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' fly’s Business ^BjMSee^ McGee she wont walk verry soon, john ash-, pl)^wont pick me either, ton who was reported better in thi.s' ; ' collum last week dide the next day, There are'5500 hitch-hikers riding! land so did jim rozensky, the furriner. in. other peoplie’s automobi.e.s tor ev-; - yores trulie, ^ cry 10 pis sen jrjers“ that are riding on mike Clark, rfd, a railniad ti'ain. Sorhe of the.s» fellers , corfy spondent. travel a.s far as 350 miles per day. .A; ' :— i colleife uniform is always resoected The .Anthology of Hitch-Hiking [by a tourist or a traveler.. I do not: Flat Rock^^Mial News The egg laying cbntest which has- benn hell in flat rock^ndifhng thef , pa.st six weelc.< was wiiWd by mrs.! } archie liall brown when ^ laid 5 A friend who does considerable rid- “ single ^tudept tl .at .spent j • eggs more than her nearest pet:-; ing around in an auto told me the oth- 25 cents during the past 121 tor. she used red island roads aibl fedUr day that if he were to pick up all |I traveling expenses. f (them on buttermilk and chicken f(h./l.; of the hitch-hikers that “thumbed** ——_—jSl'BSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE' UheJ-£m^of her blue ribbon. \ him he’d, have to u.s'e "'school bus.| ASCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLB' “The Paper Everybody Reads’* AllBjQsL PHILCO Radios & Tubes Smith’s Pliariiiac]f •» f suminif perkins had the mi.ssft^rtune Pi^^it’ul as telephone poles, one about ) to lose the commercial creddit com- 7.5 yards. I pany’s ottermoheel by fire last friduy night while coming home from a 1 picke(l\up a young fellow not long' H. D. HENRY % H M iiii P. M. BOLaNO pitcher .show at the county .seat, it : ago'ehrout^to Cincinnati. He' said' I CLINTON. S. (.. THTRSDAY. MAY 18, I9.M • UNFAIR TO RAILRO.VDS ' jont *51.IKkM>(*M in wages annually. A good many people doubtless wor-i <-^tton mills of the country j)ay H. D. Henry & Company INSURANCE I STOCKS - BONDS - REAL ESTATE , ' LOANS NEGOTIATED ♦ ♦ I backfired and .some .stuff in the rum- that a man i^\Charle.ston. C., had ^ I ble seat ketched and befoar he could informed him a tew day.s prior to our, J J get his.s«;|f and the 5 girls out of the I meeting*'that he tlmpkht ii possible t 2 front .seat with him, got .scorched tfiut he could get a job in ^Cincinnati * J a iig.ht .sniaft. they walked the ’oal-jin a soap factory, so ne was on his # lance of the way., (p. s. he .saved his wav to cinch it. * \ .1# 2 pint.' of hpoze from the flames). i \ |a , ’ i .About ‘‘b i)b*^cent 4)f these hitch-i A der whv the railroads are not able ?3fij,3n4.000 in wages annually. the tovmi-stone agent is back worl-' hikeis^aVe not going" anywhci-e~in par- jf meet truck competition even in ^pitej 'Ye should wear cotton use cot- i^g the territory with inflated pri •'s. ticuldr. (just loafing from pilV to I ^ _ of the vast differences in taxation an 1 ton . . . and heartily support any and; you will leave off yore age and “.sa-' post and back again. A few of riiem reskilatum of the competing can .ers • etery reasonable movement which j cVed to the memnlory” and just say, would po.s.si’nly accept a position in ai ' One pf the ma'in it-asons why the" greater utilization. .fur rinstance: *‘b;l] jones horned I8HS cheese factory as smeller or in a cot- ————————————— ♦ ♦ ! can’t. IS s!mple. The railroads take <'otton leads the parade—for Fash-'and died l‘ri2’’ he will knock off .>■< j ton mill if they wouldn’t make hihi do -arrr a?rt-att fr^nTh^ riTa^ J.tmd give you-A.XIat s(ab or A-ataading^ianytWng-^xoept . Um*. -Kumke— • - i ‘ (...v ^1.. — . «oi The truck' can p:ok and choose. • — -•"-it* When taxe.' aix' eliminated...actual cj'erating costt. per ton-mile of lopSr' stance truck service a-e. much high-1 up slab measuring 18 by 36 for 2.5$ stacks. vith 16$ down in either white orj- , ^ ^ black marvel .vith tKe letters standing i . . i / jv * Ihe eyes of the country are now.