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/ I. V THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1933 ®llLr (EUntnn/ClyrontrU EsUbIUi«i IfOt WILSON W. HA&RIS, Editor and PubUahtr Pabliahed Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): Ore year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Pott Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle i»eeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise su^estions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general intei!»sl when, they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communir|iti«'ns will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views lor' opinions ol its correspondents. ' the past .six years to adjust itself to rapidly changing economic cortditions. It ha.s accomplished certain-funda mental improvements within the in- I dustry itself so that it i.s now in a po- killed behltfd ’mrs. sue allied^ smith’s^ always whether it yrould hurt our'fur- smoke-house ^while she w'as dijfjfing; rin relations or nbt. It makes no dif- giass and it measured nearly 3 feetjference to us about Egyptian or Jap- from one end to the other. It was a an^se or Siam currency or g’old. Wo hisrh land mockerson and is. verry I want help over here—where we live sition to presefit 'a specific plan for | deadly when Jt bites a fellow, b«(t she [and haye bur beij)#f^^ I am tired of f j acceleratinjr busine.ss revival. ! w-as too quick for him with hef mat-| having our delinquent creditors come Cotton leads the-parade^—for Fa-^h-1 tick, she has been praised by bill over to tell us how to run our‘own !1on and Home uses * ! perkin.s, the old widderwow with 9 .business. Ouf president doesn’t need Wear more cotton—use more cot- younguns already, who ha.s benn try- much help in the advice line. we can bankruptcy, so, friends, put me dovn. for a reasonable amount of ■» inflation. It can’t hurt r.iuhh at worst we are all about busted anyway. WHAT DO P. S. Jeanes j ton„ help coax pros;>erity bbek—help I to stabilize Dixie agriculturally, com- I merCiallyt financially by joining in the •South-wide movement ' to make the! ing to go with her ever since his last wife died a month ago. , . yores trulie, ’ ■ • ' mike Clark, rfd. DO? wearing of more cotton popular. 13 Years Ago- Items of Interest From^The Chronicle of 1919 I My trouble and yours is debt. My town and yours is weighted down w ith , ^ I debt. Our state and yours and every- corry spon en . bodyjg burdened beyond hope with debt. If infliatidn will bring re-^' lief, let’s inflate. We can get uv^r! I \ CUNTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, lUjjtY If; l»3.3 THE TURN OF THE TIDE 7 V tion of “National Cotton Week” Mav Capt. J. \y. Copeland ha.<« sold his home on Woodrow street to R. Z. Wright. Mr. Wright bas sold his home on .‘^outh Hrbad street to Miss Sue Henderson. Prices have begun to rise. That- is '1^-20. To lend our support and co- the be.«»t news the country has had in oP<‘»'ation in this movehient that three years. The rise has Misses Iva A^ir, Mary Lizzie Ow- started nieans millions to the South, we are, ens Collette Griffin and May 0\vens of where U ought to Start. With th& basic today presenting a Special Cotton product.^ of agriculture. Wheat, cot-* ^^*tion. The whole idea is a plan to ton, corn, hogs, tobacco, rice, dairythe consumption of cotton products, are all going up. Some are fand cotton goods—a definite step in rising faster.than others, but all are, the right direction to stimulate busi- showing an upward tendency. a whole.some way. It should 'Ve TToTimrTtriiTlridTat- th^ citizen iiV this com- another "false alarm”. \Ve “'believe I'^^n’ty as well as the entire nation^- tha’l factoids have been brought into i grower ,the .shipFier, the merchant, ‘play which will put prices up still i the manufacturer, and most important higher,, until we reach somewhere W'inthrop college, spent the week-end at home. nSearlhe TeTeT of 1926. That is' what those in charge of the nation’s de.«iti- tries are aimiBg^ai we-are^ told. That of all, the consumer. — National Cotton Week is one bright ray of sunshine that has broken through the fog of deprcs.