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(' ' .J0 ■- -i. 1 / ' THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1932 1 Csuididsitcs Hc&rd ; i7i7n\7 i a ' In UureiM VERY LATEST Senatorial Aspirants^ Address Lari!:e Crowd. Senator Smith Defends Record. J By Mary Manihall Printed dimity, lawn, eyelet embroi- idered batiste, fine voile, plain and eitibroidered organdie, widewale pique, are among the cotton materials used State’s Peach Crop To Bring $500,000 Expect 600 Cars To Be Moved During Present Season. Last Year’s Shipments 1100 Cars. Columbia, Aug. 3.'^—South Caroli- South a Carolina pn- men seeking the United States Demo* icratic wnatorial nomination as they i spoke before some 1,000 Laurens j county voters here to attack eaih . other and plead their own causes. ^ , FAITH Senator E. D. Smith, Cole L. Blease, One of my farmer neighbors called! ^^hton Williams ,on me the other day. He wanted came here from buy forty’ acres of my land t^ add to county-to-coiinty his hundred and sixty. anticipation of a nomination "How do you expect to pay for il ? I asked him. "1 didn’t know any of you dairymen were making any money, with milk down to four cent.s a gal lon.” "We’re not," replied my neighbor, "but thing.* can’t get any wor.'-e, so . they are bound to get better. I figurv on buying twelve or fifteen more head of cow.s in the spring, and I’ll nee;, more pasture. A lot of the folk* around here are selling off their cow.- and throw Uur.n,, Aug. 10. ^ rrtv.rn,,.<.nUl evening dre«M I k Organdies, voiles and other sheer ina’s peach crop, which is now begin- Idrubb.ng t,.day .1 tb. hand of four made STER executive" S«ppl}-in{ a wcelc-to-wceli mipiretiM far the heavy-burdened who will nnd every humaa trial Mrallclcd iirthc cxpencaccs of “The Man .Kohody Knows. -f over ning to move to the eastern markets j In Late Afternoon | , j Eighteen hundred year* later an It was very late in the afternoon i important man left the White House silk slips but are often made separate- volum^should put nearly i’” Galilee. The dozen men who had; in Washington for the war office,,. ^ walked all day over the dosty roads with a letter from the presidfipt to at the coming maries. I Smith, taking the stand first, .laidj h( *was departing from his practice ofj ; fit criticizing opponents when hej ;ok issue with statements made by j Harris. i He said he thought he should an-! wer charges of Harris during the campaign that he was at least par tially responsible for extravagant ex- penditures in the war department, mg up iheir hands, but | ve' cavalry, and said been farming forty years and I ve equipment had been purchased never .seen the Him* when the fellow, ^ ^-^rld that sticks to it and does the l>est can t come out all right in the | senator expressed a hope that ' "South Carolina this year will not I told .John he could have the | ^ $10,000 a year jackas.s to the and I complimented him on his faith States senate," defended his record and challenged "anyone” to in the future. It ha.s always .seemed to me that the real backbone of America IS that fjuality of confidence. Our re cent troubles have largely lH*en due tf> loss of faith in the realities of life. Too many people are too far removed from the ^oil. hut the man with his feet on the ground and the courage and ability to work is the one who IS going to puil us out of the hole. show he had not "always voted in the best intertsts of the people." . j He defended himself against charg es of nepotism made by Harris and I said "the employment of relative.s is' a privilege provided umler law and one practiced by practically every South Carolina senator .since the Civ il war.” Me said he .securtnl more financial SILVER aid from Washington for the state •As I have lieen- predicting in this | farmer.* than "any man who ever rep- column, the remonetization of silver has become a topic of worl^-wide dis resented them in congress.’’ Williams attacked political exp<*fli- cus.sion by governments and econo-j ence at Washington and said "there: mists. The propo.sal to put th^* Indian jean be no relief from the pre.sent de-I rupee back on a silver basis and toiprcssion until (fundamental errors in | restore the silver content of the sub- i government are correcte<l.’’ ; sidiary coinage of the British Empire; ' ’ | — OlUlt.V *500,000 in the pockets of the grow-1 TT^e sight‘of I ' I village was very cheering, as they George E. Prince,•ehief of the mar-i looked on* it from the top of a ill. keting division of the Clemson col lege extension service, estimated the crop would total approximately 600 four hundred-bushel cars. Prince said prices this season were good as compared wdth lastf So far, they have ranged from $2 to $2..')0 a bushel basket and are expected to av erage upwards 6f'$2 for the season. Last year the average was approxi mately crate. Se^ vision chi^f said, have contribute<l to this .reason’s good prices, among them the high quality of the .South Caro lina peach. * the secretary’ of war. In a very few minutes he was back in the W’hite House again bursting with' indigna tion. The president looked up in mild surprise. “Did you give the message to Stanton?” he asked. “Yes and he iore it up,” exclaimed little hill. Their leader sent two mem bers of the party ahead to arrange for accommodations, while he and the others sat down by the (roadidde to ^ait. i outraged citizen, “and what’s After a bit the niessengers were' more, sir, he said you were a fool.” ieen returning, .nd even at a dLstance ..p.j ,,ii jha; ?" he ask- it was apparent that roTOthing un- 3^,. „«ated it,” pleasant had occurred, Hieir cheeks, „ president w.th a dry . .t" 1 “"^T-ilaugh. “I reckon it must betrue, then, 60 cents a basket, or bushel, they told it the People; Stanton is general’;,' right.” j in the village had refused to receive Several factors; the marketing di- .«eek shelter somewhere else. The indignation of the me.s.sengers ! communicated itself to the others. [ This back-w’oods village refuse to en- ••.Some of our p-aches when on the unthink- The angry gentleman waited for the storm to break, but nothing hap pened. Abraham Lincoln tunfed quiet ly to hi? de.sk and went oTi with his work. New York markfet." he said, "top it day after day. Last year we .shipped car after car of U. S. No. 1 jieaches. Not many states can do that.” Another factor is the care the South Carolina growers, located chiefly in Chesterfield, Spartanburg, Greenville, Chester, York, luiurens, .Aiken, Sa luda, Richland and Fairfield counties. WANTS able. He was a famous public charac ter. He had healed sick people and given freely to the poor. In the capi-i . .me, , tal city crowds had followjed him. MOTH-PROOF B.AGS for j our win- "I/ord, these people ai^e insuffer- ter clothing, at Buchanan’s. tf able." one of them cried. "Ix>t us call! SALE—Poland China $3:00 down fire from Heaven and consume; two ^or $5.00. W. .1. Henry, them.” The others joined in with ^n-ij^ 8-4-2tc‘ thusia.'im. Fire from Heaven — that^ —^ : was the ideal Make them smart for I GET us dry clean your suit (»r dress take in t,iading and packing their hoorishne-s.' Show them they I now. Buchanan’s Dry CV.'iners and l>eaches.. The e'.ension service marketing di- vi.^ion ha.s 12 inspector.? in the field can’t affront us with iinpunityl ('ome, Laundry. Lord, the fire— It FOR S.ALE—Trailer and caovas boat. t<( aid the griiwers in doing this. The' ''•'"''1"? -See R. C. MeUes, phon. -J'.K, Itp inspectors give the orehardiats valu- "’'“''‘T pn^-'-rful a,' — able assistance in grading and pack-* ing the fruit for the market, is.suing knows nothing. Every that instinctively. executive W-ANTED—Two down-sta To argue' rooms. Apply to .Mr* fumish- ^ am Mad- certificate* that the iwach. * have met ■ ^of thoae! d;^one 181^ Itc re<|'jired te-ts. Thir is a label of -tan- 'T'*'' »;*"«: silence convicts, |T is eeonom* to have .veer clothing daid quality and has contribuU-d to j ‘folly; they msh/ they dry cleaned and your 1 aundry done ithe l.uilding up of the reputation of Ispoken so quickly; thet*!^- Jby our improved methods, llie hanan’s ; the .South Carolina ' ''P* crop. However, the most far-reavhing far-ih'* I'"*' features showed - tor in the price situation is the small! 