superintend ent Spartanburg City Schools, in The State. announcement that- ^al headquar ters are now open for the reception of applicatoins for the 1932 Citizen’s Military. Training camps. The dale Present business depression we hear At a time when everylH>dy’^ inter est is absorbeii in the results of the for the opening of this popular train ing course for young men has been set, for June l-lth. Following the custom of past years, the bout^ lasts four weeks, ending on July 13th. Since the camps started, over a dec NEWEST IN ^ NECKWEAR moi-» ‘ lab 'Ti? school district are rc to call for receipts ir .acll of have proved to W pepu- the several school districts in which the property js located. This is im portant, as additional cost and pen alty may be attached. All^ able-bodied male citizens be- tween the ages of twenty-one (21) and sixty (60) years of age are liable 'to pay a poll tax of $1.00. Crommuta- tion Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. All able-bodied men between the ages of 21 and 55 are dlable to road duty except those in military •service, school trustees, school teach ers, ministers and students. Proper attention will be given those who wish to pay their taxes through the mail by check, money order, etc., giving name of township and number ef sc-^'iol district. Tlie tax levy as follows; State Tax 5 mills Ordinary County Tax 6^ mills Road and Bridge 8 mills Rail road F'nd I mill Road P'.nds S'-* mills lar not only to the boys who have gone, I but to the parents of the boys, as well. (Conducted by the United States govemmemt under a system which provides for an all-round de some very impractical suggestions as 4to the administration, of tho/|pubhc schools. The public schools are now th( only! ' SHIRTS , , r. . L 1 , j The latest scheme to symbolize the schools. Pnvate schools have pa^ cd. , a„ti.War nrevement is fov everybody. Money spent fop education I.- .icith-j who is opposed to war to wear a green j er a charity nor • '.acrifice. . is an shirt. Mussolini and his followers ■ investment. .An ;.-:vestment wlucl^ pays j ^ black shirt, the symbol of an*! , • u ai . • ' organized dictatorship. Garibaldi, the' better m hard times than in prosper- ... . j u- ^ n j .. , VO. ^ t a * Italian liberator, and his followers, ous times! One of the few investments yeVopment of the young man, thei ^ ^ i Russian Communists. I have had an courses offer to parents a safe, at-j^ • c 4.u r> r i invitation from an organization called t^ctivc way of inaurin. for their|, _Caro,^ ^ ipsunng sons a h^ppy, active, out-door life at ! Rceen shirt and become an Interna- no expense to thenBelves. Military ^ training, out-door sports, marksman ship, the routine of camp life, the primyples of sanitary and hygenic living—all are taught under the su per vnsion of the government, follow ing the highest standards. The return of large numbers of young cadets for two, three, and more years of addi tional work, proves conclusively the wide appeal and genuine contribution made by this wide-naching system. * cannot enforce the right for himself. . „ ,, ? . au- i i u n . a, . * . , Personally, I don t think 1 shall put More of our pupils have entered col-' L-_a cm. ■ i- • ICKC this year than ever before. Theylf" ■"■Pl'tot.er, i.s have do,.; creditable work there. Of! “"'y <» ... , war on general principles, but oppose* 1 to any kind of preparation for war ' ‘be graduates of our own school who enrtered college only 5.7 per cent failed in their studies. Mere children above the compulsory age are attending school this year than ever befci'e, bec*ause there is nothing else for them to do. They and is, therefore, willing to hand his country over to anybody else who wants to take it. I think I will order a red-white-and- blue shirt with a star-spangled collar! ^ , , . . , should