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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1932
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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(Political Advertisement) .
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A LETTER WRITTEN BY
W. CARL WHARTON TO
GOV. IBRA C. BLACKWOOD
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Grov, rh^a C. Blackwood,
Columbia. S. C. ^
Dear Sir:— ^
I Vead recently where the
higrh^ay commission is after ytm to
offer for sale S10,000,000 wor^ of
bond s. This is-Ho be done that the
unemployed * misrht get help. Gover
nor! Ijet .me implore you not to do
this, .\s a taxpayer of South Caro
lina anti a candidate for tbe state sen
ate from Laurens coy,nty, I ask you
What
Said About Dry
Law And Change
(O
k, ..t 2.CP
FELIX RIESENBERG
at:crs have been in a large degree
I abandcned under the amendment."
“The Republican platform recom>
mends submission of the question to
' the etates that the people tbemselvea
; may determine whether they desire a
I change, but insisrts that this submis-
i "ball propose a constructive and
VNashington. Aug. 11.—Here is what not a destructive change. It does not
! President Hoover . said in his accept-1 "^hetato to the conscience of any mem-
' ance tonight about prohibition: j ber of the party.
; -WS the ..ath of the nationV,
consideration of vast pnxilems of eco- laws as they exist. That I shall con-
* nomic and social order, there has aris’ -ltinue to do to the utmost of my abil-
‘ Cn a bitter controversy over the con-^other course would he the
Urol of the liquor traffic. , _ ! abrogation of the very guaranties of
“I have always sympathized with
liberty itself.
EIGHTH INSTALLMENT
. ‘ The con.stitution gives the' presi-
^ [thinking about wyhat you said. I wonjcupied Josephine,* and at times she .the high purposes of the eighteenth | dent no power or authority with re-
to^coVsider »reli''bVoii'yo.i do“3uch"a' Synopsis; Johnny Breen. 16 years'o lot on you in tho.se scraps, and have pleased herself by a Ion* look at the j a„„„a,ne„t and I have used everv* P‘'« to changes in the constitution
lhin.r. The taxnavers of South Caro-1si>ent all his life aboard! been trying to figure a way in which I] ull length photograph of lighting „„„„ „
thing. The taxpayers of South Caro-i i,”:"' 'rTT" " r-—-p^wer mv comi „ -
lina are burdened to the hilt now with,?,.-""'!;'’",/""'' PlS’ing near Uould use mC .-.i.- “T itonclusiona
taxe^
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mand to mak'' it ef-^‘^ nevertheless my countrymen
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the entile country. I
upon thj.s matter.
They are clear and need not be mis-
of the evils of ‘he liquor ‘raffic i onder.^tood. They are baaed upon the
again.^t which our jeople have striven! broad facts I have stated, upon my ex-
Hna, their children and their children's' ""'■''"f i !f""* Tl'?' !
childrer.-this must come to a close. speculation of mine.
by a Jewish family living off the
Bowery in the rear of their second-1 im
aVid bonds I do not believe thev!^'^" made motherlessiColumbia this fall, I’ll see you through;his battle with the Quaker. This stood!
will e''dure tnuch Ionizer The iinem explosion which sinks the tug, engineering. You can pass the en-jon the. dresser in Van Horn’s room, have i'»ped it was the final solution
ployed'are .ver with us like the poor'il®”^ into the , river. He tmnee perhaps with a fe.^conditions. j Bui the •'“I'.n Breen of the «.ld eyes,
But voting debts on the people and ^crawls ashore where he Im placing a credit lu Pugs name; looking straight ahead, his pompadour
South Carolina indiscriminately to ^ strange life. He is j for five thousand," to pay the way. las stiff as a shoe bru.^h, was of the [for generations.'it has sy^cceeded in perience in this high office, and upon
paid bv the taxpayers of South Caro-1read, and knows Don’t hesitate to take this. \ ou really ; past. . , great mea: ure in those many com-, the deep conviction that our purpose
I munities where the majority senti- be the elimination of the evils
Har-|nient is favorable to it. But in other i'of this traffic from this civilization by
A> I understand the matter wei"-' “ iaiiwi> uvinj;; yjn vnr. “ ‘I’m sailing on the St^ Louis to-1 board. of\^he graduate S'^hooh. drop-1 ^nd increasing number of communities practicaf measures,