1 Dry Cleaners and I.Aundry. It i.s being hotly debated at the confer ence in CHtawa. At the International Phonemic con- fcTN-nce called by the League of Na tions for October, the United States has insi.sted that the position of sil ver as money be given a place on the program. I think it is quite probable that we shall eventually see a small percent age of silver added to the gold re serves of the world and u.se<l as an ad ditional basis for money which will be acceptable'everj’where. If that is done the effect wlil ibe to increase the vol ume of money and so increase the value of commodities. Tliis will hidp every debtor, who must pay his debts either in lalnir or commoditi<‘S pro- <lured liy labor, and it will not injure any creditors except thiee who are li.\ iig to take advantage of presimt low (omiiioflity prices to grind theii' <it . .11 II s. ■ ( XMEKA- 1 A.. II the uffice of a medical ft ethe .nner day and noticed for; tlie *'lr.■'t tme a hole in the wall, al» most con ■< a!<‘ti by the pattern of the wall pajier. 1 a*ked the dm’tor what that w,!'^ f r. He look out of the file on his <ie,sk seveial cards, on each of whii li was a ph Xograph <»f my-elf. "That’s the latest i<lea for a busy lalisl.” he said. "I don’t sii* my patients every few days, but only once a vear or .*o as I do vou. I cannot re R. D. Chapin Gets ly so that the dresses themselves may 1)6 laundered separately. When the ggA, Q I idea first started there were cotton V^OmiTICrCC 1 most formal sort, but at present most w'omen regard chif-' fon and other silk sheer fabrics as' more appropriate for formal wear, I choosing cottons for the informal, practical sort of .summer evening; dress. ; Pure white is perhap.? the moct us-j ual choice—but light pastels — espec ially shades of pink or peach are close seconds, with pale blue. .Nile] green and mauve cH'casionally repre- ^nled. It is pos.*ibIe make very inex|K*n- sdve cotton evening dres.ses. The sue Spencer home. 9 rooms, conveniences. ^ nply to tf i mp thin vi-ar ar.l thv scarcity i.H that night’a rest, but he ’aidi y peaches t “ word. Quietly he gathered up hi s i ”• Piincc pointed out that Georgia, f'GR RENT—6-room house on north to Detroit aMan Succeds l..amont In Hoover’s Cabinet. Is Auto mobile Manufacturer. side Maple street in College View. Available June 1. Apply to H. D. a true vision Henry. tf fewdaW^pe-cial Washington, Aug. 4.—Roy Dikeman Chapin, of Detroit, a business man undaunted by trade barriers and cheered by the rainbow hues of recent developments, is going to take ovc-r very -sntm- thfC huge machThe”that Ts trying harder than ever to help Amer ican manuf.'u'turers sc*!! their goiwls. Next wc‘c*k he* will succ*eed as sch’-j <'es.s of the new fashion is in the nc*w retHiy of commerce Robert Patterson note of cri*pness which cotton give*.* Lamont, whose resignation President to the summer c*vening wardrobe. Hoover ac'cepted with "ic*grc‘t” and bcM-airsc* he felt the* cabinet memlKTi ought to he allowed to go to work for himself, again. t'hajiin, inlormed at a conferemee wilh Prc*sidc‘irt Hoovitc-lhat he would j be namc-d to l)<*ad the* commerce de-; Washington, .Aug. 6.-.—Two davs af- one of the original pc*ach growing following, it is ea.-y -states, now i.- shipping an average! of only 40 cars a dftv as compared never catch with 700 last year. The total ship-/'^,J'’^“^ was about ments for that state this season are: own t e hot road they trailed a j washed and greased nut uxpuctud to be more than 2.0001 " I""'- Jy h.s alienee YlIT / ears, while U,00U were shipped lasfi''' ‘^“"“••'"os that they had F,DWARD,q AUTO SERVICE*' j again to measure up. In the mind of, hasl'^**^* the thing wa.s too Mnall for FOR RENT — Seven-n oni house in Keen eut sharply bv unseasonable ^ ‘‘"I'*''*,''''■*• „S*'‘ .*’ weather.' Mure than 1,100 ears were •^"‘* another eillage. [Franks, phone 298J. Itp moved la.st year by rail and , truck in ' - - - . - - . . .... — . . — c-omparison with t4n* expected 600 .•ars this vear. year. The South Carolina yield also Drys Will Parley After Acceptance The growers, though, in .-pile of a i recent slight slump in prices, are ex- y pecting to make some money thi. .sea-, son and are eiicouragcil by the out look.. I'l fa. t, Svimi* of them have* alrcndy taken steps t> inciea^c* their produc- loii by i.Ianting ric*\v trc‘e.-i. Nc*w grow er- also have enterc*d the field to lioost the sta<»‘’s total production. Prince .