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r k T CT' 'I J "» I V. / THE CLINTON CHRO^CLE (![4^ Clmton (Elpronictr J' J24 WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and Pabfii^r Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING, COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): ^ Ore year $1^; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C The Chronicle seoks^ the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher wiH at>dil times appreciate wise surgestioni 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. \ suggest plowing up every other row | tonight warned that aid must be given i radiant. and ihstalliing goobers therein. How To Get Rich flower-sweetened day, the horseman slackens the rein as he rides I THURSDAY. JUNE 2,' 1932 agriculture and distressed lafbor if the present s^ial order is to be preserved. These problems, he said, cal! for a ! Marry. Pay as you go, ot don’t go. j higher and better trained leadership j of <5od rvnce mdre loved eacli other. Uve your neighbor. Stay put of debt, than the nation has ever known. “We, «On s. ch a day u.ie may dream that Raise your children to love theirjcan not rely upon a leadership thatthe time might come wheh they would, home. Smile at your own w'lfe instead. has had no new ideas in 50 j-ears,” he do *o again.*’ ' i of the other fellow’s wife. Keep clean, added. : ! j Go to church. Take an interest in your Mr. Bowers spoke at commencement <,Toof-rmw 't#* Pww w'• I work, but don’t take your work to bed exercises at Oglethorpe university and ■ **^"*'-*''*"*^ IMC ctlKU?ilCLn i with you. Pay something to your j was awarded an honorary degree of preacher. Sympathize with the man' doctor of laws. Other Vioted guests that’s worse off than you are. Be rea-j who received honorarj' degrees were sonahly charitable. Avoid politics and* Wilfred J. Funk, /president of Funk politicians. Keep your head cool and and Wagn^ls, New publishers, doctor your feet warm and your stomach set-1 of letters; and Dean Archibald Well- tied. And keep a-goirig. hngton Taylor of the school of com- ^ ' merce and finance, New’ York univer- ; .stwiety news from flat rock j sity, doctor of commercial science.^ the egg-laying contest for flat rocki Mr. Bow’ors said 8,000,000 people in and viccinity has henn called off on-j the United States were unemployed and in addition 30,000,000 op the farm were either bankrupt or on the verge of bankruptcy. NOTICE TO CREDITORJS All partWs indebted to the througli the Idnes and qui^ fields, and j o>f Mrs. Mary Etta Young gre< he "dhres that the children i notified to pay same and all creditors . . ^ hotified W file their claims w’ith the Ihrobate Judge at ' Laurens, .S. C.,.or the undersigned at Clinton, S> C., oh or before the 7th day of June, 1C32. JOHN THOMAS YOUNG, n-2-2tc Administrator. CIJNTON. S. 1., THURSDAY. JUNE 2, 19.12 ' ner count of no hens have henn enter ed by citiso.s. concerned, mr.s. porter, the leader of the poultry work, .says rhe will trv it a,Tain next year. i A green man blue mar. can't. may succeed, but a'per propaganda and empty exhorta- a loo.se mule created a big excite-J tions. True, it will be a burden on the.ment on the square friday morning automotive enthusiast—but it is im- when he got away from a farmer who better nut lo i-ay it legger? TO.’VI WATSON ON COHN PLANTING More than a quarter of a century' ago Tom Watson, of (Jeorgia, wrote i this pen picture of the beauty of' »omt*one. The plight of the country is the shafts and htat started the I South at corn su.h that all of us cannot lx- pleased, ble. he was ketched 4 miles away buti*’ I his throat Even if you do owe a grudge it is possible to imagine any program of«w’as peddling turnip sallet. it .seems relief whi: h will not be a burden on that a bumble be<* stung him betw’ixti Many a man gets that run-down at-the-heel lovik hv patronizing boot-. U<'r’j'-sH‘red in this light, it i.s eminent- the bumble bee e.scaned. his name George Washington, it ap;>ears, was a human being after all. It has Inen discovered tha: he wute poetry to hi.s sweetheart when a boy. ly rea=opable that the luxury rather than the rx’ce.ssity should l>e taxed if one o.