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/^n old time wedding was hell
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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 19^2
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snainlcss steel, chrnmc-plat^d -sheets/i back and hurried it to an incubator.
are being made into new art fortns
which-ibding the price_:^f iron to the
user up tg a dollar or more a, pound,
i Every step away j^roan the raw ma-
! terials of existence rai’^s the ecqjK^m-f
j ic stjvndard of living. The more labor
goes into the iron, the more persons
i^/t^the finished product, the^ m.ore that
_|Jafcor can earn. The most backward
uatioi;is, are those which u?:e chiefly
They said it would be a healthy
fant in a few
What a Bladder Physic
Shoukl do. Work on the bladder as
are ^^mjiloyed; the higher the bowels. Drive* out
impurities and excess-acids that cause
irritation whiah resulis m getting i|p
nights, frequent desire, burning, log
j unfabricated nalural prodm’ts ThciP*^*^^ or backache. BU-KETS^*5
I 1 Tahlpts) is a nlaasant bladdpr tAvrio.
mr. and mrs, bill jones last tuesday
! night at the home of the bride’s moth*
er. the preecher charged a dollar and * proh-bited
mrs. yontfs gave the bride a feather j Mouse” in
MOVIES
Some small European nations have
the ' showing i'Mickey
jnovie theatres on the
most advanced ones are thitse- Which
put the most labor into the goods they
consume. -»
off at his daddy’s house, this was an
1ft and 95 moel werlding and if Hoo
ver prosperity don’t hurry on around
Tablets) is a pleasant bladder'ptiysic.
C’fCt a 250 test h^, from your drug
gist. ^Afler four days if not relieved
I go back and get your money. You will
! fee! good* after you
I got your regtilar sleep,
j KELLERS DRUG STORE
I YOUNG’S RHAR.MACY
CLINTON, S. C., M ARCH $, HS2
‘ JEWS
, ^ . The Jewish Agricultural Sviciity his
bed and a ham of meat and the nextj ground that this animated cartoon isi|)£(.f| engaged for vears in the effort
day a b^g, infair dinner was pulled mentaLy unwholesome.” hew intelli-jto induce Jewish families to bet'omej
k;„ On j farmers. Today there'are 100 000 of.
the contrary, I think such amusing | them in America, living solely orj
production as Mickey Mouse and Silly i ch'^fly on the land. !
that comer, such weddings will soon Syntphonies are not only the best sort; Most of these 'Jewish farmers live; HRS SMITH & SMITH
^ ■ df comedy entertainment but they I in colonies of their own people. Tiiey'
E. Mood Snith.Y). D
Felder Snutk. O. D.
If you feel badly just because yout would indeed, to u«e his own word.
are alone it is just because you are in
ted company.
No matter h(vw early a man comes
home his wife always thinks he .shou'd
have gotten there sooner.
ace the only priginal form of art aj-e a clannish race and they-cooper-
be “stupid” To deny that the liquor
question is still alive; 'but that corn
whiskey, or any other kind of whwkey.
the man i wrote about 2 months (Which thg movies have developed. ate well. They are a 1 sc good business
Optemetrists
h<‘nce a.s going into the frog biiress
is getting along fine, he ancers to “,he
name df jedry winn and he ha.s moved
(e.specially in the ITouth), — that is
scarcely to be taken seriously. The
I South is dry. Even if Sonith should be
They bojhTO^’** high, vou have no-J right in his rather bold statement
tked no "doubt, education anJ ignor-j that “there is more hard liquor in this
aQce. I country today than there was at any
period prior to the enactment of the
is actually making a serious threat!}iiR whole fambly down near the ptmd
In such pictures as ‘those, and in nien, ns a rule, and make a living and
newsreels and travel pictures, the j more when thtir non-Jewish neighbors
movies give something which the
stage cannot' offer. Much of the other
H is very'easy to rise in y(»ur own
estimation.
Isn’t it funny"what a woman will do
lo hide her age?
The time your welcome last-i
pfcnds-upon the way you use it.
de-
For many re<kle.ss drivers Sunday
it indeed u day of rest—complete
rest.
