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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, 8. C.
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Entei>ed as Second Class Mall Matter «l Iih* I*ost Office at Clp^n, S. C;
country in. whkrh^ he asserts that now
is the tun/ to^ut infA effect a strong
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advertisinfir and sales profirram as the!dropped in to get his other j^aiking
sure way to help niake business bet- stick.
:terinlS3^ / i
fe!I out 'of tho stoeple. not lonft Bgo' party which was scheduled for Friday | Iheie must have
and nobody found it out till the mayor} night at 8 o’clock, sharp. I was some-
THORSDAV, rEBRUARif 18, 1932
mistake.).
what^po sharp: I got there at 7:15*^
and had to sit cut on a bench in the
front yard for' an hour, as I saw no
within Katie’s domi-
Advertising, as every, wise mer-j ^on. jerry hicks, our leggisiati,-, without or
.chant knows, is the shortest route be-'^t home spt-iiding his usual weak-end. i * —
tween buyer and seller. It is the route he rays that expenses will be cut * 7“
the house and many bureaus will be' I had no Ford to crank or buggy to
public recognizes well advtertis^ mer- j^j^e away with, but taxes w ill n<»t be I hitch old Pete onto, so I got .me a
chandise as. being the best value for t an^y lower -onner count of it costs too' tow'-sack %nd made a saddle and rode
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its correspondents.
their money. ,
' What Dr. Babson says, therefore,
on this subject of sensible advertising
should be heard—and heeded. Every
merchant should study his statement:
‘ “Statistics clearly indicate that this
is the time to plan a strorig adveris-
ing and sales program. Best results
are .always obtained by setting an ad-
The party drifted on into night. It'
was nearly 9:30 before old men Smith
hobbled to the door and bellowed
forth: “Boys and gals, it’s bed time
for my’ youngsters, so you’d better
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pgirk up and. git.” We had nothing to
pack up,- but we goKl Nobody ever
ihoug^ of hunting any dark comers
cr shaefy places to hug in,-rv.hack then.
and that'animal thiM"6 m’ilesT it was the,' P*''*"'-
much to run our own county
scholl affairs—which the leggislature shying period for old Pete. I got off
didn’t have nothing to do with.
u
nuss Jennie veeve smith, our nice
Scholl teecher, seems to have a nc’.vj
swcet-hcart. him and her had a fine,
ride in his ford last suhday and they!
of him enroute 3 different times and
picked billions ^upon billions of hairs
from 'my blue serge coat and white
striped britches. That was the hair-
riest mule I ever saw. ,
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That old tow sack plastered my •
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
All Kinds of Insurance and
^ Real Estate.
City Dwellings and Business
v^tising policy by the position of the *
. . . .must of redo verry far off. he i.s a! britches with jute—at the point of Property,
orane cycle is more than half over. ^ contact-. and the said britches were ! Several Farms.
and^onditlons point toward gradual
improvement in 1932. Those who are
nirinesa cycle. The depression phasei ^ i
is more than half overi ^ contactand the said britches were!
had a ^n on his ford a? followers:] not very nice to look at from the rear,'
“i.t.’*"^bur post master says he thinks j and ,that kept me in mu.h suspense
CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUART IS. 19*2
! carefully
’income tax.” miss i and anxiety while ike pi w'ss func-
feC hattflP buainaaa with
ajrjrr«ssive tales I veeve will no dout let him make tioning. My shoes ei^ old but T
danned.
, It’s fair enough. The bride geU the j ton became incomparable. We have
fhower beforehand, but’ the groom i had other great men, but we think of ^ climb
and advertS«g poiiW will be .the first must be in love, as I greased 1'hem with dish-water skim-
out
non/ of them- as of Washington. Jef- over, courageodk advertisers can do
j fer.«on’s place in History is a.ssured. more than any oth^ grotip to restore,
oression More- i ^ leaning on him When they mings and moonlight.
