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T'/. •' > «■• /' r—, THE CLINTON CHRONICLE,/CUNTON, 8. C. ’■‘S THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1932 I (Ultntan (Ht^ronirU WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and PnbHslMr Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING GOlfPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): Ore year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entei^ as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Dfncs at Clinton, R. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—^ths publisher wiH at all times appreciate wise sn|r^sstions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of ir^eral interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsiblS for the views or opinions of its correspondents. and asked him to tell me. all about | NORRIS URGES that visit, and he did as follows: HOOVER DEFEAT Well, I told MinervT-that I might j (Continued ftorn page one) i as lief go some place as stay at home^aHigdy the Demo^ratid] so I hitched up my old 1928 car and part*. AfcKHit the time it became evi-j lit out southward bound, me and Bill_^^nt that the Democratic party was ■ , Jim.^ Jim aint any kin to me, but going to be defeated, he began to con- I took him along, as he paid for the.^j^^j. question as to which party I gas and oil we had to have and Bill should give allegiance.” done the driving. Norris then quoted a statement he said Mr. Hoover had made in Febru ary, 1920, saying persons in both parlies were urging him to declare al- “We reached the state capital just about dinner time. It seemed to be a nk^-quiet town. We got a fine dinner]ifgiance, but decli^ng-“la pledge my; at a Caff for 3.5c. Jim paid for them vote” until ‘‘it appears what the party [ before 1 could get my pocketbook out.' nianagers .stood for.” Norris contin- There wasn't so overly much business i Beginning on Woodtow Street at the northeast corner of its inter section with Calvfrt ".ve., run ning north thence along the east side of Woodrow Street two hun dred (200) feet thereon; thence north 89 east along the line of property of Wm. P. Jacobs one hundred forty (140) feet thereon; thCnce north 1 east along the line of the property of Wm. P. Jacobs twonty (20) feet thereon; thence north 89 east along the line of the property of Wm. P. Jacobs thirty- one (31) feet thereon; thense south going on in that burg. We commenced firound after a bit. ‘ “We should remember that at this, time Herbert Hoover had been holding; office as a Democrat for three years. Shortly after this date the Repub-, CUNTON, S. C., OCTOBBR 20, 1932 No town is big enough for a reck less driver’s convention. V- k lot of men got the knack of put- tfrig up an aerial long before they I “We noticed that nearly half of the j privately owned office-buildings ap- Hcan administration came into power I peared to be vacant, but the state ownslj^nj he went into the cabinet and be-1 'a large office building and every of-'came a Republican. . : . |fice in it was"'decupled and crowded,' “One would think from reading, — ; ' and the door-keeper said some of the j Hoover’s Des Moines speec-h that all of which would restore prosperity,,employees .had to take offices else- his life he had been l^ighting . . . for put up the^price of^farrn products, where*- We didn’t get to talk to morej^he rights of the common people as an American citizen. And yet, prior to ! the World war, he never cast a vote fourd out how to string a clothesline. THE KKiHT KIND OF TOWN Urt every factory off on full fifoduc-, than half of the door-keepers, tion, pay off every debtor’s debts and .end the prices of stocks up to new| "L declare to‘goodness, ^o^^()^^re^den^ qfJheJCnjted States or TilgKs. ^ ' treHucrpoFtTcarexpen^s.'als'y can^f'for any candidate for the senate of^ I Looking hack, we are npx at all surejtuin off nobody. A few of the several member of the house of repre.senta- that the orgy of mdtless spending! hundred seemed to be sorter busy, and j fives ” i TTh. advertisement of your bus- ''<• i . .. . , i.vears ago was av^oou tning eitner lor rick-rack or anything. No matter how! ine.ss IS ^ * the nation whole or for the indi- hard times git, public jobs run right cation in lown • v:duals took part in it. It was,Un just like money grows on trees. T.