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Clinton fCipronirU KMMfai im THE CUNTON CHRONICLE K *.,• s..** - ■V- WILSON W. ffXSklS.'°E4itor and Publithar Published Every Thiirsday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Kate (Payable In Advance): Ore year $1.50; Six Months 75 cenU; Three Months 60 cents . —— ■ —————.1 ' ■" — Eote?^ as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. ^ The Chronicle lM»eks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suRgestions §nd kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of Reneral interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications wiB not be noticed. This paper is riot responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. \ CLINTON. S. Cm APRIL 28, 1»« ^fhj’tferian and Furman, while Furman is the only college team whk-h ha.< as yet failed to win a rneet. The element that causej all the in-^ W THURS day. A] APRIL 28, 1932 ed our dining room suite and inciden tally, he took alonR our Rraphophone j on which we owed one more p«>TTient. society 'throughout the country are openly alarmed at its prevale7\ce. The government of Ontirhy put li-l quor into Uip homes and into thej terest is the fact that a close survey! Friday—Moved into a cheaper place hands of the people. It was tire boastrj shows that no team has a cousi.sLently j today, lahdlofd'kept our pianO for un-|<^ *>”1 of the anti-prohibition party excellent aggregation. Just. glarK'e at , paid ithis: The sprinters are‘at Clemson! morn relit, found an hour’s W'ork this jin Ontario that they would make/it •n^ toting out ashes, looked for possible foir fe^e people to drink ^ inj i and t'ot man, the middle-distance men! some kind of employment for 2 hours,, their homes, ais this would tend to in* fare all at P. C., the-hurdlers are atnobckly don’t seem to want nobody to -^ure moderation. The cocktail plague : the University, C«^s<n, and Furman, j do nothing, mended the shoes of the is only on^ of the dire results. 1 (the vaulters and h'igh jumpers are at« family, stopped the kids iFrom school.j It is significant that from PV.ance.' IClem'on and the Ulniversity, the jave-j -old sewing machine for 8 dollars, as ihome of - light-wine^ drinking, there* jlin nien are scattered, as are the shot j had to have some cash for food and j shou^ld come the news that “The, j putter.s. the distance men are any-) rlu medicine, installment collector re4 Academy of Medicine has begun a ! where but at Columbia, It is hope-; pogsessed my wife’.s evening dress and ics.'ly c(*mplicaied. Coaches are opti- iny tuxedo, *' mi.stically looking toward events iiC ; j whrch tb«*y are weak, hoping mat riiei Saturday — Moved to my wife’s other three teams will divide the j j^^Q^her'-* hou.se today, hunted work -1 points so evenly that no single team (hours, my creditor.s have quit bother- ' I- ? / J- It takes a real live Wrd now-a-day.s to avoid the dead beats. Some of us are beginning to .sus-' pect that one trouble with the chil-^ dren of trday is that they are dissat-' i.'fled w’lh their parentiv -- ! THE COMMENCEMENT SEASON May and Jbne, the commencement j months, are almost upon next five or .six weyks, thousands of high^ schooi! and college seniors, the country over (and Indeed, the wurlJ will h,» given their diplomas— j their certificates, of accoinplishnff nt. A local cynic, rfter looking over his ^ It v^ill he a happy day for these garden the other day, say.s he^S'un-' young i>eople when they bid their poses the trouble is he planted his alma mriU'rs farewell, for althou'h w/Ul win the^tKlge which provides vjc torj*. But this is not all. Several stars have estahli.shed themselves and have won over the ardent fan.s, L>mn of Clemson, and Alley of Furman,_ will put on a duel in the one hundred ^ash ing me, the.y know it won’t be long now', installment agent repossessed campaign against cocktails, owing to. thciryularmihg effect, particularly om wom^n and girls, many of whom are in hospitals suffering from alcohil-; ism.” The Paris Academy