^iog. Amer- would mean that the average of com modity prices w'ould be more than 1 double prwent prices, in .some in stances. half to two-thirds higher in others. ' ican cotton manufacturers are spon soring this event which is one of the high spots in the merchandising of the products of this long established end. industry. Nalfonal Cotton We^ Mr. and Mrs. J. Will Dillard. Mrs. George H. Ellis, lycn Rounds, Claude Workman, Mis.ses Geitrude and Emma Hipj) left Tuesday for Salters to at tend the’^Salters-Dillard wedding sol emnized yesterday in the Presbyterian church. Mont joy left Monday for Hartsville to enter Coker college. MisseiT Louise” Pitfs and Anme E. Hatton of Columbia college, were M home with their pai'ents for the week- , Well, Blow .Me Up: There aint much reason w’hy France inflation u .hould go off the gold standard.] Uncle Sam loaned her enough money j lO fight the big war and then can-' celled the debt,' later on, he loaned her a fey^. additional billions on which he can’t collect (-even) the interest. and’‘hesides that, Franee got off gold, a fey- years ago permitted her own people to .scttl^their jown debts j with inflated ^currency, and now she’s! sitting pretty. Ud have plenty money” if I didn’t have to pay my debts. , — Try — COPELAND CAFE Lamed sight easiti thcni PLATE LUNCH — 25c I can’t .say that I know very much; about how inflated currency will af-j feet the 'tsommon, everyday working) man like me, but T believe it will as- si.st me in getting .some of my old notes and mortgages, (that originated back yonder in lOLo and. 1920) back of into my own trunk instead other fellow’s lock box. It w'ont help Cou.sin Andy Mellon very much, but nohofdy s^ems^ to Ijv wtirr^ing' "about .\i d> except the other .Mellons. I will be~db^ It comes at the very beginning of a season that is particularly appropriate for cotton. Starting with the^ products of agri-j* culture, the rise in prices is bound to f^^^rved May 15 to 20 extend to industrial products. For when the farmer begins to get a profit from his operations he will use' There is such enthusia.stic support of his money to buy commodities he and I the movement from all parts of the his family into circulation ena . , , , • n turn to buy at prices which mean a retail trade and bu.sme.s.sgenerally. profit to the seller. That means that! National Cotton Week is i^a.sed on manufacturers can start up their fac-1 •'^ound common sense to demonstrate tories again. ' ‘ho p.e-ent extraordinary opportunity We have never felt there was much to buy all tyjie.s of cotton goo Is now M rs. Ileibert W'allace, Mi.sS Nettie W’allace and Mrs. Charles Wallace spent the ‘ week-end at Clcmson, col lege. If the farmers could for wireat, 10 cents get a dollar for cotton, 3; dollar.s for potatoes, and 90 cents for corn, we could write the U. .S. Treas-1 urer, the R. F. C., the Federal land- bank, and Dept. Agriculture the fol lowing letter: require. Money thus put' country that it has every indication of ] nosday al ternoon by ilifes others, in! K^'nerating a widespread stimulation j M. Mc.Millan. W.“ A l(»v(‘ly reception was given Wed- Mesdathes W’. Galloway and .John W'. h'inney in honor of Mrs. Hugh Sipipson and .Mrs. Stanley Pitts. ti ■ fo the argument that people have at urusual v:r!ues. rto,.pe<l wanting to buy things. The “ The lively public interest of on'y reason thev have stopped buying, S.Kith generally as evidenced in IS lack'of money t(. bnv with. There: wcar-ci^ton movement wnich the the has On Monday evening at the home of .Mrs. I). E. Tribble,_,the members of the .V. K. P. ehurch gave a lovely re ception ,as a hearty welcome to their new pastor and ,his briile, Rev. and .Mrs. W. 11. .Stevenson. Besides (he Dear .Santa Clau.s: i Th.enk you for everything you’ve' ever brought us and done for us. A check is enclosed for the purpoTse of paying you all that I owe yoii. Kindly return all of my “eviiVhce of debt" and rest assured .that I will u.^e my. head frum now on and try my level' best to never call u|)on you again. ' • Your friend. John Everbody., ts npt and never has -duction" in tli,e sense miKlitiO'' wort* (irotlneod than peojile wanted. Our whole social system is built uiHtn multiplying wants and as nioney- circulates again peojile will gratify tho.-»e wants. been "overpro-' «wept the cotton grow’ing states has.n,^^.,^^|,^.,.g the church, the pastors facior'of noj the city and their wives were in- MOTHER’S DAY the days of the year. mean importance leading to the launching of National Cotton W'eek. It is only logical that these cotton fes tivals of the .South which won the of fieiul endorsement of state and gov ernment and other public officials viled gue.As. of (From fileji October .’>0, 1919). The Chronicle for should .