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ij" * ■ »k.-''i r. -'■ ■ .ra*'' ■c^, ^:\' PAGE roUR -t/ E«|«bHdMd 1*«Q WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and PabliaW i: Rpbliih«d Every Tburtday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANT ( ■H' Subaoription Rate (Payable In Advance): I Ore year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Eniered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at (liatofn, S. C. The Chronicle necks the cooperation of its subscribers and readery—^the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly ad- yice. Thc^ Chronicle will publish letters of general tnteresi when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonyihous communicatittns Will not be noticed. This bap<*r i'' f"*! responsible for'the views or opinions ol ijs c'oryypondent^ /T THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. (MNTO^% S. C. THURSDAY. MAY 25, 1933 all must come to^see our pretty place; we wont chahge anything/^ut if you happen ^fti^ave anw wirms water- ^ ^ j ^^— — ^ consumed everthiiig but the chimblj^tpresseht as hd.jhas benn fresh out fbr^ng unless the r. f, c. sends it of his and had gone nut. the fire fighters J2i daj^, . ‘ ' | jownjfree will and a cord. / w^nt the wrong way and wa.s cha.sing \K. ^ mike CIark.< rfd • it.. -r j'-i;-r~ .r - ^ :: ^ ' ! ’ ♦ V hues, phase fetch the^ .long. Thit'e ' t(ie beadliitht oA S Jpf4><,rn> northe : , his wife was theTist darter of John - * r - i (& merry sue black and she married anir»y^ua.y who has innything to,'^*'- jones in -georgy and moved &{- c^onate to this bereaved familey of, 9 i^he war. their oldest boy i.s named will kindly forw'ard it to the town t)ut noboddy don’t know cotinseb and mark on it, “for the i he took amne.sia and She (the wife) had trucks, running jail o\er the country for several days .hunting and hauling woods earth (dirt ! ju.st like we already had in ,the back- * yard) at $2.00 per load, but it’s mighty pretty. (I .said that .so’s .she wouldn’t get mad when she reads this). The Joneses who got burnt out” and it will pulled out of flat rock shortly after : l>e turned over to the salvation army P^^t offis was robbed in 1928. and he wi(ll turn ,it over to them, it- .well, mr. editor, this is a bad mis- l.stcmhng .stones that she bought at i mr. lones wants tobacker ^ fortune, but flat rock will take cai^ i2.ic each happened to be made out ^^»"^other needcessities of herjolks, so plese don’t send noth- sand instead of consent and when the j : —^ — _J—_ baby crawled over thou they busted j I PHIUO Radios & Tubes Smith’s Pharmacy • --v Zip—went $8.20. —.a. ///!); J CLINTON. S. C., THl KSDAV. MAY 25, 1933 FKillKE IT on bad news i flat rock, s. c., hiay 22, 1933. (leer nir. editor: j bad luck happened to one of our :W.'fiLi/miy Vfheh_Trri;"’n6Use ketcTied bjC |fire and bumt'down without anny in^ 1 surance and it was a total loss to the ■ liscu.ssion. The financing of the nublici .ndHgage on same., ^— —— r- . *- --~-r - hii. UuiiiitrT^ue house was in mrs. jerry smith s . I„tle pr.*,o.„ monKa.... wa., in the; Here is arithmetic for you: You spiles of dollars. You have beert spend\ 'The provi.sion.s of the compromise ing from one of them, and it is grow-\ and combined school tax and teacher ing alarmingly small. So you stop i\nnle bill that finally cleared the,decks loain Si tru.st company’s name. k a everboddy got bizzy the next day to j ^ndin; m U. „d takT.h don^ nW .k follow,: ' |f- the amith family fi;,m'‘rtw' other pile tns.ead. ! Repeal of .the four-mill state-wide » >; - ^^t veny e,,ttute hey This, you say. is ecumdmy, and re- property levy for schoola duction of expefi.ses. < A revision of the income lax. pro- Ahsurd as this problem is. if i.s no exemptions of $1,800 for mar- more absurd than the antics of ; ri4 *'-nd .$1.')00 for single persons, and U•gislati^e boities in thcMnatter tkVes. They .shift a tax from one c^ bracketa, w;hich is of profH'riV to ano.her-thus takingl ^ cent >n each bracket tb*e no«^^-from “Afferent piles”- and a lowering of exemptn^s from and call it tax reduction. For giivern- ^*^.200 and $1,200, fespecti rnent. foV an individual, there is married and single persons. Retroac- but one wav to reduce taxes—spend j effective Jan. 1, 1933. less monevy r A tax of pur cent on mUngible had nothing left but the clothes on their backs and they wassent hardly fit to wear ami relief must be done tor them, he had no job befoar the fire, aPd don’t syem ,to want one after it- ^Ml .ST HK FAN) .^ri enoi rnous three billion (iollar public M (irks program i.'- now pro|)o,sed in \Vu>hmgton It may be a. wise thing, and then it may not. The (pies- tion (bbatable It is an experiment, of (‘nur.'e. an expensive one at that, and becaiiM of t)ie enormous size of the plan it t‘arne> with it the possi bility of waste, iisyU'ss expending, and ttie jiromotion of unneees.