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t t: /■ PAGE SIX 7 THE CLINtoN CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. . THimSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1932 : ^-J=- ' Editor’s Note.—We want the men»bers of the South Carolin Synod, now our guests, to become thoroughly acquainted with Clirfton, With this aim in view the publifher has prepared the follow’ing article: May we introduce to you, Miss three printing plants, one oil mill and Hinton, the home of the Presbyterian fertilizer plant, one photo-engraving | POISON IVY college, the Thornwell orphanage, the plant and electrotype foundry, two'-’^fj^most rural communities this State Training school and many oth- advertising plants covering outdoor spiteful plant is in evidence. It gets er good things, as well as the lK*st adveitu ing. newspaper, magazin^ and in its baneful work on tourists, va- TTCople Itt the world. ; dirert mail. One weekly newspaper, | —native—rufatlsts-, all—ITT The town of Clinton js something oionthly religious paper, t^^o col-^arm weather, and it is a very pain- over sixty years-old. Its early popu- publications, two ice plants, three ful guest to entertain, I have seen lat’on le^ords a:'e not known, but in splvndid building and loan associa-1 jjkin.s literally on fire and eyes swol- and loan ISSO its population was in 1890 it tions, two strong banks, and numer has risen to 1201; in 1000 to 1800; in mercantile establishments. 1010 to 3,272; in 1020 to 3,742; and in 103© to 5,643, an increase of 50 per ■■ during-the- past de<-ade. gai«4i4g^ for it the distinction of being the larg est town in, Laurens county in w nich it is situated, The radius ttf the cor- poiate city limits is one' mile, j Clinton is widely and favorably known. Visitoi** speak highly of it.“It js attractive from many standpoints. Elevation above sea level i.s 800 feet, the highesit point on the Seaboard Ai- Line in the state. It.- location on the top of a broad ridge gives excellent drainage in all directions. The intro- ducti(»n of the sewer .system and of len shut — fever, sometimes delirium from ivy poisoning, fiinton is proud of its churches, of i Look out for it, with its three-in- which it has two Baptist, two Presby- jjroup leaves of lance-head shape, Uo-aru-tiva. Methodist,- one As.sociate , growing vigorously - over blighted I R foimed Presbyterian and one Lu- trunks of trees, upon old fences and ’ thc'-an church f(*r white. iM*ople. There neglec-ted places. It is easy to know— aie also Baptist, Methodist, and Pres- and avoid, if one tries. I don’t pretend to take the work of' the skilled physician and try to place it in amateur hands. But thre pointers here are worth while for my friends to know. Bear in mind that this is an I h. terian churches for colored p<-ople, nd there is also a H(»liness church .^r white people. .Most of ^the people re church members; church attend- ;nce is excellen^t. T^e Sunday schools ire largely attended and quite effi- -•iept. The religious and moral leader ship of the town ranks it very high., Clinton is widely known as a good I town, an hone.st town, a religious' along dt4*p well water some years ago great- b»wn, an educational ly improved its health record, which j ffreut pride in its rejiutalion ha.s always l)i*en good, and is practi-i ^ lines, cally ideal. In educational develop-: The people are reasona^ily eonser- nient it boasts not only a mo.^t excel- vative and yet progressive. The vast lent graded school and high school majority of them are always ready system, but al.so the Thornwell or- for any good and new step forward. J hanage, the largest Presbyterian or- j They are h«‘avy contributors to all phanage in .America; the Presbyterian ' good works, and stand always piepar- college, one of the leading educational Ied to bear the, burdens of taxation institution.s for men in the state; and when necessary for progress in good the State Trainnig .school, which is, roads for the county, better school rapidly coming forward as a and growing state institution. acid poison, and it takes “alkilies” to; neutralize acid. j My best success with-ivy poi.soningj has been with equal parts of alcohol i town, and takes Hme-water. The alcohol, with its ' affinity for water, rapidly depletes j the inflamed skin; the lime-water j counteracts the acid. Apply on cloths continually, until the trouble is cor rected. Never ments treat poison ivy v;‘th oint-j or “salves”; they .