have H ready sold $*’0 000 000 worth their second- morrow. Will at sea when you get i ped into/the rpom of the student. It j there is a maioritv sentiment unfa- “It is my belief that in ord^r to
of t^’e $0')060 000 bon^d^ we have clothing store. Here he is open- the letter. Going abroad for a few! was clo.-^e to midnight and John bent vorable to it. l aws oppo.sed l*?f ma- remedy present evils a change is nec-
00<>0-<'worth’of short term notes and courU^d by the young daughter.! months with my niece, Josephine’." , over his work table, his tired eyesl jority .sentiment create resentment, ossary by which we resummon a prop-
about >'000 000 worth of open fights bullies in self-defense 1 Pug sat on the cot, looked around scanning a maze of formulae in theo-i undermines enfiuvemont and in , er share of initiative and rcsponsibil-
coun*’s due ’contractors etc That picked up bj^ an unscrupulous. the room, the rickety book shelves, retical mechanics. What are you dig-ifb^ produces degeneration and it.V'*which the verv essence of our gov-
would triiiit our indobtodness,'indud-: him-uMil''Fuir^^ familiar tigurv of his assistant.lyiny at?" ; ;.Mnmcnt domands shall rost upon the
ihg •> ?sls already sold short term I ^aloon-flght cluo, at-; Gieat lord, John, I knew them damn j usual stuff. John tiok o.f his e>e | “Our opponent pledge the membeis ' t'^tes ard local authorities. That
rntp- I' f* nnpii account to S‘t0 000 000 Dactcd to the boy^ takes him under; books would take you, some day. ^ shade, evidently with relief. He had ther partv to destroy every ves- 'change mu t av'oid the return of the
Th i*'- i’lld^leave $‘15 000 000’remain ! “Never. Pug. never.’’Tears stood in i plunged into the work of the school Uijne of constitutional and effective aloori.
' ■ ■ "’ ’ pictuie are the wealthy Van Horns ^‘he boy’s eyes. He Hore. put his arm 1 with dotei mired energy. Feeling him-! fet^eral i-ontlol of the traffic. That "It is nn conviction thatthc -nature
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city life—when Gilbert is aceuseiL Iti
wa.' n poi ted the maid married an old
lui.t* I captain of a river tug rather than re-
' ■ - mi.ther.
pardon me for calling you
as that is what I called you
while -i’: Wofford college in 181-., — , ... ,
,, . • V. „ . I turn home—and AV'as .soon a mol
ar.'"* i 'v.ll give you some mighty good!,, , ... , .
. . .• .u f >1 1 1 u k I hnder Malone s guardianship youngi
advHv t:')m the folks back home, who , p k- **0 .„*• . i
, . .u • 1 I I ♦ k .. .i...iBi‘een develops fast. “Pug discovers I
are doing their eve l>est to make' , , ’ , k * u- ♦
, the boy cannot read — starts him to,
en J mee- night school and the world commences!
to open for Johnny Breen. Malone, an!
old-timer, i.s backed in a health-farm j
j venture — taking Breen with him.
There they meet and come to know!
We must call a halt in this tax bus-
inevs, ji you may expect an uprising
of the ti\payer.s of South C arolina.
With best wishes and kindest re-
ga;ii'. 1 am
Very sincerely,
W. CARL WHARTON
How One Woman
Lost 20 Pounds Fat
Gilbert Van Horn.
Now Go On With the Story.
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* Her Preminent Hips—Dou
ble Chin—SluRglshneSkS
(iained F’hysical Vigor-
A Shapely Figure.
the
“I’m gettnig ready to go back to the j
city. I don’t know, it seems to me as
if my life was to be there, doing ^
Something for the city, not just help-,
ing Pug pound money out of fat slobs
who come uj) here.’’ John and Van |
Horn were then resting on a fence,
rail, under the shade of an oak, look-'
ing across the valley that separated!
them by a mile or more from Green-j
bough. They talked idly. Van Horn;
pulled out a burnt briar and filled it.
He drew a few puffs of smoke.
“You’ve studied a lot.’’ The oldijr
man had a very wholesome regard
for John’s extraordinary researches. ' 1_
“Well, yes, I have, Gil. But Pugj/^.ii ro.se suddenly to make a sw'ipe at
Udls me I’m off the road. He’s right., him a.s he ran out and down the cor-
John sfuddenly realized that his attire whs not onl> scanty, hut scan
dalous. “John, this is my ward, Josephine," said Van Horn.
For several we ti.s following .li-s ad-
his poeket and tanqied down a hulf-
.smoked charge of tobacco. He lit it and
puffed contentedly. “Four year.'"—’’
Har!)oard roIUnl the words over hi.s
If V'ju’re ffit — first remove
cause!