* (he tiSvo must yield revenue. lei rv. the wide-awake cafe is putting wjn- I his glos.siest plumage, gurgling with song, i “For the sunlight was warm and .\nother feature of the Garner idea dow screens in its doors and windowin • ( OI LF(;E < E.MENT Cullete toaimen-ement, i>eginning next Sunday motninir the-ba?('Sl- aureate sermon by one of the out standing niknister.s of the Pre.sbyle- rian den« miration, is,always an event ♦f unusual interest in our community. Th.s year's graduating clas.s is com posed of thirty-six young men and •ne young woman (a Clinton girl, by the way». and for the closing program a number of friends and relatives from all parts ,of the .>tate will Ih* in the city. Commencement with the graduates is always an important event, a n*d- letter day so to speak. It nteans in reality, the beginning of life's battles, the stepping forth into the competi- tiens. the struggles, the sacrifices, the readjustments, the di.’»appoinlment.-' a» well as the achievements. is interesting. The Si»eaker of the lL>u.'i- ha.' pointed out the fact that at the b; ginning of Hoover’s adminis tration the (’hief Ki^cutive favored ju't such a program as tJiaT now out lined l>y his opjionent. It is Hoover’s pie.seiit claim that the coiHlition of but it is being converted into a gar- the Country, what with additional tax- lage. as mul<“.s will not .sell. and they w'ill be able to throw away mo;'t of their fly swatters—if custom- er.s don’t stand in the door too much and hold same open, flies have henn pretty radiant in all the .South, and the com ing spring had laid its benediction on every field and hedge and forest. “The poplar leaves are now as big a.s squirrel ear.s. and it's time to plant had heretofore onner count ofi^^fq’ the libertv stable being 3 doors off,, , , n, i b f u ’ ’'sun n.ses, look south, look we.st where north, look east where the es and what-not, makes any gigantic relief program too much of an ad^ed burden to the average man. Such « .'tatement would de.serve »eri(»us con- sideratitm- were it not for other pro jects of the President, calling for equally large outlays, and favoring tha- “big man’’ rather than the man” of finance .and industry. Why the go’.eminent should strain a point the “plea.sure .seeker.s’’ swimming: pool ojKT.ed up for bizness last w’tek! at the same place, it is now full ofj niye. clean waiter and some sand hasj b. rin scattered on the bottom of same.! a hot dog stand will be run in the | little dance pavillion. so neboddy need not go home hungry, and two new records for the grafferfoam have henn install- in favor of the wealthy bu.siness man ed to dance by instead of only “turkey at the exi>en.«e of the man who Is on in the straw’’ of last year. the verge of bankiujitcy, i.s hard to understand. our town has henn afflicted with A large and comprehensive building book agents from up north, but so the sun .set.s—on all sides the scene is the same. In every field the steady mule, the steady plow’man and the plowman and the children dropping corn. “The smell of newly plowed ground mingled with the subtle incense of the yellow jasmine; and from every or- i chard a shower of the blossoms of i peach and apple and pear was wafted j into the yard and hung lovingly on the 'eaves and in the piazzas of the old homestead. . i “Was there a cloud in'all the sky? i Not one, not one. I “On such a day, such a cloudless. Prescription Prices are Down One Third FROM 1928 And practically everything else in our store is down in proportion. For Example: No. 59, pint<^. 59c West or Prophylactic Tooth Brush 50c ******************** i ♦ SI 04 Special 59c P’.ogu'i.! w.ii hit at one of the larg- far they have not sold manny books, est and most important factors of the it is all the h^ople can do these days i -unemployment. Af- < lir.tonians, irre.