be kept in school. It is the The purpose of the camps 18 to tram I state to do this.j HOUSING ' fine, up-standing joung Americans j children should be prepared for! 1 look for another big building int ohealthy Cogs in the machinery of citizenship. ' I boom very soon after the loosening up Paat Indebtedness Statewide School (6-0-1) Weak Schools High Schools Constitution**! School 3 mills 4 mills 1 mill 2 mills 3 mills Tots.l 40 ''ills Laarens Sckool IMsIricts No. 1, Trinity-Ridfe'e 16H mills No. 2, Prospect 16 mills No. 3, Barksdale-Narnie ....i7V» mills No. 4. Bailey 7 mills No. 5, Copeland-Fleming 8 milli No. 6, Oak Grbve 6 mills No.<7, Watts Mills 8 mills No. 11. I^aurens 22 mills No. 12, Ora ... ... 11^ mills Yeungs School Districts No. 2, Fnti dshij) (D-5) is4 mills No. 4, Ik*thht-;7~:^T;.‘7. -.. . 7 12 mills the nation. The confidence that fol lows self-mastery under military dis- The public school i.s the hope of the state; of the nation. It is the only dpUne, the conscious glow of ^<^^1*1'j place where many chiklren can get which results from active guidance and character build-1 living, the creation of int^igent hai»- its in diet, sleeping, ariiPcare of body generally, all join to devcl ing. minds, morals, and manners, the of hank cre<lits and frozen assets makes money available for housing purpose.^. I think we are going to see some in-i novations in home construction meth ods in. the next few years, which will j *Ithild of the public .school shtmkl re-Uwake it possible for a larger percent- young man into the consciou-sness of!L„:..., . . ceive the best training. Would it Ih* his own pi.wers and duties as a citi-j^^^ Carolina to zen. The goal is to develop young men j adequate training for her chil- who will hold their heads high \^^(yxx\d it be tm) much to ask take honored pla<t‘s in the conrfnunity | jmrents take it upon themselves age of people to become home owners. I know of several groups of home planners who think they are going to he able to build houses to sell for $5,000 which will be better in every cost to the taxpayers of local govern ment is out of all proporien to tlie needs, and that bhe wjay of reducing this would be to reduce the nombtr of locaLg9vernmental hnits and make each one cover a larger territory. WAN T S J REAL BARGAINS IN PIANOS.! Ap ply to A. O’Daniel. 2-25-4te APARTMENT for rent. Apply to MrsTC. W. B. Smith, 178 S. Broad tfc Street. LOST One black and tan hound hitch. Finder notify B. M. Buzhandt, Clinton, S. €., Route 2. Up WANTED—One-hor^ wagon in good condition at a bargain. L. B. Dil lard. ' ' itc FOR SALE—Nice PT C. pi^ ready for delivery at eight weelTs old. $4.00 each, $7.00 per pair. W. J. Hen ry, Jr., Cl^on, S. C. Itc FOR SALE—Fifteen or twenty head of young and old Brier goats at $1.00 each Cor lot at farm. Apply to George A. Copeland. Itp BABY CHICKS AND HATCHING— Hatchery opens Monday, Feb. 115, for cuiitomers’ hatching, 3c per egg. Reserve your eggs for baby chicks now. Call R. F. Blakely, phone 314. Spratt Poultry Farm. Itc CHICKS—High production white leg horn baby chicks for*sale, 10c and up. W'e are hatching every Tuesday. Place your order early. Thornwell Or phanage Poultry Farm. tf I*X)U SALE—Seed and feed oats, 40c bushel, any quantity. Also a good four-gallon cow for sale. D. E. Trib ble. * Itc and who will spread the doctrine of legislators ami councils tol'^’^.v than houses which now sell for healthy, democratic Americanism by their daily lives. Appiications from ('linton and vicinity should be made to the office of the professor mifitary science and tactics, Presbyterian indlege, or to the authorities at Clinton high school. At place schools first and mt last in the $10,000 to $15,000. catalog of human m*eds? Ix*gislators That is only one of the big changt*s cannot presume U) go beyond the