^ary pro- .lects. To finanee the big propo^al income IS to ls“ (lerivi'd, it now a ii-ear.',, eilhci through a 1 Cderal sales tax. !.y addi-^ ttrnpi I projK'riy (dividends or interest) with I an exemption of $100. Retroactive ef fective -Ian. 1, 1933. J .Xn ir.crea.se of one mill m tlu* pub- li^ utilities tax ujMm the true value of the prop(,*rtjr. Retroactive effective Jan. 1. 1933 the ladies aid of rehober church had i ,n<l. served ref4eshment.s on the dutch plan to discuss means of helping this pttiful familey, and 4 committees wa.s formed to solocit food and raiment and clothing for them, the sun)>eams allso met and will do .some begging too. the house was Inirnt down by fire which started iHdw'ixt the cubbard and the kitchen and then it sjiread from j An me ease of one mill on all other one room to tmother till all 3 of them corporations organized under .sfateN '»c Lving on the ground in ashes, laws upon the capiUl stock.* Mutual iwh«Mi the fire hriggade arrived, it had building and loan assm-iations ex- erniited. lielroactive, effective Fan. I, 19.13. .An increase of one mill on the true j':i' o' propeiaie.^^,i^»cated in this state of “foreigp’^ corporations. Retro- actiye, effectiveVjan, LT933._ ^ A"?ltar!incens^~bf $2 peryrar^iid a whoh'.salc license of $2(K) fur the Itrlvilege of selling lM‘er and wines. 'TTrcTiTn p -^tarr s .source. Tins fact tiee(l> to lu* kept in mind -the American hay,* to pay ti e bill and no Santa ( iHio IV g„- Appropriation of $1,823,900, of mg to appear on th- vc,Me to a $'334,000 is allocated for trans- ,t. Av m the ca.se of the Kx-.m true- these sources-of reve- n ri Finance ( orporatmn .s boi rowing ][m-‘34 school term. This and vp..„dmg. it mus^ all>Ni^ui(i j, f„ii payment to the schmds b\ the taxpayeis. iiorrowing. .v|K‘ndijig, ha.- ciaze in lliis country. 1 HKl SHINt; THE LAW ASIDE The legislature now adjourned, am' tbing,s again viuiuiied down to normal in ( olumbia. the grinding out of par dons ha- again gotten under w’ay and IS gaining mmneiitum. Within the past except for $1,124,000 appnipriated in ^ become a J,^.nc^a! apinopriation bill.. j Authorization for the c<im|itro!ler j g«‘ni*ral to issue $2,087,748 for thej 1932-33 srhool term and $617,623.42, for payment of the expected deficit j for the 1931-32 term in notes to bonr! 5 |>cr cent intere.st and to become pay- * able noF later tKan June 30, 1934. To l>e issued June 1, 1933. Notes not to E. Mood Smith, O. 1). Felder Smith, O. I). Drs. Smith ^ Smith ()l’TD.MK'|:4flSTS SI*E('I VI.ISTS Eyes Examined. (Hasses I’rescribed l.ahoratory Tor I’rompt Repair Service. l.l West .Main. Street I’hone 101 ( I.INTO.N, S.(’. . ",r How much longer can we sell rugs at January prices? Take no chances and invest today In that rug you’ve wanted so long .. and you cer tainly take no chances on^pUR rugs th'at^arry this symbol of quoiity... V V'il'P'MVITTr ^ BIGELOW WEAVERS a i & Co. CLINTON — TWO STORES — LAURENS three days, the announcement of ten, be in le.'-s than $50 denomination, pardons and paroles has come fromj .Authorization to issue $1,12L*>30 in the governor’s office, three officials | notes to supplement state aid included iteing mciuded in the list, a former in the appropriation bill for 1932-33 treasurei convicted of embezzlement, term. To mature May I, 19,15. IMedged a forme'' supervisor and a former .su-to retire this i.ssue is the inc<»me lax education convicted | due and payable March 15, 1935. man.slaughter and — perintendent of respectively of breach of trust. To the onlooker, the spectacle in (rtdumbia now, and during the past several years, has been one of reckless use of the pardonir^ power. And thi.s policy, we are sure, is serving to break d**"'*' 1“'^ enforcement and bring oUi courts into contempt. Many aie asking, why have grand but it finished. 1 am talking about juri€»s, solicitors, |M*tit juries, and go^my old lady’s backyard garden. She to the cost of holding courts and .se-' and 3 hiicd servants and several fel- curing convictions, when with the 1 lows have been working on that back- stroke of a pen Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee . Over the Garden Wail Well, thank goodness, it is all overj at la.st. It was a long, expensive pull. the.se sentences of yard garden (and my bank account) .,$»unishipent are swept away. It’s time to call a halt in the liber ality and abu.se of clemency. And, it seems that taking from t(ie gover nor’s office the pardoning power, is the only hope of relieT; for 2 years. (()LI.F(;E (’<)M MEN(’EME.