«pective of denomi- situation- ter all, our first responsibility i» to nation, should attend the closing ex ercises arranged especially in hon*»r Ilf the gtaduates who are soon to leave our midst after a resif’er e of the pa.'t four years, an.l we should enter » th them into th- suirit of the happy ikcca.sion. Uur iniere.st should ♦»e shown by our pre.sciite and let tbi.'e young men now leaving us, earry w.th them not only pleasant nH:n»-r.es •ur city and people as well. the man who is actually facing want and privation. Wh^n he has been cared for, then we may turn our eyes to the man who has something and who would like to have a chance to im prove his husines.s. Furthermore, a construction program probably in volves more individual fields of busi ness a/tivity than any other single to pay for gassoleen and silk stock-' ings, and besides that, my wife told j them that she diddent have no time to read books if they diddent cost noth ing. they aie all working on the dol- lar-down plan, and some times that means that yore dollar is gone for- rever mor(‘. E. MiKid Smith, O. D Felder Smith, O. D. DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists tin* citty counsel met last night an<l „ ,.. . - J . L u trjvd to cut the poleesman’s sallery, of their alma mater, but of P»'**J**'‘* kind, the architect, t e owes a member of the counsel contractor, the quarry-owner, the lum- . ) ( HEFKFl I-NESS NEEDED un. the worst is yet to conie" ts a jHjpular expression, but utterly ‘^ n.cle;'.'. F-r what’s the U!*e cheering up i*" We , are lo exj)ect .some still greater mi.<fortuiie or truuhk* to. cofr.e. Why not make the “Cheer up. the best is yet to cdhTeT All of us, excepting no one, get blue and down in the mouth at times. Things gf wrung and we concluile that it’s a hard world, that everything is •ut of joint. We decide that there is her-dealrr, the .electrician, the funii- ture-dealei. the hardware dealer, are all benefited this in addition to the skilled and unskilled laborers who ac tually do the work and draw the weekly pay-check. Taken all in all, Garner seems to have his feet on more solid and rea- .sonable ground than Hoover. The next reply fn»m the White House, how’over, will undoubtedly he of^ great interest. The nation is watcTiTng, listenin is not improbable that the outcome < f this verbal battle may have consider able effect on the November elections. who runs a sbiar about $16.'hf fought for the pressent sallery, and winned out. expenses have not henn cut much since the pannick started in, but in order to help,, it was voted to sweep out the citty hall only once a week and save broomS. the clerk and treas ure, mr. smith, has l>enn asked to put in a 25 wa(t light instead of a 100 watt, that seems to he all the citty can save at this time with the i pres- polliticj^ SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed 15 West Main Street Phone Ifl Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service \ Clinton, S. C. i Coty Face Powder .. SLOq Coty Perfume ..SO Regular . $1.50 Special ... 99c McKesson’s Heavy Mineral Oil, gallon .. $2.00 Rubbing Alcohol, pint. formerly 75c, now ...39c Peroxide, pint, formerly 75c, now 40c Sadler-Owens Pharmacy Telephone 400 ‘At Union Station’ NiKht Phone 401 \ 1 yores trulie, mike ('lark, rfd., corfy spondent. K cluud ..th . Silver lininit .nd wf gr»^w d’.sht'arteneti and ofumtime# im patient. Then is the trying jKTitMl—the time wht'n we should cheer up. This old world, w.th'c'onditiuns as bad as they are now. could be* lots worse. There are a w h-de lot of mighty gt>od i>eopIe still living with good, big, clean hearts. They are in reality the “silver lining.” So it :s a good gos.pel to preach - chter up. You may t>e in trouble to day, but by tomorrow the sun inayjbo shining with unpre*cedenled brilliancy. Folks may be down on you today, but by tomorn»w someb.«dy is going to give you a good, firm, hearty'grasp •f the hand and speak a kind word to you. .