ex- that are coming, and coming soon, pre.ssed popular, demand. Parental in- The Ix'ginning of the well dre.ssed FOR SALE—'Charleston Wakefield cabbage plants, 20c per hundred. PlanUni at right time so as not to go to seed. J. C. McMillan. Itp -7- GOLI) The head of a big New York banks told me thi.s story the other night: No. 5, Grays 17 mills No. 0. Ontral 104 mills No. 7, Youngs 174 mills No. 8, W'arrior Creek 15 mills No. 10. Lanford j 24 4 mills No. 3-B, Fountain Inn ‘24 mills Dials School DiHtriclS' No. 1. Greenpond 10 mills No. 2, Eden 17 4 mills No. 3. Shiloh (Sul. 17) 2‘2 mills lerest openly and eamestly expresseil would help the situation. We have been'freiiuently tol<l that the«e places applicants may secure di- wp have too much corn .and too much; “One of our large depositors came rections for the preparation of thejwheai, yet people are starving; too j into the hunk this morning and asktnl prescribed forms issued by the cotton, yet we see |H»ople bcg--| if—we had a safe depo.sit bo;c big ernment.* The numl>er of applicants I for "clothes, i. I enough to hold a million dollars in each year exceed.s the number of va-j Seme of our politicians advocatini | gold, 1 told him we had plenty of box- man is his cravat; it is the cyno.surei }|aTI'HINCv- Iet u.s hatch vour eggs, of all eyes. Then*forc, questions of! less than tOO lot.s, 3c for larg- the right patU'rn and color are para-(er quantities. We are equipped with nvbunt. jlight now .small desigiv.s-r—a I three Petersime ele<-tric incubators relief from solid color-:-are smartest, lt'*at will hatx'h every hatchable egg. as exhibited in this group of new pat-strong chicks 'by hatching the ' electrical way. Thornwell Orphanage P .ultry Farm, Clinton, S. C. tf terns. . At the top is a heavy silk in dark blue with an almost micro.scopic dot' of gixHui, worn with a starch^l white j collar. l>(*tachahle collars, either soft j or starihtil, are coming back into fa- j VO-rr--*-'-'"- — 8 Quart cancies, so that, unfortunately, many | the plowing under-of every third row who apply must be turned down. Ear-^^f cotton. One-tljird of th|.‘ 14,000.000 ly applicants may be sure of one of |i,ales produced would be approxi- mills Mis JNo. 5, GravCourb^wings No. L-3, B5fKsdatS-Narnie^4 No. 8, Mcrna (Sul. 17) 22 mills No. 3-B, Fountain Inn 24 mills Sullivan School DistrictH No. 1, Princaton 22 mills No. 2. Mt. Bethel 15 mills No. 3, Poplar Springs 25 mills No, 7, Brewerton 16 mills Jlo. 17, Hickory Tavern 22 mills Railroad Tax _3 mills Wa(eploo School Districts No. 1, Mt; Oidlagher . 12 mills No. 2, Bethel Grove No. 3, Ekom (Sul. 17) . No. 4, Center Point No. 5, Oakville No. 6, Mount Pleasant No. 7. Mt. Olive - No. 14. Waterloo Cross Hill School Diatrict No. 1 :i, ('ross Hill 21 4 mills Hunter School Distriits 9 mills 22 mills 14 mills 8 mills 13 mills 21 mills 8 mills. No. 3, Rxk Bridge No. 4, Wadsworth No. 5, Clinton No. 6, Goldville No. 7. Belfast ... No. K-l'J. Kinards ,, No. R-4‘2, Reederville No. 16, .Vlquntville 6 milks 8 mills ‘23 mills 18'mills 8 mills 8 mills 13 mills 21 mills Jacks School Districts No. 1, No white school . No. 2, Shady Grove No. 3, Renno No. 4, .No white school No. 6. O’DeH’s No. 7. Garlington No. 15, Hurricane 6 mills - Scuffletown School Diatricla 4 mills 11 mills 10 mills 3 mills 13 ni’lls . 3- mills H mills 8 mills 3 mills 4 mills mills 114 mills No. 1, Long Branch No. 2. Musgrove No. 3, Langston No. 4, Sandy Springs .. No. 10, Lanford No. 12. Ora Persons sending in lists of names to be taken off are requested to send them early and give the township arid school district of each, as the Treas urer is very busy during the month of Dec-eai.