Tak#‘ gie-balf teaspoonful of Kru-
schen .salt.s in a "lass of hot water inj j want your slant on this. I’m go-( ridor-to the showers,
the morning. To hasten re.?>ults Jfo ju ft,r engineering. Mr. Hantoul
light on fatty meals,.potatoes, cream, u, a,...* ..f ant mv’ mind that way, noti • • * ,u u 1 r ” ' tongue—‘‘leading to’!"
^ . » nas soil 01 SLI Iii.v Iiiiiiu tiiav wajr, school of engineering, na.nii^.
an pas.ries n . 't . anything to me direct, ^tit, bout with the entrance ex-j ‘'The degree of civil enginetm,
John Breen moved in a sensed :»
answer..
“l.eadi 1
rush between the freshmen and .soph- of the find," Harboard continucsl, ig-
omora.s and Breen’s great strength: noring John’s words. “I’ve watched
ject t.) ab.'jol’ite guaiantees in the kOr,-
titiition of the Uni cd .States to or -
tect each stat'* fcom interference an i
invasion by its neighbors, and that i i
no part of the United States sha I
there be a return of the saloon sy--
tern ^with its inevitable fiolit.ital an I
social corruption and it.'^ organized'!” ■
terference with o‘her states,
“.American st ife.sman-ihip is ca ’-
able of working out sqch a solution
and making it effective.’’
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For Women’s
Aches and Pains
Women who suffer from headache,
backache, and periodic pains find
Capudine the ideal remedy. It’s,
liquid, therefore acts almost in-
.•tantly. Take two teaspoonfuls in
ig themselves unwilling to engage iiU a little water. You’ll be delighted
’ ^ * *' ‘ ' withi the quick relief. Soothes the
n'Tvesjand brings comfort and re
laxation. Why not keep it bottle
handy? At drug stores, in single
dose, or in lOc, 30c, and 60c sizes.
(adv.)
Eggs Are Scared
Not a one to be found here
Tue.sday. Feed '"Spartan Grajps”
Laying Miish and bv next Tues-
ing to find honest solution, it.s ‘per
meation of political parties ami its
perversion of legi.slatures, which even
touched at the capital of the nation.
The eighteenth amendment smashed
that regime a.s hy a stroke of light
ning. I can not con.siuit to the return
of that sy.stem.
“At the same time we must recog-
! nize the difficulties which have de-
• veloped in making the eighteenth
I amendment effective and that grave
I abu.«<*s have grown up. In order to se-
! cure the enforcement of the amend
ment under our dual form of govern-
I ment, the constitutional provision j
; called for concurrent action on one;
hand by the state and local authori
ties and on the other by the federal
government. Its enforcement rt^quirCs
independent but coincident action of
both agencies. An ini*iea.'ing number
of states and municipalities are prov-
such enforcement. Due to the.se forces
there is in large .sectmns an increas
ing illegal traffic in liquor. But wor.'e
than this fhere has l>een in tho.se ureas
• a spread of disresjHH't hot only for
1 this law hut for all laws, grave dan-
I gel s of ])iaciteal nullification of the
constitution, a ilegeneration in muni_-
; cipaLguveimmeiU—ami an increase in
suh.'iilized crime and violenct*. 1 can
not consent to the continuation of this
regime.
scales and note how many i>ounds of
fat havii vanished.
by the way he talks when he’s up here,
I never saw a more certain man^in u'yj strange, imponderable world.
Then came the great day of the flag
Nof.ce also that you have gained' ^ Gil—as big as
In energy’—your skin is clearer
feel younger in body
give any fat person a joyous surpn.'e.
But oe sure it’s Kru.sehen — .vour
health comes first — and S.AFF'^TY
first is the Kruschen promise.
Get A bottle of Kruschen Salts from
Young’> Pharmacy or any .leading
his bridgeK, and now he’s going to'
Krusc’hen will another one over the river.’’
({uestion and supplied an
to a c'lmplete. o.ssii'‘Ck\tion
“A civil engineer?” Van Horn look-]
ed sidewise at John. “It’s a stiff pro-
jfession; if you go through the]
IschooU.’’ !
