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THE CLINTON CHRO^CLE
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\ 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.
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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
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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
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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.
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