-ef. D. ROY SIl-iPhON, ^ '• County Treasurer. the places allotted to this district, pro vided they are able to mi'et the physi cal standards The United States government re- fun ds to the successful applicant the amount of his railroad fare to‘camp, am!P))aya the return as well. In addition, it provides for hou.dng, rec reation, food, and military uniforms, including hats and shoi'.s. Applicant-s need only take the usual personal ar ticles, together 'with any miscellan eous athletic e<iuipment, such as track uniforms, bathing suit, ba.-H*ball. glove.s, etc. WE RE ('OMING HA('K STRONG The economic depression from which tJ)/^^AJnited States is just emerging is the .seventh major attack of “hard times’* that this country has mately $110606,666, with a valuation of 5 cents a [mund. .\n extra session of the legislatuix* e.s of that size, which surprised him We sat down and figured out how much space a million dollars’ worth of The trio to the right show.s a lance barathea with th«* fainU*st <iiagon:il white stri|H‘, a navy silk with an em broidered <lot, and the {mreiiniul fu- pure gold would meupy. It work outlvorite—a stripi*<l chanet. to a box 174 inches scjuarc and 13 4 inches high. That would hold 4,032 was! calknl, which cost approximately | pounds of gold, which is a little more $o(),()00. On one occasion during thus I than a million dollars, extra session the senate could nobj “I askt*d him what he wanted to know for, and he said that he was go ing to put a million dollars into gold cliKSe it.s own debate^ and the state’s busine.-'S was heW up for three days by a fillibuster, at a co.srof approxi mately $3,000. Why should the legislature m(H*t every year, since it has IxeiT shown that a majority of the voters prefer biennial seesiona? We could do with out it this ^ear At the right, below, is a i)rintt*<l, bnicadwl crepe for less formal wear, j At the l(,wer left a deep nmr<K>n era-' vat has a white einbroidert*^! dot out- Ivned by a circle of red. Stock Pot •a in ivory enamel for lOO Octagon Coupons coin and take it out of circulation. I ake e /Wi told him he/^as crazy, Inx-ause if ev- edybdy did ihat his gold wouldn’t be worth anything, hut he insisted, so we got him the gold for his million-dollar check, and there it i.s down in our safi- deposit vault, doing nobody any good. 4 maintain that the mon<?y spent {not even 'the owner, 'lH*cause he has lOWN.AND (OUNTY GOVERN MENT ' . ' j l*r( fessor Th<)ma.s H. Reed, dir«*ctor of the department of political science i of the University of Michigan, has' lH*en, making a stmly of rural hx-al 1 governments in the United States and] has come to the conclusion that there ** 10 must be from OCTAGC^N POWDER ~i lllctlllwalli k.ll»b VIIR Iiixfuv^ J livsv V»\ii Visv foV uiii^e-ssary .se.ssionS eould IW us<*dhtt'paY^infTrTm’'4J!^R*'Wmii?rgPttTTTgdiiW^tt»o rnwy-they are m> IX* advantageously invc*stc*<l in pub Ifc exlueation. We have the most rc*-(>urceful coun try in the world, ('rops have bi*en be<*n through in le.ss than a hundred i STfxxl. The .health of the people has years. The people who are scared al-!l>P^*'i g.-od. most to death for tear that America can’t come back are not a bit worse scared than were the s.une ty|)e of timid-minded folk in each of these previous panics. But, as we all know. America came hack after every one of them, and came back stronger than ever. The first great financial crisi.s was in 1837. when practically every hank in the United States suspended jmy- ment, half of the property of. the en tire nation was sold in bankruptcy proceeding.s and there was no work for anybody and np.b<»<ly had money. But we came back so .strongly that in no interest.’’ Which proves, if it proves anything, that all the fcMils aren’t dead yet. t(K) expensive ami that they are out of date amt unijiecessary. In the early days.