‘■imply hold 7 j the poison in the tissues. Sugar of j ' lead is dangerous—lead poisoning, you ' j know. No ivy remedy should 'lx* per-J mitUKl lx*tween eye-lids. It has been’,I popular buildings, better streets and city utilj-• Jfets well in a! ti(\s! The gradual but continued growth itself—and the last rerne- | HAS MADE HIS RECORD ENTITLES HIM TO RE-ELECTION Prom a railroad standpoint, it of Clinton is a good indication not boasts the main line of the ^euboard; f»«*»**ly of the advantages of residence Air Line from Birmingham to Kii-h- iri Clinton, but also of the enterprise mond, and an important cross state indomitable pluck of her people, route of the Atlantic Cbast Line froml ('lintoii has the distinction of hav- tJreefTVitte to t’harleslon. From a highway .standpoint, it ha.s grt'at Pedmont highway, the grt'at Pedmont highway, from <'ha^le^ton to the mountains of North ('arolina, und the ('alhoun highway, Raleigh to Atlanta. It is connected with six highways under state mainte nance, two routes paved, one county highway. From a manufacturing standpoint, <'linton has a rather remarkable status. Its principal industries are th«‘ ('linton Cotton Mills, the Lydia Cotton MHls at .South Clinton, and the Stutz- Hadfield Silk Corporation. The cotton dy used gets the credit. That nothing i.s ‘‘specific” remedy- in such cases. I have taken the swelling and pain away in 24 hours, with the mixture of pure grain alcohol and lime-water, +Hg--a^--e44ii5t*frs--someth ing iik-e -a -bun- i P—~ tP. dred teachers and profe.ssors an un-^^’^ that s another matt«-r. For 24 Years He Has Represented South Carolina In the United States Senate usually high educational record for a j town of such size. It has about twoi thousand pupils and students in' schools and college.^, wliieh is also a: remarkably high proportion to the population. Its church membersljip, | proportional to population, is alsoi amazingly high. j Clinton is very thoroughly organ- t SYNOD NOW IN SESsfoN HERE (Continued from page one') tfeat association, ■ Alexander Sprunt. Reports of standing eommiltees. The following is th& direetorv of ized. Not only are there scores of so-1 synod: cieties, eirele.s, etc., in the chuivhes. Moderator— Rev. .John M. Wt>lls, and many others in the various in.'-ti- tutions, but the towp at large is quitt* with remarkably - lo.w, spindle, and with per the Chamber of' Committee on syruKi’a work-r-Rev. 'Mnton has made a most! Telford, ehairmHiv. ~Abb<*ville; iSumter. Stated clerk and treasuier ,,, , r * *u 1 J ; extensively organized in the matter,'^ “^*^***^ Pratt, ( olumbia. m.lL. rank amonirth.-first,nth.' laml. I patriotic i Fcrinancnt cIcrk-Kcv. K. H tap, tt tza nm ,.j-,fm,jj,ations, and civic orjfanizations.'****''' l-yoian. C!! Aanotur the latter conservative antr CfTOInit-ma a^-cment^n. their organitaUo" <■'. Jt „ supported f>'': 'hrcc_,y,,^arsUi.-,M._T^^^ t'tte'pTeSTfTTtliTU'miey atford 6 source^ - . .. I'f large income through their heavy }iayioll-. which ffoln time to time are iii^rva-cd ” bv iTflditions. Those mills, , , u , i \ , i- i i ! • < iintoii has much to boast of, but' nothing quite e(i,ual to its women, who are act ive, energetic, self-sacrificing i .sup|)oiters of eve.ry good thing. I'Voni the standpoint of social life,: Rev. H. Ward- t ■by Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs and by the Woman’s^club, engag<‘d in civic work, \ I have combined spindles of 1 16,OOP an<l -2.P(KI lo uMs. Th*‘ .Ioanna .Mills at (Jold- ville. leally a .-iiburb of C'lintun, is one of the fastest growing mills in the .South and within the past few \eais has increased ♦rom 11,224 spin dles to ♦is.:; 1 and liom .■).')2 looms to ~f74-72. ——— The city's fire protection totals f Itei ii nnU's of water mains. It ha; one iiimdred and fifty hydrants, one fire truck, one ihree-streain. ; triple eomlinatioii pump engine, part paid fire diparlment and firemen on duty tla.N and night. it' fifteen miles of san tury sewer system a.'co.Timodates neaily all .street', el’ ptyiiig into five si ptic tank . Its health record is excellent, with se\en physicians, one surgeon, two splei'.did hospital-s. the Dr. H iys’ hos pital private owned, arid tin Ij***sh Th- fiimary of the Thornw»-ll orphanage. It has ample water supply — .-ix deep wells. <m y used in emergency, main sujiply from streams, pum|)ed. filLered, ( hloi iiialerl and elevated, af fording fiuty to sixty pounds pres- .sure in different h.\(lra.nt locations. ll is Sieved hydro-electric current from Duke Row four and one-half Hpltzendorf, B. S. Hodges, Jr., F. B. Estes, B. J. White, A. Littlyjohi., W. T. Hud.son, W. R. Rriiehett; for two years: Dr. H. L. Shaw, F. Ray Riddle, (xxjrge Dickson, Sf Hyr«i,l K. W, (Jregg, Flournoy Shepperson, J. M. Holluday, ('. K. Douglas; for one year: D. J. Woods, IL I). Corbett, M. W. DuBose, \. F. Smith, R. F, Kirk- Henry McCall, John W. Da- witJv|3'i.’'