of Me<iicine! has fully and unanimously approved’, the conclusions of I>r. G. Guillalu, who declares that “cocktaiLs are at all our household effects, so had nbth-TTatMc'poisofi, a social menace, and will ing to move to mother’s except the make idiots of the wisest men. Cork-; wife and children and 1 dog, tails may seem to impart‘'eloqu''nce' to the dumb, audacity to the tiinor-, Would like to go to ehurch'i‘'“S;.a”d wit"to'the feeble-minded; inj which will W a treat to sm 0,mmn. j bu^ h"av^e^ no'VlSlVsTitV’wearyTw nothing hut illusions tbej»the iron-man who runs the quarter- mile, half-rmie, and sometimes ^the mile as well, for P. C., is always an j iThought of jumping into the attract'.on. And for once the creek to end it all. Oh, well, things evert.s will.be fought out by mixed ^jj] better when the boys get their talent, \»TDrthe wmTier in the very end walk in th, paatura, paid no attention I T'’''’'’ to the “beantiful mea-Jow and butter-1 -y.*" 1'*'- justified in using, r.ven suppo-’.ng they are exaggerations and are only seeds up.side down. The baseball season i.s here. Con gress can go ahead and do vhalever it wants to do. ’ Cr.rblina and Clenison are counting on victory, and P. C. and hu-nian arc I the immediate parting will be tinged j to choke, down a fleeting hope, with sadnes.s, the future will loomln certain that a large Columbia half true, they point to a situation that'should caiise the greatest pos- and judgment day rolls around. h promi-se and challenge enough to blood and set nerves a-ting- It i-s harder to bt* truthful abriut yourself than about, other.s. If vou don’t Udieve. it, try it. Charity nriy Ing’n at home, but ihiit’ i.< no reiiMoi for men to make their wives lK*g for whut 1 l.le money they get. " w .s .ir the lir.g. ^ 7 he attainment of a long-sought goal i.s one of the greatest thrills that life offers. Whether we have trained to win a race, a degree, a prirx*-c»in-1 te;t, a iiroinotion, a partnership, or a'/ IS delegation will be on hand, and Cleni son should turn out in force, Cli.it'jii will be well repre.sented, and Green ville i.s^ .‘'o cl(»se that fans will be able to leave after lunch and still see the THE COCKTAIL MALADY (Editorial in The New Outlook, Canada) The Liqlior Control Board pf On tario wa.s brought into being a few year.s ago to do that which it.s name implies, namely, to control liciuor, to 3ibTe"^concern. “Cenainl)rrtho»e who ket*p insisting that the way toj •*olve the liquor problem is t.o leave j it for the mo.st part alone, and 4eU people do very much as they like, can find little justification for their idea ’n the actual situations a.s thev exist around tho^ world.—Official organ of | the United Church of Canada. Schaeffer Life Time ,4 Pens m The makers, of Schaeffer Pens are precise in eyery detail. Every pen must measure up to a standard that is unquei^ionable not for just a few months, but for a life time. Their per* fected methods assures you of this service, yet the cost is low considering this fea; lure. Guaranteeid f o^r life against the slightest defect. Designs and ppinfs lo m^t your individual require* ments. Other Pens are carried, priceil from— $1.00 up CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Stationery Dept. MULES NOTK K OF FINAL SETTLE.MENT; Nt)*ice i< hcri'bly given that on i i>rcUy girl—in a w'ord, .wbeth<*r wei i;'jc vi(h or poor, high-up or low-down* ^ M ihc scale of six'icty — tlR*re is al-j 'ways that thrill Ix'fore us, the Ihiilll i)f setting up a worthyjfoel, and then striving for it,'and reaching it. But to these w'ho are passing anoth-j er i>f the ()l).stacle.s which life puts in fe,s;ivit;e>--. It will be a gala day--a U’‘>ntrol , it^ priMluction, distribution that you sport lovers will not i **’‘*^^ consumjition. Under the prohibi- caix; to mi.ss. V' 1 - '• **-- j.>'ove!‘ninent .«imply had totinjr execuior of the c.state of T. fh j tion there wa.s .supposed to be .such a | Tue.-'day, .May 21th, 10112, at 11 o’clock j Irtup<*ra’ound^ce of alcoholic iK'verage.x a. .M., I w'iM render my Unal accpnnt-j I that the govei'miient .