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c> J ■ ■ f! 1 THE 4:LINT0N CHRONICLE THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1932 @4? (fllmton (EtfronirU Wf fcWrfitd IfM WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and Publisbar Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscri^jadB Rate (Payable In Advance): Ore year $1.5(X; Six. Months 75 cenU; Three Months 60 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions 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. Chairmanship Fight Engages Democrats 7 but only a bare majority ^ needed to elect a chairman. The Roosevelt leaders, claiming that they will have 691 of the 1,154 dele gates with them at the opening of the Smith Forces Seek To Namej^’onvention, expressed a firm belief in Shouse. Roosevelt Wants Sen-1Walsh. , , ... I To make certain, however, that no ator Walsh, Massachusetts.' J measure to complete its long legisla-! rtrents” in governmental froblems live journey before resigning to de-j during the last three years. vote his time to personal affairs. | ^ — It was known that the outspoken; AB>.iiing in th? of Magarinea and able financier took the place at a heavy personal sacrifice. He quit as.*"** Newspapers, ,:7 ambassador to Great Britain last ifrin-1 ter to go'back to the Central Trusty ■ Roosevelt delegation will vote against i company of Chicago, an institution . I Walsh, the question is being discuss-i with which he has been associated for] I /New York, June >7. — Alfred P].'ed with leaders in every state claimed; many years. 4 i ■Smith', political allies decided today, for Roojwvelt. ' | KmwIok that hi., unusual career/ ■ to hinge their hopes of nominating Another repercu-ssion of the Shouse-1 personality have made a strong ' ■ — See — • » JAMES W. CALDWELL Call 38 at 12 Noon."~ ,the happy . warrior on a funou,-feosevelt brealf came .n a statement j.i..,j.e,5ion on the imagination of the f.gbt ..ver the election of a perma- fiom Robert Jackson, of New Hamp-| A,3rican people, President Hoover inynt chairman of the IJemocrat.c na-| shire, secretary of the t)eraocratic p„,u.,|ed him to lend his time and , tiOnal eonventtoli. j national committee. ! t„„,rd getting the Finance cor- I ThJ.s was learned at^the conclusion Kooscveit headquarters here he. pojj,tion to functioning. 'of a strategy' meeting of Smith's'-^id: I . , , « !“war board.” which sjient four houj:s| “Press ac-counts convey the impres- " the, president, (xen- ! behind closed doors in a snjoke-filled sion that Mr. Shouse has in his pos- E. Mood Smith, o. O Felder Smith. O. D. r DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists sky.scraper office. 1 “It will l>e a fight to the last ditch,” I said the spokesman of the group, ! Thomas-F. Spellacy, Smith leader in session a memorandum dictated to me by Governor Roosevelt and commit ting the governor to .Mr. Shou.se’s candidacy. I cannot believe that Mr. eral Dawes .said that with the balanc ing of the budget by congress assured, “the turning point toward eveiuual prosperity in this country seems to have been reached.” SPEOALISTS Eyes Examined Glasses Prescribed ( LINTON, S. ( .. THURSDAY, JUNE 9. 1932 .Connecticut, as he outlined plans for Shou.se deliberately intended to con-] I^^wes added that the work of the;«5 W>8t Main Street ^Phone 191 'a united battle to elect Jouett Shouse,! vey that idea. | corporation was well in hand and that LaboVatory for Prompt RepaIrServIcar h!s*executive chairman of the Democratic; The.;-'only document of any kind j 56 A London doctor urges women tojvance: that broke up the trade. „.a ^ - - , ' S7nn onn non smoke pijK-s, but you can’t talk with, name is dr. jerkem and his prices will, national rommitte<*, a.=! presiding of-: i^hich I gave Mr. Shouse was a copy j “ _ ' Clintpn, S. C. a pipe in your mouth. I y \ The way some families keep up a front iinjioses a great strain on the *<hops they deal with. M? as followers: pulling plugging plates filling boring .50c 2$ 5$ 3$ 2.