■ drove in. . ^
Prices Attrartive.
B. H. Boyd, Agent
Clinton Realty & Insurance Co.
Phon^ No. 6
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jrtts thunder later on. . -- - „ . — . v.r , t i . * j
....... . ....... ♦!.«« ,rv4K.>.i ♦«, restore,. j I was so bashful. I almost swe'^ted
buying, a good many peddy greed pigs is my elf to death at Utat party. Theyi
confereme a.s lW »»' th«^ i, talk j friend of democracy.* but he is chiefly employments^.hasten the being put.oa.the market at pressentl had a p’an of “swapning partners”
there is hope ” Hope of what? More, honored as the founder of his party.I recovery. \ mainly by yore corry spent^nt. he i^m- every few minutes, and when the u^h-
^ Alexander Hamikon was the great! “Contrary to general b^ief, there I ports most of his swine from other jers would “ush” one of those strange*
" w' ! Federalist. But Washlagton, who lived ^ plenty of money in ihia coun-i states and they have been crossed i jrirls into my nresence, or vice versa.
go to i at the same time with them* and bene- try. It is just waiting to beS^oaxed i with the pole and chinna which elim-: it just looked like the top of my head
6ut into the channels of trad^Tbe j inates them from collery and other would blow off from high blood pre-’-
heavy buying’before Christmas ciVar-ihad hog diseases, and they have henn 5yre. I didn’t'know anything to tn’k'
them that i have not sold out. They had some ho-made Japanese
at prevent, i have at,pen co’^siating^ hanging about on limbs and
m looking for 2 more next hushe.s. They were mighty pretty.
AbouT 8:4.'), Katie and her 6 sisters
began to. serve red lemonade and gin
Hunter tow'nfihip voters will
tre poll* tomorrow to name a magis-i fitted by their counsels, was ahove
fratta And vou have noted of course, party. No man now would think of - - -x i. . • . •
that there is no scarcity of candidates ^ving, “Washington was the founderl^X shows that. Also, notice how f/wjtreated to vaccination a lso, if you see, ^bout except hog- and comts an4 fist-r
from which to make vour selection. ' or’the leader of ray party,” but every' “"employed one saw around th^ny body in n^ of future meat, pleseting worms, and that was not very in-j
^ ^ Citizen has the right to thrill at thei*tr®cts of our great cities just before u^l them to^nte or foam me forrPne- teresting to the females,
thought “Washington was the father' Christmas, when retail buying was at fsN^nd notify them not to come rill i
• 'THLS THINC; YOUTH i of my country.” jheight. Almost everybody was in]
“We are only young once.” you of-i bicentennial celebration in hon-. ^sy at some task. Store* took on
ten hear some person remark, as an'^^ WashinR’on, is both timely and P’^Oa help, postoffices added work-
txfuse for “hitting the pace,” ’ ; ers, jobs were created by the thous-
•■-owing wild oats.” MTiat a fool phi-; = ards. Why lapse back into a fearful
l .^phy. ' \VF.AH MOKE rOTTON , attitude, when, by ^continued advertis-
It IS true, we can he VMung but once.
&ud the pleasure of youth ririust be’
of 2 an
week.