^^wheri it was a (lay’s journey to go ten miles to the court hi^use aiwl hack, and a hardship' MONEY The actual money in the pos.session j on children to .send them more than a United mile to school, the nation mx*ded seats of all of the people in the States, including the hanks and the U. .S. treasury, at the beginning of of government ami of eilucation olose to or in every eommunity. Professor this year was $9,4‘22,512,000. Not Reed points out that it is no more Why this depression? We are not using these ix'souires in an adequate manner. Has it been the fault of the si hool? Fie<* the ach<M)l.s from pol.tics. [(juite half of that is in gold, and more Wrodrow Wihsiin, in his treati-^e t*n- rest of it is in Feder- titled, "The State,’’ says: “Film ation | n^.^erve notes,-The amount of ac-jten miles, and believes that the an- is the proper office of the ^;ate f()r ,n*y in circulation is al>out $l5| .'.wer is going to he found in the con-j two reasons. , . . Popular educaticHi is I pe,. per.son. This is the highest that I-solidation of counties and the elimi-' necessary f< r the pre.-ervation (if | has ever been in our history, with the, nati«»n of superfluou.s township gov-j tho.-e conditions of freedom, political, the year 19*20, when it|ernments, all of which will tend to re trouble'today to go sixy miles to the court house than it used to Ik* to go Get your Premium at our store* We are the local Octagon Premium Agent* and scciul, whi'-h are indi.speibable U> reached $51 p<*r head. (luce loi al. taxation. free individual 'developinent."'.And, in the second place, no instrumentality less univer.sal in its .power and au thority than government can secure ~ The^ide:! that the larger the volume The movement to*ward considUlat-i of money in circulation the moie pros-'injf country schools and hauling s<*h(>ol peious we are is not borne out by ajchildren from a radius of ten or fif- study (if ihe.-e fnoney figures. When.itei^n miles to a good, centrally located. PRATHER-SIMPSON FURNITURE CO. CI.IN'ION. S. C. - les.s than twenty years our national' Icpular education. In brief, in nrder j hu.sine.*’.> is active and public eonfi- jrraded school, is growing all oyr the wealth had l>een multiplied by three. | to secure pi^pular education the ac tion ! ^he banks is not shaken, peo-‘ country. The little one-room school- We came back frorif the crisis ofjof society as a whole is necessary ami j pj^. coniparatively "little actual house is a survival from primitive 1H.57, went through a terrific and dev-{no popular education is indispensa.iie; momy_and Federal li<.*serve notes and time.s; it was pictures(jue but on the astating Civil war and again" much to that equalization of the conditions ^ j notes are retired from circu-, wlidle inefficient. Prof. Reed thinks, more than doubled our national | of personal deveh>nienl which we-have lation. , We don’t expei t to see such radical wealth in the course irf shcteettA'ears.4 taken U> be the proper,id^ci_A4_so- ^ ^ Ichange-s in ouic-timu-aa—Piof—Reedl Then we had the panic of .1873, andleiety. Without populaj;. etfucktion, TR.ADITIDN ; thinks will-ciune eventually* kui we that was followed by another great I moreover no gi.vernment which re.Us traditions are often iiicorre. t. are inclined to agree with him that revival that again double<l our nation-jupon popular action 1 some vears ago. in Cincinnati. I was taking the country as a whole; the' al wealth, until the panic of 1H93. We, the people must lx* schooM m the,^^^pj hi.storiuns that Mrs. Har-. came back from that orie richer than knowledge, and is pos.sible in the vir-: jjc.* her Sic.we wrote her famous' did the same thing af-'tues, upon which the maintenance and before, and we hook, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’’ while- her. tcT the (•ri.^*s of 1907 and of 1920. Ev-; .success of free inUitutions ^ereend-: husbami v.as a profc.ssor at lame The- erybody knows hew raoidly our wealth.No free government can last in health ^ ,<.,ninarv in that city. A few increa.sed between 1921 and 1929. how|if it lo.