*«id the planting of some' sq.Piai-new tree*', iii-the _slate would in a few year.s probably increa.se the acceptance ,,ulput by around'2.50 or 300 , c ars annually. .Most of the new plant- partnicmt, left the announcc-mcnl of, ter President Hoover his appoinlment to the White Hou.se*. | sfM*ech, the altitude of the* .Anti- Hut ho ,lid say that ••hu.sinoss pros-i .Saloon loagur in Iho |•.»,■t2 .anipaiKil .qp»rtaiibur|t and iiec-ts now .sc‘em better than at aiiv I will im* disc*usse*d publiclv for the first , , .• ■ , , ■ , 'll.' II. s. / ■». , , .Saluda counties, time since* the depression began and i time iiy r. Scott McBride, general that the prayed-for change in psychol-j superintendent. ogy already has taken place. Chapin; Ix'ague officials said today that is an official of the Hudson .Motor i .McBride, now vacationing, will speak The peach varic'ties chiefly grown in the state are the Ellierta, Georgia [Belle and Hiley. The leading counties i Car company. Nc'w York, -Aug. 4.—Robert P. l4i. in production. Prince said, are Ches-; member what each one of them look.s |I’res-. bition i.ssue as outlined in the party like and. besides, it i.- of importance Hoover’s cabinet, will be elected | platforms and statements of the re- spc-c ialty to have a record of! .“f Am«?rican Iron & i spective candidate.?. I .Steel institute cin August lb, it was I While board action would 1h* re in a patient s posture or in my any change appeal Hiv.e from year to year. So I have a camera rigged up behind that partition, and every time you have bien in here for the last five years you have b» en photographed. Take a look at jhe pictures. Don’t you think you look Utter than you did?” Lanford Offers | For The House Rex l>anford, weVl known farmer and merchant <vf Waterloo, announces his candidacy for the House of Rep resentative's in tsiday’s paper. .Mr. of thia TAXES I'here are seventy cities in the Unit- e*<i .Stati s w hich pay all of their mu nicipal running expcn.ses out of the profit from operatioh of inunicipally- owlU d jrabHC"utiIilies. Beloit."'WTsenTH- ^ , , , , . oiui u I . , .u fountv for a number of vears. during sin, iiearnr 2.),tHH) inhabitants, is the . l: l . u . i e i latest and largest eity to take tuxes off real estate. The city of .Jacksonville, Florida, owns the community’s ek*crtic light announced Unlay by Charles M.jquirtnJ to put the league formally on Schwab, chief executive officer of the|r«*cord, McBride’s utterances largely institute. * Will sound the keynote for whatever position may be taken officially. The” league supported .Mr. Hoover in 192S. But since this year’s comven- tons its public views have be<*n con fined to concurrence in two state ments is.sued by the national prohi bition board of strategy analyzing the platforms and* record? of* President Hoover and Governor Franklin I). Roosevelt. -—2Duriug—the—prcsideiwy. aM—Mr- Hoover,” one of 'the?e statements said, "federal enforcement of the pro hibition laws has steadily advanced and has attained a higher degree of efficiency than in any other period since the adoption of the I8th amen.!- ment. ... In his acceptance speech he w’ill doubtless deal further with this ri’f i-t • • T trrfi..|a, which » counting ,.n ni.ire A„ku.-I 1.1. Thc.v CXIKCI h™ then to! o„o car, this year; SparUnburK. Itivc an interpretation of the prohi.,,75 (-.Grenville, lOO. .Approximately 80 cars have been shipp<‘d so far. The shipping season, which began the last of June, will end within a few weeks. ICapudlne] for HEADAC which time he has formed a wide cir^ cle of friends who will be interested in HL announcement. owns the '.SEKVK'ES AT B/ „ o ..uL ( HURUH aSUNn.4 AI»TIST I II cWts ® Woa't ap*** stotnacli. 2 laiatHq-W rtuapih Of . . DAY MOKNlNt; and power system, and also toll bridge across the «Si. John’s river Both of these investments have been . i u- * paid for. and now the cmmis.sioner . 1 here will be no service at the F irst 1 subject of public utilities has proposed to the ««PGst church Sunday morning at . Dr F.dwin C Dmwiddie executive city council that if they will scale the worship hour. Sunday school | secretary of the board of strategy, budget down 2.5 per cent he will pro-' ^ regular time. The! ha.s said his group also may Uke a vide Inci.