^vn.s get reputations as well as mqnSC too close to getting some- ___ m» r Rer«'tition niake.- reputation. 'thkig^for nothing; and those who did. phi get unheard-of return, for their i was to try to farm like our public af-| public, had noclieted the proceeds, and kind of a as well as RefM'tition niake.- reputation. F our t-own’s roputali.' n is one that at tract favorable attention, it will thus draw people, and wheie people qo tht re is prospe-rity. // O.ir town should 1 e one wh^re folks sre friendly, where progreSsiveness is i was written by Mr, Hoover for publi- 1912 in London discussing a hypothetical corjioration in which, as Norris described it, “insiders had “I'told Jim and Bill that if a farmer,' gold the stock to the unsuspecting co^ntributions in labor or coninicxiities j f^irs are run, he would have to have a the inve.-ting public- wa.s left out in : were beginning to he infected with the; to catch out the mule, and a man idea that they, too, were entitled to j hitch him to the plow, and a man more than they paid for. ' bold the plow, and a man to say We do not believe that any .sound aridj .mule,’ and a man ItTsSr^aw, the cold.” He quoted Mr. Hoover as follows: ‘* ‘From an economic point of view this 880,000 pounds of capital in the 1 w’est,. along the line of jproperty of J. Will Dillaid twen ty-nine (29) feet thereon; thence south 89 west along the li:ie of property of Dr. T. L. W. Bailey fifty-six and two-thirds (.50 2-3) feet thereon; thence south 1 west along the line of property of Dr. T. L. W. Bailey one hundred nirety-one (191 feet theic*6n to Calvert Ave'.; thence along th"- north side of Calvert .\ve. one hundred fourteen and one-third (111 1-3) feet thereon to the be ginning^ point at the intersection of Woodrow Street and Calvert Avenue. ^ Also, ail my right, title and in- ere.st of. in and to a strip five (5) feet in width over the prop erty of Wm. P. Jacobs, beginning at Woodrow Street and running back East therefrom along the north line of property herein above described for a distance of one hundred forty-one (141) feet. The premises and propert'’ hereinabove described is identical property conveyed to me by Wm. P. Jacobs by deed dated the 13th day of Nov-1930. • —- in the office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County, in plat book 2, page 19, and being jbounded on the north by, lands of R. T. "‘Dunlap, deceased, and lands of A. C. Fuller, on th? east by lands of Mrs, Thos. Spencer’'ami lands of Betty Hunter, tract No. 2, on i the south by Beaverdam creek, sepa rating same from lands of A. P. Ful ler, on the west by lands of the es- ' tate of R, T. Dunlap, deceased, being I the identjeal tracj of land heretofore 1 conveyed to said C. E. .Stolies, et al, I by de^d dated the 7th of December, , 1918, recorded in book 58, page 132, ' office of the Cleric dr CouTt for said County and State, Terms of Sale: That the said officer conducting the sale require the high est bidder at tro sale, other than the plaintiff, and all other persons, except the plaintiff, who may thereafter raise the bid as provided by law, to make ,a cash deposit of three (3''/f) per centum of the total indebtedness here in adjudgi^ to dbe due to the Plaintiff, as earnest money or evidence of good faith, the deposit of the last high bid der to be applied on the bid should j there be a compliance with the same. If the person making the highest bid- .at-the .sale, „ other. than the Plaintiff,_ fails to make such deposit immediate- • ly at the time of the acceptance of his bid. then the said premises shall be at once re-sold, at such bidder’.s risk,,on the same salesday or upon some subsequent salesday, at the op- : tion of the plaintiff or i!