^^^ ; I cxertook (a-u passed) the first THE FAR.^t RELIfiF HII.L vr than ter, avc «er>hs:e. 7b- truik' cla.<' an.1 O'of it 8*1 aee e<«st of rarboad '—graveyard up with new stuff. ? , nic»'Uco- the PreHidenU : cut rates on high- freight. thus lak-1 ir»g troiv.Xt e railioads an important 'ource of lo^tuiue. Hut the trucks «unie n<* r» 'Y*on>il»ility for tT.u.'inc*- lovk .ales on ■noditie' 1' thev rem the ••jiili-onds out virtually dictatorial powers over the • cuiicncy and agriculture. The.se nev powu'is arc ory. and me miss Jennie veeve smith and colored female hitch-hiker I ever saw wwfc. She wa.s dolled up in golf grey \fe ir 8 da y J r>f. Housework ' -t I khicker.s. ' a cap,i~high-heeled J her j and a walking stick. She over-, of bu ro-". who^.\v ill ckrry • pennfssive. not manda- twun sister sallie veeve our afficient (took me and my folks in about anj lu-in that the I’resident h teechers, have decided not to hour. She was sitting astride of "3.5 j - tl,,. <•'>"■ I P«f c^luale coai-..? u,. north |,„|e, of « ran ,lt. whatovor ho thinks hi...:l i n-oiooktod , f,ion,l «a,. kattioK j to leech the next term, she ha.^r prom- about 50 m. p. h. mheat. the cotton. th<\niachincry. tlie n-''f prod ic*-;. the lum’H-V- and th«* tho - \a't!y oj^jMutant ft the f rcight TMK t tlMMF.Nt KRS In a *t w '-rv 'now-the schoT r .Jl« gf \\ 1 u:: If- ciosfti loi'^ me •immei a".' h.pd"*ds of boys and • irl' ar.ti > 'ijne men and women will' ’•»*' graduat-«i .anti ready to face a » irl 1 in uhich there are oppoituni- Ue» . and I ■ ai'-.-o=4*.—1— hile her cidored the highway at for the restoration of agriculture. , , Th.. hill it. drsiKnod to comhat un if'' 'M idv pnvlaction and to bohst ,h,.| “"'1 ‘"“"‘"y'""''It i» porsibly farm commoditirs thronirh |h,tch-h,krr. out ronliulird inflation. " I'Hlo ih wait and sht* is iifoarrd n,.vi>r can decide vehether safe to pick up of every !(>(», but prime ing a little in wait and she is afeared r^^ver can decide whether the II ft. roTairar rrkvivw n ■ rtf chungiHg oNcr lo yuokee diet ^hat is waving at me Indongs in the « III H tni. ninin proxisioriN of thi th*it -hi* niiHi&fht srot tiMi f'lt to t(*och «»• ^ ■ i i * u i i i acl a. - cd hv the S,-niitc. and sum- „ ^ <‘'Ch^;,., eniw-d. [ tot hooked once. I mar;/ .I I,V the'.\ew York Times: , _ - ; I periiiitled nl.v heart to f-o out for an old man that seemed to be struggling the d mme.rrhtic cuner. , move-' manf ully to advance one foot a'.ea<l menl has put 1k*i f on foot up Ic and of the other. Fle clu'wed tob'iceo i hire’rl ' "ricull Ural Relief 7 he J‘ '-sflc-nt and th»* Secretary of' .Ari'icuhure «-re autho’-i7.c<l fo u.se one of three meth<» Is to rai.se farm .sheeps 2e it has ho|K' eottPn ami corn spat all over me and my car.Mnok nll.so'which i do not happen to own at glas' in the door s)animing it wliib a- new f-":' . uacc of eMietienc-.,-;^, •bl-head' can t tell tlu Tl.c-f >• ys ami g rl and f tilaiv'i 1 pli.'i'i*' T'lpb i'. file 'H-ginnei' the how. 7heM~ tbemadves Know \crv well how little of their prodifyt'rs and procefssor.s so that only ilomestjo ronsumptio'h' re-i lU’jeoments shall h<\so!