\nd then all the gloom is gone. mest chances for the Presidency, hut a muial victory for the Democratic party would, at this time, go far to- wsrd tightening the Novemlier cam paign. (»ariu*r victory now, may put Governor Roosevelt of New York int» the White Mansion which face.s the Washington monument in our national capital. Farmers, Labor Must Have Help Claude G. Bowers Says Aid Must Be Given If Social Order ls| To Be Preserved. * ’ 1 Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee .\tlanta, Ga., May 29. —■ Claude G. Bowers, New York editor and author, As a rule, our misfortunes come in' on himself, hunches, and that's the reason we can- But keep in good spirits. But it is Here and Yonder .\ peanut politician is a cross be tween a pin-head and a flabbergaster j .\nd he eats goobers while bragging If you are broke, bustcvl, bankrupt; rqfually true that giHid fortunes travel I-«nd ins«»!vent. you should borrow andi in companies. Therefore, let us cheer pend. Thal’.s the government’s idea. ' cp, for the be>t i? yet t« come. Rich folks own tax-exempt bt)**ds. — j Poor folks don't pay any^axes—as GARNFK .\XD HOOVER ^bey don’t own anything. Fools own The most entertaining publiif fight *nd personal property and smoke #f the current Presidential campaign cigarettes, and consequently pay near- is the present many-round tiff be- b’ *11 (be takes. Cwoen Herbert triarke Hoover, Presi- dent, and champion of the Republican When the public thinks your prices forces, and Garner, of Texas. Speaker are too high, it boycotts you. That’s, •f the House of Representati%’es and the rea.-^on the railroads and Pullman Southwestern Democratic champion, folk.s and utility companies ain’t. There is no referee, and there are woiking anybody over-time. You can times when one wonders whether or still use a telephone a.s cheaoly as you; aot ,the contestants are wearing could during the World war—which isj gloves and conforming to the Marquis over—but they don’t know it. af <?neeajdmry*s rules. The la.«t two rounds have divided Our country is Clamoring for us to! hofnors fairly evenly. Hoover’s sharp get of.* the gold basis. I got off the' talient, directed toward the Gamer gold basis in 1930, forsook the silver' ranatraction plan, roused enthusiastic ba.sis in"11)120, started on the copper' horrahs on the part- af G. O. P. sup-, baji.v in 1930, entered upon the chick-, porters; h«t the most recent laugh .en egg basis in 1931, and am now on< Hrhich U aoppoaod to be the best to the bread-line ba»is — and our poor->i date) has boon from the gullets of house is full. \ Canseritea. Speaker Gamer replied to j — Hoover's atta^ vrith coonter-attack Cotton I.etter gather than with straight-out defense. New York, May 28. — Liverpool Viewed in retrospect and in the came in steady but low. Spots weak- JIgkft af raid raaaon. the temporary ened on advices from Egypt that i victory seeau indeed to lie on the shirt-tails in India are shorter. Rus-f of the Texan. His im- sian cotton is being dumped in Eng- plan, baaed on a land at the rate of 3 bales a mo.nth. DIGEST ION “My work Is confining, and often I eat hurriedly, causing me to haye indi> gestlon. Gas will form and I will smother and have pains in my chest. “I had to be careful what ■ I ate, but after someone had recom mended Black-Draught and I founds a small pinch after meals was so helpful, I soon was eat ing anything I wanted. “Now when I feel the least smothering or on- comfortable bloating, 1 take a pinch of Black- Draught and get relief.* —ajnto Vaughn. !• Bhlppr at. OrMovtlla a C. Sold in 254 packagM. ^/ledfovds, BLACK- DRAUGHT tax aa ttet it wiB not inter- Boll weevils in Alabama are lining up • the chriished “balance-the- with Heflin and favoring a h't:her’ •aaenSially sound, tariff, but/ire>pposed to calcium ar- FOR WOMEN who aro nm-down, voua. or suffer every month, take Canliil. Used for ovar 50 xm » , J -j' — CHILDREN — and grown-ups , puhbe, senate red-spiders and dry weather. who prefer a liquid-get the new i . Ltniers are fine,)tnd so is butter. How- pleasant-tasting SYRUP of Thed- •ay If »«wspa-^«afer, nol.»Rh.iIr.Jlng or sitting, we= ford's Black Draught; 25c and 50. ii — \ ill' i It’s Always BUSINESS To- Use GOOD r We Do All Kinds “EXCEPT BAD” Chronicle Publishers — Stationers im FlfflU A' \ fat;