! guess it’s part of that fight; in
♦ o him. He stood beside th«> gohlen
."tatue. “Boys, let me down.” John
druggist anywhere in America (lasts I the city.’’ 'kicked free and run acros.s to Van
4 week-i and the cost is but a trifle. “You’ve been thinking about this a; Horn. A great many people stood
long time?" It was a que.stion. !-about. John suddenly realized he was
“Off and on for a year.. I guess, not on the gym'^ floor at (frL*enh«»ugh,
and superb physique, made him the, you for .some time, Breen, especially
hero of the school. John caught a' this last year. I’m studying, or am
glimps<‘ of Gillirrt Van Horn waving | trying to stialy the art of teaching. I
came here from a small Southern col
—
‘1 refuse to accept either of these
John flv.stinies, on the one hand to return! day .VOU can SUppl> VOUr nei^h-
to the oUl saloon with its politieul and ^jj. j^rocer.
.social corruption, or on the other to i .
endure the bootlegger and the speak-1 »'P SCll two J^rudcs Of Spar-
easy with their abuses and crime, tan”: __
Hither is intolerable. These are not i
the ways out. ^
“Our objective must he a sane so
lution, not a blind leap hack to old
evils. Moreover, such a step backward
With Codliver Oil
Without Codliver Oil
$2.25
..$2.00
lege, you and ninety-nine'* per cent of would result in a chaos of new evils
those* here would not know the place, never yet experienced, bei’aiise the lo-
if I mentioned it; one hor.se all the I cal systems of prohibition and control
way through, and poor. Poor, my boy, j which were dcvelo|>ed over gener-
Uo smoked thoughtfully ^ .. .
CLINTON
COTTON OIL CO.
Phone 62
in money.
For Sale
I’ve been worrying. Gill. I'm not sat- that his attire was not only s< anty,ifor a few minutes. “What’.s hack of j
isfied. I’d huie lo say it, especially to jjyt .scandalous; he was practically in all this junk,’’ he nodded at the fvw , j
Pug, after all he’.s done for me.” | rag.s. One shoe had di.sappeareil in the ; hooks, sweeping his pipe over the lit-i ,
“You’ve U)ld me a lot about the 1 battle, he had not noticed it until his | ter,'“what are you going to do?”
Bowery, John, and a lot about the feet touched the .stone step.s. ' For a while the two friends sat in:]
Kasit Side. Jt’s the river I’d like to' “Josephine, this is John .Bieen. silence. John had tossed his eye shade [
hear about." Van Horn spoke, halt-^ John,* my ward, Josephine.” * i aside and .searcheil for a pii>e. He had ,
ingly, ' ' I John stood speechless. He hell the no particular answer for the question,!^
•Well, Gil, there’s not much to tell.j hand extended to him. Blue eye**, i He wa« ijoing to get through, he was;
DRASTIC CUT TO CLOSE OUT; My mother was everything on the’laughing eyes,-smiled at hi.s piedica-'getting through to-well, to do some-
river. Now' that I know' more, I real-j ment. Miss Lambert was complcti'Ij | thing, but just what he did not exact-
ize she was not able to help me. Gil, i aware of the striking situation a.< hajly know.
$1.98
$2.89
$1.89
$2.19
$1.00
felt the tense giip of the hen^^of a[ “Well, Breen, if the things you are ^
college moment. Tht?n freshnuMi ro.sh-Tdoing are a fair example of the work
ed up to John and hoisted him clear of
his emharfassmehr. He turneiL and
of our schools of technology, our high
est school* -of jnduaUial training,'
Sport Oxfords
$23•> Oxfords
$i95 Oxfords
S^iimmer Pants
|2.9.>. Linens
$’J.9.> Stripes
Milan Straws
$2.25 and $2.50 Hats
Bathing Suits
$l..>0 Children's Of course she wn, and your fath-lgrip uf the youiur man in rags. Hl»i[stance?
$2.9.'5 Men’s $1.95 er John, he might be found,” the old-' smile, his tousled yellow hair and, “Well, if you w'i>*h, failure is wbai
' ’ ' - . . .• .. .. ... ... _ii costlie.'t failure in the
.'ihe was beautiful.” John’s eyes held a
far-aw'ay look. “Her name was Har
riet Jones, of Haverstraw. I know,
now, from what I can recall, fEbm
things I heard,* Breen was not my
father. John spoke slowly. He relit They waved at him in retura. The
his pipe, and looked off over the j crowd W'as scattering as. Gilbert v’a.i
darkening valley; it was late after-j Horn and his ward walkwl dow'n the
noon and cloudy. | broad ’ steps to the curb. Josephine
Gilbert Van Horn looked off too, looked at her white glove, soiled by
far away. He dared not look at John.
Gilbert knew more than John Breen.
“My mother was a good woman, Gil.
know that.
w’aved at Josephine and Van Horn.' driving you at constant overload. I
don’t wonder at some of the thing.s
w’e see about us. You don’t mind me
saying this, do you?”