<l in- the do achievement came about by ll tir.own pi M. s. and the town counsel, beer is plentifuller than redily cash at this riting, hut some t>f it is being drunk tried hit' 1/ hike tax from processi^rs to. pay efforts; bow much w^j^as" due t » an ml- mixture of chance, of favorable cir cumstances and a'.'i.stance of•<other.s. There'!' no s|H.,'ific direction making ‘'.raight the load ttt succe.ss. 7 he el ders never can puisuude the hoys and girls at coimm-nteiiient that they are tread path> marked w ith footpi ints. j farmers The opMiui.sls. eager, adventurous •pint>. who for a whole year have Kt-n 'omewhat h»oked up lo as “sen- ■ •rs.” ate U-nt on nothing less than iiM* com|Ue<ts of new worlds, t'om- :r.encement means l«> coimnence. not to fini'h, ' It 1' weil. 7 he wi.sest who have lived “■laxe not I'uade tin* world what it ought to 'le T"ne J<il) up to now has 'K»t J>e«‘n vei\ well done- Therefore, Lake u chance on the “commencer.s.’’ Their I imuh'ihat needs commenc ing W,- nerd iH-uer cities and guaranteed by the government Inflation in^^tiV nin ket at price\equal general-, !v to the average in llMUKlSflT, and to . ^ col bet a the cost. IT. To lea.se inarginaljand.s anH with- ilraw from production sufficient Vere- age to cut production of agriculturid commodities to domestic needs. \ To guarantet* cost of production^ (opposes! by House con-', ferees). j .An amendment providing that the- 2.00.60.50 or more Ivales of cotton held j by farm-credit agencies ns collateral i for crop prmluction and other purpos-j es should he withheld from the market until the spring of 1934 was adopted.i. Farm*.Mortgage Relief To refinance thixiugh voluntary ar rangements with mortgagors farm mortgages at interest rates of 4?!t cent through the is.suance of My I ncle .Joe from his home -to MaiK'ville a few , week.' .' rce. He looki-d so iniirh like ' ci«»ss hetw ixt a irangstei and a. hi-. iacki'r that he-had to walk Mu* entire well, niT. eilitor, i wdll close for-this 12 miles and almost got run over 10,. time, the blackberry crops promi.seS|or l.‘» tiino. He throwed rock- at mo- to he.fine, allso |)eaches. mrs. katie^torists who refused to slow down fnrj elkins is still enjoyinif liore -health, him. 4le*s s>ff trying to hikt . I can’t , with roomytism and the doctor says even hilch-hikc^down town; they siin-' Up and down. In and out. Round and round. Of course, you get tired. Refresh yourself with an ice- cold bottle of Coca-Cola from your refngeraAcir, and bounce back to normal. Really delicious, it invites a p^use—the pause that refreshes ... Order from your grocer just as you order groceries. T' Greenw(M>d Cocu-Cola Bottling Co. (ireenwood. S, ('. '»r >■ per bonds, the interest of which would be May 9. 1933 farm ttetlei government and better j <:titen>; iK-tler !e>pect for an»l en-[ Authorizing the President to use_ f orcement <'f law; Uuter Saiibath 1 tnethinls of raising the dollar values of commoilities. '♦•rvane*-; better business and better •ecreatMiii; belter indu'^liies and l>et- ter ail'; a b,-ttci and broader appli cation of tlu- Hidden Rule in the .vh«»le ea'egoiv of what ha.'^ lieen ac- Federal Reserve! [ riot 1. Hy increasing ... credits hy a maximum of $3,000,000,-^ <MMk ' 2. By issuing up to $3,0(K),(K)0,00() of i>*mpli'hc i iheie i> nothing that coubl notes, secured not by gold, bv (le'tei Tumi the Jrraduates of United | . thent.iM*, wiitiout too much This money would lie used toj '.arnpeiing alv.ee. lor. alter all, each i^overnment securities. :ui'i en a'i hi' VvoiM toj- himself. devaluing the gold content of the ^ ■" » dollar hy as much as .50 pm- cent, with! \NM\ t tHTON I.S,,kl.N<i additonal authtvrization for the Presi-■ nT t ti.