TRADE BUll.DS CITIES
That .community profits most that
keeps the largest percentage of its
E^gtheenth Amendment,” the South
>v^ould still vote dry. A “dry” vote
means no .saloons; and however much
liquor there may be, this coimtry pre
fers to do without the wide-open bars
where drinking is permitted, and even
encouraged, on the main streets of
town. But in the first place, we do not
concede that Smith i.s right in his
opinion. Making liquor illegal, and
raising its price, certainly hasn’t in-
creas^ed the consumption; and liquor
doesn’t come into the country unless
he ha.s millions of tadpoles alread<ly
hatched out and he has teef^hed his
chilren how to keep the watUm nasty
enough for them to thrive in. he has
several big bull frogs of both genders
in stick and they are kept verry bizzy
laying eggs ansoforth. his legs will
fetch 2 for a quarter, he thinks, which
beats cotton all holler.
are running behind.
The latest devclopnrent of this sort!
SPECIALISTS
stuff showm on the screen these days j is (the- establi.shment of “agro-indus-, Eyes Examined -:- Gusaes Prescribed
consists of poor substitutes for real
plays pre8ente<l by real actors. They
do bring the drama—of a soirt — with-
trial” communities, near enough to
large cities to enable some of the
I family to work in town, while the oth
in the reach of everybody, but that is I era cultivate the land. I thi'nlc this so-
not to say that every type of drama' lution of the industrial problem is one
j 15 West Main Street Phone 101
! Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service
Clinton, S. C. _
a big fallentine party was given to
the mesdames browns, vissitors from
the county seat, this party was plan
ned for febby the 14 but onner count'
of sickness in the home of the de
ceased, it had to be put off. It'was
enjoyed by all concerned and the el-
Ifgant f(rod was serve in 2 courses,
the first course was a soy cracker and
the secont w’as a glass of gt
there is a demand for it; neither is the coller scheem
frape juice
made unlosis there is some chance for
it to the sold. This country is misle<l
was pink
trade at borne. By the same token, the
citizen who buys away from home is
helping soiwe other community, in
stead of his D'wn, to grow.
Bu.'iness'i.s the life4>lo(Kl of a com-
njunity. A city or town can grow no
faster than its busifie.ss grows. .\nd
the retail trade is a vital part f Ihi-
Imsires.s
A community gets no Ijenefit from
its money if it passes directly fro
the pay envclo|K* t(< the mail orriei
h«»u>e.
in-, its judgment concerning the
MISSING OUR CH ANCES
A man does not alway.s know his
chance when it comes to him, hut i*
he lets it pa.ss, he will learn iir time
that il went by. Then, Ujo !a*e, he will
amount of liquor, by the fact that the
finding of a still or the arrest of a
speakeasy proprifb)r is now neWs. We
forget that in the old days gian brew
eries wkh ajipaULng daily capacities
were operating the year around in
nv'ny cffi s. L ta'ces a great many
liny stiils out in the woods to manu
facture as much liquor as one of the
. old brewvries. The “more-liquor-than-
.before” contention is mostly legend.
As far as the maj«)rity of Southern
ers are concerned. Smith talked him-
-elf definitely out of the pjeture on
last Saturday. He advocates «tate op
tion, and the South h»ppeiis to be well
enough satisfied as things are. If
.Smith can elect himself with the ai<f
jaj peinese lanterns trimmed in green,
hurry back, girls: you are always wel
come.
is wholesome for everybody
I sympathize with the effort of Mr.
VyillTHays to “clean up” the movies,
but I don’t think he is making very
much headway, to judge by some talk-
ie.** I ha\;^ .seen lately. There is some
excu.«e for a play which deals' with
more or less delkacy with illicit sex
that is worth developing.
COLONELS
A humorist in the Kentucky legis
lature has introdno^ a b’H taxing
each Kentucky “colonel” $100 a year.