«imidy had totipir as execir.or of the c.state of T. fh i advi"r whic'i f’ou iMp -'' ("•rim'meement; on car. :{H*akers will repeat within llw com-| A (KKHT MAN LEAVES f'linton lo.ses t^*day. Dr. F,yL. Wi hb of the State 'I’raining School stuff, * i who gcH s to Whitmire wl>ere he Will the way of all of u.s. a timely word of prai liie inwliriii,. in thp future, . » 's .U'c, It .s the srune word efl I>r. Webl)' came to ClinttOi nine vears ago as assistant suiierintendent ... of the Training School. At once he ''bf month, hut it i.s too'importenl to made himself a part and parrel of •he nr - ed >,y -m hat acedunt, co^nmunitv and' with h:s big, kind, ^ ^ 'vr.o are young are t.o often heart he has mudestlv gone about his the viclims of our own enthu.sia.sm and work in a quiet wav and hu.s mini.s-''>ptinusm, jurt as we are very often ter xl with great good to the people victims of our own pe«.simi-m. am.ing whom his life has l>ee.i tpent. j'Vhvn we grow older we have a se.se D,- Webb will make an excellent ’’f >>“5«nre and perspwtive; we se.| cd /.en for Wh-.mire. ■ Thou -h his, fhat happmess and good fortune dot rr:er.d.v here are re’u *an to g * e hiwa not ’ always l.i.*»t, and wo um^rstaiui up, ( wii! a’wavs hava a d,ep, ‘''nt H. the .rame v<fay the bhyckne-t ,)f | and sincere inter. .1 n hi.s we'fure and « de.-pa.nng future may in a ft^M r , dns Ih> changed to light and g >od-i tits lainiiy. • . _ _ cheer. But youth in most ca.si'S c.tn- not nalize these thiug.s—it is t(»o (Ol lilK.sl . 'prone to l(H>k backwiard irrstead of Courts^sy is a good bu.siness g«*Der. | youth thinks that I)e'*ai,ire it cosL.s iHJthing'to be coiy teous. j today has been happy and «moo>t.h, to- Courte^iy is .u profitable jileasure. Hi morrow will iiecrtrsarily be happy and iS one of the leading lights of biwiness with dpiloma.s in our hands, w'e .smile, sigh doe-ply «i the Nobody’s Business By Gee I^Gi Suineiel to the I'robaU* f'ouil of- f3iu-1 rens i'ouivty, S. C., and will at the | Uee ■»» W* W»"W" Diary of a .Man With a Job ^ MoiVday-Weiit to work late,, wife | silk, plumbing out of oi'der.^paid fifth I lhat the ' take the matter in hand, had to lake ^ —— ithe place Of the bootlegger, open up I a l)ai, and attempt to dry up the pi'nv-! .amc time request to be discharged I ince, • / i from further dutie.s as extK*uP)r of i The re.sult ha.s l.een anything but ouirl estate. All persons having cln.ims ^ i .sa!i.st’actory, a.s .“tatistics all too plain- against said estaie will file the same j ly show. The consumption of liquor with the undersigned, duly verified, has startlingly and steadily increased, nn or before the afore.-anl dab , or be Tuc.-day--Bought new .spare tire, ladiator leaking, wife still sick, had puncture on way “To mill, paid fourth '.n.-tallniont on K(. Ivinator. \Vediie.-(lay breakfast, ate '>roke (dutch while childien got the measles in.'^tallimmt on radio. and bi ings sure i<*turn.s. Beo))le who have good dispositions, who are wHlirig to work and know how to smile, are always ^ourt^us. They make goixl e'mployees for any t.usiness. . , The courteous, friendly clerk who makes th((; eustomens feel that their business" is appreciated" has made suqf'cssftrir thought that work and troubles are behind, and look for the silver spoon with Which we (‘xpect the world to feed us, Alas, there is no silver spoon un less we ourselves make one, and no one takes the trouble to find GmmI for The tragic record of accidents and crimes admittislly related to didnking simply cannot be concealcxj from the public, despite the efforts of the gov-, ernment and a large .section of the press. I W'e hu'^'e been drawn to thi.s subject - Cook (ju'-t, cooked j at the nioment by reading a recent 1 breakfast <lown town., declaration of .Sir Henry Drayton,; en rou*e to work, j cdiaii mao of the Liquor Control Board! paid third of Ontario. He amioimced that if he i had the power of a c/.ai' hs* w(»uld go -r- »- j into c 'ery ome and smash every eoi-k- Thursday—Wite be.lter, did withoutrliii'_‘''ha..er that he could find, breakfa.st, had wreck on way to plant,; Sh’ II-nry is evidently worried, ami tore Bill Smith’s fender off, says I ‘ f, r ?i veiy good reason. The eo-ktail mu.