the health oP
community contin- ger cakes. I was so nervous I almost
. , r- * • u * value-giving we can keep bus-1 ues to he good, ne>r’c are. too pore got choked to d^ath on my first gin-
.\ news Item from Gastonia has at-^ ine*s mosring? j to get sic'k enuff to^ to bed. if anny- "or cpke but I managed'to wash it
ciowded into that space of time. .treOd our interest, and is of such a. “There is no use trying to keep a'bcddy down here wasSo take the gout, down with a gobbler full of that red
Hut how long are we young? .Some nature that we feel it shoi^ be com- ^nter; but when ' he could charge 10c a^fssion to see stuff. (They called It lemonade, but
rvien are old at 40, while others are. mended to the readers of The Chron-j forms in the spring, it pays' him, as it would be such\(ib1g .show. r-»
F'.dl young at (JO or 70. It depe-mls up- It*. It s^eems that the Ga.stonia >^o- ^ dynamite. Advertising is the
« n the pa:*e they hit and the manner j man’s club, by a unani nous vote, has Q„jy f(^j-.’e today that is .strong enough |
ir which they hit it. . • esblved to buy aji^d wear cotton start the flow of goods and money.I
We can cr.iwd a lot of- w'ork and “whenever and wherever possible baj'k of the depression winter is,
p easure iruU* youth if we keep our! during the coming spring and sum- jt js time for business men to
heart.s and our mind.s and our bodies mer. Th:.s de.dsion wa? m.!(le. up the ice jam of sales resist-
1-ean. or we can reduce ths* amount iug to the wording of the rt.iolution,, t,y strong advertising and sales,
yore* trulie,
mike (Mark, rfd.,
corry spondent
s f hoih ami shorten our youth by re-
' rting to reckless dissipation as sc*
n-jany do.
Your youth is your own,
•bec ause we live in a community <1®-1 action
pend'”’t uj'ctn .he cc Romic status of
O.loll.”
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t»'< nge 1
♦ ^
oi curtaiU*d by
It will bei
your
“One Ihink that has held back ad-
recent months is the un
own
(Miarity is not the only thtiig which ^ r ku
. . , . • . ; . de“e''t:mation of public purchasing
begins at home — busiiies.H begins k e »s
t/ui XK*» nriru*inl»* whieb nrfi-
I’. DAY
.Next .<un lay, F'cbruary 21st is the
that has bc'en dcsignateil as
■'I’lc ’hyterian College Day” ^*r the
chun hes of the* .syiuMls w^hich support
1 (bi Sunday, Frc Myterian church-
♦ will be askcMl to pre-ient the caure
' the college and eollect s|>ecial of
ferings in as many c-a.^'es as such ac-
:;on ha.s U-en authorized by the local,
« uirch session. j
T.ni.s occasion is one that should bei
nsidered tht ughtfully and prayer
. . rpu • • 1 ii»«v»ci. Bu.'nness men, have heard so
home, too. The principle which pn)-!' t • . i j i
. , ’ , .• ,• r t ,u:,iniu.h about depression and unemploy- mony.
.'ides the motivating force for thi:l ....... . *u- i lu '
.... , . u.'«_imenl that they begin to think there
ittie reso.u.ion of the (lajtonia wo-f ^ ^
.\nd There W*"'^ Forth a Young
Man
My first venture into the realm nfy
social affability’ came upon me when
N w’as budding,a few I’tt'e patches of'
white fuzz off my face. In other
words. I W’as approaching 21 years of
age, manhood, freedom and matri-
E. Mood Smith, O. D
Felder Smith. O. D.
DRS. SMITH & SMITH
Optometrists
♦ 11 *k ♦ are more unemployed than employ<*d.
nii’.n .s cli b is one that i.s applicable i i .u u u
. , I People now look on the man who has
not « nlv to cotton and cotton-coniinu- '
Katie Green invited me to her law'n
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for a life time. Their per-
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is low considering this fea
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Designs and points to meet
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Other Pens are carried,
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CHRONICLE
PUB.CO.
Stationery Dept.
a j( b an an exception instead of one
of the majority. As a faK, eight out:
of every ten men are employed today j
and, in most' cases, their wages and
salaries w’ill buy more goods at pres-
nitic^, but to all buying as well. This
pnn 'ide is generally known under
the term, “.“upporting home indus
tries.’
.South (^'srolina i.s a cott n state,,
and as .*<uc
M.e lead of the organization
above. It is an ob\'ious truism that.if , , , . , .