$' The test of generosity is the ability ; to contribute cheerfully to a worthy/ I ficer of the convention. I He inferred the meeting had dealt ' with little els<*, except a decision that I (Jovernor Joseph B. Ely of sMassa-1 Roosevelt. He has my permission to [chusetts, would nominate Smith, and , make the memorandum public if he [that Representative Mary E. Norton, wishes to do .so.” of the resolution as adopted and thdt| From alarming proportions' when contained no inference direct or indi-jthe Finance corp^oration was set up,; rect of its approval by Governor i bank failures have been decreased un-' til now they are no more than in or dinary times. The“ corporation also is )f .New .Jersey would be among the ore of our nabors went to the coun- * seconders. . j-ause even though a tightwad do-s ty seat last week and got a sack of' It thus apiH-ared that the fir.st test the collecting. o ; red cross flour, on the way home, his'of strength between the Roosevelt ; ford hrolye down and he had to hire j and “stop Roosevelt” groups would Every tune the liottom falls out -f it toed in for 2$. he .says he lost mon-jcome on thi.s que.stion. the stock market an .th-'r class gradu-; ney on this free flour and from now ITie Smith forces were repre.sented iites a* the Schinjl of Kxperieme. 1 I'olit • Wliuld Ik' ail right if it we'e net for the politicians. The smaller tht petition' them* is that. job the for it. more enn'- Rerne ruber on, they have got to .send his’n to him. ] as feeling that this issue w(»uld give! Olllfft he hopes the farm bored will let the j them un ideal grouixl on which to unemployed have a carload of meat to ordinate and .soliilify the opposition to . the .New York governor and prevent 'OvttlQ 1 IaC" him from dominating the convention. Shou.'-e. already has que.-tioned go wi,h the fipur. the iid.-^screant who broke into the given credit for preserving the sta in an address at Albany Governor' bility of many railroads and other fi-| Rooseveit lashed out at extensive pub- nancial institutions. i lie works plans similar to those advo- Ck>neral Dawes, Eugene Meyer and: cated by Smith ^nd Speaker Garner, | directors of the Finance corporation! who also will be placed in nomination j were week-end g^sts of President! at Chicago. ^ Hoover at his Raglan camp. Out of! ^ their deliberation came further rec-■ ommendations for l^olief and econ.imy. i Presumably, there Dawes told .Mr.i Hoover he felt it was time for him to quit. In _acccpting the resignation, ^ —— ■ Piesident Hoover expres.sed intense eitty hall and stole the polee-sman’s j Koo.sevelt’.s “good faith” in the :lecis- winter suit has escaiK'd and got away, ion of the New Yorker’s fortes to he i.s described a.s lieing G''feet tall, fi^hl for the elei'tion of Senator If you .-tand for the rigljjt things und lust seen wearing a pol^rsman’s' \VuI.<h of sMa.ssaeltusetts, as perma- voa are n(»t .so apt to fall f ir the suit, size 1(1, wai.st 4K, bu.st 32, coljer , nent chairman. General Resig^ns As Head of Re-'ret and told General Dawes that construction Kinance Corpor- he «a, personally under "Kreat oMi- . gation-s to him for his acvompl’.'h- ation. Returns To Chicago. uipudine 6est for It gives relief nerves — no* I nezes — not deadening - them. Contains no oputes. Won’t upset stomach. Being liquid, it acts quicker eWashington, June 6. - Expre.-^sing wrong things. blue, a nice reward will be givven by I Senator Wheeler of Montana, today j that the time.s have turnyd I him if ketehed and returned with the enuntered by aceusing Shou.se of us- ‘Uward prosju’rity, ('harles ifT. l)aw<*s When a man plants an unferu ed suit, he allso got a plug of tof>acker' ing his national Committee po.sition' fuday resigntd as president of the Re- garden it is a .sign that he is going. sume time with very little of; to the “st.iji-Roo.sevelt" niove-1 *'*'*^f *un Finance corporation to Jo fall out with his neighbors. same chewed up. rite or foam infor-! nient. THE (IRADUATES* MONTH June, the month of roses—also the month of bride.s, sweet girl gra luates. and other thing.s that poet ra\ e over, IS putting forth the signs and proofs <if itS' pr<‘s<*nee in the usual fashion. The surest evidence that .June, apart from the calendar, is the brt*aking out of the bac( alaureate ad<lr<*ss and the harvesting of the annual ero[i of di-| plonias tiy the y<'iing men and young' women who go forth to h Ifi solve the; Iiroblem.