|s attorney. *, THaS. W. BENNETT, I C. C. C'. P. and G. S.,-Laurens, S. C. 10-27-3tc t. ir.d roads make it I --.r • - . vxee, .muiv, anu « man tu ^fiis NNU.UUU pounus oi capital in me proper sani ! ^^rin^nent prosperity can 1^ on j ,nulc,’ aruLa man to say “Whoa, mule’I hands of the insider.s is often invested any basis but the old-fashioned recipe to tell the other'for more reproductive purposes than ■ rcq’uiied to depo.sit with the Clerk of hard work and thrift. We have no' ^ ' — *'— ..... .i.. i ' » men how to turn tar", methods are conducive to health fulot s ontidence that there is anything poli-1 to the end of the row. « (Jeied an us t.. where edu ». ^*jticiuns can do, whatever their party j for :ne future, where reelea ions art ^jjj j)lace of plentiful for all, wnere governmen , o^.Q^orhy and industry, render work Terms of Sale: Ca^h. The succe.s.^ful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will. DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists when they if it had remained in the hamls o-f the ^f the bid being knocked “Son, it’s going to take brains and honest politics to get this old country out of the hole, I guess all other state ingtori, D. C., is worser than all of All that politics and government i thein combined, so they say. I now 'can do is undertake, .so far as selfish! i^-nyvv what becomes of our tax money. cff'cient, where conditkins :y„jjt>ce.ssary or put mon^y into one good, where the he pi.ig an is | without taking it outi of an ti Tided to the qnfortunate, where em-- \ I ployment i.v plentiful, where invest ments are sound, where intolerance i.«^ unknown, and i und self-seeking human nature will' Oy the wav can you let me have a po.nt the way to tho,. th.nK* that inequalities and i '' f'vtiavagames an cure the effects in our ec-onomic structure which have grown up out of custom and . ignor ance, and which tend to put too heavy a burden upon some and too light a responsibility on others. idiots who parted with it.’ “This i: a keynote to Mr. Hoover’s character,” said Nortis. “ ... It is the same theory that Mr. Hoover attempted to put in force to down either in cash or bv cashier’s check or certified check the sum of $250,90 as evidence oi good faith in the biddinT*-. The successful bidder will capitals are run like ours, and Wash-i railroad us over the evils of the de- spiritual and lasting. That’s the model kind of a town— the town we should all want and work lor. coupler dollars till Tuesday?” 13 Years Ago Hems of Inleretti From The (’hronicle of 1919 A ( AIJ. TO DEMOC RATS A nation-wide campaign is now un- (kr way to secure aequate funds for financing the presidential campaign of thi Democratic party. A designated arseunt has bt‘en allotted to each state aixi county, l^aurens county’s quota has been fixed at $750, with O. L. Long, well.„known I^aurens attorney, direetbr^bf finance. A committee^ TheTlintoh AoWmohfte assoctation to work with Mr. I*ong, representing was organized Tuesday night with the the various sections of the county, has j following officers: (Jeorge M. Wright, be**n appointed to wage a county-widej president; George H. Ellis, vice-presi- campaign to push the sale of bronze dent; M, F. Hazel, secretary-treasur- Roosevelt-Garner medallions. It is er; B. IL Boyd, state executive (pom- hojied that the amount will soon he mitteeman. raised to help push the Democratic —— ‘— ticket in the doubtful states. j Miss S'isie Simpson i.s now cotriect- The support of the Democratic ^ with Bailey Bros, dry goods store r^rty this year appears to us to Ih' saleslady. ' . ' more than a matter of traditional loy- 1 illy and sectional pride. The question Wednesday evening Mr. and MM'ial news from flat rock flat rock, s. C. ockt. 14, 1932. i de<*r mr. editor: ! plese print the followering ads in yore classy-fied department at once. pression. In a nutshell, it means we should legislate and work to make the rich prosperous, to make the wealthy more wealthy, to give opportunities for additional wealth to those who are already saturated with wealth. . . . “The fundamental difficulty with he retjuired to comply with the bidi-' within forty days after the date of sale. Should the successful bidder fail to comply with the terms of the hid as aforesaid, the deposit made will be forfeited and the