-re“i' TriyTpjesiion ITs To the i dent to estahHjdir nt -hri dincr^umr-u- ni|H*rtanee of eotion an<l the great!.fixt ratio of silver to gold and to pro-, nflu.tire •*. na' tbroughoul the eopn- vide for the unlimited coinage of sil- A great thing has occurred amongst us. Wo have made a oompleta round. and at last America’s face is toward •the future# ^ Vo aItwo AXX Thf^e-years—-1929 to 1932—-we*Americans looked backward, our old financial and political machinery was geared to pull us out of the depre^ion by the same door through which we entered. We thought it simply a case of going back the waV camer^ It failed. We now realize ihat the way out is forward—through it. Thanks for that belongs to President Roosevelt. Inauguration , -y; X HIV thosf who (pu'stion i vor at that i*atio. •he r pht v»f coUon to thv throne as TTu* Senate'also approved an amend-1 King, hme .hiv a U'w facts that; nient poi mitting the acceptance of as . 'hould Ih* i)osiiive proof that t'OTTON much as $2lMHM>tHt,m)0 of silver at a ' IS K1.\H. These facts will also bring ' maximum rate of fifty cents an ounce.i home * U' the import ince of a wider j on the war debts use of cotton not only during “('otlpn Day he turned the Ship of State around, of sincere efjf.|ortS to haul us back the way we came, he designed a new method new political A^d financial machinery to pull us out the way we are going—-fofi)^rd. Week.*' ii,;*. the year nmndr 17 |H*i cent of the total worki'is iri'-. the irniteM Stales aie employed in the , c«*tton,-4cxtilc industry. 13 per c**nt of t,he total wages paidi ■lih Bible- Reading Course ,<.w..rk-i - ,n th.- Cnit.-a si.iph ii. i>aiil Aj PRESBYTERIAN CHIlRCHr ;«* those rmploved in the cotton-textile iiKiustrY. _ _ _ These iMMventages are larger than The weekly readings in the T’hfU* ^ :hosA« oi any other one industry. the-Bible reading course at the Firal ,27 |>ei cent lation of the United Slates is depend ent upon cotton for its subsistence. | ^ * t6.00l».l»tI').Ut)0 IS the estimated re- i^I value of all cotton goods .sold in' thb country in one year, or • 12 per, He is clearing international obstacles out of the way; he\does not stand in awe of tariffs. The people begin to feel that he doek not take advice from the •inter ests* ; that he has courage and loyalty to work for one supreme interest only—-the welfare of the American people. Tlmt is a big achievement ,for two months in office.^ other one industry. ivouuik toui^r mi nr ru.i t of the total farm popu- "^1 United Slates is depend- as arranged by the pas- •ent of the total retail sales. ^ Rasr cotton Is the largest item of •sport ia thuv pountry. It is, for in-^ stance. 2H8 per cent greater in value the** th*' export of automobiles. 62,000.300,000 is paid in salaries and nraga* to members of the cotton- UztUc industry ahd subsidiary Indus-1 ’ trice aaiioaHy. \ " I * 700.007 sQoare railea of land is em-i ployed to raise the * cotton I crop. This is equal to tke combined ^ areas of France. Spain, Germany and I Maly. - I TW carment imlustry alone pays ant 6284>00,000 in wages annaally. New Tentament— .Matthew 20:1-23:1.7 Sunday. 2lst—Matthew 20:1-34. .Monday. 22nd—MattKew 21:J-32. Tuesday, 23rd — Matthew 21:33-22: 14.. Wednesday. 24th — Matthew 22:15- 23:46. Thursday, 2.5th—Matthew 23:1-39. Friday, 26th—Matthew 24:1-3-. | Saturday. 27th—Matthew 24:32-25:| And now we all look to what is comihg; we grow less and less ooncerae^ with what is behind. We are locking for a hand-hold <m the haul rope. Every man wahts to do what he can, and all he can. The best thing I can do for the Country is to create industry \ by4>uilding good motor* cars. If I knew anything better to do. I would do it. Industry must ^ my contribution, ^tor cars must face ahead to the future, like, everything else. Th^ are so aueh a part ef the Matlon*s dally life that if tljei lag hehi^ they hold the Country back. PMlms 42-^1 Sunday, 2l8t—Psalms 42 and 43. Monday. Sted—Psalm 44. Tuesday, 23rd—Psalms 45'and 46. Wednesday 24th—Psalms 47 and 48 Thursdny, 25th—Psalma 49:l-50:15w Friday, 26Ui—Psalma 50:16-61:19. Saturday, 27th—Psalms 52. 53 and .r* THK CHRONICLE