\ I' She (meaning her) hired trucks and hauled all of the large rocks and, stones and boulders that could be found on 5 big farms and I think she got about 15 rocks to the acre and there were 475 acres all told. This! I'resbyterian college commence-1 yard contains all sizes and colors and ment. lieginning next Sunday morn- shape.s of stones from the stone age| ing with the baccalaureate,.sermon by on down. f an outstanding minister of the Pres- . * F>?(’teru\n denomination, is always an I think well of the goldfish and thcj event o^wmlt^interest in odr*commu- tadpoles and the snails ip her' lily nity. This year’s graduating class is pond. Her lily pond is only 54 by 24 •’.ci'inposed of fifty members, ajid for f<!‘et And holds $7.25 worth of city! the dosing program a large number water. The plumbing alone cost me 2i -d fhaan3 iin F n‘lBTi‘'er ft-'mi aP ^*<^**‘1 9f **otton and theix* ain’t no use! of the .state will be in the city. to try fo fig^ r up what fhe cement j ('ommencement with the graduates l|oJid ifivelf co^; we had a brickrma- is always an im|H>rtant event, a red- soft ap^ a cementer both o*' >t. (!’. S. j letter day to speak. It means, in' ThiV lily j^rj iaabig endtijlrh to haptise reality, the beginning of life’s battles, a 6 foot 6 fellW'in). | the stepping^ forth into the competi-f ■ — tions, the struggles, the sacrifices, the A neighlmr who fell sorry lor me t , readjustments, the 'di.sapjmintments financially gave her (meaning myj as well as the achievements. ' . wife) 9 goldfish but she had to buy , Clintonians, irresjreciive of denonii-jthe snails and the .salamanders andj nation, are invited to attend the clos-1 (he grub worms and tadpoles ami the ing exercises arrangt^d especially in! frogs. She feeds them on oat nieal;| honor of the graduates who are soon j I'm glad oat meal ain’t so Ugh now. j to depart from our midst after a resi-1 She has grass and rinea and lilies amlj 'dence of the past four yeai s, and we violets and weeds growing in the —X-,—m. should enter with them into the spirit of the happy occasion. Our presence will give evidence of our interest and cause the young graduates now leav ing us, to carry with them not only pleasant memories 'of their alma mater, but of our city and people as well. water, also .mme tumipgreena. (Well,! don't, blame me, they look like tur-1 nipgreens). , Q)&DL'n^jr7h,(jKu:A/. ' A ' ' May 15. 1933 . M \ ' Time ind again I am told by my own organization and by-others- - that I penalize myself by quality.. Friendly critics protest our putting into the Ford V-8 what they call "twonty-yaar steel." They say such quality is not necessary: the public doGs'not expect it; and’ that the public does not know the difference anyway. * But I know the difference. ITknow that the car atman sees is not the car he drives he -drives-the 'car which the engineer sees. The car which is seen, comtiJiises beauty of design, color and attractive accessories.---all desirable,, o’f course. The best evidence that we think so is that they are all found on the Ford V-8. . . - ' But these are not the car. 'The car proper, which is the basis of all the rest, is the type of engine and its reliability, the structure of chassis and body, ruggedly durable: the long thought/ and experiment given tosafety factors; the steady development of comfort ience and economy. These mak^ the car. X’car can be built"that will last'two or three yearfe., have nev6r”^ilt one. We want-the basic material of our car to be as “dependable' the day if' is dise'ardedv^l4.*«-4a}f-it=i3__bought . Ford_ cars buj^t 15-years ago are still on the toad. It costs more to . . build 'a durable car buf-two items we do not_ skimp aro cost and . conscience.- A great many things c_o^ "get by"—the pub^fc would ' ne^r the diffotanoe. But we wpqld know. The new Fo-d V-8 Is a car that I endorse withdul any hesitancy. I know wha't is in it. I trust our whole thirty years' reputation with it. It is oven better than our previous V-8. It is large^ . more rugged"aiTd neclmnioally a batter J^ob all round. \ I.readily say this in an_advertisement because I know the oar will J •• back it up. ^ . " ■ - . - • w <> conven- But we Con.sidering everything, gtieeis Ihel garden is worth the price. Before shei got interested in it she was sick and poley nearly all the time and dkint do anything except work Jig-saw punles and read and sleep and eat, but now you j jst ought to aee the old girl sling | r \ NEW SCHOOL LAW The recent session of the General Assembiy, eiriending over 128 days,! a hoe or a mattock or a shovel She’s was a record-breaker with the state'gained 5 pounds and don’t go to see appropriation bill and the school law (the di^tor but twice a week (Before as the paramount issues u|ton w'hichithe backyard-garden exflbrience she there was division and almost endlcpsj went a little bit ofteoer). Folks, yoh A f \ • t '•‘"rnsfiemsmsam^