, I about unemployment. This,aloes net
m re people wear cotton, more cotton 1 .
pi . L ! u, 1 » 11 tk. n'®*" we .should relax effor.s to care
must be bought and sold, the market i i j l *
- L «« . J 11 uw' for the unemployed, but
, . II , r II ... ei t low prices than they did two
ich would do well to follow ' . . . .w- e:
, . v’ears ago. It is time to start thinking
of the organization cited. •» \ ^ i i J!
more about employment and less
- . , - . will be affected, prices will go up with .... • . i u •
f .M> hj- .11 Pr<.i,I..V,..ri.n,. Bot, mi..- | 'fariwr will no lon*.r' «») '“'JP
the surest
:r.u h a.s the college, is one of (Minton’s;
. I rai.se his crop merely for the fun of it..
1 nest institutions, and inu-niuch as it same time, cotton is cheaper
lies clo^ to the hearts of all l^yalj^han silk and its . use will represent a
( lintonians, it lievolve.s upon all of | .•aving to the people who i
of whate<’eK4iriwI-'Of^nomination, r
:*.in cur prayers and our re.sources to trouble with-the-idajUwi
the end that the colh*ge.-may he that cotton dffiesn’ seem to bei
tair/'bly and intangibly by thi.s “chic” — it isn’t “fa^hionatiie,” |
' 5, me will say. And above all things,'
■ a woman mu.st be fashionable -anoth
er truism. But thi*'-t*-mrr'so great a
better and give them jobs.’
Nobody’s Business
By Gee-McGee
certtnl movement. If (Minton shou’d
I.vil to- erulor.se and sup|>ort the col
lege, w^cm may we ex|HK*t to take the
l* ader..ihip in lerformirg su‘h an of
fice?
(;kouge washingion
(ieoi g.-Ji\ a-hington, wh:».-e hirth«lay
^ ariis ill led on the calendar, has
a h.eved imnioi tulity. Hi* has been ex-jt aat
tlef'es i doing it ? , •
The rt*a.s ,n
society news from flat rock |
the opperation on mr. wister green.
was. a success, he will be berried at!
. , rehober next Sunday, the doctor car-1
difficulty as it ay first apiK‘ais to be. j.j^ hospittle and the am-^
, • 11 i herlance fetched,.him home to die no!
making t-oncerns and internationally | remains will be sadly missed
known milliners frequently *'t®®; as/he always took up the collection. I
•tyh'S an.d fads for their own ends.j , *1
If they can do it, what is the reason^ was laid up
ki eps w.mien themsehe-. j days last week wdth brown kitis, but
IS
that there is no or-
i only man who missed his absence was
M rit-he drug staor clerk where he hangs
he is'eii-' g«niz ition w'hich can lake control of
I out. things is so quiet in flat reck
our polee?man was laid up for 3
(1 eps w.mien
a’tcd to-ia ^lane upon w’ni', h hi’ def’es
injury. He not only is “first’* in the
-hearts of his inuiAs'yn en;
shrineil then*. : any such movement, and it Ts plain necessary for our
H c,ori:in.s affi ’t .s.drcitude becau.-e t at if tht* market i.s to he affected i „,«.rchaiits to stay in their stoars
ni\th and tiadition have overlaid and tht i e mu.-t tea mass movement in one. saddays when some strang-
ton.ealel tin- triH* Wa.-hington. Hut i .IMc.t all or another-The solution is tomight pass thru, the town clock
the iK‘(|plej iiiiii oi.1,.1,, (»f them.7 know create a ."pirit which will serve thej*
Wii'^hington ;• tl'V want to know .'•'.ame nurpose as a .specific organiza-,'
him. Thev .”.t‘ribt;te to him thme tion. ix*t us j^lk about a cottons
qualitio whicli they idealiz** as those movement’ among ourselves. Let us
of a gnat and good man. He could chaMenge our neighbors— our neigh-:
no: tel! a l.e; he would not be king; boring club.s—our neighboring eities
Mie lorrrt “the ,5oil; he loved peace; he|owneighboTmg state.s-—tq joifroni^T|
fcantl eiMang’ing alliances; he hated a Ccinmon idea — the idea of taking j
tyrai.ny;, he <leprecaU*d factionali^ ni;v in by the ears ar.d pulling hinij
hs* p!'izcd ths .'^'iinple life abtive thelfrnni the sink hole into w’hicK he has;
l-omp «)f offi da! |>esition. -— tbeen-alipping^for-^a king. 1
F’eihan- t . no other ch-iract-m in If there is a widespread and enthu-j
history is like homage given. In the siJistic ‘'cotttin crusade” among the,
lengthy annaN of England there is no^w-imen of the South, cotton will noj
name he’d in leverence/^y t'le Kn<l'>h! hmger be outside of the pale of fash-!