-; pay him $2r>, children wor.<e,j habit has spread widely in Canada. pa;d second installment on last din-1 and thousands of people in t(Uieh with ing room suit of furniture. - ' 'Friday—W'ife entirely wi-ll, tried i to cook my breakfast, but meter) empty and so was my pcK'ketbook, ate an egg and a cup of coffe<» at the [.a t ('hance ('afe, paid installment on my wife's evening dre.is. fortver barrtKl. S. VV. KUMkIUKU I - Jtc. Kxc‘<'iitor.' E. .Mood Smith, U. D Felder Smith, O. D. _ DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists SPECIALISTS Eye.s Examined GiM8»<rs Prewnfted 15 West Main Street Phone 101 1 Laboratorv for Prompt Repair Service I — We h;ive just unloaded anoth er car of A-Grade youns: Ten nessee Mules, priced riifht. ('all at our stable and look i them over. YOUNG BROS. LIVE STOCK CO. John T. Little, Mjjr. Clinton, S. C. SUBS. KIBE TO THE IHRONICLB Sa'urduy — Wjfe’s kinfolks arrived ju.'t before dinner time, ran into tele phone post and broke bump«*r atid 2 our mouth.s. .lust as one must work, — ■ ■ . , telephone conqmny with notice of ami college, just so must one Courtesy i.s a helpful service. Itt succe.ss afterward—only the work ta-ps busiiie'.'^. in iiigs in new cu.st'in-jjj^ .school and college is mere ch ld'e play lH*.sido what is ahead. Mo.st high school graduates have the rather absurd i.-lea that they arc “educated’’ at last, and an esjual nuni- b«>r of college alumni fi*el the same way, I'bey fwl that education consist.s in thing.s done—lawiks read—-hours of clustf»?.s—successful examinations. Hut th'it is not an education—all of th(Sse are ers ai'd be: efit> the whole city. ’CourteotKs treatment to the .strang er brings many a‘city tangible results. It .brings in peofrle- who like to live aii^ do busii es.s in a friendly city. .Sonic i»la.;es of bu.siness hi\<' too much .stately courtesy and too little bU'-ineS'S louitcsy. ttourtesy plea-es and bring- d'.’i-j ds-nds. I things A city that^'.sb'ows couitesy t- visiv- ^y^, pj^^s to the education lhat is I CI S is gcm-r.iliy tlu- city that "'‘‘’'■y ^ bevxbml. The wisest men of history j b<'ly like-. — , hdbt* realised that no one is ever “ed- —A ^iie-'eii,’’ but, that we nui;^t go on al-j NO'IHINt. NKW UNDER THF/ j ways—as bmg as there is breath inj ’ / Jour bodie? and curiosity in our miiMls.i .. ^ i: . t: always .searching anew, always a.sk-7 tt.. th.Ml. '.v.. MV,. ,n » nev.r tirin^l af v. but nu.R. than thru/ hun Irv.V - ^ years ago everything was just as: „ ^ J *s . J I answer an answer sugge>ts a new question and a new search. There is no place in the world for ^ , J 10 grocers, .o doctors, 2 undertakers, 1 probable discontinuation, 1 ga.s com* pany^ ditto, 1 electric company, ditto, 1 water company, ditto, 12 filling sUi- tions, ;{ drug stores. Wrote each of them thbs nice letter: “Dear Sirs: Y(Hir ^insulting statenwnt received. I can’t pay my honest jlehts much less bills like the one you <daim I owe you.’’ .Made “down” payment on a nice 4 * Piece live in than th everything was top.sy-tui vy as it is today. UO'lH-rt Hur-i ton, who was born in I.'iTO, publis];^dj a famous book calltMi, "The Aiu^omy i of Melancholy” in 1021. Ami three^ hundred and eleven years ago he j wrote in that bo<>k a number of para-1 graphs which Iwuh‘ a very familiar I ►ourd in ih's year of grace, r.*.'12. Here are .some of them: *'New news everv dav. Those o'di- I’vin.g room suit bought from the f.'ur;h,«"r7 thr<mKh' whi.