3UB8JRIBE TO THE .'HRONICLB
•Another humorist moved that the bill
relations, when it it confined to a Sin-i referred to the fish and game com-
gle theatre and audiences of presum- j mittee, which was done,
ably sophisticated adults. There is no* Being one of tt'p l»tc«t batch of
excuse for vulgarizing the saiSe play [‘‘<‘‘>lonels” I am concerned about this.
until even a child can sense its raw
est implications and then showing it
lo audiences of millions of children in
the movies.
overwhelm himself with reproaches.
of nothing but his Northern sympa-
ft)r not seizing the golden opportu
nity.
We mu.-t learn that our chancev <lo
not cqme with b)afts4>Hnd musii
jM-nnons waving. 7”hc> s
proach, they seldom adverti.se. They
a guanner agent called around last
week to consult with the town farm
ers about fertylizef for the coming
spring, but when it was found out
what he a.sked for same, he Was chas-
e<l out of town and almost ketchod at.
the raih'oad crD.ssing. it makes'^ a
farr'.'’“r mad to be a.skod 14c for raw
assid and offere^l 10$ a ton for his cot
tonseed. il is a funny thing, hut a
farmer newer gets too poor to farm,
yet when he farm.s he gets poorer and
poorer, some farm relief monney will
be’ horrled so’.s licents plates can be
bought, and ahso for corn .seed.
WIVES
Not many years ago a wife was
the property of her hus.band, not only
;n Turkey, but everywhere else in the
work!, espc‘cially in England. The o*^h-
er day in Ix>ndon a man sued a doo*or
I hope the fish and game committee
will not report a hill creating an-open
sea sen fn' colonels.
Breathe Child
Back To Life
B( .s'on, Feb. 29. — An abandoned
*‘aby lived today in Boston city hos-
for er.cicing his wife to leave him. Tlje^pitai be<-HUse a long line of doctors-
thizers—well and good, but we ven
ture to say his votes south of the
’Ma«bn and Dixoh line will -be few and
far between. Smith will nothing
tealthily ap-i^^^ pa*’ty» thus sacrificing, army is helping him to pull
its effectiveness and “punch.” If beljj^j.^
is truly faithful to the Democratic j looked dike snow in town last
and
our pasture at rehober, rev. smith,
has Ik'Hii laid up with the mumps on
both sides for 2 Sundays and now 11
of his boys and girls have ketchtnl
same, as he ha.s had to .skip 2 collec
tions onnej: count of this mallady, the
judge decided agairoH the plaintiff. | and nurse.s for hour after hour
He said a wife had a right to leave i b,vat bed life into the infant’s bodv. i
her husband whenever she desired. | xhe day-old girl was found in a !
that .she had the right to decide, rajdboard box in an alley, a warh-!
whetlu’r to bear children and when.j^bjjb over the face, a rope cut deep in-
that she was an independent individ-|{,^ ber back. The body was rigid and
ual and could decide her own course i face bhi k from near strangula-
:ion.
At the hospital, Or. Frank J. Deich,
air I
cold ,
come, like su-:e.s.sful burglars, when |’tt'/niui u. me i^mocrauc, looked dike snow in
party, and if he truly desires a vk*-j but it turned out to be rain, in-
of life without consulting her hus
band.
Not all of our state.s go as far the cord. He began to blow
that, hut it was pointed out in court! ipt., her. lungs, bending over the
tha in England women today also, body on the oiK-rating table,
have the best of it in other way's. If a tijj-pp hours an endless surces-
mraried woman driving |4ier car in-i j,j„n purses and doctor^ kept up the'
jures '*omelK)dy else her husband c®" | long. battle. The face turned slowly
be .su<*d jointly with her and made ^^ Trrmi deep purple lo a ruddy hue, an I
■ pay the entire damages. If she Jfives i ^be infant cried. ‘ '
her husband any money it is a loan! e.rinning'^doetors patted the child’.s i
in law, hut anything he gives her is a i * ' i
No action can he taken aga:h.st* '
we expect them least. “If only we bail
kno-wn,” we cry w
ith vain regret. Bat ^ course left seem to bq verry had, and so are
they promptly went where there wete
others waiting fur theiri, with trim
med lamps.