>. of the world Mav their| ■ deal.s and enthusia.'in sei .e .he eoun- lr>’ well, even if the harder .sfb )ol «)fl experieiiee into which they are enter-{ mg' i.s destined to take a lot of Hu*, idealism out of tHem. f Finance go back to his (’hicago bank. Political ob-servers saw in the exten-; President Hoover aecepttHi his res- sive plans for the fight being made ilfnation. effective June 15th. crop.s seem to be growing as fast as in both camps, a po.ssibility that the keeping with his character, word possible without guanner. cotton has i outcome will have a eonsiderable ef-j f^at he had (juit came as a surprise mat ion to the city haM. no. 2-j. b- n.i cli.iiiped out and some fishing has benn going on. everboddy is ex feet on the strength of the candidates j and .started immediate speculation. involved when the balloting for a | The letter of resignation made pub- peeling the boll weevil and if he don’t pr^^idctitial candidate iK'gins. Jic at the White House, however, re- come and eat our crops up, we will all “(Jur purpose is to nominate Alfred | minded that he had taken the job of be in the arni.s of the govverment (if‘K. Smith f ir pre.sident,” Spellacy diie ting the huge relief organization. we have army) by novemlior the 1| the said, “and we will nut stop until that 17-y<‘ar-()ld loeust.s are not here yet. with the umb'r.standing that he would be relieved when its work was prop. >ul has lx CM reached.” yores trulie, “We be!ie'i<* Smith will l>e nominal-c^’tahlished. mike ('lark, rfd., bteause be is the one man in the' The new.s that he had ijuit was eo- eorry sponde'it. country that has >h I'irst Store-Bought Suit of Ulothes luse Ml* IS me one man in me; mni nv iia«j .jun who slaiids with a program incident with ithe information that s been approved by the Demo- Pre.sident ^ Hoover had signed the^ erats of the nation. “We Ijelieve that for thi.s reason he $1,11S,.')OI),0()0 revenCie hill. That there was a relation between the tw<r itiei- 1 think I was 16 years of age when' nominated^ and also because |‘it'nt.s was plain as t)awes indicate:! POPl LAR TOWN NAMES If some ine were to ask .v<»u what j,, t:he rno-^t popular name for towns balance ot the , , , , , bale belonged to 6 or K others who ,VI.U ll«,l .•Wokfd lll>j„|,„ - th<' United State.-, what would you gu<ss? Urile.ss the names in the United States postal my fulher and I, as well as my 5, ,,f splendid record as a public of- bruthers and 4 .sisters, went to town' ficial and beeau.M* of the 15 or 16 mil- on .3 hales of cotton and dressed our- ] nu vote.s east for him in 192S. selves up. f hu4l had a cotton patch) ^ill l>e the desire of the conven- ti<tn to iKHuinute a winner and what we need in the White Hou.se is a fight- strongly he had been wailing for the' EXCURSION TO ATLANTA June 10-11-12 and 24-25-26 S2.00 Round Trip From Clinton Tickets on sale for all trains June 10-11 and 24-25 and trains arriving Atlanta by 3:45 17 M. (C.T.) June 12 and 26th. Return limit to leave Atlanta on anv train prior to midm^ht of Tuesday following dale of sale., TICKETS GOOD IN COACHES ONLY For Full Information Apply Ticket Agent or Fred Geissler, G. I*. A., J. T. Ferkins, T. I*. Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, (ta. A., SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY gaide, It is ..afe tu s^ay that you _«^uld ! rei^all distinctly that pgr co-hale j not hit upon the right namv in a d iZon ■ gu(v>se,s. (If course Washington would -SUg-* of cqtton fetched a grand total of 23 dollur.s and 27 cents. That meant my , . , ... ,286 pounds of .seed cotton was „worth g-si Itself, also .Springfield. I><»«^bly' the"lint) 5 dollars and 82 cents. Pans. Bui neither of them !<•«<»-! Father had the cotton buyer figure although \(a.shmgton stands in the.^ him nd rank. er. That man is Smith.” Ill indicating that the Smith drive the. a4t<*mpt to tipidiiicy Jiflid PHiM leach child’.s share and it ' nearly 3 hours to get it decipluTiHj. The moM popular town na.me m the;^,^ ^^„^her was along too. She Uniti'd tUates is ( liiiton. of which there are 3(i having postoffices. Next comesChester. Florence, and Wa-hington with 2h towns of each! . ,, „ 7. ... . • A Mr. Poore waited on us. He was name; then ( lavton, .Madi.^on, Marion . ... * n j .V- a fine, lolly guy. He actually made us • (ilenwood, Kingsport,' . ^ f told us what to buy, and that’s* what we bought. and Troy. 2 .New ^'enter There are 1 rov, -i; viiei! (nui, i\iiig>iioi i, i i j » i , .... . ,, i think that he was glad to see us and port and Salem, JP; Ashland and ,, ,, , ' sell us. Us children were so grt*<*n that J*'- i - FUo* 21 Uleve!and.s and mistaken several times that The .suit that my the ‘arne num'ier of Springfield.