*^e hold of the tradition of its >* prosperous everybody was in tho.se fat history, and in the public sc-hool.s thesx* tiaditioii.s may be and should m* years. There is only one way t) foretell preserved, carx*fully re- Announcement sedulously the future, and that is by studying, planted ih tfke thought and consc-iou.s the past. It^is as certain as anything,'ness c/f each succei.sive gencrati .n can be that^we are coming out of the - pie.'ent crisis toward a greater ar>d We have put in a complete line of Heavy Groceries. W'e will be glad to serve you. ^ Complete line of Feeds of .all kinds. V Lime Sulphur for sprajring fruit trees. *1>11157 for Quick Delivery. more widespread prosperity than we have ever known. And if we have any' sen.se we will take greater precautions, against another depression than we, did against this one. Wanted K r WALNUT TREES FARMERS EXCHANGE ^Union’s Feed Store 9f T. J. Blalock, Mgr. 17 inches in diameter and at least 5 feet clear. C hocolate Meringue I’ie Tempts • Api>etite 1 ’cup milk 3 tablespoons grated chocolate 1 te?-spocn cornstarch 2 tablespoons cold water ^Few grains salt 3 egg yolks 4 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoerT vanilla 3 ^g whites 3 tablespoon-s powdered sugar [ medium size pie shell, baked Heat milk with chocolate mixed ' with C( rnstarch rubbed smooth in cold year.s ii'ter I wa.-! .shown a house al .Mandai i:i, Florida, which was pointed out with pride as the place where Mr.-^. .Stowe wrote “Uncle T(»m’.s Cabin.’’ The o'.her day I wa.s a gue.st at the i home (»f Ljrnan Beecher Stowe, ^lrs. i Stime’s grand.son, who ha.s in hi.s j .study, the walnut table on which hi3| gran(lm(ttlK*r’s famou.s book was writ- I ten and many of her per.sonal memen^ .os. He said that the famous book was begun at Brunswick, .Maine, where her husbatftl* Svas a professor' in Bowdoin college, and finished at Andovex, Massachusetts, where he taught at the theological seminary. JANUARY HONOR ROLL FOR WADSWORTH SCHOOL Tell Me \Vhat You Have. L E. MAHAFFEY Plwne 385-W First-grade: Otnega. Monroe, Floyjl* » water. Mix in the salt and add egg Nabers, Henry Young. Third grade: Dorothy Horton. Fourth grade: Martha Young, Fifth grade: Marion 4!, l^awscn: Sixth grade: Dorothy Crawford, Evelyn Nabois, Vivian Nabors, y Iks'fhixed with sugar. * Add vanilla ard beat with rotat-y egg beater. Cook n double boiler until thick and poi^if, in baked pie shell. Make a meringue cf three egg whites and the powdered iUgar, Spread and pile over t*he chcc- clate, and biown in the oven. At The Change OFFICE SUPPLIES -75c. $1.25, $2.2.') 2.'»r, ."()<•, 6(lc,' and l.i'dgcrs- .U.9.'). .‘^biglc F.ntr\- $I.‘25. D< ubie Entry—$1.75 and $1.85, ( ash Books—$2.7.5 and $3.00. Day IUmjW.s—^50c. Roll B<M>ks:—50c. Order Books—10c. Statement Tablets—10c. Duplicating .Money Receipt Books—35c. Small Lodg«?r«—20c. - lifter Fileie^iOc, Boc, $2.50 and Sili.'iO. Duplicate and Triplicate Order Books—25c, 35c and 50c. Receipt Blanks—5c, .Memorandum Books—5c to 30c. A Critical Time In Kv^ry Wbman’^s Life. “During a critical time in my life I took Cardui for several montlis. I had hot flashes. I would sud denly get dizzy and' seem blind. I would get faint and have no strength. My nerves were on edge. I would not sleep at night. “Cardui did won ders for me. I rec ommend it to all women who are pass ing through the criti cal period of change. I have found it a fine medicine.**—ifr*. Murphy, Poplar Bluff. Jfa,. Cardui la a purely vege- tabla medicine and con tains no dangerous druga (-IH Galloway-McMillian Book Store '• iiir “ ^ ^Help? WoTti^ to Health SUBSCRIBE TO HIE CHRONICLE; Tbedfonfs Btaek-Drancbi for Cton.Ttlpatlnn. Indlfaettos* Mcl ■ t . J MV