What is luck? Mo.st of the time it
means to In* fn the rig^lit pla<'e at t)ie
r.ght moriK’Ut. The one who is there i.s
the winner ovei'.^me who is elsewhere.
And he who is Ciwue must In’ present
not simply in "thlijllth.vsical sen.se, he
must attend his faculties. A
ssmtinel may In* at his po t, hut he is
futile if he sleep.s.
Thu.S' to Vi*cogni7i* ami to improve
the oiip<Hlunily oi.e must Ik* broad
awake to t with the keen edge of thr*
sen-es whetti’d. The workei who
to him—to remove from the ring his
bniwn dwhy and peacefully wear it
from r>ow on.
Nobody’s Business
By Gee McGe^
pcsldlers. i will rite or foam in some
more'new’.s tomorrow if i can possibly
think up annV* in time.
‘a* •
. yore.s trulie,
mike Clark, rfd,
• — corry spondent.
1 George Jackson '
Found Insane
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a wife for deserting her husband, but
.^hc cun have hfi huM>and arre.stod if.
-he de.'»erts her. .A hu.«hand niu.st pay
the income tax on his wife’s income if
she fails to do so, and if she owed hi-n
moriey_ before they yere marr'cd he,
cannot collect it after marriage.
Who laid tlii.s was a man’s w’Oild? i
Live and Ix^t Live
Landlord No. 1, realizing tlvat Hoo
ver prosperity is stalled “just anoUndlu . , SHite Hosnilal Savs Ai-
Ihe corner,” reduced the rent while j"*^**” HOspiIAI ^ays Ai
his tenant was .still living in his house, j kcn SluV’Cr of Six Mentally
ami they are h«)th happy Jiut— j Diseased for iS^Year^.
brings onlv part of hi.s mind to his. u v /> i, ^ . .
task i.s not w..rlh li... of the' , ,, • , fulunibm, K-l. 2,.-^«.<.ref .lack-
,,av h,. draw». H- will ,ni»^ ..han.-a. I I '"-'I KW. a darn 4«-y..ar-old Aiken farmer, who la
mit nie,elv-d..r h.m-elf - th..-e'that i l>';>>»!>erit.v, and there- ander-a death sentence in the slayms
Muicklv .wired maw pronnite hU own j*'■* wa, declared
fortune* - lint f..; the cuncern. that '* '"mne in a report siihiiiltted to Gov.
when' it se ared liis sei vices suiip.wed
to tills dav. Moral:
.. f 4U, .vv..., 1nn.v. .uuiui. IKm’t try to put
It was getting e t-ry hit of the man! , r . • , T .
. . . , t „ ... wi.a...v- 'o your fet t in the trough at one
he IS. He must irit ex-jMvt a worker s,^. • ^
pay unle.s.s he serves w’ith all his
time.
senres aware.
“AL(OHOL” SMITH AGAIN
The speech m.-ide last Saturday by
Al (Sidc'walks-’bf-Ne w-York) Smith,
Twnoved what- little doubt might pos-
z&iy have been liiig^rffig in foggy
Letter of .Appreciation
l)i ar Mr. I. (’. Gommi.sh:
Please aceept our thanks for keep
ing war-time rates in effect on rail-
road.s thru theseliard-times. You.have
made itTos-sililc for us to earn a good
iivitig.
gratitude at your latest move: the
- , - aL 'that insitute<l an “emergencvLlelusious of persecution
feat-»f-the campaign for the rresi-!_u .. .. -i_a .f_ L ..... . •
minds us to hTs attitude toward the
Eighteenth .Vmeudineut. Sin^e his de-
, , „ i charge" on freight. This. is like-wisH'
deney in tl)2S, .Smith ha, .Ihh-ii -welK_ Wn.fit to'uSi and we are niiKhty
not mlenl-aul compar.itively aileet.l,,^,,^ Hanaification of treiKhi is disonier
considerng that he is AlfreU K
Smith. Not long ago he declared him-
1 .V'W* V i»(»t If% i vti
1
liains, supei Intcmleul of the state, hos-
pit.il.