^, several; for jollaids of ,h.,M bvinK im,...riant .-iti-a. 0th,t 11"™"-' /U'. . U* 1 , .1 • , ! father lik«‘d it liecause it was slrijH'd, ran.es lange from ibis number down-j , . ... , , -rt. * I. K* k V ..u an<l »»V motber liked it becau.se the ward. There is «tnly one NeW i ork, , ... ^ i . ... ,,.1 J 1 buttons .-eenuHl ike they were* sowed bai two ( h.vagos, six Philadelphias' - . , ,, , , •, ' i on faiilv well. I liked it because it was and eight Detroit^. , x i The outstanding popularity of theO* cots. there had U*va:.ji.''*^,.iii4cuiisi()u. or at-j. tempts to liiicj^p favorite son staU*Hj for the “happy warrior.” j Neither had the conferees concerned I themselves with “figures or (kde-! gate.s.” ! Prohibition, likewise, was not dis cussed, he said. “Former Governor .Smith’s stand on prohibition already is well known,” he added with a laugh. While^the Smith, meeting was going on Roosevelt’s eainiiaign managers were likewise eoiuentruting on plans for the chairman.shipibuttle. A two-thh'ds vote is necessary to -nominate a presidential candidate, name Clinton is somewhat difficult to vind«rstand. although two statesmen i—Mr. Poore $3.50 of my cot- of that name were very prominent patch money. He threw in a pair ooriv thp r,.n,»hlie pmk gulluses. I then paid 25 cents the e^rly days of the republic. I (teorge Clinton was the first gov-j (That hat went to vmor of the state of New Yorjc and »‘^‘<!ond'»time I wore it). As was vice-president of the United I ever heart! State.s at the time of his death in 1812. His nephew, DeWitt Clinton, •was al.^o govern<»r of New York and an un.sueeessful candidate for the pre.^idency, being defeated by Madi son. of underwear, we bought nonef I got a nice pair o.^ black sox for 7 cents. My father bought a big box full of odds-and-ends shoes and the pair I finally got hold to was a 7 for my left foot and a 9 for my right foot. Restless, could not sleep UTHERB were days * when I felt like I Whether it 1h* through the fame of i the.^e statesmen or the euphony of' ^ proud tne name it.self, Clinton is the favorite' clothes I whistled-and blowed my fist of that suit of ran.e for towns in the United States.the way home. I also sang a few jtongs: my favorite tune then was, - I “Sallie’s Gone To Georgy’ ’and “Run, Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee niMblings froa flat rock mr. and mrs. artis totHe motored to cedar lane and dinnered with His mother.in-law and supperred with her aunt, mrs. greeson, and returned back home in time for church sabbath night, but they were so worn out they did not attend. 'ngjrcr, run, or the Patrol Will Ketch You.” We got home id>out mid-night. We lived only 24 miI©s9rom town, but that wasn’t so far—especailly if I got a new suit, in my peace last thursday, i said eVat mi^ allie may smith was in the deceiving line at the shower givven in! ^ bottom in It I was ruint. I cried 3 I wore that suit the following Sun day. It dyed me a pale purple. Every button but 2 fell off of it. The pante ripped so bad that I had to walk backwards when I met anybody. One sleeve actually dropped out. The lin ing came loose and I lost part of it. The suspenders had streached about 5 yards and I had to hold my britches on with both hands. Not a pocket had Iwnor of mist key weather, but this wan «n,a)iftake of the pen on my part, smd mist key has ask^ me to correct same, she trill not invite the smith’s t oher wedding onner count of they diddafit invite anny of them to tusie’s. could no^ get my work done. I would get «o nenroiis and ^tremWy^ I would hate to lie down.- I was Tery rest- less, and could not sleep at night. My mother adTlsed me to take Cardul, and I certainly am glad she did. It Is the first thing that seemed to glTt ms any strength. Z felt better after the first bottle. J kspt it tip and am now feel- fine. a. Otbosa. solid weeks. Money gone, suit no good, shoes hurt my feet and everything.] I stayed at home from then on—till the next crop and then I paid $6.00 and got me a blue serge and it was a peach-reno. 'a tuutb dentist from n. 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