^ake expression elsewhere on basis. natirtnwide basis. There is nrt |H*ison^ I too young or too old, too ptior or too ] rich, too feeble or too agile, no cli-^ mate too hot or too cold, no district I tpo remote-or too ui'ban not to neeff" every day manyy>f the 932 major uses! Of all jwretest is .Mother’s l>ay.,which, all over the nation and in many other places, will 1m' observed next Sunday in our homes, churches and Sunday schools. ' The niother.Svqf men have saved the race, in times of i>eril and of need, and the characters, the love, and the (Thristianily of motheis, is the j (jjgtributing agencies .ser\'ing the that sus^ns our woild ; public. In the store-wdde promotional day. What would the | plans that are being formulated great out the w'onderful mothers. 6u < j gj^p^asi.s is being laid on special win- it be worth living in? \Would it bei Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee of cotton. "I *' The merchandising possibilities of — Social News From Flat Rock the fine bird dog of budlee jhonson I has disappeared from his homo and , gene off for parts unknown, anny .M.. Roo.sevelt is not a "dickering type” president. He is as full of ac- tifln o.s a bull yearling with a bumble ! bee in his ear. He doesn’t wait; he does things 'without having^> think-j * « M \ ATTKESSES are made of cotton and we are selliniir air our mattresses at ^ices lower than they have been for sixteen ,)rear.s. j' ' . Prices will go up but you ijet any mat tress in our store COTTON WEEK at these lowest prices. ALL GRADES EXCEPT BAD. PRATHER - SAMPSON Furniture Company “The Home-Makers ff N . , . .information leading to her recovery I A u tu “J** ®^'will be apjireciatetf by the i)een recognized by the retailers and National Cotton Week appreciatetf by the familey. rite or foam 23-j. a rew’ard will po.s- sibly be jiaiil, but it is knowed who .stole her. V at all worth while? No—of course we know it would l>e a very cold, dreary, unattractive world. White and red flowers are to be worn in her honor. W’hite flowers for mothers who have gone id live fof- ever in the presence of the King, and red flowers for the mothers still liv ing. These living mothers are worthy of all the homage their chil dren can iH'stow. We shouhl aU realize what a prec- iou.s thing is mot^ier’s love, and what a pricele.ss thing is mother’s counsel and devotion. The mothers are the Cfitfi.stant and patient friends of the wayward and the fallen. When all other friends vanish, in times of peril and of woe, the motHers remain stead fast and true. Her loVe never changes. You may forget Her, but she never forgets VDxr. - ■ ; . " ■ ' It will be an odd son or daughter who permit.s Her day to out some message, some greeting the livingmother. .And those .wbode , dow displays, store-wide decorations and demonstrations throughout the country and many other features to high-light cotton apparel, piece goods and scores of other seasonable items. The same spirit of enthusiasm and cooperation shown by the retailers has been manifested from mknufac-^ turers to consumers. It may be con-] servatively stated that never in the. history of the cotton industry has a' comprehensive project of this nature met with such immediate and univer- .sal approval'. a doininecker hen jHJcked jed haw- kins in the left eye while he was try ing to unset her from her nest which had no eggs in same, he rung her neck off but his eye is still red where the I hill struck, jed is thinking of selling I his other 3 hens and going out of the i poiti y biznes.s. the loose mule, which passed thru town last .Sunday wnile everboddy was comming out of rehober church was ketched in jerry brown’s back yard where she fell in the well, nothing jlwas broke excejip the bucket and a National Cotton Week is an extra-1 hind leg. she has not benn identer-i ordinary opportunity for the cotton fj^d yet, but she is a hay and weighs | growing statoji to set an example to j somewheres betwixt 5 hundred ana 9| the rest of the country in effecting anmindiod lbs.- increased consumption of the South’s! i great crop. If Southern states \j i!l!' yore cony sjiondent, mr. mike show to the rest of the country in a , ('lark,, rfd, reports more bugs and -vigornua^. jeffectivg—.manner jl livgly ..wn loa in-Ivia-i-4aring^gAi:diBg..than-ever- leadership in this movement, \t will hefoar. some strange looking insect is pass with-l^^ all-iniportant factor in making plowing u greeting to*'^** great succes.s now prom-*} partner is up his cabbage plants and his boring holes thru his onions i E i i! E 0 I E IE 1 E B ill I E E E B B B E B and beans, the liejiartment of agger- thli ^ -M 1 UtLtLJlL^^ n has passed air .llowit: precious uc Kv%s and cherisK her-nrrflr-«B#«tw»y?r, as a beloved memorv. - ' gobffs af afl kinds offer Mother’s Day i.