Dr. WiUiam.s, who had been asked
by the govenjen' to make a sanity test,
■*aid an Sexftetusive examination con-
vinct-d hliii Jackson “ha.s shown defi
nite and pfWi)ive symptoms of moutul
di.-ieasv' for the nakt 15 years.”
He de-erihed Ja.'kson as a victim of
“d< mcntia praeectx, paranoid type, and
prfdotbly epikiisy.”
IRON i
A nundred y«*Jirs ago .New Enghir.d
mines and furnaces were producing
pig iron and getting a cent a nounri ,
for it. Seventy-five years ago Pitts-'
burgh began to he the iron center,
.selling castings for three ernt.s a
Dound. Fifty .years ago New Enylami
found a way.of getting ten cente a
pound for iron, making at into machin
ery. Ironmasters of today get fifty j
cento a pound for their watch-springs
and pres.sed steel alloys.
Every adva.ice in the art of fabri
eating iron yiejd.s a hi.ghtr price for
thr finished-preduct. The new alloy.s,'.
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and
Sy.itcinaH:'ed delusions and usu.ally
producing
homicidal tendencies wore listed a.S
ch:i! atterisliesftof thi^v type of_mental
»e!f definitely as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination in ih'i fall
election?. .N'-w he has cleare<l the air
with a clear and derisive statement of
his position; there i.s no 'j.se in anyone
else running on a wet ticke*, for all*
the liquor in the country is piled on ]
Smith’s platform. j
^our thankful friends.
Bus & Truck Bros.
t'olton ladter
X<.\v York, March 7. - Liverpt>ol
fame in a.- due. F’ro.spcHts of a change
in M.iy weather boosted spots ncarlj
:? pointo to a new low'.-Spinners tak-
. .u • i u- u'underwear eased off near
Among the intere.ding thing.s whieh t. , ,
'*u -J ■ 4 1 ” 1 Ihtd-time, hut grindstones contin'jed
(Governor P.laekw'ood tonight had
taken n i act; m on the rejiort. He
.said he wished to rtudy it carefully
bef ;ie deciding what cour.se he would
.ikt . - I
Jack on v.aj convictc<i at .Aiken last
\e.ir of one of the six murder counts
Smith said in Saturday's spee-h, wa? ,, ... ,,, ,
sympathy with copper. We ad
Hguie-t h’in abd sciUtm'cd t • be clec-
t'ocrfMed last month. His execution
vvc.s sinjel by an ap.jreal to the state
.supreme cqy,i;t.
the declaration that the South is dry.
In orded to exnlain tiie evidence to
the contrary, giver, repeatedly in va
rious election-returns, .S.n th offers
vise caution end federal aid df yuui
Intend to straddle, but if you are long,
you will soon he short and possibly
J 4. 1 .j: I . . 4- 4\ . . broke. Anyway, let Mr. Mt^llon
the »h?olutoly nd'.culoU.sjuj’ution ‘ ’ *
the drys vote and the v^t.-don’t. How i “ ' |
Giles-Chevrolet
Damaged By Fire
he figured this out, we are at a lo.ss to
l^eos. We can ju.st picture all the
weta staying at home in order to vO e
Jesse- Jamea Method
The new- e-tergeney freight rat<’
IS
! Fire diseovkut\l early la.st Thur.sday
j ni;^ht in the rear of the Giles Chev-
'roh-t gir-tge bi’d'v damaged the
*1 began tak
ing Cardul when in
-f^-weakened, run-down
condition,” writes Mrs.
F. S. Perrlt, of Wesson,
. Mifs. **l took one bot
tle, and I 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 w^s nervous, rest
less, blue and out of
heart. I felt depressed
all the time. After I
took Cardul, all this
disappeared.
•"I gave my daughter
Cardui and it helped to
relieve Irregular , .
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want to «.e in offloe. And even if itUider a 2,r,-cent meal-and pay 60 een.s 1""“
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CigArette tobacco w’as selling at 25
‘he shf'W
fire.
room.**
cars
ot the lime-^of the
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