property will be re-1 sold on the same or some subseijuent sales day at the risk of the former purchaser. The purchaser will be let SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined (Hasses Prescribed 15 West Main Street Phone If I Laboratory for Prompt Repair Serriee ^ Clinton, S. C. Relieyed BjTakingCardui this theory is that it is commencingj possession of the premises upon, at the wrong ond. . . . There should be no ‘insiders to take the pfofiLs j from innocent investors. If we take' and i wi41 ^’arrantee payment of the'care of the poor, give jobs to those THOS. W. BENNETT. bills if you will w^il till i get my mon-j who want work, give the tatmier a of (■"ourt, Laurens County, S. C. ney from the r. f, c. at Washington. i| profit, the millionaiire class will take' i put in my apjilcrcation latit week and|t’are of themselves.” am looking for same ever day. for consideration j.s„lhat..the nation bus come to the last line of its finan- c:a'. defen.se, as have many of her cit'zens. It probably would not be fair to claim that the Republican party is altogether to blame, hut the fact_ re- mams that conditions have grown gradually worse during the eight y<*ars in which it has neld the balance (if political power. The people are t.Kd of the Hoover prosperity bunk talk and are ready to put to an end an administration which has lieen char- acienzed by emjity promises. In order that condi'.ions may be changed, a con- «'d<-»uble investment in campa'ign ex- jK nses would he Warranted. The jirospecty for lieniocratic si|c- ciS'S in the national campaign ai"e brighter than they have been for | many year.^. It now looks like a Demo-1 11atic k’vd^Lde with the- Republicaiis-1 CO the defen-ive and hopelessly defeat ed. The [larty nominees are men of and are run evening Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Sr., and Misi-ll.l:tra Duckett entertained in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Payne of Charleston, W, V’a. Mrs. Payne was formerly Miss Birdie .\ustin. for .sail: your choice of 0 nice hound dogs from my pack, as i will have to cut down on my (drove, they are fine for rabbits, squirrels and possums in reason and allso trained to set birds if you don’t push them, riate or foam. mike Clark, rfd. wanted; a compertent garrage me chanic who can tell a ford from a chevverlay. tinkers and sledge-ham mer doctors need not apply, fetch plenty monney to pay yore e.\pense8 for the first month, as i will not be able to advance you nothing, apply after supper. NOTICE OF SALE BY TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY Western District of South Carolina, in the MatTcr of ColTie Brown Adair, Bankrupt. Pursuant to order of Hon. E. M. NOT4CE OF SALE V S‘ate of .South Carolina. County of Laurens. Notice is hereby given that in ac cordance with the terms and provis ions of the Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Laurens County, “I was weak and run-down and suffered quite a bit with pains In my Bide,” writes Mrs. Nick Bar- ranco, of Beaumont, Texas. “I was nervous. I did not rest weJl at night, and my apiietite was poor. “My mother had used Cardul with Iwneficial result, so I decided to take it. I surely am glad I did, for it stopped the pain in my side and built up my general health. I took seven bottles in all.” CarUiii is sold at all drug stores. Blythe, Referee in Bankruptcy, in the South (’arolina, dated the 21st day of matter of Collie Brown Adair, Bank-(July, 1932, in the case of The Federal rupt, I will sell at public outcry in o!*' Land Bank, Plaintiflf, vs Clarence E. in fi"ont of the Coprt House at ^au-1 Stokes, et al, Defendants, I will sell bud Clark, box 5. Friay evening Mr.*and Mrs.