. Dr, H.dv. Timmons. Bay- tfte.se organizations eontriliute in very i large inea. ure to making Clinton an active community'- the lollegc alhletic and literary entertain-' _ Rermaneiil .ConimiUees inent; the orphanage in similar man-' Auditing and h inance-<^H. 1 ner;- the graded school system on it.s iBmith, J. ( . ( opelaml. <ommencement occasions, and thru its ^ Education— H. V\ . DuBose, H. 1. athletic teams, add much of entertain- Lraham, \\. S. Ratterson, ( . T. inoiit and interest to social life. Sijuires, W . H. .Mills, .1. H, \\ ither- L'linton has much to be proud of, Fred ‘Williams, J. A. Raf- I and its people are proud of it. They are able to u.-^e superlatives in descrip tions of quite a number of interests whi( h make Clinton distinctive among the towns of South Carolina ami Le'iby, A. L. Hardee, J. the Souh. Hardy, A. IVI. Aiken. ■ Her j)eo])le are ambitious, public-, Womans^ work—J. V\ .Jackson, L. J apiriUid, intelligent, industrious^ re-' H. Lynn, K. I). Patton. S. ('. Hodges. field, A. C. Todd. Men’s work J. O. .Magiri, S. .A. Kwart, F. B, Mayes, 1). Ml^v. .McDon-jL aid, F. Shepperson, L. W. Dick. ('. G.' j] 0 .‘■ourceful, frugal, home-loving, law- abiding, neighlKirly and morally sub stantial. There is also quite an accumulation of wealth which adds force to the,en terprising movements of The varie<l interests .with sourc’es of income assure stability and the -r ■' ■ «« » varied i ” W. M. Stenhouse. Forei.gn missions—Fred J. Hay, W. L. Sinnott, Paul Quattldiaum, .M. S. McKinnon, C. D. Brearley. Assembly's home missions — J. M. Wells, I). M^. Mclver, S. H. Edmunds, H. Stevenson, George McCutcheon. Christian,education and ministerial strx’ct lighting. Its incLui.tm:; w o. pfoyi-pvs, develonment! t . Bailey, K. E. Wiley, John 1 (t)inpan>, an the various interests of the —A. D. [ miles of white.wa> i McArn. cotton munity. In short. Clinton is a delightful mills, one silk mill, Iwjp cotton gins, place in which ttrHve; j Schaeffer Life Time f' Pens -t- ■ The makers of Schaeffer Pens are precise in every detail. Every pen must measure up to a standard th^t is unquestionable not for just a few months, but for a life time. Their per fected methods assures you of this service, yet the cost is low considering this fea* ture. Guaranteed for life against tine alight^t defect. Designs and points to meet your individual require ments. Other Pens are carried, priced from— Eft $1.00 up ~ *■: CHRONICLE ‘k 1- - •!• V . ,i 0 1 PUB.CO. 1^ ■SiaUoMtry DepL - .LEADERS SEE VICTORY AHEAD Assembly’s Training school—L. R. I.^yniv, P- S. MiChesney-.A—E-.Speiiceiu_ Bible cause—J. W7 Hickman, T. A. Bt'ckett, Jr.. Dunbar Robb. TAX SALE For Salesday in OctobiT, 1932. •All that certain piece, parcel tract of land lyfng. Wing and situate (Continued from page one) permitted to become the first share holder. It gives me an 04)portunit\ to be one of the countless thousands,,. „ . , eac h of whom i, contributMl,r his rmzir Vouiity, sh..o in this raovemont wv .,'v laun.-h- '“"‘""‘n* vd uiwii to rovlain. for thv |H-oplv a.ros, more or less, themselves their equality indhe gov ernment of the Unite^ States. “It seems eminentl.v fitting that for State of Siiuth ninety-two (92) and known as the G! B. Bailey Estate. Said land being bounded as follows: On the north by lands of Dr. Jack H. a cau.se s'uirh as this each one of ust. should have an opportunity to help. Young, on the east by public road, -on \N> do not want to be Wholden to any special inter^ts and by thus financing the v.osts of the campaign ourajplves, we retain that absolute freedom that is th’e very foUndaiun of tru«<- democ racy. "I sincerely hojie that every man and woman in the country who has the good'of the nation at heaKlkind who believes with me that the wel fare of the humble citizen is a vital thread in the fabric of a prosperous and happy land, will welcome as hear- ^ tily as I do the opportunity to Wcome ■ a shareholder in America." » the south by other lands of Dr. Jack H. Y'oung, and on the west by John H. Young (Lewis place). ' C. L. OWF*NS, Sheriff, 9-‘2y-4tc. Laurens County. I CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends for ' the kindnesses shown us during the * recent .illness and death of our wife I and mother, also for the beautiful : floral offerings. May • God’s richest j blessings be on each one. -• . .V I M. A Sumerel and Children. For lazy And IddiMyi, btUoutnoMi faidi* fottion, constipatioii, hMidU •cho, coldi AIM foTW. 10^ and 35^ at dMltn. Efficiently eou Intellidently Fruitfully • 1. Senator Smith is the only Farmer in tlie United States Senate. If the Democrati win in November he will become chair man of the powerful Agricultural Com- an- ship^oLthisXommittee wiU go tu Sen ator Kendrick of Wyoming. I 0 0 J 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 Answer this Question: What is Senator Smith’s 24 Years Experience and Seniority worth to South Carolina? ^ ' .. J FOR A Vote for Smith is a Vote For South Caroiiiia '::a- i ( ii 1