*'I began tak
ing Cardul when in
as the name of Washington i-* revered j ioo. And if the men can swallow their ^
by .Americans, The Kicnch [>e.»pl- and; naturally phlegmatic dispositioni long^
the Gerinans have no such hero. en-rngh to fall in line with cotton in-j
England has lH*en glad to proclaim j *t®aJ of linen suits for hot weather,.
Washington an Englishman. Wh»tii®otton foiks, cotton caps for golfing^
the new - tf the de'th of Washington ^nd summer s-ports, the deed will be
vwas taken a-io .s the .Atlantic, Europe*, hme. The only thing which is holding
mourned, and in an official report, the' he idea back right now is the fact!
Fiemh nrni ter of foreign affairs* that no one else is wearing cotton. If j
faid: "^all of us do it, there will be no feeling'
“His own country now honors h:s;cf fel/-consciousiiess. Cotton will then?
memory w’th funeral ceremonies, hav-! oe “chic.” |
ing lost a citizen whose public actions. And after all, why shouldn’t we!
and unassuming grandeUr in private'J^ay® o"® <if the^e cotton crusades?,
life were a living example of courage,' Aside from the facts that it would'
v.-Ldom and unselfishness; .._imd. P^yjiaps help the cotton industry and i
France, which from the dawn 0^^the ‘ ^^ve ourselves some money on the
American revolution hailed with hope i - iil®. it would enliven our dull days,
a nation, h'therto unknown, that wa^jifi''® (he newspapers a few headlines,
discarding the vices cf Europe, which; _remo\ie a few surplus pounds
foresaw all the glory that this nation fi^i" the waist-lines of satisfied silk
^ would bestow on humanity, and the 11*®;! linen kings. The importance
enlightenment of governments that jtiii? l»st is not to be under-estima^.
would ensue from the novel character! Periiape by such a crusade we may re-
of the serial institutions, and the new; *(®r® health and vigor to many ai
type of hcroDra of which, Washington I merchant. That is the call of'
ai^ A.Tierica were models for the j ‘ •
w^ld at lai>ge — France, 1 repeat,] ^
ahould depart from eatablislied usages-^ BABSON SPEAKS
and do honor to one whose fame is bc-|^ Roger Vi'. Bah^n, experienced econ-
yood comparison with-that of cth-. bmirt and expert on world conditions
■" j ha^ just addressed an interesting
Ib America long ago this Washing-' statement to the merchants of the
B weakened, xun*^(}wn
condition,” writes Kirs.
F. S. Perrlt, of Wesson,
Kii^. “I took one bot
tle, and 1 seemed to Im
prove so much that I
sent for six bottles. Af
ter I had taken the six
bottles, I seemed entire
ly well.
•before I took Car
dul, I was nervous, rest
less, blue and out ol
heart. I felt dt
111! the time. After 1
took Cardul, m this
disappeared.
gave my daughter
Cardul and It helped to
relieve irregular .:
This ■asdlcliie“haa b«
by women for
Sf
am
Take
CARDUI
Helps Wbinen to Health
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