( Larry Dillard entertained a number of friends at a bird sup|H*r. Mrs. few friends Helen Brabham of Hattieville jO notis: for the next 3 weeks, i will give finger waves for $2, thumb waves for $3, and permanents for $4, cash in advance; and will pull out yore eye brows for Ic each, and massage yore face for 75e, and cut off yore eye i lashers for 10c extry. make appoint- A K. .S|H.n<-or_ ..nUTtained aj „„„ :>nds last week in honor of Miss . . . ' , ^ The regular monthly meeting of the i U. D. C. chapter was held Friday alr | ! ternoon with Mrs. W. B. Owens, Sr. A paper on “The Bond Iktween South i Carolina and England and South (’uro- I Mna and France” was read by Mrs. R. 1). Bryson. riting. i will cut yore nails off for nothing one time. berthy may Clark, hair-drepser. lo?:t7” strayT*d or stole: ~about“TO bushels of corn has henn missed from my barn and if a certain man with a wooden leg and a flat^nose don’t send j me $10 by mail, he will be took to j law. ».vit WAA his truck- thaL hauled| Fame, and no questions will he asked | answered, if he comes back, and TTie latest addition to ^e mercan tile establishments of the-city is the!<>*‘ . . u * shility and popularity and are run-^ ex. lusive ladies store, .Adair & i expects to get more corn, he had bet r ing on a platform which warrants' the hope of better days if the people I tre w illing to place it in operation and <1 liver Us from the lack of leader.-hip *'.d vision which has characterized the past eight years of Republican rule. ter wear leather britches, as i have I installed 2 bull dogs, and they ain’t S. J. Kilgore, who has been connect-^>‘dtled-rai8ed nuther. ed with the orphanage for a number j Clark, route of years as head of its technical i school, left with his family ye^lel•day rens, S. C.. on Monday, Nov. 7th, 1932, during the usual hours for'such sale to the highest bidder foi; cash, the following described property to wit: All that Jot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the State and County aforesaid, in the Town of Clinton, fronting 50 feet on Enterprise Street, measuring from a point three inches west of the outside line of the west wall of the building now on said lot; hounded on the north by Enterpri.se Street, 50 feet; on the east by lot of R. E. Copeland, 117 feet; on the south by lot of Jacobs and Co., 50 feet, and on the west by lot of Jacobs and Co., 122 teet. This lot being the same lot con veyed t4^-«4e- -this day by Mrs. Louda (^. Copeland, and this mort gage being given to secure the balance of the purchase money due her. This lot heir" subject to the right of (he use of a driveway dr iilUy, 11 feet wide, on the rear line of the lot, reserved for the u?e and benefit of the pwmer of the lot adjoining this lot on the east side, now owned by R, E. Copeland. Terms of sale: Cash. The prop- PltTlIRE FRAMING Neatly Done KODAK FINISHING 1 Day Service Nichols Studio to the highest bidder for cash, .requir ing a deposit of 3'/r of the Plaintiff’s' mortgage indebtedness, before the court house door in Laurens County, South_Caro!ina, during the legal hours ^ of sale on the fir.'t~“Monday in No-’ vember, 1932, the following described J property; .All that certain piece, parcel or! tract of land containing 27m acres,! more or less, situate, lying and being, )n the Mountville road, about two i miles northeast from the town of* Mountville, Hunter Township, I.au-' rens County, State of .South Carolina,' having such shape, metes, courses and | distances as will more fully appear by refeience to a plat thereof made by i Wm. L. Mitchell, Surveyor, Augural 2Hth, 1918, which said plat is recorded NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY Several residences in town. Several fai'ms, prices at tractive. Houses for rent. Broad St., Owens Hill and College View. Clinton Realty & Insurance Co. B. H. BOYD : \ „ for Newberry, where they will make In the campaign thus far, Roosevelt trd Gamer have been accorded a wel- -i come an 1 won a popularity with the y on their feet, they wi 1 < • 1. 4«vk ^ _ * * I A. . _ _ - j A II I ®rty to be sold free from hens and en- mr. editor, all of the above edver- ' rnu u 'n u J <*umbiancea. The puryvaser will be re- tisers read yore paper constantly . , * i nu au » # u av a u u a QUired to comply with the terms of when they can get holt to same by ‘ . . j • i- i u " A T the bid forthwith, and if not complied borrowing it and as soon as they geti a n u u av 11 prescribe fori property will he resold on the ■ ' MAMMA AM AJ > « K A A.A I • A M ^ A A I A <1 ^A«V r t WE PAY CASH For late model automobiles. Chevro- lets and Fords preferred. Also will refinance for you. GILES CHEVROLET CO. Clinton, S. C. people which are very gratifying to citizens, died at his home here those who have the success of Demo- (^.