“No.” John thought a moimmt. He
had an intense admiration Tor a great
many of his teachers, earnest_Jiard-
working men, just, and often woefully
underpaid. “You said aomelhing about
GOOD
PRINTING
WILL HELP DO THE JOB
the fingers of John Breen. They were
silent on the ride home; Gilb()rt Van
Horn looked out of the window of the
car.-Josephine-*till felt the tingling the things we see. What, for in-
$8.95 Ladies
Men’s Suits -
Eleven Seersucker Suits
must go, only $1.95
^2 95!er man still looked aw'ay, his voice ^ white teeth, and his confusion, and'we se
■■■■ ^ ! hi.s superb armn and Iwdy, seemed to i world.
I “If I found him, Gil—” ' i fUt across her memory, a vivid pir-linto a machine and sweated and:
; “Yes, John ” the words were ex- ture. He was not at all like the Johnjground and pbundeff until every origi-j
that pectant. The boy paused, intense. Breen she had expected to see. nal impulse and i<lea is packed down;
' “I’d kill him!” John Breen rose ab-
Curlee 6121 Bluei^Ser^e Suits,
wilK^one pair trousMv.... $15.00
ruptly, hii? fists clenched, his face
ture. He was not at a
Breen she had expected to see.
That night Gilbert V'an Horn sat in
the library until long after midnight.
'Josephine had played for him that
evening, She, too, was in a reflective
flaming.
Then the two men stepped off, at a
brisk pace, down the hill toward} mood, a romantic "irl, a young wo-
- ,, Greenbough farm. Van Horn walked! man of eighteen. He smoked and
Abo bt U8 order you a Whitebehind John: tears were dieamed and planned. Gilbert Van
a pace or so behind John; tears were
Cotton Suit (looks like linen) ai!jn his eyes, he could not speak. TTie
boy started to dogtrot ah§ad of him,
but he did not follow, m was their
custom at the end of a hike.
the extromely low priee of $4.25
for suit—$$35 for suit and ex
tra trousers. It is a little bte‘
for one this summer, but you
win be fortunate to have one
next spring: at thb low price.
j: A. BAILEY
Horn was determined upon a course
of action in which every atom of clev
erness he possessed would be required.
.\t last he.had achieved an obsorb:
Clinton, S, C.
“Hey, Jack.” Pug pounded at John’s ing occupation,
door a' lew day* later. “Charlie'*, Gilbert Van H<frn, wiser than most
brought up a letter from Van Horn.[men in some matters, left John very
A special on it, for you.” Pug bur«t much to himself, except at holiday
into John’s room. ' .periods when the two friends met at
“Well?” Pug was expectant, as full' Greenbough. As for his ward, he ar-
of curiosity a* Eve. I ranged things so she saw but little of
“Read it, Pug.” (John Breen. The boy Was in training,
‘^’'hkt tha—say, John, 1 don't know., so Van Horn argued, and to break
What’s it about?” ‘training was nothing short of bad
“Here, let me read it. ‘Dear John.’! .sportsmanship. Long trips, viiSt* to| men.”
It’s about a talk we had the day be- ‘ Newport, the social activities of a se-1
; i It 3 about a talk we naa tne aay oe- .xewpori,
'fore h« left.-‘Dear John, I have b«nUect few in the great eit>—theM oc-jSC.fSCniBE TO THE CHRO-NICLE
under a concentrated layer of stu-
pidity.-I’ve made a study of education
and have practiced it on others with!
soine results, but “what I .^ee here is a'
farce. The brain is intended for use,;
not for the stowage ^>1 freight. The
striicture of the mind needs develop-!
ment through action, in thouehl and|
reason. Why, man, they seem to bo;
stuffing you with the accumulated
facts of the ages, regardless of how.i
or why, they were discovered.” Har
board paused, filled and relit hi.'t pipe ^ >
while John sat in silence.
“The worst of the whole thing is
the awful hopele.ssnes* after you are
through here. You are sweated, you
are driven and you rurvive. But what;
do you survive for? Well, in the
course of time your strained technical
brain has to do with ‘the work of
Folders
Letter Heads
Circulars
Envelopes
Statements
Blotters
Bill Heads
Ruled Forms
Form Letters
Special Notices^
Sales Letters
Shipping Tags
Tickets
Labels.
Appticatron Blanks
Programs
Visiting Cards
Invitations
Invoices
Menus
Contracts ;
Notes '
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