-h | '•I’*.'’; ■ Vou ..Knjoy" KurnituR ( o. look bath, shaved, went to'pic ture show, .shot some pool and went, home and retired and went to bed. Sabbath—Too tired and worn out to gt t up till nearly dinner time. But finallj did .so. ’ Washed car, greased, 1 caiv polishtHl cUr, filled ear with gas, I then ate dinner, I and family got in the :h:in who has "arrives!,” nor is there any “kick” for such a man. No, 'is long as we live wemiurt always go fonvard; and if the wis^'st of tm should ever claim to have attained the snmmit of all knowledge", he would up until we have . whieh' ^**^*’’ Ujl into the mountains, got heme at 7 o’clock, too tired to go to churcii, listened at radio till 10. (’lavyj- ed into the* hay and slept like a log and dreanied lhat I hid nty install ments nearly paid up, but wok\‘ l*efore I got my receipts .Too bail , - , onlv prove himself a fool. So let u.s nary- vumoM of wur, plaKUu,, f.ru*. ^ a,.,..,,,,-.- ;aumlat„.n.. th,-fls ,.,unl..r», vres, m,tu..r» cumut, (iHTtruma ap- I, panLup,, pr,.d.K.«,. »h.|»vr..vk». law-, , l„m.,rr„w. pleas, law, prca-lamalmn, eum- plam,, Kr,evan. e,. The,, b-unte of weddiiig.s, entertainments,' enwas-' sies, tiophies, sports, plays, treasons,; robberies, enormous villainies of allj kinds, funerals, death of princes, new •discoveries and expeditions. “Gur ?ummum honum is commodi ty, and. the goddess we adon*, Dea Moneta, Queen .Money. “So manv professed Christianss yet so few imitators of Christ; so much talk of religion, so much science, yet little conscience. "To fee so many lawyers, yet ao lit tle justice; so many laws, yet never more disorders. Lawyers get more to hold their best. jawith Diary of ^ .Man Wfthnut a Job Monday—.Slept late, wife^well, chil- dien well, al of us cooked .sione toast uul fatbp'. k for 'oreakfnst, hunted work r >; .") hours, in.'^tallment collector j de-pu> ■‘t-.-.-'ed )»y High Grade Walnut car. have cost double these amounts two years ago. Can you N. afford not to investigate this? Tuesday — Sold spare tire that “Pay-While-You-Ride” agent failed lo take along w.lh car ye.sterday, cooked a nice breakfas*, of fatback'and tiic.st, THE STATE T KAUK MEET ^ family well, hunted for work I hours, The intere.vt in this year’s .slate i promi.xvd few hours work next week irack meet, to be held here in (Minton tr'.naniing hedges, installment callcct-' on May Hth and 7th, is greater than or re-pos.ses.-cd our Kelvinator. ! any which ha.s been inspired by a , . -♦ 1— | South Carolina track meet since Pal-. Wednesday—Moved into 2 rooni.st mytto spike-shoe artists began pr.'inc- this morning, using front room for i ing ?ome ten years ago. Indications' bed room, sitting room, living ro-Sm, It means that you save. \ me that the best out-of-town crowd whhrh Clinton ha.i seen in recent years will he on hand to >utch the fortunes of the four team.s wnich are entered.^ Advance “dafK?” gives the Uriiver- peace than we to say our j ^jty of South Carolina a decided edge, “New books every day, pamphlets, stories, whole catalogues of volumes x)f all fort.s, new paradoxes, schisms, bereaies, controversies in philosophy, iK^fioo, &c.” Only the very young or the very ^inexperienced think that there is any )''mBteria2 change in human nature and Its manifestations froni century to I (■ Clenison but optimiiU a fairly all over close second, the northern dining room and sun parlor, other rooni is boing used for kitchen, bath rt>f>m, laundry room, and breakfast room. Hunted a K-b fyr 3 hours. Ir.-j .stallnient collector re-possessed our, radio. Thursiiay — Ha<l nice breakfast o part of the rtate have ibeen sharpen-, toust and water. Water was especial- ing pencils and adding points until it ly fine, got it from our neighbor’s appears that any of the four teams .'•'pigot. (They cut ours off yesterday).; niay turn the unexpected — the dark- Hunted work for 2 hours. Man* prom-1 horse of the meet. The University has: i.^ed to write his brother in Punkville clearly demonstrated its superority in) and see if he ^ould use me as a truck dual meetJ, by defeating in turn, driver for the city. Grocery stores Clemson. Presbyterian, and Furman, j still open but'not,-to us4-ex*cept for Clemson has likewise - defeated Pres-J cash. In -tallnuiit collector re-possess-’ * i PRftTHER-SIMPSflN Furniture Company “The Home Makers”. (Clinton, - - * - - South Carolina ■■■■ r-'