^urday morning. The funeral cratic principles at heart. However, | conducted Sunday afternoon by the need of money to wage the ,cani- Stokes, paign to a successful conclusion, is urgent. Whether rightly m or not, it ^ wedding of interest occurred on lA A co.lly pro«.i, and If the ground gaiiwd thu. fy is to be held it w.ll .^j j be to a great degree because the peo it to come regular ansoforth. just sent me the bill for these ads. and rest as sured that i will give same my atten tion at my leisure.. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd. corry spondent. same or some subsequent sales day at the risk of the former purchaseis The purchaser to pay for stamps, deed and recording and w’ill be let into posses- j sion of the premisea upon the produc- tion of deed from Trustee, and con- jfirmation by the Court. 1 ll-3-3tc. B. H. Boyd, Trustee. oe lo a greav oeg^ v..* ^ McUughlin o( Effingham pk have been willing to furnish the ^ financial sinews of the political war. Charlotte Calls Born to Dr. an Mrs, T. L. W. Bai- ft i, to our raise iU quoU. CerUinly there It little ' possibility of losing much more, while, ^ theiw is strong indication that a great NOTICE OF CLERK’S SaCe ^ ^ 1 a Pursuant to order of the Court in —g J ^ matter of Clinton Building and . - . . J ..u V n . Dr. D. M. "Douglas is in Ohio this 4ml may b. g.<i»d through a Demo- bo.in.M. cratic victory. Loan Association, plaintiff, vs Mrs. Annie G. Martin and J. Gary Martin, M. S. Bailey A, Son, Bankers, et al, defendants, I will sell at public out- Notice for Payment of Cihr Taxes THBRR IS NO MAGIC If we knew a magic'formula which would change everything over night «nd pot thsf puopk of the United States #eek where wt were in the beginning I 1329, we are not sure ^lat w« doubt whether it he either wise or kW to con- iUm belief, which apparently pre. ^among tnaoy folk who ought to »r, that poHticians poeaese of magk wand, the waving Charlotte, N. C., Oot. 15.—^The Rev. Harry K. Helland, of Conyers, Ga., n M " kT''" !«>"* Court Hour, at Uu- (From th« FiUt of The Cn.rorikle.l"'' N®''*"**'’I rum, S. C.. on ulot day in Novemhar February 6th and ISth, 1919). Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee Mr. Holland is a.:g|adtiate of Pres byterian college, Clinton,' S. C., class of 1926, and of Columbia Theological seminary, now located at Daeatur, Ga., but formerly in (Columbia, S. C. The TreuMe Discovered At Laet Uncle Joe says he paid a visH to the state capital the otter day, and as that was the only thing I ever heard of him pajring, I became interested SPECIAL Good UaUl Nev. It, 1932 McCalls MagaaiBe—-|l.d0 per year. Red Book and MeCan*»-|2.75. JAMBS W. CALDWELL gunaaiMn next, the same ^ing Monday the 7th day of the month, during the legal hours for such sale, the following de scribed property, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the im provements thereon or to be made thereon, lying, situate and being- in the Town of Clinton, County and State aforesaid, containing one-imlf acre, more or leas, bonded and d^ribed at follows: will be diw and collectable between October Ist wd Novemter mh, for the year 1932. The Tax Books will opened for collection of taxes at the Office of ^e Town Clerk on October Ist. and will remain open each day therea^, Sunday excepted, up to and through No- vember loth. A penalty of fifteen (16%) per cent, will accrue on all taxes not paid on or before Tuesday, November 16th. The levy for current fiscal year is thirty-seven (37) mills, twelve (12) mills for current operating exuense^ and twenty-five (?6) mills for interest and sinkinTfund on various Bond Issues outstanding. '' ‘ The foregoing notice is given pursuant to Ordinance passed by the Town Council. September 21gt, 1932. Dated Sept. 21,1932. ”**^^l^ierk. WI' Notice is tereby tpiven that Tnwn-Tsvei) fp, the Town— >1 r. i4