-' just what Jl ^‘^‘■‘’Ptional values-for consumer.s 'jUntSld be—a'dear, inlimaie’llay lo**!)! celebrated, in our hearts and homes. =li=ii=ii=]i:=Ji=dr=JB=ln=li=ln! HI(9G IT’S TIME TO BUY NOW OR PAY MORE LATER We have in stock a large supply of merchandise bought on the lowest market before the upward trend in prices—this merchandise we are now 'Offering to you for less than replacement cost. E 0 MAKE THIS YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR “NATIONAL COTTON WEEK” Ladies’ Cotton fast color— Dresses, guaranteed 49c, 69c and 98c Children’s fast color Cotton Dresses- 25c and 49c .. t xalor-CIottcui Print&r-r^ 10c and 15c a Fast color Vojles, plain and fancy colors stton^tA-thy y now. ' I Mt‘t^r4aed-VoiJej--^axsi^ arfd Batiste; yard Iwduwtricm nn<i"iiiiii<tiviHuah WEAK A.ND USE MOKE CtriTON The'i>eople of the nation as well as the people of'the .South'art? becoTh^ ‘usting Jhem.selves to a new condition. Cotton nuH't.s the demand.^ of this change by providing greater values than ever, •> work of advertising and * education | ha.s enjoyed for many years. Designers than ever and seem very plentiful around the lK*ef market, all persmns havi- lienri asked by the mayor to swat fibs early and often, ever fly .Summer is the logical .season for, killed endaririg may 1933 will keep using moie cotton. i oO.iniO,000,000 flies from'being bora- I Ij, Jiinu so strike them" while they are alone a.s it will-swofn be too late. Ing cotton-fonHciouR, i The public knows that cotton now ; eo hi June, Gne of the main reasons is th«^ has greater fashion prestige than it are alone -earned on by cotton textile industry in Paris and in thi.s'country have turn- through the Cotton Textile Institute, ed the spotlight of fashion on cottons ihey’.propergate fast and carry gei'ms 'of all kinds on their feets, wings and New York, headed by (ieorge A..this year more strongly than ever be- Sloan. D' , - • [fore. Consequently the actual Thd lat- xDiiring National Cotton Week, May ent demand for styled merchandise 15-20, the industry will spend $2,- ' 125,000 in advertising, the major part ' of which will be in the leading news papers of the country. This year’s cotton week should be a great success. Cotton 41 one of the-commodities llsat is responding immediately to in- iSHtionary legislation.^ ^ This means that the price of cotton —in the bale and on the merchants’ shelves—will go up—that now is a good time to buy cotton goods.' .The Chronicle is-^chid to join wiCti the Cotton Textile Institute of Ameri ca, local manufacturer^ merchants •oid business concems^^ the promo- horn.H. a - large snake was ketched and Dotted Swiss, in Mhite an color.'j. yard Cotton Pique, in white and has be^n greatly simulated. 3' The record of recent economic depressions shows that^improvement! in the textile industry is now pointing! the way to an upturn in other lines, of business. j National Cotton Week is not intend- ■ e to'be simply a brief period of ac-i tivity but concrete evidence of the new i merchandising attitude in'the indus-' try ^ and the notable progress ^which . has 'bcen made in producing daily ne-> eessities that combine quality, beauty and utility in so many ways. National Cotton Week repre sents a logicil step in what the entire cotton industry has been doing during E. Mood Smith, O. D. 'Felder, ^mith, O. D. Dirs. Smith & &nith OPTOMETRISTS ^ SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined. Glaaaes Preaeribed V. La[^atory for Prompt Repair Service., 1.5 West Main Street Phone lil CLINTON, S. C. colors, yard lag 40-'inch Domestic, - Men’s Union -Suits— ; . 25c, 49c and 65c Curtain Goods— _ 6c and 10c yard Men’s Shorts— * - 19c and 25c Unbleached Broadcloth, | Ac yard ^ lU Men’s Shirts— 19c and 25c White Mercerized Broadcloth— . —iOc arid 15c yard Children’s Wash Suits, JAc Blue, Grey and Tan’ Shirting, | Ac 36-inches wide, yard lU Children’s Anklets, all sizes ^ Ac and colors 10 Men’s Dress ShirCk— 39c, 4^ arid 98c f - - Organdy Frilling, for trimming -1 Ac all kinds of dresses, yard lU Men’s Work Shirt.s— 35c, 49c and 69c Men’s Work Pants— 49c, 75c and 98c 0 0 E 0 E E B Men’s Dress Pants— 98c and $1.49 Men’s Over.ills Boy»’-Overalls-^ 35c, 39c and 4^ Men’s Cotton Dre.ss Suits, for $4.95 Sumerel’s Department Store “The Home oC, Big Values” aiuton. S. C. ■m ■V*. -/ i-r . # '•A SB!t«£a5?Wta mm 7\ ■•f * f.