™.. enough from Iho oper-j <«>■'■• »“< Tuesday. Feed “SnarUn Grains” mtion of th^ utiliries to run the city iAhc city. j parties apeeeft, . ^ Eggs Are Scarce j Not a one to be found here SPEAKS HERE-TPyjOH^ city fc without any taxers on real .,property. “If this plan is adopted in this city ‘of, 140,000 inhabitants, 1 expect hundreds; G- Wharton, candidate for ^ ^ ,u.io . .m. , f:_,i of other large municinalities to .senate, whl speak at the Clinton i render a final tow ji!k.onvqno’" oxl'plo Mill* band aland toniaht .1 8:30. it 1 »;>■ and ^inp a. FIINAI. SETTLE-MENT Take notice that on the 2nd day of •Mills band stand tonight at 8:30, ... has been ajinounced. The public is cor- Executor of the estate o. Mary Belle POMEKENE I used to know ^ Atlee Pomerene years ago out in Ohio, when he was lieutenant-governor, and active in dially invited and also all other can didates in the county who may desire to speak. Sheely, decea.sed. and Guardian for Marjorie E, Sheely, in the office of the Judge of Probte of Laurens county, i at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same has placed at the head of the greate.st i day will apply for a final discharge, Democratic politics. Even then he had; banking institution in the work! a I from my trust as Executor and Guard-j the reputation of l>eing one o.f the i man who is- not a banker. But I re-jian. ablest minds in the state. A lot people i member that long before he had risen! .Any person indebted to said estate, didn’t lAe hiiti, but even his Republi-jto political heights Atlee Pomerene, , is notified and required to make pay- can opponents respected him. People • although a lawyer by profession, had ment on or before that date; and all said that Pomerene was one of the organized what turned out to be one' per.sons having claims against said lew men in politics whose word coald of^ the soundest small banks in the | estate will present them on or before state, in his home city of Canton. And! said date,’duly jiroven, oar be forever bo absolutely relied upon. The comment has been made that ip appointii^ exJSenator Pomerene as e^imaan of the Reconstruction Fi nance corporation, President Hoover the fundamentals of banking are no different, whether one is running the Reconstruction F’inance corporation or a small town savings l>ank. \ barred. f ^ O. I. OTEELY, Executor,and Guardian. Aug. 2, lU32v^=jr-25-4te. \' '' .1- Layinif Mash and by next Tues day yoirean^ supply yoinr netgli bor or grocer. We sell two grades of ’’Spar tan”: With Codliver Oil $2.25 Without Codliver Oil .....-$2.00 CLINTON COTTON OIL CO. • Phon^ 62 TO THE VOTERS OF LAI RENS COI NTY A New Candidate Announces! Vote Ford V-8 For the Office of “Master of Transportation” Of l^jiurens County PLATFORM If elected to the office of .MASTER OF TRANSPOR- T.AT10N €»f luiurens County, I promise to furnish econom ical and fast transportation for everyone. I promise to travel twenty- mHew-aM*^ better I on each gallon of gasoline. I promise to run seventy-five miles per hour or fa.ster if necessary. If elected I promise to bal ance the family budget by elinunating foolish and nn- necessary expenditures o f higher priced cars. I promise to run on a cheaper license tag than my opponents. INDEPENDE.NT ; TICKET r first planned to* run in the Democratic primarx.’ In view of fhe fact. how«-\er, that I propose to furnish transportation for " everyone regardles.s of political \iews, I now f»ffer to run rn an Independent Ticket. I have not been urged to run. .As a matter of fart my supporters know that I run without urging. While I ajp. proud of the record estab- lisJmd by my predecessors the Model T F'ord and fhe Model A Ford. I expect to fumirh a new kind of trans portation entirelv. I MAKE THIS RAjCE ON MY OWN MERITS The official records of the South Carolina Highway Department will show that practklaly half of tke buyers of Laurens county selected me for their means of tiunsporthtkm during June, 1932. Inly 3€ per cent of the Anything for sale? Try a Want Ad in The Chronicle.' buyers of Laurens County selected me over all automodre com- cent of the business in spite of any claims that may be madefy, his sales supporters. In case of doubt 1 ask that you examine the official Highway records which conCirm the fact that I outsold my pppiment two to one daring June and Jnly. YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED CampaigB Manage ! i'j. X-~ Phone 119 fw Demonstration, ’’ r d 4 ■ \ , ' •. il .■ i .A, 3^